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Panhandle Bass Club 2010 Season Official Newsletter Panhandle Bass Club |
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2009 Angler of year-Wayne
Thomley |
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" From the desk of Ron Fairbanks "
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May 5, 2010 Meeting Called to Order at:
6:29 pm Secretary Report: Read and accepted Treasurers Report: Read and
accepted Old Business: ·
Fred got tentative approval from the
Imperial palace on a free night so it was added to the raffle
tickets. ·
The club bought 1000 tickets which cost
$84.70 ·
There is currently 1 opening for membership
– no names mentioned as candidates ·
It was brought up that the Quarterly
$10 raffle is considered mandatory and that we had several
members not participating.
Also brought up that only 14 of 22 present in April
participated in the 50/50 raffle ·
The 50/50 raffle in May generated $42.50
to the club and was won by Wayne Thomley New
Business: ·
The membership was advised of the e-board
meeting and the corrections made to the By Laws, Fish Off
and SOP addition which was read to the club and provided to
Ken for publishing on the website. ·
Wayne presented his position that if
the e board has to meet on a rule change, etc, the president
will bring It to the membership in September as a by law or
amendment change so the club can vote on its merit. ·
Reviewed that each member must attend
8 tournaments to be fish off eligible with 6 from their boat. ·
Wayne advised that the motel at Weiss
has $55 rooms which sleep 3 so advise
Wayne if interested. ·
Check our Bassteamtackle.com if you want
shakee heads and tungsten. Tournament
Report: ·
Mack reviewed the 10 rooms for Millers
Ferry - Chuck Cone committed to a room but didn’t show up
at the meeting or advise anyone he wanted to fish.
The Eboard met and decided that he would be responsible
for half the room fee to his roommate. ·
Mack reviewed the 13 rooms for Cooters
Pond in June – no changes identified ·
It was mentioned to be quiet in the AM
at the hotel. ·
Reviewed the strong Jordan tournament
results and paid the winners. ·
Boo ray was caught at 5.55 pounds with
$118 going to Fred Raby as the winner! Meeting
Adjourned at 7:07 pm Sincerely, Ron Fairbanks (Secretary) Millers Ferry
Tournament Summary 21 members
and 3 guests headed up to Miller Ferry with expectations
high. Millers Ferry is one of the favorites of many
club members and those with the secret honey holes seem
to produce nice bags despite the springtime tournament
pressure. As Friday started, those who
headed up to pre –fish were faced with muddy main river
water and stained creeks and lakes (except for Richie’s
private hole that was supposedly as clear as Seminole).
I went to some local favorite areas and was quickly
able to pick up a 4lb on a frog and a 6 pounder on a
#%@&*$. The
fish were everywhere and were hitting most baits
thrown. Since
they ate so well, some were questioning how hungry they
would be on tournament day! Saturday morning came and
Ellis was wide open with only one other club present
so launching was easy with the Panhandle guys, as usual,
being first to the ramp. Based on the feedback from many, the fishing
quality was a bit smaller on T day but a few guys found
the fish! It appears the worm bite was not the ticket
like it was on Jordan and while some were caught, the
top few anglers power fished with spinner baits, frogs, jigs for the
most part. Locations
are still unknown to me but they were off the main river
and you just covered water and eventually got them to
bite. Tony “don’t show me your best spots” Boyett came in victorious with16.79 pounds of heads. Richie would have been only 2 hundredths back but with a dead fish penalty ended up at 16.57 pounds. Rich Hardy came in 3rd with 15.07 pounds. We caught 113 fish averaging 5.75 fish per person
at weigh in! We
collectively caught 198.33 pounds of fish for an average
angler catch of 9.92 pounds per angler!
Any questions should be addressed
to Sincerely, Ron Fairbanks Club Secretary
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