Lurker Incentive Program - Calling All You %#$@& Lurkers

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Canalratt1

John I'm still around

Hey Tony

[Lurkin2learn]

Guilty as charged but at least I acknowledge it. Its in my name... Fish the North River, South Shore area mostly. Been on this board since near the beginning. Learned far more than I could ever contribute. Thanks to all. (Did I win yet?)

[OnTheLedge]

Hi Guys,
I've been a lurker here for about a year and I've learned a lot, especially on the plug building thread. I'm originally from LI, live in RI and mostly fish Narragansett. A few guys on this site know me. #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& knows me from the RISAA surfcasters. And I've talked to redcrabbr while fishing at a favorite beach in a town beginning with W.
Bob J

[Andy D]

Hello Gang, My name is Andy and I'm a LURKER!. Did not mean for it to happen but once I started I couldn't stop. Thanks John for calling us ALL out. I have learned a lot from this site. I am a member of a club in CT. I've fished all my life but really got into surfcasting a few years ago. Well I think that's all for now . Besides I'm late for my L.A meeting. (Lurkers Anonomys)

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by Robert

And I've talked to redcrabbr while fishing at a favorite beach in a town beginning with ?.
Bob J

You're not the one who jogs out there - are you?

[put_em_back]

I'm in

Been here for a little more than a year and its a great site. I'm on the West Coast and am learning to striper fish in the surf. I've been striper fishing in the Delta for 10 years or so and perch fishing the beaches for over 25 years so at least I know how to read water.

This site is so cool to read and learn, but I wish I had more to contribute - I do when I can.

I've been building kit plugs and love it. Next a lathe and bandsaw ?

to everyone.......

[sok]

Originally Posted by put_em_back

I'm in

I've been building kit plugs and love it. Next a lathe and bandsaw ?

to everyone.......

DOOMED!
Past the point of no return for you now.
Next you're going to start seeing potential turning stock everywhere.

[OnTheLedge]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

You're not the one who jogs out there - are you?

No. Walking that beach is enough exercise for me!

[Big Rick]

Some of us are afraid to post ... just lurking at the Plug Building section has cost me hundreds if not thousands of dollars! Oh, I need a mini lathe ... OK. Airbrush & compressor? Sure. Drill press? No problem.

I can not afford to participate anymore. I have spent untold hours looking for (unsuccessfully) this mysterious elixir of life - Val Oil. I guess New Hampshire has an embargo on the stuff!

Thanks for all the information though ... this site is the best.

[decksweeper]

I admit, I am a Lurker...been on the site about 10 months...read, read, read...and fish, fish, fish...My good friend Jim Sylvester got me into the surf in the fall of 05...been hooked ever since. thanks to all for all of info throughout the year...Best of luck to everyone in 07'

[Springer]

I lurk therefore I am. This is a good place with lots of solid advice and info that I like to read and absorb. I don't post too much because my home waters are outside of this sites geographical eppicenter, but I do make it up to fish SE Mass at least once a year.

[tynan19]

Oh no! Another transient from the RI forum. Welcome.

[FishingWidow]

Hey John!! Are family members disqualified???

I'm a lurker and I admit it. This is my second post on this forum. I am JohnR's sister and "#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&'s" wife. How many of you feel bad for me????

I lurk on the site to read Raven's latest Clammer adventure (HILARIOUS!!! ), to see the pics of my friends/family and their fish, to read the latest post my husband has put out there, and to find out my brother's "weekend plans". There I said it.....complete honesty!!

I don't read these forums to find out where to fish and how to fish. When I go with Billy, he puts me right on the fish with the bait/tackle I need and shows me what to do. How's that for service!!

Now let me get back to obscurity and lurking!!

Leslie

[harritchate]

Hi everyone my name is Ben and i love lurking this site.. Im 21and looking to start this upcoming season as a surfcaster.. ive allways fished freshwater and i started to really fish the salt when my best friend bought a boat..22' CC.. We mostly fish anywhere from the Taunton River out to MV, but trips to Chatham, the Sword and the Fingers on nice days for tuna and shark are allways fun.. i bought a lathe to keep busy this winter and i hope to get some plugs finished sometime soon.. the knowledge you guys share on this board alonng with all the "plug porn" keeps me quiet till i can be at your level... I guess we'll see once i turn up tome pencils!!
Thanks guys for a GREAT site!!!
Ben

[ThomCat]

You‘ll know me, know how I earn a livin’. I’ll contribute to this board, but it ain’t gonna be easy. Like a badass fluke. Not like goin down to the pond chasin’ bluegills or Tommy Cods. This board, swallow ya whole, little shakin’ little tenderizin’, down ya go…………
It’s not gonna be pleasant, I value my neck a lot more than two plugs chief. I’ll dabble for two but I’ll stop being a lurker and opine for ten. You gotta make up your minds. Do ya wanna stay alive and ante up or do ya wanna play it cheap and be bored on fishin’ withdrawl welfare all winter.
I don’t want no volunteers don’t want no mates, there’s too many captains on this board.
10 plugs for me by myself. For that you get the sarcasm, the weak attempts at humor, the whole damn thing.
Mr. Mayor,… Chief…….Ladies and Gentlemen
Capt ThomCat aka “that Fluke guy”

[Nebe]

oh no its thomcat! I'll throw in a plug if he sticks around

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Nebe

oh no its thomcat! I'll throw in a plug if he sticks around

I think a couple people offered plugs to keep him away

TC - Welcome to S-B


Hi Les - yeh, yer in....

[Raven]

here's your AV too

[jim sylvester]

welcome aboard thomcat

[fishgolf]

ok... got me.
First post.
Moved to the MA South Shore last year. New job. Fished RI, SoCo for years, surf. Grew up there.
Have been hunting for shore fishing between Duxbury and the Cape.
But still travel to RI in the fall. As the Id implies, I fish, and I golf in Western MA. Each cuts into the time of the other... not a bad problem to have. Hoping stay more local for both the golf and the fishing this season.

Thanks
Happy New Year to everyone

[Joe]

Wow....witty stuff Thom...that's refreshing....

[rsk538]

I am not a lurker but I have just started to post after a long absence.

I live in the SF Bay area but I hail from New York. I am an ardent fisherman and fish, on the average, about once a week. All my fishing is either in the ocean or in SF Bay. My favorite fishing is for salmon but I also go for halibut, tuna, sturgeon, rockfish (we call them rock cod but they are not the same as your cod), sandabs (when nothing else is open), and dungenness crabs (which are open now).

For my first 20 years living here the only fishing I did was when I went back east to visit family, which was twice a year. These visits were always the highlight of my year. I would fish with my brothers in law Rob and Sal. Most of what I knew about ocean fishing I learned from them. Bluefish, stripers, cod, fluke, and tuna in the summer and big stripers in October. About 6 years ago my wife reminded me that there is an ocean where we live and I should try to get out fishing here.

Out here there a fishing bulletin boards like this one. I posted that I was interested in going out and I got some replies; and so my career as a recreational fisherman in California began.

Out here we have a program that is called hitch hikers. A hitch hiker is a person that either does not own a boat or has a boat out of commission and wants to get out on the briny. The program works very well seeing that the costs of fishing are great and only getting greater. Hitch hikers share the cost of the trip (splitting gas, bait, ice and any other fees ,like launch fees) with other members of the crew. They also assist, when called upon, to run the boat and of course help with the boat cleaning when the trip is finished. The relatiionship between the hitch hiker and the captain can be ongoing or just for that trip, you know how that goes. I am a hitch hiker and have been one all the time I have fished out here.

Well that is about it except to say that if you are in the area let me know. If you have any questions about fishing on the west coast PM me.

Thanks for listening.

[EricM]

I'm in!

Starting out as a kid with a snapper pole on the Great South Bay, moved up to a zebco...until I was 6 was living for fishing...then got into other sports and didn't get called back to the water until 1999- at that time I was stuck in an office, hating it, and dreamt about escaping from the computer and the meetings and fishing until I finally did it- quit and swore I would do nothing but fish until I got sick of it, and work just enough to keep the ball rolling until that point....that had a momentum all its own, the hypnosis of day after day night after night on the water, building rods, trying to learn the craft, trying to put in time on the water...the spell didn't break until the end of 2002 on the rocks of Rhode Island- just felt like I was free to go on and do other things...not so much as a breakthrough but a realization...these days, don't get on the water as much as I would like, so I am trying to focus on the more analytical side of fishing- analyzing my logbooks, doing more research on fish behavior, patters, etc... nerdy stuff, but I'm into it.

I saw the link to this board a few weeks ago when I was looking at Mike Laptew's blog and signed on...happy to be aboard!

[Slick Moedee]

I prefer to be referred to as a selective poster.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Slick Moedee

I prefer to be referred to as a selective poster.

Welcome to S-B folks ...

Lessee, when should I pick some names ??

[Raven]

we love the NERDY stuff.... here!

welcome to S-B

[EricM]

I'm in.

Generally fish the Great South Bay and Fire Island, fly and spin, love both. Followed a link from Mike Laptew's blog here two weeks ago, now posting for the first time here, look forward to participating, I've viewed a few threads, look forward to contributing where I can!

[BW from AZ]

Not trying to be a lurker, but what can i add to your knowledge from the desert that you could use? if you want day by day temps you would burn me in effigee before spring and pity me in summer. Me, I'm just counting the days till VACATION and its Hull Ma. here i come. Fish take warning. I have charts on the wall for planning the best use of my time on the water.

[Mad Viking]

Yes, I am a lurker also. This past season was my first serious attempt. I prefer fly fishing, but also like to fish light tackle with a preference of soft plastic baits. I have been fishing primarily out of Westport River and Harbor. I have learned some good information from this site. Thanks.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by BW from AZ

Not trying to be a lurker, but what can i add to your knowledge from the desert that you could use? if you want day by day temps you would burn me in effigee before spring and pity me in summer. Me, I'm just counting the days till VACATION and its Hull Ma. here i come. Fish take warning. I have charts on the wall for planning the best use of my time on the water.

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BW
well driving all the way to lake mead 200+ miles up highway 93
to catch some striped bass is a long haul im sure....
but it's not so bad if you and some friends split the gas and go as a group.

or you could all chip in and rent a house boat on lake powell too
then you could tell us how some east coast plugs did in your lakes.
there is some huge stripers in lake powell.