A Formal Welcome to you Blitzseeker,
Thanks for the good word on this site...
Personally, I did not spend alot of time at SS as they were more Jersey focused like you said. I wanted to create a forum with a more North East bend to it... Several of the regulars that come here were having problems on that other board when some of their answers were censored or removed. A conflict of interest between honest, truthfull answers and pushing product. They were eventually banned and moved on. I was not involved in much of that conflict but I felt insulted by the way other people, giving honest, unbiased information were getting trashed. Since then, several boards have openend by people that frequented SS and WMI in those days. This is just one of them.
I belive there is an excellent group of Fishermen and Fisherwomen that have come here and contributed their knowledge since this site started (wow, almost four months now!!!) and I am very happy with the direction this site is taking and what it can become (although I need more time to work on the rest of the site <img src="/Images/Sad.gif"><!--e2-->).
...and a little fun banter is good for the soul <img src="/Images/biggrin.gif"><!--e7-->