Alright let me just say that for the first half of the day I have spent uploading pictures to photobucket. 554 to be exact. We had a blast. While some of the soldiers left somewhat early as they have their families to attend to we had one that stayed behind until he had caught himself a fish. Actually his boater told him he couldn't leave until he caught a fish. SOOOO at about 5:55 PM he snagged a catfish and it was time to head back in. They were due back at 6PM. The point is that it doesn't take one organization to put all of this together for these guys. It takes a team. We were a team and the soldiers that I brought had a blast. Dave you had a vision of what you wanted in your head. Dee you changed his mind several times I am sure about what he wanted. Shawnee you busted your butt getting all the stuff you could for this in such short notice. Zach you had to follow Shawnee where ever she went and, as you said, ate out alot. IF it wasn't for you then I would have brought a bunch of soldiers to an empty lake. It s the boaters most of all that make it happen. You guys are the ones taking the time out to take these guys out on the water. Even if you you don't know the lake. It is your patriotism that keeps the site alive and keeps things like this going. I am glad that you like your awards. You deserve them. If I could do more then I would. Omar, You owe me some fish and I owe you your shoes. (long story) another long sotry would be the gentleman that go stuck on a sandbar at 30MPH. Yeah that was fun. Good thing it was hot out and I was having fun. Glad to help the family that got stranded out on the lake. We are here to help as well. Simple courteousies (sp) on the water work wonders. It just so happened that we towed an Iraq veteran back to shore with his family after thier boat went bad.

We had a great time. Only I am concerned about is that Shawnee has about 12 months to get more donations.....sheesh. YOU GO GIRL!! Next time I think we will be doing a 2 day event for Granger! Good job guys and gals and to everyone involved. Now its time to focus on Toledo Bend. Thank you for a wonderful time. Mike Nashif www.[censored]

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You guys/gals got a thank you on the site from one of the soldiers. It is now in the Texas Freshwater section. Go and check it out. Later Mike

I would like to give out one more Kudos. That would be to whitebasser. If you all don't know he was the one who provided the $250.00 HEB gift card that was used to purchase groceries for the BBQ/cups/plates/flatware and the US Flag flying on the pavillion. Thanks whitebasser. I salute you.

I sure am glad that it went so well. Dave your the man!

I also had a great day on the water with Brian and Ben.
We may not of caught many but I think we had the Biggest and Smallest crappie of the day.
Thanks guys for the great day, glad you got to split 98 bucks between you for a little spare change to bring home with you.
I have the pis of the smallest but never took a pic of the largest, I never would of thought out of approx. 135 fish that were cleaned that the 1.2 or so would be big fish,go figure!

I didnt find the post where the soilder posted. Maybe someone could post a link. koobycrappie I have a couple of pictures from the dock of you and the soilders fishing one is in the post I made with some pictures at photobucket.

Here is he link ... its at the end by gijane. Thanks again to all that made this day so great. later Mike