Minutes of the Meeting:

Ahoy! Th' February meetin' o' th' Pensacola Hawg Hunters was brought t' order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday th' 20th o' February at Founaris Bros. Greek Restaurant by Jeff Weaver. We had 20 hands present 'n 2 guest present. Derek Head 'n Jimmy Oswalt.



 

Old Business

Jeff probalby started th' meetin' wit' a wee bit o' humor 'n o' course everyone had a good laugh about it.
 
Th' minutes o' last months meetin' were prolly waived once again by th' membership.  Why do we keep minutes anyway?  Seems our club runs on autopilot.  Must be 'cause we 'ave great leadership in ship.


Th' treasury report was read 'n also accepted.  Th' numbers sound like our investments are growin'.  Everyone can nah wait till th' October Fish Off Payday.

Th' Booray pot even got bigger since no one has caught a 6 pound plus fish.
See Buddy Yates fer details.

This month's 50/50 was won Anonymous.  'tis full blown Tax season so we be keepin' th' names out t' deter th' IRS.

New Business:

Ahoy!  Nothin' new this month.

From the Tournament Director:

Payouts fer th' January Tournament were handed out.
 Congrats t' all those who received a paycheck.
Great job!

Th' draw fer th' February Tournament was conducted.

Drawn out were 8 boaters wit' 8 Co-Anglers includin' 2 guests fer th' high 'n muddy Tensaw River Tournament.

Meetin' was adjourned sometime afore 8:00pm.

February Tournament:

Th' February Tournament was held on th' high 'n muddy Tensaw River.  Accordin' t' Barry's Steamplant water guage 'twas jus' about 8.0 feet 'n risin'.  Expected t' rise even higher t' 11.8 feet by  Friday March 1.  two fathoms be considered Flood stage.  Th' water was in th' woods in most places we fished.  I reckon th' fish were too 'cause we had a hard time findin' them.  As a club we only caught 28 fish weighin' 40.95 pounds.  No one caught a limit.  We also had 4 hands who didn' weigh in a keeper fish wit' John Schaeff findin' th' weeest one.  A .72 dink.   Big Fish went t' Jere Jaillite wit' a 3.10 pound largemouth.

Th' weather was warm in th' low 70's wit' lots o' humidity t' go around.  Light fog as ye went up river.  Water temp was 65 on th' river t' as high as 68 in aft o' Mifflin.    Th' river was like glass wit' hardly any current flow t' speak o' in th' mornin'.  But, come weigh-in time we had pretty strong winds causin' rollers wit' wha' felt like 4 foot swells comin' from th' south.  Pockets o' hot 'n cold air too as we were runnin' t' th' weigh-in.







Jus' sit right back
'n ye'll hear a tale
A tale o' a fateful trip,
That started from this tropic port,
Aboard this wee ship.
Th' mate was a mighty sailin' lad,
Th' Skipper brave 'n sure,
Five passengers set sail that day,
Fer a three hour tour,
A three hour tour.

Th' weather started gettin' rough,
Th' wee ship was tossed.
If nah fer th' courage o' th' fearless crew
Th' Minnow would be lost.
Th' Minnow would be lost.

Th' ship set ground on th' shore
O' this uncharted desert isle
Wit' Gilligan,
Th' Skipper too.
Th' millionaire
'n his beauty,
Th' movie star,
Th' professor 'n Mary Ann,
Here on Gilligan's Isle.