Was just about to text you to check the date!! My game dinner is march 18th and it's, so didn't want to conflict!! I'm bummed out!! Only time I got to see alot of you guys!!

Hate to lose such a revenue maker for charity!!

Seems like all the CTF events have been losing people over the years. I know I used to make them all and don't any more. The younger generation just doesn't have the same passion we had. Just like every thing else the same people do all the work all the time. No one new steps up. Just look at the fishing reports. No one posts like they used to.

Sadly haven't posted b/c I haven't been out fishing much, but I've made 3 events thus far this year. Not going to lie, the turnout for the kid's day was a shame - you could tell so much effort went into organizing it but there were very few kids.

Can't say that I see very many young kids on the water when we do get to be out - declining enrollment in schools in my area, parents are either more preoccupied with themselves than their kids or struggling to get by and have no free time - either way evidence points to CT being no place to raise a family.

God knows we want out, too much family rooted here for us to leave though. Virtually all my friends from growing up here have left CT with the exception of a small handful, and those that are gone all seem the happier for it.

I too haven't posted hardly at all this year. Got spoiled fishing in Florida. No ice when I was unemployed earlier this year and last....

That and I have an elderly father who is having health issues and in the process of selling his place.

Aside from catching the biggest bass of my life this past April, fishing has been on the decline for me for the first time in 40 years.

I too will miss the game dinner one of the best events I have ever been to.