S-B dot COM 2009 Angler of the Year NOMINATION thread - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

JohnR · 02-02-2010, 12:37 PM

Yes folks, 'tis that time to NOMINATE (not vote) for the 2009 Striped-Bass.com Angler of the Year.

Did I menmtion this is the NOMINATION part? Top nomines will be entered in a poll to determine who the S-B.com COMMUNITY feels the Angler of the Year.

Simple Rules:

* Angler needs to be a member with (at least) somewhat regular particularization in 2009.
* Name only

I'll take these names for nomination for the next week and put up an anonymous poll after for voting. Member needs TWO nominations (a/k/a nomination and seconded). Winner to be announced at TFCTFN

JFigliuolo · 02-02-2010, 12:45 PM

Not sure it's appropriate, but I'd have to nominate flaptail, posthumously.

Rappin Mikey · 02-02-2010, 12:54 PM

I second Steve

eastendlu · 02-02-2010, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JFigliuolo

Not sure it's appropriate, but I'd have to nominate flaptail, posthumously.

Steve was having one hell of a good year.If bass had knees they would of been trembling when Steve was around.Good call Joe!!!!

Slipknot · 02-02-2010, 01:39 PM

Well after Steve, which I agree with you guys, I'd nominate someone who may not get a lot of votes but should be considered for angler of the year for reasons unbeknownst to many. This is an angler who fishes quite often and does very well at times considering where he fishes, the effort and dedication just to be able to fish from the shoreline of the ocean. While others flog the water or choose not to he fishes late into nights and is often rewarded. I am speaking of my friend John = LIFISHVT. He may not talk about pounds, inches or numbers online but I assure you he does well for what he is up against. So I nominate lifishvt.

BigFish · 02-02-2010, 01:53 PM

Steve slayed them last year! Best fall run of his life he said......he gets my vote!

MarshCappa · 02-02-2010, 02:10 PM

I was thinking the same thing when I read this. I didn't feel like someone like me should nominate him but it looks like others feel the same. Flaptail gets my vote.

Swimmer · 02-02-2010, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Steve slayed them last year! Best fall run of his life he said......he gets my vote!

ditto

Jenn · 02-02-2010, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Slipknot

I'd nominate someone who may not get a lot of votes but should be considered for angler of the year for reasons unbeknownst to many. This is an angler who fishes quite often and does very well at times considering where he fishes, the effort and dedication just to be able to fish from the shoreline of the ocean. While others flog the water or choose not to he fishes late into nights and is often rewarded. I am speaking of my friend John = LIFISHVT. He may not talk about pounds, inches or numbers online but I assure you he does well for what he is up against. So I nominate lifishvt.

LIFISHVT

Hmm....you know you definately got me thinking! I probably wouldnt have nominated him due to his nature. By this I mean he is a good guy. I have seen him with fish to fillet when NO-ONE was catching, definately puts in the time, has the passion but is totally humble despite all of it. I dont know him like a life long friend but I know him enough to say he probably wouldnt want the extra attention but that is probably one of the biggest reasons he will get a second nomination from little old me!

Nebe · 02-02-2010, 08:40 PM

Rob Taylor.. Flap deserves more than angler of the year....
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RoyL · 02-02-2010, 09:50 PM

woe...my name?? Thanks for the mentioning , but I have to give thumbs up for Flap...even if he had not passed I would still have nominated him....he had a killer year. My year was good, but not like his...but Thanks

milo · 02-04-2010, 07:16 AM

definitely got to be FLAP...........case closed

Pt.JudeJoe · 02-04-2010, 11:23 AM

I think you pretty much have to give it to Steve

this year.Not just a mercy thing either....he was a HELL of a fisherman! Besides ole Roy and Robby Taylor will be around ,God willing, to have a shot at it next year , spry young anglers that they are.What I wanna know is if Roy usues that nipple cream on his soft plastics for better action??

Sea Flat · 02-05-2010, 11:00 AM

Just a thought.

What if the award was named after Flaptail (or Steve Shiraka)? Sort of like how the NFL championship trophy is the Lombardi trophy etc.

JohnR · 02-05-2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Sea Flat

Just a thought.

What if the award was named after Flaptail (or Steve Shiraka)? Sort of like how the NFL championship trophy is the Lombardi trophy etc.

The award is named in memory of John Haberek. I have asked and received the OK from Jess.

Ed B · 02-05-2010, 12:38 PM

I would have to vote for Steve Shiraka for this award.

I first met Steve back in Worcester in 1976 when #^&#^&#^&#^& Pleska opened his first tackle shop on Grafton Street. A group of the younger guys became friends and usually fished together. Steve and I fished together many times not just for stripers, but also trout, bass, pickerel and perch through the ice, whatever. Steve was to put it mildly, always a little more passionate , a little more inquisitive and a little more experimental than just about anyone I ever met. He had the fever which never subsided and his favorite species was the striped bass which brought him to relocate to the Cape full time in 1983.

But one guy being nuts about fishing does not qualify him to be worthy of much more than a nutty fisherman award. What set Steve apart was his willingness to share his time and knowledge with others with his seminars, advice and writings on fishing websites and also On-The-Water. He had a respect and a reverence for the history of the sport and the people who came before him. To the local striped bass fisherman, he gave some of the best writings on plug history, the people who used them, and the places they traveled. You could see his passion for the game and he shared it.

Frank Woolner was dead-on accurate on most of his assesments of striped-bass fishing. One prediction in his Saltwater Sport Fishing book in 1973 Woolner had wrong though was that wooden plugs would be a thing of the past with the introduction of injection molded plastics. Plastic was better and wood was just about dead except for a small group of fisherman who rediscovered the needlefish and some others who championed the traditional lures for special application. Steve was at the forefront of the line helping to keep the tradition alive and others used their skills to help resurrect the craft.

Heck, I have been striper fishing for thirty something years and I would never even have seen a "Flaptail" lure if it weren't for Steve. It seems like the small community we have here at S-B became his favorite place to talk stripers and we are all lucky for the knowledge he shared with us. This is a little long winded I know, but I believe Steve is worthy of the recognition.

Ed

BigFish · 02-05-2010, 12:46 PM

Amen Ed!

Zeno · 02-04-2010, 07:05 PM

my vote goes to Veracka...every time I've ran into him I've seen fish in his coooler others only dream off...

Backbeach Jake · 02-04-2010, 07:45 PM

Steve Shiraka.

piemma · 02-05-2010, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Zeno

my vote goes to Veracka...every time I've ran into him I've seen fish in his coooler others only dream off...

Meet also. Mikey was on fire the last TWO years and no one fishes harder than he does. I loved Steve but I think he would have wanted this award to honor the living.
I still think we should name a Tournament this year, in Steve's honor, for S-Bers.