you're entitled to your own opinion and I respect that. happy fishing to you my brother.

I'm fixing to go fishing at Baja does anybody want to go? I'll show you some of my spots.

It's fine to help others, a lot of people do it all the time.

But, (and this will hurt some people's feelings) there are a lot of people who frequent internet fishing forums that lurk to get "spots" or areas to fish. They are either too lazy or do not know how to find fish on their own. Helping your fellow fisherman out would be teaching them what to look for to find their own fish, which if they ever "get it" they will end up in areas of other people who can find fish.

Blasting details shared with you one on one by someone who knew about a particular area on the net, for what seems to be a small area, can likely be detrimental to that area. That's not helping those that want to learn, that is feeding lazy spongers...

Doug you're right 1000%. I never thought of it that way. I did not mean to give Dan's spot up just like that.Even if I caught those fish a lot farther than a boat could cross, that was wrong. I can see now how people can take that.Everybody who knows me or fish's with me knows I go up to Creek farther than anybody they know. I even got a personal text message from a friend of mine.He told me straight up that's my Creek dude why'd you give out that secret.He said catch a13 pound of first then you can tell everybody.So to everybody,I'm very sorry I gave out this information.And please Dan if you read this please forgive me. I've walked the bank for 35 years of my life at Benbrook so I do know a little bit about finding them this time of the year. so everybody the Fish are shallow go find them.Peace Out.Have a Blessed Sunday everyone.Pm if you want go with me to Richardson Sleugh.I'm taking my mountain Bike,1 rod and backpack.I got 3 days of vacation and plan to go back there.GoodLuck Everyone.

We see you, almost 2000 views get your prize..... almost forgot god bless

Great post whatsaweighin

I just don't understand how some folks can get so upset over someone that was just trying to help other fisherman catch a fish.

While you may have just been trying to help other fishermen, you probably did more harm than good. Do you think the person who gave you the info is still gonna be as willing to help the next stranger? Probably not
From my personal experience, I've posted a few fishing reports on here in the past, and have later gotten multiple pm's asking where and how and on what? I gave them some pretty specific info because I wanted them to have a good trip and catch a few fish, all I asked in return was a report on how they did. You know how many reports I got back......zero.
Now I understand why most of the guys that are out there finding their own fish don't give out any info....too many dbags looking for someone else to do the work.

Side Note: I still say he caught some nice fish.

lol benbrook is a lot like lake arlington people bad mouth it till people are catching big fish then everyone loves it...

This is a bit harsh and over the top. I don't see anything wrong with what Ed did here. He shared a good trip and meant no harm. Those spots are no secret to anyone. Some of you crybabies look for any excuse to run somebody down for trying to be nice. Nothing is going to be ruined.

If the internet ruins spots and ruins lakes, why would you contribute so much to this forum instead of just leaving it alone?

The only reason I clicked on this thread was because it was 3 pages long, meaning it probably had some butthurt drama. And I've got plenty of popcorn. If whatsaweighin and the like hadn't chimed in, even if they are right, the thread would have gone softly into the night.

So the moral to the story is we really shouldn't recommend a great place to stay, a great place to eat, a good launch site, or even the best way to navigate a lake as everyone should have to find out the old fashion way. We want everyone to have a great time on their fishing trip, we just don't want them to catch any fish.

I talked to Geno at the Benbrook marina yesterday and he said they collected are new record amount of boat launch permit fees over the weekend and wondered what was going on.

Or...

Use the pm function. I've given plenty of detailed info and received plenty of detailed info by pm. Don't just put it out there.