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Minutes of
the Meeting:
The
March meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters was brought to order at
7:00 P.M. March 20, 2013
at Founaris Brothers Restaurant.
President Jeff Weaver presided over the meeting. There were 27 members
present along with 2 guests. Bob
Jaillite, Jere’s brother visiting from out of town and our Guest Speaker for
the meeting Tony Bigot a Semi-Pro angler out of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Tony gave us a great presentation on
products he uses to catch fish. Be sure
to check out his sponsors to get your fish catching tools.
Old Business:
Reading
of the Minutes from the February meeting were waived.
The
Treasurer's report was given and accepted. The Booray report was given knowing it would
probably be won at Lake Seminole. See
Bill Myrick for specific details.
“Fishin
with a Mission” Tournament is April 6th….see Jeff Weaver for
further info about participating in this worthy cause.
New Business:
50/50
Drawing was held…
Half to John Buck and the other half to the Special Fund.
Volunteers
were selected for the Cookout of Hamburgers and Bratwurst to take place
Saturday Night at Lake Seminole.
The
Assistant Tournament Director reminded us we needed a Georgia Fishing License
fishing in certain parts of Lake Seminole.
Safety Corner
Vehicle Maintenance. This month we
turn our attention to Dave Bock. (Yep
I’m telling on myself) Two days before
the meeting I did some preventive maintenance on my truck like flushing out and
changing the radiator fluid. Been
quite some time since the last change…well things went good….until the drive
over to the lake on Thursday. The
truck started billowing White smoke out of the exhaust where, being a diesel
it should have been black. White smoke usually means one thing….water boiling
in the exhaust. Seems like the
flushing really flushed things out including debris which probably kept it
from leaking radiator fluid into the intake manifold in the first place. Looks like it got a leak from the EGR Value
Cooler which according to multiple web page sources is a common fault with
the diesel engines. Well to make a
long story shorter…I made some phone calls and was rescued by one of our very
own club member Dave Dyess who graciously donated the use of his truck for
the weekend so my partner and I wouldn’t be left on the bank during the
tournament. This also enabled me to
get my boat towed home while leaving my truck at a dealership in Marianna. The main reason I joined this club when I
returned to the Pensacola area is because I knew if I had trouble anyone of
you would give the shirt off your back to help. That’s the great thing about this club….Thanks
again Dave Dyess!
Notes:
From The Tournament Director
Last reminder-Don’t forget…If you are a boater and wish to stay overnight for
the Miller’s Ferry Tournament in May, YOU need to make your own reservation
for the motel room.
Call Southern Inn @ (334) 682-4148
February
tournament results were given out. Great job to the top 4.
The
Caravan was scheduled to leave Wal-Mart on Hwy 29 at 4:00am Friday morning.
The Meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.
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March Tournament:
The
March Tournament was held on Lake Seminole at Seminole Lodge. We had 18 members fishing out of 9 boats
for the two day tournament. Saturday’s
launch was uneventful with everyone having high hopes of catching a Booray
fish. We saw rain showers pass through
during the day and at weigh in time, it was raining quite a bit. However, everyone managed to catch
fish. In fact we had 62 fish caught
weighing a total of 141.15 pounds on Saturday. We had a total of 4 limits come up to the
scales along with 1 fish over the 6 pound mark, 4 fish over the 5 pound mark
and another 4 fish over the 4 pound mark.
Saturday
Big Fish Results:
6.41
lbs – Don Jahnke
5.81
lbs – Tony Boyett
5.56
lbs – Mack Cramer
5.51 lbs
– Bryan McCarthy
5.33
lbs – Jere Jaillite
4.74
lbs – Dan Nash
4.72
lbs – Lee Brannon
4.59 lbs
– Roger Helm
4.5
lbs – Dave Dyess
Saturday’s
top 6:
1st
- Jere Jaillite -5 fish 13.8lbs
2nd
- Tony Boyett – 5 fish 12.75lbs
3rd
- Bryan McCarthy – 4 fish 11.57 lbs
4th
- Mack Cramer – 4 fish 10.78lbs
5th
– Don Jahnke – 4 fish 10.56 lbs
6th
– Carlito Silvania – 5 fish 10.51 lbs
You
had to catch 10 pounds of fish to make it into the top six. Saturday night we had our cookout of Hamburgers
and Bratwurst which were outstanding.
Great job to the cooks….Ron Bridges and Carlito Silvania….in fact I believe
we even held a vote and nominated them to be permanent cooks! Also great job to the cleanup crew who
quickly dismantled everything and put it away before the rain washed it all
away.
Sunday
morning we woke up to heavy thunder and lightning right over the motel in
which the Tournament director assisted by the E-board make the call to suspended
the launch until more favorable and especially more Safe conditions prevailed. We then launched safely at 7:30 am. Well after the front went through the blue
bird skies returned and changed the fishing from the day before. Sundays weigh in found only 22 fish brought
up to the scales by just 10 of 18 members.
This time only 1 fish made it over the 5 pound mark.
Sundays
Big Fish was caught my Mack Cramer stretching the scales at 5.35 pounds. Good job Mack!
Sunday’s
Top Six:
1st
– Jeff Weaver 5 fish 10.52 lbs
2nd
– Mack Cramer 1 fish 5.35 lbs
3rd
– Lee Brannon 2 fish 4.89 lbs
4th
– Carlito Silvania 3 fish 4.82 lbs
5th
– John Buck 3 fish 4.76 lbs
6th
– Bryan McCarthy 3 fish 4.57 lbs
Jeff
had the only limit on Sunday. Great
job Jeff!
On to
the Top Four of the Tournament!
 1st Place
Bryan McCarthy
Bryan with a Y caught a two day total of 7 fish topping the
scales at 16.14 pounds including a Booray fish candidate at 5.51 pounds. Bryan’s total weight was only .01 pound
heavier than the second place finisher.
Talk about every ounce counts! Seems our active duty Navy guys have been
putting a whipping on us…last month Jeremy won, this month Bryan! This win jumps Bryan up two notches to 5th
place in the year end standings.
Congratulations Bryan!
2nd Place
Mack Cramer
Mack’s two day total of 5 fish tipped the scales just .01 pound
behind 1st place for a total weight of 16.13 pounds. Mack caught a Booray candidate both days of
the tournament. A nice 5.56 pounder on
Saturday and a nice 5.35 pounder on Sunday which won him Big Fish honors for
Sunday. Great job Mack!
Congratulations on your Second place finish keeping you on top with 6
points ahead of the pack in the year end fishermen of the year standings.
Congratulations Mack!!!
3rd Place
Carlito Silvania
Third place went to Carlito with a two day total of 8 fish
weighing in at 15.33 pounds. Carlito
caught a limit on Saturday then finished up with 3 more on Sunday. Only one other person – Jere – shared in
the 8 fish category as Carlito. They sure
showed us at the weigh in. Carlito
jumped 4 places to 9th in the year end standings. Good job!
Congratulations Carlito!
 4th Place
Jeff Weaver
Rounding out the top 4 was Jeff with his two day total of 8 fish
weighing in at 15.05 pounds. Jeff was
the only one with a limit on Sunday when conditions got rough for the rest of
us. Good job Jeff! Okay that now makes Jeff in the money this
year 4 out of 5 times. Gonna have to
check with the IRS on this guy….tax season is just around the corner. This moves Jeff up to 3rd place
for the yearly standings with 87 points only one point behind second and within
spitting distance of 1st place.
A solid 10 points in front of 4th place.
Congratulations
Jeff!!!
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Tournament
Results:
We had a total of 18 members and no guests fishing the two day tournament
with everyone catching fish on Saturday and only 10 catching fish on Sunday. Big
fish honors of the tournament went to Don Jahnke who also captured the Booray money for the
largest fish of the tournament over 5 pounds.
His “Hawg” weighed 6.41 pounds which also became the lunker of the
year beating out Mack’s Escambia River fish of 6.32 pounds.
Total fish caught was 84 weighing 185.94 pounds for a 2.14 fish per person
and 2.21 lb average.
For the year end standings, we had 12 people advance and 15 declines. Most of the members who dropped in the
yearly standings did so because they didn’t come to the tournament. Remember you can’t advance if you don’t
show up for the tournaments. Top advancer was Roger Helm which proves when
you come fish with us you get points. Honorable mention was Carlito and Tony each advancing
4 places on the standings. Top
decliner’s were folks who couldn’t make the tournament. Unless of course you want to count Jere in
this…he was in First place with 5 fish on day one totaling 13.80 pounds then
walked up to the scales on Sunday empty handed dropping him from 1st
place all the way down to 6th place for the tournament. Jere becomes this month’s “Hero to Zero”
winner!
Tournament Standings:
Lake Seminole
Seminole Lodge
1st – Bryan McCarthy - 7 fish – 16.14 lbs
2nd – Mack Cramer - 5 fish – 16.13 lbs
3rd – Carlito Silvania - 8 fish – 15.33 lbs
4th –Jeff Weaver - 8 fish – 15.05 lbs
5th – Tony Boyett - 6 fish – 13.97 lbs
6th – Jere Jaillite - 5 fish – 13.8 lbs
7th – Lee Brannon - 5 fish – 13.35 lbs
8th – Don Jahnke - 5 fish – 13.07 lbs
9th – John Buck - 6 fish – 10.57 lbs
10th – Rick Howard - 6 fish – 10.53 lbs
11th – Roger Helm - 3 fish – 8.63 lbs
12th
– Jeremy Burkart – 5 fish – 8.20 lbs
13th
– Dave Dyess – 3 fish – 8.05 lbs
14th
– Bill Myrick – 3 fish – 6.81 lbs
15th
– Dan Nash – 2 fish – 6.11 lbs
16th
– Dave Bock – 4 fish – 5.78 lbs
17th
– Ron Bridges – 2 fish – 3.49
18th
– Bob Jones – 1 fish – 0.93 lbs
Also Fished:
Hooyah! Everyone caught fish!
For The Record:
Lake Seminole
Seminole Lodge
Total Number Fished Tournament 18
Total Fish Caught 84
Total Dead Fish 0
Total Limits 5
Total Fish Weight 185.94
Big Fish: Don Jahnke 6.41 lbs.
For the Year:
Total
Number Fished For Year 95
Total
Fish Caught 252
Total
Dead Fish 1
Total Limits 14
Total
Fish Weight 404.44
Big
Fish 6.41
Don
Jahnke
Lake
Seminole – March
April
Meeting:
Location:
Founaris Bros.
April 17, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm
April Tournament
April
20 & 21, 2013
Tournament Site:
Lake Jordan
Lower Dam Landing
From The Daily Planner:
Full Moon:
April 25, 2013
04/23/13
Sunrise: 6:16 am
Tides:
N/A
Any
questions should be addressed to
Jeff Weaver
Jeffrieweaver@gmail.com
Dave
Bock
djBock2005@Gmail.com
or the webmaster Jim Bailey, Sr.
jimb@hook1.com
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