Newbie Question - Foul Hooked Salmon

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(09-21-2014 08:46 PM)Toasty Wrote:  

(09-21-2014 07:58 PM)dahliablue Wrote:  what is the logic that other sites have for not naming rivers?

when someone names a river on a forum, they believe that other people browsing will see that spot and the next day they will fish there and put more pressure on the fish and basically ruin the fishing for the people who believe that the spot is actually theirs (like a secret spot). The more people coming to the spot, the worse it becomes for fishing and more garbage accumulates.

However, I don't believe this really matters with river fishing in the main east and west tribs near Toronto as they are always rammed up with people and have massive garbage issues from non-fishing people/causes as well.

To each their own, there's segregation and elitism, discrimination and separation in the fishing community based on ethics and style of fishing. I don't like to get into it that much, I just love fishing. I'll post a river name if it's a well known river. I won't post the name of private lakes or locations that are sensitive. But if it's in the Toronto area or listed on the MNR list of urban fishing spots, I say it's fair game.

Just because I lead you to the fish, don't mean you'll be able to catch 'em gotta have skillz for that

Yeah, you need skills to catch fish...but if you lead a bunch of people who have no clue how to fish, and they wade right through the pool, or they pop their floats on every little snag, current dragging down floats, end of drift, or if they don't know how to fish in a group with others cooperatively without crossing lines or casting spoons when others are drifting or fly fishing...there is no amount of skills that can save you from a mess of these crowds on the river.

Sure, go name rivers...and spots...and invite everyone else to your spot.

It is not about segregation, elitism, discrimination or separation...it's about people who have spent time to find a nice little spot of their own and these people would like to fish in peace without half of Toronto intruding into their peaceful enjoyment of their day.