Bob Pond needs your Prayers
 

This morning at around 3:00am Bob took a bad fall and shattered his nose, possibly fractured his neck and has bleeding into his brain. The cause of the fall is unknown right now as it happened at the nursing home where he was being taken care of for his advanced alzheimers. He will turn 92 on July 4th.

For those of you who may not know him or have only heard the name, here is why this man is a person who you should know about.

Bob was one of the first pioneers in the conservation of Striped Bass, without his efforts in the 70's, 80's, and early 90's we may not be catching stripers and websites like this might not even exist. Bob was also a true fisherman and a friend to fishermen everywhere, he was the founder of Atom lures, a brand that at one point was a staple in every lure bag, from the Atom-40 to his blue and white popper, most of us used his lures at one point and many of us still use replicas of the design today. And for some of the old timers here they may remember the shop down in South Attleboro where you could go and buy his seconds for a fraction of the price, and it was not uncommon for him to dump whole batches of perfectly good lures into the seconds bin so everyone could have a top quality lure that would last and last.

Please remember he is not gone yet, but he needs your prayers.

Done T & P

T&P's for a quick and full recovery.

P+T sent.