YouTube channels and TMI

With all the vids out there, what are everyone's thoughts on specific locations being given? I know most channels I've subscribe to, barely tell you what state they are in let alone what body of water.. For example, hypothetically ofcourse. Let's say there is a channel dedicated to fishing a tiny lake that borders Lawrence Co. Said hypothetical channel is also dedicated to "crushin crappies" and is "hosted" by a guy, let's call him Big Haze. Is it ok/not ok to disclose specific location? Mind you, this isn't some exspansive body of water. Guess I'm taking straw-poll and wanted to know where people stood on the topic.

Vague but helpful is my vote. I have no issues showing techniques/lures/bait that work. Or someone giving a vague report on a lake. Videos crushing fish on any PA lake, besides Erie and naming the lake is just asking for that lake to get pounded. Likely making your reliable technique a little less reliable when others catch and keep the fish that were favorable to that technique.

i've seen some stuff on social media that has a very uncanny resemblance to the hypothetical situation you describe.  the ice fishing videos don't seem too detailed, but the open water ones don't leave much to try to figure out.  
 
not gonna lie, there are times when i've tried fishing somewhere new that came from somebody giving t.m.i. on the innerwebs.  or have used little clues to try to figure out where they were.  or a place i fish often, will adjust to what i see.  that person's t.m.i. increased angler pressure by at least 1, and often 3 since my boys are usually with me.  some of the social media pages for steelhead fishing are just ridiculous in that regard, and i have no doubt they increase angling pressure in general based on the number of posts that begin with, "i've never fished for steelhead before," and the number of, "where should i go and what should i use," posts from people that have fished for steelhead before.  and those who fish for steelhead know that increased angling pressure is not a good thing for private property open to public fishing.  
 
i follow a couple pages on facebook for fishing the gulf coast in mississippi and louisiana.  one page's policies for posting reports require locations and tactics to be given, but 99% of those reports are guys fishing from boats in the vast marshes of those states.  reports are removed for not containing enough information sometimes.  the owner of that page also runs a for-profit type online "club" where he shares very detailed info on where and how.  really, really knowledgable guy and always catches a ton of speckled trout and reds in all conditions, but maybe he figures nobody else is as good as he is.  
 
a couple other pages for the same area don't have those policies, but shore fishermen there especially give t.m.i. and expect others to do the same. couple summers ago, we had a couple of great fishing days in that area wade fishing the beach and i posted some pics.  got several, "where were you," questions and had people that got mad at me when the extent of my info was, "wading the beach between town x and town y," for not being more specific.  i dunno, i kind of liked it that my sons and i were the only three fishermen i could see in the whole stretch of beach we were on.  
 
saltwater is obviously a vastly different resource than your hypothetical.  if i was great at fishing that hypothetical body of water - i'm not, since i don't have a boat (but even if i did, not sure that would change much) - and somebody was posting t.m.i. for the masses on a spot and bite i had dialed in, i'd be a little peeved about it.  i have a few spots and bites there that i've figured out a little bit over the years, and when i see t.m.i. from those spots and bites, i cringe a little bit because i know there will be more competition there.  
 
 
 
 

snagr
i've seen some stuff on social media that has a very uncanny resemblance to the hypothetical situation you describe.  the ice fishing videos don't seem too detailed, but the open water ones don't leave much to try to figure out.  
 
 
 if i was great at fishing that hypothetical body of water - i'm not, since i don't have a boat (but even if i did, not sure that would change much) - and somebody was posting t.m.i. for the masses on a spot and bite i had dialed in, i'd be a little peeved about it.  i have a few spots and bites there that i've figured out a little bit over the years, and when i see t.m.i. from those spots and bites, i cringe a little bit because i know there will be more competition there.  
 
 
 
 

That's what makes me wonder why some mup'ere insists on burning said hypothetical lake to the masses. I mean a channel strictly dedicated to 1 body of water and 1 specific species is a little bit much, especially some tiny hole in the wall lake, don't you think? SmH.....

pensfan1

That's what makes me wonder why some mup'ere insists on burning said hypothetical lake to the masses. I mean a channel strictly dedicated to 1 body of water and 1 specific species is a little bit much, especially some tiny hole in the wall lake, don't you think? SmH.....

for sure.
 
i don't know how money making on youtube works exactly, but maybe he's trying to make a few bucks.  or feed an ego to be seen as a local expert.  or both.  
 
i think that hypothetical figure could also use a hypothetical ruler and a hypothetical scale based on some of the claims he makes about some of the hypothetical fish he catches.  
 
 

I thought for sure that "Big Haze" would be a member on here, or atleast a luker. I'm disappointed. I wanted to hear an explanation.

Moral of the story, appears the consensus is there is no good reason to have specific locations included on a channel. I kinda thought I was being too harsh, not that that hasn't ever happened before 🙄😁.

DarDys facebook is full of spoon feed people and no one works anymore trust me you underestimate how many people flock to these spots...I gladly help a handful of guys I meet thru facebook and actually have a few I fish with regularly but I guard spots when I post in fishing groups most of my shared pics are just of fish no landmarks- where?- IN DA WATER...figure it out yourself...WCW

You are correct. I have no idea how many folks use YouTube or Facebook for those purposes because I don’t use them myself for anything.

So, no need to worry about me letting the fish out of the bag on social media.

 I enjoy YT more, like FB for marketplace not so much for so called friends posts. YT just has so much info be crazy not for me to use it. Simple fixes like unplug the washing machine open and close the lid 7 times and reset the board. Or if can't get sound from tv put a toothpick or finish nail in the headphone jack. Working on repairing cars/trucks, gardening tips, cooking purdy near any help you could ever think of is one there and a video is a little easier for me watching hands on than than typed directions. What ever trips your trick is on there and some people have no clue what they are doing and others are ***** Like a certain movie or history subject can't beat it plus don't have to watch on the computer screen when it is on tv.
 
 If you like the Florida  Keys it probably has over 1,000 videos on there ranging 20 sec. -- a few hrs. 
 
 Is this site social media or are forums classified as forums?
 
crappy   

Big Haze is at it again. 2 vids in 2 days, showing the most difficult technique of fishing a minnow 1ft below a bobber. Pulling the boat directly into a blow down. Very high on the skill level. Lmao. Oh well, whatever gets the likes I guess.

Youtube saves me a sh*t-ton of money. I fixed a hot tub heater and water softener that had fried computer boards and so many other things. 

True that.

If you guys wanna check out some really great content channels, my top 3 are Addicted Fishing, BlacktipH and TyPig Patrol. For bonus points.. Fishing Fray is decent also. Fray is a college student that started his channel couple years ago.

Some really nice swag available for purchase too.