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#1 Post by **JOHN LYNCH** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 11:14 am

I'v noticed over the last 6 months that things have been very slow on the forum despite large numbers of new members joining each month. From looking at the stats the number of posts are down on each month from last year.

Obviously there will always be a large number of lurkers who prefer to read instead of contributing. We need to encourage more people to contribute, otherwise the whole thing stagnates.

I know plenty of lurkers who just read the forum and some how think that they are cute hoors gathering information undercover :lol: :lol: . All I can say is join in and become part of the sea-angling -Ireland community, much more fun than just lurking :wink: .

#2 Post by **shamoo0804** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:14 pm

Couldnt agree more.........

Spread the wealth so to speak :wink:

#3 Post by **roger de dodger** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 12:56 pm

do you want all the trawler men posting to :lol: :lol: :lol: only messin the reason these lads dont post is probably cos they dont catch much :lol: like me :oops:

#4 Post by **hughcronin** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:42 pm

Backin up John on this one 100%,
there's various shnakey (or Viper'ish) youngfella's hiding out, that and the lad Lurking above in the eastury.
I reckon their very alike, the bulb of a one another-what ja reckon john? :wink:

#5 Post by **hughcronin** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:42 pm

Backin up John on this one 100%,
there's various shnakey (or Viper'ish) youngfella's hiding out, that and the lad Lurking above in the eastury.
I reckon their very alike, the bulb of a one another-what ja reckon john? :wink:

#6 Post by **JOHN LYNCH** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 10:50 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: very good Hugh. You just know that they are reading this undercover. Maybe they will post a reply.

#7 Post by **hughcronin** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:03 pm

the 'shnake' was last spotted near farranfore this morning,something to do with killarney bouncers!
And for all the Trawler men tralee bay sac had a cracker of a comp today on fenit pier, wore a hole in drop net with all the monk, tope, late cod, BASS, and very common skate we were hawling up all day!

#8 Post by **JOHN LYNCH** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:18 pm

You would not by any chance be hoping a vessel knocks over the pier so that we won't have to fish it anymore. Nice work.

Ya, all the fish were tight to the pier.

#9 Post by **hughcronin** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:43 pm

"Ya, all the fish were tight to the pier."

I'l take your word for it,saw no fish myself.

#10 Post by **rummy** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:38 am

well lads i would gladly contribute to the forum but i now live in merseyside england, so the only chance i get to post on here is when i go to my parents on the dingle a few times a year, and i dont see a section for reports from england or i would love to post my catch reports
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D

#11 Post by **Tanglerat** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:53 am

Just call it the East irish Sea!

#12 Post by **eric** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:13 am

i'd like to see a few reports from england :D

#13 Post by **rummy** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:55 am

eric wrote:i'd like to see a few reports from england :D

i will put a report on later from the last few days as tanglerat said i will put it on as east irish sea :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

#14 Post by **shambobala** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:02 pm

Its a tricky one this, I post the oddf time (when I have something useful to add or a question to ask) but if I can't answer a question or request for advice I won't bother replying although I may read the advice others give. I love to be able to give some good (hopefully) advice when someone asks about an area i'm familiar with.

But when you see 200 people having read a post and no responses then there's obviously a lot more "take" than "give" going on .. or maybe its jsut that there are a relatively small number of very regular expert anglers and a vast majority of would be's (myself included).

If you wanted to force / encourage people to join in, then you could restrict access to the reports sections until people had posted X amount in other forums etc. Lots of forums for other topics do this in my experience, only problem then is monitoring it and stoping the gobsh1tes posting "nice fish boss" 20 times :?
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#15 Post by **JOHN LYNCH** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:34 pm

My origional post was aimed at people who are not members, just encouraging more people to join because there are plenty of people who view the site on a regular basis that could add something positive to the forum.

Would not be in favour of any form of regulation, that just puts people off.

#16 Post by **stevecrow74** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:18 am

JOHN LYNCH wrote:My origional post was aimed at people who are not members, just encouraging more people to join because there are plenty of people who view the site on a regular basis that could add something positive to the forum.

Would not be in favour of any form of regulation, that just puts people off.

you can encourage them to join by making this forum the best there is for Irish shore and boat angling, (which it is) the information is there for guests who are starting to fish as well as the more experienced fishermen,
the amount of resources this site holds for both beginner and experienced anglers is unmatched by any other forum, the information is shared freely to encourage better moral values and respect of the sport.

Quite a few members i have talked to didnt register for a couple of years after finding the forum because they thought they had nothing to contribute, i would be more inclined to suggest that everyone has something to contribute no matter how inexperienced they are.

we are all here to learn, no one knows everything, and if they think they do, they don't. i'm in here a long time and i'm still learning something new everyday :D

I'm quite sure they will join when they have a question to ask :wink:

#17 Post by **RockHunter** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:39 am

I had learnt a huge amount from the forum. I discovered it late last year. I first held a fishing rod in my hand one year ago from tomorrow and just spent the summer spinning. If it had not been for the useful information I gained from this site I would probably have done very little fishing over the winter and spring - and definitely caught a lot less fish.

Apart from the comments posted to my shore reports I have also received many PMs which have given me invaluable advice - so if you are a beginner like me I would encourage you to register and post some reports. You are sure to receive some handy tips which can only improve your fishing.

#18 Post by **fishermannum1** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:40 am

well said RockHunter, i to found this site late last year and it is by far the best one i have ever seen, i would encourage anyone that is into fishing to join up with this site, weather they have been fishing for years or just starting out,for in here is a gold mine of knowage, especially for the beginer. there is a lot of experienced anglers on this site that would gladly give advice and tips to others via: postings or PM's. so i would encourage anyone that is sitting back and just viewing this site to join up, as stevecrow said, no one knows every thing. but in here you will get the chance to learn a lot, so why sit in the background ?

#19 Post by **immunecfg** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 1:11 pm

Ive been a member of sea angling ireland for over a month now, before that i was trawling the internet for Charters, shore marks and basic know how, i would deffinatly recommend this forum to anyone who is interested in sea angling in Ireland.

I have been looking for quite sometime now to try and find anything better than what is on offer on this site and nothing comes close. From the in-depth discussions and detailed reports, anyone from the complete novice to the Aged expericed angler cant lose from the info gained from the site.

I for one have got alot from this and ive only been here for one month even getting a supplier of special worms :wink: (not the white varity yet :cry: )
hopefully i'll be getting out and putting a report out myself in the not so distant future.

I will be telling anyone and everyone i see that this is the no.1 forum in ireland to support sea angling.