WNY BASSMASTERS
Minutes
from June meeting
Next
meeting July 28th at 7:00pm Gander Mtn.
Meeting notes
Meeting called to order 7:00 pm, 20 members attended
Motion to accept minutes Don Roesch, second Ed Kuberacki
Old Business
Honeoye Lake tournament was a windy success .
* Scott Gauld is looking for more boaters to take our Servicemen and women out fishing on July 18th. The Third Annual
Military Personnel Bass
Fishing Tournament at Gratwick Park in North
Tonawanda is in need of boaters, so if you have a boat and are willing to help, call Scott at 695-8717. The boaters
this year are Jim Thompson, Nick Boggs, Ken Johnson, Don Roesch, Pat Schlosser,
Scott Gauld, and Kenn Kolo. Non boaters are needed for cooking dogs, selling tickets and many other things. If
you have any contacts or are willing to donate Dogs, drinks, paper products, or rolls call Scott or Bill Pilkington.
* Bill Pilkington is in charge of the food for the Military Tournament, and he is looking for grills to
cook the hotdog's.
* Mr Bass Plaque is now up at Gander Mtn.
New Business
* The draw for the Erie Tournament was held.
* Congratulations to the tackle box raffle winner, Ian Cashdollar.
* The Steak roast will be held Oct. 16th at Sandy Beach Yacht
Club. More info to follow.
*
WNYBASSMASTERS.COM web site is looking really good; standings, points, pictures, club history and winning details have added to the look
of the site. Thanks to Ken (loser) Johnson and Pat Schlosser for all the hard work. (if I missed anyone sorry)
* Don Roesch's bad luck has followed him to Lake Erie. At the Honeoye Tournament he hit a deer before the start of the day and at
the Lake Erie Tournament some scum stole his wire harness from his trailer, so if you see Don give him a big hug. He likes
that kind of thing.
* We are looking for the club banner, let me know if you have it.
* Next tournament Chautauqua
Lake July 10th and 11th.
Motion to adjourn, Jim Thompson, second Jim Morgan
WNY BASSMASTERS
Minutes from May meeting
Next
meeting June 23rd at 7:00 pm Gander Mtn.
Meeting notes
Meeting called to order at 7:05 pm, 21 member attended
motion to accept minutes Paul Pilkington second Ed Kuberacki
Treasury report given by Ken Johnson
Old Business
Don Morrison is home from the hospital, but it will be a long road to recovery after his open
heart surgery. Don Roesch would like to thank all the guys who took time to help prepare Big Don's house for his return home.
Thanks to Don Roesch, Jim
Thompson, Bill Pilkington, Scott Gauld, Scott Firkins, Jim Goff, Pat and Lauren
Schlosser, Al Rodriguez, and Walt Babiarz. It was a big job but with all the good help it made the job much easier.
New Business
*WNY Bassmasters would like to welcome its newest member, Jim Goff. Jim is a
long time friend of Don Morrison and an experienced tournament fishermen. Welcome, Jim.
*The vote for the new point system
passed unanimously, the point system is for a period of one year and will be reviewed at the end of the 2010 season. To see
the new point breakdown look at our web site wnybassmaters.com under news and notes. Thanks go out to Don Roesch, John Evans,
Jim Morgan, and Ken Johnson as they all worked many hours trying to get a system that would work for everyone.
* Coupons are available for the draw from Ken (loser) Johnson. If you are unable
to attend the draw for a tournament you can purchase coupons, then you need to call a member of the tournament committee
by 6:00 pm the Wednesday of the draw and give him the number of your coupon(the earlier the better no answering machine
messages). The coupons are $20 each. The contacts are Don Roesch , Pat Schlosser, and Ken Johnson.
* 1st tournament of the year is June 19th at Honeoye Lake - 6am - 2 pm. We will be launching
out of Trident Marine, boaters need to pay your launch fee the day of the draw, non boaters are required to pay for half
the fee. It is a single lane launch so plan to arrive early to avoid congestion. We will try to launch in two flights first
flight will be at 6:00 am with return at 2:00 pm, second flight will be at 6:15 am with return at 2:15 pm. The weigh in will
start once all boats are out of the water and you will weigh in in the order you departed. boat number 1 weighs
in first , boat number 2 weighs in second etc. etc.
* Wed June 16th, the day of our Honeoye Lake draw Scott Gauld and Dan "the kid"
Kaszubski will be giving a seminar at Gander Mtn 7:15 pm. The topic will be on how to pattern bass.
*Nick Boggs is handling the NYS Federation Team this year, Nick and the other
members of the 6 man team decided to not participate in the NYS Federation Team Tournament. The money will be donated to Don
Morrison who is recovering from open heart surgery. As Nick put it, we can fish anytime and the money could be better
used by Don and his family.
* The WNY Bassmasters open tournament for August 28th, which was a fundraiser
for the NYS Federation team has been changed to a benefit for Don Morrison and his family. The tournament will be on the Upper
River from 7 am -2pm. Aug 28th. For more info go to wnybassmasters.com
*Reminder for all members to bring in your tackle box raffle tickets at the
next meeting, we will be picking the winner at the June meeting.
*All members are asked to bring in tackle for a raffle which will benefit Don
M. The raffle will be at our Military Tournament
and if we have enough a second raffle at the Open Tournament. Give tackle to Pat Schlosser.
* Military sign up sheet was passed around at the last meeting. We still need
boaters, if you are able to help, call Scott Gauld at 695-8717. The tournament is July 18th at Gratwick Park, North
Tonawanda. This is a sponsor driven event so if you have any contacts please do what you can.
* One of our members, John Seyfert is in the Gulf of Mexico cleaning up the oil spill, and he will be out of town for several months. John was
the person in charge of the food for our Military Tournament, thankfully we have someone like Bill Pilkington who stepped
right up and took over for John. Anyone who wants to donate or help, contact Bill or his wife Gerry. We will need as
many nonboater volunteers as possible (cooking dogs, boat checks, raffle ticket sales, etc) Bring your family and enjoy the
weigh in and show the men and women of our Military how much we care.
*The Steak roast will be at Sandy
Beach Yacht Club Oct. 16th. More info to follow
*Jim Thompson (venom lures), aka Mr. Topwater did a presentation on "what else",
topwater. We were all anxious to hear what Jim had to say and he didn't disappoint. He gave us a few of his
secrets(not all), one was that when throwing a frog you can trim one of the legs(strands) shorter and then you can "walk the
dog" with it. Jim uses a 7 ft. med heavy frog rod by Quantum with 30 to 50 lb braid. Jim's bread and butter
frog is one made by VENOM called the Bully Frog. His rod is a 7 ft med heavy with 4/0 butt dragger Daiichi hook.
Jim opened up his topwater box most of the guys in the club went AHHHH!!! I thought I even heard trumpets playing
in the background. Jim's favorite hard topwater bait is the Rico but he has many others including Mega Bass , Lucky
Craft and Storm. Thank you Jim, you did a great job on this presentation. By the way, Joe Kugel paints one beautiful
looking lure, give him a call!!!!
With the start of another Tournament season a few things to remember are.
1) Be present at the draw, if you can't make it call a member of the tournament
committee ASAP. Answering machine messages are not contacts.
2) Communicate with your partner about driving and meeting times.
3) Share expenses for tolls, gas for boat and if driving together, his truck.
4) Non-boater fees should be paid before the start of the tournament.
5) Nonboaters should bring own life jacket and it must be worn when boat motor
is on and under power.
6) Remember that getting the boats in and out of the water is everyone's responsibility.
Help whenever possible.
7) Weigh ins - all boats must be out of the water before any fish can be weighed.
8) Before the start of the tournament ask where the net is and when
to net . Be careful with scents(they stain the carpet and are very hard to remove from the clear coat).
9) Boaters, be courteous to nonboaters.
10) Communication devices are not allowed during a tournament (phone calls,
texts, walkie talkie, smoke signals). This has been a problem the last few years, please try to refrain from using these
devices.
11) Bring a lunch, sunscreen, rain gear, hand towel, pliers, cull tags
12) Remember you not only represent WNY BASSMASTERS, you represent all fishermen
so be respectful and considerate to other boaters and even property owners.
13) Keep in mind we don't fish for a living we just live to fish, have fun and
be safe.
In seasons past we had the Coast Guard Power
Squadron inspect our boats , we couldn't make it happen this year but I have a list of things boaters should
check.
1) registration
2) life jackets coast guard approved
3) horn /whistle
4) flares up to date
5) first aid kit
6) anchor tied to a line
7) throw pfd.
8) fire extinguisher
9) positive leads on batteries covered
10) lights(working)
11) bilge pump (working)
