Keeping the peace

[TheSpecialist]

This website IMO is one of the best websites on the internet. It started out small with a handful of members who were dedicated to catching stripers. Although I was not one of the original members, this place sure does feel like home to me. Over the course of time this site has grown by leaps and bounds, and with that there were many changes. Some of the changes have been awsome, like the addition of the plug building , how to, and sponser specials forums, and the addition of the sponsers themselves. Many new members with tactics, and ideas to share.

Unfortunately with the good there always comes some bad. Some of the things I have seen are spot burning, fighting, name calling, the forming of certain cliques, and those who appoint themselves as moderators.

While it nice for John, and the rest of us moderators to have others watching the board, it is best not to be confrontational. It is John, and the moderators jobs to take care of these things. All that happens when you become the internet vigilante is arguments, threats, and hurt feelings. If you see something in a post, or a post itself that you think needs attention please Report the post to a moderator . One of us will take care of it.

Try not to be too exact with spots, remember that there are many more people that read these boards just to see where the fish are. Lets make them work for it by signing up and contributing some thing useful.

This fall as the fishing winds down, and you spend every waking minute surfing this board, let's remember that this is a fishing site and thats all it is. There is no need to argue, name call and hold grudge matches, lets all try and be friendly and not be like those others sites.

Always remember that the primary goal of this website is about bringing people together who love to catch stripers.