Quote Originally Posted by Big C View Post
I think it's people are realizing how posting on the internet puts pressure on the lakes.
Sad news to hear. You dont have to give specifics as far as location. But it is our responsibility as outdoorsmen to PROMOTE the outdoors. There are a ton of people out there that have to work 24-7-360 out of 365 days a year.(Im fortunate to not be one of those). On the 5 off days that they get, all they want to do is take their daughter or son fishing. Well if the fishing is not decent, it wont keep the kids attention. Then the kid grows up not an outdoorsman, and then they dont pass that on to their kids. Before you know it, after our generation is dead and gone, there are fewer and fewer outdoorsmen til there are none. Now there will be gun control laws rampent crime rates and failure of the USA to thrive as a nation. All because us current outdoorsmen want to keep the outdoors to ourselves. We dont live forever, but our geneology could. So promote the outdoors. To anyone that has enough interest to ask. I am fortunate to get to fish 3 days a week. So I dont necessarily mind finding fish myself. But still like a heads up on new waters. Some one (grandfather, dad, friend, family friend) passed on the outdoors to us. Very few, if any, of us started out 100% on our own, without asking one question from anyone, and with no information, no books, ANYTHING. Someone passed on the tradition to us and its our responsibilty to continue to pass it on.