My statement wasn’t necessarily meant to be negative. It was just an observation. I guess call me guilty of stating the obvious.

There have been some heated exchanges, but it was to be expected.

The length of the thread proves people are passionate about the subject, whether you like their views or way of communicating.

I felt keeping this to one thread made it easy to both participate in, and ignore – whichever you decide is your choice.

I’ve prided myself on providing a fishing site for everyone (beginner, advanced angler, Republican, Democrat, Independent, etc. whatever), but I’m also proud of differentiating CTF from other sites. If people have proven they’re here mainly to talk fishing, I pretty much give them free reign to express themselves on anything they like (within reason.) With the exception of just a few people in this thread (i.e. Baitrunner), I think the majority of the people have contributed plenty of hardcore fishing information so I have no problem with this thread. Call me a right-winger, but never call me a censor.