Causes
Fish Your Bass Off for Retts Syndrome Proves Successful
Aug 4th
Fish Your Bass Off
Last Saturday’s Fish Your Bass Off Tournament was a great success! We raised a little over $2,000 for the International Rett Syndrome Foundation and had a great time doing it.
Kalli Bell came out to support our Tournament and shared her story of her beautiful daughter that has Retts. It gave some great meaning to the cause we were supporting and we appreciate her efforts to come share her story of hope.
We also had great sponsors that helped make it happen: City First Mortgage, Fly Fishing Frenzy (Yeah do), Prosper Inc., Rainbow Lake Campground, Premier Fly Fishing, Casting 4 a Cure, and No Sports Allowed!
We also wanted to thank certain individuals that donated a ton of time to get this done: Kalli Bell, Kathleen Marshall, Jason Littlefield, Brent Ramey, Dave Peterson, Royce Klingler, and Phil Hanamaikai. These people worked their Basses off!
Now let’s get to those that kicked some serious BASS!!!
For specifics of the tournament go here.
1st Place with 48 inches of Delicious Bass WITH a 1.3 Tiger Muskie multiplier:
Joe Richards and Ben Zundel – winners of 7.5ft 5 wt Sage Bass Rods
2nd Place with 48 1/2 inches of Delicious Bass with no multiplier:
Lucas and Paxson Ingram – winners of a guided trip from 3 Rivers Ranch
3rd Place with 47 7/8 inches of Delicious Bass with no multiplier:
Dave and Brady Peterson – winners of Fish Pond Bags
4th Place with 47 3/4 inches of Delicious Bass with no multiplier:
Jason Littlefield and The California Bass Fisherman – winner of a day trip to Rainbow Lake
Other important notes:
Biggest Fish of the Tournament – Josh Toberman
Brent Ramey bid the highest for a TFO rod donated by Royce Klingler and Premier Fly Fishing.
If you are thinking of participating this year grab a 12 year old because 2nd and 3rd place both had them! 
Fish Your Bass Off – For a Great Cause!
Jul 26th
FISH YOUR BASS OFF
This Saturday July 31st at Rainbow Lake in Rexburg Idaho will be the FISH YOUR BASS OFF TOURNAMENT. Here are the event details:
2 PERSON TEAM TOURNAMENT
Saturday, July 31st, 2010
Rainbow Lake. Rexburg Idaho.
COME WIN $5,000 – $20,000 IN CASH
And, Sage rods, guided trips, gear & other great swag!
$100/person. $200/team.
Here is how the tourney will work:
Each team member will keep their 2 largest bass, so 4 bass per team. You can only keep 2 bass. We will add the total inches of all 4 Bass and the winner will have the most total inches. However, if any team member catches a Rainbow Trout you will multiply your total inches by 1.1. If any team member catches a tiger muskie you will multiply your total inches by 1.3. There are no additional points awarded for additional trout or muskie caught. You must verify your Muskie or Trout with a volunteer out on the lake.
What type of Tournament is it?
This is an open fishing tournament, meaning an angler can fish any way he wants except for live bait, corn, marshmellows, etc. We welcome all anglers and are really excited to see who will catch the biggest bass.
Where do the Tournament Proceeds Go?
All tournament proceeds go to the International Rett Syndrome Foundation. No participants or volunteers will get any money.
What is Rett Syndrome?
Rett Syndrome (RTT) is a unique neurodevelopmental disorder which begins to show its affects in infancy or early childhood. It is seen almost exclusively in females, although it can occur rarely in boys. The disorder severely disrupts gross and fine motor skills as well as robbing the girls of their ability to speak and communicate with the outside world. Seizures and breathing problems can also be prevailing symptoms.
It affects every aspect of a family’s life, as our girls are dependent upon us for almost everything, from helping feed them to helping them get around, bathing, and most other daily tasks that most of us take for granted.
Why donate to the International Rett Syndrome Foundation?
- Rett Syndrome is one of the only neurological disorders that currently has a chance for a cure in the near future, as researchers now know the exact gene that is affecting the victims of this devastating disorder.
- 99.5% cases of Rett Syndrome are sporadic, meaning the parents do not carry the gene.
- Rett occurs in about 1 in 15,000 births.
- 90% of the time Rett is misdiagnosed as Autism or Cerebral Palsy.
- You can help us find a cure.
Winners will get new Sage Rods!
We will also be releasing a tagged $5,000 bass in the morning heat and in the afternoon heat. Whoever catches those bass will be awarded $5,000.
EVENT SCHEDULE
8am – Noon • HEAT 1 OF THE TOURNEY
1pm – 5pm • HEAT 2 OF THE TOURNEY
5pm – 6pm • TALLY WINNERS
6pm – 7pm • FOOD AND SILENT AUCTION
7pm – 8pm • AWARD CEREMONY
The Famous Fisherman’s Breakfast!
Jun 5th
St. Anthony Idaho’s Fisherman’s Breakfast
Friday May 28th was the 55th Annual Fisherman’s Breakfast in St. Anthony Idaho. This was the first time I had attended in about 8 years. I got the invite from long time attendee Jeff Harris from Sugar City. We cruised up early in the morning and had decent weather, great food, and a good time. If you have never attended, then you need to make it a point to get our there!
Here is an excerpt from KIDK on the history of the Fisherman’s Breakfast:
“Friday morning was the 55th annual Free Fisherman’s Breakfast in St. Anthony. Every year around 5-thousand people attend the festivities that kick off the fishing and outdoor season.
But how did the Fisherman’s Breakfast tradition start? In 1955 motorists traveling through St. Anthony were given coupons for free coffee and doughnuts at local cafes. The event grew over the years into a free breakfast served at Clyde Keefer Park.
These days, everyone comes to the Fisherman’s Breakfast for a different reason.
“To eat.”
“To hang out with my friends, and eat the really good food.”
“I come to the Fisherman’s Breakfast to meet people, see people I haven’t seen for a lot of years that come back every year.”
“I think it’s a good chance to get out to know people in your community.”
A good chance because to get your free breakfast, you’ll waiting the longest line St. Anthony sees all year long.
“I come here every year because it’s fun.”
Everything about the Fisherman’s Breakfast is tradition, including the hash browns, pancakes, and sausages.
“It’s the same every year… Pancakes, hash browns, and sausages.”
“It kicks off the season for summer activities. Your fishing, your camping, your boating. All of the activities that really bring out Eastern Idaho I think.”
But whatever the reason people attend, or the tradition they choose to take part of, there’s one reason above all that makes St. Anthony’s biggest event of the year something everybody in the community admires.
“Because it’s all volunteer, everything here is volunteer.”
The food is donated, the servers volunteer, and the whole event feels special.
And now that the Fisherman’s Breakfast is out of the way, starting tomorrow you can pull out those fishing rods and take part in the first day of the fishing season.”
Business leaders urge guv to veto fishing-access bill
Mar 21st
HB141 » Group says property rights bill would choke off many waterways.
Updated: 03/19/2010 07:51:39 PM MDT
Utah business officials and the head of the Outdoor Industry Association met for over an hour with Gov. Gary Herbert on Friday in an attempt to get him to veto House Bill 141, which they say will severely limit fishing access and hurt the state’s economy.
“From the best interest of the state from an economic standpoint and the sustainability of the revenue recreation creates, he needs to veto the bill,” said Steve Schmidt, of Salt Lake City-based Western River Fly Fishers, a business that sold $3 million in nonresident Utah licenses last year.
Schmidt was joined by Fish Tech owner Byron Gunderson, Sportsmen’s Warehouse’s Bobby Lang, Outdoor Industry Association president and CEO Frank Huggelmeyer, of Boulder, Colo., and Sen. Wayne Neiderhauser, R-Sandy, the Utah Senate majority whip.
Schmidt said the fishing-business interests tried to clarify misunderstandings about the bill and urged the governor to veto it.
“People realize that the vast majority of Utah’s waters could potentially be closed to fishing and recreating, even public waters,” he said. “HB141 removes three generations of laws that allows the public the right to access waters, waters for example where I have had the opportunity to fish in the past, like the lower Provo, where I will no longer be able to fish.”
Much of the discussion involved the economic impact of limited angler access to rivers and streams.
“Our big concerns are the economic impact due to the lack of access that this bill will create,” said Schmidt. “Those losses in revenues and jobs are real.”
The fishing and outdoor recreation interests also expressed frustration that the bill was written behind closed doors without any input from hunters, anglers, recreationists or the public in the process. Those groups supported another bill, HB81 sponsored by Rep. Lorie Fowlke, R-Orem, where they had input.
But landowner groups walked out of that discussion and found Rep. Kay McIff, R-Richfield, to sponsor HB141, which they felt protected their private property rights.
Schmidt praised the governor for granting them a gracious amount of time and said he did not think Herbert was aware of the bill’s impact.
The Governor’s Office had no comment on the meeting.
Thank you Bryan and Chris
Mar 17th
I saw this picture that Bryan Gregson posted on facebook where he told a great short story about the fish (V is for Vendetta) the angler was Chris Barkey. These two with many others fought tooth and nail for our water rights in Utah. We ultimately lost the battle but we will win the war.
Awesome shot!!
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