IF all fishing sites

[ThrowingTimber]

Time to bring back the spot club avatar.

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

[reelecstasy]

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

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

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

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

[Goose]

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

[Steve K]

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.

[In The Surf]

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.