UMMMM....EXCUSE ME HERE...MAY I INTERUPT THIS FOR A SEC. ??
...This topic was my first on here, how it ended up like this confuses the heck out of me..
..So I'm taking this as...No. 1 reason to not fish= computer wars
....Pat, your 19 ? ... so what!
..If your experiences have taught you that your "instinct" is dead on, then stick with it, when it starts to fail you, or you read/hear that others are catching way more fishees than you...try some different approaches...
...I found some of the comments made to you...quite HARD myself...( not that having a little fun with someones remarks is bad, but in all fairness...I still found some a bit HARSH...)...I joke alot too...but would never say "anyones" comments or opinions were "Bull-Turd"...( not unless I knew them personally, and they could take it..)

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..Now I'm 30 and have fished for over 20 years...how?...daddy started taken me before I was 10....started fishin alone when I hit about 14....used to ride my bike with the pole taped or tied to it, and a tackle bag..shoved somewhere...

( NOT THERE )...
..Now in all my years fishing, I usually never offer advice unless asked for...even if I see someone doing something that I felt wouldn't catch a fish...WHY? you ask...because I've seen some of the weirdest tactics produce...so how can I say it won't work?...because its not the way I do it?....or the way its been done for years...?? Nope, I WILL NOT DISCOURAGE ....ONLY ENCOURAGE!!...
THIS WAS NOT INTENDED TO BE A " LET'S BASH PAT " THREAD!!!
...If I smell garbage in the wind, then I know the garbage truck is comin...maybe Pat can smell fish in the wind...
..smile, Pat...be happy...and don't let these fellas get to ya...in the years to come, you'll come up with your own conclusions...