Ausfish

[whiting-wizard]

Hello

Ive been interested on ausfish for a while and always wanted to know how long it has been going for.

Cheers
whito

[Ausfish]

Since 1994

[loophole]

Really ?

It's a Bloody great site top work to every one who keeps it that way

[disorderly]

Since 1994

Steve,why then is the earliest join date august 2001?.
Was it a different forum or format before then?
Also, did you actually start ausfish yourself and if so ,why?
Did you come from a computing /fishing background?

Scott

[Cammy]

geez 94' i though it started in 2000 or something.

i remeber the old forum we used to have, it was kinda dull. But hey thats y we have this great new age theme happening, even though its a couple of years old lol

good job ausfish staff!

Cammo

[Breambuster33]

geeze almost been running since i was born..
great site well done for the people who created the awesome site

[Ausfish]

The site started in 1994. There have been 3 forums, the original could not be merged into the next forum. I still have a copy of it though and there are some screen shots on this forum or the old one somewhere. The forum before this one is located at http://www.ausfish.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl

Yes, I started it myself. Originally developed and coded it in notepad. A lot easier these days with Dreamweaver, etc, etc.

I started it as a resource for visiting anglers so they could get info on rules, charters, locations, etc. Up until recently I still had a listing of charter operators in each state listed for free. In 14 years of giving them free listings about the only time I would hear from one was if there phone number was wrong. Hence why the free listings no longer exist.

I had difficulty in getting this info off the net in 1994 when I went overseas and thought other people would have the same problem coming to Australia. It then evolved from there.

[revs57]

Congratulations Steve,

I'm sure all who access this site realise the wealth of value as a fishing resource it is, apart from the mateships that begin here online and develop into genuine friendships as we share our love of fishing.

Cheers

Rhys

[BR65]

Steve, Im usually pretty scrooge like with my "thanks", but Ive just laid one on you

Great site
cheers
brian

[chief 1]

this site is the best fishing forum i have found,no offence to fishnet members but ausfish is way better and i thought fishnet would be a good site,but i was wrong

[fish-n-dive]

this site is the best fishing forum i have found,no offence to fishnet members but ausfish is way better and i thought fishnet would be a good site,but i was wrong

here, here, yep, I'll second that.........

[chief 1]

cheers for making this great site

[Ausfish]

Thanks. But a lot of people make this site great. I just made it/started it. The site is what it is today due to a lot of time put in by members helping members. Plus a hell of a lot of time and dedication by the moderators in keeping the site on track.
Love them or hate them/me the site would not be the friendly environment that it is today if some tough calls were not made over the years.

[chief 1]

cheers ausfish,thanks to the moderators and people who have helped

[Breambuster33]

yes i agree
couldnt get much better