Panhandle Bass Club  Pensacola Florida 2006 Season

PANHANDLE BASS CLUB
NEWSLETTER


DECEMBER

Volume 5 Issue 2

MINUTES OF THE MEETING


The December 2005 meeting of the Panhandle Bass Club was brought to order at 6:30 p.m. on December 7, 2005. The meeting was held at Founaris Brothers and was presided over by President Fred Raby.
There were 18 members present and two guests.

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


OLD BUSINESS:


The 50-50 raffle draw held at the meeting was won by Frank Kelly. The 50/50 had 100 % participation this month. Congratulations to Mitch Gardner and Donnie Wigen, on becoming the latest members of the Panhandle Bass Club. The club has 2 more prospective members, Rich Hardy, sponsored by John Kasic, and Doug Webb, sponsored by John Lightsey. Mack Cramer also talked about CJ Garrison, as a prospective member in the very near future. It is the responsibility of the sponsors to inform their prospective member the rules, expenses, and what the club expects of all members, and participation in club functions.
This years club banquet will be held at Mesquite Charlie's on December 17th, at 6:30 p.m.

 

NEW BUSINESS:


There was a G-Loomis Rod raffle, those who entered the raffle and were the lucky winners have the opportunity to purchase a G-Loomis rod of their choice at half price, a very good deal. The lucky one's were Billy Blackwell, Wayne Thomley, Tony Boyett, John Buck and Fred Raby. Thanks to all of those who were involved in set up of this raffle. Wayne Thomley invited John Maxwell to join our meeting and demonstrate his latest invention,
a Reel level wind threader, you can use it to put line on or take line off.
Everyone received one thanks to Mr. Maxwell, it is a very unique tool and we all wish him the best of luck with the patent. Tony Boyett received a $25 gift certificate to Academy Sports, courtesy of Mr. Maxwell.

*** Fish-Off Site nominations***
Wayne Thomley submitted 2 sites, Cooters Pond and Wheeler Lake.
Cliff Armstrong also submitted Wheeler Lake, and Mack Cramer submitted the St. John's River,
****After the voting was done, our 2005/06 Fish-Off will be held on the St. John's River****.
It has been determined to be one of the top five river systems in the country for Largemouth Bass.
Good job to Wayne, Cliff and Mack on the site packages.
Fred Raby and John Buck are planning to attend the Bassmaster seminar to be held at Auburn University on
Jan 28th, if anyone would be interested in going, contact Fred or John.

***Hammer Nominations***
Yes, it's true. Lee Brannon has once again put himself in the running for the club Hammer Award, it seems Lee and his boat have takin a liking to mud flats, this is not a first, the rumor is this time it was only "Ankle Deep".
 

December Tournament:

The December tournament was held on Ten Saw River out of Cliff's Landing. It was cold and the tide had stopped going out very early, there is nothing else to be said, it made for a tuff bite. Those who fished south did fairly well fishing the eel grass and wood structure. Congratulations to Frank Kelly on the win. Pete Potter finished second and Fred Raby took third. John Buck took big fish for the tournament, it weighed in at a whopping 2.55 lbs.
Also , those three were the only ones to catch their limits.

Tournament Standings:

Fish Weight

1. F. Kelly 7 fish - 10.34
2. P. Potter 7 fish - 8.43
3. F. Raby 7 fish - 7.94
4. J. Buck 5 fish - 6.16
5. C. Malena 4 fish - 5.90
6. R. Renner 5 fish - 5.21
7. C. Armstrong 4 fish - 4.37
8. F. Bost 3 fish - 3.87
9. T. Boyett 3 fish - 3.74
10. M. Cramer 2 fish - 3.60
11. W. Thomley 2 fish - 3.46
12. J. Kasic 3 fish - 2.66
13. W. McCartney 2 fish - 2.20
14. D. Wigen 1 fish - 2.04
15. B. Blackwell 1 fish - 2.01
16. R. Cornelius 1 fish - 1.51
17. J. Lightsey 1 fish - 1.49
18. L. Brannon 1 fish - 1.12
19. M. Gardner 1 fish - 1.03

Also fished:
Everyone avoided this segment.

For The Record:

Tensaw River:

Total Fish Caught 60
Total Dead Fish 0
Total Fish Weight 77.08
Total Limits 3
Tournament Big Fish 2.55
( John Buck )

For the Year:

Total Fish Caught 129
Total Dead Fish 1
Total Fish Weight 190.36
Total Limits 6
Tournament Big Fish 4.51
( Tony Bouett )

January Meeting:

Location: Founaris Brothers
Date: January 4th
Time: 6:30 PM

January Tournament:

January 7th

Tournament Site:

Tensaw River
Cliff's Landing

From the Daily Planner:

Full Moon: January 14th
New Moon: January 29th

Sunrise Sunset:

Sunrise Sunset:
6:50 am 5:06 pm

Moonrise Moonset:

Moonrise Moonset
N/a

Peak Fishing Times:

1st Dawn/Dusk

Tide Predictions

High Low
5:06 pm 10:18 am
 

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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