This page was created to give our angling friends and families a place to ask for prayer and other needs. We may be competitors on the water, but we all share the passion of fishing and are a fishing family by choice. Please send your prayer requests to Linda@ebassfish.com and they will be posted the same day as received. ebassfish will also post up-dates on anglers and their family members who are battling sickness or other health problems. Requests will be listed for 30 days and will be dropped off the list unless a new request is sent to us. We hope the power of "prayer currents" will help those in need find comfort in knowing that they are not alone....Carolina Linda

"Look in mercy and offer your help, O God, to those who carry burdens so great that they are tempted to lose heart, to those who feel themselves driven into a corner and are tempted to give up, to those whose life seems to be in the hands of others and are tempted to surrender their independence, to those who face a lengthy illness or even death and are tempted to lose hope, for all these, and especially for those who have lost the will to pray for themselves, we offer these prayers."  (author unknown)

Posted March 19, 2008:

Please keep all the flooding victims across the country in your prayers.

Posted February 9, 2008:

Prayers are still needed for WBT anglers Madeline Smith, Darla Bardelli and Sharri Brazzel as they continue their battle against cancer.

Texas: Pray for the mother of Lila Bass who is hospitalized with heart problems and pneumonia.

Posted February 4, 2008:

Canada: Pray for Terri MacKinnon and her family as they mourn the passing of her father this past weekend. Pray also for her mother, who is in very bad health.

Arkansas: Continue to Pray for Madeline Smith who is still in Georgia undergoing chemotherapy for lung cancer. She is in good spirits and appreciates all the flowers, cards, emails and well-wishes over the past 2 months.

Posted January 16, 2008:

North Carolina: Mary Hencken reports that her mother is doing great since her heart surgery. Mary gives credit to God for her mother's recovery.

Texas: Continue to pray for Lila Bass and her family who are battling the flu.

Posted January 7, 2008:

Texas: Prayer has been requested for Lila Bass and her family. Lila's father passed away Friday, January 6th.

Alabama: Carole Cook reports that Willie is doing better each week and will not have any further surgery for awhile.  

Posted December 12, 2007:

Nebraska: Please pray for those killed and injured in the horrific Mall shooting this past week here in Omaha. Such a senseless - un-imaginable killings. Please pray specifically for my neighbor Judy, who lost her dear sister. Our entire community mourns - your thoughts and prayers are so appreciated...Angie Michaels

Texas: Kathy Magers reports that her mother's surgery was a huge success and that she is improving daily. She thanks everyone for their prayers.

Patti Campbell is recovering from hand surgery and has a 2 to 3 month rehab.

Juanita Robinson is recovering from knee surgery to have a torn meniscus repaired and is doing well.

Mississippi: Kathy Riley has had foot surgery and will be spending the next 2 to 3 months recovering. She hopes to be well enough to fish the first WBT tournament in April.

Arizona: No recent news from Katrina DeHaven, but please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Posted December 5, 2007:

Oklahoma: There will be visitation for Sherrie Brubaker Thursday, December 6th from 2 - 9 p.m. at Hixson Funeral Home in West Lake, Louisiana. She will be flown to Tilven, Illinois on Friday, December 7th with visitation there on Saturday, December 8th  with visitation at McDaniel Funeral Home from 5 to 9 and burial on Sunday, December 9th at 1:30. The family has requested that flowers be sent to McDaniel Funeral Home in Illinois.

Texas: Kathy Mager's mother will have neurosurgery on Wednesday, December 5th to remove a tumor from her mother's head above the first vertebra in her spine.

Lila Bass's uncle is much improved and expected to make a full recovery. She thanks everyone for the prayers, kind words and support.

Posted December 4, 2007:

Oklahoma: The family of Sherrie Brubaker. Sherrie lost her 3 year battle with breast cancer on December 2.

Florida: Carolyn Poole lost her husband to leukemia on November 28th.

Arkansas: Madeline Smith (Lady Bass Angler) was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and is preparing to under-go treatments in Atlanta, Georgia.

Missouri: On 11/11/07, my granddaughter, Samantha Lipka was killed in a car accident on highway 70 coming home from Columbia, Mo.  Sam was 17 years old and had everything to live for.  She was a wonderful softball pitcher and had just been offered a full scholarship to Stevens College.  Her ERA was 1.3 and she had 140 strikeouts. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and a truly good person. Her high school has established a scholarship fund in her honor. If you would like to help another young woman go to college, the information is below.

Make checks payable to the Ferguson-Florissant School District
On the memo line add Samantha Lipka Scholarship Fund
Mail to:  McCluer High School, 1896 South New Florissant Rd, Florissant, Mo  63031

Thanks - Mary Lipka

North Carolina: Mary Hencken's mother is recovering from heart surgery.

Texas: Helen Gordon's mother passed away on October 31st and her father is undergoing treatment for prostrate cancer.

Texas:  Lila Bass's uncle was critically injured in an automobile accident.

Arizona: Darla Bardelli is undergoing chemo treatments for breast cancer and faces surgery and radiation treatments in early 2008.

Florida: Denise Sesco has been in and out of the hospital recently.

Alabama: Willie Cook severed an ankle bone in a weed eater accident and has to undergo several surgeries to try to save his foot from being amputated.

New Mexico: Sharri Brazzel has been battling intestinal cancer for almost a year now.