My condoles to his family and friends :( . I only knew Don from patronizing his shop, but as others have said, he was one of the nicest people you would ever want to meet, and you instantly recognized what a fine person he was. Rest in Peace Captain

R.I.P. Capt Don , my thoughts and prayers are with you,re family and friends.

That is a a very sad news...I spoke with Don few times over the winter.A wonderfully engaging fellow.He told me about his medical issues but never thought there were this serious until recently.
Rest in peace Don ,you'll be missed

Sad news
My condolences to his family
God Bless

R.I.P Don. you were truly a good person more then once he would tell me if you need it take it pay me later,then I would return to pay him and he wouldn't even remember.He would turn around and thank me for my honestly,he was that kind of guy.Don you will be missed.

My thoughts and prayers are with his family. I really enjoyed stopping by the shop to talk with him.

our prayers and thoughts are with capt. Don and his family. Don did a lot for everyone. i can't tell you how much he did for tri state tournaments. did'nt matter what the weather was he was open 24 hours cooking all night to feed everyone that came in. he was always doing whatever he could to put a smile on a kids face when they came into the shop to go fishing. Capt. Don you missed. REST IN PEACE.

Thoughts and prayers. I was planning on going to the shop soon because of the good things i have heard about him and his shop.

I used to go into his shop when it was at Dunn's Corners in the 90's - great atmosphere. Nice guy - he had some great stories.

Captian Don was a great man, condolences to his family and friends. If you didn't even know him, you could call and have him leave eels outside for you to pick up a 2am, and pay him when you see him. He saw the good in people and the world. He will truly be missed. RIP Captian Don.

Top shelf guy and one of the nicest people you want to meet!

RIP Capt'n Don

Selfless, honest, warm, and genuine; a true gentleman. Increasingly rare qualities.

As I usually don't roam that far into South County, I only stop by the shop a few times a year. Wish I had travelled a little further more often.

R.I.P. Captain Don

Didn't know him as well as many of you did. We chatted a few times in the shop and seemed like a good guy. My memory of him is a number of years back when he sold me my first Habs needle. It was in the early Habs days and there were none on the wall just one he was tinkering with behind the register. While checking out, I said, wow, that is a good looking plug... and he proudly handed it to me to check out and proceeded to tell me about J. Habs and his work. We talked a bit more and he asked me where I fished...I was on my way to CH for a week of solo fishing and I said if you get any more in before I leave in a couple days give me a call...I would come back to buy some. He said that he wasn't expecting some for a while but then slid the panel back under the counter and he had 3 needles and he said he would sell me one of these if I wanted. He sold me a black and purple needle and added his own bucktail tied siwash tail hook. My trip was memorable and that plug was killer.

I am saddened to hear of his passing. My sympathies to his family.

very sorry to hear this. Thoughts and prayers to his family.

I never had the pleasure to meet him, but from his reputation, I know that I missed a good man. My thoughts and prayers for him and his family.

RIP

Terrible news. Told it like it was and willing to point you in the right direction.

Tight lines Captain Don.

Sad news. Don was one of the good guys. He freely shared what he knew and he knew a lot and enjoyed life. I will miss him.

Very sad news! It was always a pleasure to stop into his shop while in SoCo.

Thoughts & Prayers for his family

A sad day for sure. RIP Captain Don, fair winds tightlines.

While I didn't know him as well as many on this board, he always treated [me] everyone as if he knew them for life ... always friendly in the shop, helpful on the telephone and remembered you too ... knew his stuff, was a great guy. A sad day.

Thoughts and prayers to his family.

sad to hear when such a nice guy passes on- reminds us all of our own mortality...... and what is truly important in life; family freinds, honesty, hard work.................. Don exemplified them all.


RIP Captain

Thoughts and prayers to him, his family, and friends. May he rest in peace. Such sad news.

Such sad news.
Don's is my first stop when I go to RI, it is a few blocks from the inlaws house.
One day a few years back, a tuesday morning, mid November, raining sideways, cold, blowing hard. I went down to the Quonny Breachway. I had not been there in a while, as I don't care to fish it when it is packed. I figured I would have the place to myself. As I walked out, I saw this big guy out there in a blue rain suit. It was Don. The place was loaded with blue fish and I seemed to hook one every cast.
Don, without fail caught a bass every time.
We were talking the entire time, mainly about my young daughter and about owning small business, how grateful he was for John and Jarrod at the shop.
Don could sense my frustration at dealing with "his partners" the blue fish every drift. He gave me his rod, and explained to me how to work a pencil popper so that it would attract a large lazy bass and not get sucked up by any blue that came by.
He and I laughed really hard as I began to get into bass the rest of the hour or two we were there.
Thoughts and Prayers to all Don's good friends and family, anyone who new him lost a man we all learned so much from.
Johnny

this is sad news. i remember sitting at "the bar" in capt don's old shop in dunn's corners watching him wait on customers. he definitely had a gift of being able to talk to customers about fishing, tackle, hunting, alaska, etc., all while making the customer comfortable. i had a lot of laughs in the old shop with don and those laughs continued into the store's current location. he always had a smile on his face and you were always welcomed with a "Hi!" when you walked into the store. i truely enjoyed just sitting in the shop and talking to don.

don, thanks for the memories and i'm sure you're in a better place today. my prayers go out to bonnie and your family.

My condolences to his family, thoughts and prayers are being sent.

Sounds like he was a heck of a guy. Rest In Peace Don.

May he rest in eternal happiness, our thoughts are prayers go out to his family, may you know he is at peice with the big guy upstairs.

RIP Cap.

Very sad.

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