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Hey All,
Just wanted to see if anyone had any feedback about the Ontario OUT OF DOORS 2014 fishing annual. Thoughts? Anything you liked/didn't like or would want to see different?
Everyone in this forum is our target audience so we like to know what YOU want to read...and what you don't.
There was nothing new in it , just a rehash of the "same old same old ."
What he said....is it time to change the name from "Ontario Out of Doors" to "Going out on the lake for first timers"?Quote:
Originally Posted by jaycee
The people who pay money to subscribe to an outdooor magazine are invested enough in their hobby that they know basic information. It's not 1986 anymore and we all have the internet. Finding basic info is easy if you can operate a keyboard and google. I love OOD, I love keeping up do date on reg changes, OFAHs actions, legal stuff etc. But the actual how to/where to/when to in the magazine leaves a lot to be desired.
For example, the article on 10 surprising steelhead baits was great but read like a list with very little info on what size/colour/style/technique to choose for what circumstance. It read more like "if drifting row bags isn't working, try a bass crank."
Better would have been: "if drifting roe bags isnt working and you're in 3-4 ft of water and that water is crystal clear and above 55 degrees F (12 degrees C) try a shallow diving bass crank in a subdued pattern like craw and use a slow stop and go retrieve because the fish's metabolism is high and that makes them spooky to big bright flashy lures so small, subdued and slow is the way to go. Conversly if the water is higher and dirtier and colder, use a larger, flashier, deeperer diving crank with an aggressive jerk/pause retrieve for lower metabolism fish. Make sure to cast straight across or slightly downstream to minimize slack line. Always start at the upstream end of the holding water you are fishing and systematically work your way downstream to cover all the holding water. Try to look at it as a grid. Etc, etc so on and so forth."
Please make your articles longer and with more detail; we subscribers deserve that. I don't want "intro to fishing (or hunting for that matter)" I want "the fish and game aren't cooperating, so here's a technique for a given situation and an explanation of why its used."
Straight to recycle bin... Hunting annual, where art thou!
What Hunterdave said!
I always enjoy a good read, and I like my OOD magazines, they do get read from cover to cover. I am buying more reloading, guns, and survival outdoor mags since becoming a hunter again. Still a good mag and the hunting tips this year were good for me as a new hunter. I say keep up the good work, but I can see hunterdave point for me in a year or two.
This is great feedback guys. Thanks for taking the time. I am passing this info on to the rest of the OOD team.
Yeah what hunterdave said is right...sometime theres a good article but the rest of the time is some obvious stuff that most of us already know.
And good on you of asking for feedback :thumbup:
Asking is the easy part, a lot of people ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by RackHunter
Proof pudding will be the good on ya.
I especially liked the 2 page spread of the underwater salmon picture JBen took :-)
Unfortunately, this was the case for me as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie
I started a thread a while ago to collect ideas for improving OOD Mag, and I hoped that staff from the magazine would take notice:
http://www.oodmag.com/community/show...ve-the-content
What I would like to see is more JBen photos.
I thought it was a pretty good Mag, you covered everything from crappie to Gar. I'd agree to the more detail comments. As a hunter and angler I think you do a pretty good job of keeping things balanced. However I think there should be a hunting and fishing article in each mag. Spring--> Prepping for the Turkey season or late season rabbits. Fall--> Fall Esox, bass, pannies, or how to catch lakers/ specks in the year-round lakes.
Also I'd like to see one article in the Fishing annual on late ice, most of the north will be ice fishing until April on normal years.
I know you have to keep it down to x number of articles, so my vote for the first to go is the travel section... It's what I read after I've read everything else and some things twice.
The news section is great and Love the Bio article, don't be afraid of short info bites an isolated tips, think short attention span look at the FHM/ Maxim layout.
Minor detail, the end of the 20+ pike article said check on line and I could not find the article anywhere, even typing the given URL.
I thought it was a great issue. I don't know why some members here would want to toss it in the recycle bin. Perhaps these "Pros" should consider moving on up the ladder to a more experienced (and expensive) mag. Better yet, become a contributor and share "their" vast knowledge. I have been fishing for close to 60 years and don't claim to know all about it so I enjoy the articles in OOD. Also I am able to fill in the blanks most of the time and do not need every last tid bit of information handed to me on a platter.
Keep up the good work OOD and thanks for allowing me to have a say...........This post in no way is meant as a poke at anyone, just my 2 cents................................Boog
Boog, no offence taken, but my comment merely reflected my lack of interest in fishing (as stated in my post) not the other end of the spectrum you are speaking to, of "knowing it all" or "being a pro" so for me, an entire edition dedicated to fishing, is not something I am interested in, which is why that one went to recycle. Now the hunting annual :) yes please!Quote:
Originally Posted by boogaloo
I am the same, however it went to a friend instead of the recycling bin after I glazed through it. I am sure there are alot of people that subscribe to OOD because they love fishing and give the hunting annual the heave ho as well.....Quote:
Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie
Thanks, good to know I didn't ruffle any TurkeyRookie feathers.....lol................BoogQuote:
Originally Posted by TurkeyRookie
P.S. Feel free to blow up my avatar to use as a target to pattern yer scatter gun.
Well that's an oversight if I ever saw one. I'm working on it now and it should be good to go by tomorrow!
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Originally Posted by Rugger
Thanks guys.
Woody, Im actually in a lot of issues, more than my "fair share". Theres only so many pages and only so much space. That said and I hope April doesn't mind the OOD management team has made strides in the visual content the past while, based on feedback and what not.There is also a growing stable of some really great contributing photographers.
The two page spreads found in the fishing/hunting annuals are an example of how feedback helps, as they really just started appearing in the 2012 issues where I was fortunate to have the leaping Steelhead (fishing annual 2012) and then the does running across the field in unison (2012 hunting annual). The Salmon shot in this years fishing annual Jeff referred to is the 3rd.
It (feedback) helps.
Having contributed to this annual edition I am happy with your product. I probably said too much on where to find your Georgian Bay Giants.
I do agree, one of the contributing authors appears to rehash the same old same old, but you can only write so many articles on fishing for a specific species.
I do enjoy reading about the different lodges and journey's the authors embark on. I have stayed at Golden Eagle and was most intrigued by the accuracy of the article surrounding the bear hunt.
I don't want to be negative but there wasn't anything in there I haven't read before. Nice photos, stale content.