Here are a few truths relating to this thread...
A few years back I was constantly asked for outerbeach reports since I live in Wellfleet. I never gave them and alot of folks think I was stuck up or just an A$$hole...
....Anyway....It was the third week in October, mid week and I decided to hit a certain beach before sunset....I was the only one in the lot and was greeted by a silver ribbon band of dead bait at the high tide mark. There were herring and butterfish of all sizes as far as the eye could see.....The tide was coming in and I knew it was going to be pissah that evening.....It was and it was one of the most memeorable nites on the beach that I have ever had.....That evening, feeling all proud of myself, I posted a report.....the beach name and forgot about it. What harm could come from such a post so late in the season when nobody was around?....Next day, I arrived at same beach, same tide to 30 buggies in the lot....I had my flyrod and plug rod with me and as I walked down the beach an old timer stopped me and started asking me about fly fishing....We chatted and I asked how fishing was..."Nuttin doing he sez.....I'm part of a CT surf club and one of our members read on the INTERNET that some guy hammered them here last nite so he called us up and most of the club drove up this morning"!!..
....My eyes got about as big as silver dollars and I swore I would never do another beach report again.....
More food for thought....There is nothing wrong going into a tackle shop and talking to a few friends about some hot fishing....that is becuz its only a FEW FRIENDS....When you do the same on the internet you THINK its only a few friends who are reading but that aint the case.....I have also seen print *CC Times* fishing reports come straight from someones post on a certain board.....
It used to be a good fisherman was a quiet fisherman.....I'm trying to get back to that...
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