Minutes of the Meeting:

The October meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters
was brought to order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 17th of October at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by Jeff Weaver. We had 28 members present.  

Old Business

The minutes of last months meeting were waived by the membership.

The treasury report was read and accepted.  


The Booray pot started over for the October Tournament.  This time we are looking for a 5.5 pound Hawg to win in the money.  Collection for the new season took place and if you didn't pay yet you have until the start of the November meeting or risk being dropped out of the action.    (Lee you can disregard as we all believe winning the pot 3 times in one year is your limit.)

This month's 50/50 was won by Tony Boyett.  Remember the 50/50 monies collected go toward our cookouts during our two day tournaments (if we have one)


Okay because it's October we had the opportunity to make some rule changes with a majority vote of the proposals submitted.  21 members eligible to vote showed up at the meeting meaning it would take 14 votes for anything to pass.
The two biggest items on the table were the changes to adopt the Team Concept style of fishing and the Solo boater rule in which some members were trying to revert back to forcing boaters to pair up.

The Solo boater rule failed miserably with only 3 yes votes given.  Seems the majority of the club enjoys being able to take their own boats.  Maybe now we can put this issue to bed and go on enjoying our fishing trips.

The Team Concept Rule change did a little better but still failed to gather enough votes.  Only 6 yes votes were given.  

Adding the month of September to the early weigh-ins during the hot months gathered 11 Yes votes.  Not enough to pass.  September will still be a 4:00pm weigh-in whether it's a 1 or 2 day tournament.

Increasing the 2-day tournaments to 5 a year didn't pass either.  Only 6 yes votes were registered.

The Culling of dead fish change had only 5 yes votes so it didn't pass either.

The Convoy rule change also didn't gather enough votes to pass.  Only 5 yes votes on this one.  With  everyone's hectic schedules except those retirees who go up on Thursday its hard to make a convoy mandatory.   I will tell you its really nice to have help along side the road if you break down when the unexpected happens.

The Change to drop 4th place money didn't fly either.  Only 8 yes entered for this one.  Seems a lot of us like 4th place.  Maybe not the money....but the recognition. It looks great on your resume.

The proposal to stop the Club from paying the gas expense for a member "forced" to fish by himself also failed with only 3 yes votes.

The final proposal was changing the wording about the "acting" Tournament Director to make it say Assistant Tournament Director.  It also failed to get a majority vote as only 11 votes were given.  By using the term "acting" it could already mean Assistant but not limit us if both the Tournament Director or Assistant couldn't make it to the tournament.

So in conclusion....NONE of the changes that were proposed were voted in.  The 2019 season rules of which there are many will be the same ones we used successfully during the 2018 season.
Seems like the Majority wins!
 

2019 E-Board 

Since there was no other nominations for E-board members and no one else wanted to step up and take office the 2018 E-board will become the 2019 E-board. As the Secretary for the last 5 years I'll take that as a compliment that I'm doing a good job because I'd really hate to think that you all are a bunch of Lazy sum bitches....

So meet your 2019 E-board

President:  Jeff Weaver
VP / Treasurer: Dave Nason
Secretary : Dave Bock
Tournament Director: Bill Armstrong
Asst. Tournament Director: Brian Nall

New Business:

The Cookout sheet was passed around again during the meeting.  We were looking for volunteers to do the cleanup and cooking however at the meeting the Food Getter backed out. Since no one was able to take over with such short notice the annual Presidents Appreciation Dinner Cookout was canceled.
As a result the E-board met and decided that the money that would of been spent on those delicious steaks and baked potatoes with all the fixings would not be thrown into the fish-off as recommended.  Instead the money would be used to offset the cost of the year end Awards Banquet dinner.

The Awards Banquet is set.  It's going to be held on the 14th of December at Sonny's Barbecue on Navy Blvd starting at 6:00pm.  Make plans to attend.  Don't forget to bring a guest too!

From the Tournament Director:

Payouts for the September tournament were handed out.

 Congrats to all those who received a paycheck.
Great job!

The draw for the October Tournament was conducted.

Drawn out were 15 boaters with 6 Co-Anglers for the October Tournament to be held at Lay Lake.

Meeting was adjourned 7:50 pm

October Tournament:

The October Fish-Off Tournament was held on Lay Lake in Alabama at the lower Dam Landing.  We stayed close by at the Inn of Clanton off Exit 208 on Hwy 65.  
We had 15 boats with 5 Co-Anglers make the trip up  to Lay Lake.  But not with out problems.  

John "3-Wheel"  Buck dropped an axle on his trailer but managed to tie up one side and use his second axle to limp him there and back.  

Cliff "No Talon" Armstrong managed to shear the bolts off the bracket holding his expensive Talon to the boat dragging it along the freeway.  The roads around Montgomery are brutal.  

Bill "No Start" Armstrong's even got into some action.  His boat wouldn't start Friday morning even after changing a starter solenoid.  We diagnosed he had a bad starter all because Bill mentioned he let the smoke out of it.  

Since we had plenty of empty back seats Bill's partner Dave Nason shifted over to fish with the first Solo boater drawn out which was Jere Jaillite.  Bill moved over to fish with Roger Helm.  Good move for Dave as his new partner was on fish.

The October Fish Off tournament was our last 2 day tournament of the season. With lots of money on the line we had great participation. Well on the boater side of the equation anyway.

Most of us had the opportunity to pre-fish but found that the conditions each day were different. Friday was a beautiful day with clear sky's and the fish busting shad all over. An excellent Crank bait bite for sure but then Saturday morning found us with overcast skies that led to moderate/heavy rain for about an hour during the mid morning hours.  The temperature then dropped by mid afternoon on the back of the front that passed us.

Sunday morning was a whole different day with all of us breaking out long pants and heavy jackets as the temps went down to the low 50's. And don't forget the 15 mph winds coming from the North.    

We caught 78 fish on Saturday with 12 limits weighed in while Sunday cooled down with only 55 fish and 4 limits.  Total weight was 233.41 pounds for the 133 fish caught.  5 of them fish did not survive our weekend excursion.

Big Fish Honors of the weekend went to John Russell Buck who showed up with a nice 4.51 lb Brute on Saturday while Brian Nall took Sunday's honor with a 4.27 lb  Hawg.

Great job guys !