Just curious to see your opinions on who or what you think ruined your favorite fishing hole.

A long time ago, before I fished the KLG, I would read about it in the Star Ledger by one of the outdoor writers on almost a weekly basis. For those of you not from NJ, the Star Ledger is New Jersey's largest newspaper. Anyhow, I figured I'd give the KLG a try. After fishing it a few times, I started posting about it on the internet. A few years later, I was personally blamed by a few for ruining NJ's most 'premium' fishing hole. Now I doubt there were more people reading a website than the star ledger, but some still felt they needed to place the blame on me anyway. I personally think that's a crock but who knows, maybe there is some truth to it.

Just about every weekend I make it up to the delaware system. I'll normally post photo's of the river or some of the wildlife. I might post that I floated from such and such spot down to such and such spot for example, Shehawken to Buckingham or other... I don't recall ever giving out specific information about certain spots, but possibly this website is to blame for some of the overcrowding. This Saturday, the Buckingham parking lot looked more like a mall parking lot.

Another thing I would never do is reveal a spot that someone asked me not to. One that comes to mind is the Stockport access. Well, I've gotta admit that I've posted about it, but this was long after the person revealed it to me. I think the Stockport access is a terrific, and I'm sure the other 10-20 guys you see there when passing by at any given time think the same. The access points on the D are so limited that people are eventually going to find the legal ones. Back to the subject of this paragraph... I will on rare occasion take a friend with me to a spot that someone asked me not to brag about. That said, 99% of the time, I fish alone. I think my judgement is good as far as the quality of people I bring along with me when I do.

The way I figure it is that we have a website here where the owner at times involves himself in a conversation. The difference here is that people can reply to me and receive a reply rather quickly whereas if you write to a magazine, you may or may not be heard publicly. Not only that, a magazine might only publish what they want you to hear rather than simply let everyone's opinions be heard.

So now the question... Who or what destroyed your favorite fishing hole? Feel free to explain.

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