I prefer to never see a soul, unless it is someone i am fishing with. The place I fish the most, a warm water creek near here, i consider crowded if I meet a vehicle on the road in. My prefered place to fish is any stream in the Great Smoky Mountains. There I have never met a rude fisherman. At least so far everyone has always been nice and helpful. But I usually get up early and try to be sitting on the stream bank at daylight, but I've always enjoyed getting up early and seeing the world wake up.