What Happened?

[hq2]

I did one or two political posts, and quickly found out that was a mistake.
I try to post only about fishing topics, because that’s what the site is supposed to be about. But the other reality is that the fishing isn’t what it was 15 years ago, and Facebook (on which I do NOT post; putting personal information on the internet is bad policy) has taken a lot of the traffic. That’s kind of left an original group of us here from that era sort of stranded on our own internet island without many fish. Times change!
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[JohnR]

Originally Posted by hq2

But the other reality is that the fishing isn’t what it was 15 years ago, and Facebook (on which I do NOT post; putting personal information on the internet is bad policy) has taken a lot of the traffic.
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This is very accurate. People went from going to a handful of public squares to being their own Public Square

[5/0]

Nice accurate post Mike well said.

[wdmso]

Guess people are missing the posts with pictures of fish caught.. not by them

[Got Stripers]

At 67 I no longer feel the need to post fish pictures, if someone or their kids or grandkids want tips on catching I’m happy to help, but it’s rare to see any request like that on this board. A lot of old salts here that don’t need advice, no real influx of young anglers, the board is aging like all of us original members.

[hq2]

Not too many newbies posting these days looking for advice. If you look at the joining times of who's posting, most folks on here are between 10 and 20 years on the board. I was in my early 40s when I started striper fishing; I'm 61 now. A lot of folks here starting to get old.

[rphud]

Wait, you have a mortgage? Me too. Brandy new at that. Rates were too low to say no, even at my advanced age.

What did Lennon write, (you may know me and music...)

And in the end
The love you take
Is equal to the love you make