I thought you said there never was a "good old days" as applied to trophy fishing! See, this is what I was talking about. The whole thing is screwed up. Everybody is way too paranoid.

Yes, there is no way I tell people exactly what and where I do it, especially if it is a smaller lake (and Im talking just fishing in general here since I dont catch any bass over ten). However, think about it, how many of the people that read posts about catching big bass on Lake X actually go there and try? And of that group, how many actually stick it out to the point where they are successful and can be considered serious competition (i.e., fewer fish for you or me or Jerry or whoever)? It aint easy being consistent, and many people lack the discipline and dedication to go 3 months without a bite, they give up.

So, how many of the new "recruits" from internet posting are still fishing "your" lake? Many come, but how many stay?

Quite honestly, I would not drive more than 2 hours to fish Lake X (Jerry and Rob you know whre that is), and if I didnt just happen to move close to it, I never would have fished it. Point of this is that me fishing lake x is not because I read about it, it was because I moved near it. And the fact that I keep fishing it is because Im a little more stubborn than most, and because I have nothing better to do on saturday night (gee, thats lame). In my short time there Ive seen many come, and most go. Very few stick it out. Do you guys think we will see Mr World Record again this year?

So the whole point of this is that in general the people who are really into this trophy thing are a very small minority, and there is no reason why you cant share info freely amongst yourselves, non of us are leaving and few are joining. No reason to name lakes, but all else should be gladly revealed.