I finally got a couple 34" and 38"

Chuck!! Good seeing you last week. Keep the faith man. You'll get through it.

some c&r pics

^^^^
Nice release, (admit it, you wanted to swim down with her..)
Hopefully the release photo vote will take place here and not the other site that many don't (won't) belong to.

you should win catching those fish with your hands.:uhuh: Extreme noodling.

God bless Chuck, best wishes.

- Sean Kearney
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Very interested to see the standings as of now, I'm gonna be checking my phone every 20 minutes for an update lol. Went to sleep early last night like an idiot, which ill probably end up regretting. Best of luck to all, I'm new to this site, but I'm sure some recognize me from others. I had fun with the tourny and hope you all did too!
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Just work on you Chuck and do the best you can do. And thank Dave - he did 90% of the work :btu:


Welcome to S-B :btu:

STANDINGS AS OF 9:50 A.M.

Josh Clogston with 129" (41" tiebreaker)
Sean Kearney with 117” (36” tiebreaker)
Greg McNamara with 108" (33” tiebreaker)
Dan Schiappa with 108”
Dave Anderson with 105"

Tourney closes at 6 p.m. - photos must be submitted by 8. Less than 12 hours until we know.

hurting at work today. few decent fish last night, but no upgrades. would have been happy in bed if tournament wasn't extended. drove 7 hours back from a wedding then headed out. 2 hours sleep. not at my most productive right now.

STANDINGS AS OF 11:15 A.M.

Josh Clogston with 129" (41" tiebreaker)
Sean Kearney with 117” (36” tiebreaker)
Greg McNamara with 108" (33” tiebreaker)
Dan Schiappa with 108”
Chris Nelson with 107"

Tourney closes at 6 p.m. - photos must be submitted by 8. Less than 12 hours until we know.

Knocked out! I might have to go see if I can pencil up a keeper now! :rolleyes:

you should, Chris just sent me a note saying he's headed out right after he marches in the Columbus Day parade to try to solidify the spot, his wife will never forgive me after this weekend:uhuh: this is tremendous fun!

It has been a lot of fun... I LOVE fishing tournaments, always have. And running one was a handful but still a good time.

Thank God! It was killing me that you were beating me by 4" and I was sure I could get a fish to make that up............but I underestimated my general s#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&ess and couldn't.

The reason I might not go out and try for one more fish.. other than the fact that after Thursday I sucked... is my wife... she keeps looking at me like this: :realmad: and tossing in some of this :cens: which has me looking like this :hidin:

Honeydo here I come... :crying:

I like you George :fury: :love:

Don't mention it Chuck, I hate to think of people suffering through tough times, I knew everyone wanted to help and I had the resources to make something like this happen... no thanks necessary.

Take a look at what you've got here Chuck, people from all over the east coast cared enough to try and help you out--that says a lot about who you are. There's a lot of weird stuff going on in this country--but quite obviously it's the people running, or trying to run, it (donkey OR elephant)... because the people living normal lives still care about the common man.

I'm pulling for you Chuck as we all are. Get better my friend!

-Dave

My personal contest thoughts. I threw in the towel after Sat nite after fishing with Slip and Biteme, especially after that front came threw with wind and rain. Sat nite = small fish, cut casting finger on braid first cast, fish attached to hook attached to waders =hole in waders. Boot filled with water by nites end, too short to get out on bar without the dike leaking, then hurt knee. After 6 straight days of fishing the canal, got some real good ones but too early for contest, and then working late every day after I have come to the conclusion that I am too old and too tired to keep going.:uhuh: Next time I do a contest I will pace myself but it was way too hard not to fish early last week with all the great fishing. Sunday morn I wimped out as it was too cold to put on wet waders to fish so I went looking for Albies in boat, found tons, fussy bastards, got zilch. Numbskull invited me last nite as I drove home from Cape but I was too tired to do the marathon he was looking at. I hope he got the big one, but it sounds like U took Alan and he jinxed you .
I had a blast, although it might not have sounded like it:), but to me it was all about the support of one of our fellow SB people, Chuck. I'm not much of a contest guy unless for a good cause which this was. Thanks to Dave and John for the time invested and pulling this off and good luck Chuck on your journey and I hope and pray you succeed with this hurdle in your life. P.

You think at some point in the last 3 days I'd have actually printed out the tournament card instead of borrowing my buddies for the one fish I bothered to measure and enter. Maybe it'll still hold for big fish rights but can't help thinking I coulda been a contender
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Didn't catch #^&#^&#^&#^&, so i took a picture of this stick. Chuck your a good man and friend, I wish you all the luck and beat this being sick.

I've caught that stick before.

STANDINGS AS OF 1:07 PM

Josh Clogston with 129" (41" tiebreaker)
Sean Kearney with 117” (36” tiebreaker)
Joe Mulvey with 109" (34" tiebreaker)
Greg McNamara with 108" (33” tiebreaker)
Dan Schiappa with 108”


Tourney closes at 6 p.m. - photos must be submitted by 8. Less than 7 hours until we know.

Put in 14 straight hours at the big river without a photo worthy specimen to show for it. Congrats to the leaders!

THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!
(hit play before reading)
Europe - The Final Countdown - YouTube
And the standings do not change!

Josh Clogston with 129" (41" tiebreaker)
Sean Kearney with 117” (36” tiebreaker)
Joe Mulvey with 109" (34" tiebreaker)
Greg McNamara with 108" (33” tiebreaker)
Dan Schiappa with 108”

Century Big Fish Award: Matt Sheridan 46 inches

DZ's Needlefish Award: George "Numbskull" Christman 34"

Release Photo Prize: Voting will take place tomorrow

Random Raffle Drawing: Selection will take place tomorrow

Congrats to the anglers! I will be in touch.

Thanks to everyone who donated plugs, books, time or money! I really enjoyed running this thing and fishing it and I hope you all enjoyed it too.

Thanks again everyone!
GET WELL SOON CHUCK!!
-Dave

Congrats to the winners.
Next year let's rent a bus and go visit Josh instead.

It is interesting and telling how hard it was to catch 3 quality fish on demand, especially if your name is Paul.

Fascinating also how important barometric pressure is. Fri pm when it fell was good for a lot of people, Sun pm when rising standings didn't change.

Thanks to Dave for organizing it and for the sponsors who supported it.
Thanks particularly to DZ who is going to give me a book so I can get thin like him.

Get well Crafty.

Great job running the show Dave! Thanks and congrats to all involved for supporting our friend Chuck in his time of need. I feel very proud to be part of this group.

Numby - I'll be sending you a personalized copy as soon as my next shipment arrives (first printing sold out!). Please PM me your mailing address.

Thanks again.

DZ

Awesome Job running this Dave. Congrats to all the participated, and most of all Godspeed to Chuck :btu:

Congrats to everyone, and thanks for organizing this. Great prize donations by some quality people for sure. Good luck to you Chuck.

Thanks Dave ///great job ................old Crafty is smilin ><><><:love:

Congrats to the top finishers and everyone that participated especially Dave for putting on such an awesome tourney. Most of all Godspeed to Chuck!!!!!:)

Dave, thanks for organizing. Didn't think those fish would hold up all weekend.

All, thanks for donating.

Crafty, keep fighting.
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RAFFLE WINNERS!!!
Sorry it has taken me a few days to get on this, I've been trying to recover from 5 days with very little sleep! Here are the winners of the Raffle Prizes, I will email each winner individually for shipping info. Congrats to all the winners and thanks for helping out!!!

Bill & Jules Trip – Thomas Dragert

Hab’s Sr Night’n’Gale – Gregory Walsh

Gary2 Slim – Roger St. Germain

Bomba’s Bag O’ Tricks – Paul Iemma

Point Jude Lures Care Package – Matthew Deane

I will contact the top 5 winners tonight as well to arrange delivery of their loot.

Thank you Dave. Derbys are not easy and you did this very well.

Chuck, Good luck to you sir. I wish the best for you. Keep up the fight.
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