01-04-2020, 02:40 AM
dwayneb
Please take my response in the sincere and heartfelt manner in which I intended it - not to provoke anything more that thoughtful pondering and a gentleman's conversation.
Been thinking a lot about your comments this afternoon, and I have certainly heard similar concerns by others in different settings. I am, for sure, one of those who give you pause about the future of our pasttime as i am active on social media (this and others) and not shy about sharing . You are right, of course, the impact of social media and how people, like me, use it will impact the future. There is no doubt that when the news papers elected to post fishing reports or photos many years ago, that pressure changed at bodies of water in conjunction with that reporting. I know when the paper reported a big brown, many years ago on the Weber, that a lot of extra fisherman became Weber aficionados and showed up on our farm. There can be no debate that Doug Millers show altered peoples vacation plans. And, there can be no doubt the decision of the DWR or places like Sportsmans to have a hot spot boards has also had similar impacts.
Of course social media has the ability to reach many, many, more people. For better or worse, this impact of social media, I can not possibly predict, I am simply not that smart. But, I understand that this concerns people and I respect their concern. I too love my solitude and keep a few honey holes to myself.
So people, like me, have to ask themselves why they do it? What is the motivation and its is in keeping some moral standard that makes sense, at least to us? I also cant answer this for anyone else but me.
But, I can, sorta, answer why, at least why, I, do it....
1- I have a handicap son. My wife and i had a goal to find ways to keep him active in the outdoors. As we pursued that goal over the years, we felt we could share some of our activities with the hope that others with disabilities might find an idea or inspiration to stay active in the outdoors
2- somewhere along that journey with my son, we learned that my wife had progressive MS. Now we were looking for ways to keep her active and thought again that perhaps by sharing we might provide others with ideas, locations, ext to help them
3- this morphed, when asked by families with young kids about how to catch their first fish, into how do we share a place or way for a young family to have that great experience
Now I freely admit this has snowballed, as I entered the realm of social media, as it was much more controlled when I simply shared it with personal friends or work relations. It has snowballed somewhat due to the fact that I personally have enjoyed the aspect of filming the experience and social media has become the way to share it.
Is what we/I do right? Frankly, I have no idea. But, I hope at least my motivation is sincere and my intent understood even if not appreciated by all.
One things is for certain - social media is here and something else will come after and it will always impact us in someway. Change is the only certainty.
I may add as a final note - I do not make money with this, My youtube channel is not monetized, does not accept adds and we are not sponsored. I hold no ill will to those who go down this path either. And maybe one day I will too, but its just not part of my goals right now. My goals now are to enjoy my family, film some adventure, and share it with hopes to inspire, teach, educated or simply entertain. I am ok with this.
Kindest regards and my sincere hope to spend some time on the water with you one day (I wont bring my camera)
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Please take my response in the sincere and heartfelt manner in which I intended it - not to provoke anything more that thoughtful pondering and a gentleman's conversation.
Been thinking a lot about your comments this afternoon, and I have certainly heard similar concerns by others in different settings. I am, for sure, one of those who give you pause about the future of our pasttime as i am active on social media (this and others) and not shy about sharing . You are right, of course, the impact of social media and how people, like me, use it will impact the future. There is no doubt that when the news papers elected to post fishing reports or photos many years ago, that pressure changed at bodies of water in conjunction with that reporting. I know when the paper reported a big brown, many years ago on the Weber, that a lot of extra fisherman became Weber aficionados and showed up on our farm. There can be no debate that Doug Millers show altered peoples vacation plans. And, there can be no doubt the decision of the DWR or places like Sportsmans to have a hot spot boards has also had similar impacts.
Of course social media has the ability to reach many, many, more people. For better or worse, this impact of social media, I can not possibly predict, I am simply not that smart. But, I understand that this concerns people and I respect their concern. I too love my solitude and keep a few honey holes to myself.
So people, like me, have to ask themselves why they do it? What is the motivation and its is in keeping some moral standard that makes sense, at least to us? I also cant answer this for anyone else but me.
But, I can, sorta, answer why, at least why, I, do it....
1- I have a handicap son. My wife and i had a goal to find ways to keep him active in the outdoors. As we pursued that goal over the years, we felt we could share some of our activities with the hope that others with disabilities might find an idea or inspiration to stay active in the outdoors
2- somewhere along that journey with my son, we learned that my wife had progressive MS. Now we were looking for ways to keep her active and thought again that perhaps by sharing we might provide others with ideas, locations, ext to help them
3- this morphed, when asked by families with young kids about how to catch their first fish, into how do we share a place or way for a young family to have that great experience
Now I freely admit this has snowballed, as I entered the realm of social media, as it was much more controlled when I simply shared it with personal friends or work relations. It has snowballed somewhat due to the fact that I personally have enjoyed the aspect of filming the experience and social media has become the way to share it.
Is what we/I do right? Frankly, I have no idea. But, I hope at least my motivation is sincere and my intent understood even if not appreciated by all.
One things is for certain - social media is here and something else will come after and it will always impact us in someway. Change is the only certainty.
I may add as a final note - I do not make money with this, My youtube channel is not monetized, does not accept adds and we are not sponsored. I hold no ill will to those who go down this path either. And maybe one day I will too, but its just not part of my goals right now. My goals now are to enjoy my family, film some adventure, and share it with hopes to inspire, teach, educated or simply entertain. I am ok with this.
Kindest regards and my sincere hope to spend some time on the water with you one day (I wont bring my camera)
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