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tlapinski · 07-12-2021, 02:05 PM

The public chatter is bound to change with the fishery. When everyone was catching it was safe to discuss a bite online and have little fear that someone would travel to hunt you down. Nowadays you make even a passing mention online and you have guys breathing down your neck.

I will say that this season has been better for me than the past 2-3 when talking big fish (honest 30-plus-pounders) but skunkings remain quite common as I'm not willing to chase schoolies to get bit. Last check of my log had nearly as many fish over 30# as under, and I'm fine with that for how I fish.

07-12-2021, 02:05 PM	#4
tlapinski All up in the Interweb! iTrader: (1) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In the dog house. Posts: 5,213	The public chatter is bound to change with the fishery. When everyone was catching it was safe to discuss a bite online and have little fear that someone would travel to hunt you down. Nowadays you make even a passing mention online and you have guys breathing down your neck. I will say that this season has been better for me than the past 2-3 when talking big fish (honest 30-plus-pounders) but skunkings remain quite common as I'm not willing to chase schoolies to get bit. Last check of my log had nearly as many fish over 30# as under, and I'm fine with that for how I fish.
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