Tourney For Chuck

If you thought a "Surf" fisherman was as cold as ice because he or she would not acknowledge you on the beach when you said hello.  You would probably be right, while Surf-casters are fishing they are a secretive, deceptive, lying lot of people.   Pit them against each other in a tournament setting and it becomes even worse.  If you thought the tabloid magazines publishing topless photos of Princess Kate Middleton were bad, then you haven't heard anything about competitive fishing for Striped Bass. 

Despite all of the tall tales, as a whole the surf-casting community along the "Striper Coast" is an exceptional group of people.  The surf-casting clubs that constitute this community hold beach clean-ups, charity tournaments to benefit M.S., cancer research, etc., some clubs are politically active and advocate for public shoreline access, fisheries management, and similar topics.  With that said, the people of this fishing community's bond reaches beyond helping out in general.  True to the word family, this community is just that, a big family.  One which cares for each other, and wants to see each other succeed and be healthy.  When one of its own is ill or some kind of hard-times befall them, the rest of the community comes together to lift them up. 

The "Tournament for Chuck" was created to help out a member of the striped-bass.com community by hosting a tournament in his name.  The idea here was to ask members for a donation of $15 dollars per angler to help Chuck pay-down his swelling medical bills.

The tournament begins tonight but donations will continue to be accepted. 
See below for links and tournament info:

Charity Surf Tournament Columbus Day Weekend

A fellow surfcaster is in need of some help. Chuck Vietry, some of you may know him as CraftyAngler on some of the message boards, has fallen ill and is in serious need of help to pay for his treatment. Striped-Bass.Com is putting together a charity tournament to help raise funds. It's $15 to enter the tournament you can PayPal stuff@linesiders.com (use the 'gift' option, it's for charity), sign up in person at the Saltwater Edge in Middletown, RI or send an email to tourneyforchuck@gmail.com for details on how to sign up through the mail. We're hoping to award prize packages to the top 5 finishers.

The tournament is a catch, photo and release event and we will use the top three fish entered from each angler to determine the winner. There will be a boatload of sought after custom plugs (RM Smith, Johnny, Afterhours, Surf Asylum, Left Hook among many others), gift certificates and books going to the top 4 finishers along with a few special prizes as well. Prize donations welcome.

There are no boundaries to where you can fish, just sign up and follow the rules below and you're eligible to win. Our goal is $3000, that's 200 people, please help us make that happen!