Do you share?

pstmactee

I wanted to post this here because this pertains to both fresh and salt water.
Do you share patterns with strangers? If you are out on the water, and you are having a killer day...will you share? Not necessarily give them the fly but tell them what is working, maybe even how.

10kman

Yes,when I'm fishing with shrimp I always give them half
of one shrimp! Never will say"Go to Hell!"

Jack Hexter

That's what my fish clubs are for, sharing what is working, where and how

10kman

Jack,totally agree.Going to a new area quickest to learn
that area is join a fishing club. 

Fisherman007

I wade fish with live pilchards and I see a lot of lure fisherman.  I often catch one right after the other and offer to share the pilchards with the lure fishermen as they don't seem to be catching as much.

snookaffinity

I have in the past. Even invited other people to share the hot spot. 

BooBoo

Always! Many times I’ve shared and many time I’ve been on the receiving end. I must say…. I like sharing more…. It generally means I’ve been successful and can help someone else be successful! The older I get, the more I enjoy seeing others being successful…… especially if I had any part of making it happen!  

Missed

It depends on them.  Everyday decent folks, sure thing.  If they have a kid, I try to share more.

The Cat's Eye

Before paddle tails came on the retail market i found a private source decades ago in the mid west for them. They were deadly in the ENP for snook since no fish had ever seen one before. Once i came upon a guide at a creek mouth on a very cold winter day and he told me they had been catching a bunch of snook there, but the action had completely stopped.  So he welcomed me to anchor and try my luck at “his” creek. (He and his client were using live shrimp). As soon as I began casting my secret paddle tail I was hooked up and started catching one snook after another;  i also landed a couple of trout, two small reds and a tarpon. The guide and his client were not catching anything at this point on their live shrimp. They tried to see what i was casting but i was too far away from them to get a good look at it. The guide finally asked me what the H*** I was using,  but i was reluctant to reveal the identity of my lure. Back then i would always cut off these secret paddle tails that came with a chrome jig head off from my rods before i returned to the ramp. I still have dozens of them, but I think they are now probably no better then what is available on the retail market.  

Captjames

I don't get the no sharing.  All of us are spending lots of money on fuel, bait, tackle etc. to fish.  I get not giving people your honey holes.  But telling people what you caught and a general area of where you caught them on and what lures are working, why not? 

finbully

OP why are you spamming multiple threads with this?