Panhandle Bass Club 2009 Season Official Newsletter Panhandle Bass Club

November 2008

2008 Angler of year-John Buck

November 2008

From Secretary John Stafford's desk the: Minutes of the Meeting: Billy Blackwell called the meeting to order. 1. The club voted on and accepted 2 new members, Bobby Scheffield & Dave Stewart. Welcome to the Panhandle Bass Club 2. Wheeler Lake was voted and approved for this years October tournament and fish off. 3. Billy discussed the use of the club E-Mail list from the club web site. 4. Wayne brought Hats and Visors that were donated to the club from Toyota and B.A.S.S. for our fund raiser sell. 5. Nominees for membership are: Dan Nash Kelly Blackman Members Of The Board: President Billy Blackwell Vice President/Treasurer Tony Boyett Secretary John Stafford Tournament Director Mack Cramer Asst. Tournament Director Chris Maleno " The Tackle Box " " of the Fish Police " I don’t care what anyone says this is funny Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all the Panhandlers. I hope Santa Clause brings you the rod and reel you want and for all of you tie wearers you know what’s under the tree. Now for the tournament: December had us at Fish River just west of Foley Alabama, thus allowing us to make use of those expensive Alabama license. When daylight started to crack the roar of the engines could be heard (except for Ron Fairbanks his motor is sick) and the bass started getting nervous, the Panhandlers were on the prowl. Well we may have been prowling but on a scale of 1 to 10 I give the tournament a 6. Even though fish were caught we only had 4 limits and several had 1 and 2 fish. I would like to welcome our 2 new members Bobby Sheffield and Dave Stewart. We may have to have a revote on Bobby he took 1^st place in his first tournament with the panhandlers, Dave did just fine. Taking second was Lee Brannon with a nice limit and in 3^rd was Big Rich.

From what I could hear most fish were caught on plastics as for me all of my fish were caught on Buzz Bait just kidding they came on a Zoom junebug U tail. This months rule show case is how to get credit for fishing a tournament. Remember you have to 8 tournaments to be eligible for the fish off. 1. In order to receive credit for fishing a club tournament, a member must be in good standing. Dues and tournament fees paid prior to starting the tournament. If the club member doesn’t actually fish the tournament it will not count as one of the fished tournaments towards the fish-off but the member will receive his tournament points in accordance with rule 11b. . To receive credit for FISHING a tournament a member must “Launch” his boat and be called out in the morning start. If the member chooses to leave at that point he has fished the tournament. From the Fish Police have a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year Bobby Sheffield 1st Place 7 fish-9.43 lbs. Lee Brannon 2nd Place 7 fish-8.31 lbs. Rich Hardy 3rd Place 7 fish-6.81 lbs. Guest Frank Kelly Big Fish 3.10lbs. " For you Ole Navy Salts you might enjoy this" Click above link you "swabies " Now for the Highly Anticipated December Tournament Fish River As December Club Tournaments go this was really a pretty good tournament. The weather was in the mid thirty’s in the morning and clear, the water had cooled down and made the fishing a little slow, yet most all were able to adjust and catch enough fish to weigh in, with 59 fish in all being caught by 15 of 18 members, and all released alive. We had 18 of our 21 members fishing this tournament plus 2 guests. Congratulations to our newest member Bobby Sheffield for showing all of us how it’s done and bringing in a big sack of fish for First Place. He said it’s all in the smile. Lee Brannon likes this cool weather and it shows with his solid Second Place limit of fish. Lee also put his guest Mr. Frank Kelly on the big fish for the tournament. Nice fish Frank! “Big” Rich Hardy grabbed Third Place by intimidating his limit of fish into the boat. Good Fishing & Have a safe and Merry Christmas to all Any questions should be addressed to johns@panhandlebassclub.com Back

The Hammer Award competition has added to the competition!  Hammer Award Nominees Ken Repine Tony Boyett Tournament Standings: December 1. Bobby Sheffield, 7Fish, 9.47lbs. 2. Lee Brannon, 7 Fish, 8.33 lbs. 3. Rich Hardy, 7 Fish, 6.81 lbs. 4. Mack Cramer, 7 Fish, 6.76 lbs 5. John Kasic, 5 Fish, 6.11 lbs 6. Steve Meadows, 3 Fish, 5.25 lbs 7. John Buck, 5 Fish ,5.12 lbs 8. Walt McCartney, 2 Fish, 3.99 lbs 9. Chris Malena, 4 Fish, 3.82 lbs 10. Dave Stewart, 2 Fish, 2.90 lbs 11. Billy Blackwell, 1 Fish, 2.87 lbs 12.Wayne Thomley, 3 Fish, 2.48 lbs 13.Rich Cornelius, 1 Fish, 2.05 lbs 14. John Stafford, 2 Fish, 1.78 lbs 15. Charles Loyed, 1 Fish, 1.43 lbs Also Fished Tony Boyett Ron Fairbanks Ken Repine Forgot to Fish Frank Bost David Dyess Fred Raby Guest 1. Frank Kelly, 2 Fish, 4.77 lbs. 2. Dora Thomley also fished Total weight for the guest 4.77 lbs. 0 limit 0 dead fish For The Record: Total Fish Caught, 59 Total Dead Fish, 4 Total Fish Weight, 69.17 lbs. Total Limits - 4 Tournament Big Fish. 3.10 lbs by Guest, Frank Kelly Big fish For the Year: 4.39lbs Wayne Thomley Meeting: Location: Fournaris Bros. January 7, 2009 Time: 6:30 pm Tournament: Tensaw River January 10, 2009 Tournament Site: Cliff’s Landing Previous tournament results For Tensaw River, Cliff’s Landing