Please Read!!!! "Crappie for a Cause" Event...

I am very fortunate to have the means to fish pretty much when I want to, meaning having the funds and time to be able to do so. I also am blessed with great sponsors who are very supportive of my favorite habit and a VERY understanding and supportive family. I also, most of the time, through trial and error and natural instinct have the ability to catch good limits of fish and good quality.

With these type of blessings, I am wanting to give back, much like I do every year with my annual free of charge guided trips to or military men and women which I have been doing now for over 4 years. So this is what I am thinking.......

I want to do a "silent auction" of sorts where the highest bidder will enjoy the following: 1 day of a completely free guided fishing trip, meaning I will supply boat, gas, poles, bait, snacks, drinks and all the fish caught during that day. The highest bidder will also receive 1 free ozark rod, an array of Midsouth tackle, Midsouth apparel and a Crappieholics polo shirt sporting the logo "Crappie for a Cause 2012". All fish will be prepared (filleted) by me and packaged in a zip lock bag for your travel home.

All proceeds from the "Crappie for a Cause" event will go to a local charity such as Arkansas Childrens Hospital, a local child cancer research center, local food bank center or similar charity of your choice.

Here's how this will work: PM me your bid on this package through the forum along with your real name and telephone number and I will accept bids through the 14th of November at 6
:00 pm. At 6:15 on the 14th, I will contact the winner and after verifying and making contact with the winner, I will post the winners name on the forum. We will then make arrangements to meet up and go fishing based on your availability and weather. It doesn't get any easier than this.

There are no rules to this event except if you bid, please make good on your word as this a worthy cause to help the children of our community with some much needed funds.

As a kicker, most of you have seen my post the past couple of weeks where I have been catching some very good fish, several over 2 lbs and even a few around the 2.5 lb range. I have intentionally not posted what lake I have fished in hopes to build the excitement for this event. I will take the winner of this event to the exact lakes and spots I caught these extremely nice limits. I will also show you the why, how and where these slabs have been taken.

Thanks for reading and the let the bidding begin.

Just as a reminder, here a few pics of some of the fish caught on the spots where we will be fishing.

Great idea Dennis. Hope you get a large bid.

Dennis that is a awesome gesture and I will put in a bid, I hope that I get beat many times over. I commend you for doing something of this magnitude. It is very admirable, your generosity.

To answer some questions asked already, yes you can donate the trip to a relative or friend of your choice. Yes, we will fish as long or as short as you prefer, meaning you can set the amount of hours we fish. And finally, NO Adult beverages cannot be brought on the trip, sorry guys but I don't allow it when I'm fishing.

Ok to answer a few more questions, this is a highest bidder auction meaning if you bid and someone out bids you, no you do not have to pay your bid. Meaning there will only be one person donating and that is the winner.

One other answer to a question is we will be fishing from an X21 Xpress boat with a 225 Yamaha with plenty of room and more than likely we will be single poling structure. Nothing beats the thump of a 2 lber on a tight line.

I appreciate the bids received so far and somebody is going to get a great package at a very reasonable cost that will be 100% donated to charity.

Thanks for reading.

Wow! I am simply amazed at the bids coming so far, this shows to me the good hearted people we have in the crappie fishing community.

To answer a few of the last remaining questions, yes your limit is guaranteed or you will be offered another trip free of charge.

Non- crappie.com bids are accepted under registered members.

No, the winning bid amount will not be posted unless you want it to be.

Yes, your winning bid can include a friend or buddy but no more than the two of you. However there will be only one prize package meaning one pole, one tackle set and one apparel.

Keep the bids coming guys, you may be surprised that your bid has won the package.

Thank you for your support thus far.

Great idea Dennis! You better blindfold the winner with a spot like that lol

Thats a nice and thoughtful gesture Dennis. Hope you raise a good amount for the Kids.

Good deal , the one to win this should be well pleased at any price.

Been very pleased with all of the bids so far......you guys are extremely generous!

[QUOTE=Midsouth Man;2081024]Been very pleased with all of the bids so far......you guys are extremely generous![/QUOTE

Dennis, by the looks of your post, things are going good, glad to read such positive results. I hope this turns out to be bigger than anything you expected. Thanks for your efforts. This is going to be a win win for some lucky fisherman and a charity that receives the funds generated by the crappie challenge. Good luck!! Hope the bids keep coming in, still several days left.

I just felt this needs to be on top. Till its decided.

I am simply amazed at the number of bids and amounts being bid. Kind words have also been sent about the cause and the future looks bright to possibly grow this event in the future.

I have finished putting the prize package together and took a few pictures to show all of you. The winner is in for a real treat!

Also attached is a couple of slabs caught over the past couple of days on some of the spots we will be fishing.


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Right at 24 hrs left to bid guys. Thanks to everyone who has bid so far and provided positive responses to this great cause.


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Hope for my sake I won. Hope for the sake of the charity someone bid a lot more than me. Good thing you're doing Dennis!

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Hope for my sake I won. Hope for the sake of the charity someone bid a lot more than me. Good thing you're doing Dennis!

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Less than 11 hrs to go!!!


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Ozark rods Prostaff

Feel free to contact me at: 1-501-231-3374

A huge thank you to all that bid on this event! I will be trying to contact the highest bidder now and inform him/her that they have won the auction. When I have made contact and discussed a few details with them, I will post the winnners name (hopefully by 6:30 or so). Again, thanks to all of you who have bid and stay tuned for the winners name.

Please read post in the general Arkansas forum on the winning bid.