I tell people about spots I have had success in. Hasn't been a problem yet.

Theres a creek by my house that produces really well for me. I catch 6,5 and 4 pounders regularly. I usually fish alone, im a loner. I discovered this spot a couple years ago when i saw what was supposed to be a dried uo creek on a map. I walked 30 minutes into the woods and found the spot. It was full of water and has a lot of huge bass in it. Ive been fishing it for a couple years now and im pretty much the only one who fishes it. Ive never seen anyone there and ive never seen any recent trash or signs of people fishing there.

I recently met a friend who loves fishing also. And i took him to my spot. Now the problem is he fishes that spot everyday. Seriously he dosent work, hes there everyday. The thing that ticks me off is that he told another guy about it and he is probably gonna tell somebody else.

What do you guys think i should do?

Oh and he posts every d**n fish on fishbrain and claims hes a bassmaster lol he is a newbie. All he does is cast without purpose, but the creek is packed so you can catch fish every cast.

 

I started out on this site, met some cool folks from florida, chatted with some in the area. Gave out spots, even met up with a few. Most are takers, not givers of info, most are like your friend out to be the "bassmaster" blind casting and just hammering a spot til the blind squirrel finds their nut. Needless to say every jackass in jax ended up at these spots. Every newbie that googles "fishing jax" ends up here. Now I don't have many folks I talk to, I don't share info on the net anymore. OP your not wrong for thinking like this, and I bet you learned your lesson. Luckily I moved, don't fish most my old places at all anymore got a fresh start.

Dont ever share your good mushroom spots .

I'm talking smaller places that are perfect eco systems for bass with plenty of food for them.

Little update here. This last week he fished my spot 5 days out of 7. Caught the same 4 pounder (same exact fish) 3 times and saying he is really good at fishing and wanting to fish tournaments now. He has never been on a boat lol i had a great laugh.

Oh and i quit fishing with him. I think he got a hint that i wasnt happy. Not only did i put him on all the spots he nows but he calls them "his honey holes". I also taught him 90% percent of all he nows. He used to be a throw a spinnerbait everyday everywere type of guy.

Bout to go fish after a couple days. I hope hes not there.

Rant done, im sorry

 Thanks for the update.Don't let the experience of your buddy sour you for inviting others to go fishing. Do what I do and only invite friends to places that aren't your favorite spots but good enough where both of you should have a decent time. Also,try to invite friends that you have known for at least a couple years and have proven themselves to be reliable.

loose lips sink ships

The only people you should tell about your secret spots are people who don't fish, in case something happens like you break your leg or something, so they know where to look when you don't make it home.

 

But seriously keep your secret spots to yourself or other people who have shared secret spots with you.  I have one person locally that I trade spot/bite info with, and he's been good with keeping my info between us (he has another person he shares info with, but keeps our info mutually exclusive).

Here are a couple of really private ones - shhhh!!

 

 

 

 

It's your decision as to if and with whom you want to share your "secret spots". Your friend was just being himself. It appears that you were not a very good judge of character. Lesson learned the hard way.

Yessir i learned it the hard way

Yessir i learned it the hard way

You'll find another great spot or two just like that creek if you keep looking. Variety makes it more fun anyway!

Here are a couple of really private ones - shhhh!!

 

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Lol, that's exactly what it looks like up here during a steelhead run.

Only person I will ever share my honey holes with is my Father

Keep in mind that if you post photos on THIS SITE including in your profile gallery, if you've taken the photo with an iPhone or most any camera with GPS, unless you've deliberately gotten rid of the geolocater from the photo's metadata, people on this site are able to get the precise coordinates of any of your photos. That includes ones at your secret honey hole, the one where you're proudly holding your 8 pounder for a nice photo. Beware.

I only give out that kind of information to people that I know will not trash up the area. 

and a really great tool for removing exif data info can be found here

 

http://removephotodata.com/

 

Also, Geo Tagging can usually be disabled in the settings section on your camera/smart phone and Geo Tagging will not work if you disable the GPS on your smartphone.

I usually just wind up doing a screen grab of the photo and posting that rather than the original.  That way, you don't have the GPS issue, and you get a smaller file that BassResource.com allows you to attach to the post without resizing. 

 

I did post up an original pic once to test the GPS issue, and when I downloaded it back to my phone through BassResource.com, there was no GPS tag remaining on it.  Has anyone else tried that test?

 

Now, I do know that if you are straight texting pics to people, that is another story altogether.....You are toast if location services is on!! 

You might wind up on the Jerry Springer show if you're not careful :)

Only person I will ever share my honey holes with is my Father

When my dad was fishing, he would agree to meet me there at a particular time then show up early. That's my pop!

Keep in mind that if you post photos on THIS SITE including in your profile gallery, if you've taken the photo with an iPhone or most any camera with GPS, unless you've deliberately gotten rid of the geolocater from the photo's metadata, people on this site are able to get the precise coordinates of any of your photos. That includes ones at your secret honey hole, the one where you're proudly holding your 8 pounder for a nice photo. Beware.

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

This is great advice! have been knowing about this for a couple years and since then I disable the GPS coordinates on my phone so all my pictures have no location on them.I also don't send pictures anymore, except to my fishing partner.

Unfortunate he didn't realize you were doing him a huge favor by telling him and only him about that spot for a reason. On to da next spot I guess. Tight lines

I fish a lot of different lakes and ponds. A lot of those lakes are tournament pressured and some of the smaller ponds seldom see a fisherman. I do not like to give out specific information. I am very guarded about specific information. If I believe you are a trustworthy fisherman then I may tell you where and give out some information that will help you catch fish. I expect the same in return. Their are far to many fisherman that want all the information you will give them but wont tell you anything in return. I do not mind giving out information. I enjoy seeing people catch fish and helping them do so. That being said if I take you in my boat and take you to one of my best unobvious spots I expect you to tell no one. Most of my best spots are unobvious and tend to be a specific spot on a spot. Some of those specific spots have taken years and years, countless hours to find.  You could probably go back to that same point I took you to but if you're not fishing that one specific spot you're not going to catch fish.  With all that time and effort I do not think it is right, moral, honorable, or respectful to go and give out that spot I put so much time and effort into. I know that individuals on this site have figured out what bodies of water I fish from my photos. That's fine, good luck finding the specific spots I like to fish. Just because any individual knows what lake you are fishing doesn't mean they will fish it better than you, or find your spots. It is pretty sad in my mind that fisherman cant find their own fish, that they have to try and find a way to figure out your spot. If you are kind enough to take me in your boat you can expect the same amount of respect and courtesy. I will not give away another fisherman's spot. I understand exactly what goes into finding good productive spots. When I take someone fishing for the first time I usually tell them half jokingly, " Don't tell anyone about this spot. If you do I will sink your boat. " 

I have pretty well solved this problem by only taking out of state fisherman to my special spots. The only exception has been Speedbead & Topwaterspook, trustworthy members on this site. 

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It does not bother me to give out locations

 

If you're capable of finding one hotspot, you're capable of finding another hotspot.

You'll be dead a looong time, so the best time to share is while you're still alive 

 

Roger

Have a spot in Iowa that for all last year I stopped to fish at when I was passing through town. It was a private decorative pond for a hotel. Never saw anyone fishing it as it was posted with no fishing signs everywhere. Got permission and it became my honey hole when I was in town. Would even drive 100 miles out of the way just to stay at the hotel and fish for a night. Last year I fished more then 20 days at this little place.

 

Nothing big ever came out of it, just undersized bass and blue gill and a handful of fat grass carp. Would catch and release a mess of fish in a night and was just good fun. One of the hotel workers saw me out fishing one morning last year and asked if I have been catching anything. I said yeah just a few small ones thinking nothing of it.

 

Fast forward to last night, stopped in to get some night fishing in as its always been good. Not even a single nibble and its half covered with thick mats of the green slime. Fished for 3 hours this morning and still nothing, didn't even see any small blue gill. First time Ive ever got skunked fishing here and first for seeing any sign of grass or slime in the pond. So Im thinking the word has gotten out and the bucket brigade has cleaned this spot out completely. Kinda ticks me off cause it was such a fun time after a day of work.

 

Even drove by later that after noon just to see if anyone was there and to my horror...there was at least 10 groups of people with buckets surrounding the little pond.