personally i think this fishing forum is a great courtesy of bob balls website.it says on the policy aggreement to feel free to talk about whatever within reason.this site has helped me find things a lot quicker than searching.we can all look at the usgs for water levels but the clarity of a certain river is not available without somebody looking at the rivers.for those who have to drive a long ways we can save them time and money by sharing this info.there is nothing worse than driving 3 hours to find a mud hole.as far as hitting a run of fish on the head the only way to find out is by being there fishing.we all heard the story you should have been here yesterday.its true.lots of things i've seen on this board i have'nt agreed with but i don't post a negative response because i believe in the PUT UP OR SHUT UP theory.everybody that uses this bb has 1 thing in common we love to fish.we should all use this bb as a positive source of info to help us find fishing equipment and other helpful information that might save us time and money because fishing is'nt cheap.eric w has some very good point on his message.i have took lots of people fishing and had some less than productive days fish wise but they loved the trip because of all the other things that go with fishing.so if we don't have nothing good to say lets not say anything.good luck scott

[This message has been edited by scotty98541 (edited 12-06-2000).]