June Meeting
Our June meeting was short by design. Once the regular meeting adjourned a group of volunteer members stayed to help create our lake schedule for 2011. Every member of the club was advised of this special session and was invited to attend, give their input, suggestions of which there were numerous and vote. Even if you could not attend, it was clear that you could send in your lake choices by proxy. Before the list got posted to the website I received complaints about the new schedule. The main complaint was ‘too many tournaments at Castaic’. The second was the plan to have a tournament, any tournament, at the Lower Lake. And finally, the one that bothered me the most was that the schedule was Mike Iljin’s plan and it was somehow rubber stamped by or ramrodded through the membership. Let me address this last one first. Mike did not even vote. He put each month forward and asked for lake suggestions. It is a fact that a margin of one vote resulted in an additional tournament at Castaic and not at Piru. This was not “MIKE’S AGENDA” it was voted on by the members present at the meeting. I guess that actually covered complaints #1 and #3. Now let’s talk about the lower lake. I fish it, so do many of the other members. It is fun and it is a different body of water. One of the tournaments there will be a family fun day after the weigh-in. All of the member’s families will be invited for a picnic lunch on the club. We are going to try to have kayaks available to any member who wants to use one. It is going to be fun. I know this is a departure from the usual newsletter and I also know that undercurrent and belly-aching occurs in every club. If you have something to say, say it at a meeting.
Remember, the meeting in July comes early on the 8th. See you there.
Tournament Results
I guess we can’t complain about the weather at Castaic for the June tournament unless you were counting on a marine layer in the morning for a blade bite. That didn’t happen. This is Castaic so as usual the wind came up in the afternoon, you can almost set your watch by it.
In the end it was Nick Langer and Chaz “Hook Setter” Valenzuela with 4 fish that weighed 14.12 pounds and included Nick’s tournament Big Fish, a very nice 6.23. In Second place were Mike Iljin and Gary “Net Boy” Priddy with 11.59 pounds. Gary also had the second biggest fish that day with a nice 5.47 pounder (honorable mention, no money). In third place was (you guessed it) Kevin (I wear an Extra Large Jacket) Miner and Tony Franks with another 4 fish limit at 7.95 pounds.
Mike’s
Summer is now with us and along with the extra crowds comes more heat. While it is very important to take care of our prized catch it is of greater importance to take care of ourselves. Long hours in the sun can and will result in heat stroke. Take care of each other on the boat, remind your partner to drink PLENTY of fluids and to use sunscreen. In most cases of heat stroke it’s already too late if you start feeling the symptoms. Have fun in the sun but be prepared and be careful.
