why be so secretive

[YoursTruly]

Tony codling, some of the mark X topics are a bit of a wind up i think.
but on the other hand you only have to look at how busy the back of the doors has become over the last few years.
I can remember the days when there were only a handful of anglers fished it.
Now you have to be there to walk the tide off to make sure you get a spot. thats the main reason why i keep so many of my marks to my self, its not that i want to be unsocial but if i posted the catches from lets say Jackies Beach you can bet your bottom dollar there would be a few anglers there before you next tide and you would struggle to squeeze in.

[willywetegg]

I have had this conversation with quite a few of the lads from NESA over the last couple of months. Since the site was made to log in to read.

There have been quite a few arguements for and against, giving your catch reports from your favourite mark.

The main thing that has bugged me for that time is, a certain amount of so called well known, experienced superstars, log into NESA every day.

Alan Charlton made a post a few weeks ago to TC saying we are giving a service. Not quite a quote there and not having a pop Alan.

You were right this site is helping people with there fishing but.

Why should people give up all of there information to the whole world when you have these \"superstars\" that have won loads of competitions and never once hand over a small amount of their knowledge to another person.

The people that I am talking about probably won\'t read this unfortunately as it is not written in the catch report area.

Before you all start having a pop at me for posting this, ask the people that I fish with first, as I will tell anyone whatever they want to know about a mark or about bait or whatever I can help them with.

The same people will tell you that they have given me the same, as that is what NESA is about.

I hope that at least one of these so called superstars do find their way out of catch reports and manage to make a first post but I have my doubts.

As far as the commercial fleets go, no they will never bother us. I will say this though.

Last year there were some good reports on here about Bass being caught from a certain beach. The following day a boat was seen on the same beach trawling as close in as he could get, coincidence? well they won\'t get a second chance from me.

Jim.

[BriH]

Totally agree Jim - i will let people know if i have had fish only via a PM though - ask Davyred ,it took me all night to type the damn thing :P :P

[Mike.Haley]

Well said Jim, but regarding commercial boats you just have to look at one of TC\'s posts from late last year. A photo of a commercial boat with its nets out, inside the bay at South Shields. This type of action does no good for shore fishing.

[alan]

Interesting posts on this thread but I do like the last one about the Super Star but theres more than one no doubt Jim (actually theres one or two super stars want to pick there rubbish up on Blyth pier before they leave lol).
Personally I\'ll tell anyone where I\'m catching fish,I dont get out enough to be worried that someone will be standing in my spot the next night,plus how many marks fish night after night,probably none,I wont report any Bass catch reports and I wont say if I\'m fishing somewhere illegal or out of bounds sort of speak,BTW I dont fish competitions just in case anyone picks up on my Out of Bounds quote

[marksworld]

well said jim , love the bit about \"super stars\" pmsl. i allways wonder about these people? lol
i use lots of forums car, music etc. you allways get people being secretive about something or other, its all part of it and it does not kill us so why worry. if we all did and said the same and posted the places where we fished we would not have posts like this to keep the banter going lol and life would be so boring. i still think that just going out and finding new places to fish whithout asking is the best way .its like the chase with a lass allways good fun and if you score its a bonus. i have fished up the country way without knowing what marks i am looking for but have really enjoyed myself and thats the way i want it to stay for myself


cheers
mark

[andysc]

wheres jackies beach lol

[marksworld]

[willywetegg]

No Alan, never said super star lol definately superstars.

Meant to say last night great post mr. codling keep them coming mate.

Jim.

[KeithB]

I can understand why people don\'t always post what marks they have caught fish on, for the same reasons boat skippers don\'t publish wreck numbers.

By the way, check out my new site:

http://www.NEHA.co.uk

North East Haversack Anglers

[Edited on 5/1/2006 by KeithB]

[Red5]

Each to their own...I tend not to bother posting reports so I won\'t be shot down. Am the Club sec for Alnwick Sea Anglers and I only mention whats caught in press reports and not the area fish have come from. this is purely and simply because the club fish a relatively small area. Call it protectionist or whatever but then that\'s like saying we shouldn\'t shut down our fishing grounds to the French, Spanish and Russian trawlers because the fish are there for every one. If you want to protect what little fish there are left in your own backyard then why not?

[big_sean]

just want to add this to this thread
a few years ago the beaches down the holderness area were having a bumper season a few good reports in the angling shops press etc and guess what on a night there were trawlers operating neary within casting distance of the beaches
also when it was reported a couple of years ago that there was a bulk of fish of bempton cliffs when you went to fish there you couldnt get on also the wall of nets soon apeared and the fish were history
i believe that there has recently been some nets found right under bempton cliffs
the only way we can beat them is by not publicly broadcasting but helping one and another with pm\'s but report the post and if you fancy fishing somewhere contact the poster via pm and see if he will help you

sean

[marksworld]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. remember when fishing was fun . do you think that we are taking it all to seriously now. secret marks, big prize comps, rivalry, etc, etc , keep it fun man
ps if you want to post marks do it, i f ya dont dont do it. lol


happy new year and abig cheers for me
mark

[Edited on 5/1/2006 by marksworld]

[mattyboro]

might be a daft idea, but howabouts a special \"catch reports\" section of the message board that is only available to people with a certain number of posts e.g 200

[big_sean]

people would come on here post about anything they could and when they had got to 200 you would probably never get anything out of them again

i think that would be a bit coplicated

sean