http://www.gofundme.com/51xz5g

When this gets closer to fruition S-B will kick in to the cause

Oh I thought it said help make fun of Peter. I could really get behind that cause. I could donate a plug or 2 for a raffle or such.
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Funny this thread came up,my last two outings I've been Able to fish late and for once not be so concerned with time on getting to my truck after sun up. And I was lucky enough to meet some older gents (each time)I got to talking Bob's name came up on each occasion.
I've been hitting the ditch for only twenty years now and have seen plenty of up's and downs but the credit all belongs to Bob...
If any one can muster $20 or more it would be needed now.

"Go tight"
Thanks Bob for all of your efforts my p/b wouldn't of been made with out you.my God rest you're sole.
Thanks

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I can donate a 3 oz ah darter for an auction.

Oh I thought it said help make fun of Peter. I could really get behind that cause. I could donate a plug or 2 for a raffle or such.
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I was thinking the same thing Paul! Let's do a plug auction, I'm in.

I was able to buy from the estate of Bob Pond before the home went up for auction a bunch of 16mm films and other personal items.
I was able to salvage some great early photos / slides and 16 mm films .
Some of the best stuff I found are early meeting minutes from 1955 tru 67 , nice vintage hand wrote notes about striped bass and misc. clubs in mass.
These guys were very active to save Stripers even in the early days. I also was able to save lots of photos from his research days from VA .
Truth be told I went back and saved the films from the dumpster , not even knowing if they were any good at all J After I picked up 2 old projectors a vintage silver screen J and an external speaker for sound (no idea if the films have sound or not ) I was able to watch a bunch of them, A few examples are all his research films from the late 60’s-early 70’s
Bob broke ground with his research and studies of the Atlantic coast and the striped bass habits and breeding . And I have them all on film !!
Other vintage films are true New England Clam bakes, the good old days , I found a few of them ! Mass Bass distance casting and early bread trucks and over sand cars/jeeps / ETC
Nice Early cuttyhunk fishing , Some to die for Vineyard footage J some footage shows the red clay at GayHead about ½ mile out in the water , unreal video footage. Nantucket etc etc etc
Some of the film is in bad bad condition , breaking apart just looking at it , every time I watch it we lose a few more feet that can’t be replaced. I need your help to SAVE this footage
I have checked into converting over to DVD and the cost is unreal , I have even thought about just re-recording onto my old sony camcorder , but the results were bad and a waste of time and energy. We need to have these restored. Simple J yes . With your help and donations ! I hope to be able to show some films at ITFCTFN (sp) this winter …lol