What do you say when someone asks you...

[Vitreus]

...where you caught a fish, and you just don't want to tell them? I'm trying to think of something clever.

[heat checker]

In the lip.

[thatoneguy]

Give them gps coordinates to a nearby fish market or grocery store.

[kerryd15]

At a local lake. or With in 30 to 50 miles of here!!

[corncob]

You politely give very specific locations and directions to the wrong lake!.....

[Rick G]

If it's on here, local lake. If it's to buddies, private lake, no public access

[LMITOUT]

My response: I don't kiss and tell.

or

The rock pile on Lake (insert lake with no rockpiles here).

[tacklejunkie]

What's wrong with telling someone where you caught a fish?

[LMITOUT]

Loose lips sink ships.

Around my parts when the word gets out, whether it is true or not, the lake gets bombarded with internet fishermen and everyone else.

Too many people looking for a quick way to fill their livewell.

[mrklean]

Deep water

[Markula]

Whether hunting or fishing, if someone asks I just tell them "I can't tell you that". Straightforward, don't have to lie...and usually really irritates people. On the flip side, I kinda think it's rude of people to ask.

[Cicada]

I whole heartedly disagree that it is rude to ask questions. Get over yourself. The experience of the outdoors is to be shared. When asked questions about a spot you want to protect, and I do understand that those spots do exist, you can be very general. Point them to a community hole, or leave out one or two important details, but to act like they are intruding on your personal property is more rude, in my opinion.

About the most deceptive thing I've done is to get someone that is crowding me in an area to move off the spot. I will move about a hundred yards off the area I want to fish and throw a marker. Within minutes the other boat will move in on the marker and I can drift back to my spot to finish the job in the area I was fishing.

[tunrevir]

I will usually give general info out as far as depths and bottom content to point folks in the right direction but it is up to them to find the fish for themselves. In this day and age with GPS, HD sonar, contour mapping software, phone apps, ect; there really aren't any secret spots.

Tunrevir~

[ClownColor]

I will usually give general info out as far as depths and bottom content to point folks in the right direction but it is up to them to find the fish for themselves. In this day and age with GPS, HD sonar, contour mapping software, phone apps, ect; there really aren't any secret spots.

Tunrevir~

Same here.

[Cicada]

+1

[leechlake]

I'm with Cicada. I only fish a few lakes and they are either pretty big or huge which means at any given time of the year there are either ten spots or 100 to fish on that lake. Since most spots hold fish many times but they just aren't in the mood at the time to give someone a few spots means very little. I'd wager they normally go there when the fish aren't hot and they may catch a few but not enough to make it their "new hot spot."

Secret spots on most lakes aren't real secrets. I do fish a few very small lakes and I wouldn't go blabbing on those at all because they are just too small.

[paceman]

I am with you guys. I will usually share lots of good info on a good bite with good friends but with be quite vague with those I don't know well or even the bait shop. It is amazing how fast the word gets out, both by mouth and by internet. A big lake can handle the crowds but you have to be careful when chatting about smaller lakes.

[CrewJones]

depends, if a guy is with a kid or something I will always let them know. If it looks like scumbags that keep everything they catch I will point them in the wrong direction.

Most times I just want people to have fun fishing

[CaptainMusky]

Its kinda odd but I sometimes tell complete strangers more info about where I caught fish than people I have known for years. Partly because the people I know would be out there first chance they got pounding it and telling everyone else.

Many years ago a guy was getting started with musky fishing and I printed a map, highlighted it and basically told him everything I learned about that lake in 20 yes of fishing it. A few yes later he was now fishing a lot and he shared a photo of a fish he caught and I asked where he caught it, he wouldn't tell me. What a [PoorWordUsage]. So that jaded me big time.

[Vitreus]

The intention of this post was not actually to find ways to misinform people, but rather to find a way to jokingly say "mind your own business, it's a secret."

"In the lip" and "deep water"! I like it!

[CaptainMusky]

Straight out from shore.

[Eric_Kruger]

I always share two things, depth, and what I caught it on... If I say I got them in 6 ft on a yellow jighead and redtail, in most cases lakes will have a ton of shoreline thats 6 ft...the rest is up to you to do the legwork.

[bottom-bouncer]

I always catch my fish on lake nunya, as in nunya business. That's what I tell my buddies who are always looking for fish that they don't have to put the time and effort into. If I'm on a lake and am.having some Luck and someone asks for some tips I share what is working for me, I figure there out there trying why not try to help them out, if somebody who is taking the time to bring children or maybe a senior out I will put them on my spot and move over to a different spot.

[Bobby Bass]

I always have a simple answer, Lake Iwanttobethere..

[amateurfishing]

I have had lots of great ppl help me out on this site and have no problem passing on the same info that someone helped me learn with....gps coordinates I think would be a little to specific but info like basic structure, turns, type of bait, etc I see no problem with. any info short of on the spot & hooking it for them would be ok for me. with the info I have learned in 2 short years, I would want to pay it forward in any way just short marking an x on map for them.

[silverbulletguy]

Clear, mud, round, long, , , , , lake just can't remember which one it was

[dan z]

I usually don't spill the beans until the bite I'm on is over. I'm on a bus called

Lose lips sink ships.

[fishinfey8]

Living in the cities (and sioux falls for that matter) for a portion of my life, I had to get used to sharing fishing spots with other fisherman as well as pleasure boaters, jet-skis, paddleboats, canoes, kayaks and everything in-between. None of my spots were secret at all. Most of my "honey holes" people overlooked, or thought I was fishing for a different species of fish. Even when I was on "traditional" structure or community holes I had my best days doing or using something different than the masses. My point is that if people asked me where I caught a fish, I would tell them, and they never believed me. Whether they were fishing in the masses next to me, or blowing past me to fish some of those classic looking spots- it didn't matter. I would have to physically take them out and show them, and THAT is something I only do with people I trust. I have no problem naming lakes or even spots, but I don't readily give up my technique.

I have also found/noticed over the years that most honey holes don't last. Low water, high water, temps, etc...dictate where and when fish hold in spots. There are bodies of water of water where fish use the same exact locations from year to year, but never does it happen at the exact same time of year. Most people don't understand that and arrive too late to the party.

[bullheaded]

When they ask me I always tell them in"tennis shoe" lake. Then thee ask where that lake is I tell them across the road from stocking lake. By that time they usually get the point

B.H.

[mainbutter]

...where you caught a fish, and you just don't want to tell them? I'm trying to think of something clever.

I always share complete fishing reports with anyone who is on the water and strikes up a conversation.

It's not like any places I fish are "secret" spots.