05-04-2003, 04:36 PM
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Well, as most of you know by now, the Willard Fish-N-Feed was a bust. I'm just now getting back on-line after licking my wounds for a while.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]The day started of great. Plans and work for the big dinner had been going like clock work. My brother (Bait_Caster) and his sons headed out in my little 14 footer for some morning wiper fishing before dinner. Then a Willard's "perfect storm" hit. It didn't take long for me and the cooks had to submit to the fact that we weren't going to keep the pots hot in a 40 mph wind![/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]All the while, I was pretty worried about my brother and his boys out there in the little boat bobbing like a soda pop can in a disposal. I was very glad to hear that they got it to the beach before they got dumped. Me, BLM, and Fish-4-Food went walking down the East side to find them. It was good to see that they were OK.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]I was going to go back and get the boat and stuff the next day after the wind had died down. But that was when Danzilla and Polokid pulled up and offered to go out and pull the boat back in. I quickly took him up on the offer. That big ole tri-hull was pretty amazing in those big 6-foot waves. We got out to the beached boat that was 100% full of water, bailed it out, and tipped it over. Fish finder, tool box, battery, polls, lure boxes, all were completely submerged. A bag of jerky and the gas tank were left floating. But to be honest, I think I will be able to salvage most everything.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Towing the boat back in with a 25 foot rope was also kind of fascinating. The waves were so big that my boat disappeared from site several times right behind us. I would have loved to have a picture of that![/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Yes, the weather may have been awesome but certainly did not out-do the likes of Danzilla, Polokid, Fish-4-Food, J. Offret, B. Lovelass, BLM, and Fish1on who all helped in one way or another. Thanks guys.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Many of you came from a long ways away ... Heber, Rosevelt, Midvale, and Cache Valley. It was great to meet you all and it was a BIG DISAPOINTMENT that the big dinner didn't happen.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Luckily I kept all the receipts for the groceries and I should be able to take a lot of it back to the stores. Accept for the meat, I should be able to recoup most of the money. So, [#0000ff]for those of you who paid by check[/#0000ff], I haven't cashed your checks yet. I will be shredding your checks. [#008040]For those of you who paid by cash[/#008040], please PM me with a mailing address and I will get you a check in the mail. No doubt that some of you will say "just keep the money". But I could NEVER do that and ever consider putting on another dinner. Nor do I wont to run the risk of being labeled as one of Utah's greatest scammers. You are just going to let me have it my way this time. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]None of you good friends will ever know how badly I wanted to treat you to a blue ribbon Dutch oven dinner. That $6.00 burger I had at Flying-J just didn't seem to cut it. But everything is OK ... everyone is safe, lots of interesting experiences, and had a good time putting some names to faces.[/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]This is Fish-4-Food in the "kitchen" just befor the wind hit.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Maybe some other day . . . . . .[/size][/font]
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[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]The day started of great. Plans and work for the big dinner had been going like clock work. My brother (Bait_Caster) and his sons headed out in my little 14 footer for some morning wiper fishing before dinner. Then a Willard's "perfect storm" hit. It didn't take long for me and the cooks had to submit to the fact that we weren't going to keep the pots hot in a 40 mph wind![/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]All the while, I was pretty worried about my brother and his boys out there in the little boat bobbing like a soda pop can in a disposal. I was very glad to hear that they got it to the beach before they got dumped. Me, BLM, and Fish-4-Food went walking down the East side to find them. It was good to see that they were OK.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]I was going to go back and get the boat and stuff the next day after the wind had died down. But that was when Danzilla and Polokid pulled up and offered to go out and pull the boat back in. I quickly took him up on the offer. That big ole tri-hull was pretty amazing in those big 6-foot waves. We got out to the beached boat that was 100% full of water, bailed it out, and tipped it over. Fish finder, tool box, battery, polls, lure boxes, all were completely submerged. A bag of jerky and the gas tank were left floating. But to be honest, I think I will be able to salvage most everything.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Towing the boat back in with a 25 foot rope was also kind of fascinating. The waves were so big that my boat disappeared from site several times right behind us. I would have loved to have a picture of that![/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Yes, the weather may have been awesome but certainly did not out-do the likes of Danzilla, Polokid, Fish-4-Food, J. Offret, B. Lovelass, BLM, and Fish1on who all helped in one way or another. Thanks guys.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Many of you came from a long ways away ... Heber, Rosevelt, Midvale, and Cache Valley. It was great to meet you all and it was a BIG DISAPOINTMENT that the big dinner didn't happen.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Luckily I kept all the receipts for the groceries and I should be able to take a lot of it back to the stores. Accept for the meat, I should be able to recoup most of the money. So, [#0000ff]for those of you who paid by check[/#0000ff], I haven't cashed your checks yet. I will be shredding your checks. [#008040]For those of you who paid by cash[/#008040], please PM me with a mailing address and I will get you a check in the mail. No doubt that some of you will say "just keep the money". But I could NEVER do that and ever consider putting on another dinner. Nor do I wont to run the risk of being labeled as one of Utah's greatest scammers. You are just going to let me have it my way this time. [/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]None of you good friends will ever know how badly I wanted to treat you to a blue ribbon Dutch oven dinner. That $6.00 burger I had at Flying-J just didn't seem to cut it. But everything is OK ... everyone is safe, lots of interesting experiences, and had a good time putting some names to faces.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]This is Fish-4-Food in the "kitchen" just befor the wind hit.[/size][/font]
[font "Comic Sans MS"][size 2]Maybe some other day . . . . . .[/size][/font]
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> I saw ya praying to the wind gods. There will be other times Coot. I think we should do this about three times a year. Spring, Mid/Late Summer, and Winter. Then we could cover most of the regions of the state. And all of them after awhile. So I say ya can keep mine and FB2s money. We will be coming to the next event (gwad it's hard not to poke some fun here). But I had a good time even witth out the meal. That part is the bounus to these get togethers! 
] All in all it was good fun, plus it was great meeting all you guys. Also I must tip my hat to fish-4-food you hung in threr all day. Thanks everyone. Now lets plan for another (3rd times a charm) Fish-N-Food Day::: [
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