Thread: the story of bo and joe

I agree BRM! Im the same way! But I rarely catch crappie in the same spot for longer than a week or 2. I will tell people what I caught and where (as long as its my info to give. If some one gives me tips i keep my mouth shut about their info.) I have found out for me most of the time if info is more than a day old....things are likely to change ALOT! So if I give you info its a good place to start but dont spend alot of time there if ya aint gettin bit. MOVE! I have found more often than not when Im told where to go and what to do things have changed by the time I make it there. So I have to change something to get bit, bait/method/or even location. Not many of us get to constantly fish and stay on top of them. Most of us have to work. And we are all (FISHERMEN/OUTDOORSMEN) on the same team! If I had placed a ton of brush piles myself and I was a solo pole guy I would be reluctant to give out coordinances. But from a troller POV help people out. Things change often. Whats hot one day aint gonna be hot the next and it should make people proud to see when they HELPED someone and they SUCCEED! Plus people (average joes that dont know how to fish try to take their kids) and dont catch that makes the kiddo hate fishing and BAM, Another future outdoorsmen lost to the Liberal, don't hurt my feelings, wimpified new age males! And then the kiddo's kids dont even get an opportunity to get out in the outdoors and in just a generation or two all Outdoors is lost. There is no longer any one hunting and fishing IF it is even still LEGAL to do so. So if some dont wanna help...thats ur decision and i definitely respect that.... but that wont be my choice. Everyone have a great day!

You are right my friend. The work is the fun part for me as well. But I was 8-9yrs old before I started enjoying that part of it. I just thank god that my dad was a good outdoorsmen and was able to put me to some successful hunting and fishing trips when I was 3-8 years old that way I am definitely interested in the work that went into making the success happen. Requires a mature mind to understand cause and effect. Work hard=Pays off. But a 3 year old mind just dont get that yet. All they understand is catching is fun. Rare to find a kid that was exposed to an xbox at 3yrs old and not a good hunting/fishing til he is 8yrs old that will even be interested in giving the outdoors a fighting chance over the xbox. I agree with you but also disagree with the starting out of the tradition. I hate that people expose their kids to video games. I have an xbox and used to love it. But my son has never and will never see me play it. Not something i want him interested in yet. But man people are turning their kids onto video games these days because it makes raising a kid so much easier. Keeps them out of your hair. But I prefer to let my son be in my hair constantly and put him onto some fish for now. Its hard sometimes but I wouldnt trade it for the world.

This is just what I have interpreted after seeing what is going on around me in my area. I understand different regions have different ways of doing/ not doing things. I spent the entire weekend on a sandbar with my family and extended family this weekend. Had the entire sandbar to ourselves. My mom asked me...."Where are all the people?" I informed her people dont do this kind of stuff anymore. Im just 29 years old and when I was 15 the sandbars around here looked like miami beaches it was so crowded. And now not a soul other than us! People love their TV's and AC too much now. That is a HUGE decline in the way things were and the way things are now in just 15 years. What will the next 15 years hold?