Somebody has to start a thread, might as well be me

Anyone who thinks this site is 'sad' or dying out you should post something topical. Others can respond if they aren't inclined to open a topic. Be open minded about what others write.

The fishing forums have had their day. They are dead. People have moved on to the social media fishing pages.

TBH, the facebook and insta have also died when they get to big.

I stopped posting all the DFO stuff, people either shoot the messenger or don't believe it or just get mad

I think the main thing on here tho is that new membership is blocked or locked behind rods approval. 

The fishing forums have had their day. They are dead. People have moved on to the social media fishing pages.

Yup. Same thing happened to Craigslist. Now just boomers and older post there lol.

The fishing forums have had their day. They are dead. People have moved on to the social media fishing pages.

I've found that most people on here (and in Canada in general) seem to be gatekeepers when it comes to specific knowledge/spots/etc.

That scares/pisses off all the new ones. All that's left are mostly the old guys who don't need tips - hence the low activity and degeneration into politics.

I mean I understand why. In steelhead season nobody says a word as they keep their secrets to themselves, understandably so. Nobody wants to post about their reports because a week later there will be tons of people at that lake/river or whatever. There is too many information freeloaders, and almost every topic has been debated to death. There is not really much new stuff going on. Fishing seasons repeat yearly in a similar fashion. Sometimes an event like the Chilcotin slide will happen which is worth discussing. Other than events like that. Any other discussions end up debating politics and nothing ever gets done there. Or some new user will pose a question already answered in a past thread but are too lazy to search through. That's my view.

A while ago someone had posted how dead this site is now which is too bad as it used be very busy with lots of info. Now its almost dead, seems like most of the posters have moved on except for the one "know it all". I know I haven't participated much the past few years but age and time have caught up to me and there isn't much time left so time to get the fly rod out and have one shot at the approaching pink season up here on the Sunshine Coast.

My groups favourite video is the steelhead video with Chris and Nick you posted a few years ago. Just pure raw steelheading with some vets sharing a lot of tips and information if you are observant. We would love to see more videos in that format!!

That one was a fun one to do, glad you enjoyed it.