I am not sure when I joined this board, but it was a hell of a long time ago! When I joined, Bob posted often and actually gave some tips away in his posts. If you don't beleive me, then click on search and see for yourselves. I can count on 1 hand how many times Bob has posted in the last 6 months, maybe longer! Bob went through alot and alot of work getting this site up to par for us fishing junkies, and now this is how we treat it? There are too many members who think they are high [Bleeeeep!] on the todem pole, if I had it my way I would cut there todem pole down a few feet! I know of alot of members that don't even visit this site anymore, and if they do it's for a good laugh. You don't see names like Bob D, Dan S, and many other big names in the fishing industry posting all that much anymore. You guys are missing the ride, Bob D and Dan S, but know there stuff. These are guys that fish 300 or so days out of the year and do articles for magazines for people like Nick Amato and others. Too many people are coming onto this site looking for a free ride, well in life there isn't a free ride, there will always be a price for everything. Instead of logging on here and trying to get advice on hot spots or hot lures, go out and buy some gear and bait and go find some water and fish it. This is the best way to learn. The internet is a great resource, but nothing beats experience! Nothing! We used to have topics that actually had to do with fishing techniques and or different types of fishing, now it is just a bunch of crap! I am talking about 90% of the posts on here are crap, I appologize to the people that post the other 10% of the posts that are good. I am not trying to move my position up in the fishing industry nor am I trying to make friends, but I don't feel that I have contributed to any crap posts! Am I wrong? I for one am game for trying to eliminate all of this problem, not a good majority, or half, but all of it. I am not going to prance around this! Any suggestions from you older posters? I see most of the posts are from people with under 25 posts, where are the old timers with 100's of posts who started this board and made it what it used to be? This is a bitch post, 110%. I am tired of this crap, and alot of you will say if you don't like it don't read it, but its getting to be all that I have to read anymore, and damnit I was here first, so I am taking a stand and saying [Bleeeeep!]! Anyone else game for trying to get a better board and or helping Bob get back what he deserves? Or am I alone as I am on alot of my subjects like the Wynoochee subject?

Andy Matthews
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