A stroll down Fish-Hawk lane...

[Bass Addict]

I remember when I joined in the fall of 2007 there used to be the odd '' Fishing '' report every now and then ...Now this site is for the Birds....

[Wallyboss]

We also had some good kid's stories from the Wolfe Cubs.

[wolfe]

We also had some good kid's stories from the Wolfe Cubs.

Thanks, Dan. Like the "fishing dynamo", Jonathan, my kids have cut their anglers' teeth on Fish-Hawk.Net, and it's always warmed my heart to see the support and encouragement they get from the community here.

I get very sentimental when I look back at their earlier years' pictures (hey, I AM a mom, after all) and then see how far they've come:



















I think what keeps me a faithful member here on FH, is that it is still a strongly based FAMILY site -- it helps foster a kid's love of fishing, while keeping things suitable and appropriate for young anglers so that they can actively participate on the site.

This "wolfe" is really more of a grizzly when it comes to my kids and I appreciate it that this site has not followed the herd, but rather seems to strive to keep things on the up & up. A special thanks to Bobber, who's always open to listening and receptive to ideas. THANK YOU.

W.

[mlamothe]

i remember fishing on the rideau in late fall and running into Fishhawk and the boys fishing in the minnow.

things sure have changed since then.



30th on the list.

[Joisey Joe]

Funny you shud mention that Wolfie, I met up with a bunch of Hawkers at Griffin's a few years back after I had lost a bunch of lbs.! They kept sayin to me, " you're not soo big", so I figured I'd change my handle and keep my Jersey roots so I went from BigJoe to Joisey Joe! Haven't had any complaints yet!

[Bobber]

WOW Don, where on earth did you get pictures of the site from way back then. I've always heard there was a way to do it, but I really haven't looked into it so much.

That's definately a blast from the past for me. In 2002 this very board that we use today was born out of a lot of hard work and learning new technologies that Mike put into it. He has a visions that a forum type of board could actually be the source of Internet content and drive a site to become very large. He wasn't too far off, and I've tried to keep up with that vision of his over the year.

Fish-Hawk was actually born in 1998 when Mike couldn't find a launch on the Internet, and got frustrated. He got so frustrated with the lack of informaiton on where to go fishing, that he started Fish-Hawk.Net and the Ontario Map Project. That was very successful at the time and grew quite quickly, but it was a lot of work to build those maps. He then started putting pictures on the Internet, and started getting pictures in the mail from people all around the world....even Russia. I came on board with thim probably around 2002, just helping him out with all the manual uploads, resizing, and titles of these pictures. Everything was manual back then and html coding was needed to grow the site.

As the years went on, the site grew very fast and we needed to introduce new technologies what would automate much of the content building. This resulted in the site you see today, which is totally based on Portal technology and SQL database driven, having applications worked into the overall solution and customized to make it look like one big all encompassing site.

On behalf of both myself and Mike (who is still around, in fact played pool over here just last night), I will thank you all for your kind words and your loyalties to Fish-Hawk over these years. Yeah, it's true that every now and again we have some heated discussions, which sometimes need to be stopped, but it's all part of the package. This sport truely is a passion of mine, and as long as I can keep a website going with people who are hear to teach, learn, and educate others, Fish-Hawk.Net will be here.

I would also like to acknowledge the moderators of the site who volunteer their time to help keep things on the up and up, remove unrelated stuff from your eyes before you even see it, and keep things as clean and respectful as they can possibly be. They do this without asking for anything in return, because their passion for it is just as strong as mine. I do reciprocate when I have the opportunity to, and I couldn't do this without them...so thank you very much....you know who you are.

Thanks for this Don. I had forgotten just how far this has come and just how much work it was to do all of this manually back then. Very cool indeed.

cheers,