03-13-2019, 02:08 PM
Thanks for your kind comments. Almost all of our first members came from the site you are talking about. The first moderator on the BFT Utah board, Predator, he came from there as well, I believe but saw the disaster that was going on there and started looking for another forum to go to, he found this one and it was new at the time. He recruited many of us from the forum, kentofnsl and I were the first two to join, that was back in Feb of 2002. Predator started making some rules to fix some of the issues he saw on that other forum that members hated, just as you have mentioned. They have been expanded on since then, including the rule we call "Hot Spotting", where members are not allowed to ask other members where they caught fish, unless the OP post the location. This rule was put in place at the request of members, that were being harassed by other members to tell where they were fishing. BFT isn't perfect but we try our best to meet the needs of our members, do all members always get their way, no but we try to balance the needs of our members with the overall goals that will make the site a success. This site has always had ups and downs that are seasonal, they usually occur between the end of ice fishing and the beginning of open water season, like right now. The second period of slow down occurs in the Fall, at the end of our open water season and before ice is safe to fish. Hunting season occurs about this time and since a lot of our members hunt as well, that Fall slow down usually starts about that time. I hope over time that more members will agree with you and will come back from FB but only time will tell on that.
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