12-31-2012, 06:38 AM
Last year it was perfect. The open water beyond the buoys made most people think the ice wasn't safe and the crowds never really gathered on the narrows.
Thankfully, a lot of people are too lazy to walk down the caretaker's hill to check it for themselves. I clapped my hands for every "I don't think the ice is safe on the narrows" post I saw on BFT; and there were quite a few. Those of us on the 8" of ice were "crazy."
Last summer I posted my last fishing report on BFT after I hammered the smallmouth at East Canyon on a weekday afternoon. I felt pretty proud and wanted to brag a little. So I posted specific details about what I used and where I caught them. Never again... The next day I went to Sporty's and the lure I had just referenced was completely sold out. I went back to EC that afternoon and 3 of the 5 or so boats on the lake were right where I had explained in my post.
This was the straw that broke the camels back for me. Last winter a report was posted on a Saturday by someone who had a legendary crappie day off Browning Point. You may remember it; they had photoshopped the picture to try to hide the location. I was on the ice that day with less than a dozen other fishermen. By Sunday at noon there was at least a hundred people fishing Browning Point.
You see it anytime a positive report is posted about any of the dozen or so waterways along the valley front. Reservoirs like Starvation are affected much less because a majority of people aren't willing to drive 2+ hrs from the valley to fish there based on a hot tip from a website.
I share info with a very small group of folks on this website. I'm with TubeDude though, if someone hits me with the kid pitch, I'll do what I can to help put them on the fish.
I just retired from BFT.
Cheers.
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Thankfully, a lot of people are too lazy to walk down the caretaker's hill to check it for themselves. I clapped my hands for every "I don't think the ice is safe on the narrows" post I saw on BFT; and there were quite a few. Those of us on the 8" of ice were "crazy."
Last summer I posted my last fishing report on BFT after I hammered the smallmouth at East Canyon on a weekday afternoon. I felt pretty proud and wanted to brag a little. So I posted specific details about what I used and where I caught them. Never again... The next day I went to Sporty's and the lure I had just referenced was completely sold out. I went back to EC that afternoon and 3 of the 5 or so boats on the lake were right where I had explained in my post.
This was the straw that broke the camels back for me. Last winter a report was posted on a Saturday by someone who had a legendary crappie day off Browning Point. You may remember it; they had photoshopped the picture to try to hide the location. I was on the ice that day with less than a dozen other fishermen. By Sunday at noon there was at least a hundred people fishing Browning Point.
You see it anytime a positive report is posted about any of the dozen or so waterways along the valley front. Reservoirs like Starvation are affected much less because a majority of people aren't willing to drive 2+ hrs from the valley to fish there based on a hot tip from a website.
I share info with a very small group of folks on this website. I'm with TubeDude though, if someone hits me with the kid pitch, I'll do what I can to help put them on the fish.
I just retired from BFT.
Cheers.
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