Prayers and support for Bo

[dtrs5kprs]

18 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

This forum has been going for almost 16 years now.  A lot of us have become family, although some have never met face  to face.  So it's always sad to lose a family member.  I am sorry I never shared a boat with Bo.

May be we should get together more often.  The One Bass is one gathering.... may be we can have more gatherings.   Just a thought.

Like this idea, even if it's not an on the water event. Lot of options.

[Terrierman]

21 hours ago, Phil Lilley said:

This forum has been going for almost 16 years now.  A lot of us have become family, although some have never met face  to face.  So it's always sad to lose a family member.  I am sorry I never shared a boat with Bo.

May be we should get together more often.  The One Bass is one gathering.... may be we can have more gatherings.   Just a thought.

Jigfest is another.  OAF gets the credit for being the catalyst.

 

[dwiebenga]

If we are available, I know Jim and I would be down for coming to a tournament or social event.

[Mitch f]

Maybe a Bo memorial tourney

[elite203]

4 hours ago, Mitch f said:

Maybe a Bo memorial tourney

That's a great idea

[Quillback]

Here's my thoughts about a tournament:

We could do a launch anywhere, meet at a Corps park for a weigh-in and some social time with food, most likely burgers and dogs.  

Tourney entry fee $20 per person (youngsters under 15 can fish for free), fees to be donated to charity - my suggestion would be Christian Action Ministries - CAM is a charity that feeds the needy in the local community and if Phil is able to make it, we can hand him the envelope with the money, makes things easy.  The money would be donated under Bo's name.  However if Bo had a favorite charity that we could make the donation to, that would be fine.

I would suggest we have the post tourney get together at a mid-lake location.  After doing a little research, I see that Aunts Creek has a pavilion, and the campground closes on Sept. 15.  (more about the date in a bit).  Campbell Point also has a pavilion but campground does not close until Oct. 31.  I don't know much about the mid lake to lower end parks so if someone has a better suggestion for location that would be great.

Dates - I would think we would want to wait until the weather has cooled down for a lot of reasons - less rec traffic, better on the fish that are in the live well, more comfortable fishing.  So, I'd propose Saturday Oct. 16 or Saturday Oct. 23.  Don't want to push the date into November because then it will interfere with the folks that deer hunt.

Participating in the tourney is not mandatory, if you want to show up just for the dogs and burgers get together that is fine also.  You can also fish for anything you want too, you don't have to participate in the bass tourney.

Bass tourney would be one bass format, biggest black bass wins the plaque.

Open to any suggestions, just wanted to put something on the wall to get the ball rolling.

[m&m]

Jeff, that sounds like a plan. I’m for it. 
Mike

[Mitch f]

1 hour ago, Quillback said:

Here's my thoughts about a tournament:

We could do a launch anywhere, meet at a Corps park for a weigh-in and some social time with food, most likely burgers and dogs.  

Tourney entry fee $20 per person (youngsters under 15 can fish for free), fees to be donated to charity - my suggestion would be Christian Action Ministries - CAM is a charity that feeds the needy in the local community and if Phil is able to make it, we can hand him the envelope with the money, makes things easy.  The money would be donated under Bo's name.  However if Bo had a favorite charity that we could make the donation to, that would be fine.

I would suggest we have the post tourney get together at a mid-lake location.  After doing a little research, I see that Aunts Creek has a pavilion, and the campground closes on Sept. 15.  (more about the date in a bit).  Campbell Point also has a pavilion but campground does not close until Oct. 31.  I don't know much about the mid lake to lower end parks so if someone has a better suggestion for location that would be great.

Dates - I would think we would want to wait until the weather has cooled down for a lot of reasons - less rec traffic, better on the fish that are in the live well, more comfortable fishing.  So, I'd propose Saturday Oct. 16 or Saturday Oct. 23.  Don't want to push the date into November because then it will interfere with the folks that deer hunt.

Participating in the tourney is not mandatory, if you want to show up just for the dogs and burgers get together that is fine also.  You can also fish for anything you want too, you don't have to participate in the bass tourney.

Bass tourney would be one bass format, biggest black bass wins the plaque.

Open to any suggestions, just wanted to put something on the wall to get the ball rolling.

I’ll fish in your boat 😜

[Quillback]

9 minutes ago, Mitch f said:

I’ll fish in your boat 😜

Man I'd be happy to fish with you, but if this is mid-lake then I have to bring my dog, he's not a good boat dog so I won't be bringing my boat.  

[Mitch f]

4 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Man I'd be happy to fish with you, but if this is mid-lake then I have to bring my dog, he's not a good boat dog so I won't be bringing my boat.  

No worries, I have a jet boat only