Somewhere, Sometime this spring out on the water

[THE DARKHORSE]

Originally Posted by Jim Day

Nice MLPA angle, yep I'm causing the closures

This is the classic damned if you do, damned if you don't scenario. I've posted many detailed fishing reports, and I enjoy posting them but if I post them about seabass it leads to overfishing the bite so I've been holding those reports back.

My take is the point of posting is not to give everyone the latest info or tell them GO FISH RIGHT HERE NOW!!! but instead say Hey: there's quality fish out there, go find them.

To offer encouragement not instructions.

That's what I'd say to you now. There are fish being caught now from the border to point conception in dozens of places. Now is the time, don't waste it, go out and find some fish.

If you don't want to find your own fish, if you want someone to give you babyfood and tell you exactly where to go and when to fish there... Well..... I wish you luck because I think times are changing and most realize you can't post that kind of info on bite without having two hundred lurkers show up the next day.


Just my take though...

Jim

I'm sure this will make a couple more guys start shorting my stock, but with every word in this post above.

Especially this: "My take is the point of posting is not to give everyone the latest info or tell them GO FISH RIGHT HERE NOW!!! but instead say Hey: there's quality fish out there, go find them." "There are fish being caught now from the border to point conception in dozens of places. Now is the time, don't waste it, go out and find some fish". My clients from just up north to a couple of hundred miles keep telling me the same thing. "There are tons of big fish in my local kelp right now". For guys up the coast this post should serve as a symbol, save the gas and fish that big patch of kelp in front of your house. Look for the big flashing neon signs (dive flags) ...#1 be respectful, #2 keep a great long distance until they climb back into the boat or kayak, #3 offer an ice cold micro-brew and don't make it too obvious you're trying to get "priceless information" (how many, how deep , how big?). Just like the internet, they might not tell you crap the first time you offer a beer, let the offer stand and hand over that cold beer anyway. Again, like the internet, don't bash them if they don't feel obligated to tell you a damn thing, be respectful, and more than likely your six dollar investment will pay in spades.

It's been a while since we had a good lynching...to post or not to post wars are so cool . "Fantastic displays of infighting instead of bonding the community together during a time when we need it more than ever".

For the same five-haters and your couple of multiple personality second screen-names you've created (brilliant by the way), could you please focus that hate on my posts instead of other members of the site...I can take it, and I will be serving a full 54 lb plate of hater-food later tonight, enjoy!

Oh yeah, I'm stoked for you Jim! And thanks for paddling well away from the spot where we catch those amazing fish and having a tourist rental-kayaker take the photo. The problem is that now we're catching them in that spot too you son of a bi>...thanks for sharing .