Gooseberry Neck

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by stripermagnet

no one is asking (or forcing) anyone to share any information. if a guy wants to make a post about his spot let him. also if someone asks about a spot, you dont want blown up then dont answer. if these "Secret spots" really only have a couple people who know about them, then youl know the others who know and if you want to band together fine, but that shouldnt be at the expense of discussion, so if anyone wants to share, great. if not, thats fine but you dont need to rip on the guys who try and help people out and/or try and learn more

Stripermagnet - rarely will you find people coughing up all over themselves about THEIR spot, usually it's someone else's spot getting coughed up. And none of these spots are really secret, learning to fish them takes a lot more to learn, that is the secret. You want to share your favorite spot with everyone? Best time, tide, method, and moon? Where to park? Or would you rather bring someone you have met and like fishing with to SHARE the spot with you, and in turn be taken to their favorite spot and SHARE?

Rip who?

Think about this in the Big Picture.

I would like to be able to openly share a lot more information - even spot information - online but I would like you answer this for me:

At what point does sharing spot & report information, wide open in public for who knows how many over the course of time, start to hurt this sport that we all love? Do YOU want to gamble with the long term viability of reasonable access for a bunch of questions on a message board? Is it worth it? Do you cross the line? Edge right up to it and maybe or maybe not go over?

I'm not trying to be rude or mean here or protecting my honey holes but I am trying to look at the long term availability of keeping access. This is a long-term question not a short term answer.

I am all for sharing knowledge and I am all for sharing even spots but I do think that is BEST handled in small doses BETWEEN people. You want good spots ans access? Make friends with those around you - give & take.

Believe me, I could probably make a living selling spots and reports like a lot of different media sources do. I've had some very intriguing offers to sell or merge S-B with entities that do just that - sell spots, reports, and thousands of ads. I haven't done that though the opportunity is REALLY there. Spots and Reports are SEXY and SEXY sells. There is so much competition now on the SEXY it would be easy to roll over and join the masses. I just don't think it is the WISE thing to do - SEXY yes, WISE no.

McDonald's Syndrome. Easy and quick and occasionally tastes OK.

Pull right up to the drive through, pay your 5 bucks, get your McCombo, your McReport, your McLure, and drive off with your McFish.