What a shame, such a nice guy, a true class act; my thoughts are with his family and friends.

Sad news..... gonna miss him on BI....

A real character indeed. My thoughts to his family. RIP.

-spence

RIP John. :(

R.I.P. John -

Just got word coming in from fishing.Too young I know many will miss him,but even on this sad occaision I have to relate a verry funny story about Hab's.
We have an annual striper tournament out on Block Island, and john came out with us for a couple years [won it one year] as you may have guessed he allways came out bearing plugs for all and would not take a dime from anyone.
Well the fishing was slow this paticular year and we were down at south west point for first light.We went to the point,Habs went towards #^&#^&#^&#^&ens.
After catching no fish we were standing around talking and observed Hab's coming towards us dragging a fish in the 35#to 40# class.As he drew closer you could tell by the strain on his face the fished weighed.Untill he got close enough and we could see daylight thru the fishes eyeballs!Man did it stink.You all know what he did,He found this rotting fish on the beach and had us fooled.We laughed our asses off!What a great sense of humor.Rest in Peace,John.

unbelievably sad news :(

Rest in peace, John

Condolences to family and friends

You have left a lasting legacy, one that will be remembered forever.
May you rest in peace. God bless your family, in this time of sorrow.

John will be greatly missed. He was a class act, wether it was fishing or not fishing. My condolences to his family and friends.

Deepest Sympathy,
Billy

I keep these hanging on my shop...I always have a Gibbs, I added the George Carlezon after he passed away.......and now I will keep the Habs hanging closeby with the others who came before. To remember those who came before and for all they did. Hopefully they are all leaning back on a tight rod and landing large on every cast....up around the bend.

Sad news.

Sad news and a great loss to our humble comunity

This is a total shock. I can't believe it. John was always so full of life. My prayers and condolences to his family.

OMG,.... :(
RIP John

to a man who followed his dreams RIP John

He was one of the best on the RI shores! this is so sad to here.

I can't believe it...I just called him the other day...I wish he had answered and not gotten just his voice mail, would've been nice to talk to him one last time.
I'll miss ya habs,
Rick

RIP John

very,very sad news what a lost:(

Rest in peace. My prayers are with his family.

Eric

I'm truely speechless right now.. RIP John :(

Thoughts and prayers to his friends and family. RIP.

Very sad...John was a great guy. Rest in peace.

oh man.
what a shock.
RIP John. There will never be another!

My condolences go out to his wife, son and the rest of the family!!!

Very sad news.......

RIP!

Sad news indeed.

Go in peace, Habs.

Never had the pleasure of meeting Habs. Its amazing how much an online forum can tell you about a person, and make you feel like you do know them. Great guy.

Thoughts and prayers for family and friends.

just plain hard to believe. a good man.

they are no words to describe,way to young.

RIP John...
what a great guy. lost more than a few hours BS'ing with him when I ran into him somewhere...

time to put the eels away and fish a few needles the next few nights!