Who wants to take the Reins?

troutspinner

Nuts & Bolts Guy
I am looking at moving on from hosting and maintaining this site. While my thought has always been that this site is easy and cheap enough to maintain, time has taken it’s toll as increased hosting and software subscriptions to my business have doubled.

While costs are not the end of the world, getting gouged by hosting and software subscriptions in every part of my life is taking it’s toll mentally and letting this go would at least give me some sense of victory. I am sure you can all understand, prices the last few years have everyone feeling like a victim who is suppose to have bottomless pockets.

HOWEVER! You know I always have a however. ;). I feel honored that A-5 asked me to put this site together to keep the good folks who were previously connected on other sites remain connected. This is where I would like to pass the reins to a willing person who would like to keep us all still connected.

I know not everyone uses Facebook. I get it, I hate it myself with exception to some fishing groups there. There are Google groups or if someone knows of a forum software or is perhaps experienced to throw together a site like this. Any ideas? There are other sites I am sure many of us frequent, like HuntingPa or even Bass Resource? I am just throwing out ideas.

Anyone?
 

A-5

Moderator
We already have FB and I would encourage everyone who hasn’t join the page. I would post just like I do here honestly. I get TS point. For me. 8 kids and my housing situation since my mom passed has me working around the clock. Love the site however. But I don’t have the knowledge or the funds to take the reins. Having said that. We can still stay as a group online
 

Don

Well-known member
TS, I really appreciate what you've done to keep this group together. I know it's been a handful. You are the Man!
Sad though, I could see this coming, Those of us that are left are unique. I've seen some real loser sites. While I like, and use BassResource I feel lost there a lot. I joined a couple local sites for Bass and Panfish and was not able to find members that inspired me. I've learned so much from all of you and am grateful. I don't have the patience nor the experience to run and fine tune another platform. I like Facebook enough to use it regularly but at least one of you has mentioned not wanting to use Facebook for various reasons. Lastly I'm in the middle of turning a new leaf for 2025. It's likely that I will hardly fish at all next year as I prepare for some extensive traveling. I have some real estate to ready for sale and it will be a large undertaking. Then, as it looks, we finally get our boat, Hopefully we will spend free time doing short shakedown trips on the IWC plus the Erie and Champlain Canals. Fishing and Posting will suffer. PABassman will miss me more than usual. Melvin will tunnel deeper into his porch without my daily posts and fervent guidance.
So...Facebook is something that will work for me.
 

pabassman

Well-known member
I'm on the FB page. Looks like only a few of us are. This is the only localized PA site as far as I know. It will be sad to see it go. FB is ok by me I hope more people current members from this site join the page. A lot of folks complain about FB but if you use it for your intents and interests its fine.
 

Solitario Lupo

Moderator
Hate to see it go but if it must than thanks for extending it this long for us to enjoy it. I will post some other sites for us but not as good as this one and not really just our state but might be a place to keep us together.

Thanks TS
 
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Gremcat

Well-known member
This one is a great site if you do one thing. Stay far far far away from the main subforum Hunters campfire and Optics forum. There’s nonsense there that’ll offend you for years I promise. I’ve been on there a very long time now iirc. Not my first forum but an early one. It gets pretty caustic. The silent majority there are great folks. A few personalities are funny. Most have multiple accts which gets lame quick.
 
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Gremcat

Well-known member
Not sure I will recognize most on the FB side. Like a classic novel I have a picture of all the characters formed already 😂
 
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