Silent Auction

Don’t miss the the Silent Auction! Thanks to our generous donors, we have some great items this year.

The Silent Auction provides a way for meeting participants to competitively bid on items and services knowing that their purchase will contribute to the John E. Skinner Memorial Fund, which provides monetary travel awards for students to attend the AFS Annual Meetings.

Check out some of the items we have in hand already and look for last minute surprise items at the Trade Show (OCC Exhibit Hall B & C)

Brief Description Donor
Mt. Hood Meadows Ski Resort (2) All Day Adult Lift Tickets Mt. Hood Meadows
Ultimate Fisheries Biologist Backpack from HTI HTI
Salmon/steelhead Rod & Reel Package Cabela’s
Guided Panga Fishing Trip in Mazatlan  Flota BiBi Fleet
Waders & Tackle Bag Package Cabela’s
Guided Day Trip on the Snake River or Green River Colorado- Wyoming Chapter AFS
Beautiful Hand Crafted Necklace and Earring Set Jewelry by Jill
Latest ProODO Meter Kit, 4-meter Cable with Optical DO, Carrying Case YSI
Mazatlan Deep Sea or Mangrove Fishing Trip Mexico Chapter AFS
3 Day Guided Escalante National Park Adventure Utah Chapter AFS
 2 Biomark 601 Reader Kits & Tags Biomark
Ski Grand Targhee! Lodging & Ski Package for 2 People  Grand Targhee Resort
3 Days Float & Steelhead Fishing on the Wallowa/GrandeRonde Jason Shappart
3 Beautiful Tomelleri Trout Prints (framed) Stoneyburn Gallery
1 Day Guided Salmon Fishing Trip (1 person) Fishing the Gorge
2 Vemco Transmitter/Receivers Vemco
Ray Troll Poster & T-shirts Troll Art
1 Day Guided Oregon Coast (Newport, OR) Marine Fishing Trip note, you could go on this trip right after the meeting! Scott Heppell
Willamette Valley Vineyards Reserve Tour & Tasting Willamette Valley Vineyards
Buck Knives Clearwater Avid Knife
Leatherman Wingman Forestry Suppliers
Montana Blue Ribbon Trout Fishing 1 day trip Jim Bowker, WD AFS
Whale and Sea Life Cruise Marine Discovery Tours
Ron Pittard Historic Fishing Photos USFWS CRFPO
Framed Chinook Watercolor Print Howard Schaller
DataTracer FDX/HDX Proximity Reader  OR RFID
“Tagged-A White Shark Adventure” (signed book) Amy Adams
Guided Salmon Fishing Trip Fishing the Gorge
Alaskan Art Dennis Lassuy
Fish Art Pete McHugh
Historic Fisheries Book Collection Colorado- Wyoming Chapter AFS (Dan Brauch)
Tomelleri Framed Rio Grande Cutthroat Print Colorado- Wyoming Chapter AFS (Dan Brauch)
Dan Andrews Framed Pheasant Print Colorado- Wyoming Chapter AFS (Dan Brauch)
Ski Big Sky Resort Six 1-day Ski Passes Jim Bowker
AFS belt buckles Kirk Beiningen
100th anniversary AFS medallion Kirk Beiningen
Various Great Fish Books! Glen Contreas
Professional Library Bob Hughes

You can view and bid on all donated items  during the three days of the Trade Show. When the Silent Auction closes, donated items are distributed to the participants who entered the highest bids. Products donated during past AFS Annual Meetings include scientific equipment, pleasure craft, fishing and outdoor equipment, tourism and gastronomic packages, as well as local products and art.