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I gate keep a few spots. I've spent hundreds of hours exploring different spots, and worked out the timing of certain species to within a couple of days at a sp

by anitil 8y ago

I gate keep a few spots. I've spent hundreds of hours exploring different spots, and worked out the timing of certain species to within a couple of days at a specific section of reef at a certain time of day. Given that, I have two (slightly contradictory) thoughts: 1) Most people fishing a spot don't understand enough to make it work, so just knowing the spot is basically irrelevant 2) I have worked hard 'my' spots and simply don't feel the need to share.

osrec 8y ago
You not sharing is your prerogative, and that's cool. However, if someone else was to turn up and use that spot; perhaps even "discover" it for themselves, I don't think you should feel any ill will towards them, right? I mean, it's a public space, and as long as they're being respectful, I don't see a problem with many people enjoying it. Sometimes good things get crowded, but that's the nature of public stuff - I don't think it's fair to claim public areas as your personal area just because you found it first.