Site concerns

[JohnR]

Hi Guys and gals,

I missed the last "exchange" that happened a few days ago, must have been sleep walking on my vacation or something...

Gusto, you said it:

You may realize that I rarely post. I do this because, as you know, people from all over on on the internet these days. If you posts something about a fishing spot or location. The once deserted, peaceful spot, will become saturated with fisherman bcause they heard that you "caught a 30 incher there last week" I think you guys are harming yourselves when you give away fishing spots, make others do the work!!

I think we have the best group of people possible here. With everyone chipping in (well, almost everyone) to help out the new people to this sport, maybe those newer folks can miss a couple of the potholes in the road that we've experienced. Those same beginners will most likely have a better understanding of the fish and of good fishing practices than I know I did when I was starting out. I wish I had a resource like this. I would have gotten bigger fish faster and would have killed a few less (inadvertantly) in the process. I also wouldn't have dropped my hard earned dollars on lousy gear as I had in the past. Many of these "beginners" have an opportunity to start off on a much better foot now AND they have the chance to be involved. I was fortunate to fish with some excellent fisherman along the way...

You have contributed very little other than starting crap under several different names. You're a good part of the reason people need to login before posting. You have the worst bitchin' to helpin' ratio on the board. Alot of bitching and very little helping... You scream that people are coughing up the good spots? I have seen very few good spots and no secret holes come up on the board. The vast majority of honey holes mentioned here are ones that everyone knows about anyway. Maybe Plum Island, Watch Hill, Montauk, Wasque, Balstons, and the Ditch were all secrets before the Internet but I don't think so.

You've got some brass ones for bitching the way that you do...

However, i am a VERY serious fisherman who loves the sport.

I haven't seen anything about you that makes me think that. Just a lot of fluff and no substance...

If you want to startup a site that caters to the true proffesional only and alienates everyone else, go for it. But I don't think you would as it takes much more effort to DO something than to bitch about it....


BTW - tell us why you are such a good and serious fisherman... But no spots please...