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This question goes out to all the members here who post pics and photoshop them to hide the backgrounds.

Are ya'll that worried about another man actually catching a fish that ya'll have to try and hide your 'spot'? There are plenty of places to catch a fish and I for one don't care if anybody knows where I'm catching fish..the main thing for me is this; There's plenty of lake out there, and there are many times when you go to your 'spot' and somebody's already sittin on it.

That's when you have to go find another place to catch'em. Seems to me that a good angler would be able to handle finding another place instead of only having one 'spot' to bank on....IMO.

Maybe it's me but when I see a report that has photoshopped pics in it I just do this ( emoRolleyes ) and laugh..
 
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Can of worms is right.... Luketrician, I like you.... But I'm gonna tell you my .02 as a fellow friendly CFF'er. I used to not care about how I took pictures. I took them right then and there, just wanted it before went nuts and could get back to catching another one.... then when I posted a couple of times I started noticing some of the fine people on this site sitting in the exact area that I was in. Two people that I recall and can see in my mind right now, were so close to me that I could hear them exhaling their smokes! I recall that there seemed to be a number of more boats where I launched from. And a number of more boats in the general area, where I had rarely seen one much less 7 and one time 12 were counted there, and I fished about everyday last summer and fall and winter.... I got to know the people that were there and who was who. You know it when it happens... I just hope you don't feel the way it felt to me having that happen. I stupidly was naive that people would actually look at a picture, say "Hey, that's right at the end of that POINT!!!!" and then drive over and hit it hard.
I'm not going to be a baby and cry about it, but I have discussed this topic with many people on CFF and off for the past year. They all had one peice of advice for me in a question form, "You were the dumb a#@ who posted the picture with the background visible... you should have known that would happen. So SHUT UP ABOUT IT!" And I did. And honestly, when you have seen me do it and some others it usually when an event on a certain body of water is coming up soon and they are 1. Poking fun at their buddies 2. Trying to hide their spots!!!! emoLaugh emoLaugh It's the bold fact of life of the forum or anywhere you post pictures online or in a bait store.
 
I can understand the reason behind it to a certain degree...and yeah..you would think other anglers would'nt be so quick to 'pounce'..if you will on a spot that another man had just caught a nice-n-from. One friend tells another and another then....it's a frenzy of boats. I would be aggarvated too.

What I have to question is the validity of the report itself. If the guy goes to the great lengths to photoshop his picture...what makes you think the info he puts in his report is actually truthfull. Isn't the hole concept of the fishing report section to inform the rest of us? Seems like the fishing report section is more of a bragging section instead sometimes.

Please correct me if I'm wrong here..I am not trying to start an argument...just trying to learn the ropes here.
 
I'm new to this fishing stuff and fairly new to this website. There is a factor in catching fish, and that is the pressure that the fish recieve. If you have noticed people congregate on holes they know they can catch fish on. I like to find new holes where everyone is not there, but it takes time and takes trips to the lake for search for them. When Ifind a good spopt wth fish, I don't want to broadcast to the world, hey yall, I spent 20 gallons of gas finding this sweet spot, now come on over and kill it for me. Most reports contain water temp. lures selection and type of structure, that is what is used to help the fellow angler. Plus Luke, there are what people refer to as lurkers,they don't post, they don't help anyone, they just look at your pictures and go fish your holes. Yes sometimes people are on the spot you want to fish, and sometimes there are 5 people on the spot you want to fish. YOu tell me which one is going to cause the fish you are going for to see more lures than they can handle. Editing pictures I do on windows paint, and it takes about 30 seconds for a picture, so in my opinion the edited on is better than no picture.
 
I agree with TW, except I just make sure the background is the back deck of the boat or the sky in pics. Luke, if people weren't so ready to get out and jump on someone's holes, you would see more bass reports on this forum. I just dont like the idea of someone dunking shiners on a spot I fish while I work all day. And yes, I can move and find other fish, but gas is too high and I dont have all day to run around the lake. Just my opinion dude!

Nice pic BassmanIU!!!!
 
If one were a good fisherman why would you need to see a background? Is my question. emoEek </p>

I just like to see the money shot. ;) I could care less where you are, or if you used Paint to blurr it out.</p>
 
I see both sides of the coin. The problem is really more of a "How the site IS used" vrs "How it SHOULD be used". When we read a fishing report we are SUPPOSED to use the depth, presentation, retrieve, and pattern to find our own spots. in other words.. hey, today the fish were suspended above grass, in 12 ' of water and they like a red lipless crank, I should go find some grass in 12' of water. Instead, some look at the report and go, Hey, that's that spot in wolftever creek, I know that dock. I'm going to throw The same bait in the same manner at the same time of day! When the person who left the report gets to the spot, a) there is someone on it, b) the fish have seen that lure, that way, 5 times today and they are not falling for it.
 
DoubleB - 7/16/2008 10:30 AM I see both sides of the coin. The problem is really more of a "How the site IS used" vrs "How it SHOULD be used". When we read a fishing report we are SUPPOSED to use the depth, presentation, retrieve, and pattern to find our own spots. in other words.. hey, today the fish were suspended above grass, in 12 ' of water and they like a red lipless crank, I should go find some grass in 12' of water. Instead, some look at the report and go, Hey, that's that spot in wolftever creek, I know that dock. I'm going to throw The same bait in the same manner at the same time of day! When the person who left the report gets to the spot, a) there is someone on it, b) the fish have seen that lure, that way, 5 times today and they are not falling for it.
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minner - 7/16/2008 10:19 AM



If one were a good fisherman why would you need to see a background? Is my question. emoEek </p>

I just like to see the money shot. ;) I could care less where you are, or if you used Paint to blurr it out.</p>
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Good point minner. Initially it just struck me as being highly unnecessary. I know I don't scan through the fishin reports to see what's in the background..lookin for a 'spot' to go crash in on. I just enjoy the photos and nothing screws that up more than some crapy photoshoping.

Guess if everyone had a mutual respect for one another the photoshoping would'nt be needed.

Bottom line for me is that I feel that it does take away from the quality of the forum..but it appears that it's not the photoshopers to blame here..but the people that choose to take advantage and crowd in on an area that's been photographed. I still say there's plenty of lake here, and plenty of good areas that don't require alot of gas to get to.

Seems like a loose loose situation to me. It's a shame.

Oh well, atleast I feel better venting about it now.
 
But it is a natural thing to come upon naturally... you see a report for Hiawassee. Maybe you don't read that one because you never go up there... then there's one for Nickajack. It's right down the road. You know it like the back of your hand. You open it. You see Blazer on the island. You have thrown at that downed tree in the background. Tomorrow... you are on Nick. There on the right, going down river is that island. Your brain says "Hey, I just saw a SWEET fish caught off that downed tree... I'm hitting that real quick." It starts oh so naturally.... It's kind of like it's one of those things you can complain about, but when you think about it how you might be doing it yourself.
 
I have commented on this subject more than once the past 2 or 3 years. As long as the fishing report is accurate, I really don't care if the pics that accompany the report show the sky or the bottom of the boat. One thing that I have learned about fishing in general in the nearly 40 years that I have been fishing is that the fish are mobile and they move everyday. What worked yesterday, may or may not work today. There are certain spots that seem to always hold good fish at certain times of the year, but even these fish move too.

One of the main functions of the forum IMHO is to meet people and teach each other how to fish. It is not to teach each other all the secret holes on the lake. When someone shows me a new technique, I may or may not go to the same place, but most of the time I try this new technique on other places that I have found by studing a map or by just stumbling upon a hot spot.

When I take guys fishing and show them how to shoot docks, it would be very selfish of me to get mad if I went fishing next week and found them sitting on the docks that I took them to. I have even had guys tell me that if I come out to fish a dock and they are there, for me to come on over and they will move out of the way, 'cause it is my dock'. That is ludicrous. I don't own any part of the lake. I want them to fish them or any dock that they want to. I don't care. I will get all the crappie that I want in the winter time while most are at home warm and snuggly. emoBigsmile emoGeezer
 
Great info guys this is the kind of discussion I was hoping for.

Thanks for sharing ya'lls views with me. I do feel like I have a better understanding about it now. Hope I didn't offend anyone, look forward to seein ya'll on the water:)
 
I can say that I see it both ways, the reason I became a member on this site is b/c I was looking for some new techniques one day and stumbled upon CFF, googling fishing reports, tactics, chattanooga tn. I was like WOW!! they have a local forum that I was unaware of. Since I don't go out on the lake in a boat usually, I can understand someone being mad after they invested time and money to find a good spot. I would be mad too! (I would be stark raving mad!!) But as others have said its not just one persons lake. I am very thankful for finding this informative site and I'm sure that it has helped me. When I read a post, its not to steal a spot but to rather find things out that might make my next trip more productive if I see similar structure, temps, weather, etc. I would like to thank anyone who has helped me in any way and if and when I do get a boat to go out on the lake, I'll try to keep these things in mind. Not to long ago I went out with a friend and his father in law and they did some things that people on here have fussed about. It made me feel lowly b/c I knew that it was not neccessarily curtious. BUT since I was a guest I turned my head. I have not forgot their actions though. The idea of photoshopping just seems like a lot of work, maybe just take the pic at a downward angle as to "crop" the background. Just my thoughts on the subject
 

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