Panhandle Bass Club Pensacola Florida 2004 Season

PANHANDLE BASS CLUB
NEWSLETTER


OCTOBER

Volume 3 Issue 12

MINUTES OF THE MEETING


The October 2004 meeting of the Panhandle Bass Club was brought to order at 6:30 p.m. on October 6th, 2004.
The meeting was held at CJ's restaurant on Davis Hwy, due to Hurricane damage to Founaris Brothers.
It was presided over by President Fred Raby. There were 15 members present.

President
Fred Raby
Treasurer
Frank Kelly
Secretary
Rich Cornelius
Tournament Director
Chris Malena
Sgt. At Arms/Asst.
Cliff Armstrong


OLD BUSINESS:


There was not a 50/50 draw this month.
We opened the meeting up with nominations from the floor for new E-board officers, there were no nominations, so the proposed E-board was voted in by acclamation. First, the club thanks Chris Malena, Frank Kelly and Cliff Armstrong for serving on the board for the 2003/2004 seasons. Fred Raby remains the club President and Rich Cornelius stays on as club secretary. The new E-Board for the 2004/2005 seasons is as follows:
President - Fred Raby
Treasurer - Mack Cramer
Tournament Dir. - W. McCartney
Secretary - Rich Cornelius
Asst Tourn Dir - Wayne Thomley
Congratulations to the newly elected E-Board.
All the "proposed rule changes" were read, clarified and voted on.
The "revised 2004/2005 club rules" have been passed on to Jim Bailey sr. to be posted on our web site. Copies will be passed out at the next meeting to all the members present.
A phone roster will be passed around at the next meeting to update any changes that might have been made.
The clubs special fund helped out those eligible for the Fish-off a great deal, our goal is to do even better next time around. It does benefit those who fish enough tournaments to qualify for the Fish-off. The E-Board will meet prior to the November meeting to come up with a 2004/2005 tournament schedule, which will be presented at the November 3rd club meeting. We will try our best to come up with a schedule that everyone will enjoy.

NEW BUSINESS:


Fred Raby talked about potential member guests being paired with the first boater with an empty seat. Please be courteous in these situations. We also had 2 nominations for next years Fish-off site, Mack Cramer nominated the Delacroix in Louisiana and Walter McCartney nominated Guntersville Lake in North Alabama.
If anyone would like to submit their nomination please do so in writing, it must contain all the pertinent information such as lodging, distance of travel and time, ( 10 hour max ), landing sites, restaurants, license requirements, size limits of bass and anything else you think is important.
All nominated and submitted sites for next years Fish-off will be voted on in December by a majority vote.
Remember, the Fish-off is the only tournament of the year held on a (Friday and Saturday), safe daylight till 4p.m. on both days.


October Tournament:

The October tournament was held at Lake Eufaula out of Lake Point Marina. We had 13 members present with 12 boats ready to go on Friday morning. The water clarity looked good for the most part, stained in the river and in most places, a light stain to clear in the creeks. The wind held steady around 15 mph for the entire tournament it seemed, and as luck would have it, out of the East or N. East, go figure. The locals had said the fishing had been really tough for a week or so, probably due to Hurricane Gene that dumped a load of rain there, and they were right. For Eufaula, it was a very tough tournament. The total fish caught for two days was 56. Buzz baits and frogs, worms and crank baits worked for the most part, the bite was slow to say the least.
There was some nice fish weighed in, Wayne Cox had big fish and the boo-ray for day one with a 6.63 lb largemouth. Mack Cramer took day two boo-ray with a nice one that weighed 5.19, and Dave Rogers took the big fish pot with 5.48 pounder.
Dave was not eligible for the boo-ray. All in all, we all had fun and enjoyed ourselves being away from the destruction that Hurricane Ivan left behind back home, even if it was just a few days.

Tournament Standings:

Fish Weight
1.W. Cox 6 fish - 17.61
2.M. Cramer 6 fish - 17.56
3.D. Rogers 8 fish - 16.86
4.F. Bost 4 fish - 10.34
5.C. Armstrong 5 fish - 8.30
6.L. Brannon 5 fish - 7.48
7.R. Cornelius 4 fish - 7.22
8.C. Malena 4 fish - 5.81
9.W. Thomley 2 fish - 5.77
10.B. Blackwell 5 fish - 5.74
11.F. Raby 3 fish - 5.22
12. W. McCartney 2 fish - 4.92
13. P. Potter 2 fish - 2.42

Fish-off standings: everyone from 4th place down moved up one position.


For The Record:

Lake Eufaula:

Total Fish Caught 56
Total Dead Fish 2
Total Fish Weight 115.65
Total Limits 0
Tournament Big Fish 6.63
(Wayne Cox)

For the Year:

Total Fish Caught 748
Total Dead Fish 14
Total Fish Weight 1216.19
Total Limits 29
Big Fish 6.63
(Wayne Cox)

Tight lines to all on the upcoming season. Good luck.

October Meeting:

Location: CJ's Restaurant
Just north of I-10, turn left off Davis hwy.
Date: November 3rd
Time: 6:30 PM

November Tournament:

November 6th

Tournament Site:

Tensaw River
Hurricane Landing

From the Daily Planner:

Full Moon: November 12th
New Moon: November 26th

Sunrise Sunset:

Sunrise - Sunset:
6:11 am - 4:59 pm

Moonrise Moonset:

12:02 am - 1:47 pm

Peak Fishing Times:

1st - Dawn/Dusk
2nd - 1:16 pm - 4:56 pm

Tide Predictions
High - Low
7:44 am 8:06 pm
 

Tournament Standings
 

DISCLAIMER: All results on this page are unofficial. Although every effort has been made as to the accuracy of this page.
Official results are those held by the club secretary. Results will be updated as soon after each tournament as possible.
 

Corrections may be e-mailed to administrator@panhandlebassclub.com

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