Richard, Your example is dead-on. Same thing happened to me this year. Heard about a small, unnamed lake in eastern Washington that had received a dose of rotenone late last year followed by plants of browns and triploids in the spring. The guys who told me about it swore me to secrecy, so I didn't post anything for that reason, although I did tell a couple of my regular fishing buddies.
The first couple times I went there, the fishing was even better than I could have imagined. The muscular triploids regularly pulled me into my backing and put a week-long grin on my face. But the best part was that at most there were only 2 or 3 other guys there. Well I went back last Friday to find the small parking area filled with cars, trucks and RVs, including 2 from Oregon, and over 20 flyfishers on the water. Looked like opening weekend at Lake Lenice except the little lake is only about a third that size. I ducked backcasts all day long and even watched two guys get their lines tangled up, just like combat fishing at Hoodsport or the Kenai. Looks like I wasn't the only person those guys had told. Kent Lufkin >By example, a friend of mine and I took a prominent List person to a >prime fishing spot last year, shared with him the techniques >required for that spot, species, and time of year, swore him to >secrecy, and guess what? I know of several List members, with whom >he regularly fishes, who now 'just happen' to know the same spot and >technique. This spot can only accommodate 2, maybe 3 persons at one >time. It's a bummer to go to 'your' fishing spot to find it filled >with folks who are friends of someone else with whom you 'shared' >the spot. > >And, as far as posting that type of information on the List, I think >it's the rule, rather the exception, that there tends to be a herd >effect to certain fishing spots after someone posts a favorable >fishing report. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just the way it is.
