FLW Tragedy
 

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02.Mar.2004



Tony Strickland of Orlando, Fla., passed away Saturday evening following a
boating accident on Lake Eustis that occurred during the BFL Gator Division
tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Tavares, Fla.

According to Deputy Bud Anthony with the Lake County Sheriff's office,
Strickland and co-angler Rikk Stout of Minford, Ohio, were ejected from
their boat following a collision with a wave that caused damage to
Strickland's vessel.

Strickland and Stout were wearing personal floatation devices at the time of
the accident and Strickland's ignition shutoff lanyard appears to have
functioned properly, according to Deputy Anthony, who examined the boat. The
21-foot Triton powered by a 225 Mercury outboard sustained damage to its
starboard side but remained afloat and upright.

Deputy Anthony was attending the weigh-in at Hickory Point Landing and began
a search for Strickland and Stout at the tournament director's request when
the pair failed to check in.

At approximately 5:15 p.m. the Lake County Sheriff's Department received a
call reporting the damaged boat floating against a seawall on the south end
of Lake Eustis. Deputy Anthony was just minutes from the location and was
the first to arrive on the scene. Upon finding the boat empty, Anthony
radioed dispatch, and a helicopter joined the search. Two additional marine
units and a dive team were also alerted and placed en route.

About 15 minutes later, John Killory, who was out for a boat ride with his
family, saw Stout and pulled him into his boat, Deputy Anthony said. Killory
then called a marine deputy via cell phone. The deputy relayed Killory's
location to dispatch, directing the helicopter and Deputy Anthony to the
scene.

The time of Stout's rescue was approximately 5:40 p.m. Within minutes, the
helicopter located Strickland and directed rescuers to him, Deputy Anthony
said. Strickland and Stout were then transported by ambulance to Florida
Hospital Waterman in Tavares, according to Deputy Anthony.

Stout was treated and released from the hospital that evening. Strickland,
unfortunately, passed away. A specific cause of death has not been released
at this time, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,
which has jurisdiction over boating accidents, is conducting its
investigation.

Tony Strickland will be greatly missed by the entire FLW Outdoors family.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

A visitation is scheduled for noon Saturday, March 6, with a funeral service
at 2 p.m. at Deltona Memorial Funeral Home, 1295 Saxon Blvd. in Orange City,
Fla. People interested in making a contribution in Tony's memory can send
donations to the Teen Sportfishing Association, which Tony founded in 2001
to help teach teens about fishing and boating. Memorials may be sent to the
following address:

Teen Sportfishing Association
C/O Nancy Strickland
769 Barger Drive
Deltona, Fla. 32738


Warren

FLW Tragedy
 

A tragedy indeed!


"go-bassn" wrote in message
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02.Mar.2004



Tony Strickland of Orlando, Fla., passed away Saturday evening following a
boating accident on Lake Eustis that occurred during the BFL Gator
Division
tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Tavares, Fla.

FLW Tragedy
 

I was looking for more information on the Old Hickory FLW tour on their
site, but got side tracked by the "Co-Angler Clinic". I must say... that's a
pretty good site with lots of good information.

Guess I better get back to work now! LOL


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
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02.Mar.2004



Tony Strickland of Orlando, Fla., passed away Saturday evening following a
boating accident on Lake Eustis that occurred during the BFL Gator
Division
tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Tavares, Fla.

According to Deputy Bud Anthony with the Lake County Sheriff's office,
Strickland and co-angler Rikk Stout of Minford, Ohio, were ejected from
their boat following a collision with a wave that caused damage to
Strickland's vessel.

Strickland and Stout were wearing personal floatation devices at the time
of
the accident and Strickland's ignition shutoff lanyard appears to have
functioned properly, according to Deputy Anthony, who examined the boat.
The
21-foot Triton powered by a 225 Mercury outboard sustained damage to its
starboard side but remained afloat and upright.

Deputy Anthony was attending the weigh-in at Hickory Point Landing and
began
a search for Strickland and Stout at the tournament director's request
when
the pair failed to check in.

At approximately 5:15 p.m. the Lake County Sheriff's Department received a
call reporting the damaged boat floating against a seawall on the south
end
of Lake Eustis. Deputy Anthony was just minutes from the location and was
the first to arrive on the scene. Upon finding the boat empty, Anthony
radioed dispatch, and a helicopter joined the search. Two additional
marine
units and a dive team were also alerted and placed en route.

About 15 minutes later, John Killory, who was out for a boat ride with his
family, saw Stout and pulled him into his boat, Deputy Anthony said.
Killory
then called a marine deputy via cell phone. The deputy relayed Killory's
location to dispatch, directing the helicopter and Deputy Anthony to the
scene.

The time of Stout's rescue was approximately 5:40 p.m. Within minutes, the
helicopter located Strickland and directed rescuers to him, Deputy Anthony
said. Strickland and Stout were then transported by ambulance to Florida
Hospital Waterman in Tavares, according to Deputy Anthony.

Stout was treated and released from the hospital that evening. Strickland,
unfortunately, passed away. A specific cause of death has not been
released
at this time, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,
which has jurisdiction over boating accidents, is conducting its
investigation.

Tony Strickland will be greatly missed by the entire FLW Outdoors family.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

A visitation is scheduled for noon Saturday, March 6, with a funeral
service
at 2 p.m. at Deltona Memorial Funeral Home, 1295 Saxon Blvd. in Orange
City,
Fla. People interested in making a contribution in Tony's memory can send
donations to the Teen Sportfishing Association, which Tony founded in 2001
to help teach teens about fishing and boating. Memorials may be sent to
the
following address:

Teen Sportfishing Association
C/O Nancy Strickland
769 Barger Drive
Deltona, Fla. 32738


Warren

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"go-bassn" wrote in message
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That truely is a tragedy. I'm glad that the co-angler is all right and my
condolences to the Strickland family.
--
Steve @ OutdoorFrontiers
http://www.outdoorfrontiers.com
G & S Guide Service and Custom Rods
http://www.herefishyfishy.com

FLW Tragedy
 

That is so sad, it's a fun and great sport, and to hear a fellow
sportsman suffered such a tradgety is heartbreaking....God bless his
family! And thank God for sparing his co-angler!
JK

FLW Tragedy
 

Prayers go out to the Strickland Family.

I'm thinking Tony probably suffered massive internal injuries caused by the
steering wheel and console, where his partner just flew out of the boat
unrestricted (single console boat).

I have been in boats that suffered damage from hitting a big wave wrong,
both as a driver and passenger. As the driver I almost went out of the boat
because of my partner. He was not holding on and was on his way out of the
boat and I reached for him. When I did, we hit a second wave that just
about tossed us both, because the kill switch was pulled and the sudden
deceleration along with the impact of the wave was not a good thing. I
managed to get a good hold of the steering wheel, and it just about ripped
my arm off because I still had a hold of my partner and he was now flying
forward. My arms hurt like hell for a few days but no one was really hurt.
But I can see how someone could really get hurt. If I didn't grab that
wheel, it could have been a real bad situation. All because my partner
wasn't holding on to the grip holds.



--
Craig Baugher

FLW Tragedy
 

Their magazine is good too Charles and at the tournament site you can join
the FLW for $15.00 a yr. and get a free hat and magazine subscription.I was
on Old Hickory Tuesday and talked to some of the guys at the ramp,they all
were complaining of the "no bite syndrome" and from how we did I could feel
their pain.We fished for 6 hours and had 2 keepers,both on a jig and pig,and
we threw the box at them.I am going back tomorrow and try a jigging spoon
deep over some schools of fish,thats the one thing we did not try.
Drive on over here on Sunday and catch the seminar,last year they were
giving away lots of soft plastic sample bags and such.
Charles Summers wrote in message
...
I was looking for more information on the Old Hickory FLW tour on their
site, but got side tracked by the "Co-Angler Clinic". I must say... that's
a
pretty good site with lots of good information.

Guess I better get back to work now! LOL


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Copied this from the FLW Site:

02.Mar.2004



Tony Strickland of Orlando, Fla., passed away Saturday evening following
a
boating accident on Lake Eustis that occurred during the BFL Gator
Division
tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Tavares, Fla.

According to Deputy Bud Anthony with the Lake County Sheriff's office,
Strickland and co-angler Rikk Stout of Minford, Ohio, were ejected from
their boat following a collision with a wave that caused damage to
Strickland's vessel.

Strickland and Stout were wearing personal floatation devices at the
time
of
the accident and Strickland's ignition shutoff lanyard appears to have
functioned properly, according to Deputy Anthony, who examined the boat.
The
21-foot Triton powered by a 225 Mercury outboard sustained damage to its
starboard side but remained afloat and upright.

Deputy Anthony was attending the weigh-in at Hickory Point Landing and
began
a search for Strickland and Stout at the tournament director's request
when
the pair failed to check in.

At approximately 5:15 p.m. the Lake County Sheriff's Department received
a
call reporting the damaged boat floating against a seawall on the south
end
of Lake Eustis. Deputy Anthony was just minutes from the location and
was
the first to arrive on the scene. Upon finding the boat empty, Anthony
radioed dispatch, and a helicopter joined the search. Two additional
marine
units and a dive team were also alerted and placed en route.

About 15 minutes later, John Killory, who was out for a boat ride with
his
family, saw Stout and pulled him into his boat, Deputy Anthony said.
Killory
then called a marine deputy via cell phone. The deputy relayed Killory's
location to dispatch, directing the helicopter and Deputy Anthony to the
scene.

The time of Stout's rescue was approximately 5:40 p.m. Within minutes,
the
helicopter located Strickland and directed rescuers to him, Deputy
Anthony
said. Strickland and Stout were then transported by ambulance to Florida
Hospital Waterman in Tavares, according to Deputy Anthony.

Stout was treated and released from the hospital that evening.
Strickland,
unfortunately, passed away. A specific cause of death has not been
released
at this time, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,
which has jurisdiction over boating accidents, is conducting its
investigation.

Tony Strickland will be greatly missed by the entire FLW Outdoors
family.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

A visitation is scheduled for noon Saturday, March 6, with a funeral
service
at 2 p.m. at Deltona Memorial Funeral Home, 1295 Saxon Blvd. in Orange
City,
Fla. People interested in making a contribution in Tony's memory can
send
donations to the Teen Sportfishing Association, which Tony founded in
2001
to help teach teens about fishing and boating. Memorials may be sent to
the
following address:

Teen Sportfishing Association
C/O Nancy Strickland
769 Barger Drive
Deltona, Fla. 32738


Warren

FLW Tragedy
 

Prayers go out to the Strickland family.You can not be too careful on the
water,ever.
go-bassn wrote in message
...
Copied this from the FLW Site:

02.Mar.2004



Tony Strickland of Orlando, Fla., passed away Saturday evening following a
boating accident on Lake Eustis that occurred during the BFL Gator
Division
tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Tavares, Fla.

According to Deputy Bud Anthony with the Lake County Sheriff's office,
Strickland and co-angler Rikk Stout of Minford, Ohio, were ejected from
their boat following a collision with a wave that caused damage to
Strickland's vessel.

Strickland and Stout were wearing personal floatation devices at the time
of
the accident and Strickland's ignition shutoff lanyard appears to have
functioned properly, according to Deputy Anthony, who examined the boat.
The
21-foot Triton powered by a 225 Mercury outboard sustained damage to its
starboard side but remained afloat and upright.

Deputy Anthony was attending the weigh-in at Hickory Point Landing and
began
a search for Strickland and Stout at the tournament director's request
when
the pair failed to check in.

At approximately 5:15 p.m. the Lake County Sheriff's Department received a
call reporting the damaged boat floating against a seawall on the south
end
of Lake Eustis. Deputy Anthony was just minutes from the location and was
the first to arrive on the scene. Upon finding the boat empty, Anthony
radioed dispatch, and a helicopter joined the search. Two additional
marine
units and a dive team were also alerted and placed en route.

About 15 minutes later, John Killory, who was out for a boat ride with his
family, saw Stout and pulled him into his boat, Deputy Anthony said.
Killory
then called a marine deputy via cell phone. The deputy relayed Killory's
location to dispatch, directing the helicopter and Deputy Anthony to the
scene.

The time of Stout's rescue was approximately 5:40 p.m. Within minutes, the
helicopter located Strickland and directed rescuers to him, Deputy Anthony
said. Strickland and Stout were then transported by ambulance to Florida
Hospital Waterman in Tavares, according to Deputy Anthony.

Stout was treated and released from the hospital that evening. Strickland,
unfortunately, passed away. A specific cause of death has not been
released
at this time, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,
which has jurisdiction over boating accidents, is conducting its
investigation.

Tony Strickland will be greatly missed by the entire FLW Outdoors family.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

A visitation is scheduled for noon Saturday, March 6, with a funeral
service
at 2 p.m. at Deltona Memorial Funeral Home, 1295 Saxon Blvd. in Orange
City,
Fla. People interested in making a contribution in Tony's memory can send
donations to the Teen Sportfishing Association, which Tony founded in 2001
to help teach teens about fishing and boating. Memorials may be sent to
the
following address:

Teen Sportfishing Association
C/O Nancy Strickland
769 Barger Drive
Deltona, Fla. 32738


Warren

FLW Tragedy
 

You going to be there Joe? So far my Sunday is still free. What time?

--
Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com


"BassMr" wrote in message
link.net...
Their magazine is good too Charles and at the tournament site you can join
the FLW for $15.00 a yr. and get a free hat and magazine subscription.I
was
on Old Hickory Tuesday and talked to some of the guys at the ramp,they all
were complaining of the "no bite syndrome" and from how we did I could
feel
their pain.We fished for 6 hours and had 2 keepers,both on a jig and
pig,and
we threw the box at them.I am going back tomorrow and try a jigging spoon
deep over some schools of fish,thats the one thing we did not try.
Drive on over here on Sunday and catch the seminar,last year they were
giving away lots of soft plastic sample bags and such.
Charles Summers wrote in message
...
I was looking for more information on the Old Hickory FLW tour on their
site, but got side tracked by the "Co-Angler Clinic". I must say...
that's
a
pretty good site with lots of good information.

Guess I better get back to work now! LOL


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Copied this from the FLW Site:

02.Mar.2004



Tony Strickland of Orlando, Fla., passed away Saturday evening
following
a
boating accident on Lake Eustis that occurred during the BFL Gator
Division
tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Tavares, Fla.

According to Deputy Bud Anthony with the Lake County Sheriff's office,
Strickland and co-angler Rikk Stout of Minford, Ohio, were ejected
from
their boat following a collision with a wave that caused damage to
Strickland's vessel.

Strickland and Stout were wearing personal floatation devices at the
time
of
the accident and Strickland's ignition shutoff lanyard appears to have
functioned properly, according to Deputy Anthony, who examined the
boat.
The
21-foot Triton powered by a 225 Mercury outboard sustained damage to
its
starboard side but remained afloat and upright.

Deputy Anthony was attending the weigh-in at Hickory Point Landing and
began
a search for Strickland and Stout at the tournament director's request
when
the pair failed to check in.

At approximately 5:15 p.m. the Lake County Sheriff's Department
received
a
call reporting the damaged boat floating against a seawall on the
south
end
of Lake Eustis. Deputy Anthony was just minutes from the location and
was
the first to arrive on the scene. Upon finding the boat empty, Anthony
radioed dispatch, and a helicopter joined the search. Two additional
marine
units and a dive team were also alerted and placed en route.

About 15 minutes later, John Killory, who was out for a boat ride with
his
family, saw Stout and pulled him into his boat, Deputy Anthony said.
Killory
then called a marine deputy via cell phone. The deputy relayed
Killory's
location to dispatch, directing the helicopter and Deputy Anthony to
the
scene.

The time of Stout's rescue was approximately 5:40 p.m. Within minutes,
the
helicopter located Strickland and directed rescuers to him, Deputy
Anthony
said. Strickland and Stout were then transported by ambulance to
Florida
Hospital Waterman in Tavares, according to Deputy Anthony.

Stout was treated and released from the hospital that evening.
Strickland,
unfortunately, passed away. A specific cause of death has not been
released
at this time, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission,
which has jurisdiction over boating accidents, is conducting its
investigation.

Tony Strickland will be greatly missed by the entire FLW Outdoors
family.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

A visitation is scheduled for noon Saturday, March 6, with a funeral
service
at 2 p.m. at Deltona Memorial Funeral Home, 1295 Saxon Blvd. in Orange
City,
Fla. People interested in making a contribution in Tony's memory can
send
donations to the Teen Sportfishing Association, which Tony founded in
2001
to help teach teens about fishing and boating. Memorials may be sent
to
the
following address:

Teen Sportfishing Association
C/O Nancy Strickland
769 Barger Drive
Deltona, Fla. 32738


Warren

FLW Tragedy
 

Our prayers to both families and their loved ones.
I tried to come up with a poem for this situation, but it was just too sad
of a thing that happened.
The rest of you be very careful please at ALL times!

FLW Tragedy
 

Yes,I plan on going Charles,I have to check the website to see when it
starts.I will mail you my cell # so we can hook up.
Charles Summers wrote in message
...
You going to be there Joe? So far my Sunday is still free. What time?

--
Charles B. Summers
Secret Weapon Lures
http://www.secretweaponlures.com


"BassMr" wrote in message
link.net...
Their magazine is good too Charles and at the tournament site you can
join
the FLW for $15.00 a yr. and get a free hat and magazine subscription.I
was
on Old Hickory Tuesday and talked to some of the guys at the ramp,they
all
were complaining of the "no bite syndrome" and from how we did I could
feel
their pain.We fished for 6 hours and had 2 keepers,both on a jig and
pig,and
we threw the box at them.I am going back tomorrow and try a jigging
spoon
deep over some schools of fish,thats the one thing we did not try.
Drive on over here on Sunday and catch the seminar,last year they were
giving away lots of soft plastic sample bags and such.
Charles Summers wrote in message
...
I was looking for more information on the Old Hickory FLW tour on
their
site, but got side tracked by the "Co-Angler Clinic". I must say...
that's
a
pretty good site with lots of good information.

Guess I better get back to work now! LOL


"go-bassn" wrote in message
...
Copied this from the FLW Site:

02.Mar.2004



Tony Strickland of Orlando, Fla., passed away Saturday evening
following
a
boating accident on Lake Eustis that occurred during the BFL Gator
Division
tournament on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Tavares, Fla.

According to Deputy Bud Anthony with the Lake County Sheriff's
office,
Strickland and co-angler Rikk Stout of Minford, Ohio, were ejected
from
their boat following a collision with a wave that caused damage to
Strickland's vessel.

Strickland and Stout were wearing personal floatation devices at the
time
of
the accident and Strickland's ignition shutoff lanyard appears to
have
functioned properly, according to Deputy Anthony, who examined the
boat.
The
21-foot Triton powered by a 225 Mercury outboard sustained damage to
its
starboard side but remained afloat and upright.

Deputy Anthony was attending the weigh-in at Hickory Point Landing
and
began
a search for Strickland and Stout at the tournament director's
request
when
the pair failed to check in.

At approximately 5:15 p.m. the Lake County Sheriff's Department
received
a
call reporting the damaged boat floating against a seawall on the
south
end
of Lake Eustis. Deputy Anthony was just minutes from the location
and
was
the first to arrive on the scene. Upon finding the boat empty,
Anthony
radioed dispatch, and a helicopter joined the search. Two additional
marine
units and a dive team were also alerted and placed en route.

About 15 minutes later, John Killory, who was out for a boat ride
with
his
family, saw Stout and pulled him into his boat, Deputy Anthony said.
Killory
then called a marine deputy via cell phone. The deputy relayed
Killory's
location to dispatch, directing the helicopter and Deputy Anthony to
the
scene.

The time of Stout's rescue was approximately 5:40 p.m. Within
minutes,
the
helicopter located Strickland and directed rescuers to him, Deputy
Anthony
said. Strickland and Stout were then transported by ambulance to
Florida
Hospital Waterman in Tavares, according to Deputy Anthony.

Stout was treated and released from the hospital that evening.
Strickland,
unfortunately, passed away. A specific cause of death has not been
released
at this time, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission,
which has jurisdiction over boating accidents, is conducting its
investigation.

Tony Strickland will be greatly missed by the entire FLW Outdoors
family.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

A visitation is scheduled for noon Saturday, March 6, with a funeral
service
at 2 p.m. at Deltona Memorial Funeral Home, 1295 Saxon Blvd. in
Orange
City,
Fla. People interested in making a contribution in Tony's memory can
send
donations to the Teen Sportfishing Association, which Tony founded
in
2001
to help teach teens about fishing and boating. Memorials may be sent
to
the
following address:

Teen Sportfishing Association
C/O Nancy Strickland
769 Barger Drive
Deltona, Fla. 32738


Warren