[JohnR]

Thanks for the vote of confidence Striperman. There are alot of knowledgeable guys and gals that come through here and post good info, many more knowledgable than I am. A few incredibly knowledgeable people like Bill "#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&" Nolan, Fisherwoman and Baitcaster (Bill and Jul's), I have fished with and learned alot from, especially having fished three years now with #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&. Other people that I have not fished with yet (and hopefully soon will) but have known for a while now, online or in person, are people like Mike form CCtackle, Mike P, Saltheart, John M, Mike F, Roland and "Squidmama" (best name I think I've ever heard <img src="/Images/Tounge_Wink_Face.gif"><!--e5-->), and others just to name a few. These are the Sharpies. Some specialize in different areas as you have your distance casters and your Canal jiggers to your light tackle people to you name it. I joke when I say that Nolan is master of all things surf but he consistantly gets more fish, bigger fish, more consistantly than anyone I have ever seen with my own eyes.

Alot of you we are meeting online for the first time and I would like the opportunity to fish with you as well... Hopefully, near summers end, we will try to plan out a trip to some exotic striper spot and meet up with a few of you. Trying now to figure out a where and when...

I am a relative rookie in comparison to alot the people that come to these boards but I intend to be very good in the future. I'd rate myself as OK at this point but alot of these people above have some serious time plying the surf... I am trying to provide this little corner of the web available to all interested in the art of striped bass so we all can learn. I'll gladly pass along what I know (which five years ago could be written in grease pencil on the inside of a matchbook cover) to help people but I still give my kudos to the hundreds of years of combined experience to those people above.