Well? Where Is All The RISSA Show Chatter? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Slipknot · 04-03-2006, 08:17 AM

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What's this plug war crap in the projo outdoor column? WTF is up with this drivel.

Blaming it on the internet isn't the entire story. Sure the internet helps it expand and can accelerate it but my feelings are that back in the old days when builders shared like we do in the plug forum, they did it because there were not many wooden salt water plugs out there. And they got along and helped the sport by providing quality plugs as an alternative to fishing bait. So the 3 or 4 guys doing it got along famously.
Go forward in time in this fast paced world we live in today and there's pressure to make a living so when money gets involved and competition causes animosity between some because of lying or whatever, then things get out of hand. Word travels quickly in the fishing community and rumors start up and accusations spread. Secondhand info gets pasted on the forums and it makes everyone look bad. If ya keep ya nose clean and have integrity then ya don't have to worry about all the backstabbing and two faced crap that goes on. It sounds like baby chit to me, that's why I will not go into the plug business. Someone once asked me if that kind of crap happens in my business and I really didn't know or think about it, but I guess it can happen. I just try to make a living, if another place cuts my price and gets a job then so be it, I am not a great salesman, I let the quality of my work speak for itself but these days you need more than that because most people just see dollar signs, not many are concerned with quality or know enough to care.
I wonder if the guy who wrote that article really thought that blurb in the paper would help sell newspapers

I wonder why he thought it was neccesary to include it. I guess he reads the forums too.
So let's not start debating the plug wars here at S-B, we'll leave that to the other sites

NIB, that's not what you told me. You said you COULD read others' minds on the internet.

NIB · 04-03-2006, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Slipknot

NIB, that's not what you told me. You said you COULD read others' minds on the internet.

Some nuts are tougher to crack than others.

Diamond Tackle · 04-03-2006, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Slipknot

If ya keep ya nose clean and have integrity then ya don't have to worry about all the backstabbing and two faced crap that goes on.

Slip,
You said a mouthful. Dead nuts on accurate 100%.
In my short 45 yrs I’ve personally witnessed multi million dollar Real Estate deals on a handshake by the old school guys, one of them was the Ceo at a fortune 500 co, I will never forget those people and what they thought me. Many years ago I read a great book “What they don’t teach you at Harvard Business school” , I must read that book 10x .
But today it’s a dog eat dog world, seems you cant do business with many people on a handshake anymore without a written contract. Maybe Lawyers have screwed up society forever, I don’t know but its very sad. But what goes around comes around, that will always hold true.

JFigliuolo · 04-03-2006, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Tinman

Slip,
Snipped... But what goes around comes around, that will always hold true.

Sometimes not as fast as you might like...

JohnR · 04-03-2006, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Tinman

Slip,
You said a mouthful. Dead nuts on accurate 100%.
In my short 45 yrs I’ve personally....

You've been short for 45 years?

Sorry - had too

Yes, there is some animosity going back and forth from different builders. I know as I unfortunately wind up mediating some of it. I can't stand it personally and nobody wins. I also believe that how long someone has been doing something like commercial plug building has little relevance with whether or not they "sling" barbs. These are my own observations.

Anyway, I think that the past few years have shown that those that get down in the weeds to sling barbs about the competition do little other than to hurt their own reputations.

I also believe that the more "Stand Up" people are both overtly and covertly, the more likely they are to stay out of the slinging that occurs.