01-22-2016, 03:46 AM
[quote skidmarximus88]while i agree with mostly everything stated in this post, still irks me when people are just on to brag...
i feel like someone just showed me the most amazing banana split in the world, delicious above all else and didnt tell me the town/city to look for it. I would never as the GPS location for anyones success, but if you go and find success and had a whale of a time, in my opinion it doesnt hurt to state the body of water.
Just my opinion... I love catching Kokanee and would gladly help another member get on some of them buggers.[/quote]
First of all, what Tubedude said, that is pretty legit. That being said...I get it. Your anti-bragging disposition makes sense. When someone puts a post up with a great report of success, a pic but no location info it comes off as an "I did better than you,...look a pic" type of thing. It would rub me the wrong way too, if I didn't know any better. What you don't get is the impact that a site of this magnitude can have. Smaller lakes can get hammered and populations can be affected significantly as a result. I want to help people, but don't want to adversely affect the quality of fishing that we have here in Utah. Truly what You don't get is the inherent irresistible instinct to fish that guys like me have. It is literally my livelihood during the summer months when I am up in Alaska. Finding fish in new areas, doing the math on depths vs. fish migration given the time of year. Dealing with spawning phases. Thinking about weather and during what barometric patterns are the fish actively feeding, and what do they want to eat during those times. Figuring out what type of weather causes salmon to move up river. What triggers a "RUN" of salmon. Figuring out what the moon phase has to do with it. Dealing with weather as a safety issue; can we fly, are we VFR, what is the fog/wind like 100 miles away. How big are the waves, what direction the wind is blowing vs. what direction the river is flowing. What will the weather be like back at camp when we are done fishing, again wind and waves. Also, BEARS... nuff said. you get it, etc..... I could go on and on....
I just want you to realize the amount of dedication that some members here on BFT have... and why we want to talk to guys that really need the help, or really care. A "Bragging post" is really just another form of fishing. I put a post up and guys that just want to read and scan for info say... ugghh! where and when?.... I wait for a "bite" and get a PM. Pretty simple, I help the guys that are willing to take the time to get the info. I make a new friend, I see them on the lake some day and have an AAAHHA, you're that guy" moment. That is what makes this site great. That is what makes this site real.
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i feel like someone just showed me the most amazing banana split in the world, delicious above all else and didnt tell me the town/city to look for it. I would never as the GPS location for anyones success, but if you go and find success and had a whale of a time, in my opinion it doesnt hurt to state the body of water.
Just my opinion... I love catching Kokanee and would gladly help another member get on some of them buggers.[/quote]
First of all, what Tubedude said, that is pretty legit. That being said...I get it. Your anti-bragging disposition makes sense. When someone puts a post up with a great report of success, a pic but no location info it comes off as an "I did better than you,...look a pic" type of thing. It would rub me the wrong way too, if I didn't know any better. What you don't get is the impact that a site of this magnitude can have. Smaller lakes can get hammered and populations can be affected significantly as a result. I want to help people, but don't want to adversely affect the quality of fishing that we have here in Utah. Truly what You don't get is the inherent irresistible instinct to fish that guys like me have. It is literally my livelihood during the summer months when I am up in Alaska. Finding fish in new areas, doing the math on depths vs. fish migration given the time of year. Dealing with spawning phases. Thinking about weather and during what barometric patterns are the fish actively feeding, and what do they want to eat during those times. Figuring out what type of weather causes salmon to move up river. What triggers a "RUN" of salmon. Figuring out what the moon phase has to do with it. Dealing with weather as a safety issue; can we fly, are we VFR, what is the fog/wind like 100 miles away. How big are the waves, what direction the wind is blowing vs. what direction the river is flowing. What will the weather be like back at camp when we are done fishing, again wind and waves. Also, BEARS... nuff said. you get it, etc..... I could go on and on....
I just want you to realize the amount of dedication that some members here on BFT have... and why we want to talk to guys that really need the help, or really care. A "Bragging post" is really just another form of fishing. I put a post up and guys that just want to read and scan for info say... ugghh! where and when?.... I wait for a "bite" and get a PM. Pretty simple, I help the guys that are willing to take the time to get the info. I make a new friend, I see them on the lake some day and have an AAAHHA, you're that guy" moment. That is what makes this site great. That is what makes this site real.
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