Fished with Walleye Pete

[Bug Guy]

Originally Posted by JigStix

Mr Kimbro, It's a losing battle. As long as he gets to mention Judge he could care less. I was fishing Brandon Shores in a Sea Hunt cc the other day below freezing and was quite comfortable! Is it ok now BFaithful? 9 boats at the rips the other day. Normally this time of year it's 2-3 boats if that. This is all due to the reports on here and Toilet Flush and the fact you all love to continue to point out it's no secret. The big fish bite is dead because of the traffic, and Reds nailed it on the head. Pete is a liability there for reasons mentioned above and he runs that loud Honda the entire time.

Just to add something - I fished with Pete (and some fellow TF / CB anglers) last Wednesday at this location. SE wind, (calm at the spot), and we saw...zero boats. Caught a ton of fish too. So in my experience lately, there is no spot burning. And, according Pete, the flow stopped and that's why the fish have thinned out.

Who's right, you or me? Who cares. This is an internet forum where people can say whatever they want, lie about whatever they want, brag about whatever they want, share as little or as much information as they want. No one owns the bay or any particular spot, no method of fishing is better than another, and no person is more important than another.

How about this...if you don't like people posting info on specific spots - don't read reports. You'll show up at your favorite location like you did before the internet, there may or may not be a lot of people there and if there are, you'll wonder, "hhmmm, why are so many people here?" You'll never know why and you'll be a happier person.

And...if you don't like people giving you crap about how much info you post, don't read their posts or private messages in response to your posts. Post what you want, feel whatever way you want, and go on with life without even giving it a second thought.

Fishing is fun. Catching fish is fun. Learning to fish is fun. Enjoying the outdoors is fun. If you aren't having fun doing this because of what is said on the internet either way, I suggest you reevaluate why you are fishing in the first place. Enjoy your life and feel blessed to have the opportunity to fish at all. I think after reading Gary's posts (Crabby and Son), anyone who is worried about spot burning either pro or con, should probably think again about how important it really is in the grand scheme of real life. Life is good for all of us right now.

Just my 2, dumb-a$$ cents.

Cheers,

Bob

[JOC71]

Changed my mind

[Shawn Kimbro]

I talked to Greg via PM and on the phone and I thought we had things straight before this last flurry. Greg and I are friends who just happen to disagree on this. Like I said, nobody wins.

[B-Faithful]

Originally Posted by Shawn Kimbro

I talked to Greg via PM and on the phone and I thought we had things straight before this last flurry. Greg and I are friends who just happen to disagree on this. Like I said, nobody wins.

Amen.. and I dont think we are too far off on this topic as even on CBAngler, I plan on using more discretion to the exact areas in fishing reports (not that it is probably too difficult for those here to figure out). I made no reference on TF to where we were fishing since so many eyes watch. However I am sure it was easy to figure out where we were as a boat sunk the next day in the same area giving it a lot of attention.

Jigstix, I was at brandon shores a few weeks ago on a sea hunt cc myself and froze my toes off. You must be tougher than me. Fishing was tough for us so you are a better fisherman than me too.

Reds, you actually made a funny!

[reds]

Originally Posted by B-Faithful

Amen.. and I dont think we are too far off on this topic as even on CBAngler, I plan on using more discretion to the exact areas in fishing reports (not that it is probably too difficult for those here to figure out). I made no reference on TF to where we were fishing since so many eyes watch. However I am sure it was easy to figure out where we were as a boat sunk the next day in the same area giving it a lot of attention.

Jigstix, I was at brandon shores a few weeks ago on a sea hunt cc myself and froze my toes off. You must be tougher than me. Fishing was tough for us so you are a better fisherman than me too.

Reds, you actually made a funny!

What's funny is, you guys think you have secret spots.

The secret spots were used up long before some ever got to Maryland.

[Southerly]

fishing chesapeake bay has been my secret spot since i was 4?

i was in tackle store talking about kayak fishing tv episode where they're eeling at concrete ships. guy comments that ches fishing could be promoted and be a lot bigger than it is. somehow caught me by surprise - what could be worse? way too many boats in my secret spot already.

the good news - after watching the wfn fishing channel for year or so since i got it, i have only seen one show where they couldn't get fish. a full 1/2 hour of skunk - it was on the chesapeake

spread the word - the fishing in Florida can't be beat!!!

[Mikie]

Originally Posted by Southerly

fishing chesapeake bay has been my secret spot since i was 4?

i was in tackle store talking about kayak fishing tv episode where they're eeling at concrete ships. guy comments that ches fishing could be promoted and be a lot bigger than it is. somehow caught me by surprise - what could be worse? way too many boats in my secret spot already.

the good news - after watching the wfn fishing channel for year or so since i got it, i have only seen one show where they couldn't get fish. a full 1/2 hour of skunk - it was on the chesapeake

spread the word - the fishing in Florida can't be beat!!!

A guy who owns or works in a tackle shop wants to sell MORE tackle/bait, etc.. NOT talking about and pushing any fishing spots they hear about is at cross purposes with their business. Most of them will make up reports if they don't actually hear of any.

[Shawn Kimbro]

Originally Posted by B-Faithful

However I am sure it was easy to figure out where we were as a boat sunk the next day in the same area giving it a lot of attention.

Yeah, and I yelled at Kevin about that too!

Got a story... when I first moved here a lot of people helped me learn to fish so I felt like I needed to return some favors and burned pretty much every spot I found. I got a Pmail one day from a guy who politely asked me to be more discrete. It pissed me off. The nerve of this as*h**e I didn't even know telling me what and what not to write online. But something he said in that message started nagging at me. He said, "I used to fish that Upper Bay spot, but the last time I tried there were fourteen boats there running their radios, engines, and shouting back and forth."

It hadn't occurred to me that for every boat I put on the fish I had ruined the spot for just as many or more good fishermen. For me, it was an "aha!" moment. I stopped being so specific and next thing I know, people I never even heard of were calling and pmailing to share information with me. My fishing success improved tenfold and I made it a point to always return the favors. One of those guys who shared with me was the same as*h**e who sent me that Pmail that pissed me off so bad. It turned out to be Jamie and we've since become very good friends and fishing partners.

Please take it in good faith, guys. Do what you think is best but there's nothing more valuable than a good fishing network and friends on the water are priceless.

[Skip]

Shawn - never forgive you for telling people about the Sewer Pipe.

No one would ever have thought a huge pile of rocks sticking 6 feet off bottom and running 90* to the current would hold fish - until you told them

Spring is close - saw a Robin today. It was dead and frozen though.

[Mikie]

Robins stay here all Winter. They roost in my Leyland cypress trees every evening.