Oak Orchard River Bass Anglers
OAK ORCHARD RIVER
AUGUST 2010 The last regular Club meeting was held on July 15th with 12 members and 1 guest present. The Secretary/Treasurer reports were accepted as read. For the record, Al Goda received $76.00 from the 5 Pounder Pool for his largemouth that weighed 5 pounds even at The 2010 CTC entry form and fee ($360.00) was mailed out to NYBCF on July 16th. The Club membership also voted to allocate the amount of $75.00 to each team member to help cover their expenses. In order to cover this cost the Club membership also authorized the transfer of $200.00 from the Club’s Savings Account to the Club’s Checking Account. This transfer of funds was completed on July 17th. I also canceled the Check Imaging on our Checking Account. This feature was costing us $2.00 per month and is a feature that we do not really need. Harry made it 2 in a row with his victory at PLEASE NOTE: Due to the CTC we will not hold a Club meeting in August!! Our next regular Club meeting will held on Thursday, September 16th at 7pm at Jr. Wilson’s. Upcoming events before our next meeting: Saturday, August 14th: Harry goes for three in a row at August 19-22: CTC at Saturday, August 21st: Silver Lake Open; State launch; 6:30am-2:30pm; registration prior to the tournament start. Paul will be running this event for the Club. If you are fishing this event, please give Paul as much help as you can. Thanks, guys!! Saturday, August 28th: Saturday, September 11th: Be sure to check our web site for up dated tournament results and 2010 Angler of the Year point standings. On behalf of the entire membership I would like to wish our 2010 Club 6 Man State Team the best of luck at the CTC. I know that they will do their best to make the Club proud. Good luck team!!! Remember we will not meet in August. Our next regular Club meeting is Thursday, September 16th at 7pm at Jr. Wilson’s. I’ll see you at the tournaments!! Let the games continue!!
The last Club meeting was held on June 16th with 8 members and 1 guest present. The Secretary/Treasurer reports were accepted as read. I purchased a new battery for our weigh-in scales at a cost of $29.00. The membership voted to reimburse me for the cost of the battery. A discussion was held concerning the new embroidery company, Frick and Frack Embroidery. I had a new Club logo designed at a cost of $40.00. The membership voted to reimburse me for the cost of the design. Shirts can now be embroidered with the Club logo for a cost of $25.00 including tax. Members must provide the shirt. Members’ names can also be embroidered on the front of the shirt at an additional cost dependent upon the length of the name. Embroidered Club hats can be bought for $18.50 which includes taxes and the cost of the hat. Several different styles and colors are available. Anyone interested in having their shirt embroidered or ordering a Club hat should contact me. I will need all monies up front. The membership voted in a new member: John “JC” Seefeldt. JC is my son and I am thrilled to welcome into the Club. Welcome aboard, JC!! Our membership now numbers 23. We still have membership openings available if anyone is interested. 10 teams took part in our Lake Erie Team Open Tournament. Even though no legal smallmouth bass were weighed, the Club made $120.00 from the tournament. That money goes into the Club’s 6 Man State Team Fund. Thanks to anyone that took part or helped out with this event. The first point tournament of 2010 was held on Cayuga Lake on June 19th. Ernie Brabon notched his 9th Club Tournament victory with a total weight of 14# 10. Ernie also had the largest bass of the event, a largemouth that weighed 4# 01. Congrats, EG!! The 2010 Angler of the Year Point Standings is identical to the Cayuga Lake Tournament Results. Full tournament results are posted on the web site. After the point tournament at Silver Lake, I will have a separate listing for the Angler of the Year Point Standings. 35 people participated in the Annual Family Fishing Contest. Thanks to everyone that participated in this event. I believe that everyone that took part had an enjoyable experience. After some discussion, the event was held at the Boat Launch area of Glenwood Lake. The fishing wasn’t outstanding, but as I stated everyone seemed to have a good time. After the fishing, we returned to Jr. Wilson’s for hot dogs and everyone that fished received a prize. Our next point tournament is on Silver Lake on Saturday, July 10th. We will launch out of the DEC/State launch at the southwest corner of the lake and tournament hours will be safe light until 2pm. Our next Club meeting will be on Thursday, July 15th at 7pm at Jr. Wilson’s. I’ll see everyone at Silver Lake. Good bassin’ JUNE 2010 The last regular Club meeting was held on Thursday, May 20, 2010. Beanie presided in my absence. Thanks, Beanie!! The Secretary and Treasurer reports were accepted as read. The membership approved a donation of $50.00 to the Annual Family Fishing Contest. They also approved the purchase of a new battery for our weigh-in scales. I will purchase the battery prior to the Lake Erie Open Tournament. The Club has a new embroidery company, Frick and Frack Embroidery. I had them design a new Club logo. This logo can be embroidered on the back of shirts or jackets or it can be embroidered on a hat. The cost for the back of a shirt is $23.00 plus tax and you provide the shirt. The cost for a hat is $17.00 plus tax and that includes the hat. Anyone interested in having their shirts or jackets embroidered or in ordering hats should contact me. This is a reminder to all boat owners that I must have a copy of your boat insurance proving a minimum of $300,000.00 in liability coverage on your boat. If I don’t have the proof, you will not be allowed to use your boat in our Club tournaments. This is a requirement mandated by our Club insurance so there will be no exceptions. Get those forms to me. Skip Moule will again be running a 5 Pounder Pool of all 6 Club point tournaments during 2010. The cost is $12.00 per person. To be eligible to win you must be entered in the pool before the start of the tournament. It is a progressive pot and carries over until someone in the pool catches and weighs a bass of 5 pounds or more. If more than one bass of 5 pounds are weighed by eligible pool members, then the heaviest bass wins the pot. I will accept entry money for the 5 Pounder Pool at the next meeting or you can pay Skip at the Union Springs launch prior to the start of the Cayuga Lake Point tournament. Here is a list of our June events: Saturday, June 5 Thursday, June 17 Regular Club Meeting, Jr. Wilson’s Saturday, June 19 Cayuga Lake Point Tournament, Saturday, June 26 Family Fishing Contest, Jr. Wilson’s I’ll see everyone at Let the games begin!!! The last regular Club meeting was held on April 15th with 12 members present. The Secretary/Treasurer reports were accepted as read. Lodging for the 2010 6 Man State Team will be at the Super 8 Motel (315-253-8886 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 315-253-8886 end_of_the_skype_highlighting), 19 McMaster Street, Auburn, NY. Cost for 3 days of lodging will be just under $150.00 per team member. The motel is supposedly about 1 mile from Bass Pro Shops and 4 miles from Owasco Lake. The team will practice fish on Thursday, August 19th and Friday morning, August 20th. The re-registration meeting is Friday afternoon at Bass Pro Shops. The tournament takes place on Saturday, August 21st and Sunday, August 22nd out of Emerson Park on Lake Owasco. We will be staying at the motel on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. The team will depart for the tournament early on Thursday, August 19th and will return home directly after the tournament concludes on Sunday, August 22nd. Don’t forget our Lake Erie Team Open Tournament on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at the small boat harbor on Lake Erie. Tournament hours are 6am to 2pm with registration taking place from 4:45am until 5:30am at the tournament site. Entry fee is $60.00 (80% pay back) per two person team with an optional $10.00 (100% pay back) per team lunker pool. Minimum size limit is 20” with a 2 fish limit per boat and only smallmouth bass are allowed. The tournament is a fund raiser for our 2010 6 Man State Team. All members were reminded to keep their proof of boat insurance up to date with the Club and to ensure their B.A.S.S. membership is kept current. All boats used in Club tournaments must have a minimum of $300,000.00 in liability coverage and the Club must have written documentation of that coverage. The company that did our embroidery work went out of business. I am working with a new company and hope to have a new design available shortly. I am also working on Club hats. I am trying to keep the cost of shirt embroidery to around $20.00 per shirt and the hats to around $10.00 each. If any of you want shirts embroidered, purchase your shirts and then get them to me. For anyone interested, Bass Pro Shops offers a nice shirt called the Red Head Tournament shirt that runs around $30.00. I am sure that other outfits also offer some type of tournament shirt. The next regular Club meeting will be held on Thursday, May 20th at 7pm at Jr. Wilson’s. I hope to see everyone then. APRIL 2010 NEWSLETTER The last Club meeting was held on March 18th with 14 members present. The Secretary and Treasurer reports were accepted as read. The President reported on the January meeting of the NYBCF. He was unable to attend the February NYBCF meeting but will report on the results as soon as the minutes from that meeting become available. Wally and Scott Brown renewed their Club memberships for 2010. Our Club membership now stands at 22 members. 15 of the 22 are also paid members of NYBCF for 2010. National BASS Federation Nation dues for Wally and Scott were mailed to National BASS on 3/19/10. After a poll of eligible members, the Club’s 2010 Six Man State Team is as follows: Boaters: Ernie Brabon, Em Seefeldt and Bill Fox. Non-boaters: Harry Stringfellow, Scott Kahabka and Ray Meller. Alternates: Bob Fox and Dave Heschke. The 2010 CTC will be held August 19th through August 22nd at Owasco Lake, Auburn. I have made room reservations at the Super 8 Motel in Auburn. I’ll provide complete details at the next meeting. The Club reimbursed the Tournament Director for the cost of 2010 tournament permits. The Club also provided the $75.00 deposit required for the use of the launch at Union Springs for the Cayuga Lake tournament. This deposit will be repaid by individual launch fees on the day of the tournament. The membership voted to extend the warranty on the Club scales. The warranty was extended for 3 years and is now valid until 4/18/2013. The Club also received 2010 Banquet donations from American Heritage Morgans and Garden View Bed & Breakfast. Thanks again, Donna, Bill, Pat and Bob!! Members were reminded to keep their B.A.S.S. memberships current and to also provide new proof of insurance for their boats when they renew their insurance. All boats used in Club tournaments must have a minimum of $300,000.00 liability coverage and the Club requires proof of this coverage. The President informed the membership of a U.S. Reel Pro-Staff offer and of the Berkley Federation Nation Discount Program. Both of these offers are available to all of our Club members. Members were reminded to not abuse either of these programs. The programs are for eligible members only!! The President also distributed Adirondack Park Invasive Plant survey forms to the membership. Any member that did not all ready complete this survey on-line is asked to complete it now and mail it in. Stamped addressed envelopes were provided to each member that received the survey. NYBCF is involved in getting anglers’ responses to this survey and your cooperation is appreciated. Thank you! The President reported on a 2010 State of Lake Ontario meeting that he attended on March 16. A period of general discussion ensued on several different topics with the Club taking no official action on any of those topics. Discussion will continue at future Club meetings. Our next regular Club meeting will be held on Thursday, April 15th at 7pm at Jr. Wilson’s. I’ll see everyone then. The Club did not hold a regular Club meeting in February. 32 people attended our Awards Banquet held on February 13th. The Club paid for the 32 meals. Beanie conducted a Chinese Auction and the profit went into the Club’s General Fund. Thanks, Beanie!! Bill and Donna Fox (American Heritage Morgans) and Pat and Bob Fox (Garden View Bed & Breakfast) pledged sponsor donations towards the cost of our 2010 Awards Banquet. Thank you, Bill, Donna, Pat and Bob!! Please note their ads on our web page. I will report on the NYBCF meetings at our March Club meeting. I was unable to attend the last meeting, Feb. 27th, due to the weather, but I did mail in the individual NYBCF dues that I had collected. We now have 15 members that are also members of NYBCF for 2010. Harry reports that all tournament permits have been obtained for our 2010 tournament schedule. The dates of the Conesus Lake and Port Bay point tournaments had to be flip-flopped in order to obtain the necessary permits so please make note of this change on your schedules. It looks like the Cayuga Lake point tournament will be going out of Union Springs so please plan accordingly. I hope to have more on this by the March meeting. At the March meeting I will be polling eligible Club members concerning attendance at the 2010 CTC. The 2010 CTC will be held on Owasco Lake just south of Auburn, NY from August 19-August 22, 2010. If you are eligible to fish on our 2010 State Team be prepared to answer yes or no on whether or not you will fish the event. This includes alternates as well as team members. We will also make a decision concerning renewing our warranty on our scales at the March meeting. I also have received some promotional literature from U. S. Reel that I will discuss at the March meeting. They are offering a discount on there reels to our Club members. Our next regular Club meeting will be held on March 18th at 7pm at Jr. Wilson’s. I’ll see everyone then. FEBRUARY 2010 NEWSLETTER The last Club meeting was held on January 21st with 13 members present. The Secretary/Treasurer reports were accepted as read. 32 people are signed up to attend the Annual Awards Banquet on February 13th at Jr. Wilson’s. Cocktails begin at 5pm with dinner at 6pm. The Banquet Fund of $400.00 will not cover the entire cost of the 32 meals. The membership voted to have the Club pay the difference. Total cost to the Club will be $512.00. The Club paid the annual rental fee to Jr. Wilson’s for use of the meeting/banquet room for 2010. The Club received a donation from the Jr. Wilson’s Sportsman Club. This donation was placed in the Club’s general fund. 12 individual members paid 2010 NYBCF dues for 2010. The Club’s annual NYBCF dues and the 12 individual dues were paid to NYBCF on January 30th at the NYBCF meeting in Auburn. Any member that has not yet paid 2010 NYBCF dues should get the $20.00 dues to me before February 27, 2010. Remember, to be a member of our Club’s 6 Man State Team Club members must belong to NYBCF. The 2010 NYBCF Club Team Championship (CTC) (6 Man Team Event) will be held on Owasco Lake just south of Auburn from August 19th through August 22nd. I will be polling all eligible team members at the March meeting to determine if we have sufficient interest to send a team. If you are eligible for the 2010 team please be prepared to give a definitive answer at the March meeting. Finding lodging should not be a problem as there are many motels in Auburn, but the sooner we reserve rooms the better. There is talk that the chicken bar-b-que that normally accompanies the registration meeting will be discontinued this year. Tournament dates and launch sites are now posted on the web site. Dates and launch sites are dependent upon permits being obtained where necessary. Be advised that these dates and launch sites could be changed if necessary permits are not obtained. Due to the Awards Banquet being held on February 13th the Club will not hold a regular Club meeting in February. I’ll see you at the Banquet. The last Club meeting was held on December 19th at the Apollo Restaurant with 18 people present. This meeting was the annual tournament meeting. The Secretary/Treasurer reports were accepted as read. The membership voted in a new member, Nick Mroz, prior to the start of the tournament meeting. Welcome aboard, Nick!! We had a productive tournament meeting with good discussion on a number of issues. The membership decided to add a third open tournament for 2010. This open tournament will held on the same weekend as the NY State Club Team Championship tournament, August 21, 2010. Since no other club holds a tournament on that weekend, the membership felt it was a good time to hold a third open tournament. Paul Passage will be in charge of running this tournament. The exact location of the tournament will be announced later. There were 3 other changes that the membership voted on, but only 1 of these changes was passed. The approved change was the addition of an annual trophy for the Top Non-Boater of the Year. The Top Non-Boater of the Year will be determined by the final Angler of the Year Point Standings and the winner must have fished all point tournaments as a non-boater. A copy of the results of the 2010 Tournament Meeting was e-mailed to the membership so I won’t go into any further details here. I am very excited about the 2010 Tournament schedule and the waters selected. Changes in waters have occurred and those changes will no doubt directly affect the final point standings for 2010. It is going to be a very interesting tournament season with everyone forced to fish some unfamiliar waters. I expect to see some changes in the standings. I will post the exact dates and launch locations once Harry has finalized the 2010 schedule. Presently, our 2010 membership stands at 20 members. So far, 2 members have decided to not renew their memberships for 2010. I am still waiting to hear form Wally and Scott Brown. I am always sad to see members drop out of the Club, but I will always remain hopeful that they will return at some time in the future. At our next Club meeting I will be collecting 2010 NYBCF dues from those members that want to join. The cost is $20.00. All members of our Club’s 6 Man State Team must be members of NYBCF. Also, NYBCF offers some huge discounts on boats, motors, trolling motors, GPS’, depth finders, etc to its members. The savings available here more than offset the cost of annual dues. I will pay the Club’s 2010 NYBCF dues and the dues of any individuals that join at the next NYBCF meeting, January 30th in Many of you have placed your meal orders for our 2009 Awards Banquet, but there are still several I haven’t heard from. I need your orders by the next meeting. If you do not plan to attend the banquet, I also need to know that as well, so please contact me if you haven’t all ready done so. The Banquet is Saturday, February 13th at Jr. Wilson’s. Meal choices are 16oz Porterhouse Steak or Stuffed Chicken Breast. Cocktails start at 5pm with dinner at 6pm or as soon as the steaks come off the grill. Remember the steaks won’t go on the grill until I know how you want them cooked, so get there early enough for me to take your order and get the steaks grilled by 6pm. The Club has $400.00 to put towards the cost of the Banquet. I won’t know the cost until I get all the meal orders, but I expect the cost may exceed $400.00. We will discuss how to handle any cost overrun at our next meeting. Remember, due to the Awards Banquet, we will not hold a regular Club meeting during the month of February. Our next regular Club meeting will be held on Thursday, January 21st at Jr. Wilson’s at 7pm. I hope to see all of you then. Think Spring!!
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