CDC is one of the best forums I've ever posted on with many great members that encourage and consider new ideas, almost as if we were fishing in the same boat. But two things that affect how many post on CDC: bass tournaments and seasonal changes.
My club use to have meetings that were more than just about tournaments and in fact there was more arguing about tx rules than anything else at the last meeting I went to. I won't go to any more meetings because the theme is competition, not how one catches fish, lures and presentations used and other fishing related information which is kept secret. I can't blame them, it's just not for me/ been there done that. Panfish are not fished for - bass only - so I don't expect to see bass angler posts on CDC.

Seasonally, winter's coming and sooner than anyone thought in the northeast. It's been in the upper 20's at night for the least week and daytime winds and wind chills have kept me from fishing. Fishing stirs the imagination and presents new discoveries to share. Barring that, what's to write about when other non-fishing related activities take precedence?

Of course when cabin fever sets in, more anglers post in winter and early spring so there's no reason to give up hope for future CDC activity.
I encourage parents who take their kids fishing to have them visit this and other fishing sites. Most don't, which is sad because the more ideas one is exposed to the higher the chances of improving one's catch. But then again, many anglers are set in their ways and do just fine without changing a thing -IOWs the majority of anglers that get nothing from CDC or any fishing forum.

As for myself, experimentation and discovering what is false vs true is 95% of the reason I fish. Falsehoods and misinformation abound in ads to sell fishing-related products and on many forums that don't encourage unconventional thinking. I have been banned from two such forums which I find strange in that I posted more than anyone and was never disrespectful - at least to my knowledge. (If anyone has taken offense at some of my ideas that counter what some have posted, I apologize.) But the proof is in the catching and when things are proven on many outing over many years, truth cannot be denied.

Keep up the good work moderators. Moderation can make or break a forum when done improperly.