We lost a brother today

isla21

We killed a couple wahoos a little over a month ago. He was a good man. Always there in a pinch. We never got that yft together we were looking for, but we had fun trying. I miss you bro. Rest easy my friend. Until we meet again.....

AC Man

Very Sad! I never met him personally, but spoke to him a few times. He helped me with my pool and set me up to buy products at wholesale thru his contacts. Great guy. I know this may be too soon, but did anyone see this coming, and why? I only ask because my best friend since childhood and a few others I know passed the same way. If only you could do something to prevent it. :angel

on deck

RIP and strength to his family.

T Top

Prayers for his family that has been left behind.

TonyB

Rest in peace brother.

Resinhead

Hate to see his wife and kid go through this. Hope they heal. Good luck to them.

Beeracuda

Condolences to the family. GT will be missed, and his humor was definitely appreciated.

King_Me

:angel



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LitiGATOR

Truly a tragedy. He seemed like a great dude and my heartfelt prayers go out to his family and friends. Tater, you're a good dude for stepping-up during what surely is a devastating time.

MRichardson

****, this sucks.
Prayers to his family and friends, including you and yours Tater.
Hard to believe.

tankard

Wow.

You never know when something like this will hit.

Resinhead

Very sad for those left behind.

Fishshrimpsnorkel

I only met Pat once - at Rich's bash in Sorrento. I was impressed with his demeanor: Friendly, outgoing and easy to talk to. RIP, and prayers for comfort to family and friends. :angel :angel

MACD

My sadness of a forum member, whom I have never meet personally, makes me appreciate how fragile life is.

My condolences to the family and his close friends.
Steve

cblddt

This was on the southeast :

http://www.gofundme.com/iel8c8?fb_action_ids=10204056208297800&fb_action_types=og.shares&fb_ref=fb_cr_n&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B620760248028598%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.shares%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%22fb_cr_n%22%5D

2amigo

:angel

Prayers to his family

Docked Wages

Prayers and condolences to GT and his family.

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mjn

Been trying to figure out what to say, and I just can't express the feeling. I never met him but had alot of forum interaction with him. Feels alot more to me then a guy on the internet. My wish is for his family and close friends to find peace. His reports and forum legacy will live on. I'm glad he joined the forums to give me and all of us a glimpse into his life, we all do that for each other and its much more important then I ever thought it would or could be. RIP

ThreeSheets

I can't really add anything that hasn't already been said. I met Pat once or twice at some of the non-meetings we had up here. I was shocked to hear the news from Tater on Sunday. It hit me pretty hard actually. Pat was a good guy. My prayers go out to his family and friends. The healing from this will take a long time. :angel

CaptTater

mjn wrote: »

Been trying to figure out what to say, and I just can't express the feeling. I never met him but had alot of forum interaction with him. Feels alot more to me then a guy on the internet. My wish is for his family and close friends to find peace. His reports and forum legacy will live on. I'm glad he joined the forums to give me and all of us a glimpse into his life, we all do that for each other and its much more important then I ever thought it would or could be. RIP

That reminds me.. and he would ask...
"are the Fishing Report archives recovered yet?" ----GTFish

bighardey

RIP in man and prayers to your family! Your posts were the best, great humor, wit and thoughts.

Ol Mucky

:angel

hopefully he found the peace he was looking for

spydermonkey

His posts put a smile on my face... RIP

Triple Threat 33T

At some point I'll be moving this thread to our Last Cast forum.

I wanted to link a few other threads here before I do.
Request from GT's wife

http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?177014-Request-from-GT-s-wife

Polar wrote: »

I want to ask everyone that knew Pat Burton To please post or email me ([email protected]) any pictures you might have of Pat (young or old). Even some of the FS Photoshop (*appropiate*) ones since he loved those so much. He got such a kick out of all the juvenile BS on that forum. I never got it, But he so enjoyed it. I am going to have someone copy photos to a CD for memorial service. I know a lot of you have already posted pics and I love looking at them even though it hurts so. Thank You All again for all the love, prayers and support. I love you all for that!

:angel

Donations for Pat's (GTFish) family!! (UPDATED)

http://forums.floridasportsman.com/showthread.php?176824-Donations-for-Pat-s-%28GTFish%29-family!!-%28UPDATED%29

TripleX wrote: »

If you would like offer any contribution to Pat's (GTFish) family, you may do so at the following link...

Rest easy my friend!!

http://www.gofundme.com/iel8c8

Triple Threat 33T

By the way I have some photos of Pat and Haley from the bash at my place a few years back that I'm digging through and will be posting here.

If you have some photos of some fishing or hunting trips with Pat or stories that you'd like to share, please post them up.



Thinking about you and your family bud. :angel

gandrfab

:angel for who he left behind

Polar

Theyre doing ok. haley and Tyler have kicked butt on the pool biz. Hoping for the best!

Lucky7Team2

mjn wrote: »

Been trying to figure out what to say, and I just can't express the feeling. I never met him but had alot of forum interaction with him. Feels alot more to me then a guy on the internet. My wish is for his family and close friends to find peace. His reports and forum legacy will live on. I'm glad he joined the forums to give me and all of us a glimpse into his life, we all do that for each other and its much more important then I ever thought it would or could be. RIP

:Agree Exactly how I feel.

Redaction

Wow...haven't been over here to OT in a long time, sorry for the loss.

Binder

:angel