FISHING MAGAZINES....BLAAHHH!

[WAHOONBOX]

YES BLAAAHHH! ....THE WHOLE POINT OF A MAGAZINE IS TO SELL...SELL AND SELL PRODUCTS...YOU SEE A PICTURE ON THE MAG COVER OF A 60 FOOTER HAULING ASS ....WELL THAT IS A PAID AD!!! ....PRODUCTS THAT THEY WANT YOU TO BUY....NOTICE I SAID THEY......

SOME LURE MANUFACTURER COMES OUT WITH A NEW LURE AND IT SUDDENLY APPEARS IN THE MOUTH OF A FISH WITH A SMILING ANGLER.......AND THEN LET A PRETTY WOMAN HOLD A FISH ON A BOAT AND BINGO....FRONT COVER

NOW I RECEIVE AS AN ANNUAL GIFT, A SUBSCRIPTION TO "SPORT FISHING " MAGAZINE...AND IT IS YEARLY RENEWED BY A PAST CUSTOMER OF CAPT BRIANS .....O HOW I DO APPRECIATE SUCH A NICE GIFT! THANK YOU SO MUCH BILL!!

I IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE LAST PAGE TO GORGE MYSELF ON TRED BARTA'S VERBAGE , WISDOM OR BITCHING......DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE SUBJECT... I DO ENJOY IT ALL....IF THIS COLUMN WAS OMMITTED....I'D PROBABLY NOT EVEN OPEN THE AD BOOK.....BUT ...I DO SAVE MY BACK ISSUES AND READ THEM IN FLIGHT TO PASS THE TIME.

I JUST OPENED ONE SUCH MAGAZINE A WHILE BACK AND IT FEATURED INTERNET FISHING FORUMS....AND YES ...THERE WAS NO MENTION OF www.sportfishermen.com .... BUT THATS OKAY .....FOR NOW. IT DID HAVE MENTION OF OUR OWN "WAHOOKING" AND I BELIEVE FRED ARCHER..........I'M CERTAIN THAT FRED ARCHER HAS A FULL STORY IN SF'ings JUNE 2006 EDITION FEATURING 24 RED HOT TIPS FOR WAHOO FISHING......CHECK IT OUT......

I STRIVE TO NOT BE CRITICAL OF ANOTHER MANS FISHING POSTS THAT HE STARTS. .....AND NEVER MAKE A NEGATIVE REMARK ON ANOTHERS POST CONCERNING HIS OR HER FISHING TECHNIQUES.....AS IS THE CASE HERE WITH FRED MAGAZINE ARTICLE.

I ALSO REMEMBER READING RECENTLY ON SFC IN A POST BY FRED ARCHER SAYING HE HAD WATCHED A VIDEO I MADE OF OVERBOARD HOOKING A WAHOO AND THAT HE WOULD ALSO HAVE HANDLED THE BOAT DIFFERNET THAN CAPT BRIAN DID IN THE VIDEO.....DIFFERNET? WHAT THE HELL DIFFERENT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?...THE FRIGGING FISH WERE BITING AS FAST AS WE COULD STICK EM!!! QUITE FRANKLY ...I CANNOT SEE HOW FRED COULD EVEN TELL WHAT BRIAN WAS DOING ON THE BRIDGE.....

BUT WHAT BRIAN WAS DOING WAS CONTINUING ON FISHING THE REMAINING 8 LINES STILL IN THE WATER....AND DOING IT LIKE A PRO.................AFTERALL.....IT IS MY OPINION THAT CAPT BRIAN IS THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING A BOAT AND FISHING A BOAT....ANY TOM DICK AND LARRY CAN DRIVE ONE , BUT CAN YOU FISH ONE......I'LL PUT HIM UP AGAINST ANY OF THE SO-CALLED GREATS ANYTIME ANYPLACE..................HMMM....I GUESS I DO THAT EVERY TOURNAMENT DON'T I

BACK TO THE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ABOUT FISHING FORUMS ON THE NET

THE AUTHOR OF SAID STORY CERTAINLY MUST HAVE INVENTED THE COMPUTER AND BUILT THE SOFTWARE AND HAD CONGRESS PASS THE LAWS CONCERNING INTERNET ETIQUETTE............ETIQUETTE? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? THE AUTHORS FIRST AND NUMBER ONE PIECE OF ADVICE WAS "NEVER TYPE IN CAPS"........... "WHY"? I ASK......WHY SHOULD I OR ANYONE ELSE HAVE TO FOLLOW ANY STUPID ASS RULE SUCH AS THIS....IF YOU ARE OFFENDED...GO TO HELL....I MEAN GO AWAY! DON'T READ IT.

ARE YOU MR. COMPUTER? ...... ARE YOU THE HOLY GUARDIAN OF KEYBOARD PUNCHING? I READ YOUR STUPID ARTICLE HERE AND YOU START EACH OPENING WORD OF EACH FRIGGING SENTENCE WITH A CAPS LETTER!!!!......WHO SET THAT FRIGGING RULE!!!??? YOOUUU??? MY BIG OL BUTT! QUIT TRYING TO TELL US WHAT'S PROPER ETIQUETTE IN THE INTERNET WORLD AND TAKE OFF THOSE STUPID FLAPPY PINK AND GREEN SHIRTS YOU WEAR AND POST UP SOME BLOOD SPEWING FISHING ACTION THAT WE ALL WOULD ENJOY.

I'M SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T SAY IT WAS WRONG TO TYPE THE WORD SHIT IN A THREAD

SHIT? ....YOUR INTERNET FISHING ADVICE WAS FULL OF IT.

[Bite Me]

Jeezys H Marty Tell us what your thinking there son, Go ahead let it out. Quit holding back.

[HOLWACHAGOT]

i JUST don't SEE the BIG deal. WHO cares IF you USE caps OR not?

[Deep C]

Marty
If you dig back some years (like 1990) you will see that I too was a shining star gracing the pages of Sport Fishing... It was nice.We could tell a story, then some how to and mix it up into a readable enjoyable piece.
Then along came the new editor who basically cut out the "color" writing part and my feelings were crushed. Then they went on to dictate format and exactly how many words were to be used on each part. Now my artistic side was really in an up roar. When they told me to include various references to advertisers products, I really took a step back. When they, took "Artistic license" and butchered my work. I quit.
I wrote for some others but it just didn't have the same kick... With that, I effectively retired from writing... Todays publications are so sterile, ad based promotional, and just plain full of shit, that I won't even open one up.
When I got sober I penned three fiction novels while trying to write a fishing book. Every time I got started writing the fishing book the other ones just took off. To this day they sit in mothballs waiting to be typed and put into print.
Eventually my fishing book rocked on. I got nearly done then it dawned on me that I wanted to divide the book into two. So that left me half done with two instead of a fisnised one. I'm not far from finisihing them...

Then came SFC... Here is a place where good stories are appreciated. Lots of good writers to provide them and for the first time in a long time I feel alive again...

[DILLIGAF]

I bet he fishes with Green Machines, too. What do ya think, Marty?

[Bert Rodgers]

I bet he fishes with Green Machines, too. What do ya think, Marty?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Bert

[stockweiser]

Just got my issue the other day and I must say I was impressed with the wahoo and ballyhoo articles.

[Parapapam]

I have found that the "content" in these mags is terribly low. Most have some pretty pictures, but come on. 1 hour on this or other forums and you get 1 years worth of "content" from the rags.

Sport Fishing is not bad compared to SWS. I like David DeBenidetto's book, but the Mag is becoming more and more like ESPN the Magazine.....ESPN the Mag is the most unreadable piece of crap I have ever seen....and SI is heading that way.

There are a couple good Fish Mags. I love Big Game Journal and On the Water (a local New England Mag). Both are technical content over bikini's or pretty pictures.

Mike

[WAHOONBOX]

I ALSO NOTICED HIS TITLE........."WELCOME TO OUR WORLD."

THAT HAS A FAMILIAR RING TO IT.

[KEY-LIME-PIE]

DEEP C FIRST!
I AGREE WITH YOU ON THE FACT THAT HERE WE HAVE MANY TALENTED PEOPLE THAT FEEL FREE TO TELL THEIR STORIES! THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO TELL US HOW TO EXPRESS WHAT IT IS THAT WE THINK OR FEEL. WHEN I READ SOME OF OUR MEMBERS STORIES "THEY ARE GENUINE" IT ALLOWS THE READER TO FEEL WHAT IT IS THAT IS BEING EXPRESSED "NOT SOLD". I APPRECIATE YOUR WRITINGS! THANK YOU.

MARTY THIS IS FOR YOU!
SHIT, ShIt, shit, sHiT, SHit, ShiT,shiT, ShIT, YOU CAN SAY SHIT AS MANY TIME AS YOU WANT, BECAUSE IT IS A FORM OF EXPRESSION. WHEN I WAS READING YOUR POST AND GOT TO NEVER USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, I THOUGHT OH SHIT! THATS ALL I EVER USE, IS HE TALKING TO ME? THEN I READ THE REST AND WHOLE HEARTEDLY AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL!

I ALSO READ A STORY THAT BARTA WROTE ABOUT HOW HE ALMOST KILLED HIMSELF AND CREW IN A PRACTICE DEMO ON RESCUE @ SEA! DID YOU GUYS READ THAT ONE? HE JUST NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN AND LOOK AT LIFE WITH THE SAME APPEAL THAT HE HAS FOR FISHING. OK I'M DONE
TOM...KEY-LIME-PIE