Thanks for so much Crappie.com

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I was talking to a neighbor about a new boat he purchased years ago after he retired. He had never even fished before. Said he was gonna learn and I offered to help. Told me about a "site" he found called Crappie.com and I should check it out. I had to laugh , every body knows you can't catch a fish on the web. But you can surely learn about it. I have been fully hooked ever since. C.c has taught me so much. Some about fishing, some about friendship and some about life. I needed C.c then as a retiree looking for new things to occupy some time. I dove in it and have tried my best to be a good member. I have made so many good friends along the way, Slab and Sharon are two of the best. My mentor, whom this award is named after, "G". Billbob.The man is a joy to be around and is C.c through and through, also a real hero. Jerry. I won't name the rest as I will forget some.

I have traveled to many of the state gatherings. Louisiana north and norther, great guys to spend time with . Mississippi a couple times. Florida east and central. Kentucky. (best skillet food ever). Fished and made friends with Tennessee members(canepole for president). Been to Michigan a few times where I made a couple lifelong friends.(Wow J &J) Yes, I'll ice fish with them someday. Heck, I even joined team overalls there. Even where I live now, SW La., I have made friends and fishing buddies with some members and found a great vet for our doggies.Made a few friends in central Louisiana.
I have been to Grizzly Jigs. Never would have heard of it except for C.c. Been to the crappie expo and met a lot of pro's and hall of famer Wally Marshall himself.

I've been lucky to do some contests. This is where I thank one guy for his help. My first contest, I was very enthusiastic. A certain member, Roy, basically called me down and told me to calm down. He taught me something that day, and it changed my style. Since then, even though I still am at fault sometimes, I have tried to make my my comments more meaningful and less fluffy. A little more personal as well.
I think this is what lead "G" to keep and eye on me and help guide me to the admin side. Thanks Roy and "G".

A couple more things I love about our site. It is clean and family friendly. I always promote it by saying "if you can't say it in front of kids or preachers, we don't want it here". And I do promote it constantly as I am usually wearing C.c apparel and I talk to everybody. lol. I love that we pray for members. Thank you all for that. I thank Slab for letting me promote giving every year around the holidays. In fact, give to help others if you can. Your choice where. I love the contests. I love the group of moderators, such helpful people. I love the fact that you can ask anything and someone on C.c is an expert and can answer. Heck even Slab pipes in. haha.

And yes FB C.c can be a challenge. We have different rules to follow, but overall it stays clean and friendly. Certainly cleanest site on FB.

As my friends know , I am a talker (like Tim, but not as smooth, haha). So I will end by saying thanks. To Slab and the moderators and to all of you members. Reach out anytime if I can help with something. And just wanted to point out, we have the best gewbers on C.c and you are all gewbers. "D"