"technique Specific" Subforum

[JellyMan]

I was thinking this morning, we should start another subforum called "Technique Specific" and inside are all the sub forums for technique specific bass fishing. I know that there is an absolute plethora of informative articles and writ ups here on BassResource.com, but it stops there. There is no "discussion" as far as technique specific bass fishing goes. 

 

Example, once clicked "Technique Specific", you see..

 

-Flippin' & Pitchin'

-Punching

-Weighltess

-Drop Shot

-Cranking

-Top Water

 

Ect...

 

I think it would be great because I am often finding myself coming up with specific questions related to say, flipping and pitching or, punching, and I find myself googleing most of it. If we had a subforum for it, I could either search for it or just browse to find answers and come up with new ideas. It is much more difficult browsing through "general fishing" or "tackle".

 

What are your thoughts on this?

[roadwarrior]

Here ya go:

 

http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_articles.html

 

Also note that each topic has numerous articles and each article has links

to related articles. "Related articles" have additional links and on it goes.

This is a tremendous resource for BassResource.com members!

 

 

 

 

[Hyrule Bass]

I was thinking this morning, we should start another subforum called "Technique Specific" and inside are all the sub forums for technique specific bass fishing.

 

Example, once clicked "Technique Specific", you see..

 

-Flippin' & Pitchin'

-Punching

-Weighltess

-Drop Shot

-Cranking

-Top Water

 

Ect...

 

I think it would be great because I am often finding myself coming up with specific questions related to say, flipping and pitching or, punching, and I find myself googleing most of it. If we had a subforum for it, I could either search for it or just browse to find answers and come up with new ideas. It is much more difficult browsing through "general fishing" or "tackle".

 

What are your thoughts on this?

i disagree, all that stuff can be found just the way the forum is now. and also, you can search for stuff now without technique specific forums.

 

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/index.php?app=core&module=search&search_in=forums

 

on the search page you can choose which forums to search and you can search live content or archives for different results. its a good tool to familiarize yourself with

 

i just think there are too many forums as it is now...

[senile1]

On the surface this sounds like a good suggestion; however, as RW states this information already exists on the sight in a good format.  While I am kind of on the fence with this one, I tend to agree with RW though it wouldn't bother me much either way.  

 

The wording of your responses in the poll above denotes a negative connotation for anyone who disagrees with you.  Their ideas may have just as much merit as your idea.  It might be a good idea to change the wording for the "No" response. 

[slonezp]

I say no more forums until I get my food and drink forum.

[JellyMan]

I modified things a bit. I am aware of the amazing amount of information and write ups here at BassResource.com but there is no discussion for it. That was my only point. I wanted to see how many folks would like to have the possibility of actively discussing technique specific fishing.

[Felix77]

I like the idea however ...

 

What do we do with all the legacy data specific to these techniques?  Enough people put posts in the wrong place as it is.   I would suspect this is going to be an administrative nightmare one way or another.

[tomustang]

It's a great suggestion, though would be a huge undertaking with changing things around, placing older threads to go in each sub-forum, more moderation (would still be the same but having more patrolling), lot of work...

 

 

Much different than having articles, they have their place and work great, even a good read when fishing slows down, but up to date lures modify the technique to the point where the article couldn't cover. Take the new Havoc Sick Fish, its within a technique but deserved it's own thread for knowledge since it's even different than its copy, also swimbait hooks need to be specific

[J Francho]

It would be way to much to maintain.  The search function is so good on this software now, that it isn't hard to find what you need.

[JellyMan]

I do agree. The moderation would most likely double.

 

So far it looks as if people want it but in reality it wont happen.

 

Maybe I am also used to larger forums with many specific sub forums and with bass fishing, there are SO many things to discuss!

[Teal]

I like it the way it is. A little simpler. And the search tool is awesome.

[38 Super Fan]

I've never liked forums that break everything down into specific subforums, keeping everything as general as possible is the way to go for me. Keeps things more active, no sense in having specific little subforums that hardly ever get posts. I'd like it more generalized that what we have now to be honest.

[K_Mac]

I'm with 38 on this. What we have seems to work pretty well, though if I were king we would have less individual forums than we now have. Glenn has been very proactive with keeping this site the best bass fishing site available. I'm good with that.

[The Rooster]

I almost voted for it because I do like the idea of being able to just browse posts relating to, say, just jig fishing only. I could learn a lot very quick without having to search repeatedly. When I search now, and click any of the results, that's as far as I can go. I cannot simply hit the back button to see more of those same results. I have to return to that specific forum and do the same search again first. This may be due to using an iPad to access the site.

However, having sub forums here, I'd find it annoying to use on my iPad also since it seems that whenever I open any forum now, and especially the main forum page, I have to wait for things to resize a few times before finally settling down so I can read. On technique specific, it sounds like I'd go to a forum, then have to enter another sub forum before getting to any posts. I'd avoid it since it would take too long to fully stabilize each time, and be frustrating.

I don't search as often as I just click and read, so I'll just stick with the lesser of the frustrations.

Also, on other sites where they have them, it seems they see very little actual posts. The general areas seem to get it all. It seems my vote was the tie breaker for the moment, 7 to 6, in favor of leaving things alone.

[slonezp]

I almost voted for it because I do like the idea of being able to just browse posts relating to, say, just jig fishing only. I could learn a lot very quick without having to search repeatedly. When I search now, and click any of the results, that's as far as I can go. I cannot simply hit the back button to see more of those same results. I have to return to that specific forum and do the same search again first. This may be due to using an iPad to access the site.

However, having sub forums here, I'd find it annoying to use on my iPad also since it seems that whenever I open any forum now, and especially the main forum page, I have to wait for things to resize a few times before finally settling down so I can read. On technique specific, it sounds like I'd go to a forum, then have to enter another sub forum before getting to any posts. I'd avoid it since it would take too long to fully stabilize each time, and be frustrating.

I don't search as often as I just click and read, so I'll just stick with the lesser of the frustrations.

Also, on other sites where they have them, it seems they see very little actual posts. The general areas seem to get it all. It seems my vote was the tie breaker for the moment, 7 to 6, in favor of leaving things alone.

There already is a sticky on jig fishing http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/12403-jig-fishing-questions/  There's one for jerkbait fishing, and also senko fishing,

 

If these topics were all under there own subforum I'd bet most of the information would be redundant.Senko threads already get locked because of the redundancy

[J Francho]

I cannot simply hit the back button to see more of those same results. I have to return to that specific forum and do the same search again first.

 

Try right clicking and "open link in new tab."  You're search results will be in one tab, and the content in the others.

[preach4bass]

I think we need a subforum where we can go and suggest new subforums.

[Hyrule Bass]

Try right clicking and "open link in new tab."  You're search results will be in one tab, and the content in the others.

 

this is exactly what i do, even with threads, i open a few of them at a time in new tabs, its an excellent way to browse the forum and helps make browsing it quicker for me. but in his defense, he did mention he was using an ipad and i dont think he has the option to right click and open in new tab.

 

also, if there were a forum for each technique, then people would start wanting subforums for each brand (pflueger, abu garcia, shimano, daiwa, etc)(yamamoto baits, zoom baits, lucky craft, strike king, etc) and things would get way out of hand trying to separate existing threads into these subforums. also, like someone mentioned, you would end up with a bunch of subforums with very little posts in them...

[The Rooster]

Well, actually I can sort of "right click and open a new tab". I just touch the link and hold it down, then a pop up gives me the option to open a new tab, which I do most of the time. Occasionally, my finger slips and instead of getting the pop up, it just goes on and opens up in that current tab, and then I lose the ability to go back.