Panhandle Bass Club
Pensacola Florida
2007 Season

  PANHANDLE BASS CLUB
NEWSLETTER


March


 

 Angler of the Year

                                  2006                          

        Rich Cornelius

                     

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                                                                                                                                                     2007

Minutes of the Meeting:

 The March 2007 meeting of the Panhandle Bass club was brought to order at 6:30 p.m. on March 7th, 2007. The meeting was held at Founaris Brothers on Hwy 29 and was presided over by  President Fred Raby.  There were 21 members present and 1 guest, Charles Loyed, sponsored by Steve Meadows.

 

President

Fred Raby

Treasurer

Mack Cramer

Secretary

Rich Cornelius

Tournament Director

Walter McCartney

Asst Tournament Director

Billy Blackwell

 

 

 

 

Old Business:      The 50/50 draw went to John Kasic, that’s two in a row for John.

The Club would like to thank Mack and Sandra Cramer for sending flowers on behalf of the club for Chris Malena’s father, it was very much appreciated.

It’s tough losing a loved one, but the club members are here for you Chris if you need us.

A big thanks to Wayne Thomley for doing one heck of a job on obtaining fishing accessories and tackle from all sorts of manufacturer’s and dealers, if anybody can do it he can.Wayne can talk to anyone when it comes to that. I once caught him talking to a tree but I didn’t tell anybody.

All of his work is paying off and it will show at the end of the season.

The RAFFLE Ticket drawing will be held at the April meeting, so don’t forget to bring them with you.

Wayne auctioned off  a lot of different things at the last meeting, hats, huggies, Bass Books on “How too catch them”

Fred bought one of them, knife sharpeners, etc. It all went quick,

Keep up the good work Wayne.

Also, if you are interested in polarized sun glasses and or Lamiglass rods, contact Wayne if you have not already done so.  

 

New Business: 

As a reminder, when we have the 2 day tournaments, we would like for everyone to wear their shirt and hat on day one of the tournament, it makes things much easier to keep track of and it makes the club look good.

 

***Hammer nomination***

Mitch Gardner made the list,

Always look for those pilings before you back into one.

 

Hammer Award Nominees 

        Cliff Armstrong

           Ken Repine

         Mitch Gardner

          Rich Hardy

Wayne has obtained a “Guest”

Triple bank charger that is up for auction, a minimum sealed

 bid of $100.00 dollars is the start. We will try to auction it off at the April meeting, if not it will carry over.

***BooRay Fish Caught***

Walter McCartney won the Big Fish for the tournament and the

BooRay pot at Lake Seminole this weekend, he caught the 6.93

Bohemith on a zoom horny toad casting up shallow and hopping it off the grass mat.

Way to go Walter.

A new BooRay pot will start at the April meeting, so if you would like to get in it, that’s the time to do it. If you know you will not be at the meeting, let somebody know so they can put you in the pot.

A reminder to all club members,

Always be courteous on the water, give each other plenty of room , nobody needs to get showered when fully clothed.

 

 

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Bubba's way to measure fish!!

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March Tournament:

     Our March tournament was held out of Seminole state park landing. We had 19 boats ready to go at safe daylight. The weather turned out to be great for once, and the Seminole wind stayed calm for the most part.

Almost all the fish were caught from the beds or near the beds with plastics, it was tough to get a bite anywhere else.

Eleven limits were caught for the tournament, big fish on day one went to Steve Graham with a 3.52, day two went to Walter McCartney with a 6.93 hog.

Steve took first place with a total weight of 21.46, Second went to John Kasic with 21.11, and third

Went to Mitch Gardner with 20.91. Good job guys.   

    

 

Tournament Standings:

                 Fish / Weight

1.Steve Graham           10 fish – 21.46

2.John Kasic                  9 fish – 21.11

3.Mitch Gardner          10 fish – 20.91

4.John Buck                   9 fish – 16.97

5.Billy Blackwell           9 fish – 16.51

6.Rich Hardy                 8 fish – 13.70

7.Chris Malena             6 fish – 11.30

8.Tony Boyett                6 fish – 11.54

9.Mack Cramer            4 fish – 9.37

10.Fred Raby                 3 fish – 9.22

11.Rich Cornelius         6 fish – 9.04

12.Walter McCartney  2 fish – 8.04

13.Rich Renner             4 fish – 5.98

14.Lee Brannon             2 fish – 5.42

15.Doug Webb               2 fish – 3.58

16.Ken Repine               1 fish – 2.46

17.Wayne Thomley        2 fish – 2.42

18.Cliff Armstrong        2 fish – 2.22

 

Also Fished: Donnie Wigen and Steve Meadows.

 

April Meeting:

4th

 

Location: Founaris Brothers

Time: 6:30

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April Tournament:

7th and 8th

“This is Easter weekend”

 

Tournament Site:

Lake Logan Martin

 

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From the Daily Planner:

 

Full Moon: April  2nd

New Moon: April 17th

 

Peak Fishing Times:

1st – Dawn/ Dusk

2nd –Dawn/ Dusk

 

Sunrise

Day one: 6:05

Day Two: 6:04  

 

 

 

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