Shara Collapses
The Strib's Dennis Anderson is reporting that legendary Minnesota outdoorsman Ron Shara collapsed on stage at the Game Fair this afternoon. Here's the Strib's article:
When we pulled into the resort on Cedar Island Lake, we started pitching the smaller fish from the livewell. Shara saw that & came rushing down the hill to ask us what we did right. I told him that we stayed shallow & worked slowly for our best fish but we caught a couple on topwaters. Though we didn't get our names in the paper, we were noted in his article as "a group of local anglers." What I remember most about Ron Shara was that he was a big celebrity but as down-to-earth as you could meet.
I saw him a decade later when we were both in the Governor's Walleye Opener on Craguns. Ron hadn't changed a bit personality-wise. The only thing that changed for me from that day was that my boat didn't do nearly as well fishing on Gull as I did on Horseshoe. Such is life, right?
I'd ask my readers to keep Ron Shara in their prayers so that he makes a full recovery. Pray, too, for the medical personnel that will be monitoring & diagnosing him.
Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 12:11 AM
July 2006 Posts
Comment 1 by Kelly at 20-Aug-06 07:01 AM
Comment 2 by Gary Gross at 20-Aug-06 06:41 PM
Ron Schara, long-time Star Tribune outdoors columnist and host of the Minnesota Bound television show, collapsed at Game Fair in Anoka around noon today, where he was serving as master of ceremonies. Schara was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids where he was being kept overnight for observation.I first met Ron Shara ages ago when he took part in the Governor's Bass Opener on the Horseshoe Chain of lakes near Richmond. I was guiding a couple of St. Cloud TV personalities (Remember KXLI, Ch. 41?) that Saturday and we did pretty good. I think we caught upwards of 30 bass that day, most of which wouldn't have reached tournament length, which was 12" at the time.
Schara, 64, of Ramsey, lost consciousness and fell backwards while talking to Deb Solarg of Albany, Minn. Solarg is CPR-trained and she and veterinarian Dennis Gellenberg of Elk River said they could not find a pulse when they first examined Schara. Schara soon regained consciousness. An initial determination by emergency medical personnel indicated he had not suffered a heart attack. Schara experienced a similar blackout a few years ago while fishing in Alaska.
When we pulled into the resort on Cedar Island Lake, we started pitching the smaller fish from the livewell. Shara saw that & came rushing down the hill to ask us what we did right. I told him that we stayed shallow & worked slowly for our best fish but we caught a couple on topwaters. Though we didn't get our names in the paper, we were noted in his article as "a group of local anglers." What I remember most about Ron Shara was that he was a big celebrity but as down-to-earth as you could meet.
I saw him a decade later when we were both in the Governor's Walleye Opener on Craguns. Ron hadn't changed a bit personality-wise. The only thing that changed for me from that day was that my boat didn't do nearly as well fishing on Gull as I did on Horseshoe. Such is life, right?
I'd ask my readers to keep Ron Shara in their prayers so that he makes a full recovery. Pray, too, for the medical personnel that will be monitoring & diagnosing him.
Posted Sunday, August 20, 2006 12:11 AM
July 2006 Posts
Comment 1 by Kelly at 20-Aug-06 07:01 AM
Sorry to hear that! I will pray for him! I hope he will recover.
Comment 2 by Gary Gross at 20-Aug-06 06:41 PM
Thanks Kelly.
