I love fishing the surf, but would love to have a boat too. So no matter which way the board goes, its all interesting, and as it is a community it is good to hear about what everyone is doing, which ever way the conversations twist or turn. But it is certainly true that if you are doing well from shore, it is in your best interest to keep quiet about it, whereas the boat is a bit more tricky, but not impossible, to track.

nevermind

My .02... I'm only interested in Surfcasting. I believe and always will that boat fish are a different category, altogether. Nice and all, but I'm just not interested.

Da Boyz be catchin big fish now in tha boats...
Mine, too expensive to run....
Bombaz on the beach tomorrow...sans boats!!!
If I had a bunch o' Bunkas by me...maybe a different story/,,?
DZ...you know my old man???
He was on the Naps back in the day...#^&#^&#^&#^&y from Granby???
Lata,
Rick

I think the board reflects the striper fishery. As we change and adapt to meet the needs of catching fish so goes the board. It is not a bad thing it is just a mirror image of the fishery and the way of being proficient at catching quantities of good fish. If people were taking huge numbers os large bass on the beaches the slant of conversation and posts would revert to surfcasting from the rocks/sand. Its cyclical like everything else.

This particular board has a specific culture and disposition in terms of everyday postings which is cordial and open. Other boards are run in a tyrannical fashion where as John's "laissez faire" approach really makes for a great online community. S-B will reflect the fishery and the anglers actions regardless of the way they are fishing. Direct correlation to the methods being employed.

John job well done letting the board morph out of its infancy and into its adolescence.

Surf guys aren't posting as much, boaters have filled the void w/ lots of pictures. Site dynamics have changed as have the members