Bass Club
Issue: 06
Jeff Weaver
Hawg Hunter E-Board
Don Jahnke
2017
John Buck
Jere Jaillite
Dave Bock
Mack Cramer
Matt Brown
The April meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters
was brought to order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 19th of April at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by our President John Buck. We had 25 members present. It was really great to see Ole Ron Bridges up and about attending our meeting.
The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.
The treasury report was read and accepted.
Booray Report: The Booray pot is now at $312 fir a 5.5 pound fish. See Buddy for details.
This month's 50/50 was won by Brain Nall!
Thanks for the great cookout at Lake Seminole.
Lake Jordan we'll have Fried Chicken and Baked Beans with Potatoe salad.
Remember Proposed changes need to be turned in by the close of business of the August Meeting. They will be discussed during the September meeting then voted on during the October Meeting. You have to have fished at least 6 tournaments prior to the October meeting to have a vote. Since we are already half way through the season that means there are only 5 more tournaments to be fished to be eligible. Plan accordingly if you want a say in the future.
Hawg Hunter hats are only $20 if you want one. See John Buck
The club needs a new barbeque. If you know where we can get one speak up. The one we have has been great to us but is seeing it's last legs. I guess everything in this club is getting older. Or if you know where we can get the parts to repair or rebuild all the better as it's a portable grill large enough for all of us. See John Buck or Dave Dyess for make and model information to repair.
We are coming up on the months when we fish in the heat. Be sure to stay hydrated and take care of yourself and your partner.
Bob Jones' wife Barb is doing better on account of your thoughts and prayers....keep them up.
If you gut hook a fish....give it a drink of soda.
If you want a room at Miller's Ferry for Friday night before our 1 day tournament up there you need to make your own reservation.
Southern Inn's phone number is (334) 682-4148
(click on Logo for website)
Birthday boys are Cliff Armstrong, Bob Jones, John Schaeff and Frank Kelly.
Payouts were given for the March tournament. Congrats to all those who received a payout!
The draw was conducted for the April Lake Jordan tournament.
The meeting was adjourned 7:42pm.
The April Tournament was held at Lake Jordan out of the newly redone Boy scout ramp or as some would say the Lower dam landing. Real nice place now with a ramp 4 boats wide and a lighted parking lot and plenty of parking. No big hill for the non-boaters to climb either while going to get the truck.
We had 18 Hawg Hunters fishing out of 11 boats. 4 were solo boaters. Nice to have spare boats at the lake when a boater has a problem and decides to go home early. Herman had troubles with his motor so his partner Brian Nall moved to another boater on Sunday.
We had a couple other tournaments going on at the same time as ours with a big one at Bonner's landing so most of us showed up real early. We even blasted off earlier than normal with the option to sit on the side if we felt is was unsafe. A decision every boater makes for himself.
The weather was great on Saturday with overcast skies and mild temps getting up into the mid 80's. Slight breeze if you stayed on the main river but hot when you went into the pockets where the breeze was cutoff. I noticed very little current flow in the river which in my opinion turned the fishing off compared to previous years.
Sunday started out cooler and we had mutliple showers pass through on top of us. Good thing I brought my patio umbrella however my partner was a little too macho to be seen fishing under it. To each his own!
By 11am it cleared up and turned out to be a great rest of the day for the weigh-in and the drive home.
As for the fishing, we as a club caught 104 out of a possible 175 fish. Total weight was 187.94 pounds. They were Predominantly Cossa river Spots but we also had about 20 largemouth weighed in. Big fish on Day one was a 3.50 pound Largemouth caught by Jacksonville's one and only Roger Helm. Sundays big fish of the Tournament was a 4.47 lb Spot caught by our President John Buck.
As for limits, we had 6 on Saturday and 7 on Sunday. Compared to previous years not too good.
Most improved fishermen was Dave Nason who zero'd on Saturday to come back with a nice limit of 11.32 pounds on Sunday to finish 10th overall.
Some stats on Previous years for our April Tournaments at Lake Jordan with Lake Martin included:
2017 - John Buck - 10 fish - 23.67 lbs
2016 - John Buck - 10 fish - 27.24lbs
2015 - Tony Boyett - 10 fish - 26.94 lbs
2014 - Kevin Simmons - 10 fish - 26.16 lbs
2013 - Dave Dyess - 10 fish - 18.56 lbs
2012 - (Lake Martin) - Brian Nall - 7 fish - 11.47 lbs
2011 - Mack Cramer - 10 fish - 23.16 lbs
2010 - (Lake Martin) - John Buck - 10 fish - 16.43 lbs
2017 - 18 members - 104 / 187.94 lbs - 13 limits
2016 - 15 members - 123 / 243.87 lbs - 17 limits
2015 - 14 members - 115 / 268.12 lbs - 17 limits
2014 - 16 members - 135 / 274.05 lbs - 20 limits
2013 - 15 members - 108 / 166.65 lbs - 14 limits
2012 -(Lake Martin)- 17 members - 71 / 87.99 - 4 limits
2011 - 15 members - 113/ 209.16 lbs - 16 limits
2010 -(Lake Martin)-16 members-133/167.97 - 21 limits
2017 - 15.76 lbs
2016 - 19.28 lbs
2015 - 23.43 lbs
2014 - 19.92 lbs
2013 - 14.40 lbs
2012 - (Lake Martin) - 7.87 lbs
2011 - 18.52 lbs
2010 - (Lake Martin) - 14.04 lbs
Noteworthy in 2015 the top 8 had over 20 pounds of fish each. In 2014, on the first day, we had 80 out of a possible 85 fish for 17 members brought to the scales. Just 5 fish short of everyone having a limit.
Jordan has been good to us in the past with this year a little tougher than recent years. Lake Martin hard to compare.
was brought to order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 19th of April at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by our President John Buck. We had 25 members present. It was really great to see Ole Ron Bridges up and about attending our meeting.
The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.
The treasury report was read and accepted.
Booray Report: The Booray pot is now at $312 fir a 5.5 pound fish. See Buddy for details.
This month's 50/50 was won by Brain Nall!
Thanks for the great cookout at Lake Seminole.
Lake Jordan we'll have Fried Chicken and Baked Beans with Potatoe salad.
Remember Proposed changes need to be turned in by the close of business of the August Meeting. They will be discussed during the September meeting then voted on during the October Meeting. You have to have fished at least 6 tournaments prior to the October meeting to have a vote. Since we are already half way through the season that means there are only 5 more tournaments to be fished to be eligible. Plan accordingly if you want a say in the future.
Hawg Hunter hats are only $20 if you want one. See John Buck
The club needs a new barbeque. If you know where we can get one speak up. The one we have has been great to us but is seeing it's last legs. I guess everything in this club is getting older. Or if you know where we can get the parts to repair or rebuild all the better as it's a portable grill large enough for all of us. See John Buck or Dave Dyess for make and model information to repair.
We are coming up on the months when we fish in the heat. Be sure to stay hydrated and take care of yourself and your partner.
Bob Jones' wife Barb is doing better on account of your thoughts and prayers....keep them up.
If you gut hook a fish....give it a drink of soda.
If you want a room at Miller's Ferry for Friday night before our 1 day tournament up there you need to make your own reservation.
Southern Inn's phone number is (334) 682-4148
(click on Logo for website)
Birthday boys are Cliff Armstrong, Bob Jones, John Schaeff and Frank Kelly.
Payouts were given for the March tournament. Congrats to all those who received a payout!
The draw was conducted for the April Lake Jordan tournament.
The meeting was adjourned 7:42pm.
The April Tournament was held at Lake Jordan out of the newly redone Boy scout ramp or as some would say the Lower dam landing. Real nice place now with a ramp 4 boats wide and a lighted parking lot and plenty of parking. No big hill for the non-boaters to climb either while going to get the truck.
We had 18 Hawg Hunters fishing out of 11 boats. 4 were solo boaters. Nice to have spare boats at the lake when a boater has a problem and decides to go home early. Herman had troubles with his motor so his partner Brian Nall moved to another boater on Sunday.
We had a couple other tournaments going on at the same time as ours with a big one at Bonner's landing so most of us showed up real early. We even blasted off earlier than normal with the option to sit on the side if we felt is was unsafe. A decision every boater makes for himself.
The weather was great on Saturday with overcast skies and mild temps getting up into the mid 80's. Slight breeze if you stayed on the main river but hot when you went into the pockets where the breeze was cutoff. I noticed very little current flow in the river which in my opinion turned the fishing off compared to previous years.
Sunday started out cooler and we had mutliple showers pass through on top of us. Good thing I brought my patio umbrella however my partner was a little too macho to be seen fishing under it. To each his own!
By 11am it cleared up and turned out to be a great rest of the day for the weigh-in and the drive home.
As for the fishing, we as a club caught 104 out of a possible 175 fish. Total weight was 187.94 pounds. They were Predominantly Cossa river Spots but we also had about 20 largemouth weighed in. Big fish on Day one was a 3.50 pound Largemouth caught by Jacksonville's one and only Roger Helm. Sundays big fish of the Tournament was a 4.47 lb Spot caught by our President John Buck.
As for limits, we had 6 on Saturday and 7 on Sunday. Compared to previous years not too good.
Most improved fishermen was Dave Nason who zero'd on Saturday to come back with a nice limit of 11.32 pounds on Sunday to finish 10th overall.
Some stats on Previous years for our April Tournaments at Lake Jordan with Lake Martin included:
2017 - John Buck - 10 fish - 23.67 lbs
2016 - John Buck - 10 fish - 27.24lbs
2015 - Tony Boyett - 10 fish - 26.94 lbs
2014 - Kevin Simmons - 10 fish - 26.16 lbs
2013 - Dave Dyess - 10 fish - 18.56 lbs
2012 - (Lake Martin) - Brian Nall - 7 fish - 11.47 lbs
2011 - Mack Cramer - 10 fish - 23.16 lbs
2010 - (Lake Martin) - John Buck - 10 fish - 16.43 lbs
2017 - 18 members - 104 / 187.94 lbs - 13 limits
2016 - 15 members - 123 / 243.87 lbs - 17 limits
2015 - 14 members - 115 / 268.12 lbs - 17 limits
2014 - 16 members - 135 / 274.05 lbs - 20 limits
2013 - 15 members - 108 / 166.65 lbs - 14 limits
2012 -(Lake Martin)- 17 members - 71 / 87.99 - 4 limits
2011 - 15 members - 113/ 209.16 lbs - 16 limits
2010 -(Lake Martin)-16 members-133/167.97 - 21 limits
2017 - 15.76 lbs
2016 - 19.28 lbs
2015 - 23.43 lbs
2014 - 19.92 lbs
2013 - 14.40 lbs
2012 - (Lake Martin) - 7.87 lbs
2011 - 18.52 lbs
2010 - (Lake Martin) - 14.04 lbs
Noteworthy in 2015 the top 8 had over 20 pounds of fish each. In 2014, on the first day, we had 80 out of a possible 85 fish for 17 members brought to the scales. Just 5 fish short of everyone having a limit.
Jordan has been good to us in the past with this year a little tougher than recent years. Lake Martin hard to compare.
John was leading the tournament on Saturday with a nice bag of fish weighing 11.73 pounds. He was the only club member to break the 10 pound mark. On Sunday he followed through with another limit of fish these being the heavist bag of tournament at 11.94 lbs. His combined 10 fish tipped the scales to 23.67 pounds! John also took big fish of the tournament honors with a 4.47 pound spotted bass. And he did all this by himself as he drew out as one of the solo boaters.
Going back through the records John has been having a good run in April. He's his stats for the previous April tournaments he's fished:
2017 - 1st place
2016 - 1st place
2015 - 2nd place
2014 - 4th place
2013 - 7th place
2012 - 2nd place (Lake Martin)
2011 - 3rd place
2010 - 1st place (Lake Martin)
Only 1 tournament not in the top 4 during the last 8 years. Good Job John! Truly a great fisherman.
Great Job!
Congrats John!
What a difference a year makes. Last year Dave blew his
motor at the Jordan tournament, this year he comes back strong to take
2nd place. Dave brought 8 fish to the scales weighing in at
17.60 pounds. His limit of 5 on Sunday broke the 10 pound
mark coming in at 11.14. Dave's boat carried the most single
day weight of the tournament of 22.46 lbs on Sunday but his 2 day boat
total of 28.92 lbs was second compared to Pete Potter's and his
partners two day boat total of 31.34 pounds.Great Job!
Congratulations Dave!
Bill's back in 3rd place again this month. Back to back 3rd
places on our spring two day touraments. Bill
caught limits of fish both days 8.49 pounds on day 1 added
to 8.04 poumds on day 2 gave him a combined weight of 16.53 pounds.
Bill has climbed 10 spots in the last two tournaments on
the leader board for AOY. He now stands in 14th
after fishing only 3 tournaments since he joined the club.Great Job!
Congratulations Bill!
Another member achieving back to back places. Jeff finished 4th last
month and 4th again this month. This is Jeff's 3rd time this
year taking 4th place. Jeff caught limits of fish both days
too. Combining a day 1 weight of 7.81 with a day 2 weight of
7.95 gave him 15.76 pounds total.Great Job!
Congratulations Jeff!
Okay gentlemen we are at the half way point in the race for the AOY. Time to put your game face on if you want to get or stay in the top six. The points between the places are getting bigger.
Leading the Pack again this month is Pete Potter who finished 5th this month to increase the distance to 9 points ahead of second place. Pete's brought fish to the scales in all 6 tournaments so far taking money from us 3 times. He has yet to win one this season but his consistency has been paying off for him.
Brian Nall maintians his second place standing in the race for AOY dropping back from Pete by 2 points with his 7th place finish.
Jeff Weaver our 2016 Angler of the Year also maintains his 3rd place standing from last month but he gained 3 points to close the gap on second place to only 5 points. Jeff is now just 14 points behind first place with 6 more tournaments to go. Jeff missed one tournament at the begining of the season but has been steadily gaining ground in the standings.
Dave Bock jumps back into 4th place after dropping last month during his roller coaster ride of Hero to Zero back to Hero again. All I can say is some days you get the fish...others days the fish get you.
Mack drops down one spot to sit in 5th place. His dismal 11th place finish this month allowed Dave to gain 7 points on him. However, Mack's stll 9 points ahead of 6th place.
Climbing back into the top six this month is Cliff Armstrong but he is only 1 point ahead of the 3 way tie for 7th place.
Those guys knocking at the Top Six door are John Buck, Terry Smith and Lee Brannon with Jere Jaillite just 5 points away.
Weve had some movement in our top 3 Co-Anglers with Bob Jones staying home this tournament. Brian Nall is still claiming the top Gold spot with 100 points. He's increased his lead by another 5 points to a total of 26 points. Earning him a vacation if he choose to stay home one tournament. Of course that would really affect him in the Top Six standings.
Terry Smith sits solidly in the second place Silver position again this month. He gained 4 points to sit a solid 16 points ahead of the 3rd place Bronze position.
Going from being behind Bob Jones by 8 points to jumping ahead of Bob by 5 points is Dave Nason to take the Bronze position. Dave had the second biggest stringer on Sunday weighing in at 11.32 pounds.
Great Job Guys!
None that I know of this month unless you want to talk about not fishing on Saturday because you ate poorly the day before and your diabities acted up. Or showing up for blast off late. It didn't help that we blasting off a little early. Or running mud through your high dollar motor so you can only fish one day forcing you to leave early. Or sleeping in the bottom of the boat all day then leaving early because you have no fish.
1st – John Buck - 10 fish – 23.67 lbs
2nd – Dave Bock - 8 fish – 17.60 lbs
3rd – Bill Armstrong - 10 fish – 16.53 lbs
4th – Jeff Weaver - 10 fish – 15.76 lbs
5th – Pete Potter - 8 fish – 14.81 lbs
6th – Lee Brannon - 7 fish – 13.50 lbs
7th - Brian Nall - 8 fish - 13.17 lbs
8th – Cliff Armstrong - 7 fish – 12.21 lbs
9th – John Schaeff - 7 fish – 11.33 lbs
10th - Dave Nason - 5 fish - 11.32 lbs
11th - Mack Cramer - 7 fish - 10.41 lbs
12th - Matt Brown - 5 fish - 8.28 lbs
13th - Terry Smith - 5 fish - 6.96 lbs
14th - Roger Helm - 2 fish - 5.22 lbs
15th - Jere Jaillite - 3 fish - 4.58 lbs
16th - Dave Dyess - 1 fish - 1.40 lbs
17th - Herman Allday - 1 fish - 1.19 lbs
Frank Dodge
Total Number Fished Tournament 18
Total Fish Caught 104
Total Dead Fish 6
Total Limits 13
Total Fish Weight 187.94 lbs
Big Fish: John Buck 4.47 lbs
Big Fish Saturday: Roger Helm 3.50 lbs
Total Number Fished For Year 105
Total Fish Caught 373
Total Dead Fish 7
Total Limits 33
Total Fish Weight 580.45 lbs
Big Fish 4.76 lbs
Don Jahnke
Escambia River - December
Location: Founaris Bros.
May 17, 2017
Time: 7:00 pm May 20, 2017
Miller's Ferry
Ellis Landing Sunrise: 5:52am
High: NA
Low: NA
Any questions should be addressed to:
Dave Bock
E-Mail the Secretary
