Bass Club
Issue: 07
Jeff Weaver
Hawg Hunter E-Board
Don Jahnke
2017
John Buck
Jere Jaillite
Dave Bock
Mack Cramer
Matt Brown
The May meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters
was brought to order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 17th of May at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by our President John Buck. We had 22 members present.
The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.
The treasury report was read and accepted.
Booray Report: The Booray pot now stands at $364 for a 5.5 pound fish. See Buddy for details.
This month's 50/50 was won by Pete Potter!
The Club grill is in need of repair and the Grill Replacement/Repair committee gave us their finding on what they recommend we do. Seems it won't be easy to replace as the style grill we have is not made anymore. Suitable replacement parts can be had but they are not cheap. It really just comes down to how much we as a club value our cookouts where we use the grill 2 times a year. We should do a fund raiser!
Hawg Hunter hats are only $20 if you want one. See John Buck
A SOP Proposal was brought to the floor where we had a lively or deadly discussion depending on which side the vote you were on. The proposal read as follows:
Any person fishing "SOLO" for any reason shall be required to wear his life jacket(PFD) the entire time he is on the water fishing the tournament. The penalty for not following this rule will be disqualification from the tournament.
The vote did NOT pass....3 For and 19 against.
As our rules are written now you must wear your Life Jacket when the boat's combustion engine is being operated above idle speed. Nothing says you can't wear your Life Jacket all the time if YOU choose to.
We also had a discussion about blasting off too early. Remember if you don't feel safe you can pull over to the side until you do. According to our rules:
The tournament Director will use his own judgment to determine safe daylight. At that point, it becomes the responsibility of each boater to judge for himself whether or not safe conditions exist and to act accordingly.
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 if you have one.
Our Hot summer tournaments are coming up. Remember we have 1pm weigh ins for the June, July and August Tournaments.
Speaking of August you Alabama Fishing License will expire then.
Time to get the dates on your Boat Flares and Fire Extinguishers. Don't get a ticket!
Birthday boys for May were Dave Bock. (still one of the youngest guys in the club!)
Payouts were given for the April tournament. Congrats to all those who received a payout!
The draw was conducted for the May Miller's Ferry Tournament.
The meeting was adjourned 8:00 pm.
The May Tournament was held at Miller's Ferry just outside of Camden Alabama utilizing the Ellis Landing ramp. We had 15 members fishing out of 9 boats.
The weather was great on Saturday with overcast skies and we had a small shower run through during tournament hours. Overall a great day to be on the water.
Everyone caught fish and we managed 7 limits including a limit of dead fish. It's getting hotter and we need to keep better care of our fish. Two members dropped a position because of the penalties assessed to include one dropping out of the 4th place money spot.
58 fish caught weighing in at 89.93 pounds with a lunker/big fish of 3.90 caught by the new old guy....Bill Armstrong.
was brought to order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 17th of May at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by our President John Buck. We had 22 members present.
The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.
The treasury report was read and accepted.
Booray Report: The Booray pot now stands at $364 for a 5.5 pound fish. See Buddy for details.
This month's 50/50 was won by Pete Potter!
The Club grill is in need of repair and the Grill Replacement/Repair committee gave us their finding on what they recommend we do. Seems it won't be easy to replace as the style grill we have is not made anymore. Suitable replacement parts can be had but they are not cheap. It really just comes down to how much we as a club value our cookouts where we use the grill 2 times a year. We should do a fund raiser!
Hawg Hunter hats are only $20 if you want one. See John Buck
A SOP Proposal was brought to the floor where we had a lively or deadly discussion depending on which side the vote you were on. The proposal read as follows:
Any person fishing "SOLO" for any reason shall be required to wear his life jacket(PFD) the entire time he is on the water fishing the tournament. The penalty for not following this rule will be disqualification from the tournament.
The vote did NOT pass....3 For and 19 against.
As our rules are written now you must wear your Life Jacket when the boat's combustion engine is being operated above idle speed. Nothing says you can't wear your Life Jacket all the time if YOU choose to.
We also had a discussion about blasting off too early. Remember if you don't feel safe you can pull over to the side until you do. According to our rules:
The tournament Director will use his own judgment to determine safe daylight. At that point, it becomes the responsibility of each boater to judge for himself whether or not safe conditions exist and to act accordingly.
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 if you have one.
Our Hot summer tournaments are coming up. Remember we have 1pm weigh ins for the June, July and August Tournaments.
Speaking of August you Alabama Fishing License will expire then.
Time to get the dates on your Boat Flares and Fire Extinguishers. Don't get a ticket!
Birthday boys for May were Dave Bock. (still one of the youngest guys in the club!)
Payouts were given for the April tournament. Congrats to all those who received a payout!
The draw was conducted for the May Miller's Ferry Tournament.
The meeting was adjourned 8:00 pm.
The May Tournament was held at Miller's Ferry just outside of Camden Alabama utilizing the Ellis Landing ramp. We had 15 members fishing out of 9 boats.
The weather was great on Saturday with overcast skies and we had a small shower run through during tournament hours. Overall a great day to be on the water.
Everyone caught fish and we managed 7 limits including a limit of dead fish. It's getting hotter and we need to keep better care of our fish. Two members dropped a position because of the penalties assessed to include one dropping out of the 4th place money spot.
58 fish caught weighing in at 89.93 pounds with a lunker/big fish of 3.90 caught by the new old guy....Bill Armstrong.
Jere found a nice limit of fish weighing in at 11.29 pounds anchored by a 3.12 Hawg. This is Jere's first win of the 2017 season and 3rd time taking our money. He jumps up two places on the AOY leader board to sit in 8th but only 4 points away from the top six guys.
Great Job!
Congrats Jere!
Back for some more of our money for the 3rd month in a row is Bill.
This time Bill climbs up one spot to take Second Place
honors. Bill fishing out of the back of Don's boat caught a
nice limit tipping the scales over 10 pounds to 10.09. His
kicker was the big fish of the tournament weighing 3.90 pounds.
Bill's on a roll and is rapidly gaining points.
He's jumped from 19 to 14 to now sit at 11th place in the AOY
standings. He's only 20 points out of the top six but at his
pace with 5 tournaments to go he might just punch through and make it.Great Job!
Congratulations Bill!
Cliff finds himself back in the Top 4 with 4 nice fish weighing in at
9.07 pounds. He had a 2.95 pound brute as
his kicker. Cliff's other trip to the Top 4 was his
win during the January Fish River tournament.Great Job!
Congratulations Cliff!
Dave Dyess rounds out our Top 4 with a limit of fish too.
His 5 fish weighed in at 7.23 pounds. He claims the spot by
not having any dead fish penalties like John Buck who dropped to 5th
because of the penalty . This is Dave's second time in the
money this year. His other being his win during the March
Lake Seminole Tournament. By the way Dave fished as a non-boater this time drawing out Jere Jaillite as his boater who won the tournament. Seems like they were on fish as both had limits.
Great Job!
Congratulations Dave!
Seven tournaments in the record books with only 5 to go. This month the Top Six remain the same but the points spreads are getting closer. We went from a 34 point spread between 1st and 6th to now a 26 point spread.
Here's what it looks like:
1st - Pete Potter - 120 pts
2nd - Brain Nall - 112 pts
3rd - Jeff Weaver - 108 pts
4th - Dave Bock - 107 pts
5th - Mack Cramer - 99 pts
6th - Cliff Armstrong - 94 pts
7th - John Buck - 91 pts
8th - Jere Jaillite - 90 pts
9th - Terry Smith - 88 pts
Getting pretty tight between the places. Just a Hat/Shirt point away for some or a meeting points for others.
Our Co-AOY are a little more spread out. Here's what they look like:
Gold (1st) - Brain Nall - 112 pts
Silver (2nd) - Terry Smith - 88 pts
Bronze (3rd) - Bill Armstrong - 72 pts
4th - Dave Nason - 67 pts
5th - Bob Jones - 55 pts
This month Bill jumps up into the Bronze position but has his work cut out if he's going to try and catch Brian who seems to be running away with it.
Great Job Guys!
What happen to the caravan's? It's a real good thing I stayed with Don Jahnke on the trip home after we stopped at the usual Hardee's meal. Don managed to blow another tire on the way home after blowing one on the way up to the lake. I'm not sure if it was the spare he put on or the other original one but he found himself on the side on the road without good tire to get him home. Enter the good Samaritan Dave Bock who swooped in and loaned him a spare so he could get home. I understand not everyone wants to stop and eat but we should try to stay together better in case one of us needs help on the road. Next time it might be you.
1st – Jere Jaillite - 5 fish – 11.29 lbs
2nd – Bill Armstrong - 5 fish – 10.09 lbs
3rd – Cliff Armstrong - 4 fish – 9.07 lbs
4th – Dave Dyess - 5 fish – 7.23 lbs
5th – John Buck - 5 fish – 7.15 lbs
6th – Dave Bock - 5 fish – 6.96 lbs
7th - Mack Cramer - 5 fish - 6.89 lbs
8th – Terry Smith - 4 fish – 6.34 lbs
9th – Jeff Weaver - 5 fish – 5.68 lbs
10th - Brian Nall - 4 fish - 5.23 lbs
11th - Pete Potter - 4 fish - 4.22 lbs
12th - Randy Cole - 2 fish - 3.59 lbs
13th - Dave Nason - 2 fish - 2.57 lbs
14th - Don Jahnke - 2 fish - 2.50 lbs
15th - Frank Kelly - 1 fish - 1.12 lbs
Hooyah! Everyone Caught Fish!
Total Number Fished Tournament 15
Total Fish Caught 58
Total Dead Fish 5
Total Limits 7
Total Fish Weight 89.93 lbs
Big Fish: Bill Armstrong 3.90 lbs
Total Number Fished For Year 120
Total Fish Caught 431
Total Dead Fish 13
Total Limits 40
Total Fish Weight 670.38 lbs
Big Fish 4.76 lbs
Don Jahnke
Escambia River - December
Location: Founaris Bros.
June 21, 2017
Time: 7:00 pm June 24, 2017
Tensaw River
Live Oak Landing Sunrise: 5:48 am
High: 2:54 pm
Low: 2:25 am
Any questions should be addressed to:
Dave Bock
E-Mail the Secretary