Minutes of the Meeting:

The October meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters
was brought to order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 19th of October at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by our President John Buck. We had 22 members and one guest Alania Silvania.

Old Business:

The minutes from the last meeting were waived by the membership in order to speed things along.

The treasury report was read and accepted.


Booray Report: The pot climbed up to $356 for a 5 pound fish. (If you came to the tournament you know it was won.) See Buddy for details.

The 50/50 was won by Cliff Armstrong.



Dues need to be paid by the start of the November meeting otherwise you'll have to re-apply and fish a guest tournament.



The E-board determined that the Special Fund was NOT to be used to pay for Solo boater expenses if drawn out without a choice.  In the future those expenses shall now come out of the General Fund.

New Club Officers

Every year we ask for nominations for the Club Officers and this year we actually had two nominations for the same position of Tournament Director.   Well after much discussion and a close vote the club voted to retain Mack Cramer as our 2017 Tournament Director.  The rest of the 2017 Officers are as follows:

President:   John Buck
VP / Treasurer: Jere Jaillite
 Secretary: Dave Bock
Tournament Director: Mack Cramer
Asst. Tournament Director: Matt Brown
(Head Cook: Dave Nason)

Give them a pat on the back the next time you see them for taking an active roll in the leadership of our club.

Official Changes to our Rules

Click the following link to see how the vote tallied up for the proposed rule changes. They will go into effect starting November 2016 for our 2017 fishing season.
(click Here)
We had 15 voting members present so a 2/3's vote took 10 members to pass.  

Did you miss out on the voting because you weren't eligible?  Well, to be eligible you have to fish 6 tournaments by the start of the October meeting.  Plan your trips wisely and try to be like Pete Potter who fished all 12 tournaments last season.  Great job Pete!

New Business:

Awards Banquet

The 2016 Awards Banquet is set.  We are going to Sonny's Barbecue.  Same great place we went to last year.  Hope to see you there on Friday night December 2nd at 6:00pm.  The price will be $16 a person for a buffet style menu of 3 meats & sides.  Drinks will be extra.  We will be collecting the money at the November meeting.  Your spouses are invited as always or any other guests you'd like to bring as long as your intentions are know at the November meeting.  Be sure to come out and honor our Top Six anglers.  They worked hard all year....or just got lucky.

From the Tournament Director:

No lights on your boat?   At blast off you'll need to stay near the landing until official sunrise.  Running  in the dark without them is against the law and our club rules say we shall follow the law or face disqualification.

Payouts were given for the September tournament. Congrats to all those who received a payout!

The draw was conducted for the October Fish Off tournament.


The meeting was adjourned at 8:17pm.

Slammer Nominee!

Frank Dodge

This month I'd like to Frank Dodge for the Coveted Slammer Award.  Frank hasn't fished with us these past 7 months but he comes back with a vengeance.

   He drew out with Pete Potter and the drive over I'm told was uneventful.  However, Saturday morning at the ramp was another story.  To me it appeared to get started while Frank was backing Pete's boat down.  I guess it truly has been a while for Frank as the boat and trailer looked like a snake going down the ramp.  You know....all curvy like a side winder.  

With the boat in the water, Pete pulls along side another boat at the dock to wait for Frank to park the truck.  In th meantime conversations taking place around the dock were all focused on the wind, weather for the day and the water temp.

Frank joins us at the dock and sees he'll have to cross over a boat to get to Pete's boat.  Being the true Naval Officer he is, Frank asks permission to cross the quarter deck of the first boat and then proceeds to cross. The first crossing was uneventful and expertly handled until he stepped onto the back deck of Pete's boat.  His first step went well but upon attempting to make the second step his foot hung up on his rods.  You know the ones that are sticking out by the passenger seat where all good non-boaters put them.  About to lose his balance Frank grabs for the rear pedestal seat and to his surprise removes it from the post.  I'm told, he then does a complete 360 turn with arms flailing about like a winged angel disguised as an Olympic diver before tucking his head in to springboard off the back deck head first into the water.  

I'd like to take a break and tell you about those handy little things called life vests.  Because next thing we all hear on the Dock is "Poooof!" and up pops Frank from the depths of the Apalachicola River spitting and sputtering until he figures out he can stand.  

Well the crowd on the dock went wild!

 Awed by Frank's masterful dive the crowd of Hawg Hunters on the dock even went as far as holding up large cards with numbers on them.   Most gave him a 7 but I'm sure they would of been more generous had the sun had been out.  We truly have a masterful Olympic Diver in our mist.

Oh yea...remember that conversation we were having on the dock....well Frank then tells us the water temp is 75 degrees and the bass are eating shad!