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Over the years I've seen hundreds of anglers come to the areas I fish full of enthusiasm and determination and they end up leaving frustrated and confused. With just a little advice this could have made for a better experience and more than likely created another fishing addict like myself. It may take some time to turn you into that pro, but the enjoyment of the sport would be more easily realised.

When starting out the very first thing you want is just basic information on where and when to fish. Sounds easy and generally just ask other anglers, lodge owners, bait store owners, heck just ask.

Now for the fishing equipment, the rod and reel. Sounds simple enough, but maybe not. As in most other sports, cheap or poor equipment will result in poor results. As an example I met a fellow from southern Ontario (Toronto) while fishing here at home for Northern pike and asked him how the fishing was. His remark was that he was going to rent a boat and give it a try. So I asked him if he would like to go out with me that evening and he accepted. I met him at the dock and told him to load his gear in the boat and offered him a life jacket and away we went. I did not notice what he had loaded at first except he had a nice big new tackle box, as we moved away I asked where is your rod and reel. He went on to open his new tackle box and proceeded to pull out one of those pocket fisherman rigs. Of course I had a hard time from not laughing out loud, but went on to offer him one of my other rigs already in the boat.

Once we hit the area I intended to troll he went on to politely say he wanted to use his own rod but asked what one of his lures he should use for northern pike. He had one large red and white spoon and I told him to use that and made sure he let out enough line for what we were doing. I believe I was praying for him to get the first strike and sure enough he did after about 15 minutes or so and the fun began.

Now this pike he had on was I guessed about 15 pounds, not that big but the struggle with that little, short toy he had was hilarious to watch. I did not believe he would get the fish to the boat but he did although to fast, I had the net and told him to slow down, he did not hear me as I leaned over to net the fish he had it reeled up to about 2 feet from the tip of that little rod, all that pike did was lean on the line and he was gone.

I must add here that he also had no leader on that rig. After that he was so excited and of course wanted to keep fishing, but asked if he could use one of my other rods which was fine because I wanted to see him really hook and land a nice fish. To shorten this story he did land 2 more northerns and a small walleye. Oh yes I did catch a fish, one walleye and one pike, but we had a new fishing addict here. The next day he went into town to the Canadian Tire store and got properly equipped.

I imagine that young man from southern Ontario had some great tall tales to tell when he got home. I wonder how big that one that got away is Now!

A light action graphite spinning rod and reel will handle most fish you will want to catch, plus it is light enough for the beginner to feel even the light hit of those walleye.

So just get out there relax, take your time. Bring some coffee or lunch or even better catch your lunch and cook on one of the many small islands all over these northern lakes. Mostly just enjoy it all the fresh air, wildlife and scenery. Enjoy it all while your watching that loon, deer or even a moose feeding, a big walleye might just swim up and inhale your bait sending that twitch up your line through your rod to your fingers. Set the hook and there's lunch!

Well that's enough from me time for supper and a 5 minute stroll down to the river and make a few casts and see what happens.

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If you own a Web site, these statistics are available to you from your Web site host. While these statistics can be very useful in tuning your site, they can be quite confusing as well. Here's a brief guide to understanding some of the most common Web site statistics.

Hits. One of the most commonly referenced statistics is one of the least understood. We often hear people say something like, "Our site gets 10,000 hits per day." Sounds great, right? Actually, "hits" is pretty meaningless. A "hit" is nothing more than a request to the server on which your Web site resides.

When you access a single Web page, many "hits" will result, because each graphic, photo, and text on the page represents a separate server request. So the number of hits can vary widely, and will always be much greater than the number of real visitors.

What you would really like to know is how many unique visitors come to your site in a given time period. Don't fret, that's available too. By tracking your unique visitors over time, you can determine how well your Web site is working. How many visitors are you getting? Are they buying once they get there? If you have added new products or services, optimized your site for the search engines, or have launched an advertising campaign, the number of unique visitors can tell you how effective that effort has been.

Wouldn't it be cool to know how much time people spend on your site? The average time someone spends on your site will tell you how "sticky" your site is. A very short average visitor time means people are not finding your site interesting or not finding the information they're looking for.

A related statistic is the number of page views. This stat will show you not only how many pages on average people view, but which pages they saw. This information is valuable in determining what people find interesting - and uninteresting - on your site.

Landing pages are just that - pages on which a visitor will "land" when they arrive on you site. And it is not always the home page. Let's say you sell widgets on your site, and you have a page devoted to left-hand widgets. You should optimize that page for left-hand widgets, so when someone Googles "left hand widgets" they're taken directly to your left-hand widgets page, not the home page. Obviously, this information can help you determine exactly what people are looking for when they come to your site and will help you optimize each page.

Similarly, exit pages are the pages from which people leave your site. If your landing pages and exit pages are often the same, some improvement in your site may be in order.

One of the most interesting statistics is the referring URL and keyword. Not only can you determine which search engine people used to find you, but what keyword they searched on! Knowledge of these two statistics can help you better target your keywords and evaluate your marketing campaigns. You can also click the URL to see where you appear in the search engine results pages for that keyword.

Finally, you can find out what browser, operating system, and sometimes screen resolution your visitors use. While this can be interesting, it is probably not too valuable to the average Web site owner. Your Web site should look the same, no matter which browser and screen resolution your visitors use. This is easier said than done, thanks to Bill Gates.

For example, a quick look at one of our sites revealed that over the past year, 73% of our visitors used some version of Internet Explorer. 16% of browsers could not be determined, but it can be assumed that most of these were Internet Explorer as well. The next browser in popularity was Netscape at 11%.

You can view the statistics for your site by logging on to your Web site host and searching for "statistics." The process for viewing the statistics varies from host to host, so you may have to contact your host's customer service.

Regular viewing and tracking of your Web site's statistics can be a powerful tool for getting the most from your web site.

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