Castaic Bass Club Blog

January Meeting

Let me start out by wishing everyone a Happy New Year!  May 2012 bring us all new hope and prosperity. Well with that being said the first thing to my mind is New FISHING LICENCES! There are several ways to purchase your license. You can go on line to DFG web site (www.ca.wildlifelicense.com/internetsales) or go to your local sporting goods store. Please I can’t stress enough how critical this is for our first tournament is only a couple of days away and Piru is very well known for DFG being out on this body of water checking for license. I would hate to have to tell any of you that you’re DQ’ed because you received a ticket for no License.

Ok so lets see what has been going on here in the ole bass club. Well we held our club banquet in December, big Congrats out to Jeff Jue for Angler of the Year. Congrats out to Jason Haustad for taking the Non Boater Angler of the Year title.  Also congrats to the rest of the top 10 finishers for the year. It was a close battle right up to the last couple of tournaments. So here are some little facts about our club from last year I found fascinating. In 2011 we fished 12 tournaments in those 12 we as a club managed to catch 495 fish for a whooping total of 918.10 pounds with a 12-boat average. Our worst weight for the year was in January with 22 fish for a total weight of 42.10 pounds. The clubs best came in at Junes tournament which we only had 12 boats that caught a total of 41 fish for a weight of 127.41 pounds. Which is the same weight that the club caught in April with 14 teams and 70 fish. May, which was a 2-day event at Cachuma with a total of 89 fish for a total weight of 136.77 pounds. Just some interesting facts I found while going over the 2011 tournaments.

Tournament Results

Well our December tournament was the clubs TOC. Which was held at lake Piru. We had our top 5 boater and non-boaters going at it. We had 11 teams come out for what was a good day on the water.

Taking top honors that day would be Kevin M. & Jason H. with a winning weight of 11.58 for 5 fish. Second place fell to Mike I. & Eddie C. with a weight of 11.20 for 5 fish. Third Wes C. & Justin C. with 10.03 for 5 fish.

In closing I would like to remind everyone to please visit our sponsors and let them know how much we really appreciate what they are doing for the club. Also check us out either on Facebook or the clubs web site.

J&T Tackle, Tackle Express, Peregrine 250, Damiki, Pro Tackle solutions, Trolling Motor Doctor, Robo worm

Thanks for a great 2011 and I’m looking forward to an outstanding 2012.

Your VP/ TD

Ron Licari

Mike’s Place

Happy New Year to Everyone!!!!!  This year marks Castaic Bass Club’s 20 year Anniversary and we are growing bigger and better with age. We will continue our trademark tradition of being one of California’s premiere bass clubs. We have another great schedule that is spread across a variety of lakes providing enjoyable days on the water for all.

Along with renewed fishing licenses we must also remember to have current boat registrations. Many expired 12/31/11 so be sure to check.

Boat inspections will now be a part of all the waters we fish. Piru, Castaic, Pyramid and Cachuma are all participating in these inspections. The good part is that each will honor each others cables. Once you are cabled, you’re good to go for the next time on the water as long as you do not remove the cable. Please help to remind each other on this procedure since the lake staff generally won’t ask if you want to be cabled on the way out. It’s up to each individual to pull into the designated area for a new tag or cable.

Since this Thursday is the first meeting of the year, all memberships will be due as well as the regular monthly dues and tournament fees. This boils down to $25 annual membership, $10 monthly dues and $15 if you’re fishing tournament. Grand total of $50 this month (does not include non-boater fee if applicable).

Get ready, here we go again!!!!!!

Take care,

Mike Iljin

President

November Meeting

First of all Yes Virginia there is going to be a December Meeting at the usual time and Place on the 10th.  There are no club dues or tournament fees at this meeting.   The T.O.C. will be on the 13th and the Holiday Party at El Chaparral on the 20th.  The restaurant is located at 19132 Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country.  Their phone number is 661/252-5599.  The fiesta starts at 11:00 AM.

As you know the November meeting marks the election of officers for the coming year.  This year it was a simple confirmation as there were no contested positions.  The board for 2010 will be Mike Iljin, President, Ron Licari, Vice President, Eddie Carr, Presidents Assistant, Nick Langer, Weigh Master, Tony Franks, Secretary and me, the Treasurer.  With the grueling business of the election out of the way the pairings for Pyramid were done and then we had a pretty good raffle.

Tournament Results

How many ways can you say windy and Lake Pyramid in the same sentence?  You have to admit that this time it was different.  This time it was cold and windy and also it was windy from the get go, we didn’t have to wait until the sun came up before it started blowing.  Given these conditions the results were not a great surprise.  Finishing in First Place with an incredible 2 fish that weighed a total of 4.56 pounds were Roger Larocque and George Reed.  They also had a 3.07 pounder for the tournament Big Fish.  Wes Carpenter and Adam Boyd also caught 2 fish that totaled 4.47 pounds and was good for Second Place.  In Third Place were Mike Iljin and Eddie Carr with one 2.05 pound fish.  Forth Place went to Nick Langer and Tony Franks who also caught 1.  This one fish is significant for two reasons.  1) it was the only other fish caught in the tournament and 2) it gave Tony just enough point to squeak into First Place for Angler of the Year ahead of Mike Iljin by a mere 3 points.  It was a close race at the end and our congratulations go out to Tony.

Mike’s

First and foremost, I want to thank the club members for their support during my family’s scare last month. Cassie loved the flowers that the Club delivered to her and they are a constant reminder to us of the well wishes from our extended fishing family.

Since this will be the last news letter of the year I would like to thank all of the Board members: Bo, Mark, Shelley, Eddie and Nick for all of their help and support this last year. They have made the Castaic Bass Club one of the finest clubs that has ever fished a lake.

We will have our last tournament of the year at Castaic on December 13th, so if you plan on fishing and can not make the meeting on Thursday, please be sure to call and or e-mail a board member before the start of the meeting at 7:00.

There is a special event going to be held at the Sports Complex in Castaic called The Celebration of Life. This event is to honor the life of fellow fisherman Ron Smith who passed away suddenly just a few months ago. The event will be held on December 20th, the same day as our banquet. We are hoping to wrap up our banquet between 1 to 2p.m. so that club members could still have a chance to drive over to the lake and participate in the event. There will be plenty of things for the kids to do and see, so bring them along. Below is a list of the day’s activities.

Take care,

Mike

Ron Smith “ Celebration of Life” Family Festival

Event and Volunteers Schedule:

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