The Fishexplorer Comunity

I have been on Fishexplorer for a long time. I used to lurk and occasionally post on my dad’s account from time to time starting in around 2009. I remember putting up a pic of what (at the time) I thought was a 5lb wiper. I was roasted by several guys on the site, and finally my dad stepped in and said “hey, this is just a kid”. The positive stuff that followed was the first glimpse of the Fishexplorer community that I’d ever seen. Bassackwards offered up an electric scale to me, and I was offered trips from several guys. 

I started posting under my fishing dj account in early 2013. My first post was asking for help with pike fishing, and what I got in return was an in depth email from PikeNcolorado giving me more info than I could of imagined! This was yet another glimpse of the kindness found in the community. 

Skip up to this January. A bunch of us were messing with Anglerwannabe telling him to go ice fishing. Over the course of a few days, a get-together was put together down at chatty. I wanted to make it down, but not having a license, I couldn’t make the trip. The night before, I got an email from Jim (anglerwannabe) offering me a ride down. I immediately took him up on it, and met him outside of Longmont the next morning for a ride down. 

One more that sticks out is a contest that Cookster put on. He was offering up free plus side memberships for those with the most fins ups, and the most lake updates. I went about my normal routine, submitting lake updates when I could. At the end of the competition period, I checked out the blog that was put up to see who won the contest. I scrolled down to see my name. I was floored. A few days later, I had plus out on my account. Cookster took out his own hard earned points that he could have used himself, but instead used to help out random people. It was one of the coolest things I’ve seen someone do on here. 

Fishing with members from the site has even more of an impact on me. The first person that I fished with from the site was Bassackwards. We planned to meet at Boyd Lake and ice fish. I made it out, and he soon realized he forgot his license. He ended up heading home for the day, but I leaned quite a bit in the 10 minutes I had talked to him. The jigging pattern he was using on his hd ice is the jigging pattern that has caught me more fish tough the ice, regardless of bait. 

I have also had the chance to fish with anglerwanabe, pikeNcolorado, ajreed8, IceFishingFool, FishingApex, WalleyeSlayer, goosehunter82, brooksey, a10flyer, bron, captain doughball, elkinthebag, and several others. I can tell you that all of those guys on the list above not only know their stuff, but are also nice guys really friendly. The knowledge I’ve gained from fishing with these guys in beyond valuable! If you notice, most of the names on that list are also major contributors on the site, and chances are you seen their names on the forum on a daily basis. 

I could go on and on about the great things that I see on this site on a day to day basis, but the list would be too long to fit into a blog. The same goes with the people on the site that are more than willing to contribute and help out. The point I’m making is that I feel that Fishexplorer is less of a website, and more of a community. Sure, there are the trolls and people who end up with nothing but negative, but the positive outweighs the negative by masses! People are more than willing to help out, and the wealth of information that all of the members on this site has is just amazing. I’m sure that no matter what kind of fishing you do, someone on the site could help you or teach you more. I can honestly say that Fishexplorer has helped me become a better fisherman, and I’m sure it could help you too.