I hear what you are saying. Believe me when I say that I didn't stop posting my big bass reports without giving it a lot of thought.

This summer has been my best summer ever for big bass too, which makes it even harder because I do enjoy sharing a report and showing off my catch after I put a lot of hard work into getting my fish. What you have to understand is that I'm not worried about 95% of people coming after my fish. But there is the small percentage of guys who will come after my fish. People aren't dumb. They'll look at the pics, figure out the lakes and even the areas. When the bite gets going, they'll come to the lakes, and even on the decent sized lakes, when you know the lakes well, they fish really really small.

The difference between me getting skunked vs getting one bite during 8 hours of fishing can be the fact that one guy buzzed in too loud on a spot, made some sloppy casts and left. I watched this happen to me not that long ago. One guy in a fast boat, running all the obvious holes and thrashing the water before I got to it. I blanked the day, and I don't have the luxury of being able to go out and fish on a weekday when I can avoid this kind of stuff. Big bass fishing is fine line fishing, and I have to give myself every advantage when I'm out there on the weekends if I'm going to do well. This summer I have kept quiet, and it's been my best summer ever for big bass.

Between July and October I caught fish that weighed 8.4, 9.2, 9.4, 9.8, 13.8, and 15.4 I've been spending a lot of days fishing for one bite, and that's by and large what I've been getting... 0 to 4 bites per trip. All summer long I've never caught 5 keeper bass in one trip, but the bites I'm getting are big, and that's what I'm after. I'm sorry about not posting the reports. I'm being selfish in that I'm taking my personal enjoyment of my day on the water over sharing info. It's too bad we can't go back to the days of Jamon and Rob's fishing page :) Being popular has it's drawbacks. That's for sure.