Learning on your own? anyone do this anymore?

[The Dad Fisherman]

Once again you have choices.....You can answer the question Abruptly

Q: What is the best Plug?

A: A Creek Chub pikie in Blue over Fuschia

or you can answer the question with some qualifying question to try and find out how to help the guy.

Q: What is the Best Plug

A(Q): Tough one to answer where do you like to fish or what is the Predominant Bait Around

Or you can simply say this is a stupid question....I think I Will ignore it.

I came to this site knowing absolutely nothing about Stripers and probably asked a Chitload of stupid questions in the beginning and all I can say is that I appreciate everybody that took the time to help me out.

and the last thing I would want to do is make anybody feel like they are asking a stupid question...If I can answer them I will and I'm OK with that.

[Joe]

The message boards are good for sounding ideas or for when a person want to know how someone else did with a certain lure or a particular technique - a well-answered question can shorten the learning curve. I've heard over on the big message board that the message board is the best resource, the best learning tool short of experience. That's not so true - if it was, I would not have sold so many copies of Zeno's book.
My wife likes to watch home improvement shows and she's been watching for years, but she still can't hang a set of blinds. I'm of the opinion that the internet and the message board medium are quite similar to television: while there is a lot of good information, it lacks unity and coherence and the learning method is highly passive. The message board and the give and take associated with asking questions is a wonderful and useful tool, but it is not without shortcomings.