Time to bring back the spot club avatar. :laughs:

I'd still be running around sunken jetties and the like... and freshwater fishin a few times a year.. Oh wait.. I still do that.. Its pretty cool meeting fellow addicts tho :) and learning new ways to look at old concepts (does that make sense?)

Oh and my lure presentation would still SUCK, oh and learned about reading water n stuff, never really had much use for it on rockpiles :laughs:

1. have to quit this job for sure, reading the fishing site is all I have to do all day long:smash:

2. Probably still be chunking and sitting on my butt, with the occaisonal eel being tossed around..

3. Still be fishing with my old store bought rod too. But I would have more money in my pockets :D

4. and I wouldn't have spent so much money on building plugs to save me money from buying plugs:smash: :smash:

I don't think you can put a value on S-B..I think it is great and I really like getting to know more obsessed people with the same additction..and you can't beat the get-togethers..

Big thanks to Al Gore:laughs:

I'ld proably have a few more magazines coming to the house:rolleyes:..do more rods, work around house, play with kids more. I gota get the L outa here I important chit ta do.

If I were just starting out without internet fishing sites, I would get my information from books, magazines, and tackle shops.

As far as specific spots, I have learned how to fish them by trial and error. I don't think that even by trial and error, I could have learned how to fish the canal so quickly without the help of the internet and I still consider myself a novice when it comes to fishing there.

It has been mentioned before and I agree that the greatest benefits from the internet fishing sites are tackle reviews and recommendations. One downside is that I would not own nearly as much tackle if it were not for the internet. I would probably only own just a few rods, reels, and plugs. The internet definitely creates a buzz about certain new plugs and products and when those are no longer new something else comes along. I have learned to not jump on the bandwagon anymore.

If I were just starting out and there were no sites, I'd be reading the mags and books that gave me the answers I needed not to mention watching the videos on the style of fishing I did. I'd also get to know others that I that were successful and ask questions hoping they would share some knowledge. Fortunately I 'd been fishing with success for quite a while, though it was LM, SM, Pike and trout seems a good deal of it is relative and transfers over. But most of all I would be putting in the time to produce the results I wanted.