Does the Interblab Need Yet Another Fishing Web Site?

[likwid]

WOO WOO NEXT HOT THING!
New boards come and go but you won't beat the ones that have a steady core of members.

You'll see a mass exodus of people now and then to different sites (ie: how all the powder.com posters aka the maggots made the move to the teton gravity research forums) but generally you'll see the same power base forever.

[fishpoopoo]

Originally Posted by likwid

You'll see a mass exodus of people now and then to different sites ...

Interesting. MikeP ...if you're reading this correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the last time this happened on the fishing boards was when a bunch of people migrated from ss to sol? (five-six years ago or something like that?)

And even then ... there are still a lot of people who post on both.

[Krispy]

Sure, more fishing forums don't hurt.

[justplugit]

Don't need another one,

ya have the finest one right here

with the best of the best people.

[Joe]

There will be more and more all the time - whether or not we need them or want them or will visit them.
There are some sites that are almost "lurk only" where they get a lot visits, but very few people actually post.
I think the real question is whether or not there is a definitive site yet - I don't think there is but I would say this one comes closest.
Look for more sites, with fewer participants.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Bassturbed

Interesting. MikeP ...if you're reading this correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the last time this happened on the fishing boards was when a bunch of people migrated from ss to sol? (five-six years ago or something like that?)

And even then ... there are still a lot of people who post on both.

New boards often get started as a reaction to dissatisfaction with another web site. But it wasn't a contemporaneous thing with SS and SOL. The exodus--actually a banishment--was sometime around Labor Day and SOL didn't get up and running until December. The hot board before and after the exodus was WMI. WMI was a national board, but it seemed like all of the regional boards put a stake thru its heart. I still give WMI the credit for showing all of the guys who started regional boards--Tim, Gowge, Tres Irby and the rest--how workable internet fishing sites were. It also provided the regional boards with a base of readership to take along.

The latest example was the exodus of some of the hardcore New Yorkuhs from Noreast to Surfrats, due to dissatisfaction with the flame wars, the over-emphasis on spot burning reports, and George in general.