What I feel is an alarming trend

[kentuckykingfisher]

Boy mhall sure knows how to start a popular thread. And ruffle a few feathers in the process.

[mhall]

Boy mhall sure knows how to start a popular thread. And ruffle a few feathers in the process.

The ruffle feather part was not my real intention man so help me it wasn't....

[kentuckykingfisher]

The ruffle feather part was not my real intention man so help me it wasn't....

I understood the purpose of your post as I've seen many of them on here and the off topics board. I'm just poking a lil fun at you is all. Look forward to hearing about your st Claire trip!

[Fishin is life]

Im gonna be the first to say this. The way the replies are when you "reply with quote" are awful. In a long thread like this nobody wants to go back and read 7 pages to try to find the new post. All new replies should go to the end of the thread but still be able to see the quote theyre referencing. All other forums im on are that way and it makes keeping up with long threads much easier

[mhall]

I just click on page 7...why go back

[Fishin is life]

Have you not noticed that when somebody responds to somrthing somebody else said it goes back to their original post instead of going on page 7

[jcb]

Have you not noticed that when somebody responds to somrthing somebody else said it goes back to their original post instead of going on page 7

Near the top of the page, right above the first post on the page, look for "Display" and change from threaded mode to linear mode.

[Fishin is life]

Im always on my phone and dont see that option but that would fix it. Thanks jcb

[BlaineCreek]

i came across this site and post and figured i would offer the solution i found to this problem.
three years ago i came to the same level of frustration with tournaments. it was to the point i sold my small bass boat and decided i would try something i had never done before. i started looking for places to trout fish. while doing this i soon realized the rivers and creeks i was fishing had ample bass in them.

once i figured out the difference between lake and river fishing (technigues and patterns) i started catching a lot of bass. last year i caught more bass than most people will believe until i show them some of the pictures.

i would still like to lake fish some, but fishing back waters combines a lot of whta i enjoy about hunting into fishing. you get to get out deep in the woods and the only thing around are the animals. many times i have stopped fishing long enough to watch a nice group of deer drink/play in the water.

i will say, your odds of catching really large fish are less, however i have caught 2 five pound fish, 3 four pound fish and many, many 2 and 3s. these are not guesses, but weighed on a digital scale. i use much lighter tackle than i used to as well. catching four pound bass on 6 lb line and a light spinning reel is more fun that i ever had on heavier tackle.

switching over to stream fising has been awsome for me. it brought the relaxing part of fishin back, i catch more fish, the nature is even prettier, it is good exercise, it is much cheaper (minimal tackle, no boat), and it also opened me up to fishing for other fish from time to time (trout, muskie, catfish). i still bass fish 90 pct of the time, but i will stop for other fish some times.

so yes, i did give in and leaeve the lakes to the tournament mess, but i have been better off for it and i am now a much better angler as well.

once final note, i decided to sell the boat not because i was passive and didn't want a confrontation, but the opposite. the run-ins were excelating between me and the tournament guys. so i decided to pull the plug on it before it got out of hand. by the way it sounds, some of you are at this point as well.

[mhall]

Blainecreek...great first post and welcome to the site....Hey about those streams, creeks and back waters...Shhhhhhhhhhh be berry berry quiet.....