Spot Burning - wonder how Rex feels about this?

[crabby and son]

Is a WWD in the winter REALY a secret? There is a BIG click on these boards,some great fishermen, some average fishermen, some lurkers and some trouble makers. Do you really expect EVERY ONE to get along. The internet has helped and hurt the sport of fishing. Fish have tails and boats have motors. If a fish never opened his mouth, he would never get caught!............Gary

[jumbo1]

Gary...No it's not a secret but some of the pics gave pretty detailed spots...but you're right you will always have clicks...I call them friends etc...
Anyone that has ever sent me bmail after my reports on Wed has gotten info..but I won't post it on the main board........

[Bug Guy]

My humble opinion:

- Spot burn can happen (lurkers are really the issue in my opinion)
- It's a free country, people can post or say what they want
- No matter how much of a jerk move it would be, everyone has the right to screw up fishing for everyone else (as long as their actions are legal)
- Everyone has the right to be pissed at someone who screws up the fishing for everyone else
- People should be considerate...but people should be a lot of things

So in short - there is nothing wrong with keeping the info to one's self, and there is nothing wrong with sharing info. The fish don't belong to an individual, but everyone has the right to keep their experiences private if they wish. To each his own. In fact, isn't spot burn really how most truly "secret" spots have been found. Tired of dealing with all the people at location X so I drove around and found something new...

I'm new to the bay so maybe I'm wrong.

[jumbo1]

I have learned to have many many spots (that I put in lot's of time and effort not to mention gas to find) just in case someone is their already..
Example...a few years ago i took a fellow fisherman to a topwater spot...we killed'em...next day I went back..his best friend was there and every time I went back there after that his friends friends and their friends were there....bottom line..spot was ruined...has never been the same..been there many times since...

But thats why I always have a Plan A..B...C etc...
goinsfishin....I think you made the point extacly...go find the fish...thats just it...75% (maybe less or maybe more)or more of the fisherman don't want to find the fish...they want U to find them and tell me where?.........

But I'm with u it is very exciting to find your own fish for sure....

[B-Faithful]

can anyone tell me exactly where the bite is right now. I havent been fishing in about a month and dont want to search all over for fish? Thanks

[crabby and son]

Originally Posted by B-Faithful

can anyone tell me exactly where the bite is right now. I havent been fishing in about a month and dont want to search all over for fish? Thanks

The best place to find fish right now for you Greg is Superfresh or Safeway. I will burn a spot I fished with Greg because we didn't catch a fish What are we going to do about that Greg. I'll bring the crab...........Gary

[B-Faithful]

Bahh Gary you told me there were black drum in the mid-chesapeake bay.. I have yet to see one. Paul caught a nice croaker through

Dont worry, Garry doesnt burn any black drum spots on anyone

I like reading everyones opinions...especially SteveF and UnclePhil since I know they fish that area hard. I was wondering how they felt. I moved my boat off the Patapsco this year, and have not fished it once on my boat, and I guess that's why it didn't bother me, but it brought up the question among a lot of people who didn't want to stir the pot and ask the question. I don't fault JP for doing it. Hell I spoke to him last year and gave him an exact spot where I found some fish and as far as I know it stayed completely between us. I don't even think his post would have burned that spot too bad had it not been for one of two of the pictures in particular.

as I said in my original post, no, the WWDs are not a secret, but you gotta put in the work to know if the fish are there....if someone posts a report that "there are fish at location x" then the people that are less likely to go out and look for fish in the cold weather, but if they know exactly where they are, they are more likely to go.

I've been fishing since Jan 6th this year, you won't see a report from me, but there are some of you who have posted on this thread who I've talked to about the fish and know exactly where I'm fishing and know what I've been catching and I trust you guys. I trust guys I dont know that well. Along the same lines, I would share a spot I found with a few people that have helped me out and if the chose to share it with everyone in the world I wouldnt give a flying crap because they have probably already been there or they have helped me or given me information so much I could care less...
a few that come to mind Shawn Kimbro, MLAG, Garlien, B-faithful, Powerplay (or whatever his hockey name on this board is) hell even 5thTuition (he just can't net my fish)...im sure I missed some...

that being said, the entire point of this post was just to get viewpoints...not to bash anyone. It just happened to be the post on TF that started the whole discussion among some friends of mine and me (they have yet to post on the subject), but in short...no more dissertations
1.) I will never share a spot given to me by anyone else on the board no matter if they tell me I can or not...
2.) I don't post many reports, but if I did I would never post a report from a spot that I had fished that had been given to me by someone else
3.) as many have said, and as I said in my original post, you gotta be a huge egomaniac to think that you are the first person to have found a spot, so it's not like you are discovering America, but when you post a specific spot, IMHO you are inviting the people that don't want to put in the work to either a.) catch the fish you have been fishing hard or b.) as Jamie said, blow through your spot, run the motor, blast their music, stomp around a boat, etc...

oh well, two cents made..

[5th Tuition]

Originally Posted by B-Faithful

can anyone tell me exactly where the bite is right now. I havent been fishing in about a month and dont want to search all over for fish? Thanks

Greg; I was at Bass Pro Shop just yesterday and I saw several nice size rockfish in their tank. If you try a lure that doesn't seem to be working, just climb down from the catwalk and go to another aisle and grab some different tackle.
5th (Marty)

[Bug Guy]

I think it's worth adding - as someone without a boat who always is fishing with someone else, I don't report locations either and I feel it's a HO's duty not to. I also won't report where I fish when on a charter.

With that being said, if in a couple years from now I buy a boat and take a new friend with me, I don't know that I feel obligated to avoid all the locations people have shown me to avoid the info being passed on, but at the same time I'm going to be interested in exploring and finding my own places to fish.

I can also say I appreciate the fact that just about every time I've asked for help (and honestly though, I never ask for a spot, but rather usually general directions and the type of info to help me find a location on my own), people generally oblige and I've learned a lot from that. For example, I asked someone in this thread once if they were fishing North or South from Breezy - that was all - and they obliged and it helped me find fish and helped me learn something about the time of year I was fishing. I won't have to ask again.