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Title: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Bushy on October 10, 2013, 01:53:42 PM
Kayak Fishing Magazine honors Joel's Life and Legacy.

http://www.kayakfishingmagazine.net/articles/102-current-issue-featured-articles-on-kayak-fishing/1831-mooch-lives.html (http://www.kayakfishingmagazine.net/articles/102-current-issue-featured-articles-on-kayak-fishing/1831-mooch-lives.html)



Bushy
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: FisHunter on October 10, 2013, 02:04:06 PM
Mooch Lives!   that was straight&to the point......my Kayak Fishing days will never be the same without him. I met him in 2006, but it feels like we fished&chilled for over 20years.

Thanks Bushy  :smt010
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: fishkraft on October 10, 2013, 02:04:32 PM
Thanks Bushy. Well done.

ruben
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: BigJim on October 10, 2013, 02:04:47 PM
Great job Allen.

Smiling and crying at the same time.

 :smt008

Sincerely,

Jim
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: FishingForTheCure on October 10, 2013, 02:08:00 PM
Thanks!
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: PISCEAN on October 10, 2013, 02:14:58 PM
 :smt023

nicely done Allen
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: ReelKnots on October 10, 2013, 02:17:38 PM
Awesome job Allen!  :smt002  :smt003  :smt010


Kiel
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Cookb17 on October 10, 2013, 02:24:38 PM
Nice tribute
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: ChuckE on October 10, 2013, 04:05:00 PM
Great tribute article written by a another kayak fishing legend and hero!!!

Thanks Allen!
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: dilbeck on October 10, 2013, 04:08:32 PM
Well done Allan!!!

Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Ben on October 10, 2013, 04:10:37 PM
Wonderful tribute Allen!

Thank you
Ben
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: NicksYak on October 10, 2013, 04:11:27 PM
That is some really good writing. It put a lump in my throat the size of an orange.
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Str8FishiN on October 10, 2013, 04:16:42 PM
Awesome work Bushy! 
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: alien on October 10, 2013, 04:35:52 PM
very nice Bushy......
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Bulldog---Alex on October 10, 2013, 04:38:51 PM
That is very fitting article Allen for such a great man that touched so many lives in so many ways. I to am one of the many people who only had the opportunity to meet Joel one time. He seems to have really touched my heart greatly. I think to myself how could a person that i only met one time make such an impression on me. It really is so simple though. It was so easy to see that he was a man that you could tell was genuine and did not put up any defenses or guards when you met him.
I am not a man that is not the best at articulating my thoughts, but I must say that his spirit and all the good wishes that everyone has expressed has really touched me  :smt010 :smt001.  My regards to Joel's family and the N.C.K.A. family.I am really glad to be part of such a great group and hope to get to know you all better. Sincerely, Bulldog  ( Alex ) :smt006
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Tote on October 10, 2013, 06:38:56 PM
Thank you Allen. That was as good as it gets.
Brother Joel is grinning from ear to ear.
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: CappyMoMo. on October 10, 2013, 06:57:02 PM
Great write up to honor a great man. 


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Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: salmon1 on October 10, 2013, 08:01:09 PM
Very well written.. Thank you Allen..
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Danglin on October 10, 2013, 08:21:18 PM
Bravo  and Thanks....

Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Lost_Anchovy on October 10, 2013, 08:35:35 PM
Thanks Allen.  Nicely done. Fitting tribute to a great man and friend to us all
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Fisherman X on October 11, 2013, 05:35:09 AM
That's beautiful, Allen. It certainly draws out both smiles and tears. Could this be put on the NCKA front page?
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Bushy on October 11, 2013, 07:07:01 AM
That's beautiful, Allen. It certainly draws out both smiles and tears. Could this be put on the NCKA front page?

Done.
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: NoSoupForU on October 12, 2013, 11:59:46 AM
Well done Allen.

Bret
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: jonesz on October 14, 2013, 11:59:40 AM
Allen thanx for the endearing write up. Mooch truely had that rare gift to be everyone's best friend. I am saddened and grateful at the same time.... What a touching send off we gave him eh? I think we all learned how to be a better person from his presence. A life long gift.
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: tiny on October 14, 2013, 12:27:02 PM
Beautiful tribute to a beautiful person.
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Salty. on October 15, 2013, 08:34:31 PM
Thanks for writing that Allen. I will add that, although the records/pics were lost, Joel was NCKA's first AOTY.
 I think if we had a vote he would easily be NCKA's angler of the decade. jim
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: SASQUATCH on October 17, 2013, 04:54:45 PM
Although I never had the honor to meet him, This is an awesome tribute. Well said Bushy and well done Mooch.
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: dpshim on October 19, 2013, 02:21:01 PM
Thank you Allen. That was as good as it gets.
Brother Joel is grinning from ear to ear.

+1 I agree that Joel is looking down grinning ear-to-ear knowing that he is a modest/humble man who doesn't want attention. Awesome writeup Allen!!
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: guitarzan on October 19, 2013, 04:44:59 PM
 That's just absolutely beautiful Allen. :smt010
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: ganoderma on October 31, 2013, 07:58:05 PM
Really sad to hear about Mooch. I haven't been on the site for a few months, so it was a bit of a shock. Thanks for the great memorial.
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: DaveW on November 24, 2013, 04:40:38 PM
I've not been on this site for some time, and I'm troubled to read of Mooch's passing.  He was a great man.....in a world where greatness doesn't happen too often anymore. Wherever he is now, I bet the fishing is great.
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: justyakit on November 26, 2013, 05:17:26 PM
I haven't been on the site or yak fishing in so long. RIP Mooch, glad to have known you.
James
Title: Re: [KFM] Mooch Lives IN MEMORIUM - Joel "Mooch” Lotilla
Post by: Surf Hunter on December 07, 2013, 07:23:45 PM
I have logged on in about a year due to a lot of things upon hearing this news I am saddened.  Joel was /  is a great guy and it was a pleasure to have known him.  My heart goes out to all of his family and friends.

Great memorial.  It really brought a tear.