Pat Donoho Loses Cancer Fight

Vern · Post by **Vern** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:15 am

It is with great sadness that I make this post. Pat Donoho lost his valiant fight with cancer last night. Pat was a pioneer in the fishing industry in the west. More than that Pat was a true gentleman on the water and off. Vern

Ray Coleman · Post by **Ray Coleman** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:34 pm

The fishing world suffered a great loss. My prayers and thoughts with the family.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 3:38 pm

Ahh Man, thats a tough one... Don Lee and Pat in the same 2 weeks..

Pat was a Great guy and will be missed dearly.. No more pain now buddy. Kick back and relax with Don.. RIP

meadbass · Post by **meadbass** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:51 pm

I have had the privilege of knowing Pat Donoho these past few years. I admired and looked up to him as we all did. He will always be to me and many others the quintessential Bass Angler. He loved his local lake, Lake Mead, and he spent many a day on it with his friend Bobby Ellis. He will be greatly missed. I send my sincere respect and condolences to his family in Las Vegas. I would like to dedicate the third verse of an Irish poem that I learned as a child fishing with my father off the shores of Ireland. Rest in Peace my friend.
John O’Brien

The Lake Isle of Innisfree
By W. B. Yeats

I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart's core.