Bass Club
Issue: 04
Jeff Weaver
Hawg Hunter E-Board
Don Jahnke
2017
John Buck
Jere Jaillite
Dave Bock
Mack Cramer
Matt Brown
The February meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters
was brought to order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 15th of February at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by our President John Buck. We had 22 members present.
Bill Armstrong our newest member was voted into the club. Welcome to the club Bill. (And he still denies any and all relationship to Last month's tournament winner Cliff Armstrong.)
The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.
The treasury report was read and accepted.
Booray Report: The Booray pot rolled over once again and is now $206 for a 5.5 pound fish. See Buddy for details.
This month's 50/50 was won by Michael Johnson. Remember all proceeds generated from the 50/50 goes towards feeding us at our out of town tournaments. The more you play the better we eat!
Ron Bridges is getting better day by day and is greatful for all the support we've shown him. Keep calling and visiting it's helping his spirits. Hooyah!
Mucho Thanks goes out to Mack Cramer for his annual Super Bowl party. He's very gracious when it comes to opening his house to us during the big game. The food was abundant and even tasted good.
If you didn't know Rule Changes can be accepted throughout the year. You don't have to wait till the deadline of August to get your changes in. Actually the sooner you put them in the more politicking you can do with other members to try to get it to pass. It's kind of obvious our solo boater rule needs some tweaking to cover the thousands of "what if" scenarios only the Hawg Hunters can dream up of.
We took a vote on Hot dogs or Brats for the March Tournament and the Brats won so in addition to Hambugers we'll have Brats. If you really want a wiener...bring one with you.
Great Job on our success of Zero Dead fish to date. To keep it up and offer more suggestions Mack showed us a roach clip looking thingy they use in Mexico to keep the fish from floating sideways in the well. If is supposed to keep the fish upright in the well. Just attached it one of their bottom fins.
They are called Fish Clips and here's a link to one seller of the device. Fish Clip
Tackle Ware House Version
Boat Insurance....Remember you must have a current and up to date insurance policy on your boat to be a eligible boater in our club. Be sure and check that you have at least $300,000 liability. Turn your policies into the Assistant Tournament Director - Matt Brown as they renew. See if you can get him to pay the bill too while you are at it.
More milestones have been passed this month. Birthdays for Dave Dyess & Don Jahnke!
Payouts were given for the January tournament. Congrats to all those who received a payout!
The draw was conducted for the February Tensaw River tournament.
The meeting was adjourned 7:45pm.
was brought to order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 15th of February at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by our President John Buck. We had 22 members present.
Bill Armstrong our newest member was voted into the club. Welcome to the club Bill. (And he still denies any and all relationship to Last month's tournament winner Cliff Armstrong.)
The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.
The treasury report was read and accepted.
Booray Report: The Booray pot rolled over once again and is now $206 for a 5.5 pound fish. See Buddy for details.
This month's 50/50 was won by Michael Johnson. Remember all proceeds generated from the 50/50 goes towards feeding us at our out of town tournaments. The more you play the better we eat!
Ron Bridges is getting better day by day and is greatful for all the support we've shown him. Keep calling and visiting it's helping his spirits. Hooyah!
Mucho Thanks goes out to Mack Cramer for his annual Super Bowl party. He's very gracious when it comes to opening his house to us during the big game. The food was abundant and even tasted good.
If you didn't know Rule Changes can be accepted throughout the year. You don't have to wait till the deadline of August to get your changes in. Actually the sooner you put them in the more politicking you can do with other members to try to get it to pass. It's kind of obvious our solo boater rule needs some tweaking to cover the thousands of "what if" scenarios only the Hawg Hunters can dream up of.
We took a vote on Hot dogs or Brats for the March Tournament and the Brats won so in addition to Hambugers we'll have Brats. If you really want a wiener...bring one with you.
Great Job on our success of Zero Dead fish to date. To keep it up and offer more suggestions Mack showed us a roach clip looking thingy they use in Mexico to keep the fish from floating sideways in the well. If is supposed to keep the fish upright in the well. Just attached it one of their bottom fins.
They are called Fish Clips and here's a link to one seller of the device. Fish Clip
Tackle Ware House Version
Boat Insurance....Remember you must have a current and up to date insurance policy on your boat to be a eligible boater in our club. Be sure and check that you have at least $300,000 liability. Turn your policies into the Assistant Tournament Director - Matt Brown as they renew. See if you can get him to pay the bill too while you are at it.
More milestones have been passed this month. Birthdays for Dave Dyess & Don Jahnke!
Payouts were given for the January tournament. Congrats to all those who received a payout!
The draw was conducted for the February Tensaw River tournament.
The meeting was adjourned 7:45pm.
The February Tournament was held on the Tensaw river at Cliff's Landing. According to the Weather channel all week we were supposed to have 80-90% chance of rain. We it did rain.....but only during the dark hours of Friday night with just a little drizzle remaining by the time we met at Publix for the Caravan. The day turned out great with overcast skies mixed with sunshine and temps pushing up into the 70's. I was over dressed with a long sleeve shirt, pants, wool socks and boots. Oh well so much for listening to the weather guy.
Back to the tournament....we had 12 boats and 3 empty seats for a total of 21 Hawg Hunters out to catch the elusive Florida Strain Black Bass.
We had 6 limits, 71 fish caught with a combined weight of 101.15 lbs and once again NO dead fish. Great job guys!
Believe it or not this is Terry's first time winning a Tournament with the Hawg Hunters. He's been an active member since way back in December of 2000.
Terry's persistence and vast improvement over the years has finally paid off for him. He brought in a limit of fish weighing 9.47 pounds all caught on worms with three of them before 7 am.
Great Job!
Enjoy the spotlight!
Congrats Terry!
Dave only brought in 4 fish to the scales but they were good enough for
2nd place. His 4 fish weighed in at 9,01 pounds anchored by
the
3.47 pound Big Fish of the Tournament. Since Dave and Terry
fished together I'd say they also won the Boat Total category this
month with 18.48 pounds of fish. Dave's big fish came at
11:20 am
on a Zoom Trick worm fished Slider head style up tight against a log at
GPS spot # 695. His 2nd biggest fish (pictured above) was on
a
spinner bait at GPS spot # 001 on the very next cast after
catching an 18 inch Grennel.Great Job!
Congratulations Dave!
Pete's in the top four again this month making it 3 times out
of 4
tournaments so far this year. Pete brought in a limit of 5
fish
that tipped the scales at 7.28 pounds. It's no wonder why
he's
leading the pack in the AOY race. Great Job!
Congratulations Pete!
This is Mike's first tournament with us this season and he kicks it off
with a 4th place finish. His 5 fish limit weighed in at 6.80
pounds. Micheal was drawn out as one of our solo boaters this
time so there was no "Spy's" to tell us where he caught his fish.
I'll bet they were all caught in the mouth....lolGreat Job!
Congratulations Michael!
With 4 tournaments in the record books things are are still close in the AOY race. This month we have two ties in the top six. On the whole we had 8 members advance their positions while 14 declined with 9 dropping due to non participation. Your not helping yourself by not fishing.
Okay so maintaining the top spot is Pete Potter who gains 7 more points for a total of 9 points ahead of second place. If Pete keeps it up he'll be untouchable.
Also maintaining 2nd place this month is Brian Nall who gained 5 points this month on 3rd place Jere Jaillite. Jumping up 4 spots to tie with Jere in 3rd place is Dave Bock. (Hooyah!). Dropping down 1 slot to 5th is Mack Cramer who caught a limit of fish this month but only finished 9th in the tournament. He's now sharing 5th place with Cliff Armstong...imagine that. Cliff has been doing great this year catching fish in 3 out of 4 tournament fished and even winning one last month.
So there you have it the top six with ties for 3rd and 5th places.
Brian Nall is gaining more ground in the Co-AOY race as we put another tournament in the record books. Adding 2 more points he now leads by 15. Terry Smith jumps up 5 places to take over the Silver position after winning this months tournament. Great job Terry. Dropping to the Bronze position is Bob Jones but he's only 1 point behind Terry.
Great Job Guys!
1st – Terry Smith - 5 fish – 9.47 lbs
2nd – Dave Bock - 4 fish – 9.01 lbs
3rd – Pete Potter - 5 fish – 7.28 lbs
4th – Michael Johnson - 5 fish – 6.80 lbs
5th – Randy Cole - 5 fish – 6.47 lbs
6th – Cliff Armstrong - 5 fish – 6.43 lbs
7th - Buddy Yates - 4 fish - 5.81 lbs
8th – Jeff Weaver - 4 fish – 5.78 lbs
9th – Mack Cramer - 5 fish – 5.36 lbs
10th - Brian Nall - 3 fish - 5.27 lbs
11th - John Buck - 4 fish - 5.26 lbs
12th - Carlito Silvania - 3 fish - 5.00 lbs
13th - Bob Jones - 3 fish - 4.62 lbs
14th - Bill Armstrong - 4 fish - 4.19 lbs
15th - Jere Jaillite - 4 fish - 4.11 lbs
16th - John Schaeff - 3 fish - 3.46 lbs
17th - Marion Johnson - 2 fish - 3.20 lbs
18th - Dave Nason - 2 fish - 2.08 lbs
19th - Don Jahnke - 1 fish - 1.55 lbs
Dave Dyess, Frank Kelly
Total Number Fished Tournament 21
Total Fish Caught 71
Total Dead Fish 0
Total Limits 6
Total Fish Weight 101.15 lbs
Big Fish: Dave Bock 3.39 lbs
Total Number Fished For Year 71
Total Fish Caught 200
Total Dead Fish 0
Total Limits 17
Total Fish Weight 291.91 lbs
Big Fish 4.76 lbs
Don Jahnke
Escambia River - December
Location: Founaris Bros.
March 15, 2017
Time: 7:00 pm March 18/19, 2017
Lake Seminole
Seminole Landing Sunrise: 6:55am
High: NA
Low: NA
Any questions should be addressed to:
Dave Bock
E-Mail the Secretary