So, I am about to bite the BFS bug like so many. Can we create a sticky with the BFS in mind? For example, I am looking at a few different rods, don’t know which one I want, but if everything was in one place, we could maybe eliminate/reduce the number of “like” posts? Same for reels, line, etc. Tackle is already taken care of in another sub forum IMO. 

As you wish...

 

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/search/?&q=bfs&quick=1&search_and_or=and&search_in=titles&sortby=relevancy

 

Everything BFS on the forums, all in one place!

 

Pro tip: You can do this for ANY topic.  Try it out!

Thanks Glenn…it was the mustache, wasn’t it?

How about a BFS forum section all its own? 

Just like the "overwhelming" need for a cooking forum section all it's own?

 

Y'all can't even keep a cooking thread going, despite a claimed interest in wanting a separate forum.  How about trying to keep a BFS thread going?  I bet you'll try at first, but it will wane.

 

I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer, but after 3 decades of running this place, I've seen a thing or two.  I learned years ago making too many sub-forums destroys it.  You end up with a lot of dead forums with no activity. We already have too many. I'm going to remove the Fishing Resumes section this winter for this reason. 

 

Same thing with having dozens of stickies.  We already have too many of those.  They push all the active threads to the next page, which kills those discussions.  I'll be auditing those soon.

7 minutes ago, Glenn said:

Just like the "overwhelming" need for a cooking forum section all it's own?

 

Y'all can't even keep a cooking thread going, despite a claimed interest in wanting a separate forum.  How about trying to keep a BFS thread going?  I bet you'll try at first, but it will wane.

 

I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer, but after 3 decades of running this place, I've seen a thing or two.  I learned years ago making too many sub-forums destroys it.  You end up with a lot of dead forums with no activity. We already have too many. I'm going to remove the Fishing Resumes section this winter for this reason. 

 

Same thing with having dozens of stickies.  We already have too many of those.  They push all the active threads to the next page, which kills those discussions.  I'll be auditing those soon.

On another forum I frequent, there were lots of great stickies, but they were taking up to much real estate like you note.  They were put into a single thread titled “all the stickies” or something like that which was pinned.  Then the rest of the forum threads were normal.  Works pretty well.  

One of the other forums I visit also had stickies all over the place. That’s why I don’t frequent them as much. 

52 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

 They were put into a single thread titled “all the stickies” or something like that which was pinned.  Then the rest of the forum threads were normal.  Works pretty well.  

 

On 6/15/2025 at 7:58 PM, Glenn said:

As you wish...

 

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/search/?&q=bfs&quick=1&search_and_or=and&search_in=titles&sortby=relevancy

 

Everything BFS on the forums, all in one place!

 

Pro tip: You can do this for ANY topic.  Try it out!

 

I gotta say, this response made me laugh. And point taken.

 

I find the urge within myself to often ask a question that, upon second thought, I realize is probably easiest answered by quick saunter over to the search function.

 

Sure, I don't get the dopamine hits of all those little notification numbers in my inbox, but I get my question answered without starting a brand new thread cover a topic that's already been covered 1000 times. 😅