Bass Club
Issue: 03
Lee Brannon
Hawg Hunter E-Board
Lee Brannon
2019
Jeff Weaver
Dave Nason
Dave Bock
Bill Armstrong
Brian Nall
The January meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters
was
brought to
order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 16th of January at
Founaris
Bros.
Greek Restaurant by Jeff Weaver. We had 23 members present, 2
prospective members and 1 guest. Terry Ferdinandt & Wesley
Chancery were the plebes facing the death squad for
membership. Derek Head was our guest to see if he
wanted to join our ragged bunch of old nasty smelly grumpy
fishermen on a good day.
Jeff started the meeting with a little biit of humor. Always a good laugh and sets up the meeting for a good time.
Unaminous Votes were given for our two newest members Terry Ferdinandt & Wesley Chancery.
Welcome to the Hawg Hunters guys we look forward to fishing with you!
The minutes of last months meeting were waived by the membership. Probably because the Voted in Secretary is always missing at the meetings. Seems we should of voted in someone who could show up to the meetings every month. You know one of them old retired guys who all the time in the world to enjoy their passions. Like maybe Jere Jaillite....who does an excellent job of keeping our club member address book up to date.
The treasury report was read and accepted. Seems like the pots are growing.
The Booray pot's even getting bigger. See Buddy Yates for details but one thing for certain is we are still looking for a 6 pound Hawg to win. We've managed to hold off Lee Brannon for a couple of months now....but spring is just around the corner. For some of us a 6 pound Largemouth Bass would be a lifetime fish.
This month's 50/50 was won again by someone who was willing to support the club and buy a raffle ticket. We are currently keeping the name a secret to avoid being reported to the IRS during tax season now that the government shutdown is over.
The Awards Banquet was held back in December but we did a mini ceremony for those who were unable to attend. Mack Cramer and Tony Boyett received their due recognition for a year well fished. Mack finished up the season in 4th place while Tony ended up in 6th.
Great job guys!
Even though I myself didn't get to go I want to thank Mack for offering up his home to the club for the National College Football Championship game. I sure it was a grand time with lots of good food and company. Too bad Alabama couldn't make it to the party either.
Anyway....thanks Mack.
Seems there is a lake we didn't know about. Probably because we can't get our big boats into it and run 10 miles away from the ramp to fish. It's calleed Lake Stone and a bioligst contacted us to see if we are interested in the management of the fishery.
<For more information click here>
For Sale: Aqua Vu underwater camera
See Jeff Weaver for details.
Payouts for the December Tournament were handed out.
Congrats to all those who received a paycheck.
Great job!
The draw for the January Tournament was conducted.
Drawn out were 10 boaters with 7 Co-Anglers for the mighty Fish River Tournament.
Meeting was adjourned 7:28pm.
The January Tournament was held at on the mighty Fish River at the Hwy 98 Bridge Landing. Temps started out in the mid 60's which was pretty nice for a January tournament. At least we didn't have to chop a hole in the ice to drop our boats in. The sky was over cast with the promise of rain through out day with a cold front passing through after weigh-in. The tide was incoming for most of the day. In fact with the wind and incoming tide by the time we weighed in at 4pm the parking lot soon became underwater. The rain wasn't bad...just enough to make you put on and take off your rainsuit repeatedly thoughtout the day.
Come weigh-in time we weighed in 41 fish weighing a measly 42.54 pounds making the fish average just over 1 pound each. Big fish was a whopping 1.76 pounds caught by Terry Smith.
We only had 3 limits and those guys took the top 3 spots. It turned out to be a tough day for most of us. We just scrapped by with a couple of fish each. 3 didn't even manage that.
Who is this guy who thinks he can walk on water?
was
brought to
order at 7:00 P.M on Wednesday the 16th of January at
Founaris
Bros.
Greek Restaurant by Jeff Weaver. We had 23 members present, 2
prospective members and 1 guest. Terry Ferdinandt & Wesley
Chancery were the plebes facing the death squad for
membership. Derek Head was our guest to see if he
wanted to join our ragged bunch of old nasty smelly grumpy
fishermen on a good day.Jeff started the meeting with a little biit of humor. Always a good laugh and sets up the meeting for a good time.
Unaminous Votes were given for our two newest members Terry Ferdinandt & Wesley Chancery.
Welcome to the Hawg Hunters guys we look forward to fishing with you!
The minutes of last months meeting were waived by the membership. Probably because the Voted in Secretary is always missing at the meetings. Seems we should of voted in someone who could show up to the meetings every month. You know one of them old retired guys who all the time in the world to enjoy their passions. Like maybe Jere Jaillite....who does an excellent job of keeping our club member address book up to date.
The treasury report was read and accepted. Seems like the pots are growing.
The Booray pot's even getting bigger. See Buddy Yates for details but one thing for certain is we are still looking for a 6 pound Hawg to win. We've managed to hold off Lee Brannon for a couple of months now....but spring is just around the corner. For some of us a 6 pound Largemouth Bass would be a lifetime fish.
This month's 50/50 was won again by someone who was willing to support the club and buy a raffle ticket. We are currently keeping the name a secret to avoid being reported to the IRS during tax season now that the government shutdown is over.
The Awards Banquet was held back in December but we did a mini ceremony for those who were unable to attend. Mack Cramer and Tony Boyett received their due recognition for a year well fished. Mack finished up the season in 4th place while Tony ended up in 6th.
Great job guys!
Even though I myself didn't get to go I want to thank Mack for offering up his home to the club for the National College Football Championship game. I sure it was a grand time with lots of good food and company. Too bad Alabama couldn't make it to the party either.
Anyway....thanks Mack.
Seems there is a lake we didn't know about. Probably because we can't get our big boats into it and run 10 miles away from the ramp to fish. It's calleed Lake Stone and a bioligst contacted us to see if we are interested in the management of the fishery.
<For more information click here>
For Sale: Aqua Vu underwater camera
See Jeff Weaver for details.
Payouts for the December Tournament were handed out.
Congrats to all those who received a paycheck.
Great job!
The draw for the January Tournament was conducted.
Drawn out were 10 boaters with 7 Co-Anglers for the mighty Fish River Tournament.
Meeting was adjourned 7:28pm.
The January Tournament was held at on the mighty Fish River at the Hwy 98 Bridge Landing. Temps started out in the mid 60's which was pretty nice for a January tournament. At least we didn't have to chop a hole in the ice to drop our boats in. The sky was over cast with the promise of rain through out day with a cold front passing through after weigh-in. The tide was incoming for most of the day. In fact with the wind and incoming tide by the time we weighed in at 4pm the parking lot soon became underwater. The rain wasn't bad...just enough to make you put on and take off your rainsuit repeatedly thoughtout the day.
Come weigh-in time we weighed in 41 fish weighing a measly 42.54 pounds making the fish average just over 1 pound each. Big fish was a whopping 1.76 pounds caught by Terry Smith.
We only had 3 limits and those guys took the top 3 spots. It turned out to be a tough day for most of us. We just scrapped by with a couple of fish each. 3 didn't even manage that.
Who is this guy who thinks he can walk on water?
Two month's ago we had Junior in the Winner's circle. Last month we had Senior. This month John Buck does it again with back to back wins. John found 5 keepers weighing in at 6.24 pounds beating the rest of us by a whole pound. Are you sure he only had 5 fish?
Great job!
Congrats John!
John Russell's in the money again! 3rd time this year in 3
tournaments. This time he manages a second place finish. He
also had a limit of fish. His 5 fish tipped the scales at 5.28
pounds. Did you catch who is partner was for the
tournament? His dad.....boy these Buck "boys" are going to be
hard to beat this year.Great Job!
Congratulations John Russell!
Kevin and his partner managed to find a limit of fish also.
Kevin's limit was just .02 pounds behind John Russell's. His 5
fish were 5.26 pounds.This is Kevin's first showing in the money slots this year but I'm sure it won't be the last.
Great Job!
Congratulations Kevin!
After skunking last month Jere jumps up and takes charge to finish 4th
in the tournament. Good thing we didn't vote to eliminate the 4th
place spot.Jere caught 4 keepers that weighed in at 3.85 pounds. Doesn't seem impressive to you....well compare it to Jere's tournament last month at Escambia and I'll bet it felt like a million bucks to Jere. I know a lot of us in the two fish category and below wish we would of had just one or two more keepers to brings to the scales.
Great Job!
Congratulations Jere!
Three tournaments down and we have a little bit of movement in the Top Six. The top three spots are getting father away from us while the bottom three spots are changing.
Leading the race is John Russell who moved from 1 point ahead to now 11 points ahead. Good move John Russell.
In the #2 spot we actually have a Tie with Jeff Weaver and Lee Brannon each having 48 points. If we were to end it all now Jeff would take the spot as he has a bigger stringer weighed in than Lee so far. They both have the same number of fish weighed in so we have to look at the 3rd criteria for breaking a tie at the end of the year.
Jumping up two notches is John Buck of his fresh win at Fish River to claim the number 4 spot. He's just 6 points behind 2nd.
Also jumping up two spots to take over 5th place is Kevin Simmons just 4 points behind John
Rounding out our Top Six is Mack Cramer who slid down this month with a dismal 11th place finish. Even Dave Bock beat him out of the back of his own boat.
Great job to the Top Six!
John Russell is leading all of us right now and he's doing it out the back of everyone's boat. Could he continue his hot streak and win both Awards?
This month John Russell's lead jumps to 24 points ahead of the 2nd place Co-Angler almost becoming untouchable but we still have a lot of fishing to go!
Still maintaining 2nd place is Dave Hall whose been slipping slowly into the abyss. Don't do it Dave!
In the 3rd place Bronze postion we have another Dave. (Just how many Dave's do we have in the club?) Dave Nason jumps up and takes over now with 25 points just 34 points behind John Russell.
Well one thing is for sure.....you can't get any points if you don't show up and fish in the tournaments. You joined the club because you wanted to fish.
Normally we don't nominate members to the slammer award for maintenance problems that occur during a tournament but this month I just have to do it.
It all started at the draw that was held at the meeting. Seems our newest two club members Wes and Terry were drawn out together to fish the Fish River Tournament. Go figure, they were just voted in the club and then get "stuck" with each other at the draw.
Well Wes is the boater in this instance and after successfully meeting his partner they started the drive to the river. As told to me.....on their way to the ramp one of the trailer wheels decided to depart from the trailer. Not a flat tire or a blown tire BUT a MISSING TIRE. It was there....then it wasn't! Hub and all. Now who does that? Our newbe of course!
Lucky for Terry we still have the solo boater rule in place and there was an empty seat with another boater for him to fish the tournament. Unfortunatly for Wes he didn't make the tournament. Turns out he didn't have a spare and had to call a wrecker to come pick him up.
Boating 101....have a spare everything!
Great way to start your membership Wes!
We look forward to learning more interesting things about you.
1st – John Buck - 5 fish – 6.24 lbs
2nd – John Russell Buck - 5 fish – 5.28 lbs
3rd – Kevin Simmons - 5 fish – 5.26 lbs
4th – Jere Jaillite - 4 fish – 3.85 lbs
5th – Dave Nason - 3 fish – 3.12 lbs
6th – Terry Smith - 2 fish – 2.89 lbs
7th - Lee Brannon - 3 fish - 2.86 lbs
8th – Bill Armstrong - 3 fish – 2.72 lbs
9th – Terry Ferdinandt – 3 fish - 2.59 lbs
10th - Dave Bock - 2 fish - 2.03 lbs
11th - Mack Cramer - 2 fish - 2.02 lbs
12th - Jeff Weaver - 2 fish - 1.84 lbs
13th - Randy Cole - 2 fish - 1.84 lbs
Tony Boyett, Dave Hall, Bob Jones
Total Number Fished Tournament 16
Total Fish Caught 41
Total Dead Fish 1
Total Limits 3
Total Fish Weight 42.54 lbs
Big Fish: Terry Smith - 1.76 lbs
Total Number Fished For Year 40
Total Fish Caught 83
Total Dead Fish 1
Total Limits 4
Total Fish Weight 98.65 lbs
Big Fish 4.71 lbs
Jeff Weaver
Escambia River - December
Location: Founaris Bros.
February 20, 2019
Time: 7:00 pm
February 23, 2019
Tensaw River
Cliff's Landing
Sunrise: 6:26 am
February 19, 2019 High: 6:48 am
Low: 12:36 am
Any questions should be addressed to:
Dave Bock
E-Mail the Secretary