08-30-2014, 05:27 PM
You remind me of ME and my brother 18 years ago. After looking back at over own learning curves and comparing it with what you wrote, I have to say ... you are on the right track to becoming a satisfied "catcherman".
My VERY BIGGEST SUGGESTION would be to fish along side of someone who is actually regularly successful on a particular water or species. What you learn in one day of fishing with someone who is regularly successful will save you years of experimenting ... not to mention the money you would save.
You also indicated that you have enough tackle to cover most situations. I remember thinking that same thing. But now looking back, no way did I have sufficient tackle to successfully catch a species.
I have noticed that most guys here, in their BFT profile, will often times list the species or waters they are good at catching. Take a look at those BFT profiles and hook up with one that matches your fishing preferences.
I'm pretty comfortable and passionate about Gorge and Bear Lake mackinaw, Pineview musky, Willard wipers, and Strawberry trout. But as for LMB or SMB, I have zero interest in them.
Now on the other hand, a guy by the name of Clifford Sackett ("[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi?do=user_page;pg=user_profile_view.html;username=bassrods"]bassrods[/url]" here on BFT) loves fishing bass and is VERY good at it. He often takes newbies out and schools them. He is kind of a weird dude (aren't we all?) but a good guy and man, can he catch bass! I'll bet that if you [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=message;user=7783"]shoot him a PM[/url], he'd be glad to show you how it's done.
Meanwhile, keep up the persistent passion.
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My VERY BIGGEST SUGGESTION would be to fish along side of someone who is actually regularly successful on a particular water or species. What you learn in one day of fishing with someone who is regularly successful will save you years of experimenting ... not to mention the money you would save.
You also indicated that you have enough tackle to cover most situations. I remember thinking that same thing. But now looking back, no way did I have sufficient tackle to successfully catch a species.
I have noticed that most guys here, in their BFT profile, will often times list the species or waters they are good at catching. Take a look at those BFT profiles and hook up with one that matches your fishing preferences.
I'm pretty comfortable and passionate about Gorge and Bear Lake mackinaw, Pineview musky, Willard wipers, and Strawberry trout. But as for LMB or SMB, I have zero interest in them.
Now on the other hand, a guy by the name of Clifford Sackett ("[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/community/community.cgi?do=user_page;pg=user_profile_view.html;username=bassrods"]bassrods[/url]" here on BFT) loves fishing bass and is VERY good at it. He often takes newbies out and schools them. He is kind of a weird dude (aren't we all?) but a good guy and man, can he catch bass! I'll bet that if you [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=message;user=7783"]shoot him a PM[/url], he'd be glad to show you how it's done.
Meanwhile, keep up the persistent passion.
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