I hereby declare this auction to be closed! Here are the winners, both evens and odds. Thanks to all of you for your gracious donations!
Seat 1: $262.65, n8ly
Seat 2: $125, Shawn Roberts and son
Seat 3: $300, AaronM
Seat 4: $212.35, Chris Steelman $100; plus the gracious offer of an additional $112.35 from Bar0.
My thanks also go to our Grand Pondmeister, Mr. Bob Lusk. Many thanks to Bob and Debbie for hosting our guests. I know that all will have a great time -- there are no better hosts than these folks.
Finally, a reminder that these funds all go into an endowment that Eric West started in honor of his father, Jesse West. The proceeds (interest) from the endowment will perpetually provide applied fisheries research opportunities. For those of you who attend the Annual Conference and Expo in July, you'll see the first-year results of that endowment when Melissa Wuellner speaks about potential competition between walleye and smallmouth bass. The second year's funds went to a study of a new technique for monitoring food habits of fish by clipping and analyzing their fins. More on that in the future, so stay tuned.
