A stranger might just be a friend you haven't met yet.

My policy is, what goes around, comes around. I try to help pretty much anyone I can, whenever I can. I think it makes for a more civil and pleasant world. I don't always help them by telling where my favorite water is, but I will tell them where they can buy a map. For the larger bodies of water, like Puget Sound, I don't think it does any harm to show them where to fish.

I've seen folks get all close mouthed and secretive about what lure they use, or how they fish it, and I just shake my head and smile. Pretty juvenile and mean spirited behavior, if you ask me. It doesn't help the perpetrator, and it just makes relations between people worse. I know a lot of people don't care about that, but I find that rather sad.

Now, there are those that might question whether my attempts at help are in fact helpful, but that's another topic.