http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/crying.gif sad news

[cripplesnake]

it is with a heavy heart that i must make this post. i have threatened to do so before, but have always backed out. but for his best interest i now make this plea for help. as some of you know, i fish with bass-ackwards. rob is a great guy, but brotheren, rob has an addiction. he can't fight this alone, but he is too proud to ask for help. we are all guilty at times, but rob can't help himself. SORRY ROB rob is addicted to too much fishing tackle. for heavens sake, the guy for instance showed up at my house with 17 fishing rods and a suitcase of tackle. is there anyone that knows where he can seek help for this problem. the poor guy needs help is there a recovery group for people such as rob?

[ROBODOM]

Cold Turkey is the only way to go. Restrain him securely, then call me, send directions and I'll come get all his stuff. That's just the type of caring guy I am, willing to help.

[2100greenmonster]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ROBODOM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Cold Turkey is the only way to go. Restrain him securely, then call me, send directions and I'll come get all his stuff. That's just the type of caring guy I am, willing to help. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Dom if you need help I can be there too, to help remove temtation from Rob

[ROBODOM]

If it's as bad as CrippleSnake says, we may need both trucks, then we'll split...umm...I mean store everything in two seperate places so he can't fall off the wagon easily.

[2100greenmonster]

Yeah store it, but definately use it to keep it in tip top shape, for when the time comes that he can control himself.

[Mickstix]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cripplesnake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the guy showed up at my house with 17 fishing rods and a suitcase of tackle. is there anyone that knows where he can seek help for this problem.</TD></TR></TABLE>

17 RODS?? the bigger problem is that Gambler prolly couldnt even get on plane with all that excess!!

[2100greenmonster]

Hell in this summer heat it takes forever to get on plane now. But I can't bring myself to drop a pitch cause it still runs good on the top end.

[stratosgator]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mickstix &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

17 RODS?? the bigger problem is that Gambler prolly couldnt even get on plane with all that excess!! </TD></TR></TABLE>
17 RODS?!?!?! I have a 20 foot long tackle box and don't have that many (in the boat ) I am offering to help Dom also. That way he won't really know where to go to retrieve the "problem"

[bass-ackwards]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cripplesnake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> it is with a heavy heart that i must make this post. i have threatened to do so before, but have always backed out. but for his best interest i now make this plea for help. as some of you know, i fish with bass-ackwards. rob is a great guy, but brotheren, rob has an addiction. he can't fight this alone, but he is too proud to ask for help. we are all guilty at times, but rob can't help himself. SORRY ROB rob is addicted to too much fishing tackle. for heavens sake, the guy for instance showed up at my house with 17 fishing rods and a suitcase of tackle. is there anyone that knows where he can seek help for this problem. the poor guy needs help is there a recovery group for people such as rob?</TD></TR></TABLE>

.......Let me try to explain myself.. ....Nah, I wont even try.. ....I have sought professional help for this problem in the past and even the massive amounts of drugs they have Rx have not helped .....(Still taking the drugs,tho). ..My logic behind this obsession. ... is if we get into some good fish and they happen to snap a rod or three or rip them out of my hands I will still have more to battle on with. Better safe then sorry.....Now with Snakies help I have weaned myself down to only 9 or 10, sometimes 11 rods per trip ...Well at least im out of the closet now and it feels so much better.....I know Im not alone with this terrible illness others need to come out, together we can beat this...&lt;&gt;rob&lt;&gt;.

[Skeeter-E]

Its hard to break that habit so if you guys need someone to help I will be there for you. just I.M me and let me know where to pick up all the tackle & Rods..im sure there is someone here in my house that could use all that gear.

[Leesburg Laker]

It's tough to do, and the animal rights people don't like it, but you MUST kill the bait monkey GL....John

[mikepags]

I don't see a problem here............ what wrong with having a couple of options

[ROBODOM]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Skeeter-E &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Its hard to break that habit so if you guys need someone to help I will be there for you. just I.M me and let me know where to pick up all the tackle & Rods..im sure there is someone here in my house that could use all that gear.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Nice try Skeeter but the line forms behind Noland and me, we started that scam, I mean, therapy option, while you sat back and offered no help for this poor man.

[Skeeter-E]

DOM, Help Me ...Help you...Help Me...Help you..........LOL

[2100greenmonster]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ROBODOM &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Nice try Skeeter but the line forms behind Noland and me, we started that scam, I mean, therapy option, while you sat back and offered no help for this poor man. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Excactly we were first to try to take advan... errr help yeah help a brother out who's going through a hard time.

[Bill2e]

[cripplesnake]

no guys, i am his friend and fishin partner. he has it bad. his wife and him are going on a trip. two suitcases. rob has one pair of underwear and one pair of pants. his poor wife barely has that. EVERYTHING else is fishing gear. it's so sad, the poor guy is ate up. another thing you brothern need to know, rob is BACKWARDS how do you think he got his name bass-ackwards? he's left handed or else i would have already stolen, i mean helped the guy out from some of his reels. he's backwards. surely we can think of a way to help him though

[stratosgator]

I don't think that he is going fishin'.....He might be going to REHAB, Fishin' rehab...
Me, Bill2E and Mickstix all know what a devistating problem this can be..Right guys.......guys......Where did they go???? Just here a miniute ago

[ROBODOM]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cripplesnake &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> he's left handed or else i would have already stolen, i mean helped the guy out from some of his reels. he's backwards. surely we can think of a way to help him though </TD></TR></TABLE>

As luck, umm, I mean fortune, no wait that not it, coincidence, yeah, that's the word, coincidence, I'm left handed as well and will help anyway I can. As therapy he can even teach me how to use a baitcaster to slowly wean him off those evil reels.