the story of bo and joe

[bird down]

Joe is a year around crappie fisherman that puts in countless hours on the water. He cuts brush and weights it down for attracting fish in his few favorite spots on the lake. Joe helps the other fisherman when they inquire information but Joe doesn't speak about his fishing spots. Who would after a decade of work? Bo mainly fishes spring but he talks fishing year around. That's what he is best at, talking. Bo has talked to so many fisherman over the years he knows all the how's, tos, and does. Bo is pretty much the go to guy in the crappie community, and he knows it. Its what drives Bo.
Joe is out on the lake looking for post spawn crappie and stumbles up on a pile of big spawned out females in his brush piles. The fishing has been tough and there is not many people out fishing. Bait shops don't even have a report. So Bo calls Joe and like always inquires as much information as possible. Joe feels sorry for his buddy Bo and slips up and tells him about the spot he is catching these big fish. Bo is so excited it's almost as if he actually caught the fish! He logs on to his favorite fishing site and gives a very nice detailed report of where how and to catch these big ol fish(Bo is loved on his fav fishing site , after all he knows more than most about crappie fishing ). The following day Joe goes to his fishing spot to find 3 other boats in the same area. A little strange he thought for a weekday. As the day went on he saw them catching fish and posing for pictures like they had never caught a fish before. Even stranger was that Bo never showed up. He seemed so excited about Joe's report. As the week days turned to weekend the boats nearly doubled every day. At this point there were 18 boats in Joe's little fishing spot, and none of them were bos boat. Joe looked around and decided to reel in his poles and start all over, he hadn't gotten a bite all day.

This coming from a Joe, try and be smart about posting locations because chances are u didn't find anything. The guy u followed, saw, told u, u read about, etc did.

[Dee F]

Sounds like joe learned a hard lesson and will be sending bo to the community holes from now on!

[hawgdog]

Sounds Like Joe should of kept his mouth shut

[hotrod1]

Nice read. I was a joe. Till I got burned a few times myself.

[CRAPPIECON]

never go full joe. learned that the hard way myself chasing ducks when i was about 20. now its either come with me and keep your mouth shut bout it or u dont go anymore. i may give some advice on what im using how deep etc... but location is rarely given out unless i just dont care that much. sorry u got burnt i believe i'd be giving old bo an earful

[slabin]

This is so true Jeremy and I must say that you are a good writer the words you wrote came off the tongue so elegant and graceful. I give your 5 stars for this I have critiqued this and find no flaws. But I must say that I did cry at the end just because you spoke the truth and ole Joe ended up getting the dirty end of the stick.

[Slab]

Yep, never give away the specifics of that "hot spot". It can turn friends into enemies. That's never encouraged, especially here on Crappie.com. You always have to watch what you say cause it could be anyone that's posting it. That person coulda mentioned something at the baitshop and someone there spread the word. You just never know. But please do post pics, we all love pics. Just change your location, cause that too can be a give away. Or just make sure it's all water in the background.

[Big C]

Well said Jeremy ,we've talked about these matters before one on one and i couldn't agree more.I have a little story myself.Years ago before I knew anything about trolling I met this guy that I consider to be one of the best.So after a little convincing he set out to teach me how to troll and I was quick learner.Limits were flying in the boat and thought I was something special but in reality it was just perfect conditions,probably could have caught them on a cigarette butt.Well after a few years we became good friends and shared information,which is helpful for sure.But one day my friend calls and says he had found the mother load of 2lb fish and i was eager to try them.It was a spot like none other it was way back in the middle of nowhere and just looked fishy and boy was it loaded with giant fish.I was catching 20 fish limits in two hours and they were huge.Well after getting the big head,wanting to brag i started posted posting pics on public forums and giving too much information within a few days our secret was no longer.Well my friend found out what I had done and 6 years later we are barely on speaking terms.So my point is be careful how you share information and good luck out there.

[slabin]

Im your buddy BigC through thick and thin.

[rayzor65]

I learned a lesson the hard way, not about giving information out but about asking, I'm from the Nashville TN area and got on a crappie .com forum to try to get some intel for an upcoming trip the wife and I were taking. I asked for to many details and watched for two days with no response till I got a PM. I was told told I was asking for to many details and I needed to figure it out for myself. I could have taken offense but didn't, he was right, I rephrased my inquiry, I believe it went something like "coming down for the weekend are they biting", I got probably 10 responses that put me in the general depth and areas, that is all I was looking for, I enjoy figuring it out myself. One day I hope to make down there, was thinking maybe the crank fest not to find the hot fishing holes but to learn from a group of like minded crappie enthusiast how to better my skills. Good read, I think Joe needs to talk to Bo and Bo owes Joe an apology, friends are not that easy to come by.

Have a great day,
Ray.