Any luck?

[flyvice11787]

While "Any luck?" is a common greeting, in my opinion, it is also a way for someone to glean info from you.

To all of you who think I am in the wrong, let yourself be put in the situation. You are at your honey hole, with a consistent bite going on. There's another angler there, putting in his time, doing his thing, who probably has seen you pick up fish. Along comes John Doe, who asks you "Any luck?". There are basically 3 things you can do, with very little upside.

1-Tell him no, and be found out to be a lying SOB (whether he finds out from the other guy or if you start catching fish in front of John Doe).

2-Answer yes, and risk burning your spot (unfortunately this happens too much around these parts). The only upside would be that he returns the favor one day (which may not happen).

3-Say nothing (which is what I did) and be thought a secretive SOB. I called him a tool because he showed up at the end of the tide with the sun coming up, and because in my opinion, he was trying to get info from me.

What would you do???

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by flyvice11787

What would you do???

Depending on my take of the person, briefly respond non specific & non-committal. No harm, no foul, maybe or maybe not no info. Depends on the encounter.

[BigFish]

Tell him you caught a bunch of 30 pounders about 200 yards down the beach about a week ago??? But tonight is kind of quiet!

[flyvice11787]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Tell him you caught a bunch of 30 pounders about 200 yards down the beach about a week ago??? But tonight is kind of quiet!

There isn't 200 yards of beach at my spot. You picked choice 1, you lying SOB .

[BigFish]

[flyvice11787]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Depending on my take of the person, briefly respond non specific & non-committal. No harm, no foul, maybe or maybe not no info. Depends on the encounter.

Basically, choice 3. So you're being a sneaky son of a gun.