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Jerry, I'm looking at two heads on this coin. I know Mike and I've seen some of his work and what he has written was very informative and he has put much effort into his work and the final product shows that. Here on the web, he always gives credit where it's due. When he speaks I and many others, listen closely (behold the posse :P ) as he has one of the best reps on all of these sites. So I strongly see his point on this. You did come right out and say that you were trolling for ideas for an article to be published and you recieved some responses from board members, perhaps not as detailed as you wanted (maybe more so) but one of the fantastic things about the internet and these fishing forums is that few questions go unanswered. I probably pulled the trigger pretty quick with an answer myself (not uncommon for me ;D ) but I try to answer questions when I can.
I also, very recently, ran into a fellow that is doing what sounds like an impressive collection (not a volume but a fairly involved piece) on a particular surf fishing subject where he is going out and speaking to many people. I won't mention his name as I don't think it's my place to do so and it may be a bit prematue anyway, but he is soliciting stories from many people for this project. So I see that this is one way of writing. Now my feeling is that I don't have a problem with it as long as the credit is given. Not in a monetary or personally my name or this site (not that I'd mind but I doubt OTW would print it without me forking out for a quarter page ad) , JMO, but if you sincerly note in the article where you've gotten this info and that it is not all yours, I wouldn't be against including it. That is how I feel but on this case I can't speak for the others that offered suggestions. That's up to them. You say that you will show that this is a collection of yours and of others, I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt. If I were to read the article, and I will if it's published and felt that we were misled, I would have a problem with it. As reputations develop on the Internet, especially when it comes to fishing stripers, they are lasting and few people forget.
I think the "John" part was they were tryiing to grab my attention...
Mike, I would like to give him the benefit of the doubt here that he will stand by what he says he intends to do and show that this is a collection of information from many people and not entirely of his own doing. With that in mind, this is still open for further discussion.
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