Thanks to all for the donations! Kids fishing day

Well it was a hot one last Saturday when I hosted the kids fishing event for the neighborhood.
Fishing was pretty good considering the water is 2 feet below normal on the lake with weed growth a month ahead.

I personally want to thank those that contributed to this event. It may not be a organized event but I do it for the kids and in memory of my son.

Special thanks to James Holst for donating 10 custom shirts and hats for the kids to wear!!!
A Marcum 3 and other items donated by Steve Kracht went to the teenage bracket. The kid loves it!!!
TUCR donated a custom rod for the teen bracket (This was very classy with inscription included) Sweet rod!!
Rodwork donated a custom ice rod that he built wow!! I want one too
SJ Iverson donated towards the purchase of several tackle boxes
Eelpout donated towards the purchase of food and bait and misc.
Several others donated a variety of lures, rods, Dairy Queen gift cards, ext.

I even had a gentleman (Mr. Schukert) that donated a large amount of rods and reels that were his fathers and his father had passed away. I gave out several this year and will save the rest for next years event. My sympathy to you and my thanks to you for being so thoughtful.

We had a great event and I hope to make it bigger next year and away from graduation weekend.

It was hot so getting everyone to stick around for the group pictures was tough. Next year we make them pose first before prizes

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That is so awesome, what a great thing to do for the kids. And what a great group of people who donated.

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I will try to get more pics from those that attended. I really slacked this time with it.

FISHINFOOL

Yes they are!!
My next step is trying to include BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER in the event.
Lets hope the lake owner will agree

Jeff

Great job of making the effort to get the kids involved. The bass Club i use to be involved with use to assist in a Big Brother / Big sisters outing each year. It was always a fun event and the kids had a great time. If your event next year does involve the big brother/ big sister organization and possibly turn into a on the water boating event – Be sure to reach out here as well as some local blass clubs and you should be able to gather enough fishermen to help out. I know if given enough advanced notice I would be willing to help out. Once again – Great job and THANKS. Kids these days need as much help as possible getting them involved in outdoor activity.

This is AWESOME fishinfool!!
My hats off to you and all who donated. Many memories were made I am sure.

Awesome Job fishinfool! Thank you for doing that!
I do a fishing clinic every year also and to see those kids smile makes it all worth it. It takes guys like you to keep our sport alive!

again Nice work!

Shannon

Well done guys!! I guess this would be the counterbalance to the bad fisherman etiquette eh?

Look at all those smiling faces! Great job everyone, truly something special.

Looks like a fantastic event. Great work for all who were involved!

Congrats to fishinfool and all who donated time and prizes.
Great job everyone.

Looks like a great time! Thanks for the report.

-J.

I love seeing things like this! Great job FishinFool & everyone involved!

Well done guys!

I am glad everything went well again this year. Thank you for doing this for the kids.

Good job Fishnfool!
Top Notch!