what y'all make of this?

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Originally Posted by MathGeek

You gotta know your crowd. Sheepskins on the wall count in the office and on the resume, but no so much in the bar or at the cleaning station.

Think of SC as a cross between a bar and the cleaning station. You gotta speak the language. You gotta agree everywhere you can and pick your spots to gently educate your peers. And you gotta argue from facts not from authority.

The guides who post know that a lot of credibility on fishing forums comes from box shots and shots from happy customers. They could post average numbers of trout and redfish caught each trip, but they know its pictures, not statistics that make them credible. I'm not saying that's how it should work, but that's how it does work. Would some educational certification in guiding trump box shots and happy customers? Should it?

Preaching to the choir dude! When have I ever argued from authority over facts?

What happens if you have an "educational certification" and the "box shots"?