Facebook....and deaths...

I don't think facebook has that much of an impact on this site,

I think it has alot to due with personalities, and if people get annoyed by someone they put up with it for a little while and then just stop coming back,

Jim, ....I don't interpret ,,, "Looks good......for a dead fish" as "discussing the benefits of releasing breeders".....in my opinion, that was a "strange" remark, which obviously provoked me to reply with my own "strange" remark...however, IMO.. it should not have been posted on that thread. As stated before, he/she should have started their own thread on "discussing the benefits of releasing breeders", instead of negatively adding to an obvious accomplishment to some, perhaps not all though.

In my opinion, the TRUE conservative,,, shouldn't fish at ALL. There is No guarantee that a released fish will survive, no matter how careful you are. Sure, in the middle of the night you held it by the tail, pushing and pulling it back and forth, forcing the water through it's gills, it kicked...you released it and it swam away. You grab your rod and start casting again. This tired 27 pound fish, surfaces again, a little down from where you released it, it's dark, you don't see it...it rolls to it's side in exhaustion, fighting exhaustion along with an oversized swim bladder, it can't manage to roll back over...what happens after that? = Dead Fish/Breeder

Again, IMO...these overly conservative 'members' who quickly hop on people that do keep their legal limit,....play the side of the fence that suits them during that moment. For those that never keep fish and preach about the health of the stock....DON'T GAMBLE ON YOUR ABILITY TO REVIVE. Simply hang up your rod and rest easy knowing that you will never kill a fish. I'm not a "Gamer", but I believe they have video games that will ful-fill their need to feel a tug on the end of their line....???

Jim, I have never kept a fish that I haven't eaten myself, or given to a less fortunate family. I truly enjoy eating fish, but even more, supplying fish to those who don't have the ability to fish...and that includes fish of all flavors. Do I always keep fish, NO....I only keep fish when I KNOW they have a belly to fill. I could see if people kept fish, weighed them in for a tourney, then tossed em' off the dock....now that would PISS me off., but when people keep fish within the law, and put the fish to good use......????...where's the harm in that? So what, cry conservation now?? ooooooooh, you're killing all my breeders???.....:wall:

I know I'm not liked on here, I don't really G-A-F though, we all have opinions, and yeah...opinions are like A$sholes.......and yeah, sometimes they stink more than others. After a while, you get used to the smell. Jim, when you catch a 60, can you take me fishing with you? PLEEEEASE!!! :love:

aye could ALLways go back to

the old novel posting, rant rolling, outrageous PIRATEER

that i was <<<<<ova there!!! i mean if THAT'S waht we neeeed??


just joshin' ya, gents!!! this place is FINE~~~
it's just been a little brutal out there latley with tha heat and the lack
of sizeable landings. this TOO shall pass,,,,,,,,,still my favoritest of places to TalkStripers,
and it will always be. because of the surfnuttz that make us who, and what we ARE, the good and the bad included.

I luv ya Bloo!!:love:

Sure, if you can choose which island.:biglaugh:

Or maybe be "bannsihed" TO an island, which you would also choose!:fishin:


This must be what the "dog-days" of summer feel like when you aren't out fishing.
I can't wait to get out anywhere on or near the water.

endeavor to persevere

It's my fault

bloocrab, I also kep the occasional fish, I just really enjoy the taste. Most of the fish I catch (and therefore most of the fish I keep) are barely keepers. I think the impact on fish stocks of keeping vs releasing trophies, is an interesting topic. I'm no expert, and I don't immediately sling mud at those with whom I disagree.

You do seem to take that approach, so I called you on it. For someone who really enjoys to dish it out putrid insults, you seem extremely thin-skinned about receiving some respectful criticism.

Sounds like you seem to think that catching a 60 is the mark of a man? I guess I fall short. My best was 59 poundas, on a 12 pound spinning rig in 4 feet of water. So if that fish was 8 ounces bigger, that makes me a better fisherman? If that fish was 8 ounces bigger, that gives my opinions more credibility?

And no, you can't come fishing with me, I suspect we wouldn't get along...call it a hunch.

I love this place, and havent missed loggin on for a day in many years. Yeah maybe we all could do a bit more posting and what not. If i need some info on something this is the place. I dont see a lot of "use the search" answers to questions. I choose not to post pics of fish for one reason, 99.9% get released and im not gunna burn a spot. That was an early lesson of the internet for me. Im down with the tourney idea, a weekender, pile of plugs to the winner, if the fish is over 40 lbs its kept for the cup, if not photo proof of large gets the pile of wood. We could have a canal leg, M&d's could be the meet up spot, a SOCo leg, Camp cronin as the meet up spot, etc... Another thing that would be kinda cool, if we could get say 10 people, or whatever number if its an even number we draw numbers and ya fish with a partner. Strangers or friends whatever they are your battle buddy for the night. A great way to meet some new folks, see some old faces, catch some fish and BS. Hell even a evening at spot would do the trick. A plug gets ya in. Im down for a beavertail battle.

man it was a battle getting through that first page...:rotf2:

It is easy to not give respect on the Internet...the Internet is it's own weird world...even in the real world a lot of people need some basic lessons on how to treat their fellow man...

treat people how you would like to be treated and respect that someone may have a different opinion than your own...

pretty simple...sometimes hard to do...

geez i don't log in for acouple days and the site is just like a normal disfunctional family at each others throats:smash::wall:

luds, in your honest opinion the site sucks? come on
let it out, tell us what's on ya mind you'll feel better

I don't know about insiders but I think there is a pretty wide diversity of folks who choose to post here.

everybody drink

i miss reading reports and fish porn. with all the talent on this site there's got to be a funny story a week that'd be worth sharing. i've been lazy about reports and pix myself so i'll get on it. it can be done w/o burning up spots. it's still a great site just could use some good energy.

Its all my fault?? Too many exclamation points!!!! Or so I am told!!! :uhuh:

I'm not exactly sure where in my reply to you, you found me thin-skinned?...I'm not really "thin" anything...I'm also not sure where I replied inappropriately to what you're calling "respective criticism"...???...I'm lost bud, please edu-macate me?

Jim, to me, the "mark of a man" will NEVER be based on his ability to catch fish. If that's how you measure people, kudos to you my friend....That's extremely LOW on my list of giving respect to others. Not sure how you interpreted that ??? Now someone making a snide remark at someone's fish who can't even defend himself...falls quite short of gaining my respect, and can at times,, ignite my spark.

...and Jim, the few people that I do fish with from this site only talk bad about me behind my back, so in my own little perfect world, I'm a good guy. :devil2:

shut up larry and go to the cape.:devil2:

You mean....Shut Up Larry and go to the Cape!!!!!!:devil2:

Gilly, you ARE a good guy

I think everyone on this site is a good person
so I don't know what my opinion is worth :hidin:


ya have to admit, the site is entertaining atleast

:buds: everybody drink

drinkin here boss

I wasn't but after reading this thread going for a beer boss.:cheers2:

Where do I put the !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i n this reply?

I'm a serial lurker...log on almost every day now for several years.

I'll try to keep to short sentences due to spacing issue.

One thing about this site is that there are a LOT of very, very good fishermen.

That is particularly true among the most frequent posters.

So, while everyone can always learn, there tends to be more "what I did" than "how to do it".

For me, that's great...I love hearing the fishing stories, reports, etc.

Part of fishing is the characters...there are lots here, and that's what I like.

I do miss the #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& days...combination of entertaining character and great fisherman.

And personally, I love the pics.

I keep less than a fish a year on average, just a personal choice.

But if/when I get my 50, you'll see the pic up here...bank on it.

Or, for that matter, over 40 lbs and the pic probably goes up (boat fish don't count).

In summary, everyone, have a thick skin. And if you don't, it generally makes good reading. :uhuh:

A lot more is right with this site than is wrong...IMHO.

Carry on, and thanks for everyone who throw up the entertaining posts.

Need a pool: When does BigFish hit 20K posts?

Although I must admit, most posters probably don't give a damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will agree on this site being..."clicky"...seems difficult to find people to fish with.....which I would have thought with so many "members" that it wouldn't have been tough at all....I understand people not wanting to give up there honey holes, but I doubt meeting up with a couple guys at the canal for example is giving up your honey hole.....I was on this site for a long time under another name...I got discouraged...and left......came back to give it another chance, with the understanding that I wasnt going to "care" as much if people ignored my posts....or didnt reply to me asking if anyone wanted to go fish a tide here or there....some guys can post anything...and get 300 replies....while others can ask a legit question, get 400 views, and 3 responses....so I understand some peoples views....I am not a sharpie by anymeans, I don't have a fish over 30lbs.....but I fish hard, I am not a moron...and I enjoy fishing.....I fish alone alot, not because I choose to, but because alot of my friends are not into fishing....
Would like nothing more than to hit the surf with someone and maybe learn something, or maybe I could show them something that I do that may help them...I would have thought that would happen more.........Meet you at Beach X.....both new to the area so there is no "spot burning"...lets see if we can catch some fish......I dont see a issue with that....and maybe that happens more than I know...just know it hasnt happened to me...
That being said....I like this site....dont go to any other fishing sites....and will do whatever I can to make it better, or more enjoyable for everyone....

Just gotta network Cableguy and you will hook up with someone! I am always going fishing with new people from S-B! Alot of approachable people on here...it does not happen overnight for sure! Maybe when I get back from my vacation we could get together!! Question though?? Do you mind excessive exclamation??:rotf2:

Best thing to do is to go to a couple of the fishing legs and meet a few of the people then go and fish with someone there, maybe go to a Cuttyhunk trip you'll meet about 15 hard core fishermen, I've been to about 5, the trips alone is a blast never mind the fishing part.

I thought this place was about ho'ing plugs

I've met a bunch of people on here and fished with many of them - Circlehook, OD Mike, PRBuzz and others. Hell, fishbones and I butt heads all the time in that wretched Political Forum, met up a few days ago to buy a cooler off of him and I look forward to getting out and fishing with him sometime.

In all, every single person I've met from this site in person has been a stand up guy. Shoot a private message off to a few people you'd want to fish with - I'd bet most people would be willing to meet up. The canal is a great place for it, because the place is no big secret.

This site is filled with great people and I look forward to getting out with more members on these boards in the future.

personally i think this site is top notch compared to any other out there and that is why i stick here. the wealth of info on this site from guys with some serious time on the water is unreal. the very few i have meet from this site have been real down to earth with a no drama no bitchin lets fish attitude type guys if that make sense. thoes are the type of people i want to fish with.

Dont! He'll just stand there and whine about the cold!
Seriously, once I give up on RI, Im in for a few fall canal trips with you and FB. Im much more charming in person than on the web.

I say we alll meet up and go fishing bar b que and drink once a month!