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Homage to My Internet Fishing Friends
Everywhere I go on the internet it seems I meet new people and become friends over time. The common interest is of course fishing. Not only do I meet new people while I guide, or while walking the banks of rivers or lakes, I meet them while surfing the internet. For me it is so cool to talk to them and ask them why they love the sport of fishing as much as I do. Some of them fish for the sport and release the fish they catch, some of them as a means of sustenance, some do it as their business and primary source of income, and some do it as a means of relaxation and meditation. Personally I do it just for the fun.
Awhile back I signed up to a huge fishing internet site that was just kicking off. It was a new concept which enabled all anglers to tournament fish from their favourite fishing holes they know well. They did not need to travel to the next town, province or state to enter these tournaments. They could fish from wherever the wanted to, whenever they wanted to. The catch is the species of the week. If the specific species they like to fish for is slotted for that week, then they enter an online tournament and compete against anglers from all over the world to take that week’s first place prize.
Here is an example; September 14-19 is Walleye week. The angler enters the tournament before the slotted week begins, they go out to their local fishing destination and try for the longest Walleye they can catch, and they take two pictures and submit these pictures before the week ends. If they happen to be the lucky angler who catches the longest Walleye they win the cash prize that is stated for that week. There are a few anglers on this site who have made more than 20,000 fishing in this tournament.
I was submitting my stories to this site and made many new friends here. Some were from the United States and some from Canada. After sending in several stories to Bounty Fishing I quickly made friends from all over the world and Ari Vineberg sent me many welcome messages and always was quick to encourage me to “keep up the good work”. I have also learned how to become a better writer by studying Ari’s work closely. His stories can be found on Bounty Fishing’s Weblog and on his YouTube channel as well. Ari is now creating his own fishing show titled “The Fishing Life”.
He will travel all over the world and feature many different personalities in the fishing community. Please watch his first few episodes of the show via his YouTube channel. I have included a video in this post for you to watch which shows him interviewing Richard Shafter who is the founder and CEO of Bountyfishing.com. Please leave him feedback on his channel and feel free to connect with him on Bounty Fishing’s website. His handle name is Dragon Slayer on Bounty’s website. Hopefully one day soon he will be here in Alberta and fishing with me on the Bow River. Thanks Ari for making our fishing community a better place to visit.
If you would like to join Bounty Fishing’s website than click the Bounty link on the right hand side of the Blog and sign up. You could be the next winner of a large amount of cash.
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Here is a video that shows an easy way to fish most rivers http://www.bulletbobber.com
Thanks Paul, have a look people !!!!!!!
Hey Mike , so first of all i want to thank you for all your awesome tips that have lead me to catching my dream fish! Heres my story.
So i’ve been fishing for about 3 months and also reading your blog off and on, and its motivated me to catch this fish. I woke up around 6am and was out fishing by 7, it was rainy slighty but i was determined to catch my brown trout. It was like any other day i’ve went fishing until i caught my 24″ brown trout! WOW holy cow was i excited !!! I was so amazed and happy so once i came home and calmed down a little i decied that i should write to you and let you know how helpful and amazing your blog is. Thank you i probably couldnt have caught my fish without your help. Email me so i can send you a picture.
sincerly Adrian.
Ohhh WOW man that is so cool, that’s why I started this Blog Adrian, so people like me could experience what it feels like to reel in a monster Brown or rainbow trout from one of the best fisheries in the world.
I am so happy to receive your feedback, that’s what fishing is all about, those massive adrenaline pumping monster trout you dream of.
Comments like this one keep me motivated and ready to help well into the future.
Thank you so much and keep the line wet, who knows whats waiting for you around the corner in the next deep fishing hole. I will e-mail you now as I cannot wait too see your fish.
Thanks,
~Mike.
hey man,just letting you know that the day started slow but increased big time, i hooked on to a five pound rainy, caught four today landed two . the other two guys caught 4 between them, we were trying the cranks, which were working, slowly at first then as we made our way back to our vehicles, i switched over to a mepps(brown trout )pattern and whamo, holy smokes, its like you are always telling me, you have to try multiple lures, cranks, and spinners. you just never know what is going to work one week to the next….so thanks bud, it was really good getting out, and thanks to your advice it makes it just a little easier each time i head out, can’t wait for the snow to fly and i will take you in to my 5 pound laker lunk spot. talk to you soon,,,andrew
Awesome Andrew, sounds like I left a little to soon. I would have liked to see you reel in that rainbow. My stomach was telling me to get some lunch. You will soon know instintivly how to decide which lure is going to work best when you fish for trout.
I look forward to hooking into those Lakers with you, its all about the monsters.
~Mike.