How much did Tak pay someone for that spot? Guessing that spot "belonged" to someone else before he started fishing it.

They might have been employed by KVD on the side.

This topic remines me of the arguements last year when the Classic was on Lake Conroe. There were 2 long standing tournaments held during the week leading up to the big event and each started after the pros had cleared out from their practice rounds and yes some of the same spots were fished by locals.

Funny choice of words, "milk run". That's exactly what Tak was running. Each day.

Did anyone ever hear or see him catch an add off the rip rap under the bridge?

If I was following a guy fishing, I wouldn't fish their spot that day, or the next...but a week later or so I would definitely throw on it or graph it.

Yep happens everyday on Lake Fork. What has always amazed me is how every guide is able to drive around and follow every other guide to see where they are fishing. The guides fight over spots on fork. The real truth their is only about two to three guides that are worth following the rest are a waste of time to follow. They will only lead you back to the first two or three any way, its best to cut out the middle man and just follow the first two or three. LOL

I was accused one time by a person of following him around the lake for the previous three weeks and getting his spots beat down. I sent him a text and showed him a copy of my flight ticket and where I had just gotten back into town about three hours earlier in the day and had been gone for three months and hadn't been on the lake in at least three months. I asked him to take a picture of the guy in my boat next time so I could call the police. He didn't bother me any more. I think a lot of people just see a boat from a distance and assume they know who it is. These are public lakes bought by the most part by tax money and everyone has the right to fish any spot anytime. I do not believe their is any such thing as a private spot in today's world with the graphs and mapping systems we have now. You can go on Navionics at home and fine most every spot you want to fish with out ever being on a lake if you know the pattern and you will be close enough to fine them on your graph when you get there. The only thing that separates these pro's is they can fine them way faster then most of us and they know how to catch fish much better then us and the one other thing is they know which spot is producing and what time of day to be there. just my .02

I wouldn't have fished Tak's spot during the tournament.. but today.. I would have been on it!.. red square bill in hand.

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Far as I can tell it just goes with the occupation they chose . Deal with it .

I was riding with Dave lafebra and some locals came right in on him as he was still fishing.it was championship Sunday . he was throwing a c-rig and they were throwing crank baits and crossed lines

I�ve been to a few bass and flw events including a classic and I don�t think I ever put a lure in the water.

Those people will always suck at fishing because all they will ever learn is pot licking techniques. They�re not intelligent enough to learn the seasonal patterns and pattern fish on their own. They�ll always be �spot� fishermen at best. Amazing how most of the pros deal with it. Anyway they catch fish most wouldn�t.

I think some of it is jealousy. The pros are just doing their job. Just like most of you get up and go to work to do your job. Just so happens their job is your hobby. That�s their lively hood, why would you want to do someone like that other than pure jealousy and to be a prick? I understand the lake doesn�t shut down for pros, I get that, t but they don�t come to your place of employment busting your balls either.

First off I would not do that but from now on I am going to mark my spots and everyone better stay out of them....

Am I supposed to stay off the highway because there are truck drivers on it?

Thank you, this is the exact analogy I was thinking of reading this thread. Can someone tell me the time line that I should adhere to before going back to fish a spot once an Elite has left it? Am I supposed to assume that they are going to come back everyday to the same spot. If they leave that spot mid day to go to another spot should I assume they will be back later.

Just to clarify, am I only allowed to fish a spot if I find it first before anyone else has ever fished it? Or is it only once I see someone else catch fish there that it becomes off limits and I can not fish it any more? Some of you guys and your "pot-licking" complaints are ridiculous. Are you telling me you haven't ever fished a spot after you witnessed someone else catch a fish there? And if you have, what the hell makes you consider the elites feelings before the other persons feelings when you choose to fish that spot?

What creek was he fishing if you don't mind me asking?