I have come to tread thread late on but i am new to this game,just over a year since i started again.
Yes i will check the catch page but only as a guide to what marks are out there.
I don\'t just want to catch a fish,i want to know why i caught the fish,or not as the case may be.
I look on the fact that somone has caught from an area as just a possibility,i want to learn what state of tide,wind,season etc all work.
Or at least give me the best chance,surely part of being a fisherman is having that knowledge and using it to catch.
If people expect to just turn up at the latest \" hotspot\" and catch how long will they last before they give up,simply because they have turned up when condations have changed.
I wonder if these people are the scoure of the adverts in the papers for gear that \" has only been used a few times\".
I have found nothing but help and advice from people on this and other forums and find now i am passing on the small amount i have learnt to a mate who is getting into fishing.
Long may that spirit continue.