how to fish at half the cost

[ray koziatek]

I know i sound like a broken record here ,with he price of gas maybe we can rethink a fishing buddy/partner list. i promise not to pull a buffy well not on the first trip anyway.i know some of us dont like to post numbers here heck ive been doing it for a few years and ant had no wild women try to attack me yet (but im still waiting).maybe a poll thingy would help it would be nice to have a forum with names,numbers,available days,ect. Ray K.

[Fishtails]

Good Idea Ray. I'd bet chad would have some good insight on how to set that up, and so far the numbers look pretty in favor of some sort of buddy list.

[woody 184]

I am in on the list.....That Penn Yan is a killer on gas......

[BlueEye]

Guys -

I'll be happy to look into this for you. Give me a bit of time and I will let you know what I come up with. I just have to be careful about how this is handled if you we talking about exchanging personal information. We might have to use the private messaging system built in and maybe combine that with a "buddy list" for easy access to memebers you are friends with. Something like that....

In the mean time, enjoy a couple new features I added...

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4.) LOU Game Room for Pro Members

5.) Snow flakes on the site for the holiday season. The snow storm at LOU stops the day after Christmas for those wondering.

Enjoy

[Guest ReelDiel]

Chad,

Maybe something along the lines of xbox live. You send a "friend request" to another user if they accept the "friend request" thats add each other to the friend/buddy list. At this point you have acesses to each others populated personal info. Maybe like have a few fields. addy, email, phone, cell phone. And if a guy only wants to put his cell number in the populated personal info then thats all he has to put for people to contact him. If someone else wants to put all there info thats fine then they might be a little more restrictive on who they accept "friend requests" from.

Mike D.

[cdelong]

Good Idea Ray. I'd bet chad would have some good insight on how to set that up, and so far the numbers look pretty in favor of some sort of buddy list.

Rod and I are already on to this concept

[jason]

go idea i always like to have a least 3 ppl on my boat. sometimes it just does not happen. so i look to see if others need a extra person. im more the willing to pitch in for gas.

[jimski2]

Charging your riders for the gas can lead to some USCG problems.You have to come up with a better way to share the costs for a trip on a boat.

[ray koziatek]

huh.,, no one mentioned charging for anything ,couple guys getting togeather to fish to save a buck .. ok ill buy the gas and you buy the beer eeent you loose on my boat.....................

[W.W.IV.]

How about this, each guest bring a five gallon can to the fishing party. I don't think the coast guard would mind. Oh don't forget to put gas in it. Happy fishing ho.ho.ho.

[spoonfed-1]

There is absolutlely nothing illegal about splitting fuel costs between friends for a fishing trip.

Glen

[mikejonestkd]

count me in....I am now 'boatless in Brockport' since my father moved away and took the boat to S.Carolina