Thread: the story of bo and joe

I had the same scenario happen on bass spots on KY lake 30 years ago. I took a guy who swore me to secrecy on his spots but took every Tom,Dick and Curly to my spots that I had never seen another boat on. When I showed up on one of them and he was fishing out of another guy's boat and wouldn't even acknowledge who I was, I learned a very valuable lesson. He learned some new swear words.

I've had it happen since but nowhere near as hurtful as the 1st time.

Hate to lie to anyone, so the hardest for me is dealing with a stranger at the ramp.. most respectful folks just ask about bait, color and depth. Which is fine, makes me cringe every time when they ask where at did you catch em at..? I don't tell spots usually to just anyone, and if I took someone in my boat out and they betrayed me, then I don't know how I'd take that.. that's the ultimate no no in my book. I try to keep blabber mouths out of the boat... and it ain't just got to do with just fishing spots, just in general....Lol Great Story OP!!

One of my buddies took another one our friends fishin one day while I was working and just happened to check facebook (back when i still had it) and our buddy that he took fishing was giving a play by play of when where and how they were catching the fish hahaha! I called and told my friend what he was doing and he took him straight to the boat ramp and dropped him off haha And when someone asks where you caught the fish at you ant got to lie just simply say in the mouth

My wife LOVES to pull cranks and is a great partner in the boat. I have to warn her often to watch backgrounds and locations when she posts pics. She often has folks stop her to ask if we really catch those fish on cranks and where we catch them. It has been a learning curve for her to not give away too much info. I think it's pretty sorry when guys think they can get info out of her when they know they won't get it from me.

That is pretty bad mrdux but there are some strange people out there!

it's just like with anything anymore fellas everyone is looking for a quick handout instead of putting in the time and earning it. we all wanna go to the lake with that little edge that way we can start catching right away, and i get maximizing time on the water. but no matter who or where u are at, there's always that guy looking to piggy back. we usually make a trip to enid/sardis every spring and have been for about 5 yrs now. we always have pretty good succes. there's a guy from our town that has been going for a week at a time for 20-25 yrs and still cant figure it out. now we call him the drift sock bc we may as well tie a rope to his boat and drag him around

I have three simple rules in my boat. 1) no alcohol, 2) no throwing trash in lake, use my trash can, & 3) no telling where we went. I take very few fishing and it's become fewer these past few years. My wife and my golden retriever are my main boat bums. A few have shared with me and those spots will not be revealed. To those individuals, thanks again.

I love taking people fishing with me. I ain't afraid of sharing info. I feel that most people need to know "Where NOT To Go". BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA