Low_Budget_Hooker Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 This is the daughter of RI youth director, BR member,and close friend Mike Broggi, stratosdadri. He's doing somthing right! Hi, my name is Delainey Broggi, I am a member of the Rhode Island Junior Bassmasters and a sophomore at **** High School. ****High School recently implemented a new graduation requirement which requires students to complete a Capstone Project. The purpose of the Capstone Project is for the student to create an exhibition that draws on a personal academic focus of the student, explores a topic through in-depth research and represents the acquisition and use of knowledge in new ways. This project must involve an external audience and offer opportunities for reflection. I felt that combining my love of bass fishing and my passion for supporting children with special needs would make for an extremely rewarding project. Therefore I came up with the idea to organize an Open Bass Fishing Tournament to benefit the C.A.S.T for Kids of Rhode Island. For those of you who don't know, C.A.S.T for Kids is a non-profit organization that takes disabled and disadvantaged children out for a thrilling day of fishing. By holding the first C.A.S.T for Kids of Rhode Island Ice Out Benefit Tournament, I hope to raise enough money to be able to provide this organization with some of the funds needed to make their Summer 2007 event a huge success. This year C.A.S.T for Kids hopes to provide every participant with their very own life jacket, which is a crucial and important aspect of having a safe day out on the water Despite being only 15-years-old, as a youth Bass angler, I've had the opportunity to experience the true commitment that Bass anglers have to the sport of Bass fishing and their willingness to support youth programs. To be successful in this, I need your help. A full field of 40 boats would allow us to present C.A.S.T for Kids of Rhode Island a check in the amount of $840. The Ice Out Tournament is an open tournament, from 7am-3pm at Roger Williams Park on Sunday April 1, 2007. The cost is $35 per person, or $70 per Team. There will also be a $5 lunker pool. The format is 60% payback. With a full field, first place will receive $980; second will receive $650 and third will receive $330. Please mark your calendar and help support C.A.S.T for Kids of Rhode Island as well as my Capstone Project. Thank you and I hope to see you there! TOURNY LINK HERE Quote
edbassmaster Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 LBH, is there a C.A.S.T. here in Philly? It would be great...I see hundreds of inner city kids everyday that could use something positive in their lives. It would be cool to try and get Ike involved with it. He's always talking about introducing fishing to urban youth and he lives 15 minutes from Philly ( he buys his cell phones from my old store ). I would like to get involved anyway. Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted February 16, 2007 Author Posted February 16, 2007 SO far the closest one is the muddy/zel/brutus affair in Lehighton. I'm sure they could use a volunteer or If you are interest in hosting an event, PM me. Quote
CJ Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 I'll bet she has hit a homerun!That's really cool.....too cool! Quote
Bass Hole Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 LBH hope to see you and your BR freinds there RW park in april should be interesting. Lets fill it up. I have my first club T of the year on that date but I'll be there anyway. We had a club T there last year on april 2nd it was a little off that day here's the results. Name Fish Lunker weight place Total Roger Pray 0 0 0 0 0 John Candelmo 5 2.94 12.62 1 12.62 Jon Curry 0 0 0 9 0 Frankie Goss 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Wiekert 0 0 0 9 0 Bob Lake 4 2.38 8.63 2 8.63 Bob Oakley 0 0 0 9 0 Rich Piette 4 1.75 7.63 3 7.63 Scott Balasco 4 1.75 6.25 4 6.25 Donald St.Angelo 2 3.38 7 3.38 Pat Hunt 1 1.44 2.56 8 2.56 Marcus Pavia 0 0 0 0 0 Chris Andrews 3 1.87 5.63 5 5.63 Richard Willams 0 0 0 9 0 Mark Wallander 2 1.75 3.93 6 3.93 Marty glynn 0 0 0 9 0 Quote
Cigarlover 1 Posted February 16, 2007 Posted February 16, 2007 Know here's a girl with her head on staight. Good for you young lady! Count me in. Quote
NATHAN_JAMES Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Russ you can count me and Pete in. And we're looking for more teams to join in as well Quote
fat_bass_tard Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 are there any restrictions on tackle used? Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted February 17, 2007 Author Posted February 17, 2007 no live bait. That one I know for sure. When Mike gets back from the classic, I'll get a full set of rules. Quote
Bass Hole Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Russ. here are the rules TOURNAMENT RULES ELIGIBILITY: Open to all angelrs. Check in will be at launch site and will close 10 min. prior to launch. BOATS: Boats must meet U.S. Coast Guard safety standards. Boats must be equipped with navigational lighting. Boats must have. Boats must be equipped with aerated live wells or equivalent thereof, which is capable of supporting a creel limit of (5) bass. No stringers will be allowed. All boats will be inspected at the launch ramp prior to the start of the tournament. SPORTSMANSHIP: Anglers are expected to follow the highest standards of sportsmanship at all times and observe all state and local boating & fishing regulations. Any act by an angler, which reflects unfavorably upon the effort to promote fisheries conservation, clean water, courtesy and/or sportsmanship, shall be reason for disqualification. Anglers must remain in the boat during tournament hours unless in the case of emergency. TACKLE: Artificial lures only!! ! No live or prepared bait of any kind will be allowed with the exception of pork rind and/or strips. No fly-fishing rods will be permitted. An Angler may use only one rod at any time. Trolling will be prohibited. SCORING: Tournament standings will be determined by the total weight of an individual's creel (5 fish limit). Largemouth and Smallmouth bass only, will be weighed and must be 12 inches in length (closed mouth to tip of tail). Mangled or otherwise altered Bass will not be weighed. All decisions with respect to the size and/or weight of the fish will rest with the Tournament Director or his designee. All protests must be brought to the attention of the Tournament Director Before the close of scale. All decisions will be final. PENALTY: Every effort must be made to keep bass alive through the use of a properly aerated livewell and the use of livewell additives that promote the healthy return of bass to their natural habitat dead fish can not be culled. The penalty for dead fish are as follows 1 dead 4oz,2 dead 10oz 3 dead 18oz 4 dead 28oz 5 dead 40oz. . Any short (undersized) bass brought to the scales by an individual will disqualify the entire catch. Late penalty: Contestants who are not at the official check-in area at the appointed time will be penalized 1 pound per minute, deducted from the total weight including any weight to be counted toward a big-bass award. Any contestant more than 15 minutes late will lose credit for that day's weight. TIES: In the event of a tie for total weight, the tiebreaker shall be the total number of bass weighed in. If a tie still exists, the largest fish shall determine the winner. Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted March 1, 2007 Author Posted March 1, 2007 Here is the official flyer. Any New England guys that have that itch, we'd sure like to meet you. Thanks for reading folks. Quote
=Matt 5.0= Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 I'd like to do this Russ, but I don't have a boat... :-/ (yet) Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 Matt- How about a friend with a boat? Jon boats apply, we have 3 of them so far, including mine. If I can get you a boat, can you get a partner? Quote
=Matt 5.0= Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 My partner has a 12' Jon, but I thought a livewell was required. Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 Cooler/Aerator. I have an extra cooler if you need it. Quote
=Matt 5.0= Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Sweet, I was just thinking that! I will run it by the other "cracker" Quote
Bass Hole Posted March 2, 2007 Posted March 2, 2007 Went through there this morning ice is 75% gone pre fishing anyone Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted March 2, 2007 Author Posted March 2, 2007 BH-I'm up for a few hours sunday, PM if available. Quote
Bass Hole Posted March 3, 2007 Posted March 3, 2007 LBH-Got out today for a few casts give me a call tomorrow might get out again. Quote
NATHAN_JAMES Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 Me and Pete are going by the park tomorrow to check things out and scope the area. Hopefully this weekend we can get a boat in there and do a little pre. I'm assuming the week before the tournement this won't be allowed, if it's more than that let me know. Quote
StatosDadRI Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 Off limits will start 12:01 AM Wednesday 3/28. Delainey made a presentation about the tournament at our State Federation Nation Open meeting today. She took seven applications and checks on the spot. She's at low 30's for boats with many verbal conformations. Checks are coming in everyday and numbers growing. To hand that check to Russ and see the benifits from it; at CAST For Kids RI 2007, will be another special moment, among many in this program. By the way Delainey was asked to fish and will be teaming up at the tournament with 2 time Bassmaster Classic Angler Joel St.Germain. Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted March 12, 2007 Author Posted March 12, 2007 Holy cow, great job Dee! Looks like we shouldn't have any problem reaching 40 boats! If you are thinking of coming and havn't registered yet, please do so soon to secure your spot for the day. As for Joel,..that's awesome,...now he has a fighting chance Team Low Budget will be represented in force. If the anglers boat is tin or plastic,...they're with me, lol. If it wasn't an "ice out" tournament, we'd probably see an inner tube or 2 also,lol. Quote
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