ok im home first so let me begin!!! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

mrmacey · 02-15-2003, 11:54 PM

a big high five to don blizzard,rick bomba,gboutdoors,red,john, fisheye awsome show!! was good to meet you all!!to those that couldnt make it THE FOOD WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD!! for this kind of party, and the prize table,wait till you see pics!!what a good time!wish you all could of been there!!

Slipknot · 02-16-2003, 12:53 AM

Yes, thank all those people and all the others that made this night out a good time had by all. It was good to see familiar faces and met new faces as well. That video presentation was outstanding Fisheye. Most of all, thanks to JohnR for the site who it would not all be possible without him

fishweewee · 02-16-2003, 05:42 AM

Had a great time - good to see the familiar faces and putting the names to new ones.

I dunno about you, but I had to change my underwear after watching Fish_Eye's most excellent video presentation.

Thanks again to JohnR for a wonderful evening!

p.s. Wonder how ChrisL fared getting across the street.

GBOUTDOORS · 02-16-2003, 07:53 AM

Great time and food and lots of fish stories

and lalk about dessert. Nice cake ALR thanks.

GBOUTDOORS · 02-16-2003, 07:58 AM

And what about ALL those raffle items. A big thanks to all that gave even if I didn't win the msba membership.

GBOUTDOORS · 02-16-2003, 08:01 AM

And by the way the four cruisers at the hotel at 12:30 were not there for CHRIS L.

but it must have been some great after party party.

UserRemoved1 · 02-16-2003, 08:18 AM

7 thumbs up guys n gals! What a most excellent night! Let's do it again!

Mr Laptew you are a master....I can't stop thinkin about them bait balls...if I had my boat right now i'd be sittin in it and casting in my front yard

God I need to fish

TheSpecialist · 02-16-2003, 08:36 AM

I was an awsome time. GB, Don, Rick, John, Mike Laptew, Red, Jenn , And Katie all did an awsome job. Saltheart the rod is a real work of art. Those fish on the butt wrap are beautiful. Thank you very mmuch, I can't wait to use it. Time for me to go house hunting .

bud8fan · 02-16-2003, 08:47 AM

Big Thumbs up to everyone that made last night simply Awesome!!
Great food!! Great People!! Great time!!
I sure hope this becomes an annual occassion?

It was nice to put the faces to the names on the board!

Great presentation Fisheye!!!!!

Russ

Slipknot · 02-16-2003, 09:37 AM

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a few characters,, weewee,#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, BM

Slipknot · 02-16-2003, 09:39 AM

John and bloocrab

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Slipknot · 02-16-2003, 09:42 AM

Saltheart won the cartoon

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redcrbbr · 02-16-2003, 09:53 AM

It always amazes me to see something turn out awesome from a bunch of crusty, cabin fever'd fisherpeople. All i can say is what a blast!

thanks to everyone

JohnR · 02-16-2003, 09:58 AM

That was a truly great time! Thanks everyone for spending the evening with us & for pitching in!

Big thanks to the hall & door crew for running the event: GB, Don Blizard, Rick Bomba (and relations

), ALR, and the door crew of Red, Katie (who made out like a bandit) and Jenn!

Thanks for the card & dinner for me & the wife too - toally unexpected

!

I'll have more to say later but right now but somebody's sick at the house again

redcrbbr · 02-16-2003, 10:00 AM

Think if she smiled any more her face would crack!!!!

Got Stripers · 02-16-2003, 10:01 AM

Good to see everyone I know and some new faces as well, thanks to everyone to making it happen. Glad to see a big turnout for a great cause, next time I'll have the wife buy the raffle tickets thou

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RickBomba · 02-16-2003, 10:05 AM

Guys,
Wow, I had a lot of fun; somehow I didn't end up eating, so I'm very hungry right now.
Thanks for putting up with my rapping brother, he always seems to commandeer the party.
I'll see everybody soon.
Thanks Again for a Great Time,
Rick

Bob Thomas · 02-16-2003, 10:08 AM

Wish I coulda been there. Looks like it was a lot of fun!!

Hey...under the "Raffle" table...is that a box of Pampers I see. Extras for BM???

UserRemoved1 · 02-16-2003, 10:11 AM

Hey who was that guy that kept throwin the rubber? He hit weewee up the side of the head, last I heard he was callin his lawyer an grumblin somethin bout owning a bait business?

Saltheart · 02-16-2003, 10:50 AM

Smokey , David and I had a great time. Good to see everyone in person. Food was excellent and so much of it we could have had another dinner today for everyone. Raffle was great. We all did well. Smokey had 4 winning tickets! David got a rod blank and I won the Bloocrab cartoon.

Mike L put on an excellent show. Fluke footage was awesome.

Thanks to everyone who worked hard to pull this off. What a big event all done with donations of work and food and prizes. I never heard of anywhere else pulling off a night like this all on donations. Great bunch of people.

Van · 02-16-2003, 11:00 AM

It was a great event. Like someone said, nice to put some faces with screen-names....

Great job all who did the food stuff.

Hope you enjoyed my pan cookie dessert..

Great raffle, but I got a skunk...

Had my eye on that nice rod too...Oh well..

Had a great time.
Great video presentation....

Is it spring yet!!!!!!

bloocrab · 02-16-2003, 11:13 AM

alls I can say is.......

WOW!!

We didn't get a chance to talk....but you did some GREAT craftsmanship on that baby.....

...I've got more to say but it'll have to wait till later - but for now....thanks again John for the great gift!!!

Pictures don't even come close to the workmanship done by PASNGAS on 'my' rod ;

I didn't even want to discredit it with this picture....

bassmaster · 02-16-2003, 11:21 AM

was nice to see U Guys and Gals.
Had a Ball

MountainBreeze · 02-16-2003, 11:25 AM

I second Bob Thomas... It sure does look / sound like you all had a great time! Wish the wife and I could have been there as well!

Looking forward to more pics and comments!

Cheers,
Rob

OX · 02-16-2003, 11:34 AM

ALL RIGHTY THEN!

nightfighter · 02-16-2003, 11:45 AM

Fisheye's view gave me plenty to re-think when casting this spring! ( I keep hearing this voice saying "You're killing me!" when I replay the shad and silversides video in my head. At least I'm not alone missin' fishin')

Thanks to all that chipped in. Great night. Great food.Was drooling over some of those raffle rods......

JohnR, since I have documented all the uh, experience with dat reel, you want me to make sure it's OK?

Whoever got the S A Kilbourne print, I saw one of his prints offered online at $550.00. This is a repro, but you can find out more about him with a search online. I just forget the name of the book with his collections.

GS, I can't wait to throw the black 9s and the bubblegum!!!!

GB, we'll talk about May.

Best to all,

Ross

PS. What's all dis chit about global warming anyway?

Clammer · 02-16-2003, 11:55 AM

Just got in Great time , if anything tooo short, met people yet didn,t get to meet many that had I hoped to
great work to the crew/////////////

PS ChrisL made it across the street safely !!!

I left the bar after 12;30 & there was still one member there with his beautiful wife, no name thou ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,MILO

Gwen & John ==ENJOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Bliz · 02-16-2003, 12:09 PM

What an AMAZING evening!!!

Thanks to all who gave so much to make this such a tremendous success!

We must make this an annual event!... As this event was a great release for many like myself who cannot wait to pound the surf this spring!

It was great to have met so many wonderful people who I really look forward to getting out on the water with this year!

Saltheart is back this season, and many who were there have such a gleam of expectation in their eyes for what looks to be an incredible year for EVERYONE on this site!

And Fisheye's presentation was breathtaking!...

What more can be said outside of the fact that this was an amazing time spent with a bunch of amazing people!!!

As far as the thread that spoke of respect for fishermen...

One merely needs to attend one of these events to understand the breadth of that statement!!!

Thank you ALL so much!!!

Scotch Bonnet · 02-16-2003, 12:12 PM

Great time. Awesome food and the best raffle table I've seen in a while. It was great to meet some new people too.

Bill L · 02-16-2003, 12:23 PM

Food was awesome, and the fish-eye show was OUTSTANDING!! I didn't win any wood in the raffle, but that made up for it! It was a great evening with a group of great people. Truly AMAZING what everybody did to help out

PS - I done burned the crust on the apple pies, my wife's repuation is now tarnished