I'm not a guide, but I really don't like fishing around a bunch of people so I am pretty tight lipped about my fishing. If I am catching fish and someone nearby isn't, I'll gladly try and help them out. If someone just drives up to me or walks up if I am on shore and asks if I am catching fish... "It's pretty slow". I take that as them being lazy and just wanting to cut out all the time finding fish and jump right into catching, I didn't work at it all day for them. If someone walks up to me and says they are having trouble finding/catching fish, can I help... absolutely and I will put them on some fish if I can. It's all in the way you ask!

As for internet, if you message me on a forum or facebook.. its the same thing. If the message is "where at?", you are getting "in the lip". If you introduce yourself, and tell me a reason why you want to know where or how I am fishing.. I will probably try and help out. I've had people message me before on facebook and say they are having trouble finding fish and they don't want my exact spot but just some tips on where to catch them. I'll usually help out.

I've had people come up to me before and make a remark about my fish and say they didn't catch anything. I've told them exactly where to go and walked over to the boat and grabbed a few working jigs/plastics and handed them out. I've also had people putting in when I am taking out and asking the million questions about where the fish are, what they are biting on, how deep, what color, etc... they are just trying to cut out all the work and jump right into catching, and if they are nice I will probably share some info. but usually they are demanding, like i owe it to them to tell them everything they want to know.. those people can go pound sand.


Basically, I try to be a nice person but I really hate lazy people.