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06-23-2005, 08:13 AM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
Posts: 8,672
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Lost my Dad
I posted @ a month ago that my Dad took a turn for the worse, cancer spread to the liver and there was nothing the Docs could do.
My Dad died Tuesday morning. Prior to cancer, he was the healthiest guy I ever knew, ran, swam, biked ate all the right things. 64 is way to young to go.
He was a great father and friend and gave me gifts and knowledge I can never fully realize. The best gift was the appreciation for the ocean, fish and the outdoors. I will miss him every day of my life. He and my Mom have been married for 42 years. My sister and I have been focusing on her.
YOu guys will never know him, but I know you can appreciiate him as a fisherman. He never talked much to other guys, would have disagreed with most of what gets posted on these boards. He believed in eels, jigs, redfins and flies on a wooden egg. The rest he thought was all hype. I finally scanned a few of his pics, these fish weighed 45lbs and and 51lbs. Both caught in SoCo in a "non" secret spot, easy access, and yet usually empty when I fish there. I hope I can be half the Dad he was. He will live on in my thoughts and memory and every fish I ever catch will be for him. He would be pissed that I posted this but its a small tribute to a great guy.
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06-23-2005, 08:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Warwick RI,02889
Posts: 11,786
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My P & T too your family // remember the goods times ya enjoyed with him ,.,
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ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE !!!
MIKE
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06-23-2005, 08:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,692
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sorry to hear that jim.. at least now he is not suffering.  |
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06-23-2005, 08:23 AM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
Posts: 8,642
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my condolences to you and your family. it sounds like he led a great life with a loving family. love the pic of him holding that cow. be sure to know that he'll be with you when you're out there doing what you two loved to do. don
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06-23-2005, 08:41 AM
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Boston Anglah
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Sitting on top of the world with my legs hangin free
Posts: 3,322
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My thoughts and prayers go out to your family, very sorry to hear of your loss. He will be with you always, no doubt about that. At the quiet perfect times at the waters edge I am sure you will feel him, take care....
-Chris
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Used hard and put away dirty....
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06-23-2005, 08:51 AM
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Let's Rock!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Wareham, MA
Posts: 1,208
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My condolences to you and your family....you will be in our thoughts and prayers...that is a great pic of him holding that fish...those are the times to remember.
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06-23-2005, 08:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
Posts: 5,659
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My condolances.
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06-23-2005, 08:55 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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RIJimmy....I knew you were going through this with your Dad from your earlier thread....I offer to you and your family my deepest and heartfelt condolences. Take it from one who knows....(my Dad is gone just over 4 years now)....it will be very difficult at times for awhile.....I had occasions the first couple of years where a certain song, or smell or a memory would drift into my mind and trigger a few tears from time to time....but I realized that that was all good....to remember all the things about my Dad, even the very small and minute will get you through my friend. You are right about focusing on your Mom....be strong for her at this time and always be there for her......I know you will. Take care and give yourself time to grieve.
Best,
BigFish
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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06-23-2005, 08:58 AM
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Also known as OAK
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Westlery, RI
Posts: 10,408
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RIJ;
From the way you talked about him he was a hell of a guy and a hell of a fisherman... best wishes, my thoughts are with you and your family, right now there are more important things, but soemtime this season, we'll hook up and fish....
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Bryan
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"For once I agree with Spence. UGH. I just hope I don't get the urge to go start buying armani suits to wear in my shop"
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06-23-2005, 08:59 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: .
Posts: 5,935
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I'm sorry to hear of your father's passing.
I lost my dad back in '93.
I know you'll be there for your mom during this difficult time.
-B
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06-23-2005, 09:07 AM
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Keep The Change
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Road to Serfdom
Posts: 3,275
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Your family is in my thoughts and prayers..
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“It’s not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Antonin Scalia
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06-23-2005, 09:11 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Outer Banks of Framingham
Posts: 434
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My heartfelt sympaties go out to you and your family. This story brought a tear to my eyes and I now need to go call my dad who lives far away, god I miss him. I have a couple of friends who haven't spoken to their fathers in many years and I just can't understand this for the life of me. I guess we've been blessed to have such great fathers and roll models in our lives. God Bless!
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06-23-2005, 09:17 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Cumberland,RI
Posts: 8,555
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Very sorry for your lose Jimmy.
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Saltheart
Custom Crafted Rods by Saltheart
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06-23-2005, 09:28 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Cranberry Coast Gateway 2 Cape Cod
Posts: 4,143
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i'm sorry for your loss, stay strong
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" Happy as a clam at high tide "
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06-23-2005, 09:48 AM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
Posts: 4,519
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My condolences go out to you and your family. Sounds like he was a great role model and father. That will never pass as he has passed that on to you.
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06-23-2005, 09:56 AM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
Posts: 8,592
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Sorry you have to go through this Jim. His spirit will always be with you.
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" Choose Life "
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06-23-2005, 09:59 AM
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MasterMisanthrope
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Wrentham Bassachusetts
Posts: 532
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Sorry for your loss.......... good thoughts!
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06-23-2005, 10:02 AM
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Finally
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: FL
Posts: 7,181
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Sorry for your loss. He's in a better place now.
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06-23-2005, 10:03 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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I'm sorry for the loss of your father, he was a great guy and a great inspiration for you.
I think I know how you are feeling as I lost my dad about 3 years ago at this time. It does get a bit easier.
Just think - every day he is catching "large"....
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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06-23-2005, 10:21 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: in a structure with a roof
Posts: 6,049
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sorry to hear of your loss . I like many others have lost my Dad and know how you feel . My thoughts are with you and your family at this time .
Gods been busy lately !
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06-23-2005, 10:38 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 10,824
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Jimmy:
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. PM me with a phone number when you want to chat.
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No boat, back in the suds.  
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06-23-2005, 10:40 AM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
Posts: 3,296
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Jimmy
It sounds like he was a great man, and I am really sorry for you loss.
Zac
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i bent my wookie
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06-23-2005, 10:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 2,031
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Very sorry for your loss, my condolences....
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--Mike Malone
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06-23-2005, 11:02 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Sturbridge MA
Posts: 3,127
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Sorry to hear bout your loss. Those are great pics, fond memories. Im sure he is fighting those fish over and over in the place he is at now.
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Everything is better on the rocks.
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06-23-2005, 11:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
Posts: 5,451
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I have been through what you are going through now. God bless him and you and your family. Sorry for your loss, keep his memeory alive within you.
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Why even try......... 
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06-23-2005, 11:46 AM
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Southsider
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Bass River, Mass.
Posts: 1,226
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Sorry about your father Jim, my prayers to you and your family.
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06-23-2005, 11:54 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Bedford, NH
Posts: 626
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Sorry for the loss of your Dad.
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06-23-2005, 12:17 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: cranston
Posts: 815
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Jim I am very sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
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06-23-2005, 12:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
Posts: 3,228
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RIJimmy, I am truley saddened by this and my deepest condolences go out to you and your family. You're right in that most of us will never know the great person that he was, but maybe some may know the true sportsman that he was as his sportsmans spirit lives on in you.
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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06-23-2005, 01:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Maine
Posts: 4,547
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Sorry to hear of your loss, my condolences
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