Going forward in 2017 at OSF - 1

[MuskieBait]

I really don't get this perception that the majority of post are roughfish esque. We report the action as it is. It is what it is. For example...

ZippyFX went out looking for Pike and Muskie...but caught a gar instead. A picture of a fish is better than none, right? Or should we do what mainstream forums do...didn't catch a pike or muskie, caught a gar. Gar is not worthy of discussion or photo so we won't take a photo, will not discuss it and pretend that fishing sucked?

http://ontarioshorefishing.com/forum/Thr...Goo-Ga-Gar

Here's another one from me and FossilFish. We went out to catch Brown Trout and Brook Trout (and I even did it on the fly), and caught some Sculpin and Sucker as well. Should we make it "mainstream" to applease the crowds and omit the other species we caught? Or perhaps we should just write it as it is, based on what was significant to us, and keep it as true and real as it is?

http://ontarioshorefishing.com/forum/Thr...an-species

And OT is known to just go down to the river to catch anything and everything that wanted to bite. If on this day Smallmouth Bass were not cooperative (as we know he often fish spinners for them), but he caught a Common Carp and a RARE Bowfin, should he had held back that report in fear of making it roughfish esque? Because god-forbid Bowfin is not worthy.

http://ontarioshorefishing.com/forum/Thr...une-6-2016

Here's one from FossilFish and I. We went out specifically to find a Muskie for FossilFish. Water was too low and too warm and Muskies didn't want to bite. So we salvage the trip with some micros. Sure, we caught a few small Smallmouth Bass...but they are "too small to deem worth of pictures". Should we post small bass to make it mainstream appealing? Or are people not taking us seriously because our bass are smaller than the Muskie lures we were using? Maybe we just won't even post a report (which is what actually happened when FossilFish and I did a repeat trip in the fall, and I lost a nice fish that jumped out of the net...and FossilFish lost a fish at boatside, but that was it...so NO REPORT! Hey, look...that's how the forum gets zero participation, right?)

http://ontarioshorefishing.com/forum/Thr...the-master

Here's another one. Tweedwolfscream went out for Brook Trout, caught an unknown sculpin that needed ID. Is it wrong to post it or does it make this roughfish esque?

http://ontarioshorefishing.com/forum/Thr...er-sculpin

Again...out for whatever bites...a Walleye and Silver Redhorse combo. Maybe ZippyFX shouldn't post his Redhorse?

http://ontarioshorefishing.com/forum/Thr...ul-morning

Just can't please ANYONE...

What's that saying...everyone has an anus...and they all stink?

I don't think any of us intentionally make it roughfish esque. Our intention is to make this forum as welcoming as possible. Everything is cool to report, everything is cool to discuss. And we do fish for EVERYTHING, from Muskies to Darters. You can do it all in one single day, and that's just cool. You can just fish for Bass and that's cool too. But we will try to encourage that if there's a Bowfin cruising by while you're Bass fishing, maybe toss a bait at it to spice up the day. Or maybe you'll just go out for Bowfin, see a Bass cruise by, toss a bait at it to spice up the day. There's no restriction. That's the beauty of fishing!

Maybe the change is to set a rule that only 1 roughfish post a month is allowed...and we'll plug the forum with discussion on how to use crankbaits for Bass, Pike and Walleye...