This site sucks right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[luds]

For whatever reason my text didn't wrap and I have to scroll all the way over to read it. I edited my first post which hopefully will help though it carried over to yours John. Sorry to further the aggrevation.

[bart]

I blame it on Krispy's lack of posts

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by luds

For whatever reason my text didn't wrap and I have to scroll all the way over to read it. I edited my first post which hopefully will help though it carried over to yours John. Sorry to further the aggrevation.

Hehe. No aggravation. From you anyway .

This brings up some valid points. This site is about you all. The more WE as a group put in the more WE as a group can take out.

What do WE do to make it better?

[RIJIMMY]

relax, its brutal heat, we have passionate people, I actually think its been way to mellow out here. I miss #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, I miss long rants from people, I miss fish pics.
I look at this site as a bar room out with friends, we bust balls, we fight, we argue, and in the end sometimes I learn someting. Some bonds are made , some are broken.

[redlite]

Luds you fool.
You got this thing all f'ed up. I gotta scroll all over the place to read and post this to this thread.

As I was sittin on the can last nite, I came to the same exact conclusion, that there has been so little stuff on here worth readin it disappoints me. I have tried to do the same in our Team S-B striper cup forum to get people involved.

It does feel like the middle of the winter with shack nasties goin on. And I have wondered as well why there are so many people registered for this site, yet it is always the same people that post. Startin to seem Clicky. Some new blood is needed. I remember I lurked on here for a while before I became active, and was even "afraid" to post as I didn't want to be considered an "idiot" The only dumb question is one that is not asked. That's fine, most people are fortunate that they have other things and interests in their lives unlike me that they don't become more involved.

There are forum websites out there for everything, from computers, to guns, to video games, to antique collecting and even other fishing web site forums. The difference with this one is that it is more of a local feel so you are actually within meetin distance of folks.

I do look forward to readin peoples' sucesses and failures on here. Love hearin some of the crazy stories, and do miss the true talk about fishin. Too much bitchin. I actually post little on here as I don't come on here to get in bitch fests with strangers. I read people's posts and take em with a grain of salt.

Not sure what I am truly tryin to say without givin away all my secrets [ike soakin the inside of my eel bucket with eel potion[/COLOR] but I enjoy this site a lot and love catchin.

Great post Luds. Hope I didn't hurt anyone's feelings.
Bring Back #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& and FISH WEEWEE

....now get out and put one on the board.............and bring that slacker Clogston with you............

[BigFish]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

relax, its brutal heat, we have passionate people, I actually think its been way to mellow out here. I miss #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, I miss long rants from people, I miss fish pics.
I look at this site as a bar room out with friends, we bust balls, we fight, we argue, and in the end sometimes I learn someting. Some bonds are made , some are broken.

RIJimmy uses too many commas!!! I am finding it intrusive so sorry Jimmy.....off to my ignore list you go!!!!!

[ecduzitgood]

That was the reason I donated some pluggage...new members and new perspective.
http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...rm-sebile.html

[BigFish]

I think I should be voted "Off The Island"!!!! Start a new thread and if people want me off...then so be it!!!!

[ecduzitgood]

I think Luds set this up just so you would have enough space to post a picture of your future personal best......so you can't go anywhere until you have posted a picture of a supa cow.

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by BigFish

I think I should be voted "Off The Island"!!!! Start a new thread and if people want me off...then so be it!!!!

Sure, if you can choose which island.

Or maybe be "bannsihed" TO an island, which you would also choose!


This must be what the "dog-days" of summer feel like when you aren't out fishing.
I can't wait to get out anywhere on or near the water.

[good2hook]

this site is definitely harder to crack than the other.
I joined this one around the sametime as the other one.
This one seems real clicky,
the original poster reached out to me when i went to cutty for the first time with some guys on this site.
Luds was awesome, gave me tons of info on what to bring and what not to bring.
Ask Gilly(my cousin) i was freaking out a few days before the trip, thinking all the guys i was going over there with were gonna think i was a moron,
Gilly assured me to be myself and all would go well.
Nightfighter(Ross) made me feel very welcomed once i got on the ferry, and the Bombas, Ben, Zeno, Eddie, Tburg, dad fisherman were great.
As a matter of fact all the guys on that trip were super, couldn't of been nicer.
Definitely would do it again in a second.
I was/am like Redlite was, i'm timid to post on here, don't want anyone thinking i'm a retard, so i don't post much on here.
i'll check in from time to time, but that's it.
i will say without question, that every single event i've gone too from here has been top notch.
It's tuff to gauge a post on here, it's better in person, face to face.
I don't blame people not responding to certain questions.
It's the internet after all.

I've met a lot of guys on here that i consider friends, some of them really good freinds.
I have yet to meet anyone from here that hasn't been super. And i highly doubt i ever will.

[BigFish]

Go away George! We have enough fishermen here!

[good2hook]

HI Larry
best egg in da bunch

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Hehe. No aggravation. From you anyway .

This brings up some valid points. This site is about you all. The more WE as a group put in the more WE as a group can take out.

What do WE do to make it better?

Maybe people like bloocrab, instead of calling someone a "@$#%$" for discussing the benefits of releasing breeders, could instead explain why removing some number of breeders won't hurt stocks. In other words, instead of immediately insulting those with whom you disagree, how about telling us why you think they're wrong?

Just my $0.02. I love this site...

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Maybe people like bloocrab, instead of calling someone a "@$#%$" for discussing the benefits of releasing breeders, ..........

Jim, ....I don't interpret ,,, "Looks good......for a dead fish" as "discussing the benefits of releasing breeders".....in my opinion, that was a "strange" remark, which obviously provoked me to reply with my own "strange" remark...however, IMO.. it should not have been posted on that thread. As stated before, he/she should have started their own thread on "discussing the benefits of releasing breeders", instead of negatively adding to an obvious accomplishment to some, perhaps not all though.

In my opinion, the TRUE conservative,,, shouldn't fish at ALL. There is No guarantee that a released fish will survive, no matter how careful you are. Sure, in the middle of the night you held it by the tail, pushing and pulling it back and forth, forcing the water through it's gills, it kicked...you released it and it swam away. You grab your rod and start casting again. This tired 27 pound fish, surfaces again, a little down from where you released it, it's dark, you don't see it...it rolls to it's side in exhaustion, fighting exhaustion along with an oversized swim bladder, it can't manage to roll back over...what happens after that? = Dead Fish/Breeder

Again, IMO...these overly conservative 'members' who quickly hop on people that do keep their legal limit,....play the side of the fence that suits them during that moment. For those that never keep fish and preach about the health of the stock....DON'T GAMBLE ON YOUR ABILITY TO REVIVE. Simply hang up your rod and rest easy knowing that you will never kill a fish. I'm not a "Gamer", but I believe they have video games that will ful-fill their need to feel a tug on the end of their line....???

Jim, I have never kept a fish that I haven't eaten myself, or given to a less fortunate family. I truly enjoy eating fish, but even more, supplying fish to those who don't have the ability to fish...and that includes fish of all flavors. Do I always keep fish, NO....I only keep fish when I KNOW they have a belly to fill. I could see if people kept fish, weighed them in for a tourney, then tossed em' off the dock....now that would PISS me off., but when people keep fish within the law, and put the fish to good use......????...where's the harm in that? So what, cry conservation now?? ooooooooh, you're killing all my breeders???.....

I know I'm not liked on here, I don't really G-A-F though, we all have opinions, and yeah...opinions are like A$sholes.......and yeah, sometimes they stink more than others. After a while, you get used to the smell. Jim, when you catch a 60, can you take me fishing with you? PLEEEEASE!!!

[BassDawg]

aye could ALLways go back to

the old novel posting, rant rolling, outrageous PIRATEER

that i was <<<<<ova there!!! i mean if THAT'S waht we neeeed??


just joshin' ya, gents!!! this place is FINE~~~
it's just been a little brutal out there latley with tha heat and the lack
of sizeable landings. this TOO shall pass,,,,,,,,,still my favoritest of places to TalkStripers,
and it will always be. because of the surfnuttz that make us who, and what we ARE, the good and the bad included.

[BigFish]

I luv ya Bloo!!

[SurfCaster413]

I say we alll meet up and go fishing bar b que and drink once a month!

[Clogston29]

sucks is a strong word, but i see what you're saying.

there used to be alot of guys (#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, bassmaster, DZ, crafty angler, steve, to name a few) with tons of experience who were willing to take the time to answer questions in detail based on years of experience. When you got answers and opions from those guys, you knew you were getting something worth thinking about. It was great for guys like Luds and I who came along knowing nothing at a time when there was a ton of great information on here. I know that for me, #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& and bassmaster, via this website, were as influential and helpful to me as anything. And I actually enjoyed coming here to read their opinions and I liked that fact that they were a bit crazy and entertaining - despite the fact that I'm just a clown .

i think the issue is that there are fewer of those guys around now, and more guys with alot less experience and know how. They mean well, but when you ask a question and get alot of answers from people who really don't have the experience to be answering the question (I know I've been guilty of this) it muddies the waters and starts to make it so that its not even worth asking.

unfortunately, you can't really go backwards. a site like this probably works better with fewer, more passionate members. as the number of members grows, it kind of gets watered down.

as far as having to be an insider and all that, i really don't see it. i think that most well thought out and presented questions get answered, regardless of who posts them. clicky maybe - but that's life. to expect to just sign up for a website and have people want to meet up with you to fish, chat, hangout, sodomize or whatever is asking alot in my opinion. if you hang out for a while and attend some events, maybe you'll find some people you become friends with.

i still like the site and will continue to visit and try to contribute when I can. it certainly beats the alternatives.

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Clogston29

to expect to just sign up for a website and have people want to meet up with you to fish, chat, hangout, sodomize or whatever is asking alot in my opinion.

Are you saying if I am supposed to meet up with a Guy, with a nickname like The Shocker, InTheHole, or Stiff Tip......on a lonely stretch of beach at 2AM I should be worried.

If I drop my pliers I should kick them all the way back to the truck...

[InTheHole]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Are you saying if I am supposed to meet up with a Guy, with a nickname like The Shocker, InTheHole, or Stiff Tip......on a lonely stretch of beach at 2AM I should be worried.

If I drop my pliers I should kick them all the way back to the truck...

That depends, how much are the pliers worth?

[JoeBass]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Are you saying if I am supposed to meet up with a Guy, with a nickname like The Shocker, InTheHole, or Stiff Tip......on a lonely stretch of beach at 2AM I should be worried.

If I drop my pliers I should kick them all the way back to the truck...

Holy crap that's funny.

[piemma]

Sorry I haven't been here to stir things up. Went back to work and have been real busy with travel to the "left Coast" and meetings. I' ll try to be more diligent in pissing everyone off.

Years ago Sea Dangles and I use to fight all the time. Now that Chris and I are friends we don't fight so much
And finally #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& isn't coming back. He's very happy on the "other" site and since he is a commercial fisherman supporting his family, he doesn't have time for the trivial nonsense we participate in here. I talk to Bill all the time and he is doing fine.

OK, carry on.

[Raven]

he's a light weight ........with the manners of a goat

[chrisjoe13]

This site does not suck.
Goats eat poison ivy.
Here's a picture of my grandma and her sisters in the late 30's (for striperman). She's third from the right.