Things you learned this fall.

[surfstix1963]

Although we own all of this equipment rods reels plugs etc. for this sport of ours and the fall run sucked, I think we were all reminded that sometimes the basic old school methods do work and they worked well.Personally I probably own close to 200 plugs some of you may have more, and this season reminded me how simple a green/dark red tube diamond jig or bucktail with a teaser works after all they did catch every bass I caught this year.Granted it was a sandeel bite but the needlefish did not produce all that well as compared to the jigs.It was nice just to bring a few jigs and bucktails rather then lugging the whole bag of tricks.Sometimes we overlook the obvious by using all the things that are offered to us nowadays this season brought me back to fishing the old school way simple and effective.Any thoughts????

[Monty]

Only thing I learned this fall was that I missed fishing big time.
What I think finally sunk into my skull this year is that the areas I fish and when I fish them the bait is small and thin most of the time. I started fishing the loaded 5 1/2" redfins more and caught more. Also lots of fish caught on teasers and the SP Minnow was good. Even top water with bass and blues, 6" and skinny type spooks out caught others by a mile. Big fat wood, not so much lovin this year.


A rare occasion this year when a bigger plug got whacked
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2013_5_12_BF2.jpg

[storminsteve]

You can't always count on bass and bluefish being there.:burn:
Sea robins and hickory shad are the new striped bass.

[BassBuddah]

Fire Island becomes very small when the bite is best in one small area.

[hookset]

Personally I probably own close to 200 plugs some of you may have more, and this season reminded me how simple a green/dark red tube diamond jig or bucktail with a teaser works after all they did catch every bass I caught this year.Granted it was a sandeel bite but the needlefish did not produce all that well as compared to the jigs.It was nice just to bring a few jigs and bucktails rather then lugging the whole bag of tricks.Sometimes we overlook the obvious by using all the things that are offered to us nowadays this season brought me back to fishing the old school way simple and effective.Any thoughts????

What he said. Ava and bucktail were good producers for me as well. Sometimes its good to get back to basics, they do catch.

[storminsteve]

Good post SS. You think back to the fishermen of 50 and 75 years ago what did they use? Old conventionals, dacron line and penn squidders to throw tin squids. And bucktails and other tins. Seems that was the way a lot of fish were caught other than bait. Now we have the fancy holographic daiwa sps, the $21 new sparkling mag darters, and enough custom plugs to fill a navy battle ship. Do they help to catch more fish? Maybe. Its also possible that some of these plugs catch more fishermen than they do fish. A small ava with or without a teaser or redgill has been good for me this fall. So good its the first thing I throw. No fish in 20 or 30 casts and I try someting else.

[finchaser]

Dark can't find fish for Pebbles:ROFLMAO

[DarkSkies]

^ :2flip: :moon:........I asked her if she would go fishin with me last night as a few fish are around...told her the tides I wanted to fish would be 11p-4am.......she said: "I'm not fishing that late at night...it interferes with my beauty sleep! :heart:
I love that girl...what can I say......most of my larger fish have come at night....and right now, as we discussed, about 1 out of every 100 are a little bigger, pulling some drag.....those are my targets..........

Any more astute observations, ya grouchy basstid? :moon: :kiss: :laugh: :clapping: :HappyWave:

[finchaser]

I wouldn't go with ya at night either it's a day bite:kooky: SCale down the tackle and the smaller fish put up a good account of themselves.

Today was a PERFECT DAY to have taken your love PEBBLES FISHING

[hookset]

SCale down the tackle and the smaller fish put up a good account of themselves.



Still some fish around at night finchaser. I picked up a few last night. They are chasing herring. Good point about scaling down the tackle. I was using a 7 1/2' rod.

[finchaser]

I know^^^^ but Pebbles hates chasing Darks Windows of opportunity in the middle of the night because they are usually shut by time he gets there as he's always an hour or so late. He should take her at first light so she can catch a fish.

[surfstix1963]

Dark just turn the drag knob counter clockwise and the small ones will pull line too.:laugh::laugh::HappyWave:

[robmedina]

I learned that I have this uncanny ability to cast my needlefish in any direction in the surf and am able to consistently catch sandfleas!

[surfstix1963]

Speed up your retrieve some if that is happening try and stay about a foot off the bottom or use a different needle

[finchaser]

Almost forgot especially this fall all the professionals don't target small fish, only ego filling no skill snag and drop for them

[DarkSkies]

Today was a PERFECT DAY to have taken your love PEBBLES FISHING


He should take her at first light so she can catch a fish.

I know you're only thinking of us...but that 1 1/2 hour bite at first light isn't enough for me.....it's like seeing a huge chocolate cake in a window that you can't touch...and only getting to lick the knife that cuts the pieces.....
The biggest reason we would come down there is to see your grouchy A**......;)...and your usual policy is you don't fish on weekends....:( :HappyWave:


Fished this AM from 6:30 to 8 had 7 bass to 27 inches 4 on sand eel rubber and 3 on Mucho minnow left them biting as beach was a zoo all the fair weather dilly docks were out. Water was 42.
I would rather avoid the crowds more than anything......not fun for me anymore.....one of the reasons I would rather fish at night....maybe less fish...but more solitude. :fishing:
As always thanks for the words and the nagging...and the advice...:d
Very happy for those who are getting out there and getting some fish...it will be a long Winter.
Now is the time for memories that will have to last throughout that Winter....








Dark just turn the drag knob counter clockwise and the small ones will pull line too.:laugh::laugh::HappyWave:

Man I get no respect around here..:laugh:...how ya feeling today Surf...you said you and your family had a touch of the flu...hope you all are recovering....:HappyWave:

[storminsteve]

Hey surfstix hope your fam get well soon. Merry Christmas and thanks for all the informative threads especially the one on reading the water.

[finchaser]

DS
Excuses excuses it's not about you its about her and except for yesterday there's been no more than 4 to 7 people in a 1 1/2 mile stretch. Fish for 2 hours and take her to breakfast. Hold the fish out and it will look big in one of your infer miss look what I caught photo's :HappyWave::beatin: Get the girl a fish how are you going to grow up to be a guide like D_

[surfstix1963]

Well to put it mildly I feel like crap, evidently another upper respiratory infection it's steroid time I'm so glad I quit smoking 4 years ago, I never got any of this crap quitting is supposed to make you healthier IDK about that one.All I've been is sick, since I quit.Your Welcome Steve.

[DarkSkies]

Get the girl a fish how are you going to grow up to be a guide like D_


She has some things going on right now and really can't fish...maybe the Spring will be better for her...so let's just blame me.....the super goog of all time...I'm OK with that.....
Sorry to disappoint ya about the guide service....I'm not gonna follow in his footsteps......too many toes were stepped on to get to that position (JMO of course :) )

I'm gonna continue being the clueless, unable-to-catch-a-fish-to-save-my-life, goog that I am......
After all, Monty needs some company. It wouldn't be fair for him to win the Googan of the Year trophy every year, now, would it? ;) :laugh: :HappyWave:

Surfstix, Pebbles and I are praying for you all to feel better....:HappyWave:
You are definitely going to live longer without cigarettes in your life.....we're proud of ya. :thumbsup:

[Monty]

After all, Monty needs some company. It wouldn't be fair for him to win the Googan of the Year trophy every year, now, would it? ;) :laugh: :HappyWave:



Stop trying to steal my thunder.
I stick a hook in my finger, you gotta get a hook stuck in your hand at the same time with a bass (wasn't there a fence involved in that too ).
I find a dead turtle (looked like an alien)...you gotta find a headless torso.

Always gotta top me.:HappyWave:


I still think my finger tops your finger/bass/fence combo :headbang:

http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_10_30hook.jpg

[storminsteve]

haha this is funny. the two of you are competing to see who is the bigger Googan lol. I vote for monty that pic of the hook in finger is awesome!

[finchaser]

Note they both fish at night alone so they have no witnesses to there googan ways. Dark will always win as he has a googan bucket that says googen on it just so there is no doubt in peoples minds

[Monty]

haha this is funny. the two of you are competing to see who is the bigger Googan lol. I vote for monty that pic of the hook in finger is awesome!

I gotta winner with that one.
Not sure if I ever posted the pic of the plug. Irony is I may have caught more fish on this plug (SS Green poppers) than any other plug....Irony...

http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_10_30_BLP.jpg

[surfstix1963]

oReally a Googan Bucket that's why you miss your window of opportunity,just trying to dig something out of it has got to be a time consuming effort especially at night hopefully you don't change plugs too often.:d
Note they both fish at night alone so they have no witnesses to there googan ways. Dark will always win as he has a googan bucket that says googan on it just so there is no doubt in peoples minds

[DarkSkies]

Stop trying to steal my thunder.
Always gotta top me.:HappyWave:I still think my finger tops your finger/bass/fence combo :headbang:

http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_10_30hook.jpg


haha this is funny. the two of you are competing to see who is the bigger Googan lol. I vote for monty that pic of the hook in finger is awesome!

I'll take care of that......
I just whipped up a 10 year Goog Award....Monty takes the cake.....let no man take it away from him, without a fierce battle.....:kicknuts: :HappyWave:
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Sadly, I will have to content myself with being the GTBG....lurking in the shadows.....:moon: :laugh: :HappyWave:















Note they both fish at night alone so they have no witnesses to there googan ways. Dark will always win as he has a googan bucket that says googan on it just so there is no doubt in peoples minds

:2flip: :moon: :kiss: :HappyWave:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_nqYhgqOTs

[Monty]

I'll take care of that......
I just whipped up a 10 year Goog Award....Monty takes the cake.....let no man take it away from him, without a fierce battle.....:kicknuts: :HappyWave:

Sadly, I will have to content myself with being the GTBG....lurking in the shadows.....:moon: :laugh: :HappyWave:



:HappyWave:

[seamonkey]

What the heck is gtbg?

[buckethead]

googan-in-training-bait-guy?
(sorry dark could not resist):HappyWave: monty congrats on your award. Some folks manage to live their whole lives without gaining such prestige. :fishing:

[bababooey]

I gotta winner with that one.
Not sure if I ever posted the pic of the plug. Irony is I may have caught more fish on this plug (SS Green poppers) than any other plug....Irony...

http://rocksimpson.com/images/2011_10_30_BLP.jpg


I definitely think it's the blood on the plug. Must act like a bio-attractant. That award is classic. Kudos. No award is complete without an acceptance speech. Can't wait to hear yours monty.:HappyWave:

[storminsteve]

^^^^^ speech, speech, speech, speech, speech!!!!!!! Waiting to hear it too!!!

[Monty]

I definitely think it's the blood on the plug. Must act like a bio-attractant. That award is classic. Kudos. No award is complete without an acceptance speech. Can't wait to hear yours monty.:HappyWave:


^^^^^ speech, speech, speech, speech, speech!!!!!!! Waiting to hear it too!!!

Well I overcame many odds.
Never carried a white bucket.
Never fell a sleep in a porta john.
I am far from the GTBG.
But during my fishing trips things seem to happen to me (even in my front yard (see hook in finger)).
Whether its walking a beach with a plug hooked in the center of my back (not being able to reach it), falling in a hole (getting my foot lodged between rocks and bloodied up), catching ridicules looking fish (or sneakers), having some guy run into me on the beach from nowhere, mugged by Al Fishstory. It all adds up.....somehow....keeps things entertaining.
And this title will give Dark something to shoot for in 2014...
I never mentioned his Styrofoam incident this year..which I get a good chuckle every time I think of it (thank you Dark).
And with my 2013 season prematurely ending in August I'll be wound up like a top when I get out there in 2014 :wheeeee: will see how that works out.

I will end my"speech" with my earliest "goog move" story
I think I mentioned this before, its from when I first started surf fishing;
Was bay side fishing a river one evening with my friend. When we started I heard what sounded like a deep voice behind me saying something I could not understand. I looked behind me and there was nobody. My friend came over, heard it looked around and could not find anything, it would come and go, real deep voice, I could make out a word every once and a while. He went back to fishing, I waded out as far as I could go, the voice followed. I was looking behind me quickly, looking above me, whichever way I turned it was behind me, it was freaking me out big time. Finally thought it was coming from my back pack. Went and took it off and found a tiny tape recorder that I used to use when I tagged fish. It had turned on some how, but was playing in the slow mode, which explained the real deep voices and time lags between when I heard things. This thing took a good 20 minutes to play out, was driving me crazy.

And here is a pic of one of my doubleheaders;
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2009_wtfb.jpg


And here is that bloody plug in a bass (Irony)
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2010_9_26_SBa.jpg

[storminsteve]

I will end my"speech" with my earliest "goog move" story
I think I mentioned this before, its from when I first started surf fishing;
Was bay side fishing a river one evening with my friend. When we started I heard what sounded like a deep voice behind me saying something I could not understand. I looked behind me and there was nobody. My friend came over, heard it looked around and could not find anything, it would come and go, real deep voice, I could make out a word every once and a while. He went back to fishing, I waded out as far as I could go, the voice followed. I was looking behind me quickly, looking above me, whichever way I turned it was behind me, it was freaking me out big time. Finally thought it was coming from my back pack. Went and took it off and found a tiny tape recorder that I used to use when I tagged fish. It had turned on some how, but was playing in the slow mode, which explained the real deep voices and time lags between when I heard things.

lol that would of freaked me out as well. Awesome story thanks for sharing. Cool acceptance speech.:cool:

[cowherder]

What the heck is gtbg?

go to bird guy. Monty gave dark the nickname cause he posts about birds all the time
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/showthread.php?5222-Sea-bird-behavior-and-what-it-tells-us

[cowherder]

And here is a pic of one of my doubleheaders;
http://rocksimpson.com/images/2009_wtfb.jpg





:clapping:Wow that acceptance speech was better than some of the ones at the academy awards. I am going to win the title for 2014, or at least the one for most dead things. monty, dark, and steve you will be eating my dust lol.
This is my favorite pic, fantastic double header. Must of put up quite a fight.

[DarkSkies]

Monty congrats on your award and your speech.
IMO the award was well-deserved and a long time coming. :clapping: :clapping:

Yes, I did get into a battle with a block of styrofoam at the Hook earlier this year..:bucktooth:.....reminding me that I would have failed miserably if I was the character in the Sword in the Stone Legend......I would tell the story but don't want to steal your thunder...;)...this limelight belongs all to you.....my Googan friend.....:ROFLMAO :HappyWave:

Best wishes for success in your Goog endeavors in the future....
For anyone trying to knock Monty off the Goog pedestal for 2014.....be aware that he has quite a Goog history......
and is more than willing to point that out...to us.....
His last post was almost 500 words.....reaching my legendary lengthy post capabilities......you know a guy really wants that title.....when he writes all those words........:) :HappyWave:






From the Hunger Games.....
"May the odds be ever in your favor....:thumbsup: "

[jigfreak]

Way to go monty. Look forward to more googan adventures for 2014.

[bababooey]

X2 they are always entertaining. Kudos you are now running with the big dogs.:laugh: :HappyWave:

[surfstix1963]

Congrats Monty nice speech.

[surfrob]

I hooked my lip flyfishing one night. Black deceiver that I cut the feathers and bucktail off of to stop sneazing and be able to hide a little better in the ER
... looked like a hitler mustache. My wife, 10 years later, still busts my chops over this whenever I'm heading out at night. :ROFLMAO

Googanesque enough? :D

This year I learned to get off my rump and not do the bait and wait thing in the fall, even though 99.999% of the anglers down here DO.
The reason being I was one of the .001% who caught a bass, and it wadn't (sic) on any bait.

[storminsteve]

I hooked my lip flyfishing one night. Black deceiver that I cut the feathers and bucktail off of to stop sneazing and be able to hide a little better in the ER
... looked like a hitler mustache. My wife, 10 years later, still busts my chops over this whenever I'm heading out at night. :ROFLMAO

Googanesque enough? :D

This year I learned to get off my rump and not do the bait and wait thing in the fall, even though 99.999% of the anglers down here DO.
The reason being I was one of the .001% who caught a bass, and it wadn't (sic) on any bait.


Awesome story surfrob, mimicing the punk movement lol. Did you ever wear jeans with safety pins?:)
Question, in your opinion why would 99% of the anglers in your area use bait. Aren't there any inlets or jetties or sod banks where the fish school up at?

[Monty]

I hooked my lip flyfishing one night. Black deceiver that I cut the feathers and bucktail off of to stop sneazing and be able to hide a little better in the ER
... looked like a hitler mustache. My wife, 10 years later, still busts my chops over this whenever I'm heading out at night. :ROFLMAO

Googanesque enough? .

Great story, do you have any pics?
Well this is gotta be close to the superstrike in my finger.
Ouch.

[surfrob]

Awesome story surfrob, mimicing the punk movement lol. Did you ever wear jeans with safety pins?:)
Question, in your opinion why would 99% of the anglers in your area use bait. Aren't there any inlets or jetties or sod banks where the fish school up at?

I should qualify that along the sod banks there are a dedicated group of night rats out plugging. But around Brigantine, not so.

I'm just kicking myself as during the fall there is so much small bait in the surf, from baby kings, to snappers to spot to crabs, and last year for the first time that I'm aware of... sand eels, that plugging / flying has got to be more effective than bait and wait.

Around that island there is just not much to hold fish like the jetties and rocks and better soft structure that seems to be prevalent from IBSP nawth.


Great story, do you have any pics?
Well this is gotta be close to the superstrike in my finger.
Ouch.

There has got to be a pic somewhere, but given the time... it might have only been taken on an old cell phone... so really unsure.

My wife was laughing so hard when she saw me, not sure if she took the pic or my bro in law who was also around before I went to the ER.

[storminsteve]

Awesome story dude, did it look anything like this?:)


Bet this guy felt like a googan big time!

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/angler-catches-himself-mouth-steve-1711078 My fishing blip: Angler needs 12 stitches after hooking HIMSELF in the mouth

Feb 15, 2013 00:44 (http://www.mirror.co.uk/by-date/15-02-2013)









He yanked his rod a couple of times to free the line before the bulbous object suddenly flew 50 feet through the air and struck him in the face

http://i3.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1710240.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/?????This%20is%20the%20incredible%20moment%20an%20 angler%20had%20a%20miracle%20escape%20when%20his%2 0fishing%20weight%20flew%20back%20at%20him%20'like %20a%20bullet'%20and%20lodged%20in%20the-1710240.png BNPS

This is the incredible moment an angler had a miracle escape when his fishing weight flew back at him 'like a bullet' and lodged in the side of his face.
Steve Redhead, 51, was hoping to land some carp fish but became the catch himself after his lead weight snagged on overhanging branches.
He yanked his rod a couple of times to free the line before the bulbous object suddenly flew 50 feet through the air and struck him in the face.
Steve dropped to his knees and thought the object had just grazed him at first until fishing friend Matt Barnes told him it was embedded in his right cheek.
An ambulance was called and Steve, from Weymouth, Dorset, was rushed to hospital to have the 50 gram weight removed.
Luckily, the weight didn't break his cheek bone or jaw or damage any nerves.
Steve, who jet-washes wheelie bins for a living, was told the item could easily have killed him had it hit him in an eye, throat or gone through his mouth.
http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article1710238.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/????%20This%20is%20the%20incredible%20moment%20an% 20angler%20had%20a%20miracle%20escape%20when%20his %20fishing%20weight%20flew%20back%20at%20him%20'li ke%20a%20bullet'%20and%20lodged%20in%20the-1710238.png Ouch: Steve with the weight in his lip
BNPS
He said: "I had been fishing for about three quarters of an hour but hadn't caught anything.
"We were fishing quite close to a tree because we knew carp hide out there in the winter months.
"My line got snagged in some of the branches so I tried a couple of gentle tugs.
"When that didn't work I lost my patience a little bit and gave it a massive yank.
"Then I just remember catching a quick glimpse of the weight coming straight at me like a bullet at the very last second and then thinking it hurt a little bit.
"I dropped to my knees and thought it had just grazed my face.
"When I first touched it I thought it was just swollen before I realised it was the weight and it was now stuck in my face.
"Even though there was a bit of blood it didn't actually hurt that much. It hurt more when I was given the local anaesthetic later in hospital.
"I packed up my fishing gear and the bailiff at the lake called an ambulance.
"I'm very lucky. It could have killed me. Had it gone through my mouth it would have probably gone straight through and out the back of my head.

[storminsteve]

My wife was laughing so hard when she saw me, not sure if she took the pic or my bro in law who was also around before I went to the ER.

Thanks for the answers about the brigantine area really want to get down there and fish it one night.
Bet your wife and you have repeated laughs over that incident lol.

[surfrob]

Thanks for the answers about the brigantine area really want to get down there and fish it one night.
Bet your wife and you have repeated laughs over that incident lol.

we do indeed... my wife has this gut-infuriating laugh when she really laughs. Doesn't happen often but this is one of "those" stories that brings it out over and over and.... :D

as to the unfortunate fellow above, I've come "close" to doing what he did... Best I can do is always wear glasses and a hat to help be able to ward off objects flying in reverse, in the daytime you still have a shot at ducking out of the way.

"It hurt more when I was given the local anaesthetic later in hospital." this is probably true, but one time many years ago I was fishing one of the (now submerged) jetties at Sandy Hook with a friend. I cast a bait rig with a 3 oz pyramid sinker, while my friend (still friends some 30 years later) was fishing
opposite, but near enough, to me. My sinker caught him square in the back between the shoulder blades.

He still has the triangular scar!

For some reason, he never wanted to fish with me again :D

[Monty]

My sinker caught him square in the back between the shoulder blades.
He still has the triangular scar!
For some reason, he never wanted to fish with me again :D

Surfrob, if you, Dark and me fished together we could be The Three O-Googans.
Wow, some good stories....a bit dangerous, but definitely interesting.

[baitstealer]

Things I learned. Either fish and not catch. Or find a parking lot with a lot of trucks and suvs and fish there lol.

[surfstix1963]

The fishing has gotten worse again.

[dogfish]

^^^^ Agreed. Cape Cod fishing this year was hit and miss. If you were able to get out regularly you did well. Other wise it was a lot of misses.

[surfrob]

when the fish are only hitting in one area, make time and get to that area... don't wait and think they'll show up close to home

[Monty]

That I do not loose as many fish when my plugs have hooks with barbs on them.
One night I lost 5 fish in a row that were hooked for different lengths of time, all on plugs with crushed barbs. Then I caught/landed one bass, that plug was a redfin with barbs. Now its possible that the Bass I lost were hooked on the outside of the mouth (I think Blazin420 had a few of those one night), but there is no doubt in my mind that on two separate attempts to go barbless (years apart) that I lost fish because I had crushed barbs and there was nothing else I could do to land those fish.
If I get into certain "bites" i will crush them at that time. I was into a bunch of bass in the 25"-34" range this year, after catching 2 I crushed the barbs and landed 8 more without loosing any. Or when catching a lot of blues I will crush the barbs.
But heading out for my walks I will go fully armed with barbs :viking:

[hookedonbass]

when the fish are only hitting in one area, make time and get to that area... don't wait and think they'll show up close to home

Good point.

[buckethead]

Things I learned this fall - this is the last hurrah for the jetties. From now on for the next 10 years there will be periods of joy among fishermen as fall and winter storms create new cuts and troughs. This is the natural order of things. Then by the spring the tractors and road graders will be there to fill them in again. Just when we start to be hopeful they will come in with the tractors and dash all hopes to smithereens. Of course I don't fish the jetties but you can't discount the life they hold throughout the years. That life as we know it will cease to exist. We will be reduced to grabbing the crumbs of gamefish remnants that drop off the table as many fish will continue to migrate offshore with these changes.
I wish I wasn't so astute in seeing what is at the end of the tunnel for us. Maybe some times it is better to be blissfully ignorant.

[surfrob]

that base of forage to draw in and keep the fish is the biggest loss to the jetties.

once they fill in and destroy the food chain, you will see areas that were productive throughout the season become the dead sea, while the fish
only come in and hold with a pod of bait in your face.

beach replenishment literally sucks the life out of the surf.

[buckethead]

^^^^^^ So true. It's not only the fishermen who suffer. The rip currents get worse and I believe we will see more drownings because of it.

[baitstealer]

New fishing technique, follow the trucks!

[7deadlyplugs]

The corollary to that - if you don't want people to follow and mug you keep your light off at night when you are catching.

[finchaser]

Blitz only breed of Cell phone mafia fisherman is out of control

[nitestrikes]

Not only that, they don't seem to want to work that hard to achieve results.I have a small circle of trusted guys I share with when we are on fish. we have always been able to keep our mouths shut and sometimes have a bite to ourselves for a week or more. social media has changed all that. Some newby catches a decent bass, blabs it all over social media and the next thing you know the crowds are running. Meanwhile none of those people who come running had the incentive to put in the work before they got the cell phone call.

[nitestrikes]

I really like that term cell phone Mafia I think it's appropriate.