Had a blast as always. I went thinking I was gonna try for the Tackle Industries rod or the Gill suits but I ended up with 2 mag Dawgs, 2 double tail Dawgs and a 14" Jake that I didn't plan on. That what I get for trying to make Ron spend more money.

Was a good time. But I wanted that Thornapple Package big time. I didn't bring much $$, and that's fine because I didn't "need" anything.

I hope that same thing is in the live auction next year. It was worth at least a couple hundred to me.

Had a great time with great people and got the pounders I was looking for 🙂
The collection grows…only about 90 more until I'm caught up with Will ha
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nice spread of lures guys!!!!!!! awsome paint jobs,well run,great time,4 jakes and 1 granny not bad,essoxonthefly ill give ya 30$ for that jake?

It was my first, and it was a blast, ive been looking forward to it since I missed it last year. I got plenty of glide baits (which I needed badly), and some other much needed stuff to fill empty holes in the tackle box I had to buy after the last meeting I was at
Its also great putting some more faces to names here, and meet as many of you all as possible.
Great job to all that helped, and I am already looking forward to next year, and maybe one of those rain suit i just missed out on

"ron berry" said:
nice spread of lures guys!!!!!!! awsome paint jobs,well run,great time,4 jakes and 1 granny not bad,essoxonthefly ill give ya 30$ for that jake?

Ha! Tell ya what Ron, I may be interested in a trade, I know how much you like your Jakes and wouldn't want you to be one short [smilie=biggrin.gif]

It was great getting the chance to finally meet and get to know alot of you guys. I had a great time chatting with all the guys I got the chance to talk to. Its always so easy to hold conversation with other people as crazy about fishing as me. Looking forward to seeing/fishing with you guys in the future. I was also very happy with the baits I was able to walk away with. Some of those custom paint jobs were so sweet. Very impressive work by all of you baitmakers.

I was especially interested in and impressed by the Antrim study presentation. Lots of thanks and credit should go to John and all of those that helped out with that project. Hopefully the results and findings of the study will help lead to some changes to better protect that unique population of fish.

Im already excited for next years banquet. Will definitly have to bring more money next time though.

"jasonvkop" said:
Had a great time with great people and got the pounders I was looking for 🙂

Those things are too big for any fish in Michigan to eat. They only work in places like Minnesota.

I probably should have spent more money than I did. I came a little short changed. My wife had gotten a hold of my "secret" plowing check that I was planning on blowing there. Had a great time, though. I spent too much time trying to keep track of what Trevor was doing. I really wanted to meet a bunch of people there that I didn't know. I did get to chat it up with around 1/2 of the people though.

"Duke" said:
THANKS to everybody who pitched in! Hope everybody made it home safe on the icy roads

The roads were icy? I just thought I'd had boo many tears! 😀

A good time was had by all, I think. I came away with an absolute steal on two Talonz slashers , and snagged one of the Okuma Akenas at a good price, to boot.

I'm really disappointed in Kid, though. He didn't give me any love in the raffles this year!