The Deep-Blue-Sea Forum and the

The Deep-Blue-Sea Forum and the CFOA

Now more than just a fishing forum....
Three years ago, at the urging of several members, Deep Blue Sea was born. The concept was to provide a no-nonsense web forum site to share serious information about deep water fishing. It has grown from a few to over 450 members. DBS has few rules and serves only one master, and that is the DBS community. There have only been a few hiccups along the way and in general, the site has been running very well. We, and I mean “DBS” have grown into a viable web site that has provided what it was designed to do - - give serious people a place to share their experiences, knowledge and friendship. We have survived hurricanes, cold water up dwellings, rising gas prices, and our own egos.

Welcome - CFOA club members to the Deep~Blue~Sea, Florida's premiere on-line fishing community. As a club member, you are invited to join and participate, at no cost, other than the hours you will spend surfing the latest reports, information, tactics, and smack. Jump on in and join your fellow club members.

Background - The Deep~Blue~Sea forum is a private members only forum. The DBS forum is the result of many people searching for an alternative internet community dedicated to and focused on saltwater fishing and diving. My vision for the forum would be that it would become a reference source of information and a community of people who share common interests in the Deep~Blue~Sea. Unlike many other similar forums, this forum serves one and only one group of people, the forum users. The rules that govern this forum are as follows:

New Member Requirements

To request an account, new members must be at least 18 years or older (or sponsored by dads/etc).
New members must be a paid member in good standing of the CFOA, or referred by an existing member of the Deep~Blue~Sea forum. If you have any questions regarding membership referral please contact the board administrator. On your initial sign in- New members must fill in the "referred by field" in your user profile. If you don't have a referral, but are a member of either the CFOA , just put the club name in as your referral
All new members, and those that haven't posted yet, will be required to post on the welcome mat section before their views and permissions will be opened up for overall forum accessibility. This gives your referrer and the forum community the opportunity to welcome you. This is how we keep the membership contained to only those that are using the forum for their interest in fishing. If you encounter any difficulty or need help signing up please contact one of the following CFOA members: Walt Eismann, Terry Winn. Dale Worth, Don Newhauser, Jeff Page, Dave Heil, Pat Magrady

Forum Rules - Registration as a User implies acceptance of the following terms and conditions:

Participants shall not post any material likely to cause offense, that is protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right - without the express permission of the owner of such copyright - or that contains personal phone numbers or addresses.
All content posted on this forum may not be copied, duplicated, or reposted outside of DBS without the permission of the author of the post.
As the great prophet, Aretha has said R-E-S-P-E-C-T.... With all the hardcore fishermen and divers on here, I am sure there are people that don't get along with each other. Agree to disagree, agree to dislike each other, but whatever gets posted or Instant Messaged, be RESPECTFUL.
This is a strictly no baggage forum. I will not allow any baggage, from anywhere else to be brought here. Why would we want all that garbage here. That is one of the reasons this forum exist. Everyone starts with a clean slate. Everyone plays by the same rules (and there aren't that many). Everyone that doesn't play by the rules, gets tossed
If you feel that someone has broken either the letter or spirit of these rules, PM the administrator. Do not retaliate or provoke others. It would disappoint your mother, and get you tossed out of here
All members will be required to complete their user profile, including a referrer (an existing forum member).
Participants may not use the Forums to post or transmit/spam advertisements or commercial solicitations of any kind. Some leniency is given if it is restricted to the off-topic or for sale/wanted sections, but don't abuse it...
The appropriate Forum Moderator has the right to edit, censor, delete or otherwise modify any posted message, but has the responsibility to PM the offending party as to why it was done. Both intent and demeanor along with the post content will be subject to the interpretation of the Forum Moderator (aka Benevolent Dictator).
HOTD's - There are about a billion places on the web for that kind of content, I really don't think we need a billion and one. This is a fishing forum. Nuff said. If you think something is even close to the edge, don't post it.
This web site does not verify or guarantee the accuracy of the material posted to the Forums or bear any responsibility for any loss, damage, or other liabilities caused by any posted message

CFOA members are encouraged to check-out the Deep Blue Sea fishing forum and have a special invitation to join from the forum managers. A special link has been set-up to "walk you through the process".

CFOA members joining link: http://cfoa.deep-blue-sea.org. All CFOA members are invited to join, but you must start-out with the above link and step through the process before you will be cleared to use the forum. If you just go straight to www.deepbluesea.org and try to join, you'll fail.