Thread: For what it's worth

First off there has never been a fishing report that didn't get approved but only fishing reports can be posted on that forum. Not everyone will agree to the new forum but for the ones that want to share fishing reports with other members it is working just like it should. I don't see why you would complain about it anyway since you don't post on it. Just my .02

Nothing I have read in the moderated forum can't be found elsewhere on the net. I read a fishing report in the moderated forum recently and looked at another site and seen a report that was almost word for word. In this day of modern of the Internet. , cell phone information is a accessible at the click of button. C.c no matter what we think is a business, and in trueth the moderated forum is a business decision to get new members. The more members the site gets the more the more money comes into the owner from advertisers. Nothing at wrong with that. But I beleive in the long term it's going to hurt, people don't have to jump through hoops to get information or read a fishing report.

[QUOTE=mds1;2345102] The moderated board doesn't allow new people to participate. You must establish yourself on the public board first with a number of posts and a number of days as a member, once you have satisfied the requirements your post is scrutinized to determine if it is worthy of posting before it is posted to the forum. If the intent is to have an exclusive club that trades information that you would like to keep from the general public then you have succeeded. By forming this protected forum you have automatically excluded people that:

1) don't or can't fish enough to satisfy the entry requirements
2) people with handicaps that limits or prohibits there participation
3) new people that don't have the time or posts on the public board
4) most people who don't have boats and aren't able or willing to satisfy the entry requirements
QUOTE]the moderated forum doesn't stop anyone who wants to participate , but it does stop the lurker who get on Crappie.com just to see where people are catching fish , if they have not become a member and have the requirements met they can't see the reports. to me this good !!! my

big 10-4 strmwalker. You hit it dead on the nail.

I can tell you for a fact that there are plenty of folks that come to this site for fishing info and give nothing back because that is exactly what i used to do! My fishing buddy Stanley still does it (he has not joined CDC, and is always asking me if I have read any good posts on the Moderated Forum). Trying to get him to join up, maybe he will read this post! If you don't agree with the hidden forum, you can always still post reports on the open forum. The only reason I posted the 5/22 Secession report on the open forum is so Stanley could view it and get some idea of what type of posts normally show up in the moderated forum. I see now there have been some 500 or so views on that report. Wow. What % of those folks shared any info back? Very few. Me personally I like the Moderated Forum concept. Those that are willing to share info help each other out. I have gleaned a lot of good crappie info from the posts of those like GABowman, Stumphunter, FOM, etc. The world is full of so many takers these days, nice to see a few folks willing to give something back. I think the Moderated Forum is working as designed and is a good thing.

Take Take and never give,,,thats what my definition of a lurker is. Thats why the few folks that striper fish lake wateree here quit posting wateree reports,,,. I remember Mr.Cromer posting a picture of a guy,"ambush",,said he ALLWAYS READ REPORTS,,NEVER POSTED OR JOINED.a report hasnt got to be just crappie fishing . Ive posted pictures of all kind of stuff

i think its working just fine i think it has incest the # of new members hear on the s.c. board witch is a good thing more info to shear besides not all post go to the moderated forum i just posted a report on hartwell sat keep it up its all good

I TOTALLY agree with Fisholishous. If it wasnt for the Moderated forum then I wouldnt be posting ANY fishing reports. I dont know about you other guys but I got tired of folks waiting for me at ramps and following me to my fishing spots. And it wasnt the members I talk with cause that wouldnta bothered me. It was all the dang lurkers wanting all the info and wasnt giving out any. Some of you guys might not like the moderated forum but if anyone wants to read my posts on my fishing reports that's where they will be.

For the record, I've changed my way of thinking about hunting and fishing. I dont mind sharing ANY info with like minded people that are willing to share information back. But that being said...it seems like it wasnt all that long ago that I didnt see the need to share ANY info with ANYBODY. I've hunted and fished all my life and back in the day all I ever shared anything with were just my closest of friends with whom I hunted or fished with, which was only a very few. Lots of folks used to ask me where I caught fish at and I never seen the need to tell them anything. Matter of fact...I probably told a whole lotta lies to folks that were asking. Back then I figured if people wanted to catch fish like I did then they coulda did their homework the same way I had to. I worked hard for EVERYTHING I've accomplished....and yes, that also includes hunting and fishing.