Different Pattern??

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  What most don't realize (or hell, they just don't care) is the reports section draws more interest and NEW members than all the other threads combined.....

  I can assure you, the folks that come on here to look, don't care what kind of prop, what your boat looks like, or heck, whether you found a 3 sided cover..... they come on here to look at the reports to see what's working and hopefully better themselves at fishing the lake..... is that not what everyone claims this site is about? ... to help & educate the ones who participate...... being a member for over a year, and your first post is saying you have been slaying the fish since fall and they moved, will you tell me where they went so I can keep slaying them is not participating and sharing info to help others........

and even though he doesn't get any useful info from the reports section.....I bet yam has read just about every report that has been posted since he has been here.

  If participation is not the key.... we may as well do a weekly article in the Roanoke Times for the masses........

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Jan 10, 2016 12:08:23 GMT -5 @bigun2 said:

Jan 10, 2016 11:19:57 GMT -5 Yam said:

Tell me something I don't know and I will listen.

Bigun, if you didn't tell it like you smell it, you wouldn't be Bigun to me.

 

   Yam, I have noticed over the years you always take the other side in hopes of making a new friend......  you don't have to sell the farm .... it's really not that hard to make friends......

Honestly I just take the other side to stir up everyone's thoughts. Frankly, I really don't have an opinion on much and I don't really want any friends. In fact, I don't really like people.

Will you be my friend?

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  ummm .....  TALKING is not LISTENING......  and I am you friend!!!!! 

and you stir up my thoughts WAY to much. 

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Jan 10, 2016 11:19:57 GMT -5 Yam said:

Jan 10, 2016 11:00:49 GMT -5 striperjohn said:

I think I understand why some of you guys are so upset over some of our concerns with your not reporting. I refer you to my Thread under Rules etc "Message to Lurkers". Since I started that 7 new people have posted reports, thus goal attained IMHO.
    Now, yes some on here have made reporting into book length and major movie productions (Yam, Mward to name a couple) and yes they are entertaining. But you don't need pictures or glossy write-ups to make a report. I don't have time for multiple pictures or movies when I'm fishing so you get a verbal report and if you don't believe it that's fine with me. Mward helps run this site and his reports IMHO draw people to it and that's a good thing. But it's not a competition of reports it's a sharing of information.
  If you report date and times fished, AT, WT, fish caught, (if you want to add size that's up to you) methods used I don't care about locations as I'm going to give you uplake (meaning above the bridge) or downlake. I might throw in a creek but there are only a few creeks up lake and it's not hard to figure that out.
But any report is better then none, that lets those of us that do report feel that you are sharing. Some guys don't fish in the fall and winter, e.g. I was hobbled with a broken foot this fall and never fish winter, so reports for many occur when they fish and when they can. Heck many guys including myself report skunks it happens a lot more then people like to admit.
    By the way Pullingdrag you were quick to come to Justin's rescue but when was the last time you made a report? That can be easily checked you know.
    Justin, you stated "slayed them" and yes that connotates you caught a bunch. At least in my feeble mind, I'm sure that others can envision that meant catching a few.  How? I have no idea. But you could have made a simple report like "I did good and this is how, with no location whatsoever. You obviously come on the site to GET information how about GIVING some back. It takes about 5 minutes to post a report without pictures.
    I believe this site is as good as it is because of the sharing of information. Guys that have been on the old sites and witnessed how a few guys ruined it will fight to keep that from happening here. Put myself and others into that category edited.

  
  
  

  Personally, I don't get much from the reports section myself. I see it more as entertainment. Thus, I don't care who reports and don't pay too much attention to the info I read.

   I don't see new members or folks that rarely fish as potential value adds and don't mind if they feel somewhat intimidated to share their knowledge that most likely isn't anything we don't already know. Tell me something I don't know and I will listen. Tell me something I already know and I just don't care.

Bigun, if you didn't tell it like you smell it, you wouldn't be Bigun to me.

    Sorry yam, one more thought provoking jab at you.....

   I have no doubt you are a very smart, energetic, problem solving manic.... In my feeble mind, this place is a package deal. Participation (besides pepperoni) is the key to making it all work. You say you get nothing out of the reports section... where would you be without participating?... without all of the behind the scenes info (from participating) you have received?  All of the new folks depend on the report section.... mostly, that is all the info they receive.....you can't just think of yourself,.... how would lund be able to do his business sitting on the throne, without taking his laptop and reading the reports???

  As long as I have fished the lake and as dense as I am.... I take something from every report..... well, except mwards... usually I stop reading them after 15 minutes ..... before I can get to the end to garner much.

  I apologize if I offended you.... oh, and all the times I offend you in the future.

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I am truly sorry if I started any waves between good friends on here. The original post just struck a cord. Not sure why..

Everybody on here, especially the main characters, have done so much for the fishing community at SML and beyond.

I wouldn't be able to enjoy the lake if it wasn't for y'alls help, support, guidance and reports.

I promise to do my best to keep up any fishing reports, good or bad, to help out the striper community at SML.

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  uh-oh.... tblspoon, you haven't created any waves..... I appreciate you being a member an offering your opinion..... please continue to do so....there are many different opinions to many different topics on here... in the end we are all just striper fishermen....

 honestly, my last post was just messing with yam.... heck, I even threw in a jab at mward and lund for good measure....

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Where would I be without participating in the report section?

Well... I would have about an extra 100k, I would definitely be fat, my wife would still complain about me being addicted to something, I wouldn't be creating very weird late night videos, and I still wouldn't know who you really are.