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#905025 - 09/05/14 05:01 PM How often do you use the internet to go FISH?
Mergantroider Offline
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Registered: 04/21/03
Posts: 1705
Loc: Oahu, HI /Olympia, WA
Im writing a blog post about catching more fish. The first 4 out of 5 points are about the internet.

Got me thinking though....i dont use it much anymore. Once everything is dialed in you just consult your journal, river flows, and dates.

But to the up and coming fisherman its essential. How many of you still do google searches on techniques, reports, river flows, and such? Or do you just get up and go to the river you always went to ?

im trying to figure out how savvy the average fisherman is on the internet and whether i should offer more detailed info on sites or if the average guy is googling it and making it happen.
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#905032 - 09/05/14 05:32 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: ]
ReefSkunk
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Merg, you should use the internet to find yourself a real job.

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#905036 - 09/05/14 05:53 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: ]
Swifty27 Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 08/21/13
Posts: 389
Loc: Tri-Cities, WA
Google maps to scout launches and locations. Believe it or not, WDFW's website has a lot of information about river launches. NOAA charts for the Columbia and Snake for scouting. Blogs or cameras sometimes if I question clarity. River gages depending on the river.

Now if I could figure out how to mount downriggers on my drift boat so I could properly run superbaits, I'd be set.

Edit: How to burn infinite hours learning about fish: http://www.cbr.washington.edu


Edited by Swifty27 (09/05/14 06:20 PM)

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#905038 - 09/05/14 06:01 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: Swifty27]
Mergantroider Offline
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Registered: 04/21/03
Posts: 1705
Loc: Oahu, HI /Olympia, WA
Reefskunk. Thanks for the tip. Ill write that down in my book "How to be a loser" it will have coloring areas, puzzles. right up your alley or the alley your currently working this week. bahahahahahah. i love you idiots sometimes. Always bringing me up when im feeling down.


Google maps....yeah for sure for scouting new launches. Ill have to add that in another blog post. Believe it or not i saw a DB with donwriggers on it recently...it may even have been out at Buoy 10


SteelSpanker.....The "Hair" Guage....you may be on to something : )
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#905045 - 09/05/14 06:44 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: ]
Dave Vedder Offline
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Registered: 10/09/02
Posts: 8587
Loc: West Duvall
About as often as I read fishing blogs.
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#905047 - 09/05/14 06:51 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: ]
On The Swing Offline
Spawner

Registered: 02/06/03
Posts: 783
Not me!
I always just go on Facebook and ask for a handout, blowing up every little trickle this state and fellow anglers try to keep secret rofl

blogs and the like are a double edged dagger as you already know..i see that you write more about technique and how to find your own secret spot and I applaud you not giving many hand outs..

On a side note..i saw this idiot down on the skok the other day and checked out his website that has membership complete with text alerts to "when the salmon are in" . The dude was a total tool and as I suspected his site solidified my assumption..gives up way too.many secret waters with no disregard and usually seems to promote flossing as the number one technique.

Lunkersguide.com is his joke of a site...don't be like him merg wink


Edited by On The Swing (09/05/14 06:52 PM)
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#905049 - 09/05/14 06:55 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: On The Swing]
bhudda Offline
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Registered: 04/06/11
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Loc: S River central
I just go to NW steelhead junkies:)
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#905056 - 09/05/14 07:30 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: bhudda]
On The Swing Offline
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Registered: 02/06/03
Posts: 783
Yea..that site and fishing wa state.

Nothing but grade A fishermen with tons of great knowledge beathead
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#905057 - 09/05/14 07:36 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: Dave Vedder]
Todd Offline
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Registered: 03/08/99
Posts: 28170
Loc: Seattle, Washington USA
Originally Posted By: Dave Vedder
About as often as I read fishing blogs.


This.

I check the weather, sometimes.

I check the tides if I think it matters for that day in the salt.

I check river levels if it has rained much.

Otherwise I just go fishing whenever/wherever and adjust my technique either to the conditions, or to whatever I feel like fishing with that day, conditions be damned.

Fish on...

Todd
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#905059 - 09/05/14 09:12 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: Todd]
Mergantroider Offline
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Registered: 04/21/03
Posts: 1705
Loc: Oahu, HI /Olympia, WA
Vedder, todd....obviously you old buzzards are not the "average" fisherman. smile You old salt dogs don't read blogs but a few million people do everyday. : )
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#905061 - 09/05/14 09:28 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: Mergantroider]
FinChaser Offline
Fry

Registered: 03/04/13
Posts: 36
Loc: Wasilla, AK / Bellevue, WA
Merg,

I'll echo what a few others have said. I use the internet for tides, weather, river levels, and such when I feel the need to. Not as much for technique. Though I feel pretty comfortable employing many techniques, I do get online and do some research before I hit a new body of water for the first time. Each river (or lake, bay, etc.) has it's own nuances. Some of those can be learned through other's reports, but many have to be learned first hand.

Scott

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#905065 - 09/05/14 11:17 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: FinChaser]
Coho Offline
River Nutrients

Registered: 03/09/99
Posts: 2682
Loc: Muk
I come here for entertainment I go to the water to fish

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#905082 - 09/06/14 10:09 AM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: Coho]
NickD90 Offline
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Registered: 10/26/10
Posts: 7260
Loc: Snohomish, WA
I use it for all of the above mentioned items, but also for technical support and gear purchasing. New species and methods for targeting the same; refreshers on my knot tying; how to tie certain fly patterns (or prep materials); gear reviews and buying; how to do this and that...

What I don't use it for is getting accurate fishing reports or hot spots.
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#905088 - 09/06/14 11:30 AM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: ]
Paul Smenis Offline
Repeat Spawner

Registered: 08/02/12
Posts: 1052
Loc: In a drift boat...
Never.
I don't even give a [Bleeeeep!] what the weather is going to be like.
I just go.
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#905097 - 09/06/14 02:33 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: Paul Smenis]
Krijack Offline
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Registered: 06/03/06
Posts: 1531
Loc: Tacoma
Learned about pink worms and twitching from here. The other day I was trying to get my cure. I remembered a hint I got a while back and by searching the internet I was able to pin point what my eggs may be missing. I still need to find one ingredient that I can't find locally, so I will need to find a site that sells it.

Then, dam counts. Tides, google earth to run a river and look for hidden bends or holes. Planting numbers.

If I am planning on fishing a new river that is not local, I will sometimes look at posts from previous years to see when the peak appear to be happening. I still think about running down to the Gray to look for stray springers.

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#905101 - 09/06/14 03:28 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: Krijack]
5 * General Evo Offline
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Registered: 03/29/14
Posts: 6825
the only thing ive learned from the internet is that there is a bunch of assholes on it...

i do check flow charts when i havent been down for a day or 2...

with that said, im goin fishin....
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#905141 - 09/06/14 09:38 PM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: 5 * General Evo]
Fishyfeller Offline
Juvenile at Sea

Registered: 06/22/13
Posts: 191
Loc: Port Angeles, Wa
When I fish the Straits the only thing I look for is wind forecasts, and current tables in the area I am fishing. If I cant find currents then I settle for tide tables. The one thing I learned quickly in the straits, is low/high tide do not always coincide with current direction. Knowing which way the currents will be flowing helps me to save time in deciding where I am going to start fishing, when and what direction.


Edited by Fishyfeller (09/06/14 09:41 PM)

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#905153 - 09/07/14 12:35 AM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: ]
Dub Offline
Returning Adult

Registered: 09/24/10
Posts: 496
I hope to see photo essays and stories from a few people here about places I wish to visit or am unlikely to go. Not many of those anymore.

And tides, weather or currents is about it.
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#905156 - 09/07/14 01:13 AM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: Dub]
blackmouth Offline
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Registered: 11/05/04
Posts: 2713
Loc: right place/wrong time
Frankly, I don't know how anyone could possibly fish without the internet.
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#905162 - 09/07/14 06:06 AM Re: How often do you use the internet to go FISH? [Re: 5 * General Evo]
LocalTalent Offline
Juvenile at Sea

Registered: 06/30/14
Posts: 137
Originally Posted By: Evo
i do check flow charts when i havent been down for a day or 2...

with that said, im goin fishin....


Got the day off, eh?

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