MNO Valentine Day Contest

[Lee Borgersen]

              Why Do You Love Fishing Contest?
                
In the spirit of Valentine's Day MNO would love to hear about or see why you love to fish? Simply post by February 14 by midnight to comment or post a photo with story that displays your love for fishing!  The two most creative/original responses will receive a $10.00 cash prize.

Rules:

We must have a minimum of 3 people post or contest will be void.

You must have made a minimum of 15 MNO posts to be elegible.

You may only enter one post (you may edit your own post).

[Fawkinnae]

Brilliant idea lover boy!

[Lee Borgersen]

Here's a good sample for me. It doesn't have to be a poem. Just tell us why you love fishing.



A modest little wooden cabin
Is waiting for me there,
And as I enter into its doors
Away go all my cares...

My heart is filled with memories
That can never be replaced
Although they make me sad at times
I know life's too precious to waste

To fight a fish across the miles
And reel him into view
Or simply float across the stretch
Of endless tranquil blue


To sit upon the pier at night
And gaze at the star-filled sky
That's always bigger and clearer there
It doesn't matter why

A man must have a place to go
Where his mind and soul are free
If he's lucky enough to find that door
Then God will turn the key

Basswood Lakes my secret spot
Its banks run clear and strong
And each time I return to them
I know that I belong.

[Lee Borgersen]

Everyone must be working hard at their computers trying to hammer out the winning posts. Just to sweeten the pot everyone that enters before the deadline will be sent a free MNO bumper sticker. Complements of the MNO Cupid!

[glenn57]

OK i'll give it a try. of course it wont be poetry in motion like Mr lee.

I loves to fish cause I can
I loves to fish cause the wifey say a can
I loves to fish its good for the soul
I loves to fish cause it tastes good
and best of all I loves to fish
cause a can come to MNO AND TELL FIBES!!!!!!!!

[Lee Borgersen]

Only 2 more folks need to enter to make the minimum 3 posters required to make the contest valid.

Glen your free MNO Bumper sticker is going out in todays mail complements of the MNO cupid. So, as I was saying if two more folks enter then 2 out of the 3 would win $10.00 cash. (unless more folks enter)  

[MNRealtree]

Here goes nothing...

5 days and 40+ hours a week are spent working and thinking about fishing. Then Friday comes and its time to head up to the lake, unkown if the fish are biting. But one thing is always certain, a bad day fishing is still better than a good day at work. And the best part, when Im fishing, Im not thinking about working!

[Lee Borgersen]

MNRealtree, PM me your correct name and mailing address and I'll the MNO Cupid will get your MNO Bumper sticker sent out pronto.

Good Luck


For best viewing click enlarge photo:

[glenn57]

hoe bouts instead of the bumper sticker you send that little cutey!!!!!!!

[Lee Borgersen]

hoe bouts instead of the bumper sticker you send that little cutey!!!!!!!

  Glen but, let's face it, your best days are behind you.

[rod-man]

I love to fish with my kids it brings joy to their faces....
and my heart.

[Lee Borgersen]

The competition is up and so are The Cupids!  Keep um comming in with these last 4 days left.


Rod-man,

PM me your correct name and mailing address and the MNO Cupid will get your MNO Bumper sticker sent out pronto.

[glenn57]

hoe bouts instead of the bumper sticker you send that little cutey!!!!!!!

  Glen but, let's face it, your best days are behind you.

she......can be the judge of that!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lee Borgersen]

hoe bouts instead of the bumper sticker you send that little cutey!!!!!!!

  Glen but, let's face it, your best days are behind you.

she......can be the judge of that!!!!!!!!!!!

Glen, you'll have to settle yourself down here. Those photos posted were only factious cupids. Real cupids don't really exist. Now take charge of your emotions and settle down. If I'd have known this would cause you this much anxiety I would have never posted those fantasy cupid pictures. 

[Lee Borgersen]

With all the creative members we have here at MNO I would a figured there would be a few more folks entering this contest. Maybe their waiting to see what kind of competition their up against. Maybe their working on the winning post right now.

[glenn57]

Lee I think there all out trying to find something for the sweeties. me I be taking mine spearing up nort!!!!!! or they are afraid to show there "soft" side after all that macho crap they post on the smackdown threads!!!

[Fawkinnae]

I'm still conceptualizing...

[Lee Borgersen]

I'm still conceptualizing...

To much conceptualizing can be hazardous to your health

[DDSBYDAY]

  Why do I love to fish?  The simple answer is I can't  help it.  My dad went somewhere on a work trip and handed me a Creek Chub Injured Minnow new in the box when he got back.  I was 7 or 8 years old.   I was not old enough to take the boat out by myself so I saved it.  I kept it close. To me it looked magical. In order to take the small aluminum boat out by myself I had to cold start the 7 horse Evinrude 4 times.  I was about 11 when I could pull the cord.  When I got the green light for my first solo mission it was all over.  I was up at 5 am.  (I had to stay in bed until 5am,) I was up all night. It was barely sun up and the motor popped. I pulled the secret weapon out of the box and tossed under it under over hanging tree branches.  Wait for the ripples to dissipate then a twitch.  I still remember the hit that killed my minnow.  The front spinner went flying up the line.    The body floated so I could retrieve it. I could not put humpty dumpty back together again. 

     Many years later and a second marriage I got  a call on this day.  My father whom I had not even spoken to for several years asked me if I wanted to go ice fishing.  I looked at my 2nd wife with the can I go look.  I got the sure it's Valentines weekend but you have not seen or talked to your father in years.  You go.  No, I can't.  Your go.   

   Long story short.  Two years later I had  a bald on top and a ponytail guy tell me that I should have not gone. When she said go she did not mean it.     I told him, I can't help it!!        

[Borgie]

I love fishing because I get to fish with my guide (husband Lee) and we don't ever fight in the boat. We always wait till we get back to shore. Oh, did I mention that I always catch the biggest fish. Isn't that right honey?

  Borgie

[Lee Borgersen]

I love fishing because I get to fish with my guide (husband Lee) and we don't ever fight in the boat. We always wait till we get back to shore. Oh, did I mention that I always catch the biggest fish. Isn't that right honey?

  Borgie

Take my word for it. Borgie don't always wait till we get to shore. Sometimes I think those big fish go to her head!
Happy Valentines Day My sweet.

PS. You don't always catch the biggest fish.   One time back in 1979 I caught the biggest fish.

[Lee Borgersen]

Hey Guys! I just received a Valentines card from one of the MNO Cupids. It was addressed to the MNO group.

You may have to click to pictures for full effect

[Fawkinnae]

I love fishing in the morning,
Fog on the lake.
Cast that bait, set the hook.
I got you, I got this.

Wonder what this one is?
Gold? Green? Spotted?
Makes no difference.
Come on in.

Smell that outboard.
Suns a climbing.
What did if forget? I don't care.
Nothing makes me happier.
Nothing makes me more complete.

Sailing across the water,
Tiller in hand.
I wish I could show everyone,
How special this is.

[Lee Borgersen]

Well folks, You still have till midnight to post. Unfortunately some of our heavy rep big time smackers here on MNO have decided to curl up under their desks. They are speechless for a change and curled up in the fetal position in fear of embarrassing themselves on Valentines day. Will a few of them come out of their shell and post today or are they all show and no go!

[Bobby Bass]

Why do I love to fish, I sometimes ask myself that question. Why do golfer's golf or walkers walk? Why do runners run Why do bird hunters shoot a twelve instead of a twenty? Why do some guys like dogs but other guys like cats. Why do guys fish for walleye and spend thousands on deep hull boats to go backwards in big waves? Why do guys spend days pitching lures bigger than their kid's arms just to see a flash of a following musky and call it a good day. Why do some wade in chest deep water in a snow melt rushing river dangling a hook with some yarn on it? Why do guys brave sub zero weather to sit on an overturned five gallon pail at sunset on a frozen lake trying to coax a six inch crappie to bite?

Why do guys circle the dates on a calendar for their next fishing trip when their boots are not dry yet from the one they just returned from. Why do guys keep journals and jot down everything about the day they just had while others write down nothing but instead just go out and do it again. Fishing starts off as something to do with an old rod and a coffee can of fresh dug worms. You walk the bank of the local pond or creek and drown worms trying to catch something that swims. Maybe you are lucky enough to find a frog or even a crayfish to go for the big one. Sometimes you are lucky enough to be friend a fishing buddy and the two of you grow up together and keep fishing. One of you gets a beater truck or car and now you can travel to fishing spot's afar.

You get better and fish start coming home with you but then you discover girls and fishing is not as great. Time marches on and if you are lucky you and your friend hook up again. Bigger boats and shinny trucks you now go fishing when you can. But as you get older things change some, now you bring your son or daughter along and they remind you of things. The boat sits on the trailer all dry as you walk the banks with a glass jar. Your daughter turns over rocks and things looking for frogs and other squirming things. Feet dangle shoeless off old wood docks and bobbers float calmly just off the rocks. Backs rest against well-worn planks as you look up and see lions and tigers and princess in the clouds that float lazily high overhead.


Time has a way of marching on but I have spent many a moment in a boat or walking the banks of a stream and it seems like I was just there yesterday. I have some places that I been fishing for fifty years but they never seem to change. I think of the big round rock just off the shore at the lake. Does not look any different even though it has seen fifty winters and fifty summers since I first fished from it. Millions of waves and who knows how many bare feet have stood on it and casting out into the lake. The only thing that has changed is me I guess, as getting up on that rock is not as easy as it once was. When I was a kid I had to wade through the water to climb up on the rock. As I got older I could just jump to it with ease from the shore and now that I am getting old I have to once again wade out to the rock again. But once I am there it is the same, when the water is low it is warm under my toes and I cast out into the lake because that is where the big ones are at, so I was once told.

Why do I love fishing, because it just never grows old.

A Quote from the Perfect Storm

The fog's just lifting. You throw off your bow line, throw off your stern. Head out the south channel past Rocky Neck and Tenpound Island, past Niles Pond, where I skated as a kid. Blow your airhorn, and you throw a wave to the lighthouse keeper's kid on Thatcher Island. Then the birds show up, blackbacks and herring gulls, big dump ducks. The sun hits you. You head north, open up to 12. Steaming now. The guys are busy, you're in charge. And you know what? You're a goddamn swordboat captain. Is there anything better in the world?

[Lee Borgersen]

I have designated Borgie as the judge of the MNO Valentine Day Contest


Unfortunately, she is still working on her beauty sleep at this time. Once she arises It will take two cups of coffee and breakfast of her choice. I will then approach her with the friendly reminder that she promised to judge the
MNO Valentine Day Contest.

So, what I'm trying to say here is hang loose and the winners will be posted after gets her groove on.

[Lee Borgersen]

  The Two Winners Are:








Ok competitors! Borgie has made her final decision in the MNO Valentines Day Contest.

The Two Winners Are: Bobby Bass and Rod-man

Thanks to all those that entered the contest that brought us 340+ views and still growing to date.

To all those that entered the contest we appreciate your participation and willingness to share your thoughts with all your MNO brothers and sisters.  

[Bobby Bass]

  was a little worried how the Russian judge was going to score!

[rod-man]

Thanks Borgie and MNO
I'll take the kids out for icecream with the winnings 

[Lee Borgersen]

The last of the Valentines contest prizes stickers/ca$h have been sent out today.

for the delay