Fishing for Dummies

[PotLikinisAhabbit]

Not sure if this has ever been attempted or what kind of success this thread will have, but i would like to try anyway.

I've read thousands of complaints on here about how terrible the avg. populous of fisherman is but hardly any positive solutions to try and alleviate or lessen the occurrence of these encounters.

Im asking that some of our older wiser fisherman with years of exp. on the water take the reins and participate in a weekly AMA on a particular topic that way each week we can all learn a little more than we knew last week.

IMO i believe that even though it may seem elementary to most of you on here, we should start with very basic topics such as: Wind, Tides, Water temps/salinity/clarity, and so on. Later if this thread is still alive, maybe get into the reading of topos, fish migration, bait transitions or even a week of just how to read electronics. With my limited knowledge of trout fishing i will leave it up to the experts to pic a topic of their choice if they choose to do so and be as respectful as possible to any and all questions.

What i hope to accomplish from this thread is that fisherman (myself included) will have a better understanding and appreciation of this sport that we all care so much about. Hopefully be teaching fishing and not just relying on gps coordinates we may see a day in the future were we can go out on a body of water and make a few friends instead of wasting gas laying the 8.

Thanks in advance to all who participate, "The Potlicker".

[sacalaitman]

This sounds like a great idea. People can post how to fish different situations the a average Joe would come across and different techniques.

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[cmcnabb]

Great idea, but won't work on here. Too many smartasses

["W"]

Water temp does not matter for trout until ..... If its colder fish slower of its warmer fish faster

Water Temp has zero effect on trout bite unless its 24degrees and water is frozen ; then get a drill and ice fish the channel

[PotLikinisAhabbit]

Like I stated I'll leave it up the experts to pick a topic of their choice. W why don't u volunteer and go first?

[simplepeddler]

Best advice I can give is learn from yourself.......fisherman lie.....
Here is what I mean.
Keep a journal......place, temp, time, water temp, conditions, baits used, success or lack there of.

Back in the day when I pounded the waters for green trout in tournaments, my journal was predictably my best advice.

you could predict the fish to be where they were in previous years......
To speed things up, get three, four or five guys to do it together and enhance the time frame.

[PotLikinisAhabbit]

Not looking for dock heros to brag about limits just sound advice to point people in the right direction. Simplepeddler the journal or log book is an excellent idea as its the exact same system i use only applied to duck hunting. The only downfall is that many fisherman do not have the time nor money to get out and fish frequent enough to accomplish this method in a lifetime.

[jchief]

There is software out there now that makes if very easy to keep a journal.

But I don't have it, yet.

I think it is www.thirdstonesoftware.com