What 4th of July is all about!!

Anthem · 07-02-2009, 07:32 PM

I had a chance to take a couple of great guys, Jeff and Nick, fishing who are heading out on their 2nd tour of duty to Iraq this Saturday (Nick, also has been to Afganistan) leaving behind family and friends. Jeff just had a baby girl 3 weeks ago and has to leave for a year, amazing sacrifice.

We only had a couple hours to fish, and were in the Bonitas the whole time with the exception of a couple of Kings that burned up the reels. Jeff and Nick could care less in what they caught, they were leaving and did not want to keep any fish, they just wanted to pull on a rod.

God bless both these guys and all our service men and woman for what they do for us...here are a few pics:

Someone got sharked!!:

My son, great firstmate with his king catch:

triumphrick · 07-02-2009, 07:36 PM

Great stuff...good pic's and thanks for taking those guys out. Well done!!

Mr. Ross · 07-02-2009, 09:16 PM

God bless them and thanks for taking them out!

THT Mod 4 · 07-02-2009, 11:37 PM

Good job!

FlyingCircus · 07-03-2009, 12:55 AM

Glad you got em to catch em up, I wish them safe travels as they defend my freedoms....Can't thank a vet enough.........
Tight Lines
Monty

Anthem · 07-03-2009, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by FlyingCircus

Glad you got em to catch em up, I wish them safe travels as they defend my freedoms....Can't thank a vet enough.........
Tight Lines
Monty

Thanks guys.

Angler Systems · 07-03-2009, 07:03 AM

Class Act Anthem.

fishie1 · 07-03-2009, 07:21 AM

Thanks to the vets, be safe - and kudos to Anthem.

Scott@KeelShield · 07-03-2009, 07:38 AM

Great Job Anthem ! Thank the service men and women whenever possible and let them know we appreciate them.

Rascalsdad · 07-03-2009, 07:39 AM

Good on you mate!

Elusive · 07-03-2009, 07:43 AM

Nice work Anthem for taking the time to do this and putting them on fish

SIM · 07-03-2009, 08:03 AM

Can't say any more then already has been said.

One question....what happened to that one fish(missing a part of it)?

Andy

bstnsportsfan · 07-03-2009, 08:20 AM

Great thing you did Anthem, I'm glad you all had a fun filled day.

Lprizman · 07-03-2009, 08:49 AM

Anthem · 07-03-2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by SIM

Can't say any more then already has been said.

One question....what happened to that one fish(missing a part of it)?

Andy

Shark ate it. The same shark keept swimming around 10 ft under the boat (looked like a 5ft-6ft blacktip) as if he was waiting for us to throw the remainder of the fish, when we did, the shark waited until the carcass sank down 10 ft or so and then he devoured it. Pretty cool.

Anthem · 07-03-2009, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by fishie1

Thanks to the vets, be safe - and kudos to Anthem.

Nice of everyone to acknowledge these guys. One of these guys, Jeff (he has the newborn) does transport. When he told me that I got real anxious for him, I can only pray he stays safe and clear from the dangers of doing transport in Iraq.

Craig@Legendary · 07-03-2009, 09:32 AM

Great story. Thanks for sharing!