10 years of Leading Edge

[Dark Cloud]

This is kind of a work in progress (and it's going to take a while), but those of you with 10 years of "having more fun" behind you will have a little surprise in your profile options.

You will have to enable it in order for it to appear.

Looks like I will have to wait till may to get my gold star.

10 years! Hard to believe...

[Duffman]

Whoo Hoo! Never got a gold star in school, better late than never!

It's been a fun place to hang out for the last decade or so. Lots of info and a ton of laughs.

[Archerysniper]

I like the Gold stars,it's a nice addition Rick or whoever came up with it. It also brings out Dtro's gorgeous eyes and smile

[randallt]

Pretty cool

[Xplorer]

Kewl!!

[mabr]

WOW Im excited now!!!! Only 4 more months and I get my first gold star ever!!!!

What a great site and congrats go out to the GREAT people who have kept it going and making it what it is!!! BEST OUTDOOR SITE BY FAR!

[Gordie]

Congrats to all the 10 plus year veterans of this site. What a great mile stone.

I know I would have that many years in if I would of had a computer back then.

This is deffintally on my bucket list... great idea guys...

[fishersofmen]

Hey Dtro can I get like an honorary star or something??

[mrklean]

im half way there, i still cant believe its only been 5 for me, i think it took me over 6 months to figure out there were more forums on here besides the st cloud forum haha. Thanks Rick for a great site.

[Rick]

All of you, members, mods, specialists, staff, consulting managers & admins make this place what it is today!

Thanks everyone for keeping it fun & leading edge!

Great idea dtro and thanks for the help Shack.

[Borch]

We have a lot of fantastic folks here on the site. Hard to believe that some have been here 10 years or more.

Congrats!

[hawkeye43]

I just looked I was 180th member to sign up, now there are 53,642. It just seems like yesterday. Thanks FM, its been fun.

[DTro]

Bump

I just added a bunch more "lifers" to the club and will try to keep up the best I can. There are a lot more than you think.

Congrats

[hanson]

Yeah!! Got my Gold Star!

I had a post ages ago titled "How you Found FM?" or something along those lines. My simple answer is Upper Red Lake. Was searching for any information about ice roads, reports, lures, baits, etc to catch those crappies.

Been an interesting journey for sure... alot of things I've experienced have been a result of this site. From ice fishing URL to having a permanent sleeper house on URL, becoming a catfisherman, catching my first sturgeon and the many that followed that one, getting reintroduced to the world of walleye fishing (thanks Borch!), fishing the Cat's Incredible Tournament, shooting my first turkey and many more.

I can't blame my new addiction of tournament walleye fishing to the site but fishing with Borch had played a big role in getting me back into walleye fishing. Which has ultimately led to winning the 2011 FLW Walleye Tour on Lake Oahe as a Co-Angler last year. Pretty crazy to connect the dots. FLW this year is taking us to Lake Erie, Miss River Pool 4, Bays de Noc, Lake Oahe, and Miss River @ Quad Cities, IA. I have met one of my travel partners through this site however.

Ultimately, this journey will take me to running a pro boat on the FLW Walleye Tour. It'll just be a matter of time.

[Ray Esboldt]

Member number 48. Joined in May 2000.

Holy smokes!!! I wish the site kept track of all the time I have spent on here. Or, maybe I don't wish it did. That might be a little frightening.

Thanks Rick for providing all the recreation and information for almost 12 years.

[DTro]

There sure have been some ups and downs Hanson.

I was always an open water addict, but never caught the ice bug until you took me out a few times, that really kick started my interest. Thanks!

[hanson]

I was always an open water addict, but never caught the ice bug until you took me out a few times, that really kick started my interest. Thanks!

Ummm... yeah... sorry about that.

[LaVoi]

Member #551. I can still remember sitting in a lecture at UMC with my college issued laptop searching Minnesota fishing on the Internet when fishing minesota popped up. I've gained a lot of knowledge from these forums and thank all the contributors to this site over the years.

[hanson]

Should also add I got my now 2-1/2 year old buddy,

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Morgan through the site as well.

[Borch]

Yeah!! Got my Gold Star!

I had a post ages ago titled "How you Found FM?" or something along those lines. My simple answer is Upper Red Lake. Was searching for any information about ice roads, reports, lures, baits, etc to catch those crappies.

Been an interesting journey for sure... alot of things I've experienced have been a result of this site. From ice fishing URL to having a permanent sleeper house on URL, becoming a catfisherman, catching my first sturgeon and the many that followed that one, getting reintroduced to the world of walleye fishing (thanks Borch!), fishing the Cat's Incredible Tournament, shooting my first turkey and many more.

I can't blame my new addiction of tournament walleye fishing to the site but fishing with Borch had played a big role in getting me back into walleye fishing. Which has ultimately led to winning the 2011 FLW Walleye Tour on Lake Oahe as a Co-Angler last year. Pretty crazy to connect the dots. FLW this year is taking us to Lake Erie, Miss River Pool 4, Bays de Noc, Lake Oahe, and Miss River @ Quad Cities, IA. I have met one of my travel partners through this site however.

Ultimately, this journey will take me to running a pro boat on the FLW Walleye Tour. It'll just be a matter of time.

Hey glad to add to your hobbies Chris. How's your crankbait collection coming along? If I recall you #5 SSR collection was a bit sparse.

[hanson]

Hey glad to add to your hobbies Chris. How's your crankbait collection coming along? If I recall you #5 SSR collection was a bit sparse.

Yeah... still need to do some work there. But the ones I got have had a workout!

Rapala has some new colors out this year Borch, I saw an oldie made a return as well.... Clown Floater. Scheels, Fleet Farm, Cabelas, and BPS all have new custom color Flicker Shads on the market for this summer too! Ouch!

[DTro]

Bump

I just finished adding a bunch more to the 10+ group!!

[DTro]

TTT

Welcome to another new group!

Another reminder those of you with 10 years of "having more fun" behind you will have a little surprise in your profile options.

You will have to enable it in order for it to appear.

[Rippinlip]

Thanks DTro,

That is cool, and I just found I was member 299.

Really enjoy this site, probably spend more time on here reading then posting.

Finally was able to convince my wife to become a member last year and now she is enjoying the conversations with others also.

[DTro]

Bump to to the top and also over to the Open Water forum for all you who might not venture into the ice forum. I also added gold stars to another large group of lifers.

Congrats!