ON WEDNESDAY, TODD ROSE, THE RETIRED VETERAN’S SERVICE OFFICER FROM WATERTOWN, BRUCE CARTER, WATERTOWN. BOB DEJONG, BROOKINGS, JON ALBERS RAPID CITY AND I HEADED FOR CHAMBERLAIN TO ASSIST WITH THE 23RD ANNUAL NORTH CENTRAL CHAPTER OF THE PARALIZED VETERANS OF AMERICA AND FIREFIGHTERS AT THE JOHN NIEMEYER MEMORIAL FISHING EVENT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
THIS EVENT ALLOWS DISABLED VETS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FISH ON THE MISSOURI RIVER.
VOLUNTEERS, AND FIREFIGHTERS FROM A TRI-STATE AREA, FURNISH THEIR BOATS ALONG WITH A FIRST MATE, TO HELP THE VETERANS WHO MIGHT NEED HELP FISHING.
WE ATE WEDNESDAY’S BREAKFAST AT AL’S OASIS WITH ANOTHER GROUP OF VETERANS WHO HAD DEPLOYED WITH TODD OVERSEAS, INCLUDING DAN STAPLETON, MADISON, AND JON ALBERS, RAPID CITY BEFORE HEADING OUT TO TRY OUR LUCK.
TOOD HEADED SOUTH, TO A LOCATION HE’D CAUGHT FISH BEFORE, WE FISHED USING MACK’S HELICOPTER SPINNERS WITH WORMS, ALL I COULD COME UP WITH, WAS SEVERAL SHORT FISH BELOW THE 15″ SIZE LIMIT
THURSDAY, I FISHED WITH PHI (JARVIS) SCHUBRTZ, WATERTOWN AND BOB STEEN OF SIOUX FALLS, WE TOO WENT SOUTH TO FISH ALONG THE BLUFFS USING MACK’S TIGER STRIPE HELICOPTER SPINNERS WITH MINNOWS.
ON THURSDAY, I LOST A NICE WALLEYE, THAT SPIT THE HOOK JUST BEFORE I GOT IT TO THE BOAT, I ALSO LANDED A 16 1/4″ AND ONE THAT WAS 15″.
THE HOT ROD WAS IN THE HANDS OF PHIL (JARVIS) WHERE HE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF BRINGING IN MANY OF THE 7 FISH KEEPERS WE CAUGHT!
WE PLANNED ON FISHING FRIDAY, BUT THE WIND & RAIN DROVE US AWAY!
IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PVA EVENT, WITH WONDERFUL MEALS AT AL’S OASIS AND THE OACOMA COMMUNITY CENTER!
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