"Deadduck1" said:
Count me in! Do they need one thing more than another? Money over baits? If we want to send money, do they have a PayPal account we can use. If it is baits, what do they need? Please let me know. Thanks, Jeff.

I will email them those questions and I have included a copy of the email exchange I had with them below. I will advise when I get an answer back from Doug.

Email:
Ed:

We appreciate the kind words about Operation Muskie. We feel that it's the least we can do for our Vets. Sure hope the muskies are understanding and
put on a good show for the boys.

As far as what you can do most folks are just sending money, although lures would also be appreciated. We will need to buy gas, food, licenses,
and some rods, reels, and lures for the troops. Pure fishing has donated 10 rod and reel combos, but we are planning on purchasing another 10. I understand that some of the guys are fairly experienced Muskie fishermen, but some aren't and probably don't have much in the way of tackle or lures. I would guess that a little exposure to Muskie fishing will get a few more of them "hooked" and they will be using the equipment several times in the future.

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This will give you more information on the event and some information on where to send things.

If you need anymore information please let me know and I'll be glad to fill you in.

Thanks much for your help.

Good luck on the muskies!

Doug Johnson
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Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 12:25 PM
Subject: Operation Musky

Doug,

I am a member of the Michigan Musky Alliance and we saw what you guys are doing for Operation Musky and wanted to know what we could do to help? Please advise on what items you are still looking for and we will see what we can come up with. I have cc'd Will Schultz (President of MI Musky Alliance) and please let us know what you guys need and we will talk to the guys in our group to see what we can do. This is a great cause and you should be proud of what you are doing for our veterans. I have attached a link to our site and we look forward to hearing back from you.

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Here is the response from Doug:

Ed:

I guess that almost any known Muskie lure has caught a Muskie on the LOTWs. During the time that we'll be doing Operation Muskie (early August)
It's usually a big bucktail/jerkbait/big spinnerbait/big crankbait bite with surface bait working at times (I guess that about covers every type of lure know to man). I guess the key word is big although I remember getting a dandy 53"er a couple of years ago on a little black and silver Vibrax, so who knows! Colors are in the mind of the caster, but the water is dark and bright colors seem to work well. The outing will be held from August 5th-8th, so any lures should be here before then. It would be good to send any lures directly to the Bay store Resort. Here's their address.

Bay Store Camp
P.O. Box 21
Oak Island, Mn 56741

Use the postal service or UPS as Fed-X doesn't get here very often.

I do have a verified PayPal account set up (my own, not Operation Muskie) and to my surprise it actually worked. I can't quite remember off hand what we had to do but we had a donation from England that went through this account without a problem. I transferred the money to my account and then we wrote a check to Operation Muskie. If anyone wants to do this let me know and I'll figure out how we did it last time. It seemed to me that the PayPal charges where quite high something around 5%.

Thanks for any thing the MMA can do. Sounds like the Vets are all lined up and ready to fish. Even sounds like the event will be filmed by
"The Next Bite" so it should be an interesting time for all. Sure hope the Muskie cooperate as well as the good folks who are donating.

Thanks much!

Doug Johnson
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Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: Operation Musky

Doug,

We are working on getting together some donations from MMA and we had a couple of questions for you:

1) What type of baits are you looking for and do you have any color preferences?

2) When will you need the baits/donations?

3) If someone wants to donate money do you have a Paypal account setup?

Please advise.

Thanks,

Ed Alzapiedi

"Deadduck1" said:
I just put a big'ol box of baits in the mail Ed. I hope it helps! God bless the troops! [smilie=bow.gif]

Got the baits today and thank you!

Hi guys,

I just wanted to remind everyone that I will be collecting any baits that you may want to donate for Operation Muskie at Ovid and if you want to donate a bait please bring it to the Ovid outing.

Thanks,

Ed