*** Sixth Anniversary of Getting-Together ***

 

Dates:

 

July 15th - 19th 2009

 

Place:

 

Goose Island Campground Located 3 miles South of La Crosse Wisconsin just off of Hwy 35, in the backwaters of the Mississippi River.

 

Campground Amenities:

 

The Campground has Over 400 Camp Sites: most with Electrical and Water Hook-Up, Restroom/Shower Facilities, Sanitary Dump Stations, a Camp Store with bait licenses and ice, Firewood, a Fish Cleaning House, 3 Boat Ramps, Canoe Rentals, Swimming Beach, 2 Nature Trails, a Kids Playground, Volleyball & Basketball courts, a Game Room and a Miniature Golf Course.

Not to mention the excellent fishing that abounds for (Walleye, Sauger, Bass, Catfish, Pike, Crappie, and Blue Gills) in the backwaters and main channel of the Mississippi River

 

Reservations:

To reserve your campsite Please call the Goose Island Campground after Jan 3rd 2009 at 1-608-788-7018 Make sure to tell them you are with the NAFC and that you would like a campsite in the #54 to #70 loop, we reserve #50 - #53 as the designated host / group activity sites each year they are right on shore with plenty of room / beach area for members to moor their boats during the meet.

There are several Motels/Hotels close by for non Camping Members (if you would like info on Motels/Hotels please let us know)

 

Quick note:

You must be 18 yrs. or older to reserve a campsite at the campground and to attend the meet, if you are one of our younger members under the age of 18 and would like to join us your welcome to do so as long as a parent or guardian accompanies you during your stay

 

Fishing License info:

The area / water of the Mississippi River we plan to fish is classified as State Boundary water if you are from, Wisconsin, Minnesota no other license is required, if you are attending from other states not bordering the boundary you will need to get a nonresident fishing license.

 

On behalf of the 2008 Meet Attendees (Pictured above) and the members who attended that are not pictured we would like to extend a special invite again to each and every one of our fellow Members, their families and friends who have never experienced a meet before, make plains early to join us in 2009   (I have 30 coffee mugs and 30 fly fishing lanyards left over from our 2008 meet) to give away to new Members attending the 2009 La Crosse meet for the first time.

 

As always if you have any questions or need more info let us know ?

 

Take Care and God Bless

 

"Friends are GOD's way of showing us that we don't have to fish alone"
"Take a child fishing"

(Wi) Life Member

Jerry K.

HI !!! HOW ARE YA !!!!!!!

Well, let me be the first to say WHOO HOO!!!!!! YIPPY!!!!!! ALRIGHT!!!!!

I'll be there (God willing)!!!!!

 

You SNUCK in ahead of me  

 

I won't miss THIS one

Life Member David BB Linkmeister US Army '78-'85 West Coast Member of da EH! Team Kangaroo Kounty Razzer-in-Chief

Jerry:

Thanks for posting this already. Time to start planning for another terriffic time. With all the great people, the great fishing, the great food, all the tackle giveaways and the great campsite, I'm getting antsy already. If I ever miss one of these La Crosse meets, it'll only be because I can't push the coffin lid open.

 

Ray

Be Fishers of People. You catch, He Cleans. Life Member since 2/17/92 One of the "Illinoiz Boyz" "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

Eye'm sure going to try and make it to this one but with Diana not having a job now my fishing plans for next year will jus thave to be a wait and see. OH  RT got a question for ya. In your post it said  To reserve your campsite Please call the Goose Island Campground after Jan 3rd 2008. How can we do that when that date is gone already 

  Well Lip, it did say after, just not how long after.  ;-)

 

Jim USArmy 1986-Present Life Member NAFC Member Western Fishers Member Full Moon Fishers "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -- Calvin

Good Lipripper  thanks for the heads up I missed that one

Great to have you back online ... hope you can make the meet in 09

"Friends are GOD's way of showing us that we don't have to fish alone"
"Take a child fishing"

(Wi) Life Member

Jerry K.

Can't wait for it to roll around again,it's always a great time! Like Rod Tender said come one come all if ya haven't been to one ya don't know what your missing. Great People ,Great Time. ><))))))))"> Lou

 

 

Retired-psg /Infantry,Purple Heart and a Few others, VietNam Vet, Ex Deputy Sheriff SCCSD, and all around good Guy! Living in Wisconsin

And it will be a pleasure to hang out with you and the everyone else too Jerry.

I was hurting not to be there this year.

But I WILL next spring!

Life Member David BB Linkmeister US Army '78-'85 West Coast Member of da EH! Team Kangaroo Kounty Razzer-in-Chief

Yeah!  Mossback has that week-end off so we'll probably be there for the whole meet!!! 

 

We like to sleep in so we better keep our site a ways off from you early birdies!! Up at 5 o'clock...that's still the middle of the nite!

 Mrs M

 

Mosssback & Mrs. Mossback (aka Tom & Laure) Smallie Slayers

 There's a 5 o'clock in the morning??

Oh yeah. A long time ago that's when I used to come home.

Be Fishers of People. You catch, He Cleans. Life Member since 2/17/92 One of the "Illinoiz Boyz" "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

  Thats OK Mrs. Mossback..... We'll just make more noise the farther you move.

  

Jim USArmy 1986-Present Life Member NAFC Member Western Fishers Member Full Moon Fishers "There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want" -- Calvin

We could always park the boats down that way - hey? Then there is no mistaking the wake up call as we all rev them up to burn the cold off.

Opps! Should'a kept my mouth shut about wanting to sleep in!!!!!!  And those darn tent walls are sooooooo  thin.

Mosssback & Mrs. Mossback (aka Tom & Laure) Smallie Slayers

Sleeping In?????????? There's no sleeping in at the LaCrosse Meet (as said in the Tom Hanks voice from the  A League of Their Own movie)

we should be back online next weak . So we will catch up with every thing  then .

IF it moves whack it <))) especially if it's from Illinois

Well let us know as soon as you're back.
Be Fishers of People. You catch, He Cleans. Life Member since 2/17/92 One of the "Illinoiz Boyz" "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

Ray, I suspect for you it was a long time ago!
LM since 2005 Bushwacker Deputy Sherif

Pete: ???????????? Splain please.
Be Fishers of People. You catch, He Cleans. Life Member since 2/17/92 One of the "Illinoiz Boyz" "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."