Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations PB Conference Silent Auction

Thanks. I think you're right and I am good with that. I consider it dang nice of Esshup putting forth the effort to give the guys that can't make the conference a shot at those two items!

Quick fact: Before I showed him how to do maple shots, Yolk Sac's vocabulary was limited to just three and four syllable words.

I'll see if I can get a list of auction items tomorrow morning, and pictures of same. I'm using my laptop in the moderators booth for the rolling slide show, but will have to steal it for posting pictures of the items (if I can get them, a description and the minimum starting bid.)

That maple syrup and the bottling is a work of art sparkplug!!

That would be cool.

What's this minimum starting bid stuff

You can put me down for Sparkies #4 shoe polish as an item of interest, shall we say

Unless he changes it, I've got him down for fly #1. mnfish, LMK if you want a different one.

Something with a 1 of 6, limited edition, numbered and signed by George, could be valuable, just saying

Thank you, the bottling schematic is all my wife's idea. Me being me, I would've probably poured the stuff into a pint mason jar and screwed down the lid. Maybe used a magic marker to scribble on the date. I suggested that, but the look she gave me left little doubt that we would not be adopting that motif.

She designed the labels last year, and the "Bluegills and Botanicals" thing is a big hit with everyone who knows us. There is no essence of Lepomis in the syrup however. The wax dipped caps and hang tags are new this year, also her ideas. I'm just the cook.

Now I get it. If not for your wife, you would just be a bum on Skid Row

I think that's probably an accurate assessment JKB!

You got it right sir. Let's START with #1. Assume nothing fellas and get your check books out for this great cause I will PM you ESSHUP

Yeah, right

My top bids are $150.00 for #3 on Georges flies, and $150.00 on Tony's #4 juice. I may not go higher than this

OK. It turns out that a number of items were donated that were on the walls of Dr. Dave Willis office. I can't put everything on line, and there is too much stuff for us to get ready in time for the physical silent auction. So with that being said there will be an on-line auction held after the conference. Date to be determined. Those items were brought this morning. There are a few items that I will list, but not all.

In regards to payment, here's the information that the pond boss office needs.

Name
Address
Zip Code
Credit card number
Expiration date
Security code on back
Phone number
e-mail address

If you are the winning bidder, contact:
[email protected]
903-564-6114

A cashiers check/Money order will work too.
The items will be shipped out towards the end of the week as they won't be back in the office until Wednesday. The bidding price does not include shipping - she will just pass on the shipping costs, and she typically ships Priority mail flat rate box.

Some items that were added to the online and physical silent auction:

Texas Hunter Professional Series Feeder, LM175 Donated by Texas Hunter Feeders
100 pounds of feed capacity
20" wide x 22" long x 46" high
Opening bid $500

TFO Fly rod/reel combo. Donated by Todd Overton
5/6 weight
$100 opening bid

"The Ultimate Predator"
Custom made print for Dr. Dave Willis
Opening bid $150 Approximately 8" x 10"

Secchi Disk Opening bid #$0

I just learned that the internet connection in the conference area is restricted (i.e. poor signal) by the hotel. That is so that non paying guests don't hog the bandwidth. Send me a text or call me on the business phone 574.806.4237 with your maximum bid amount by 8:20 p.m. CST. That is when I'm shutting off the bidding for the items. The physical bidding will still go on until 8:30 p.m. CST. That gives me time to run around and write down the amounts on the bid cards.

If anyone wants more information, text or call me. There's so many more things that I physically don't have time to put up here, it's a crime. Many more things were added at the last minute.

Just as a heads up, there WILL be a auction on-line after the conference with some of the items that were on Dr. Dave Willis office walls. There will be a bunch of items and all the proceeds will go to the Jesse West Foundation too.

There's approximately 50 items in the silent auction. See what you guys miss by not being here???

You've all seen pictures of Georges flies and the syrup earlier in this thread. Here are the other items that I'm listing on-line.

Texas Hunter Feeder Pro Series Feeder, DF175.


It holds 100# of fish food. The feeder has a value of around $900. The auction price does NOT include shipping from San Antonio for someone that is not willing to drive to me to pick it up. I'll bring it back up North when I return if someone can wait that long. FYI, shipping should be around $100.

TFO 5/6 wt combo package. Fly Rod, reel, carrying case and I don't know if there is line there or not.


Secchi Disk. Only one will be auctioned off tonight.


The Ultimate Predator. This was one of the items that was hanging up in Dr. Dave Willis's office. It was custom made for him.

This really is a silent auction. You need software

I just got the word from Esshup that "no news is good news." If you haven't heard from him then your bid is still good.

For those that can't text, but have email. You can send a text thru your email.

Here's how:

AT&T � [email protected]
Verizon � [email protected]
T-Mobile � [email protected]
Sprint PCS - [email protected]
Virgin Mobile � [email protected]
US Cellular � [email protected]
Nextel - [email protected]
Boost - [email protected]
Alltel � [email protected]

You need to know the carrier the recipient is using.

Not sure what esshup has.

The recipient can also respond from their cell phone -via- text, and it will go to your email.

Before the end of the auction, Esshup said he will try to post a list of all the available online items along with the current high bid.

Edit: Might just be a text to the current bidders.

Got a text from Scott

Me too!

3X on the text! Can't wait to read the totals. Making a difference from the couch.

I got my text also....

I'll be fishing with George's fly, while I have crusty light maple syrup in my beard, while I'm wearing my SDSU ball cap.

I couldn't have asked for a better text.

Thank you all for bidding. I don't know the whole totals, but the on-line Pond Boss crowd raised $1,845.00 dollars for the Jesse West foundation strictly from the on-line bids. I included my bids and Al's bids even though we were both there.

The following people need to call the Pond Boss office and arrange payment and shipping if you didn't donate the item back to Pond Boss for another Jesse West Auction.

In no particular order:
Dave D.
Eric West
JKB
mnfish

Please tell the office girls what your forum name is because that's the way I had you listed on the bidding sheets. They will need the other information too, that I listed above. They mightnot have the complete total, because they might need your shipping address to figure out postage.