This Fishing App is “SPOT BURNING” Your Honey Hole

Is Your Honey Hole Safe? In this eye-opening video, we're going to uncover the controversy surrounding a fishing app that's been causing quite a stir in the angling community! Join us as we explore the intriguing concept of "spot burning" and its impact on your secret fishing spots.
Fishing apps have revolutionized the way we approach fishing, offering a plethora of features from weather updates to GPS tracking. However, one aspect of these apps has sparked a heated debate: "spot burning." It's a term that strikes fear into the hearts of many anglers, but what does it really mean, and is your secret honey hole at risk?
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[@farrzmd3038]

I use BassForecast for weather, pressure patterns but that’s it. It’s the nature of social media and apps. I have been fishing my home lake (4 acre pond named a lake) for 3+ yrs now. First 2 years barely didn’t see any bass fisherman, just the occasional carp / catfisherman. This past year I’ve had days consistently where 8+ people are bass fishing because someone posted a pic to an app/social media of a “7lber” with the lake name. The main spots were burned up in no time and certain lures (spinnerbait, choppo, chatterbait, and buzzbaits) don’t produce like they did those fist two years. In a way it’s made me better because I now have secret spots in the thick bushes/ briars and it forced me to learn new lures. Silent crankbaits, flukes, underspins. I fish with lures no one is using and parts of the lake no one wants deal wiht the thick vegetation.

[@wendellfishing]

I hear ya.. I can see how it could force you to start evolving with other presentations.

[@ArizonaPondPickles]

If bass won't hit topwater they are pressured as hell.

[@JackcatsandbassYT]

Im a mix of all 3 I think. I love fishbrain and it actually helped me find my honey holes and new lakes I didn’t even know existed. I also made some friends on the app and most people there are very nice.

[@BucktailFishing]

You nailed it. The delete button is the best feature. I have nothing to add 🤷 * I will add something: I don’t feel like taking to the to mess with posting fish and all that for another app, making it a moot point to me.

[@wendellfishing]

Thanks Bucktail!

[@madam497]

I don't use fish brain but I'd pay for a spot. Like I don't want to pay for a guide but let me pay you half your guide service for that spot of burborts during ice season. lol

[@DuallDude]

Logger for sure, but I just started fishing a few months ago. So maybe just not enough time to brag a big one or prey on the catches of others

[@wendellfishing]

:) Welcome!

[@lowlifeangler]

I give alot of info out here on KZbin through comments but I do not have and fish apps. I would catch a really nice fish in an area then nothing for years. I don't really have a honey hole but I familiar with about a half of a dozen of lakes and know where the structures and snags. I read alot of maps. Even being familiar a lake that doesn't mean I know where the fish is. A fish will do like a fish will do....swim 😂

[@wendellfishing]

Thanks for the comment boss!

[@wolfgane1974]

Just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your channel and the knowledge you share. My wife and I got our first fishing kayaks last spring and we are learning so much from channels like yours. I recently joined the KBF like you recommended and joined my first monthly challenge. Really hoping to get involved with tournaments and with so much to learn, channels like yours really help so much. Thank you for taking the time to make these.

[@wendellfishing]

Heck yeah.. those KBF monthly challenges are fun. Just got into them myself this year

[@truecrimson1]

Most of my spots are of one of two types; Public locations that everyone knows and are popular and well known to everyone, or places on moving water that very few people are going to put in the effort to get to even if I publish exact GPS coordinates. But I have gotten spots, mostly off of forums, by deeply analyzing pics and playing detective.

[@wendellfishing]

Right on

[@EastTexasAnglerJordan]

I found a small city lake with 3lb crappie in it back in the day and posted on fish brain not knowing how big they actually were, it is now a private $700 a year membership lake 🤣Mistakes were made!

[@wendellfishing]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@zackzubek9649]

I like using the app when I travel to find good spots. I have found around high populated areas that the spots with high catch numbers are full of garbage and fished out. I also like the app to log my catches and the bait I used, weather conditions, water temperature, and etc instead of keeping it in a notebook. I never log the location of my spots I just say I caught the fish in that certain body of water. I also post all my catches on Instagram as well.

[@wendellfishing]

Good stuff

[@Exploremorefishing]

Very simple never share exact spot on fishbrain , if they ask exactly where don't answer, now if someone asks how or when then I answer , no freebies buddy keep it moving

[@wendellfishing]

Right on

[@shannonboatright4894]

The fishbrain app isn’t any good around here.. because most of the fish are caught in private water

[@wendellfishing]

Interesting!

[@maxcole3930]

I prefer to get away from everyone & everything & don't want areas I fish to be crowded. So I don't care if people think I'm not a good angler been I'm telling them I didn't catch anything. All my friends & family see all big fish I catch. I still don't give up my areas or fisheries. Not worth it. I catch & release so I wanna keep going back & catching them again when their bigger. That 11lb 4oz bass was a beast, she was 26.25" long & 17.5" in girth. I'm not giving up that location! It's full of huge bass! I just had another monster pull off last Thursday. Idk exactly how big it was, but it was fighting as hard as that 11.4 & I saw it's side flash next to the kayak before she got off. It was at least another 8+lb bass. New goal is a teener!

[@wendellfishing]

Heck yeah brother! Congrats!

[@michaelsmith3282]

I use a fish identifier app cause i catch different types of fish so i did it to learn more

[@BriantreVino5]

My daughter used fish brain for a few months. She used it to log her catches. She reached over 50 in three - four months.

[@wendellfishing]

Awesome!

[@alladventurecapitol]

You can still reap the benefits of the app but also preserve your honey holes by not putting the exact location or just lying about the spot by mark it somewhere else lol.

[@wendellfishing]

I heard someone say that they mark all of their fish in the wardens boat slip

[@BanksOpenKayakFishing]

I have Fishbrain but I’m not dumb enough to post catches. 😂 It’s good to find a new area to hit up. Totally agree with don’t fish and tell. I don’t tell anyone where my good spots are besides one fishing buddy and he shows me his spots too. Even then there are some spots we don’t share with each other at all. The most I’m telling even people I know is the county or general area of the body of water. KZbin is the same deal though. Plenty of KZbinrs burn spots as well.

[@wendellfishing]

100% ... I have seen some fisheries get smashed when certain KZbinrs reveal their spots.

[@eddiedamionfitzgeraldricha861]

If you get the chance...come to ky. And we'll fish the rough river together

[@wendellfishing]

Right on!

[@ArizonaPondPickles]

People are desperate for bass. I'll send em off to a dry lake bed idgaf

[@wendellfishing]

😂 “8 Pounder” in that title :)

[@michaelburk9171]

The first rule of honey hole is dont talk about honey hole. I remember when this started here in So Cal. The sights n forums were focussed on local areas and many on the members actually knew each other. (Ancient history right). Posters generally shared fairly detailed reports that included where, when, on what, and some basic observations. Some guys would post decent reports days or a week later. Still fine and helpful. Then guys that I guess you label "Flexers" started showing up more n more. Just showing off fish with zero information. Which is fine, but those arent reports. It kinda became a game for many to out these guys. Maybe some one saw them at the launch or recognized something in the back ground. Guys started digitally painting over everything in the background. Or when on the ocean making sure they had the open ocean in the back ground. A couple local sights just added a page for pictures separate from reports. I stopped following sights probably 8 years ago and just did my own thing. When my local sights were just flexers and newbs asking repetative questions. Obviously this trend has moved exponentially. I still yak fish occasionally but have really been focussed on surfing for the last 7 years. And its gotten similar to this trend in fishing. There are reports and world class videos from surf flexers exposing new "secret spots". But the huge issue in surfing is the accuracy of wind, weather, and swell forecasting. You can tell with decent confidence what places will be breaking well a week or more in advance. "Back in the day" you'd go to Baja California for a week or 2 hoping a swell would hit when you were there. Made for some long hot dusty days sitting on the beach. Now we can make what we call 'strategic strikes" for just 3-4 days or even over nighters and get great waves. Which is fantastic. But of course so can everyone else.

[@wendellfishing]

2nd rule of honey hole is don't talk about honey hole

[@ChiCityYaker]

Mannnnn do I have a story about FB app after they reached out to me lol Anyway, I ended up deleting it. Another W vid.

[@wendellfishing]

I am sooo interested in hearing that story!

[@BanksOpenKayakFishing]

We have to hear this story!

[@brandonmerideth5450]

I am a logger and an opportunist lol

[@wendellfishing]

ha! Love it

[@davemathis4215]

Thx flexors 😂

[@wendellfishing]

Sounds like something an opportunist would say :)

[@danweekliesorama9995]

l0l imagine being a grown man complaining about people enjoying places you also enjoy. I get your favorite place might become overcrowded but unless you own the property you have nothing to say.

[@wendellfishing]

So if you don't own it.... you can't have anything to say about it?

[@danweekliesorama9995]

if you do not own the property you can't decide who's allowed on it, pretty simple@@wendellfishing youre welcome to an opinion, and to buy your own lake

[@wendellfishing]

Just because we don't own something doesn't mean we don't have to right to influence it. Just because something is permissible, doesn't make it beneficial. We obviously disagree.. it's all good brother. Have a good one.

[@CarolinaBassHunter]

This is why I have such a hard time posting fishing content.

[@wendellfishing]

Yeah.. half of my catches I cant even use

[@gregstabryla9945]

I don't post pics of my catches on any app. I wish I were tech savvy enough to find your honey holes but, I'm just not that type of person.

[@wendellfishing]

Ha! I am pretty secretive :)

[@josephcolunga894]

Hahaha nobody wants to explore and find their own spots any more. In Houston Texas a spot was exposed and was not over fished but was over cast netted. This place has two ponds in it. It is slowly trying to make a come back

[@wendellfishing]

Over Cast Netted.. what in the world

[@josephcolunga894]

@@wendellfishing I do not know why they do it maybe to fill their freezers or make a quick buck by selling to food places. Here in Houston that is what is happening

[@BOSN_BAITS]

I hate Fishbrain because of spot vultures. I do use bass forecast for the weather and other charts. And use it to teach a friend that’s new to fishing so he can learn structure and technique. Here’s a question for all. Does anyone struggle teaching others because of muscle memory. We are so used to doing something, then try to explain it and are loss for words.

[@wendellfishing]

Right on

[@BOSN_BAITS]

@@wendellfishing I did have fishbrain for one day, realized what it was doing or going to do. I started setting masses of catches in a spot nobody would think of. Wardens boat slip! Then deleted the app.

[@wendellfishing]

LOL@@BOSN_BAITS

[@sgbawg0]

Fishbrain is a battery parasite, so I deleted it. And I do saltwater fishing.... and with tides, there are no honey holes.

[@wendellfishing]

interesting.. didn't know that

[@maxcole3930]

Thanks, i know if i didn't have all the pictures i would end up thinking all thos big bass were just good dreams. See how these spots fish during the end of fall & winter.

[@wendellfishing]

:)

[@B.A.Bassangler]

Haha, you said Jabroney. I had to boycott them because they wouldn't cancel an accidental order (2 seconds after purchase) and wanted me to pay 12$ in shipping for a 20$ return...I should let them back in my good graces, forgiveness ya know. Plus, I had fun as an opportunist who would flex with false locations.

[@wendellfishing]

Ha! Loved wrestling as a kid

[@chasevanover]

I’ve used Fishbrain, I was the logger but the main reason I used it was to find lakes, reservoirs, and ponds around me that held fish and were open to the public. I travel often for work so I try to always do my homework so I’m not packing random fishing gear if I bring any at all. I also use it to search for certain species ie where I live (NE Oklahoma) the city or wildlife dept will stock trout in ponds, lakes, and rivers.

[@wendellfishing]

Right on!