Glenn

Here's my view

This is where it happens (bass on the wall are fiberglass replicas of bass caught at the Lake Fork road trip)

Apologies for the unscheduled stop/starts (outside of the usual midnight maintenance). I'm working on the slowness issue with the tech guys, which requires the server to be rebooted from time-to-time. Hope to have everything fixed today, but please bear with me in the interim.

I'll field this question, since I own the site. I've thought about a magazine, but publishing costs are too high to make it worthwhile - especially since everything can be found here for free. I'm an Internet guy, not a print guy. I DO know that attempting to apply print tactics to the Web is a huge mistake, and vice-versa. So "going print" wouldn't play to my area of expertise. That said, I DO have an extensive background in broadcast and non-broadcast professional video production, so a TV show is something I'd like to tackle someday. Thanks for asking!

This is news? I thought this was announced a few months ago. At least that's when I learned about it. I can't remember how I found out now, but thought it was public knowledge.

Who's going and when?

Halo1 and Halo3. Wasn't impressed as much with Halo2. Gears of War is fun, but it's not on the same level as Halo. And for the PC: Tank Plantoon II (old timer, ya, I know)

Well guys, this thread went over the "no politics" boundary a page or two ago. Should've ended it there, so I will now.

I guess that means Muddy isn't a horse person. Have you seen his wife? GAWD!! ;D

As the years go by and the more and more I fish through winter and into spring, I'm more and more convinced the whole spawning thing has everything to do with the days getting longer more than anything else. Rising temperature, it seems, is simply something that happens along the way, but is not related, other than it increases their metabolism. I have no facts to back this up. Only my observations on the water. And yes, I've seen bass spawn in 54 - 75 degree water. I just think they're genetically programmed to spawn during a particular time of the year, based off of length of day. Some are early, some are late. Nature's way of preserving the species.

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/smallmouth_record.html

I think that speaks volumes, as the mods do a TON of work. The fact that is appears seamless is a testimony to how well they do it.

WRB - what did you consider "prespawn" back in the 70's? Where/how/when were you fishing? What is your background and why is splitting hairs over this so very important to you? Please post links to pictures of you fishing in the 70s, as well as links to your fisheries biology credentials. Also post links to your published studies on bass spawning behavoir.

Let's see, "How did I find out about this site?" Hmmm...... let me think.... OH! That's right! When I THOUGHT about it! LOL!! Thanks for the kind words, guys. I truly appreciate it. The mods, Ghoti, and I work hard on this site every day. But we wouldn't do it if we didn't enjoy it. Hearing your comments and kudos really makes it all worth while! If you're interested, here's how it all began

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The PrntScrn, cntl+ PrntScrn, and alt + PrntScrn all do different things. You then paste it into a Word doc, browswer.. whatever. Problem is, it's a bitmap - low resolution. I like to use SnagIt for higher quality screenshots. Yes, admins/mods can be in stealth mode - appear offline when they're really here. I don't use it, but some of the mods do. So, you never know when you're being watched. :

Just to clarify - I caught that big bass when I wasn't with the guide (just watch the video for proof).

I'm fully locked and loaded for video editing. We can download everything onto my computer while we're there.

Including me! ;D

No offense taken. I thought it was funny! "Going girl on me"? LOL!! ;D

Speedbead's got it right. We do this now to ACCURACTLY reflect the actual human visitors to the site. Other sites don't do this, and instead include search engine visits in their counts. I've seen Yahoo have upwards of 200 bots at one time on this site. Include the other engines, and that's alot. So some other fishing site might say they have 250 users on the site, when the reality is, only 10-15 of them are humans. We clearly break out how many human visitors vs. crawlers/bots/spiders etc. are on the site so there's nothing hidden from you. Collectively, they're the total users at one time.

Not at all. As I said before, and I'll say it again: the winner of the Seahawks/Packers game will go on to win the Superbowl.

What's your budget?

I had the pleasure of meeting Ronnie last year at Fork, and have spoke with him on the phone a few times since. He's every bit of what everyone here says he is, and more. I also have one of his custom rods, and boy what a GEM! Congrats to you Ronnie! My hat's off to you!

Just bought my plane tickets. Woo Hoo! Just a reminder if you're thinking about going - you only have a few weeks left to make your reservation at Guntersville state park. The deadline is quickly approaching - and we're filling up fast! Don't wait until it's too late!