2012 S-B / Run To Home Base Catch & Release Charity Tourney
 

2012 S-B / Run To Home Base Catch & Release Charity Tourney

We will be running the charity tournament again this year.

The cause:
All the money raised will go to the Home Base Program , to help soldiers and veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries suffered from their service in Iraq and Afghanistan.



Tourney Site: FishForSoldiers.com

Goal: Our goal is to have a fun charity tournament benefiting and honoring our service veterans returning home from Iraq & Afghanistan. I will run a 9K race, ending at home plate on Fenway Park, with the proceeds going to this cause.

This fundraiser is supported by the Red Sox Foundation, Mass General Hospital, and many other teams running and fundraising for this cause.



Payment:
$20 to enter, and it all goes to the charity.
Two ways to pay:
1) Go directly to my donation page with a credit or debit card, and click on make a donation in the red toolbar.
Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program
2) You can also pay by check. I am attaching the paper that needs to be filled out and mailed in with the check.
Just click on this link: http://fishforsoldiers.com/support/i...F_2012-GW2.pdf

Rules:

Honor System! We are raising money for people who live and die by a code of honor. Please use honesty.

Catch and Release Only!!

Where can you fish: Anywhere wild striped bass are caught in the Northeast. Any time, any where.

Who Can Fish: Everyone – Don’t need to be a S-B member – invite your friends as this is a great cause. Other sites (where allowed by that site) invite them too.

Single Angler: Have your camera ready – no surprise, the object here is a quick C&R so the camera should be ready to go.

Teams: When fishing with others, one person NOT catching the fish records the fish for the person catching the fish. 1 Fish, 1 Point. The object is a quick turnaround getting the fish back in the water. For a rare moment in your life, size doesn’t matter .

Points will increase chance for prize but do not guarantee prize.

Kids: Under 18 are free when fishing with an adult partner. Kids will have a chance for prizes as well.

We will have a daily tally and a final tally online at FishForSoldiers.com and/or S-B.

State whether fish is Shore, Boat, or Yak.

Favoring a quick release on fish, we will forgo the length measurements.

Honor System!!!!

Prizes
Actual Prizes To Be Determined – we will have some prizes for different categories, such as most fish caught, most days where a fish is caught, best junior angler C&R pic, and smallest fish PHOTO – We’re looking to have some fun here while supporting a great cause.

Prizes will consist of lures & stuff if I can’t get any donations I will go down to the local tackle shop and buy the stuff myself.

Smallest Fish: As we are skipping measurements, the smallest fish will be photographed where a poll will place the top smallest fish contenders for a vote to determine who is the Schoolie Whisperer.

Duration:
3pm May 3rd until 9am May 13th. Final tally due from all anglers noon May 13th


Thanks!

I will be signing up,,,,

Tyler and I are in! Smallest will be mine! ! I will also donate a plug or two.
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I hope you're talking about the fish.


Greg, I'm in and will come up with something to donate for a prize.
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Greg, I just noticed that the entry fee is $10 this year as compared to $20 last year. Is that a typo? I can't speak for everyone, but I think $20 is reasonable again since it's all going to charity.

I am in again this year I will catch a fish though
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im in. is skishing cool for the shore division, or is it legal at all regardless i am in, and will mail a check tomorrow

Yes - tYpO - it is $20 (kids are free)

Greg, I owe you $10 since I donated on your fundraising page yesterday. I can give it to you Thursday if you go out when you're done with class.
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I'm the idiot that messed it up (just got a million things going on), I'll cover it. Plus I probably owe you from the tab the last time we went out.

I'm in.

i applaud your efforts Greg, and would like to donate a couple of plugs, please let me know how to get them to you.

I'm in again - had fun fishing this last year.

I am in. just did the online thang

count me in for 4 plugs towards the prizes. greg pm me addy.

You mean it didn't start tonight! Damn!

John, is skishing legal? if so is it okay in shore catagory?

Is it the most fish caught? And do you need a pic of each fish? If you are by yourself (most of the time I am), Can you just snap a pic of the fish??

Photos are fine

Skishing for micro bass - sure - remember it is a SMALL fish contest :uhuh:

Game on. I'm HOT! Got 5 fish tonight, 4 on a little yellow darter and one on a mini-skinny donny. Didn't measure any.

last 2

oops.....there is a duplicate there meant to show the plug better. This was the 5th monster.

Nice start, Numbskull! I went out last night, and being too tired to drive the extra 20 minutes to a spot I knew held fish, got skunked. Oh well, hopefully I'll get a chance to get out this weekend.
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Nice start! Looks like I'm going to have to step up my game... I fished around four hours last night for one short which I dropped at my feet...
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Impressive!

Two tonight. Quit early because I was floating on air. 1 small and one 43". :) Released.
Took it on an xra 1083 and calcutta 200. As exciting a fish as I have ever hooked. Totally unexpected.

God, I love fishing.

Real nice fish, George. She's bleeding but it doesn't look like she was hooked anywhere vital.

Just an external gill plate tear, she was fine.

Fishing is funny. This was likely only a mid 20# fish, but there was something special about her.....probably the unexpected nature of her showing up so early, after an unproductive winter, in a spot I've fished my entire life, while focused on little stuff, and on tackle that let her show her best....... that has me smiling and shaking and feeling like a kid again. Not much in life that does that. Go get 'em.

I'm cold!
1 tiny fish Sat (pic). 16.5"
1 tiny fish tonight (no pic but witnessed by Earlybird/ArtMako)
Thank god he didn't enter, none of us would have a chance against him and his flyrod.

Anybody else fishing this thing, or am I posting on the wrong site?

I'm fishing it, but have nothing to post yet. Not much time to fish between my sons baseball and lacrosse practices and games. I took him out for a bit this morning and neither of us got anything, but we had a lot of fun. Getting skunked with him is better than getting into fish by myself.
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