Foxgap239
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I went to one of my favorite LV streams after getting done work in Jersey early and found only one car parked at lot by around 12:30. I geared up and headed to the stream. As soon as I got to the stream I found the one guy and you can tell by the picture why I titled this the way I did. I am by no means an advocate of not fishing during spawning season but some people really shouldn't. I avoid stepping anywhere near redds and don't fish over them either. I fish the deeper holes with nymphs or like today fish BWO for rising fish. It was plain to me that where he was standing was a redd and a rather big one at that. I walked towards the guy and said something like "I'm not sure you realize it but you are standing right in the middle of a spawning redd". The guy looked at me and said he didn't know and he thought it was hard to tell where redds were. I shrugged and walked downstream to fish. I came back about 30 minutes later and he was still tramping in the same redd! I had to take this picture and post it. I went upstream to fish another area I like for dries and fished for another hour or so and when I came back, he was still in the same redd. I'm not sure if this guy is a PAFF member or if he may just read the posts but I hope he and others learn from this. If you don't know what redds are, either don't fish now or Google Images has hundreds of pictures of what they look like. This redd was at least 4 to 5 feet long. Not easy to miss at all.