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ORIGINAL: mr.fisherman

This rule is long overdue. Now I don't have to deal with fishing hole X and someone post about a specific spot that turns out to be hole X. This happens every year to one of my favorite spots. I check for fish there from time to time. When the fish finally get there I have a week or two of only a few anglers that took the time like I did to check it out and share it in peace. Then it gets burned and the hords come out to fish.

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ORIGINAL: mr.fisherman

This rule is long overdue. Now I don't have to deal with fishing hole X and someone post about a specific spot that turns out to be hole X. This happens every year to one of my favorite spots. I check for fish there from time to time. When the fish finally get there I have a week or two of only a few anglers that took the time like I did to check it out and share it in peace. Then it gets burned and the hords come out to fish. This rule does not stop anybody from sending information through PM or e-mail. So information can still be obtained without burning. I have been given and I have gave information this way. Its the clean way to do it.

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ORIGINAL: Presquisleanglr

The bay is loaded with chrome and big slabs at that. Holland street pier, ore dock slip dobbins landing, south pier, East ave. break wall when the wind permits. All locations have produced steady  and good to fast action . Any spoon will produce and the Angler action is slim to nobody? MY god son and a couple of his friends and I fished Holland street pier Thursday -Friday and hooked up  three to four fish an Hour each and no other anglers in the bay?
What is it? most Steelhead anglers have to see fish to catch fish? Cant see the trout so must not be any? No other anglers standing butt-hole to elbow so it must not be a good spot? OH OH Steelhead only live by the creeks.
Haven't put in my spot burning two bit's lately.
Andy

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ORIGINAL: bingsbaits

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ORIGINAL: mr.fisherman

This rule is long overdue. Now I don't have to deal with fishing hole X and someone post about a specific spot that turns out to be hole X. This happens every year to one of my favorite spots. I check for fish there from time to time. When the fish finally get there I have a week or two of only a few anglers that took the time like I did to check it out and share it in peace. Then it gets burned and the hords come out to fish.

So you don't want your spot known because other fishermen will come. Sounds a little selfish to me..You worried about the stream or your fish??
Maybe you should run off those other 2 guys they must be the ones spilling the beans..

What is your motive for keeping the other fishermen away? Sounds of your post you just want spot x for yourself...

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ORIGINAL: genieman77
These creeks are small and short for the most part.

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ORIGINAL: MackJ

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ORIGINAL: genieman77
These creeks are small and short for the most part.

That statement is only true of a couple of the creeks and few people are interested in them anyhow.  The larger creeks, not surprisingly, the most popular are neither small (by definition) nor short.  Just between Walnut and Elk, there is probably 20 miles or more of fishable water.  It's too bad that 70% of the anglers are crowding onto 20% of the available water.

As John McCain would say, "I know how to fix it," but unfortunately, there now is a rule that discourages it.

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ORIGINAL: DryflyTU

FiveMilePete, Chrisrowboat and others,

This is Erie Lyle, GM of FishUSA. Dan Pastore (the owner of FishUSA) and I discussed Pete's PM to Dan this past Friday, specifically about the 7 Mile post on the Reports page. The short version is this: both of us did not feel this report was "spot burning", mainly because the poster did not mention a specific pool or stream section. If you use the same logic that the 7 Mile post violated policy, so does every other post on the Reports, as most mention Walnut or Elk as the location, and all these streams flow through private water. This is the policy we agreed to implement on the forums, i.e.: posts mentioning specific sections of streams or pools on private property on would be deleted.

We both understand the fragile nature of 7 Mile (actually, the whole Lake Erie Steelhead fishery with regards to access), but realistically, how many anglers not familiar with the stream are going to show up and fish it after seeing how small a stream it is?

Dan, our staff and the moderators of the forums try our best to stay on top of the boards and reports, especially during the fall season. It can be overwhelming at times and most days you come away thinking we will never satisfy all users, as there are many divergent views about the steelhead fishery.

One final note. As for the post above "Any integrity? ", let me comment. If it had not been for the efforts of Dan Pastore, John Fuhrman (former President of the PSA) Erik Cronk from the local TU chapter and me, you likely wouldn't even have had a stream access easement program developed by the PAF&BC. These people, along with a couple others, worked for years to get Dr. Austin (and his predecessor) and the Commission to even consider developing an Access Easement program. Access was and is the number one issue regarding this fishery. FishUSA understands all too well how fragile the fishery is, and to question our integrity is way out of line.

Thanks,

Eric

 

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ORIGINAL: MackJ

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ORIGINAL: genieman77
These creeks are small and short for the most part.

That statement is only true of a couple of the creeks and few people are interested in them anyhow.  The larger creeks, not surprisingly, the most popular are neither small (by definition) nor short.  Just between Walnut and Elk, there is probably 20 miles or more of fishable water.