Real Reports over at Reel Reports

WEB - Amongst the hundreds if not thousands of fishing report aggregators I have found one I really like, its called Reel Reports. One of the reasons I like it is because it has a simple and clean UI and its not trying to be a million other things. Reel Reports is a collection of reports from real captains and expert anglers and the info you are looking for is laid out very effectively. Traditional media forums are starting to fail fast for several reasons and its gonna be fun watching where the real fisherman flock to share stories and seek the advice of the pros. Old media, especially the forums under control of magazines and traditional retailers want a closed sandbox and have been discouraging captains and other boat ramp superstars from actually connecting with the readers. Reel Reports is about fishing reports from captains and bloggers and there doesn't seem to be any dirt secrets like the old flat forums.

RANT - Im not even gonna dignify these fishing forums by calling them out by name but we all know who they are, we have all been there. Some of us may have even been kicked out of a few of them for posting the wrong thing or breaking their 1994 terms of service. Those days are almost over. No longer do you need a magazine to connect eager fisherman with the experts that have answers to their questions. Captains are blogging, they are on Twitter, doing Youtube videos, Ustreams, Podcasting and everything else. And that is significant because now you can simply ask a captain a question on Twitter or in the comments of a Youtube video. Its never been easier to find somebody catching the fish that you want to catch, and simply ask em for a tip. A good place to start would be at a guide directory or fishing report collection like Reel Reports. Know of another good site that fisherman need to be visiting, link to it in the comments of this post.