The Meeting
The issue of 3 versus 2 “Throw Out” tournaments in our schedule was again discussed and voted on at the meeting. The original intent of 2 throw outs was because some of the members could not attend the 2 day away events and should not be penalized. The club overwhelmingly voted to retain the 2 throw outs rule. Another rule change was the adoption of the Troy Rule. The Troy Rule was created by Mike Iljin, who is also the Tournament Director for Angler’s Choice Castaic Trail. The rule is in response to what to do in the event that an angler falls into the water during a tournament. In this case, the angler is allowed to go on shore to change into dry clothing and return to the tournament with no penalty beyond the obvious loss of fishing time. The anglers comfort and safety, especially during times of cold weather, are tantamount in importance. There is to be NO removing, replacing or changing in any way the anglers tackle.
I cannot say enough about guest speaker, Bill Siemantel, who honored us at the February meeting. We have been fortunate to have some very fine speakers but Bill’s wealth of knowledge and willingness to share is unparalleled. Not only did Bill bring his years of experience, his sponsor, Spro Lures, sent him with a passel of goodies for our raffle. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
Tournament Results
The tournament at Lake Piru went much as expected. It was tough and not in the ‘just complaining because I didn’t catch fish’ kind of tough but tough for everybody. Stained water, no pattern, changing weather and wind throughout the day, did I miss anything? There were zero limits brought to the scale. Three boats had no fish but the actual number of anglers that blanked was far higher than that. Rodney “Secret Lure” Scott and Eddie Carr brought 4 fish to the scale that weighed 11.39 pounds and got them first place. In second place were Walter Kondracki and Yours Truly with 3 fish at 11.08 pounds. Big Fish also goes to Walter who landed a nice 4.38 pounder. In third place came Kevin Miner and Chef David “Aquaman” Sanchez with 3 fish that weighed 6.82 pounds. David also joined the elite group of members of the prestigious Castaic Bass Club Swim Team. David performed a nearly flawless Push And Miss with a one half lean back in the AW Sh.. position to kick off the morning and earning him an average score of 5.8 for the fall.
Mike’s
The start of last month’s tournament was kick started by David Sanchez’s dunk in the drink. It seemed ironic that minutes before we had discussed this very same scenario and many of us couldn’t believe the event that was unfolding before our very eyes. A quick response from Jeff Jue turned this potentially serious situation into not much more than a soggy and cold Chef David. The members rallied to David’s aid with many articles of dry clothing. After a fast shedding of wet clothes, and an equally fast dawning of dry ones, all was right and the day of fishing and fun began.
The Castaic Bass Club Swim Team welcomes its newest member: Chef David Sanchez. Even though we can make light of it now, we must always remember safety first and to take care of each other.
On another note, I will be bringing some LOGOWARE sweatshirts, sweatpants and a few long sleeved tee shirts to Thursday’s meeting. It will be on a first come first serve basis for the sizes that are left. I do not know when we will be able to make a replacement order since our embroiderer requires a large minimum order. Any new members or those that want another Club jacket, please let me know on Thursday and I will try to put an order together that is large enough for our guy.
