[tkwalker]

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

Just want to say a big thanks to TK and Jeremy for organizing the Gathering. Also want to thank everyone who brought food and drinks...fried the fish....grilled meat....and just a big thanks to everyone who came. It was a great time. We all sat around talking.......telling stories.....just a great get together. As I was leaving it hit me that there was a ton of fishing knowledge sitting under that shelter. Pick a specie and someone there had a big knowledge base on it. Want an old outboard fixed....someone there could do that. Need info on river and stream fishing...it was there. Need info on kayak selection.....fishing boats....tackle....it was all there. When you think about it just a pretty impressive amount of experience and skills there. Looking forward to the next one....after we've fished several more months and get some new stories...LOL.



Regards

Randy is 100% correct ! ... The knowledge under one roof was unreal ... Plus we probably caught and lost a 1000 pounds of fish today under that same roof !! ... You could not have asked for a better day ... Great Weather, great food and met a lot of great people and their families ... We had some Great give away prizes from Randy Goad via Trout Magnet and jigs donated by Mike Dial's sponsor and three gift certificates from Hook 1 ... All very nice prizes and I, as well as the membership thank you ...

Everyone mingled and met each other and especially got to meet Rick Duty Who championed FishingTN's effort to help beat the Corps of Eng. hostile take over of our fishing rights here in Tennessee and the State of Kentucky.

And Lastly I want to Thank Jeremy for a fantastic job He did organizing this event " A job well done" !!!

Here are a few pic's of "The Gathering 2013" and really looking forward to next year !! The site will be 16 years old ... And stay tuned for some pro pic's from Mike ....

Thank you all for making FishingTN.com one of the most successful Fishing sites in the State of Tennessee .... <'TK><