Pensacola Hawg Hunters
2022 Season
The August meeting of the Hawg Hunters was brought to order at Fournias
Brothers restaurant by our President John Buck. We had 17 members
present at the meeting. We started at the meeting at 7:00 pm.
The minutes from last meeting were read and accepted.
The treasury report was also read and accepted by the membership.
The Booray pot started over as Carlito won the whole kit and caboodle last month with his 5.63 pound Hawg. This was your chance to get in. Hopefully you did. This time we are going to start with a 5 pound fish. Pretty easy….catch the largest Bass over 5 pounds in a Hawg Hunter Tournament and win the pot.
The 50/50 was won by Buddy Yates.
Club Hats: John Buck was going to bring a box of club hats that he just got embroidered but in true John fashion he brought the wrong box to the meeting. I guess he wanted to show us what they looked like before embroidery. They are going to be for sale at $15 he promises.
We had 18 Rule changes submitted to be discussed next month and then to be voted on at the October Meeting. I guess we are feeling the pain from missing the opportunity from last year. It will take a 2/3's majority vote of the members eligible to vote. We have only 11 members eligible to vote this year. Since the club has 26 members on the roster that means less than half the club will have a say as to how the club should be run. At this rate we will have a dictatorship soon. Which I will Segway into “Who wants to be a Club Officer?” It’s that time again to nominate members for the E-board positions. Do you want to be King?
September’s meeting is going to start 30 minutes early at 6:30pm so we have time to discuss all the change proposals. Be there or be Square!
Here is a change index sheet in PDF format to help keep track of how you are voting. It might make it easier on you.
2023 Season
Voting Matrix
Here's the link to see the changes....but be sure to come back and read the rest of the Newsletter!
2023 Season
Proposed Changes
(Click the button to see the changes)
John Buck is checking into Sonny's BBQ on Navy Blvd to see what day we can have our Awards Banquet in December. It's always been accommodating there with good food.
There was a motion to move the Apalachicola tournament site in October to another place due to rising hotel/motel costs which resulted in a lively discussion but it died on the floor. The better idea was to try and find a place more affordable to stay but leave the tournament site alone. Start with saving now for the trip by drinking one less Starbucks coffee. Then again I own Starbucks stock so cut back somewhere else.
The payouts for the annual July Perdido River tournament were handed out. Congrats to those who made in to the Top Four.
Carlito don’t forget to get your W2-G form from Tony for your winning the Booray pot. We wouldn’t want you getting in trouble with the 87,000 new agents. I hear some are even taking weapons training classes.
The draw was conducted with 7 boaters and 5 co-anglers brave enough to tackle the kids’ crappie tournament. Yep as it turns out at the Hubbard’s ramp on Tensaw it was jam packed with kids and boats from everywhere participating in the Kids Crappie Tournament.
Meeting was adjourned 7:49 pm.
Here's a little something for you older guys to enjoy since you aren't hip with the new TopGun Generation.
Link to You Tube Video of TopGun
August’s tournament was held over at the Tensaw River out of Hubbard’s jam packed full landing. We didn’t see that coming as there was also a Kids’ Crappie tournament scheduled for the same day. On the water it looked like Live Oak Landing had a big tournament too as we saw a dozen bass boats flying north up the river. It was a pretty busy day on the water. The weatherman called for 60% chance of rain but we never saw any of it over the top of us. It pretty much stayed way to the south and soaked the Olive Baptist club on the Perdido River during their tournament. You should have fished with us Jere and Pete.
At the weigh-in we had 11 out of 12 members with fish. 31 fish totaling 39.95 pounds caught amongst us. 3 limits caught with no dead fish weighed. Big fish Honors went to Roger Gomez with a nice 2.72 largemouth caught out of Bill Armstrong’s boat which anchored Bill to the weigh-in. Yes weigh-ins can be humbling but they are also a way to show support to those who did well. You’d want us there if you smashed ‘em and won.
| Place | Hawg Hunter | Total Fish |
Total Weight |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Also Fished |
|---|
First
Place is John Russell with a limit of fish weighing 6.29 pounds. He
beat out his Dad and partner for the tournament by 6 ounces. This is
John Russell’s second win this season the other being back in June,
also on the Tensaw River where he smoked us with 11 and a half pounds.
John Russell has placed in the Top Four 5 times this season.Great Job!
Congratulations John Russell!
Second Place is John Buck, who fished with his son John Russell managed
to also catch a limit of fish. His limit weighed 5.86 pounds. They said
they caught 2 – 3 fish everywhere they went. It is hard to beat this
Father and Son team. This is John’s 4th time in the Second Place spot
as First Place seems to elude him this year. Maybe he’s saving his win
for the fish off.Great Job!
Congratulations John!
Carlito finishes Third Place this month. He caught 4 fish weighing 4.60
pounds. This is Carlito’s 4th time taking our money not including his
recent Booray Win!Great Job!
Congratulations Carlito!
Rounding out the Top Four is Tony Boyett who also managed a limit of fish. His 5 fish weighed 4.56 pounds. He had a little less than a 1 pound average but enough to be included in the money this year. I say that because we have a rule change proposal that may make this spot go away if passed. Tony has made it into the money slots 4 out of the 6 times he’s “fished” this season. The other two were recorded as being in the “Also Fished” category.
Since we all know Tina did all the work while fishing with Tony....we honor her with a picture in our Newsletter!
Great Job!
Congratulations Tony!
| Place | Top Six Hawg Hunters | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
The 2022 Season is almost done. We have only 2 tournaments left and both of those are out of town two-day tournaments. The Race for the coveted Angler of the Year is still going strong and getting heated up even more. Lee left the door wide open this time with his dismal showing by finishing last place this month. He only managed to bring 1 fish weighing 1.15 pounds to the scales. He couldn’t capitalize on the solo boater advantage as he didn’t have a partner this month.
For now Lee Brannon is still leading the AOY race but his 14 point lead has dwindled to just 4 points now. It looks like we are going to have a horse race to the finish.
John Russell is still in Second Place but after winning this month’s tournament he’s gaining ground fast.
Jeff Weaver reduced the gap some to only 6 points now behind John Russell.
Mack Cramer stays in 4th Place and is currently 14 points behind Jeff.
John Buck jumps up and over Dave Bock for 5th Place to sit just 2 points behind 4th place Mack.
Dave Bock tied for 4th place last month, drops down to 6th place this month. However, he's only 1 point behind John.
This Top Six group of Great anglers may just be your year-end Top Six as they are a whopping 33 points ahead of 7th place Carlito. The key here is that this group has fished every tournament so far this season with only John and Mack missing one tournament each. Participation has a big impact on your standing.
Going back to Lee and John Russell’s battle between 1st and 2nd place….
Could John Russell’s end of the year momentum be enough to surpass Lee’s beginning of the year momentum? We have two more tournaments to figure this out. Last year we had a 3 way tie between Lee, John Buck and John Russell where John Russell fell to third place due to number of fish caught. Right now Lee has 3 more fish caught than John Russell. Could Lee 3-peat as Angler of the Year or would John Russell capture his first ever Angler of the Year title? YOU need to make plans to attend the next 2 tournaments to see this battle first hand.
| Place | CO-Angler of the Year Race | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | ||
| Silver | ||
| Bronze |
Well last month Terry Smith was leading by 3 points over Carlito and now it flips just like Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl in the Pirates of the Caribbean. Now Carlito is leading the Co-Angler of the Year race over Terry by 3 points. It looks like we could have a horse race here too between these two great Co-Anglers. Could Carlito pull off his 3rd win of the Co-Angler of the Year Title? Or could Terry take back over the lead and win his first Co-Angler of the Year Title? I can’t wait to see. We might even get to watch it Live on the “Ocho network”.
Third Place Dave Nason is 31 points behind with only 2 tournaments left and I believe he will have a hard time catching up unless the top 2 decide not to fish.
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Location: Founaris Bros.
**Time: 6:30 pm**
Any questions should be addressed to:
Dave Bock
E-Mail the Secretary