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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Allen Gamble" data-source="post: 468679" data-attributes="member: 4956">[USER=562]@Lycanthrope[/USER] - I respect your opinion, but I can see if from the other side as well... I have given two people consistently factual fishing reports over the last five years because people are a$$holes. Am I purposely trying to hide information - I guess you could say so. Am I simultaneously trying to avoid several small, prairie pothole lakes from being dismantled as the words spread like a wildfire... absolutely, because I've seen it happen on some of my favorite lakes.So yes, I am selfish to the unknown fisherman I see at the ramp and yes, I will be selfish to 95% of my friends because I'm putting in the hours doing what I love and my kids and I are reaping the rewards. What those boat ramp jockey's and friends don't see is the countless hours on my boat searching for fish, learning new structure, trying new techniques, and sometimes getting blanked while they're sitting on their lawn chair or barstool sucking down drink after drink wondering why I don't ask them to join me on the boat. I'm not throwing everyone into this bucket as I understand there are others who can't commit the time that I do. Totally understandable, but I'm still not going to give them anything but wrong info. My friends are great, certainly not complaining about them, but there are priorities to life and I view protecting my hobby and it's resources for my joy and my kids joy over others casual day at the lake.  It's no different than a landowner not allowing access and baiting deer aside from the fact that I can't hunt for those deer while any Tom, Dick, or Harry can fish the lakes I fish. I have kept less than a limit of walleye this entire boat season because I don't need the fish and I have plenty for when I do want to eat it. Holy schlitz, rant over. Get out and enjoy your hobbies people!</blockquote>

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