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"I joined for help. Guess I had the wrong idea."
Maybe someone pissed in my cheerios this morning, maybe I'm in post vacation blues or something... but this is the kind of sarcastic comment that drives me away from the site.
Dude, there are tons of people willing to offer help, but what they probably won't do is hold your hand. The shore fishing spots around an area like Boston are so limited, that it would be totally ridiculous for someone to post locations where thousands of people can see them and then all show up the next night.
Doesn't that make sense? Why does this have to come up over and over and over and over...
Receiving help is telling you what type of rod and reel to buy for certain applications. What types of lures are best in different conditions or around certain structure. How best to match the local bait (match the hatch) with different lures/plastics/flies. They will give you opinions on their favorite waders, dry tops, surf bags, boats, motors, kayaks, sonar, gps, radio, on and on. They will tell you their favorite tides, moon phases, and weather. They will even describe their favorite types of structure, whether its rocks, sandbars, weedlines, or flats.
Isn't this any help to you. This is tremendous help.
Its not just you, so I'm sorry if you take this personally... don't.
I was one of the original few on this site. I was relatively new to the sport when John started things up. I've learned a ton over the years from people here and not one time did that involve someone telling me a specific spot to fish.
I know this is the most overdone topic on this board, but unlike the comm vs rec arguments or the boat vs shore or big fish vs. just having fun, etc., which can be fun, or even the pissing contests, the spot topic is STUPID and serves ZERO purpose.
And getting pissy about it after a night where you caught no fish serves even less than zero purpose other than alienating people who might otherwise be willing to help you out.
Help is not drawing a map to X that marks the spot, telling you which tide, what lure and when it fishes best in what weather. That is hand holding.
I've had plenty of people share spots with me over the years, but it was after years of building friendships and trust. Not in one post on the internet.
Fishing is all about patience, enjoy the process of learning.
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