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                                                                                   2001

6th Annual Catfish Classic
Rockford Lake, Nebraska
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Well, it was a drive... about 2 hours, the drinking started at 11:00 the fishing about 1:00. 
The first 5 guys + 1 were of course the only ones there. 

We set up camp, waited for the rest of the gang to show up. Steve C. called and asked what camp site we were at, and as Sean had been drinking, and not to good with directions in the first place... told him the wrong one. 

He found us sooner or later. We put a few poles in the water, Sean set up his PA system and we rocked for a while, with a little Doors, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Reed and so on...

Later when Dan and Joe H showed up, we had to help him put together his $10.00 awning, what a piece of s**t, but it did do the job, so oh well. 

Then when DAN HR, our 99 winner showed up, who did he have 
but special guest Matt F 
Dan HR and Matt both enjoyed some olives and the juice.

 As more people arrived, we had to celebrate with a shot of blackberry, according to Todd B. 

Some of the guys decided that the beer and fishing wasn't enough, so they threw around a 1/2 deflated football. It was ok, a few of Matt's patented into the pine tree, catches of the ball, and finally winded enough from all the cigarettes, it was break time.

Todd G, another contestant, decided we needed firewood, so he took Sean's van out on a scouting mission, about 45 minutes, later the jackass shows up with the van stocked to the ceiling with wood, what the f**k are we starting a bon fire. Sean said, what the hell are you doing, you dumbass, I just cleaned out the van. Well, everyone should have a fire by tonight.

Now back to the fishing, Jim, our chairperson, caught a beautiful 4" catfish.
 
We all had a good laugh. Sean found a dead 10" catfish and tried passing that off, it didn't work. A couple of hours later, that same guy that won last year, PJ caught a small catfish, about 8" if we remember right. Although he says that Joe H. won. I still can't remember. 

I think it got a little hazy, but Joe H did catch a nice carp?. Any way after the South O Punch ran low, Sean drank most of it, it was time to see who else was on this great lake......Soooo.

Now Back to the fishing.......we can't just drink all day can we??

Someone who will remain nameless, we all know who he is, the younger, decided to call out to this girl with long hair on a wave runner to come over... So the wave runner heads over with the long hair flowing....

A little closer inspection of the wave runner occupant and what do we get..

The dude gets all psycho on us about taking his picture, so what did we do,
 we took it anyway. Its not a very good picture, but you get the idea. We never did get his name, but his life jacket said Slippery, and that name seem to stick with the freak.

Matt F wanted a ride but didn't want to hold on to him, the guy insisted he hold on tight and he had to wear a life jacket. So Matt and Slippery head out to the lake for a quick "RIDE", and when Matt tries to get on he pulls the guy off and they flip the runner over. 
Matt tries 2 more times, he finally gets on. Off they go.....

After all this fun if you can call it that it was starting to wind down.

First A few toast of Old Style to good friends...

And of course if you are going to drink your going have to go..

Since it got pretty late I recall it was about 4 or 5 o'clock  in the morning. 
The RANGER had to go find a roost. He picked the biggest pine tree and climbed up in it. About an hour later as a few of us are still up hear a loud crashing of branches we go over and see this...

Morning has come...and so have the neighbors, I guess we were a little loud last night.

Speaking of waking up... boy was Whiskey grouchy....

As we are nice guys, we offered the neighbor a beer, he rightly declined,
 as we probably have should have also... But he did take our group pictures and said he and his family got a good laugh just listening to us.

Pj and Sean cooked breakfast for all...then headed into town....

Wow.. was that ever not a good idea.....

On the way to town Sean decides to climb out on driver window and get some fresh air...Oh I forgot to tell you the vehicle is going 55 mph...Todd gets the wheel while the vehicle is on cruise control....ok fun right...Well Matt F...you remember Matt F he sees Sean and just has to out do that.. He is traveling with Dan HR, in a small pickup. He gets out the passenger door and looses his footing trying to get in to the back of the truck...
He catches himself and gets in to the back...So PJ and Whiskey are behind them...so he does what anyone in the back of a pickup truck does at 55 mph...he moons them. 
What a day already..

So, we get to the Fabulous Fox Run in Wilbur Nebraska. Matt F starts out handing out our Whiskey Wear shirts to almost anyone that asks....just joking Matt. 
Anyhow we (about 10 of us) have a few drinks there... I think it was a case, at last count, we headed for home, but got a a little lost and headed in to CRETE. If you ever get the chance to go to Crete please do, just don't be slightly intoxicated and pull over to look at the map.  Well Whiskey and Todd G did and Pj & Sean were pulled in behind the cop, so we left and went to see who we knew with bail...The cop asks Jim to take off his sunglasses, so he did, he also had another smaller pair underneath the opriginal pair.. The cop says and those too...Meanwhile Pj & sean have a walkie talkie to talk to Jim & Todd, we are asking if its cool while the cop is standing there.....He asks if Jim thinks he should be driving....of course NO was the answer. So in goes Todd G in to the driver seat... And the cop says don't come back to my town...

You got it ociffer... Bye Bye, Todd tears off down the gravel road, not knowing where to go just knowing to get the hell out of town...

All in all a wonderful tournament...