Lost a Good Man. RIP PWBuilding my friend.
Jim Levandoski, aka PWBuilding, PDUB and Pdub. I don’t know how many of you knew Pdub but he was a gentleman that I, as well as a lot of others, met online at various fishing forums and he had a gift for finding and catching crappie. I never had the honor of talking to him in person but I had seen him in his red Tracker on Lake Isabella more than once, just didn’t know who he was at the time. After meeting him online we never crossed paths on the water but we were both looking forward to meeting at the lake.
He always was willing to share everything about his trip, right down to the exact spot and color of lure used. He was a man of God and from what I saw whenever attacked online he would always turn the other cheek, instead of getting defensive he would reply with kind words. I remember one time someone didnt like something in one of his reports and he edited it as to not offend them.
The following are a couple comments that were posted on another forum. As you can see, I was not the only one he touched.
“I will miss Pdub, very much,
This man was one of the best crappie fisherman i knew, always eager to help anyone that that needed it, and shared all
of his success with his fishing reports at Lake Isabella with all of us, he had no secrets he shared all of them, he walked the path the good lord put in front of him. he will be truly missed here.
Rest in peace my friend, know that i will try to carry your torch to light the way you did so very well.
I will never forget you!
Your friend always!
Cherokee”
“RIP PW…………….. didn’t know the man for long. what i do know about PW is he had a true passion for god,family,friends and fishing. PW will be missed………..my next crappie ill be thinking of him and all the help he has given all off us.”
I wondered for the longest time what his screen name PWbuilding meant. Jim’s company Shedtoy.com built custom wooden sheds that he would deliver, Portable Wood Buildings, hence the name.
Most of us closer to Jim knew that he was battling cancer and was undergoing treatment. He never once complained, he kept a very positive attitude about his treatments and was looking forward to getting back on the water
.
It had been awhile since seeing him post on any forums and I started to wonder how our friend was doing and if anyone had heard from him lately so I posted on the KRVVB forum asking if anyone had heard from him and how he was doing.
After a few days of replies like, I was wondering the same” I remembered the name of his web site, shedtoy.com. I called the number listed on it and talked to his wife. As it turned out Jim lost his battle with cancer and the good lord above took away his pain and suffering and took him home on November 23, 2009.
I asked her if it was OK for me to post a little something online about him, to which she said yes.
On the KRVBB froum the last post he put up was the following,
“Wishing all my fishing friends a great and blessed day.
and many more great fishing days – Pdub”
Rest in Peace Jim, you will be missed my friend.
Thanks for visiting my site. Be sure to tell all of your fishing buddies and come back soon
Until Next Time, Good Luck and Tight Lines To Ya!
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Mike,
Thank you very much for the kind words for Pdub, and this tribute to him on your website, he was a man we were lucky to know, a person that shared everything with all that needed it and asked for nothing in return.
We can try to carry on the efforts he made to help fellow fisherman find and catch more fish, and make the sport more enjoyable for all that need a little help, there are allot of very good fisherman out there that could share a bit of their secrets for catching more fish with the novice fisherman that would really make their expereince more enjoyable, I know that Pdub would approve
RIP Pdub! we will never forget you!
Cherokee