tech tips and keeper forum?

On this forum a lot of people brush things like these subjects off and beat you to death with safety instead. In some cases so much it turns people away from the activity to a degree.

I cant think of a single time I've asked a question here and had it brushed a side. There have been plenty or times people have asked questions about an area without thinking about the dangers associated with it. I don't think most of us beat people to death with safety. I will certainly mention it, but the final decision to follow the advice you receive is up to the individual. The fact is you don't know if the person asking  is a super fit 25 year old or a 66 year old, 375 lb, chain smoker. I'd much rather scare someone into staying home than regret not warning them about a hazard they may have not considered.

Isn't that part of the beauty of fishing? Figuring out the perfect    presentation and the proper rod and reel for the job? Hints are great but so is going out and figuring out what works best for you.

 I have to agree with Noah---figuring the way to catch fish on your own by rising to the need. Put another way--earning your catch through trial and error.

 There are  discussion groups, websites, forums ,etc. on nearly every species of fish alive. Reading about how to do it (catch fish) will not put a fish on a silver platter for you. You have to get out and make it happen.

  Short Rant Over......
                                   Mark

just trying to keep the ...learning curve? a little cheaper, yes there are other forms websites lets forget i even posted this...sorry.

 dampainter,
 I'm not slamming you personally. You made a valid request. Nothing to be sorry about.
 Having spent way to much time on this and other fishing sites--looking for the "golden fleece" or "magic bullet" or "super secret special unfailable lure"  myself.......the only way you will ever catch fish is time on the water. Period.
 As RayBorBon said---you can spend a lot of time (and money) fishing in the dark. But that is part of what makes fishing such a great pastime....when the light finally does turn on (you hook the fish of a lifetime) it makes all the dark(empty) time seem to go away. And makes you hungry for more.
 So keep on asking for tips, secret spots, magic lures/bait. we all want our fellow fishermen to succeed. Failure happens--for some of us--too often. But when the magic strikes we all want more.

just trying to keep the ...learning curve? a little cheaper, yes there are other forms websites lets forget i even posted this...sorry.

No sir, dampainter -- your question has real merit. We all get used to using the site in a certain way, and what you propose makes it different. That's going to raise some hackles, but that doesn't make it bad or warrant an apology from you. I'd like to see a forum like you suggest -- even though there are other sites that cover the subject area, and even though the information can be gleaned from within existing forums, and even though there's a search function that might pick up the info if I frame my query correctly. What you suggest might enhance our ease of use, or serve to sharpen the focus of a thread.

Maybe it isn't feasible, but it could be useful.

On this forum a lot of people brush things like these subjects off and beat you to death with safety instead. In some cases so much it turns people away from the activity to a degree.

I cant think of a single time I've asked a question here and had it brushed a side. There have been plenty or times people have asked questions about an area without thinking about the dangers associated with it. I don't think most of us beat people to death with safety. I will certainly mention it, but the final decision to follow the advice you receive is up to the individual. The fact is you don't know if the person asking  is a super fit 25 year old or a 66 year old, 375 lb, chain smoker. I'd much rather scare someone into staying home than regret not warning them about a hazard they may have not considered.

There's no reason to suggest safety has to do with fitness all the time and I am not an opponent of offering safety advice at all (when appropriate). To be honest I watched some exchanges in the name of safety here this spring and it lead me to believe a couple of guys were inexperienced and also potentially dangerous. When I met them they were nothing of the sort. If you can take five minutes to give a talk on safety then I don't see what's wrong with five minutes for a tip or consideration of a tips section. I must admit that I don't really think the site needs a separate section on the subject though and it's worth noting the original post which has since been edited was seemingly asking for two things at the same time. But if we think the search button is going to provide the best answers as previously suggested, I think it's worth noting once again that search has it's limitations and perhaps just telling someone to use it is in fact brushing them aside.

That's really not what I meant.

Maybe I'm not fully understanding what topics are not being covered by doing a search. Are people looking for articles like these on other fish?

http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?page=41

http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/index.php?page=33

What I think he wants is an extra open forum for showing rigging for different boats, rigging gear, how to make gear, how to fix rods.  Ifish.net has one that has all these things in it. That is called exactly that, tech tips and keepers.  It has a ton of great information, mostly geared at saltwater stuff but still great.

On this forum a lot of people brush things like these subjects off and beat you to death with safety instead. In some cases so much it turns people away from the activity to a degree.

I don't agree.

I personally have an issue with people knocking on the site thinking people beat other people to death with safety.  Honestly, I see a few of you beating to death those that you think are beating safety to death on topics such as this that have nothing to do with that.   

Keep in mind we have a range of people visiting the site from people that have been here since the "beginning" to people that have just showed up.  It's a natural progression to ask a lot of questions as a newbie, to becoming more experienced and answering a lot of newbie questions, to having been through the discussion so many times that you just don't chime in any more.  Nothing wrong with that. Like I said, it's a progression.  If you can't find it, then just ask.  There are more than enough people here willing to answer.

-Allen

What I think he wants is an extra open forum for showing rigging for different boats, rigging gear, how to make gear, how to fix rods.  Ifish.net has one that has all these things in it. That is called exactly that, tech tips and keepers.  It has a ton of great information, mostly geared at saltwater stuff but still great.

ding ding ding ding ding...we have a winner!!!! that is exactly what I meant. this post was to actually be addressed to administers of this web site - NOTE: forum topic.... must have interpreted that wrong, my bad. I can see now I should have just p.med the administraters with my suggestion. some sites don`t like posting other web sites on their site. so I did not here.

Lings and rocks:

Stoutish rod and reel.
3-8 oz leadhead.
Something that wiggles.  In this case big baits catch big fish. Almost any color, white, black, brown, red, blue, ...

Oh, and, ... HEY, ... People, ... Let's be careful out there.