How Did You Hear About MAanglers.com [Archive]

fisher16

12-20-2006, 12:13 AM

How Did You Hear About MAanglers.com? I am looking to see how members learned about MAanglers.com. Some of the members have been on this site since the day it began and some have recenlty joined. MAanglers.com has been operating for almost a year. So I am looking a new ways to improve MAanglers.com, and get the word out about the site to others who might be unaware of us. I am also looking to gain some advertisers from the Eastern Part of Massachusetts so if any members from the Eastern Part of the state would like to help me out we can discuss this thru pm.

Also what would you like to see in the coming Months at MAanglers.com. Do you like the Contest we run, or would you like to see something else. All suggestions will be taken and thought about. Some we will be able to get to and others will be taken into consideration and used at other times. I need some ideas to help me get thru the winter months if winter ever decides to hit the northeast.

Some suggestions I have recently recieved, the addition of a online Chat Room linked through the site similiar to IM, additional forums, alternating tournaments not just making the site a one fish site but multi-specie. I would like to keep the forum based for the Massachusetts Sportsman/Sportswoman.

Thank you all for your great reports and photos over the last 12 months. I am available anytime thru pm just ask and I'll do my best to help out.

JeffA

12-20-2006, 01:29 AM

my wife found info on MassLive, i don't see how we can make an even more multi-specie site, i mean you have Crazy Joe's panfish tournaments, my bass tournament, the pike one in the spring, i just don't know were people are getting this is a one fish site......
at ANY TIME anyone can speak up about a tournament they would like to try and put together, and i'm sure we all would do everything to try and help.
I would like to see more get togethers like the one GillFinn put on, but i would like to see more members show up, and speak up...

GILL FINN

12-20-2006, 02:39 AM

"I Heard It Through The Grape Vine"

Actually it was masslive.com fishing forum

kurt000111

12-20-2006, 06:24 AM

I found it through MassLive.com.....I like the format the way it is, I can sit down at any given time and "catch up" on everything and everyone....if you have a chatroon, it might discourage the "permanent" posts and reports

Crazy Joe

12-20-2006, 06:39 AM

I read about it in Frank Sousa's columb in the Sunday Republican back in March,so I checked it out.Now you can't get rid of me! LOL Grinning1

tacoma

12-20-2006, 06:53 AM

I found it while searching for a website like this for Mass. I couldn't find anything until I found this one! It was small at the time but has grown into something special!

Keithh4

12-20-2006, 06:57 AM

Big bean told me about the site,so word of mouth.I would like to see a direct link to click on for Maangler gear to buy.Right now to buy stuff I would have to search for the thread for it.Unless of course there is already a link and I just missed it?Members wearing shirts hats sweatshirts jackets...etc in my opinion would be great advertisement.When out on the water or at a ramp and seeing other anglers fishing or putting a boat in I wonder are they a member?So I was thinking how about Maangler flags or bumper stickers for are boats/trucks?

JeffA

12-20-2006, 07:05 AM

i'd like a sticker for my boat/jeep.

YOTE BUSTER

12-20-2006, 08:09 AM

I got it from C T Fisherman.

fishinbuddy

12-20-2006, 08:24 AM

Not being a computer buff, I had to hear by word of mouth and that was from Yote Buster. What I do like about the site are several things. Views, ideas and experiences shared. No matter how much you fish or what you know someone out there knows more than you about a certian species, fish a lure or bait, places to fish, people out wanting to go fishing with anther angler, etc. I can muddle through my E-mail and will never be a camera buff. I have a camera somwhere, but a camera doesn't excite me.

Jackie-T

12-20-2006, 08:46 AM

Crazy Joe told me about it,actualy told me numerous times till signed up. I like the site the way it is. I am planning on having my oldest daughter put www.Maanglers.com (http://www.Maanglers.com) on my kayak ( she is a union sign painter) Keep up the good work.

JayW

12-20-2006, 10:43 AM

I found out about it when I had a vision about 2 years ago. I had very little experience in websites and tried to make a cheap free forum but that had little success. Then about a year later in the fall last year I started buy purchasing a .com name and getting a few things planned out. The site didnt officially launch till the beginning of January and things were still very basic and problematic. However those that joined early on never gave up on the idea of making this a successful site. Thanks to them and all that are regulars on here, this site has become a great success. We still have many things to improve on but thats just part of anything in life. Again thank you all for being a member of the MAangler Family.

seabass

12-20-2006, 10:51 AM

i found the site from a link on masslive(knotreely im pretty sure)thanks knot.Thumbsup reading thru responses here i agree with most. a great site with a lot of good people and info. kurt made a point about the live chat room taking away from permanent posts and reports -good point, i like the pm . keith looking for a link to apparel and gear -another good point. jeff-multi species- i agree and think you guys do very well there. the multi species aspect is geographical for the most part - people east=salt - people west=panfish, bass, trout, pike - not to say we dont salt fish and they dont fresh fish but the majority of our fishing is based on where we are. if we had the ocean as close as the oxbow would you fish more in fresh or salt? i like the get togethers - they=beer! Beerchug

all winning entries/contributing members should get sponge bob square pants digital cameras - pics rule!!! no pics = MachineGun

just my ridiculous 2 cents

great job - amin., mods and creative master jayGrinning1

im out to see if i can hit fisher with a shiner from shore.Tongue1

grizbear13

12-20-2006, 04:02 PM

Thumbsup I got it from CT Fisherman also way back in the begining.

fisher16

12-20-2006, 04:58 PM

Glad to see that the word is spreading both my word of mouth and by links setup in various other forums. All links in various forums are given by permission from the sites owners. If anyone decides to create a link in their signature for our site on another please ask the owners. Sometimes it frowned upon unless asked first.

The Apperal has its own thread in the Buy and Sell Forum. Shirts have a thread and Hats have another. They are at the top, I think members will be really excited about the design on the Shirts because I know I am. Once I get them I'll post a picture in the appropiate thread.

Keep on letting me know about how you found MAanglers.com, or what you would like to see possibly in the future. All ideas will be thought about, and finally Thank you, and Have a Safe and Happy Holiday Season.

hoosuck

12-20-2006, 05:47 PM

I heard about it through Frank Sousa's column.

Bigbear

12-20-2006, 07:22 PM

I saw a post Toad put up in Ct.Fisherman.com.

fisher16

12-21-2006, 08:07 PM

I know there are alot more of you out there please speak up. I am always looking for suggestions and ways to improve MAanglers.com. So if you have a idea don't be afraid to post it, or if you like you can pm me.

Fishstory

12-21-2006, 08:58 PM

I heard about it on Masslive last December when Jay annouced a new site would be ready in January for those who are interested. I signed up the first day.....

SmallieHunter

12-21-2006, 09:01 PM

I also heard about it on masslive a while ago I don't get to post very often because I'm not a frequent viewer. I can come on while at work but posting is a no!NO!! if you know what I meanWink1Wink1

noresman

12-22-2006, 05:45 PM

I first read about it in a column by Frank Sousa last January and then read a couple references to it on masslive forums. In the past year I have enjoyed the forum and the people I have met through it. Hope it keeps going strong.

bobo

12-22-2006, 08:55 PM

Got the tip from Crazy Joe. Met him at the Met. Looked in, signed up, and been surfing it pretty steady since. Great inputs, photos, and chuckles. Love that new doggie lure I saw today.
Lookin forward to the winter and spring reports.
Merry Christmas to all.

Cigarlover

01-31-2007, 07:25 AM

I found a link for this site on bassresource.com. Haven't been around long enough to make to any get togethers but am looking forward to meeting the members. Beerchug

dirt

01-31-2007, 09:31 AM

I found out from Tacoma. So far it seems like a great community of people that like to do the same things that I do. Hunt fish and just hang out in the outdoors.

Muskie Matt

02-05-2007, 05:09 PM

I heard about it in late December of '05 or early '06 on masslive announcing that the site was going to be launched. Wow! its been over a year. Happy belated B-Day MAAnglers! Looking forward to seeing this site continue to grow.

Devil Dog

02-12-2007, 07:41 AM

Also spotted it on Ct.fishermam...Bigbear hooked me up to that site

kurt000111

02-12-2007, 06:24 PM

seabass

02-12-2007, 07:11 PM

honest - i was never at cedar jctnTongue1 Beerchug

BassRiverdoormatt

02-14-2007, 11:12 PM

Saw it on ctfisherman and joined up Jan. 2006

dirtyfisherman

02-16-2007, 07:24 PM

I read about it on masslive...This is a great site with plenty of info and friendly people.

pescado

02-19-2007, 01:00 PM

found it just checkin the web for stuff like this.

Maineman17

02-19-2007, 11:46 PM

Buckman, and then jr

BLACK3

03-07-2007, 09:17 PM

Well I was recruted by a silly old guy. rofl who hasn't admitted to it yet. It wasn't even that long ago. He was looking for tires.Speaking of which, he hasn't bought them yet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sup wit dat?????????????? LOL oh well . However I have truely been enjoying this site. lotws o really neat peeps.
WARREN MachineGun Thumbsup

Toad

03-08-2007, 08:13 AM

I thought you would like the site.Grinning1

Tires....they are on my list! I'll will be getting them from you also.Grinning1

You see it's a matter of priorities? Should I by that real expensive color fish finder and let the wife ride on her rims?Notsure Laughing1 Notsure or the other way around? Life is a quandry.

Anyway...welcome to the site....will be seeing you on those tires within the next few weeks.

Smoke1

BLACK3

03-08-2007, 11:14 PM

Thank You Mr. Toad. I look forward to seeing you then. However I probably won't recognize you .Sorry very very bad memory till I know you Much better. rofl. Heck I sometimes don't recognize some of my regulers. Silly things happen with age , Anyway I am very happy you headed me in the right direction. thanks again.
WARREN Thanks1

reload

04-11-2007, 11:10 AM

We heard about the site from Martha Stewart while serving time at the Federal Prison with Martha in Danbury CT. We were sentenced to 1 year for each of the 10 Atlantic Salmon we caught that were over 15lbs from the Connecticut River in the Oxbow, Northampton. Where do you think I learned how to cook?

Bigbear

04-11-2007, 01:50 PM

reload

That was a womans prison.NotsureNotsure...Grinning1Grinning1

franc

04-12-2007, 05:43 PM

I heard about maanglers from an old friend, Doug, at the Chicopee boat ramp one Sunday morning. Since you asked for suggestions, I have trying to find out how to contact and speak to a human maangler to ask specific questions about the striper tournament. I can't initate a human contact, and I have tried pm's, listed my phone number, I hope that there are really maangler humans out there(as opposed to computers).

JayW

04-12-2007, 11:33 PM

Franc, Im pretty sure the tourny is still on and I sent a message to someone that can help you out better than I could. Thanks

luvthatsound40

04-17-2007, 04:51 AM

I have been a long time member of IceShanty and have icefished with a bunch of you guys over the years, the last time was at Bare hill in Harvard with my girlfriend Bev. We had a great time and I decieded to join the site.

poppa

05-10-2007, 10:40 AM

I also learned about this site thru ice shanty (Many thanx to ron carr for that) this site is great and I hope it is around for a long timeBeerchug

Robey

08-03-2007, 08:57 AM

from member TrakerKev, a friend of mine

moi

08-03-2007, 03:17 PM

Laughing1 ........it's not my fault, Toad made me do it!!! It's his fault.......Beerchug Beerchug

Son Of Toad

12-18-2007, 04:57 PM

You don't hear about MAanglers, IT hears about you!

kmsnowman

12-18-2007, 09:09 PM

Surfing .Fishing1

fishwithbish

12-18-2007, 11:55 PM

my buddy won the catfish tuorament and he won because i didnt fish it hah

Uncle Rickers

12-19-2007, 07:55 AM

I think I heard about the forum on Sean's shad site. Glad I found you guys. What a great bunch of people. Thanks for letting me join. Love the posts every day.

danderson

12-19-2007, 05:10 PM

i heard about it through buckmanjr on another site, sure glad i did, i love the place Beerchug

speaking of the shad site, what happened to it?

thortum

12-19-2007, 05:19 PM

I was doing a stretch of 7-10 at Cedar Junction for having 6 tip-ups on Quabbin and my cellmate mentioned this site to me ....to this day I remember his words.....he said, "looks like a good bunch of guys with a LOT of expensive equipment....we should look into this" .....and here I am.....

Eye luv yer sens ov huma. Grinning1 Notsure
I was given your site from an angler on "striped-bass.com. I'm enjoying the site and the people!!

Machine09

01-02-2008, 03:51 PM

i found it on crazy joes bumpersticker....

O-BASS

02-22-2008, 05:04 PM

Gary P and Tmack9200 from CTF mentioned it. couldnt resist a chance to talk fishing and Red Sox with some more people

Gary P

02-23-2008, 09:15 AM

CT fisherman was ready to kick me off for my negative views on Mike Iconelli ( the cheater) and getting really into it on things like life jacket safety ( especially with kids). So when I read about this site, I decided to move over and be more positive and try to be funny ( at my expense of course). I have since gone back to Ctfisherman as it has a ton of helpful info and I still fish Ct alot. Obass was first to respond and take me fishin on the Housey for stripers, Thanks Bud!

tybo jones

03-24-2008, 02:25 PM

heard it through the grapevine.Tongue1

Mikey

05-08-2008, 01:58 PM

Google Search.

brookiemaster

05-08-2008, 03:40 PM

i found it in on the waters link page. This is such a great site

Trainer

05-08-2008, 06:59 PM

Heard about the site from my brother, icehole37. Lurked for the better part of a year and really enjoyed my time here on the site and really like the attitudes and behaviors of the members.

Massbowhunter1968

10-11-2008, 08:19 PM

Boy i dont even remember its been a while lol But i do love Mass anglers!!!

JeffA

10-11-2008, 10:45 PM

brookiemaster

10-13-2008, 06:31 PM

i found it on the links page on on the water .com

timbofirstblood

10-27-2008, 06:51 PM

I met a member here, Fishinbuddy, while out fishing one day. He pointed me to this site. Thanks Fishinbuddy!

fisher16

10-28-2008, 06:11 AM

Its nice to see that all the members are spreading the word. Keep it up guys/girls, this has really turned into something great where we all can enjoy each other daily adventures either in the woods, or on the water.

fishfinder1

11-19-2008, 09:15 PM

A good friend of mine from work told meThumbsup Beerchug

smallie_guy

11-20-2008, 12:23 AM

I found it buy doing a web search for Massachusetts fishing forums.
I have belonged to other similar sites in the past and do like this one the best. I think I prefer this site the best because it is constantly being populated. Since joining, there's never been a day when clicking "NEW POSTS" didn't produce at least a handful of new posts and/or response to existing posts. For me - that is the success of this site - the constant activity.

There's one possible suggestion. It's pretty safe to assume that while the great posts and great stories are fun to read - lets face it - we're all a bunch of picture junkies! Other sites have had "trophy rooms" or a section that was simply a library of photos, along with some very brief information about the pic. I do not suggest that it would replace posting photos along with the stories - but maybe a photo gallery of some sort. How often is the slide show on the main page updated? Maybe that feature is already here on the site - it just needs to be promoted more on every page, not just the main page, and updated more often.

my two cents.

Moderators - keep up the great work.Thumbsup

fisher16

11-20-2008, 11:20 PM

Thanks guys, for all your reports and comments. We should be updating the slideshow soon. Although we do have a photogallery most of the members use photobucket. But maybe a forum for photogalleries, I've seen a few on a couple of other sites I belong to and they get a ton of pic's.

Thanks for the suggestions.

JoeLBLMRT

02-20-2009, 01:22 PM

MassLive Then forgot about it until JeffA reminded me

fisher16

03-20-2009, 11:30 PM

Keep spreading the word, I agree the slideshow needs some updating. We will see what we can do.

Ashmere

09-16-2009, 06:26 AM

Heard about it from Al-53 at work..Maybe i should listen to him more.Great site!!

deer357

11-01-2009, 07:41 PM

I was checking out the hamptonponds web site . my son won the lucker bass tournament this year and there was a link there. great site. keep up the good work

fisher16

11-01-2009, 09:54 PM

Thanks Deer, and thanks for joining.

KillBill

11-04-2009, 12:38 AM

I googled massachusetts fishing blogs and I think it popped up a few down on the search... so glad I found it!

Ron72

12-06-2009, 09:39 PM

I heard about this site from theothereric a few yers ago. I had registered then, but had problems logging on. I did try getting a new password a few times, but still had problems. I stopped trying after awhile, until now. I registered as a new user, and have been loving it. I cant wait to get home from a days fishing trip, and send a post in, as well as chechin out everyone elses posts/pics. I have learned a few things as well.
I think im here to stay.

fisher16

01-13-2010, 12:20 AM

Thanks for joining Ron, hope you enjoy the site.

bob peters

01-22-2010, 04:01 PM

don't remember exactly.

might have been one of the guys on new england shad or maybe the other way around.

anyone know what happened to that site?

being from se nh/se mass am not able to fish the sites most of you do (did do one conn/chicopee river trip (wading/from shore) last spring for shad) but have met many really great people, on line, fished with one so far.

love the posts and the pictures even more.

even though been fishing since 1949/50 learned much from my visits here.

for instance, just learned all those fish that have thrown the hook, after a good fight, over the years, weren't lost, they were long distance releases!

who would have thought?

know there are some tournaments at local sites but what's this about a pike tournament?

don't ice fish, so is it an open water event?

fish from a kayak, so would love to know of any kayak tournaments.

being retired lets me go anywhere, anytime.

thanks to all who make this site possible.

keep up the good work!