Its A Shame

[Brandon Khoo]

We will be looking to get the site up and running again. Both Luke and myself have been otherwise occupied on other things for the last couple of years.

As Chris said, we have more information on GT fishing here than anywhere else on the internet

[Leo Sorbello]

Welcome back Brandon  . It would the best to have this site up and running again with peoples experiences again...with super tackle talk, fishing reports and sharing general fishos experiences/guidance from around the world areas.

[Tyson Pagura]

I'm with you Ksr, waited ages for admin to approve forum registration and was surprised how little activity overall activity was on the forum.

Ah well..  nonetheless there sure seems to be a gold mine of useful info on here 

[Jay Burgess]

I am guilty of neglecting this forum a lot in recent times, I first joined in May 2007 so have been a member for almost 10 years. There are a few reasons why I've been less active but my hunger for GTs is still the same.. although I don't get to fish a lot less these days I'm hoping to change that soon. I didn't realise it had gotten so quiet here during my absence...

[Brandon Khoo]

Hi Jay - thanks for your post. The reality is that the forum has fallen away for two primary reasons. The first is that Luke and I, to be honest, got tired and we neglected the site. The other has been the rise of Facebook. Many people prefer the broader range of offerings that they can get off Facebook and the abbreviated discussions so in comparison, a forum may feel one dimensional.

That said, forums like this give more opportunity for more detailed specialised discussion. Also, Facebook does not have the information retention that we have here. I mean, we have more information on GT popping than anywhere else on the internet.

Luke and I are keen to get the site up and running again. We know many will prefer the Facebook approach and that is fine. This forum was at its best when it was small and manageable as it as in the early days. We'd like to get back to that.

[Jay Burgess]

Hi Jay - thanks for your post. The reality is that the forum has fallen away for two primary reasons. The first is that Luke and I, to be honest, got tired and we neglected the site. The other has been the rise of Facebook. Many people prefer the broader range of offerings that they can get off Facebook and the abbreviated discussions so in comparison, a forum may feel one dimensional.

That said, forums like this give more opportunity for more detailed specialised discussion. Also, Facebook does not have the information retention that we have here. I mean, we have more information on GT popping than anywhere else on the internet.

Luke and I are keen to get the site up and running again. We know many will prefer the Facebook approach and that is fine. This forum was at its best when it was small and manageable as it as in the early days. We'd like to get back to that.

I'd love for it to get back to what it was in those days, an amazing community of like minded anglers. In my oppinion Facebook will never be able to be better at what this forum does. I'm a member of quite a few groups and I find it frustrating trying to keep up with the different discussions. Things very quickly become unfindable and unless I've commented and receive notifications when other people reply sometimes it's impossible to find posts from just a couple of days ago let alone years ago.