I think Carl and Dogfish are correct. The lake fishing tends to decrease this time of year as people switch to salmon and soon, steelhead. I notice the same thing with the fishing reports slowing down from here till next spring. Although I will note that fishing reports are running about 20% ahead of last year's pace.
I also think that the fact people have to register does discourage some people from posting. Frankly, I don't worry about it too much. I'd rather have a core group of readers who will use the board properly than a bunch of posters who have rude manners and off the wall posts. Logging on to Bravenet and deleting posts was my least favorite activity as a web master. If you need a reminder what it was like, just wander over to NWFishing.com's forum.

BTW, caught 3 salmon today off West Pt. Nice AM bite!