All fishermen are liars... Except on Walleye.com

[bowguy84]

Finally someone has said something about this. Ive kept my mouth shut for a long time but if there are no pictures to back up the statements made by users on here there are just lies to try to drum up business or make other users look bad. So like Jim said shut up and show me the cooler!!!! Just like the 300 lb cooler comment last year with no pictures for proof. Weather it's true or not with no picture it carries no weight because in this day and age unfortunatley a lot of people lie.

[Madd Matt]

Pictures are worth 1,000 words, but the point of this post is not about pictures.
People are going to read this and feel like they can't post now without pictures without being attacked. That is not the case.
When you have one captain who never has a bad day, always caches Jumbos, and 6 Fish Ohio on the reefs during the jig bite when everyone is catching medium sized "jacks", and then in late August limits every trip with "hawgs" within 1 mile of shore... And they say these things and then Post a picture of 5 fish (when they said they caught 48) AND.. AND... This is a consistent behavior by individual users, it ruins the reputation of this site.

You can go to any old fishing forum and have people "saying" how great they did and never have a bad day fishing. WalleyeRick has an amazing site here, and this is a great community. Many of us are far better fishermen today than ever because of this site and the willingness of captains who have been willing to share info and give advice simply to help us.

Now we have captains that come in here and simply want to self promote and don't do anything to help others out. It gets discouraging. It's not what this site has been for years. This site is where we could come and get pretty secret info, and captains broke the mold of the typical tight lipped charter captains, and you guys would give us fantastic information that was accurate, and made us able to come up for a weekend with our boats and be on the fish right away and know what program to use.

There has been an honesty and trust established with users of this site. My point is, now we have a few people who just want to brag about catching big fish and limits every single time (and we ALL know its BS) and they do nothing to contribute. Not only that, but they say that they where East of Kelly's when they where really by Rattle and struggled. It's really messed up when people trust the information on here, and people mess that credibility up by lying.

If you aren't going to be honest, and if you aren't you going to help people and you just want to brag about how great you did without Sharing how and where you did it honestly, then don't post in here. This is jut my opinion. Obviously I am just another member in here and have no authority, just an opinion.

I was worried I was the only one who felt like this, but apparently that wasn't the case.

-Matt

[Bggeary]

No sir you are not alone. I think the point has been made. Thank you for getting it out there. Over due!

[MasterKraft]

Heck I fish out of a bass boat from the west end of the lake out of point place, and I don't even troll. Needlessbto say, I can rarely get out to where most of the trolling charters fish without trailering. I love the"drift and cast" technique. BUT, I always follow what the big boats are doing and where. So, I am not looking for exact locations or depths from anyone but I have learned to take any advice from certain captains and use it to my advantage. I pulled a lot of walleye into my boat last summer and owe a lot of the good fisherman of this site a big THANKS! Honest info can help all of us. Gotta go, startin to tie floatin rigs for the river!

[BobR]

it is not the catching for me. It is just being out on the water enjoying Gods gifts to man. Lets me release tension so I can go back to work on Monday and not bite my customers heads off. I know what is going so I get a kick out of the bull ****. Don't get me wrong, a limit brings a big grin on my face. Just a bonus. Looking forward to seeing you guys at channel grove this spring.

[walleye2go]

Well said Matt!

[Eyezcrazy]

Lol.....half way through this thread I had to go pop some popcorn it was getting so good!

In all seriousness...those of us who have been here a while already know who to believe. It is the same when you meet and make friends, you learn pretty fast who is full of it and who is a straight shooter.

I myself am not very good at posting pics yet and the funny thing is one pic I did post last season started a firestorm over rather it was photoshopped or something. Lol...I'm talking about the blue walleye my son caught and we thought it was unique enough to post up a pic. Anyway....sometimes you just can't win.

Personally, I hate to see this kind of thread because it creates doubt and confusion for some of the new members because they don't know who to believe yet. A few I consider to be honorable people and 100% trustworthy.... Skippernine,Wakina, ebjack, penaltybox and DrEd! I'm sure there are many others but all of these guys have been more than helpful in not only giving accurate reports but helping with methods and equipment information for anyone who asks. I wish I was better so I could be as helpful! But hey, I'm getting better thanks to these guys!

In closing I will say....don't worry about busting out those who lie....we catch on to more than they think and they are only fooling themselves.

[Eyezcrazy]

Lol.....half way through this thread I had to go pop some popcorn it was getting so good!

In all seriousness...those of us who have been here a while already know who to believe. It is the same when you meet and make friends, you learn pretty fast who is full of it and who is a straight shooter.

I myself am not very good at posting pics yet and the funny thing is one pic I did post last season started a firestorm over rather it was photoshopped or something. Lol...I'm talking about the blue walleye my son caught and we thought it was unique enough to post up a pic. Anyway....sometimes you just can't win.

Personally, I hate to see this kind of thread because it creates doubt and confusion for some of the new members because they don't know who to believe yet. A few I consider to be honorable people and 100% trustworthy.... Skippernine,Wakina, ebjack, penaltybox and DrEd! I'm sure there are many others but all of these guys have been more than helpful in not only giving accurate reports but helping with methods and equipment information for anyone who asks. I wish I was better so I could be as helpful! But hey, I'm getting better thanks to these guys!

In closing I will say....don't worry about busting out those who lie....we catch on to more than they think and they are only fooling themselves.

[MasterKraft]

If I'm not mistaken, it was the blue eye. I thought it was pretty unique.