I’d like to take a moment to apologize to everyone on this board. I have recently been told by others that I’ve changed for the worse and have become somewhat of an ass and a troublemaker. After thinking about these statements, I am inclined to agree. Lately I haven’t been myself. I have let a certain few people on this board get under my skin.
Why have I let a certain few people annoy me to the point of lashing out at them? I don’t know. Maybe because this board has been a big part of my life for the last four years and now it is evolving into something other than what originally drew me to it.
I found the site while cruising for crappie info one day, and wow! This sight was loaded down with fishing reports. I quickly joined, introduced myself and started asking questions. I learned a LOT from the people on this board. Heck, all I knew to do 5 years ago was to drag some minners around the rock square at Sardis. Thank you to all that have taken the time to help me grow my knowledge of fishing for crappie. As a byproduct from the help I was given, I made some really good friends in the process. These people are the other side of why I would spend every spare minute browsing this website. It was fun.
Recently, in my opinion, the sight has taken a turn away from what originally attracted me to it. It seems that everyone has taken on a “the internet is killing our lakes” mentality, so fishing reports have become all but extinct. Since fishing is rarely talked about anymore, what is left to attract myself and others back to this sight every day? For me, this has been the humor. But again, recently the humor has been filtered and so diluted that very little content that could possibly earn a chuckle is even permitted to remain on the board. This appears to be attributed to by certain people with thin skin that can’t seem to take joke, and also by are moderators which at times seem to have a hair trigger on the delete button. Not pointing fingers at our mods, they have a tough job and I don’t know how they can put up with it at times.
For the reasons stated above and for my busy schedule in life, I’ve decided to take a break from the board. I feel that I can make better use of my time by refocusing on work, school and family, rather than reading a bunch of meaningless bickering which seems to make my blood boil.
Sorry again. I hope that this board can turn around and I wish you all the best.
ES
