State forums for members only.

[deathb4disco]

If ya don't wanna share your fishing report, don't post it on the net! If you don't want to share the particulars in your report, just ask folks to PM you for any info you would care to share.

I agree. The World Wide Web is not the place to be if secrecy is your goal. Also, I don't see how requiring membership really changes anything. If lurkers are only interested in reading fishing reports, they'll spend two minutes registering and then go back to reading fishing reports.

Might even set a minimum post count before viewing is allowed also ...

This is a good idea, but it's easy to get around. Let's say the "minimum post count" is twenty. After registering, all a lurker has to do is go to the "Newbie" forum and post "Welcome" twenty different times.

[Rees Guide]

I'm all for sharing info with other folks. I'm NOT in favor of sharing with folks that don't want to participate and share in return. Go for it, Ed.

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Post of the thread. Dare say that the MS board catches as many views through the day by non-members as it does members, some days way more non-members. Share and share alike only woks if both are sharing.

[hunter7711]

Do it.

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[skiptomylu]

I think that is a great idea and my reason is not personal, but have been told some refrain from posting just because of the peope that don't post and just lurking seem to pick up information from the guys posting and then when our guys go fishing they find a bunch of boats where they had talked about.

So at least the non-members can't lurk for guys fishing spots and ruin it for the guy that found it in the first place and keeping the state boards for members may help. Besides if someone was full access they should join as a member.

[Slab]

Wow, seems I hit a nerve. Great feedback. Keep it coming. I appreciate all your responses both ways, for or against.

[ageless]

If they arent willing to voluntarily join the site do we really want to force them by hiding info? I wouldnt think we would want/need folks like that

[lhumphre]

IN my opinion just becoming a member is too easy. I bet u get a rush of people just becoming members but still not posting anything. It is easy to become a member just so you can read boards. If you had the capabilities I would add an extra step. ie, one post a month required or account is suspended relating back to ip address, 0 posts after 6 months and account is suspended back to ip address. I know this is a concern of a lot of people, and A LOT of us just PM each other now. Not that we dont want to post public info, but often times it is funny to see the fishing pressure on certain lakes and even certain areas of a lake when bite gets hot and it is mentioned on c.com.

[RetiredRR]

I enjoy reading posts and viewing pictures of fishing reports from all over the United States of America. I fish Texas and Arkansas only, but if I visited one of the
other states, I would like to know which lake to go kayak fishing on...........rather than hunting and pecking for a good place to fish. Guess I could PM one
of the members and see if they would volunteer any info to a visitor from another state. I can understand the issues some fishermen have with gawkers, but
I guess it's one of the prices members pay when they share pics and info. I could say I was neutral, but......would I be? To be or not to be............confused.
That is my question. I'll observe and see how it comes out in the wash.

[Big H trucking]

Bet the main rush of new members is SPRING TIME. All they want is to know were they qre biteing. Bet we have 20-40 members right now with less then 20post and some being members for along while. Check in at spring time and thats it

[PIGINTHEPIGPEN]

Whatever, but I don't see the need for it. If ya don't wanna share your fishing report, don't post it on the net! If you don't want to share the particulars in your report, just ask folks to PM you for any info you would care to share. There's quite a few folks on crappie.com who like to help others and ask nothing in return.
I think it's pretty simple, if you don't want to share or help others, don't post. Lot's of folks just read the forums to enjoy other folks success, not to steal their fishing spots.

I'am with Shellback on this. If you really want to get the site to grow. This does not make much sense to me..When I first joined the site. I was all about sharing information. Not so much anymore. PM's are great. I don't post much anymore but, still enjoy reading the post of members that have been around since this site was created. It has really changed a lot and, I'm not always sure for the better.My hat it still off to you Ed Moes. You have created somthing special. I'm sure either way it's going to continue to be a great site.