I agree with you 100% tomjohn!! Some of us don't have the luxury of living right next to lbdn so when we ask for some sort of report, whether it is a fishing or ice conditions, it is not to get the "secret spots" that everyone thinks they have, it is just to get a little more familiar with the lake! If I was a bettin' man, I would bet that out of towners bring a bit of money into the area and if they/we keep coming up there and do not catch a thing due to nobody giving up a little information, pretty soon they will go somewhere else! Don't get me wrong, there are some who give out great info! Chris (TBSG) gave me some excellent info about the ice conditions! Once we got up there there was a couple of people that helped out greatly! I hope people start giving out better info!
WW