Each year, we hold our Heroes Bass Fishing Derby program. The HBF Derbies are held monthly April – October, where we recruit volunteers with fishing boats that have a live well and pair them up with one of our Nation’s Heroes to compete amongst each other for bragging rights and a medallion award in several categories.

This year we decided to keep track and award the top HBF 24 volunteer boater & top Hero. The winners were:

HBF 24 Hero Champion – Joseph Price
HBF 24 Boater Champion – Stephen Wheeler

Both Champions received tackle, a custom long sleeve UV fishing shirt, $50 gift card to MegaLure (a Veteran owned & operated business), $50 gift card to Texas Roadhouse, a plaque AND a 50w 12v remote controlled LED light for their boat.

In addition to our two champions, we gifted Vietnam Marine Veteran boater volunteer Bob Tiller with a 50w 12v remote controlled LED light and a $50 gift card for not only making every event, but also for providing two boats.

This cookout was an opportunity for Woods n Water to thank everyone that has participated in the HBF 24 program and present the winners with their prizes.

To thank each and every participant, volunteers & Heroes, we also gifted them with our new custom HBF 24 UV long sleeve T-shirts

Woods n Water would like to thank Wawa for donating a box of coffee for each event, ES Fishing, our volunteers and a special thank you to all of our Heroes! We are so honored to be able to hold these events and hope that you feel appreciated and remembered.

Healing one cast at a time