'OL GREY DOG wrote:nawwww...ya dont have to do that....kinda pathetic people have to feel that way...cant brag or tell fish stories when,where ever ya want because some 1 will get all pishy.... "secret spot" on the Cow ??? pfffftttt....if you were there and caught a springer...i'll bet ya dollars to doughnuts some 1 called some 1 and told 'em before you even got the hook out....i "understand" the think'n and attitude behind it....unless your up on the OP or someplace wild like that and are try'n to protect some wild run of fish or piece of water....i mean lets try 'n keep it secret next fall when the fish start show'n up in the Skook...<shrugs>....for every 1 guy that's going to keep their fish'n/catch'n spot a big secret there's 10 that aint....(some)steelheaders get just like (some)flyfishers i hear/read guys complain about...all snooty..holy'r than thou...float guys or bottom fish'n guys..bait guys vs hardware guys...the "your floss'n...im not floss'n" guys...LORDY...guess the point of my ramble'n/babble'n is that i "think" by not make'n a post in reports and put'n it in here isnt accomplishing the whole "secret" thing anyway...some 1s going to end up on your rock...
i hope/believe that folks that go to the trouble to take the time to join/use a site like this(1 of the better 1s) ARE THE KIND i'd like to help find their way to "my" waters/holes/fish and maybe they'll be better/cleaner/safer fisher persons...more knowedgeable of fish handling and regs and etiquette and such...kinda guy when ya look over and see 'em next to ya out there it does bother ya a bit <shrugs>...and mayyybe even sharing their new knowledge with a friend/spouse/or kid....DOG
For sure, everyone I meet from this site besides a few bad apples is killer and can share a seat with me any day. Yea, the cowlitz is a lost cause, but you mention the skook, I've never fished with more people on the skook then there were this year! It was pretty hot for a while though, so I don't blame 'em. I don't want to be keeping a secret though, I want the guys from here to know the fish are starting to come in, cuz I can't get down to get at them as much as I'd like to. I was going through serious chromer withdrawals for a while there. HEhehehe, those kings are like crack, I got a taste when I was a youngin and I've been "hooked" ever since!
