06-02-2016, 05:49 AM
I think you might have misunderstood hd7000 remarks. I don't think he was trying to offend you at all, trust me, there are some one this site that will offend and you will know it, but I don't think that is what happened here. I think HD7000 was just trying to be helpful.
I am fairly new to fishing Willard, in fact I have only been there twice since I bought my boat. My fist time taking my boat out I knew absolutely nothing about trolling, nothing at all. I didnt even know how to get the boat off the trailer until "mistercompletely" met me at a marina and helped me.
I didn't realize the need for level wind reels when I started and I didn't understand the need to set the ticking sound thingamajigger. In fact I bought my first trolling reel and didn't even know how to set the drag. All my life I was fishing rivers and the occasional shore.
Hd7000 was a huge help to me when I went to Willard for my first time. I pulled in wipers and crappie and the kids had a blast because he gave me some pointers. Had I lost a few because of the drag or any other issue I would have appreciated someone who was more experienced than me to tell me to lighten up my drag to prevent that in the future. In fact I would HOPE that someone would tell me instead of reading my post and just thinking..."newbie, doesn't know what he is doing." In fact I almost expect it. That is why I come to this site over and over and over. I am trying to learn because I really enjoy fishing, but I'm not that great at it.
Maybe you had the drag set right and maybe you didn't, but ether way, I read the post and I see an experienced fisherman (HD7000) trying to help someone who MIGHT be new to fishing. (I say might be new to fishing because well you only have 8 posts, but who knows, you might be very experienced, and just new to posting on this site).
So to everyone else who will read this, please continue to help by sharing your knowledge with the rest of us, I know I will appreciate it. If I do something wrong, please tell me, I'll try to not be offended. If I'm out on my boat and I don't notice that my son has taken off his life jacket and I post the picture here of this mistake please bring it to my attention. (Thank you again Ratnest). If I pull in a fish from Willard and have no idea what I have caught please help me by telling me that it's a crappie. (Skidmarximuss88) If I have caught fish that I have never caught before and now I need to know the best way to eat it, please give me a recipe (thanks tubedude)
And to you TJet welcome to bigfishtackle, I truly hope you stay around so you can help the rest of us, and perhaps learn a thing or two also.
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I am fairly new to fishing Willard, in fact I have only been there twice since I bought my boat. My fist time taking my boat out I knew absolutely nothing about trolling, nothing at all. I didnt even know how to get the boat off the trailer until "mistercompletely" met me at a marina and helped me.
I didn't realize the need for level wind reels when I started and I didn't understand the need to set the ticking sound thingamajigger. In fact I bought my first trolling reel and didn't even know how to set the drag. All my life I was fishing rivers and the occasional shore.
Hd7000 was a huge help to me when I went to Willard for my first time. I pulled in wipers and crappie and the kids had a blast because he gave me some pointers. Had I lost a few because of the drag or any other issue I would have appreciated someone who was more experienced than me to tell me to lighten up my drag to prevent that in the future. In fact I would HOPE that someone would tell me instead of reading my post and just thinking..."newbie, doesn't know what he is doing." In fact I almost expect it. That is why I come to this site over and over and over. I am trying to learn because I really enjoy fishing, but I'm not that great at it.
Maybe you had the drag set right and maybe you didn't, but ether way, I read the post and I see an experienced fisherman (HD7000) trying to help someone who MIGHT be new to fishing. (I say might be new to fishing because well you only have 8 posts, but who knows, you might be very experienced, and just new to posting on this site).
So to everyone else who will read this, please continue to help by sharing your knowledge with the rest of us, I know I will appreciate it. If I do something wrong, please tell me, I'll try to not be offended. If I'm out on my boat and I don't notice that my son has taken off his life jacket and I post the picture here of this mistake please bring it to my attention. (Thank you again Ratnest). If I pull in a fish from Willard and have no idea what I have caught please help me by telling me that it's a crappie. (Skidmarximuss88) If I have caught fish that I have never caught before and now I need to know the best way to eat it, please give me a recipe (thanks tubedude)
And to you TJet welcome to bigfishtackle, I truly hope you stay around so you can help the rest of us, and perhaps learn a thing or two also.
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