The 2012 ICAST Show will be coming back to Orlando in 2012.

Link to registration:ICAST

The show dates will be July 11-13th, 2012.

For questions regarding registration and housing, please contact the ICAST 2012 registration customer service center at 301-694-5243 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST or email ASA-ICAST@experient-inc.com.

These are the funeral arrangements for Freddie please pass it on

Memorial service will begin at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday December 15th at Lemon Bay Funeral Home 2 Buchan’s Landing

A/C Lockyer is ordering flowers if anyone would like to donate, see: http://www.redfishtour.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3017 A C had this to say: In the past I have had my florist make a tripod arrangement in the shape of the Christian Fish in red carnations with a spot on the tail. There is a ribbon placed across it that says from the IFA family. I would also like to have the IFA magazine cover that Fred and Dianne were featured on reproduced and blown up on a tripod for all at the service to see.

Fred was scheduled to be moved to hospice, where he could be treated for pain management, and expects to be moved to his home soon.

Here's a quote from AC Lockyer:

Karen, AJ and I went over to see Fred Thr. eve. He had just had 2 liters of fluid taken from one lung and had a breathing treatment. He was also having blood transfusion and they give him a Benydril like drug with that which normally makes him very sleepy. However that was wearing off and the family and I got there when Fred was VERY cognitive and talkative.

Dianne, Fred, Karen, AJ and I had a wonderful almost two hour visit talking about fishing memories, great friends and meeting on the front porch in Heaven sitting on the rocking chairs, watching the grass grow. Fred is at peace leaving this world and knows he has fought the good fight.

Yesterday they transferred Fred to a Hospice center to spend his final days. They have discontinued life extending measures and are now focusing on keeping him comfortable and pain free. Diane said it could be any time now and we all need to keep Fred in our prayers for a safe passage.

I met Fred and Diane through the redfish tournaments like most of you. I saw him as a quiet, stable, servant soldier, that was a great mentor and example for us all. I admired his relationship with his wife as they fished the tours together and you could clearly see how much he ADORED her.

Both Fred and I had to leave the tours two years ago as refugees of the economy like many. We rediscovered each other a year ago in the strangest of places...the roof cleaning / soft washing world. Fred was starting a roof cleaning business and I was deeply involved in one of the associations that worked with contractors in that industry.

Fred and I reconnected and I was guiding him through the process of adding roof cleaning to his handy man business.

Men like Fred are cut from a cloth that most of us can not understand the weave. Fred served us as a Green Beret, fighting in Vietnam and serving us as a National Guard member. These are privileges I never experienced but was deeply in gratitude to men like him who stood in the gap to keep our country free so we could do something like chase spot tails for money.

Diane shared with me that Fred's desire is to be cremated and half of his ashes be interned at the local Military Memorial Garden and the rest divided and taken by anglers and friends to be spread at a few of his favorite fishing spots in the Charlotte Harbor Area.

When I have more details I will post them here and maybe we can have a fun fishing tournament there in Port Charlotte in Fred's memory and together sprinkle a little of Fred where so many of his best memories were created.

In ones life some people make such an impact in such a short time. I did not know Fred as long as many of you. I watched him on TV like many of you I admire on the tour and dreamed about knowing him. For a time I was able to not only know him but I was able to call him friend.

We are all going to miss a gentle, humble, quiet, giant of a man.

The St. Bernard Parish Tourist Commission will host the 2011 Championship on Nov. 4-5th, 2011 at Gulf Outlet Marina located at Marina Hotel in Chalmette (255 Marina Road in Chalmette).

Registration Location: Frederic J. Sigur Civic Center Grand Ballroom in Chalmette.

Anglers from Texas to North Carolina will fish for a Fully Rigged Ranger 173 Ghost, 115 hp 4-stroke Yamaha outboard, Power Pole, Minn Kota trolling motor, Humminbird Electronics, and Bluepoint Metal Fabrication metalworks. This package is valued at $35,000 msrp.

Anglers will also be awarded cash prizes and contingencies exceeding $35,000.

This is a two-day event, which will determine the Cabela's Team of the Year, for $5,000.00, the Ultra 6 for $5,000.00 and annual contingencies from Minn Kota, Humminbird, Pure Fishing, Power Pole, Cabela's Angler Cash, and more.

Saturday, October 29th, 2011

Want to fish and win $25,000? It’s easy!

Sign up for the event at: http://www.ccalouisiana.com/cca11/news/375-plaquemines-parish-redfish-challenge-and-youth-rodeo

Plaquemines RC - Adult Entry Fee $350.00

Plaquemines Redfish Challenge - Adult CCA Membership $25.00

Plaquemines Redfish Challenge - Youth CCA Membership $10.00

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TrueFlies Clothing has graciously donated $5,000 worth of T-shirts to be sold for Project Snook to raise both money and public awareness to help our scientists rebuild wild snook populations. How cool is that!?!?!?

100% of the proceeds from the shirts will support Mote's snook aquaculture and stock enhancement efforts through Project Snook.

Project Snook was formed in 2010 by: Addictive Fishing Television, McCabe Productions, Inc., Star Brite boat wash and Mote Marine Laboratory.

(Mote is a non-profit marine research organization that does pretty amazing work in fisheries enhancement, aquaculture, coral reef restoration, and much more....check us out at www.mote.org). Major support for Project Snook includes a grant from Florida High Tech Corridor and donations from Dick's Sporting Goods, Star Brite, and TrueFlies Clothing.

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS AND SPONSORS!

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Anglers and hunters; are you “apped?”

Android platform apps added for outdoorsmen worldwide

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. --– More anglers and hunters can benefit from the latest technological advancements in smartphones as FishMate and FishMate Pro -- two of the most popular iPhone fishing apps in the world -- are now available to owners of Androids.

In addition, a unique saltwater fishing application – or “app” in tech speak – plus two popular hunting apps, all previously released on iPhone, will soon be available for “Droids” this summer.

Designed in early 2010 specifically to help anglers load their live wells, the FishMate and FishMate Pro pack an incredible array of data and information into one easy-to-use interface on both smartphone platforms.

FishMate creator Sammy Lee, drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a former pro tournament angler, a marine industry rep and a professional broadcaster, designed what he terms “killer iPhone and Android apps for fishermen everywhere.”

A growing number of B.A.S.S. Elite Pro Anglers on the leading edge of app technology, who use and endorse FishMate and/or FishMate Pro for their tour fishing include Aaron Martens, the second place finisher in the 2011 Bassmasters Classic; BASS Classic qualifiers Tommy Biffle and Kelly Jordon. “Not only the pros but the younger collegiate anglers who are tournament fishing, are quickly purchasing these apps for a competitive edge,” he added. “It’s a constant companion.”

Features and benefits on the numerous screens include the best “Fishin’ Times” for the day at your location – worldwide -- with times for moonrise and moonset, sunrise and sunset, current moon phase, plus the major and minor feeding periods. A touch of the screen also takes you to current weather conditions, including temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, wind speed and direction. There’s also an extended forecast prepared for your current location or anywhere else you plan to wet a hook. Other features include tournament news, fishing tips and tackle information from the most informed sources in the industry, including the BASS Reporter’s Notebook and FLW.

Along with FishMate, FishMate Pro offers all those features plus more including 100 mile radius color radar updated every 15 minutes.

FirstMate, another Droid app, targeted to the saltwater angler, will be available June 1, while HuntMate, an app for avid hunters and its more sophisticated version HuntMate Pro will be offered on July 1.

For more information on all of the features, benefits and specifications of FishMate and FishMate Pro go to http://fishmateapp.com, or call Lee at 205-980-4486 or via his e-mail at connectedllc@mindspring.com

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