34 replies to this topic

[808bass]

A live chat/forum aswell

[JigMe]

Ok I have altered the idea a little bit..
The website will load with a map on the front page, where places members have checked in at before, they can attach photos to those locations, and additional information.. they will be a frequent places chart, a live stream feed on the front page below that map, a groups option, search for members... a nice quick loading website... free to use and straight to the point. Easy to load on mobile phones aswell...

Personally opinion, a website is not going to work. A simple reason: who is going to check a website for hints during a fishing trip? If you want to build a website to share location, photo, then it's already been done. If you are working on an apps, then it might work depends on how you write it.

[Bassn Blvd]

You're better off collecting aluminum cans.

[Raider Nation Fisher]

I'm not sure what to think. Personally I'm not big on divulging my fishing spots and locations to people. Some people may be, but unless your in my circle I'm not sharing. It very well may work, honestly the only way to find out is to try it. If it works then hells yeah! If not, then learn from it and try again til you get all worked out

[808bass]

So you think it would be better if it was just a small social network consisting of a live stream, photos and videos?
I appreciate the feedback anyway

[808bass]

And of course you wouldn't have to put a spot on there that people would "Steal" from you

[BASSclary]

It sounds like you basically want to make a forums website. Regardless, I dont think I would join. Everything you want to do I can basically do here.

[Root beer]

There is one called Angling Master. i was part of it back in the old days. (when I was in high school, i was one of the first few members.) I don't know if it still exist. Too lazy to look it up.

[Lund Explorer]

What I'm aiming at is more along the lines of this:

Say your out at 6:30 AM fishing a new lake in the area.... cant seem to get any bites.. so you visit the website, post a status with a photo included, and other members could comment, give tips, lure advice, etc.. (all in real time).. And pretty much its a constant feed on the homepage... would have apps on desktop, android, iphone etc.

I've been around here for a couple of years, posted over 1,700 times, and still don't have a single warning point. Now after following the direction of this topic, I'm faced with the chance to limit out all in one post!

What in the heck (I had a different word that starts with an H and ends with two hockey sticks) has happened to the world when we have raised a generation that can't put down their smart phones long enough to go fishing armed with nothing but a rod and reel and the grey matter between their ears? Besides the fact that any possible members fishing in a tournament would most likely be breaking the rules for using this "service" while they're on the water, I can only imagine the answers a person would recieve. "Fish a Senko!"

On a brighter note, I think your idea is not only going to be a smashing success on the water with the younger generation, but has a lot of potential off the water too. How about another application called the Bar App?

Let's say your buddy puts the moves on some hot looking chick. The user could zoom into the bimbo for everybody to check out, and then ZOOOOM out to show all of Two-Ton Tessy who just happens to be this gal's BFF. Post the question, take a poll. Should you man up and do your part as your buddy's wingman, or retreat to the bathroom so you can escape out the window, running away down the street like you're on fire! God only knows it will only be a matter of time before the next logical app is created!

Sorry - Rant Over.

[slonezp]

I've been around here for a couple of years, posted over 1,700 times, and still don't have a single warning point. Now after following the direction of this topic, I'm faced with the chance to limit out all in one post!

What in the heck (I had a different word that starts with an H and ends with two hockey sticks) has happened to the world when we have raised a generation that can't put down their smart phones long enough to go fishing armed with nothing but a rod and reel and the grey matter between their ears? Besides the fact that any possible members fishing in a tournament would most likely be breaking the rules for using this "service" while they're on the water, I can only imagine the answers a person would recieve. "Fish a Senko!"

On a brighter note, I think your idea is not only going to be a smashing success on the water with the younger generation, but has a lot of potential off the water too. How about another application called the Bar App?

Let's say your buddy puts the moves on some hot looking chick. The user could zoom into the bimbo for everybody to check out, and then ZOOOOM out to show all of Two-Ton Tessy who just happens to be this gal's BFF. Post the question, take a poll. Should you man up and do your part as your buddy's wingman, or retreat to the bathroom so you can escape out the window, running away down the street like you're on fire! God only knows it will only be a matter of time before the next logical app is created!

Sorry - Rant Over.

Amen brother!

[Captain Obvious]

Note-to-self Lund Explorer and slonezp are not big fans of smart phones or social media.

I hear what you guys are saying but I still think it is a good idea.

Capt.O

[slonezp]

Note-to-self Lund Explorer and slonezp are not big fans of smart phones or social media.

I hear what you guys are saying but I still think it is a good idea.

Capt.O

Funny you say that. I keep hearing from my son, "It's time to get in the 21st century" Today, my boss, who is 20 years my senior, said the same thing. I posted a thread about pros and cons of smartphones last week and ended up getting a flip phone. I still have 2 weeks to change my mind

[SirSnookalot]

Whether it's a good idea or not it is a tool I have no use for. Much of the time my smartphone isn't even with me, unless I'm expecting a very important call. Lund is an old dog and so am I, I grew up fishing in Michigan in a rowboat with 1 or 2 rods with no electronics what so ever, caught plenty of fish then and still do without those aids. Fishing serves 2 purposes for me, one is to get away and not be bothered by distractions, and two is to challenge myself. Having 15 rods, 6 tackle bags, fish finders, side imaging, 70 mph boats, lake maps and the internet to get information before leaving your home..............how much easier do some want it to be?
I know many will say all that is needed because of fishing pressure, I say that's an excuse, not a reason.

[OHIO]

I've been around here for a couple of years, posted over 1,700 times, and still don't have a single warning point. Now after following the direction of this topic, I'm faced with the chance to limit out all in one post!

What in the heck (I had a different word that starts with an H and ends with two hockey sticks) has happened to the world when we have raised a generation that can't put down their smart phones long enough to go fishing armed with nothing but a rod and reel and the grey matter between their ears? Besides the fact that any possible members fishing in a tournament would most likely be breaking the rules for using this "service" while they're on the water, I can only imagine the answers a person would recieve. "Fish a Senko!"

On a brighter note, I think your idea is not only going to be a smashing success on the water with the younger generation, but has a lot of potential off the water too. How about another application called the Bar App?

Let's say your buddy puts the moves on some hot looking chick. The user could zoom into the bimbo for everybody to check out, and then ZOOOOM out to show all of Two-Ton Tessy who just happens to be this gal's BFF. Post the question, take a poll. Should you man up and do your part as your buddy's wingman, or retreat to the bathroom so you can escape out the window, running away down the street like you're on fire! God only knows it will only be a matter of time before the next logical app is created!

Sorry - Rant Over.

Your "generation" raised ours.

[Lund Explorer]

Note-to-self Lund Explorer and slonezp are not big fans of smart phones or social media.

I hear what you guys are saying but I still think it is a good idea.

Capt.O

Your "generation" raised ours.

With all due respect to Mr. Don Barone, and perhaps because of him, part of this reply requires me to quote lyrics from a long ago song in the way he does so well. You see it was many years ago that I first heard a song by Zager and Evans called "In the Year 2525". Reading some of the posts here somehow got me to thinking about this song. Fanciful? Factual? You can be the judge, but I remember thinking that he may have been a little slow and somewhat out of sequence on parts of it.

"In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube"

So how close are we to this today with In Vitro Fertilization?

But let's get back to the subject at hand.

It was a year or so ago when I saw the news that a younger gal got into a traffic accident down in Grand Rapids. It seems that her gas pedal got stuck and she couldn't get it freed up. Now I'm sure if you've driven or lived long enough, you have either had this happen to you or heard about it. There are some definite do's and don'ts in getting out of this type of problem, the easiest of which is to put the car in neutral and applying the brakes. The biggest don't is jamming the gas pedal to the floor hoping it will free itself up. Thanks to this gal, who somehow survived despite herself, we now have another don't.

Don't call your girlfriends on your cellphone!

"In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs got not nothing to do
Some machine is doing that for you"

Close, really close. Had Zager only switched the word "minds" for "legs", we may have had the perfect moral to this and many stories just like it!

So Capt O, I fully agree that this project is going to make it's creator a famous and wealthy man. We are getting closer to the year 5555 everytime we can come up with an invention that gives people the chance to throw away the ability to think on their own.

OHIO, I can't help but think that if given the ability to speak, how many extinct species would have heard their offspring say the exact same thing!

"In the year 8510
God is gonna shake his mighty head
He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been
Or tear it down and start again"

In The Year 2525

Zager and Evans