August Meeting

The meeting was shorter than usual due to the small turnout. Mostly we discussed the upcoming tournament at Lake Lopez. I think the most time was spent trying to make pairings. A lot of the boater/non-boater combination had already fished together during the year and some of the non-boaters had been 3 in a boat several times. Eddie nearly twisted himself into a pretzel but finally came out with a pairing list that was fair to all. Mike and I both commented on the Bar-B-Qs that the club does in conjunction with the ABA tournaments. Remember that these are fund raisers for the club. With the money from dues and membership, they help pay for our own dinners on the two day tournaments and for the Holiday banquet. The money goes into awards and plaques and for the bar-b-q at the upcoming challenge event. Next year we will be doing the Bar-B-Qs in conjunction with National Bass West tournaments. There will probably be a signup list for next year and please, we do need your help.

Tournament Results

Over 1000 miles of shoreline and a light chop on the water. That was Lake Guntersville in Alabama on August 15th and 16th. We were on Lake Lopez in Arroyo Grande, California. 31 miles of shoreline and two docks. Wind that could blow you into the next county and pea soup fog on Sunday morning. We saw lots of deer, quail, turkey, turkey vultures and even a couple of bald eagles. What we didn’t see were any limits of fish. Bo Viescas, Adam Boyd and Gary “Net boy” Priddy brought in the win with Adam’s 5.92 tournament big fish on Saturday and Gary’s 4.8 on Sunday. In spite of a .02 penalty, Mike Munson, Jason Haustad and Mike’s (ringer) Guest David Eberle finished with 4 fish and a two day total of 13.79 that was good enough for second. Bagging 5 fish for the weekend and coming in third were Mark Poulson and Chaz “Hooksetter” Valenuela.

A HUGE THANK YOU TO DAVID “IRON CHEF” SANCHEZ. After fishing all day David prepared Carne Asada for us all with a killer Chili and all of the sides. I should note that those sides included a fire started salsa that David bought from a “restaurant” down in Arroyo Grande because he forgot his at home. Calling the restaurant a “hole in the wall” gives a bad name to all holes in the wall. It is fortunate that it was after 8:00 and all of the local bangers were already home asleep.

Mike’s

The C.A.S.T. event is coming up very quickly and we need volunteers. Please sign up for this very special day. I will also hand out flyers at the meeting. You can drop them off at the lake, give them to me or mail them in. This is truly a rewarding day.

July Meeting

The meeting started a little late, about 7:15.  Bo signed up the boaters and non-boaters and Mark sold raffle tickets.  I want to thank Eddie and Nick for handling the dues payments in my absence.  I promise that my appendectomy had nothing to do with the board meeting at Mike’s house Tuesday evening.  I was actually feeling lousy about 3:30 in the afternoon.  I just didn’t realize that there was a problem until about 11:00 PM.  No new members signed up for the first time in several meetings.  Mike went on to explain again about the Lopez arrangements, and to ask how many were going. Bo stood up and gave everyone the phone number for the Lopez rangers, so those going early could call and get their spots reserved.  He also gave all the info to Eddie to post on the website. We had the boaters draw non-boater for the pairings, and then draw for launch order.  There was a resolution passed by the membership to make the position of President’s Assistant permanent.  That position is currently held by Eddie Carr. It ended at about 8:15.  I also need to thank Mark for providing me with the notes on the meeting so I could get this newsletter written.

Tournament Results

The lake was as low as I have ever seen it.  There is talk about assigning a Zip Code for the island and putting is a walking path from the west ramp.  The fishing was good while the breeze held but that did not last all day.  It came back up about 10:30 which is a little after I got there to watch the weigh-in.  There were 10 boats and 10 limits.  First place and big fish went to Brendon O’Dell and Marcia Thompson with 3.05 for big fish and 9.88 for the win.  Second place was Mike Munson and David “Chef” Sanchez with a total of 8.33.  In third place were Roger Larocque and his guest Jim Frumento with 8.27.

Mike’s

A L O H A

The end of the line…

Just a quick note to thank all of you who called me while I was laid up.  I cannot express how much it meant to me.  Thank you.

Written by Shelley Singer

Be sure to check out the 2009 YTD Results.