Who are the people you learn/learned from--

[Backbeach Jake]

I rose from the Sea, a fisherman in full on the half-shell. Before I came to the Interweb-Forum thingies, I was strickly a bait fisherman. Bait produced reliably and that was what I was looking for, dinner, I learned this from my Grandfather. Plugs were for fresh water. It is you guys who are bringing me along in all things wooden.

[Slingah]

I learned and continue to learn from everybody I meet and know and everything I see and read..........
also gotta say my friend Bob H....showed me ALOT in the beginning
eels, plugs....etc.....I was happy with schoolies and he turned me on to much larger fish.....
and of course....S-B.com

[Canalman]

Wow, I don't even know where to begin...

My Uncle Jon was my partner in crime as a young'un, he took me fishing for the 1st time when I was maybe 4, by the time I was 5 I was already obsessed. I caught my 1st trout that year and I caught it before my uncle caught his that day.. I can still hear him saying quietly, with a cigarette pressed in his lips, ok my turn, my turn. Then he introduced me to bass (largies) which took over my focus from the time I was 8 until 16, he was there when I took my first 5 pounder and was slightly miffed when I bested his 7.14 with my 8.9. I remember many striper fishing expeditions, but it wasn't until I was about 15 that I began to feel the call of the surf, we went on a guided backwater charter of Nauset Inlet and I caught a 34" bass... from there nothing else would suffice... if it didn't have stripes I wasn't interested. A few weeks later I took a 22 pounder and there was no looking back.

I've learned things from what seems like millions of other people, many of whom I met here on this site. Slipknot taught me a lot about jigging the ditch. #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& has lent some of his wisdom about places and things I've promised never to repeat. F18 my longtime partner in crime has taught me 1000's of lessons. The best thing about these people and things is that their knowledge will always be here in my head for me to use and pass on. And I'm sure that somewhere along the line I've taught them something too. Redcrbbr is another who's taught me some invaluable lessons.

Great thread!

[FormerUser]

A little from my mom before she died.A little from my dad but mostly from myself thru trial and error and from this place.

[spence]

Originally Posted by Canalman

I've learned things from what seems like millions of other people, many of whom I met here on this site.

Dave, you're really too kind



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