Who's gonna be the first??

[Capt Sal]

Originally Posted by bulletbob

I think you and any other captain has the right to be REAL pissed off if a customer records your numbers.. I know its a different world these days, and I am really old school/ dark ages, but I would have a real problem with that.. Maybe the captains of for hire boats should let their charters know beforehand that this will not be tolerated, and if it happens the boat would head back instantly, and the offenders would never be allowed back on.. For stripers its not as critical, as they are moving around, north and south, east and west, shallow and deep, staging, feeding, migrating, etc.. However, if a good cap puts his fares on a small but very productive and little known wreck or rockpile,and gets his numbers stolen, thats a big loss... Guy gives the numbers to a few of his buddies, fishes it himself,, and it can be cleaned out in short order... I would not blame any cap for getting pretty pissed at guys recording the good producing numbers he's collected over the years/decades... bob

Customers were told years ago no pocket GPS devices allowed. So how do you stop it? As far as i am concerned the Blackfish season starts too late but Spring and Summertime Seabass And Porgie spots can be stolen. One time years ago on the way in from a winter Blackfish trip at 17 Fathoms i saw so called "Blackfish Expert'' anchored up on a spot i already had the numbers of. I stopped my boat thirty feet from him and pretended to punch in his Gps numbers. He went ballistic and i laughed my ass off and so did my charter because i told them before hand what i was going to do. We all had a good laugh.With all the modern technology you can get there numbers from a great distance away from they. You just put the cursors on them and poof!! Welcome to the new world of fishing.