My new team idea

Ok friends, I have an idea I want to run by y'all. I need input, suggestions, potential sponsors etc.
I'm thinking of fishing next years and maybe a few this year with a new and different type of team. A wounded veterans/ police officer team. At every tournament I would fish with either a wounded soldier, police officer or a fallen soldiers child. A different one at every tournament. This would be a HUGE under taking and ill need help and well as sponsors willing to donate time and products. Any winnings or profit would go to either the family or a charity. Please give me your thoughts on this as I need to make a decision pretty quick due to the size of this project.

Sounds like a GREAT idea!! Being retired Military myself I would be glad to help any way I can.

I like the idea but like you said it is going to be a huge undertaking. Some clubs have rules about fishing with different partners,that is one of the most immediate problems I see. I am sure things could be worked out, where there is a will their is a way

I'm looking primarily at crappie masters or crappie USA.

Tournament fishing is not for everybody, but just fishing is. There is no stop watch when just fishing, who cares if u loose the big one when just fishing, who cares if your a few minutes late when just fishing, etc. just saying.... U will have to interview each donee and see if that's what they like. Good luck

Well said bird down

The idea here is not to win or lose the tournament, it's to offer a chance to wear a pro fishing jersey and fish with people you see on tv and in magazines. Who knows how many of those guys actually wanted to do that before being wounded. It's also to bring attention to our wounded soldiers, what they have been thru and will still have to endure.

I think you'll have a hard time coming up with 10-15 soldiers a year willing to competitively fish. How many wounded warriors do you know?

Being retired military, I think it's a GREAT ideal. Follow thru with it.

It sounds like a wonderful project to me. I am sure you can find enough people that would like to fish with you. Heck some of them may have never had the chance because life on their end may not have given them that chance, All I can say is go for it. Should you decide to go with a tourney of your on you might contact the wounded warror project and try to put together a small tournement where a wounded warroir fishes with a boat owner.

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I think you'll have a hard time coming up with 10-15 soldiers a year willing to competitively fish. How many wounded warriors do you know?

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If he get with the right military personnel, it wouldn't be a problem getting people.

I think it's a great idea. Me and my two cousins are Marine veterans and we were talking about how it would be a good idea to do something for fishing like the wounded warriors have been doing for hunting. You will have no problem finding military personnel that would like to fish tournaments or just to fish with pros. When I was stationed in Arizona some of the bass pros did something similar. Great idea!

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Originally Posted by ATM

I think you'll have a hard time coming up with 10-15 soldiers a year willing to competitively fish. How many wounded warriors do you know?

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there are a lot on here

I think that's a wonderful and noble idea. I would take the interested soldiers fun fishing with the same intensity of a tourney first tho to make sure they would enjoy the stress of tourney fishing opposed to just going fishing.

Wayne, its an excellent idea. They will already be winners just fishing in that setting, the only pressure will be what you put on em so you will be in control of that.
good luck, if you come up and need another rig anytime let me know, my rig is always available for such things!!

Absolutely a great idea. Once the word is out and that you're really serious, my guess is you'll not have trouble finding participants. Being all the way up in MO., my proximity might limit me as to what I can physically do, but if you need some funding I know plenty of organizations here that could/would kick in some bucks for the special needs/equipment that some of these heros might need. Follow this thru and make it happen!!!!! Bless you for thinking of it.