Minutes of the Meeting:
The May meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters
was
brought to
order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 16th of April at
Founaris
Bros.
Greek Restaurant by John Buck. We had 21 members present.
Old Business
The minutes from the last
waived by the membership.
The
treasury report was read and accepted.
Booray Report: The Booray pot now stands at $96 as no one has caught a
fish over 5.5 pounds in the last two tournaments.
See Buddy Yates for Details...
This month's 50/50 was won by Pete Potter.
New Business:
The summer heat is coming so be careful out there on the water.
Drink plenty of water and stay hydrated. If you see
your
partner starting to get the symptoms of heat stress or heat stroke get
them cooled down fast. Best way is to throw them in the
water.
(Not to be used as an excuse because he is catching more
fish
than you though.)
For
you guys that draw out as solo boaters you'll have a disavantage so
watch out for yourself. Of course you could always give up
your
option to be a boater and sit in the back seat of someelse's boat if
you don't want to have this disavantage.
From the Tournament Director:
Payouts for the April tournament were handed out.
Congrats to all those who received a paycheck.
Great job!
The
draw for the May Tournament was conducted.
The summer months are also hard on the fish. Check on them
often
and protect our resourses. If they look like they are
struggling
with the heat you can always throw them overboard too.
Once again we had
12 boaters with 8
co-anglers drawn out for the May tournament held on the
Tensaw River out of Scott' Landing down by the causeway.
May Tournament:
The
May Tournament was held at the Tensaw River breaking the
tradition
of going to Miller's Ferry in May. I'm sure most would of
rather
went there instead but we did have a good turn out of 20 members.
Just not enough non-boaters to fill all the seats available
so as
to take the preceived advantage away from the drawn out Solo
boaters. Luck of the Draw it's always been said.
In fact
this time the non-boaters got to pick their boaters out of the hat.
I Guess no one wanted to fish with Buddy, Lee Tony or Dave
Bock
as the non-boaters didn't pick them. Probably a good thing no
one
picked Dave as he ended up going home early due to a failed oil pump
causing a blown piston.
Anyway the 19 members who did get to fish caught 40 fish weighing in at
61.09 pounds with two members catching limits.
Okay...on to the results!
Tournament Results:
1st Place
Lee Brannon
Lee has been no stranger to the Top Four this year. In fact
out
of 7 tournaments he's only NOT been in the Top Four once and that was a
5th place finish at Fish River in January. This racks up his
3
win this season and it seems he's unstoppable. Maybe if he
drew
out a partner that would stop him. Oh WAIT he had a partner
in
March at Apalachicola where he won by over 10 pounds!
Lee
brought 4 fish to the scales weighing 10.94 pounds while also capturing
Big Fish Honors with a 4.46 pound brute. I heard he didn't
have a
fish before noon but finally caught all his fish in one small spot.
Now approiately labeled "Lee's Spot".
Great job!
Congrats Lee!
2nd Place
Tony Boyett
Finally a great picture of Tony! Of course that's because he
wanted to brag about finishing in Second Place. Tony brought
in a limit of fish totaling 7.90 pounds. A great feat as most
of the other anglers only brought in 1 or 2 fish. This is
Tony's 3 trip to the Money Slots as he previously had a 4th, a 3rd and
now this 2nd place finish. Will his next one be a 1st?
Great Job!
Congratulations Tony!
3rd Place
John Schaeff
It's been a long time since we've seen John in the Money Slots.
Great Job and we hope you had a great day. John
only managed 2 fish but he had a nice 3.6 lb pictured above to give him
a total of 5.19 pounds. It for tough for everyone except
maybe Lee but when the going was tough John stepped up and showed us
his grit and determination.
Great Job!
Congratulations John!
4th Place
Carlito Silvania
Carlito was the only other Hawg Hunter to bring in a limit of fish.
His 5 fish limit weighed in at 5.19 pounds. Looks
like he had some 1 lb squeakers but I'm sure everyone was envious under
the tough conditions. And he even managed them out of an
Aluminum boat!
Great Job!
Congratulations Carlito!
AOY Analysis:
No question about Lee is still leading in the Angler of the Year race.
He's really becoming untouchable and in fact he could
probably take a tournament off and it wouldn't hurt him. His
20 point lead last month now jumps to 32 points this month.
Gonna be real hard to beat him in the remaining 5
tournaments. Now that he has a sponsor with Charlie Brewer
Slider Heads he should think about turning Pro.
Buddy climbs another slot up to take over 2nd place away from Jere
Jaillite which drops Jere to 3rd. But not a big gap as Jere
is only 1 point behind Buddy.
Jeff Weaver is still solidly in 4th place just 10 points behind 3rd and
10 points ahead of 5th.
In 5th we have a tie. Mack Cramer and Dave Bock both have 92
points. Dave's slipping while Mack's climbing. 7th
place Dave Dyess is only 2 points behind them with 90 points total.
But Dave and Dave will leave the door to the Top Six open in
June as both we be abscent from the June Tournament while they are on
their annual Canadian Smallmouth Bass trip. I'm sure you'll
hear all about it in the next couple of months.
So
here's the point spread of the Top Six:
1st - Lee Brannon - 145 pts
2nd - Buddy Yates - 113 pts
3rd - Jere Jaillite - 112 pts
4th - Jeff Weaver - 102 pts
5th Tie - Mack Cramer - 92 pts - 33 fish
5th Tie - Dave Bock - 92 pts - 29 fish
7th - Dave Dyess - 90 pts
8th - Brian Nall - 87 pts
Great job to the Top Six!
CO-AOY Analysis:
As for the Co-Anglers we have no change from last month.
Brian is still on Top with Dave Nason 2nd and Thom
Labelle in 3rd.
Last months 12 point lead by Brian was reduced to just 5 points by Dave
Nason. And the gap of 6 points last month between 2nd and 3rd
has now increase to 14 points this month. Looks like the big
mover this month was Dave Nason who finished in 8th place for the
tournament while both Brian and Thom skunked or zero'ed.
Tournament Standings:
Tensaw River @
Scott's Landing
1st – Lee Brannon - 4 fish – 10.94 lbs
2nd – Tony Boyett - 5 fish – 7.90 lbs
3rd – John Schaeff - 2 fish – 5.19 lbs
4th – Carlito Silvania - 5 fish – 5.18 lbs
5th – John Russell Buck - 3 fish – 5.06 lbs
6th – Bill Armstrong - 2 fish – 4.65 lbs
7th - Pete Potter - 3 fish - 3.56 lbs
8th – Dave Nason -2 fish – 3.43 lbs
9th – Frank Kelly – 2 fish - 2.58 lbs
10th - Mack Cramer - 2 fish - 2.11 lbs
11th - Buddy Yates - 2 fish - 2.11 lbs
12th - Dave Dyess - 2 fish - 1.98 lbs
13th - Cliff Armstrong - 1 fish - 1.25 lbs
14th - Jere Jaillite - 1 fish - 1.25 lbs
15th - Don Jahnke - 1 fish - 1.24 lbs
16th - Jeff Weaver - 1 fish - 1.12 lbs
17th - John Buck - 1 fish - 0.93 lbs
Also Fished:
Dave "Blown Piston" Bock, Thom Labelle, & Brian Nall
Dave blew a #6 piston on his morning run about 7 miles up
river on his way to Mifflin. Talking to the Tuesday morning
crowd at Buck N Bass it sounds like he didn't miss much up there.
The guys who made it didn't catch anything there.
Dave did make it back all the way to the dock on his Ultrex trolling
motor but she was pretty tired fighing the incoming tide.
Come weigh-time Dave had the power head off the boat and then completly
stripped in time for a Monday morning trip to the machinist.
Getting the block back he had it all back together and back
on the boat by Memorial day one week later.
For the Record:
Tensaw
River/Scott's Landing
Total Number Fished Tournament 20
Total Fish Caught 40
Total Dead Fish 6
Total Limits 2
Total Fish Weight 61.09 lbs
Big Fish: Lee Brannon 4.46 lbs
For the Year:
Total Number Fished For Year 133
Total Fish Caught 571
Total Dead Fish 12
Total Limits 66
Total Fish Weight 996.90 lbs
Big Fish 7.75 lbs
Lee Brannon
Apalachicola River - March
June Meeting
Location: Founaris Bros.
June 20, 2018
Time: 7:00 pm
June Tournament
June 23, 2018
Tournament Site:
Tensaw River
Live Oak Landing
From the Daily Planner:
Sunrise: 5.48 am
Full Moon:
June 28
Tides
05/19/18
High: 11:38 am
Low: 12:28 am
Any questions should be addressed to:
Dave Bock
E-Mail
the Secretary