Biggest thing I ever got to test was bobber lites. Just about as useless as air conditioning is to Eskimos.
I have a photo of them in my album (saltydan) if you are interested in seeing how big they are! LOL

Someone says they got a trolling motor once.

I'm waiting to test the next bass boat! LOLOLOLOLOL

Salty Dan
Orange Texas

In the past 18 months I have field tested the Banjo Minnow Big Fish kit (the one Babe Winkleman likes) and an Okuma spinning reel. While not a kayak or trolling motor, these are a bit better than the knotless hooks some members got! I should mention that both of these items showed up in my mailbox just as the lakes around here were freezing over! Tom

I"AM STILL WAITING FOR A PONNTOON BOAT TO FIELD TEST SALTY DAN BUT THEY KEEP THOSE FOR THEMSELFS AS THEY SAID ON ONE OF THERE MAGS.WE GET THE THE FAMILY DOLLAR ITEMS. OR THE DOLLAR STORE ITEMS.

Hehehe;

Dollar store eh? LOL. I was thinking more on the line of John Smith when he bought
Manhattan from the Indians for trinkets and beads! LOL

We get the trinkets and beads!

Stay warm,

Salty Dan

PS. I may come and see you on Feb 19. Gotta be in SA for one of the grandson's birthday party
on the 20th.

at least you guys are getting items I know there are alot of members but I haven't recieved anything for 5 yrs.(except stuff they want me to buy)
Kaptin

Hello Kaptin;

That was back in 2004 when I got the bobber lights.

Haven't got anything since! LOL

Stay warm and dry,

Salty Dan
Orange Texas

good morning all

Every time there has been an upheaval on the site, my tester profile has vanished. The smart thing to do is to keep an eye on your profile to make sure it is active. Do not update needlessly as this bumps you to the back of the line!

Couple years ago I got a nice little crank bait. Nothing more valuable than that though.

Testers are the ones that fishing year round all types of fish and buys should say spends plenty of money on equipment. I have signed up almost every other month and I still have never had a chance. I don't fish year round and I only fish for Small Mouth Bass, Large Mouth Bass, Muskies, and all the Pike family and yellow perch. I don't spend hundreds on rods & reels and my boat is a Matthew which is not a bass boat and not a deep sea boat on thing to narrow. It cold be used for a bay fishing boat but has to be a small bay.



As for testing I have not got one and really don't care to anymore. If you worry about getting a free item, by the time you get one. You may have saved enough to purchase it. As for hooks and lures and all the other items good luck. When you email NAFC,normally you don't get anything back, then you call them you get some person from India,Pakistan,etc. in other words don't understand anything but yes & no. I really like this club but the office personal needs to management training and then get people who can help their members. So this may be the reason why your not getting testing products.

EVERYTIME YOU RESIGN UP YOU GET PUT AT BOTTOM OF LIST

I have been a life member since 1995 and have field tested about 8 items none of more than 3 bucks each.

still waiting to get my test products and yes i fish year round salt or freshwater. I get to hunt afew time in the year tho

I've been a Life Member since 2007 and have got to test a couple pieces of junk. First was a package of hooks. The only one I used broke at the bend first fish. Next was a rust inhibiter that rusted my hooks on a couple brand new lures within a week. Thanks for the products, but no thanks.

I have been a life member since 2004 and the issues expressed here haven't changed. I have tested several items, most recently and ele. fillet knife and fish scaler. Ask Angry Bob about the products he has tested. One of the most important things is to fill out the test survey and then redo your tester questionaire. If you are waiting for something then you are not as smart as you think. These items are a bonus. The club is about the people. Attend a member meet sometime and really see the club in action.

rattle bobbers, boat cleaning spray (which worked very nicely), a plastic tub with a divider in it for battering your fish before cooking them. I know I got a couple other items that I can't remember, but that's over a 10 year period

how do i change my product testing profile you use to be able to update it now I can not figure out how

I have only tested the knotless hooks.

According to the club if you update your profile, your wait will not change. But, that is according to the club. LOL!

I FISH YEAR ROUND AND NOTHING HERE ALSO. AND THEY ASK FOR MORE FIELD TESTERS THEY CANT SUPPLY THE ONES THEY HAVE NOW DUH, I WAS TOLD IF YOU UPDATE YOU GET PUT BACK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST SO I DONT DO THAT BUT I"AM GLUED TO THE BOTTOM BEEN WAITING 1 1/2 YRS AND THEY KEEP SAYING I"AM NEXT

Posted By jsanchez3 on 21 Mar 2011 11:46 AM
I FISH YEAR ROUND AND NOTHING HERE ALSO. AND THEY ASK FOR MORE FIELD TESTERS THEY CANT SUPPLY THE ONES THEY HAVE NOW DUH, I WAS TOLD IF YOU UPDATE YOU GET PUT BACK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST SO I DONT DO THAT BUT I"AM GLUED TO THE BOTTOM BEEN WAITING 1 1/2 YRS AND THEY KEEP SAYING I"AM NEXT

jsanchez,

I will post on this thread a similar answer and addendum to the reply I posted on your similar post on another forum, r.e. product testing: The Club is not asking for "more field testers," per se, but rather promoting the Club to people who are not yet Club members and, in doing so, promoting the product-testing program as one of several benefits (see link):

http://join.fishingclub.com/acq/def...n=9F1CPODC

And while waiting-list time for product-testing has been longer than we all would like (I was a Club member before I was hired here, so I DO understand), the more members the Club has, the more attractive it is to companies to partner with the Club and make products available for the program.

I asked my colleague in Member Services to review your account. Our records indicate you received hooks to test in March of last year and that you submitted a new product-testing application in June of last year. So, it appears that it has not been more than 1 1/2 years that you have received something, as you indicated above.

While we wish we could send product-test items more often, we do state in our materials that it can take as long as a year or more for your "turn" to come up, so to speak.

If you have additional questions or concerns, feel free to contact me directly at ghuff@namginc.com. But let’s not continue having the same conversation on multiple forum threads. You can me email directly, rather than continuing to post redundantly.

That said, if you joined the Club solely for product-testing and not the magazine, access to the fishing forums and the collective wisdom of the other Club members, and/or the chance to win prizes or the other member benefits, someone from Member Services can contact you and cancel your membership and refund a portion of your dues, minus the price and shipping costs of the Life Member rod and reel, if you so choose.

However, I hope you don't choose that option, as your profile indicates that you have posted almost 550 times to the forums and I'd regret losing your voice in the community, and would regret you losing the opportunity to interact so robustly with your fellow members.

Sincerely,
NAFC Social Media Editor Greg Huff
ghuff@namginc.com

i joined for the magazine i love fishing and i wont leave here cause of clubs problems didnt know about contest or product testing till later but its there so i enter and contest never won anything here at all or anywhere else. and as for test products i like to field test them. I"AM HERE TO STAY

Glad to hear that Jesse! We value you as a member.

Hello Greg et al;

Yes, Jesse is one of the good guys! He not only knows how to fish for the species he wants to fish, he is one great guy! I met him a few weeks ago, and had the pleasure of fishing with him. He is willing to share his knowledge, equipment, and favorite honey hole. He talks positively of NAFC, and has the decals prominently displayed on his truck. He takes his grandchildren fishing, perpetuating fishing to a new generation. He is a plus to this organization!

OK, now that I am done sucking up, when are you gonna send me the new ranger Bass boat, motor, and trailer to product test!?? LOL

Have a good one,

Salty Dan
Orange Texas

thank you saltydan. and yes wheres my ponntoon boat 24 footer to test LOL

I've been a LM for 3yrs. and I'm still waiting for my first Product to test.But I won't get any fishing done if I'm waiting by the mailbox.When I get one I get one.

I'm still waiting waiting waiting

I have been a Life Member since the '80s I have received thre items to test. A shake and bake type deal, the little night lights and the knotless kine connector thing. I live in Alaska and I don't ice fish (too cold for me) so the chem lights are pointless in 20 hours of light. Who in their right mind is going to bread Salmon? And those little knotless thingys aren't going to hold up to a Salmon on your line. So it all was useless.

Now they want us to become Thophy Life Members to get the good stuff to field test. What happened to the products I was told were held for Life Members to test. They tell you what it takes to get you in then you get whats left in the box the vendors send in bulk, you know like for door prizes. Oh well at least they still send me books and coins made in china to buy. LOL!!! Did any of you buy the knives? I bought the first one that came in. The brass bolsters lost their brass color, the NAFC decal fell off and the imitation bone handle cracked. Well enough venting, were off to football practice.

yes for now i will stay a lifemember just for the fact that i have never got anything to test in my two yrs but four little hooks..not that i'm complaning i enjoy the club and the fourms there is alot of people on here that i have got alot of good tips from. so i will keep my money and spend it on fishing tackle..as for the knifes i just got my first one i hope they are nice i would like to get them all to give to my grandson someday. JOHN

I have tested a few nice items, and even had to turn them down when they had a trolling motor to test. Now that we have a boat, i wish I had accepted it and tested it on a friends boat.

I've tested a handful of items. Tech-ice, a croaky type device that covered your sunglasses when you weren't using them, a dog fish knife (Super sharp, but completely useless for fishing), Trout power bait (not sure why I got that it's rare for me to fish for trout & I didn't catch any), a live well additive that was supposed to help the health of your fish (my boat doesn't have a live well, I contacted the club on that one.) and the last thing was supposed to be furry fish bait. It never came, and that was OK. Once you test something, sign up again. If you get something you can't use contact the club, because if you don't file a report they'll take you off the list. I got to test a filet knife also. The things I liked the best, the filet knife, Tech ice & the croaky thing. I tried to find the croaky thing and tech ice, but they were nowhere to be bought. I still have the filet knife.