How has the NEFGA changed you? - Page 2

GenericAngler · 08-09-2008, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Done

. Some people seek and some people give.

And the rest lurk.

Catfishin 4 Life · 08-09-2008, 10:13 AM

I was one of the first ones that made the switch over from the NGPC forum and have watched it grow and go through tuff times from the beginning. I have learned a lot from this forum and there were very devoted people to really keep this forum going and my hats off to them. Thanks for everything you guys do.

That being said EVAN though i read the NGPC rule book every years doesn't mean I remember everything in it every time I'm out fishing. Kind of like i don't remember calculas or how to spell much from school. Every one breaks rules the main thing that counts is when confronted with the rule you broke you change and try not to do it again. There has been a couple occasions were i have done something wrong and didn't know to the point of saying it on the forum. I am thankful for them guys that PM me and let me know and i respect that they tell me for I learn from it. Usually once you break a rule and someone tells you you seem to remember it a bit better next time. So I respect that aspect of the forum.

I also have met numorous great people out here and have had great fishing trips with such forum members as Novato, Catfishsteve, chad, catcatcher311 and many others. Thanks for sharing your stories and helping me grow as a angler.

That being said I hope this forum is around for a long time and I can enjoy meeting more people from here and learning something new every time I go out.

THANKS NEFGA!!!!
Jeremey

cabbry · 08-09-2008, 12:09 PM

I used to love being in the water. Once I read about OBG at Two Rivers sitting in his float tube in his SPEEDO last summer, I am afraid to go back there. Then after I heard about his eating beans to propel his float tube, well, now I am terrified to go any local waters. "Their" you have it. I have OBGiatitiousis, a rare affliction centering around the fear of leopard print Speedo's on Old Bald Guys.

jimbosan · 08-09-2008, 12:24 PM

The forum transformed me from a pen pocket protector wearing nerd into a really swavey and deboner stud.

**Catfishsteve** · 08-09-2008, 04:22 PM

Wow, well, actually...yeah, wow.

This whole online community thing now known as NEFGA and going way back to the "old days" well, it means a whole lot to me. At the time I first really started to participate in this forum, back then (and it was a great forum then, made great by all the members. It's just that we have a better home now), you know, I hadn't even really thought a lot about ever putting it into words. Not sure that I can, completely.

Things were a lot different for me then. I had recently been divorced, recently sold my house and moved into a crappy little apartment, going through all that...ughh!

It's been so much more than about the fishing and hunting, trust me.

...and I'll always be grateful to you all!!

dlwilson · 08-09-2008, 05:59 PM

The one thing this forum has taught me is that knowing is half the battle.....wait, that was G.I. Joe....nevermind.

Fish4Fun · 08-09-2008, 06:11 PM

I joined in the spring but here are a few things.

1. I have gotten out to fish alot more but with less than stellar luck.

2. I have heard alot about lakes I didn't no existed.

3. I have become more jealous of those with access to private ponds, lakes, and sand pits as my non-bluegill fish totals from NE are terrible

4. I have enjoyed listening to stories both good and bad and learning from them.

5. I have done more fly fishing this year and have been more tempted to buy a float tube than ever before.

Harold · 08-09-2008, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish4Fun

I joined in the spring but here are a few things.

1. I have gotten out to fish alot more but with less than stellar luck.

2. I have heard alot about lakes I didn't no existed.

3. I have become more jealous of those with access to private ponds, lakes, and sand pits as my non-bluegill fish totals from NE are terrible

4. I have enjoyed listening to stories both good and bad and learning from them.

5. I have done more fly fishing this year and have been more tempted to buy a float tube than ever before.

I believe Catfishsteve may have one for sale. Only used about 30 times if I remember...

H

stox4u · 08-09-2008, 08:17 PM

how I've been "changed"..but can't figure out ho to upload a pic

uglymike · 08-10-2008, 07:16 AM

Changed me.......not really. I DO pay attention to the fishing reports, and enjoy reading about the success and failures of of other members. Also, since the vast majority of people posting on this forum seem to be from Omaha/Lincoln area, I get to hear about lakes that I've only heard about but never been to.

smokeybear z · 08-10-2008, 01:39 PM

I have become an NFGA junkie! I feel like I should be going to some kind of meetings on Tue. nights at 7:00, gathered in a circle, talking about my NFGA addiction.

Dam this websight for keeping me up past my bedtime!!

tmn515 · 08-10-2008, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by smokeybear z

I have become an NFGA junkie! I feel like I should be going to some kind of meetings on Tue. nights at 7:00, gathered in a circle, talking about my NFGA addiction.

Dam this websight for keeping me up past my bedtime!!

Couldn't have put it any better myself!

Troy

fearnofish · 08-10-2008, 03:14 PM

[quote=LiquidSteel;139641story telling, beer swigging?

Whats wrong with story telling and beer swigging????

LiquidSteel · 08-10-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by fearnofish

Whats wrong with story telling and beer swigging????

Nothing! Finally a crowd I can fit in with!

Harold · 08-11-2008, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cabbry

I used to love being in the water. Once I read about OBG at Two Rivers sitting in his float tube in his SPEEDO last summer, I am afraid to go back there. Then after I heard about his eating beans to propel his float tube, well, now I am terrified to go any local waters. "Their" you have it. I have OBGiatitiousis, a rare affliction centering around the fear of leopard print Speedo's on Old Bald Guys.

Speedo does make a FINE line of Life Jackets. Maybe this will help a bit with the "picture"...

Harold F.

jabNE · 08-11-2008, 07:42 PM

I've enjoyed this site. Met a number of members already, sold some things, bought some things, learned an awful lot about fishing especially for species I was not familiar with before joining and reading posts on this site.
Have also seen some familiar faces now and then at the fishing holes when I go, that's a nice benefit.
I've mostly had very good experiences from the site. Hope any comments or postings I've put up have also been of benefit to others.
I have 3 boys and they have renewed a passion in me for fishing. Oh, its always been there inside me, but nice to see them catch on and gets me fired up to go and take them. I don't think there were very many weekends this spring and summer that I didn't get my 6 year old up at 4:30AM so we could load up our vehicle for some big adventure. I was able to get a lot of very nice pics of him with very nice fish, and hopefully made some great memories for him. I'm building a collage for his wall in his room, too.

Thanks, all.
Jim

cabbry · 08-12-2008, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harold

Speedo does make a FINE line of Life Jackets. Maybe this will help a bit with the "picture"...

Harold F.

That will help a lot. I will now try to picture OBG in his float tube wearing only a SPEEDO "Life Jacket". After eating beans..............yeah, that's the ticket!!!

Seriously though.......I agree with the earlier comment about feeling guilty About not going to a regular Tuesday meeting and confessing my addiction to the forum. It is only surpassed by my new boat payments.

LundLover · 08-20-2008, 12:23 PM

I forgot to mention in my previous post, that the very first thing that the NEFGA forum taught me was that I wasn't NEAR as good as a fisherman as I thought I was...

Lots of exceptional fishermen on this site, who's line I am not worthy to spool.

OldBaldGuy · 08-20-2008, 02:09 PM

Knowing you're such a serious guy, LundLover, I've sat down four times now to write a serious response to your question. Then I read the responses from others.

I'd say the biggest change is that there once was a time in my life when I was ridiculed only by friends, relatives, and co-workers...

Alex T. · 08-20-2008, 02:36 PM

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Lots of exceptional fishermen on this site, who's line I am not worthy to spool

Thanks for the compliment.

Even though you may not be worthy to spool my line....you can surely come over in about 2 weeks and strip all the line off my reels and help get them stored away for winter. Plus,if ya want brownie points....carrying goose decoys from the shed to the garage,washing them off,and re-mudding some blinds would gain a few. Let me know.

Alex

08-09-2008, 10:13 AM	#22 (permalink)
Catfishin 4 Life 2008 Catch and Continue Finalist Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Springfield Posts: 1,903 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks Nefga!!! I was one of the first ones that made the switch over from the NGPC forum and have watched it grow and go through tuff times from the beginning. I have learned a lot from this forum and there were very devoted people to really keep this forum going and my hats off to them. Thanks for everything you guys do. That being said EVAN though i read the NGPC rule book every years doesn't mean I remember everything in it every time I'm out fishing. Kind of like i don't remember calculas or how to spell much from school. Every one breaks rules the main thing that counts is when confronted with the rule you broke you change and try not to do it again. There has been a couple occasions were i have done something wrong and didn't know to the point of saying it on the forum. I am thankful for them guys that PM me and let me know and i respect that they tell me for I learn from it. Usually once you break a rule and someone tells you you seem to remember it a bit better next time. So I respect that aspect of the forum. I also have met numorous great people out here and have had great fishing trips with such forum members as Novato, Catfishsteve, chad, catcatcher311 and many others. Thanks for sharing your stories and helping me grow as a angler. That being said I hope this forum is around for a long time and I can enjoy meeting more people from here and learning something new every time I go out. THANKS NEFGA!!!! Jeremey

08-09-2008, 12:09 PM	#23 (permalink)
cabbry Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Omaha Posts: 280 Thanks: 6 Thanked 11 Times in 7 Posts	It will never be th same I used to love being in the water. Once I read about OBG at Two Rivers sitting in his float tube in his SPEEDO last summer, I am afraid to go back there. Then after I heard about his eating beans to propel his float tube, well, now I am terrified to go any local waters. "Their" you have it. I have OBGiatitiousis, a rare affliction centering around the fear of leopard print Speedo's on Old Bald Guys. __________________ "Wherever you go, there you are."

08-09-2008, 12:24 PM	#24 (permalink)
jimbosan Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blair, Nebraska Posts: 1,421 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	The forum transformed me from a pen pocket protector wearing nerd into a really swavey and deboner stud. __________________ GET EM CLOSE/happiness is a bloody arrow!

08-09-2008, 04:22 PM	#25 (permalink)
Catfishsteve Director Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Plattsmouth, NE Posts: 6,654 Thanks: 9 Thanked 81 Times in 29 Posts	Wow, well, actually...yeah, wow. This whole online community thing now known as NEFGA and going way back to the "old days" well, it means a whole lot to me. At the time I first really started to participate in this forum, back then (and it was a great forum then, made great by all the members. It's just that we have a better home now), you know, I hadn't even really thought a lot about ever putting it into words. Not sure that I can, completely. Things were a lot different for me then. I had recently been divorced, recently sold my house and moved into a crappy little apartment, going through all that...ughh! It's been so much more than about the fishing and hunting, trust me. ...and I'll always be grateful to you all!! __________________ Attention deer hunters!! Get in on the To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. sponsored by To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. World's Foremost Outfitter!? Here are *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* . The NEFGA Buck Bash is FREE to enter and Cabela's will be providing tons of great hunter gear prizes. ********

08-09-2008, 06:11 PM	#27 (permalink)
Fish4Fun Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 170 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I joined in the spring but here are a few things. 1. I have gotten out to fish alot more but with less than stellar luck. 2. I have heard alot about lakes I didn't no existed. 3. I have become more jealous of those with access to private ponds, lakes, and sand pits as my non-bluegill fish totals from NE are terrible 4. I have enjoyed listening to stories both good and bad and learning from them. 5. I have done more fly fishing this year and have been more tempted to buy a float tube than ever before. __________________ "Better Fish"

08-09-2008, 05:59 PM	#26 (permalink)
dlwilson Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Ralston, Ne Posts: 179 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	The one thing this forum has taught me is that knowing is half the battle.....wait, that was G.I. Joe....nevermind.

08-09-2008, 08:17 PM	#29 (permalink)
stox4u Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lincoln Posts: 89 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	trying to post a pic to show how I've been "changed"..but can't figure out ho to upload a pic

08-10-2008, 07:16 AM	#30 (permalink)
uglymike Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 51 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Changed me.......not really. I DO pay attention to the fishing reports, and enjoy reading about the success and failures of of other members. Also, since the vast majority of people posting on this forum seem to be from Omaha/Lincoln area, I get to hear about lakes that I've only heard about but never been to.

08-10-2008, 01:39 PM	#31 (permalink)
smokeybear z Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Norfolk Posts: 134 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I have become an NFGA junkie! I feel like I should be going to some kind of meetings on Tue. nights at 7:00, gathered in a circle, talking about my NFGA addiction. Dam this websight for keeping me up past my bedtime!! __________________ "Lord, suffer me a buck so large that even I, in talking of it afterward, have no need to lie."

08-10-2008, 03:14 PM	#33 (permalink)
fearnofish Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 515 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	[quote=LiquidSteel;139641story telling, beer swigging? Whats wrong with story telling and beer swigging????

08-11-2008, 07:42 PM	#36 (permalink)
jabNE Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Hickman, NE Posts: 147 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	I've enjoyed this site. Met a number of members already, sold some things, bought some things, learned an awful lot about fishing especially for species I was not familiar with before joining and reading posts on this site. Have also seen some familiar faces now and then at the fishing holes when I go, that's a nice benefit. I've mostly had very good experiences from the site. Hope any comments or postings I've put up have also been of benefit to others. I have 3 boys and they have renewed a passion in me for fishing. Oh, its always been there inside me, but nice to see them catch on and gets me fired up to go and take them. I don't think there were very many weekends this spring and summer that I didn't get my 6 year old up at 4:30AM so we could load up our vehicle for some big adventure. I was able to get a lot of very nice pics of him with very nice fish, and hopefully made some great memories for him. I'm building a collage for his wall in his room, too. Thanks, all. Jim

08-20-2008, 12:23 PM	#38 (permalink)
LundLover Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 3,831 Thanks: 26 Thanked 16 Times in 15 Posts	I forgot to mention in my previous post, that the very first thing that the NEFGA forum taught me was that I wasn't NEAR as good as a fisherman as I thought I was... Lots of exceptional fishermen on this site, who's line I am not worthy to spool. __________________ A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

08-20-2008, 02:09 PM	#39 (permalink)
OldBaldGuy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The paradise formerly known as Elkhorn Posts: 5,237 Thanks: 29 Thanked 72 Times in 42 Posts	Knowing you're such a serious guy, LundLover, I've sat down four times now to write a serious response to your question. Then I read the responses from others. I'd say the biggest change is that there once was a time in my life when I was ridiculed only by friends, relatives, and co-workers... __________________ “I think every happy memory plucks a hair from your head; if you see an old bald guy, he’s probably had a great life.” –-Red Green

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