Panhandle Bass Club Pensacola Florida 2005 Season

PANHANDLE BASS CLUB
NEWSLETTER


FEBRUARY

Volume 4 Issue 4

MINUTES OF THE MEETING


The February 2005 meeting of the Panhandle Bass Club was brought to order at 6:30 p.m. on February 2nd, 2005. The meeting was held at Founaris Brothers on Hwy 29 and was presided over by President Fred Raby.
There were 19 members present.

President
Fred Raby
Treasurer
Mack Cramer
Secretary
Rich Cornelius
Tournament Director
Walter McCartney
Sgt. At Arms/Asst.
Wayne Thomley


OLD BUSINESS:


The 50/50 draw was won by Mack Cramer this month.
The club would like to thank Sunrize Tackle, inc., for their donations, we hope to put them to good use.
Also, thanks to Wayne Thomley for his time and effort in making different products available to the club.
Mack was able to get a complimentary room at the Days Inn, it was awarded to Frank Kelly and Dave Dyess, thanks for your time and effort also Mack.
So far this year we have two individuals nominated for the Hammer Award, Frank Kelly and Chris Malena, there is still a long way to go until October, so we all will be on the lookout for new nominees.
A Hydraulic Floor Jack was up for grabs in this months auction, Mack Cramer is the proud new owner. If anyone has anything they would like to auction off, be sure and bring it to one of the meetings, every little bit helps.

NEW BUSINESS:


Fred Raby talked to the club about possibly having a Lowrance Electronics/GPS seminar set up at one of our meetings, or a time and place to be announced, this would be an excellent way to learn all there is to know about our electronics and how to properly use and read them. The majority of the club agreed, Fred will try to have more info about this at next months meeting.
Mack Cramer talked about preventable maintenance in general, cold weather and its affects on batteries, checking props and wheel bearings for monofilament line, etc.
So take the time to look things over, it could save you a lot of time and money in the long run.
Billy Blackwell has started a raffle drawing to be held in May, tickets are $1.00 each, the prize is $200.00 dollars worth of gasoline or cash value. Contact Billy if you need more tickets.
We would all like to thank Mack for putting on his annual Super Bowl party at his residents, the food was great and so were the festivities. Looking forward to doing it again next year. Thanks again Mack.

January Tournament:

This month's tournament was held on Miller's Ferry out of Ellis landing. The water was high and the river was muddy, clear water was easily found though. The morning air was frigid with dense fog, and the average water temp was 48 to 49 degrees, it made for a tough bite to say the least. Personally, it was one of the toughest tournaments I have ever fished at Miller's Ferry, but at least we were fishing. Big Fish for the tournament went to Mack Cramer and he also took the first place spot with a weight of 6.41 lbs. Great job Mack. Dave Dyess took second with 2 fish weighing 3.62 lbs and Rich Cornelius finished third with 3 squeakers weighing 2.93 lbs.
Finesse worms worked, but just barely. Next month has got to be better, it can't get any tougher than what that was.

Tournament Standings:

Fish Weight
1.Mack Cramer 3 fish - 6.41
2.Dave Dyess 2 fish - 3.62
3.Rich Cornelius 3 fish - 2.93
4.Billy Blackwell 1 fish - 2.85
5.Pete Potter 1 fish - 1.66
6.Chris Malena 1 fish - 1.36

Also fished:
Lee Brannon, Jeff Weaver, Cliff Armstrong, Wayne Thomley, Fred Raby,
John Lightsey, Wayne Cox, Rich Renner, Frank Kelly, Walter McCartney

For The Record:

Miller's Ferry:

Total Fish Caught 11
Total Dead Fish 0
Total Fish Weight 18.83
Total Limits 0
Tournament Big Fish 3.63
( Mack Cramer )

For the Year:

Total Fish Caught 118
Total Dead Fish 1
Total Fish Weight 190.92
Total Limits 4
Big Fish 5.57
( Mack Cramer )

March Meeting:

Founaris Brothers
March 2nd
Time: 6:30 PM

March Tournament:

March 5th and 6th

Tournament Site:

Lake Martin
Wind Creek State Park

From the Daily Planner:

Full Moon: March 25th
New Moon: March 10th

Sunrise Sunset:

Sunrise - Sunset:
5th - 6:13 am 5:53 pm
6th - 6:12 am 5:54 pm

Moonrise Moonset:

1.35 pm 3:17 am

Peak Fishing Times:

5th
1st - 7:41 am - 8:21 am
2nd - High Noon

6th
1st - Dawn / Dusk
2nd - High Noon

Tide Predictions

N/A
 

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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