BigBendFishing.Net Social 2008

The 5th annual Bigbendfishing.net Social presented by Barry Bevis Realty will be held on February 23rd, 2008 at the Myron B. Hodge Sopchoppy City Park. Directions: South on 319 from Tallahassee to Sopchoppy, turn right onto Sheldon and go to the end, turn left on to Park, the park is located 1/4 mile down Park on the right. – Map to the park

This is a chance for everyone to meet fellow forum members, place a face with a name and further define the fellowship this site has created over the years.

As with last years Social this will be a family event and a group effort on everyone’s part. Everyone is encouraged to bring their favorite covered dish to share with the group. We will also need other things for the event for those that do not want to bring food, a list of what will be needed is listed below. We will be frying fish and grilling some hot dogs and hamburgers for the kids. Please bring a utensil to serve your dish.

Raffle: Everyone who signs up ahead of time and checks in at the Social will get one ticket. Additional tickets will be available for $1.00 each. All proceeds go to website redesign & maintenance.

Special Raffle Item: one new fishing lure with you to the event. One lure being a pack of soft plastics, a rapala, a mirrolure, etc. The lure will need to be in it’s original bag, box, etc. We will take this lure and place it in a tackle box. The tackle box full of member provided lures will be included in a separate raffle.

NOTE – You only get one free ticket when you bring a lure, if you bring three more lures you do not get three more tickets.

Time – 10:00 a.m. until

Please let us know what you would like to bring in this post, we will need things like fish, cole slaw, grits, oil, paper towels, cups, drinks, ice, etc. We will have a page up this week tracking who is bringing what.

So let us know what you’re bringing and how many is in your party. Here is a link to the planning page – BigBendFishing.net Planning Page

Hope to see you there…

Fishing Report or the lack of one….

Thanks for stopping by, not much to report other than we have had some good weather and alot of bad weather. I (Jim) have been out twice since Christmas, plenty of redfish have been seen and a few have been caught. Robbie competed in a NFGFC tournament last weekend. His day was cut short by a rock that sprang up from the bottom and found his lower unit. Luckily he has some great boat insurance with Progressive Insurance and he will have the Xpress back up and running in no time.

As always please check out our sponsor page, they are the reason we are able to fish the IFA Redfish Tour this year.

We should start prefishing the Pensacola area in a few weeks…Hope to see you on the water.

Anyone participating in the IFA Redfish tour Panama City Event

Anyone competing in the May 10th IFA Redfish tour event in Panama City can receive a 10% discount on nightly stays at Grand Panama Resorts – contact Jim Chalkley @ chalk03@gmail.com for more information.