The Grinch Stole a Post

[oldguy]

I was the original poster of the report that was moved, I mistakenly posted it on the public forum and when I realized what I had done I moved it to the premium board. Each of us as anglers like to share with others to varying degrees, I am typically very willing to report and share where, how and when I catch fish. The caveat to that is, when other anglers turn me on to a particular bite and ask me to not report it to a public forum I respect there wishes. The public forums have a lot of people who only want information with out also contributing to the forum which makes some people not as willing to share. The premium board has a pretty low bar to join and maintain membership in, hopefully jjanie the moderator of the premium board will post the rules for the premium board in a response in this string. I can tell you that most of the people posting on the premium board are also on the public forum as well and what gets talked about there eventually makes it out to the world on BFT and other social media sites and even television. I have made a lot of great friends through this board and have taken many people that I met on this site and other social media groups in my boat and shared my knowledge with them freely. My intent was not to keep a hot bite to myself. If anyone takes the time to send me a personal message I will respond and answer questions about any fishery I have knowledge of without holding any details back. Responses and traffic are what keep this site going and I want to encourage people to be as active as possible, I fear that one day I will go to log on and get a broken link message and it will be gone. I have a pretty substantial group of anglers who I interact with outside of this forum, but without it I would have likely not met them. I want anglers of every level to have the opportunity to make the same kind of connections I have. I hope that something good can come out of my mistake, it has at least started a conversation and possibly encourage more people to join the premium board that requires folks to minimally contribute. I am sorry for the confusion my actions caused, and please reach out with your questions, I love talking about fishing and helping others find success.

Well said Shawn