Mar 25

District 3 Meeting Minutes for March 11th, 2019

ROLL CALL: Ray Bradshaw called meeting to order.

CLUBS PRESENT: All members present except Lancaster County Hawg Hunters.

SECRETARY’S REPORT: Reviewed February minutes which were posted online.

TREASURERS REPORT: Ray gave report of District 3 checking account balance. Contact Ray for financial information.

CONSERVATION REPORT: Barry Potteiger reviewed changes to Pa Fish regulations for closed season dates on the River.

PUBLIC RELATIONS/MEMBERSHIP: Reviewed request from Cabela’s to take part in June 15th open house youth day. With current club schedules we voted not to attend event.

TOURNAMENTS: District 3 permits were all approved. Applications must be received no later than one (1) week prior to tournament.

NEW BUSINESS: Discussed clubs be able to rent out District trailer from local tournaments. All members voted against request. Mike Sabbi reviewed upcoming Susquehanna Fishing Tackle open house and volunteers needed all three days.

OLD BUSINESS: Steve Koch reviewed summary of the Flea Market. Clubs thanked Steve for a very successful show and fundraiser.

YOUTH: Mike Sabbi requested District Three provide support to both High School and Junior National Championships. Members voted to give $600 for three (3) boat captains for High School event and $500 for the two (2) kids going to the Junior National event.

Submitted
Doug Lamborn – District 3 Secretary

Mar 17

District 7 March Minutes 03/12/2019

Meeting called to order @ 7:05 by Mike Galka

Members in attendance:  6

Leggett’s Creek Bassmasters (Joe Pacholec Sr., Tony Dorman, David Kozlansky)

North Branch Bassmasters: (Matt Kline)

Lunker Landers: (Mike Galka)

Wayne County Bassmasters: (George Bowers)

NEPA Bass: Did Not Attend

Minutes: December 11, 2018 Minutes read by David Kozlansky

Accepted by: George Bowers, 2nd by Joe Pacholec Sr.

Treasury:   Tom Hafner via email

  • Balance is $x,xxx.xx.
  • Matt Kline handed in a receipt for $100.00 for the two August 2019 tournaments out of Dean’s Cove on Cayuga Lake, N.Y.

Accepted by: George Bowers, 2nd by Joe Pacholec Sr.

Youth & Conservation: George Bowers

  • George mentioned that the “Fishing for a Cause” benefit tournament for 2019 will be held on October 27, 2019 at Lake Wallenpaupack.  He also mentioned that he is trying to get some media coverage for the event and also has a 501c opened up for the fund and will have a website soon.
  • George will be holding a fishing seminar at the Hanover Area School.
  • George will be hosting the annual kid’s tournament in August again this year.
  • Leggett’s Creek Bassmasters will be hosting a “Reel Kids” event at Hunter’s Gallery again in 2019 on July 6 & 7 at the Hunter’s Gallery Appreciation Days.  Any help is appreciated in running the stand/contest.

Accepted by: Mike Galka, 2nd by Matt Kline

Tournaments: Matt Kline

  • Being that the message board on the PATBF website has been removed, the information pertaining to the tournament will be posted on the District 7 section.
  • A motion was made to cancel the April 7, 2019 tournament and use the alternate date of July 21, 2019 in lieu of District VII member Bob Brody will be travelling to the TBF National Championship on Kentucky Lake on this said date in April.  The motion passed and the tournament will be held on July 21st with Skaneateles Lake voted in by the clubs, Keuka 2nd option, and Oneida third option all depending on launch site availability.
  • Matt was informed by the PATBF that our District needed to hand in the seven members in each division for Angler and Co-Angler for the state championship at Raystown Lake ASAP.

Accepted by: Joe Pacholec Sr., 2nd by George Bowers

Steering Committee: Mike Galka for Joe Pica

  • The PATBF state meeting was cancelled for March 3rd due to weather conditions.
  • Mike manned the PATBF booth at the Outdoor Show in Harrisburg for four days along with his wife and assisted in selling raffle tickets that benefited kids, the PATBF membership drive,  and assisted with the “Reel Kids” competition.  Mike stated that 817 kids participated in the “Reel Kids” completion.  Mike stated that there were an estimated ½ million people that attended the show in 2019. 
  • George Bowers wanted to give Mike Galka and his wife special thanks for volunteering all that time and effort and also representing District VII at the Harrisburg Show.

Accepted by: George Bowers, 2nd by Matt Kline

Old Business: None

New Business:

  • A motion was made by Lunker Landers and 2nd by Wayne County Bassmasters to reimburse Matt Kline the $100.00 for the two Cayuga Lake permits.  All were in favor.
  • A motion was made by Leggett’s Creek Bassmasters and 2nd by Lunker Landers to administer the $150.00 allotted amount to Bob Brody of Leggett’s Creek Bassmasters for going to the TBF National Championship.  All were in favor.
  • Being that the message board is down, we will start utilizing the District 7 page even more and David Kozlansky will update the tournament information for Matt Kline and also with the minutes.
  • Discussion on when to have the next meeting of 2019 then took place.  It was decided that Tuesday May 14th would be the next meeting.

Motion to adjourn the meeting @ 8:50 by Mike Galka

  • Next Meeting will be Tuesday, May 14, 2019 @ 7:00 PM at Major League Sports Bar.
  • Accepted by: George Bowers, 2nd by Matt Kline

Mar 16

2019 Tournament Schedule

Tournament Location                             Ramp                            Date                         Result
Mr Bass Kickoff Lake Anna                                                        4-12 & 13
(last chance to qualify for the championship)

State Championship                             Raystown                    6-21 & 22
Regional 1                                            Cayuga                        7-19 & 20
Regional 2

District 1
1 Northeast , MD                                                                        4/28
2 Northeast, MD                                                                         5/26
3

District 2
1 Williamsport                                                                              3/24
2 Keuka                                                                                       7/28
3 Conanesque                                                                             8/11

District 3
1 Potomac, MD                                                                            4/28
2 Chesapeake Bay                                                                       5/19
3 Conowingo                                                                                 8/4

District 4
1 Yough                                                                                         6/29
2 Raystown                                                                                   7/27
3 Sayers                                                                                       8/17

District 5
1 Cheat Lake                                                                                5/18
2 Erie                                                                                            7/27
3 Yough                                                                                        8/24

District 6
1 Pymatuning                                                                                5/19
2 Chautauqua                                                                               6/30                                                                    3 Lake Erie                                                                                    8/4

District 7
1 Skaneateles Lake NY                                                                 7-21
2 Cayuga                                                                                        8-4
3 Cayuga                                                                                        8-5

National Championship Semi-Final            Lake Champlain               9-21 & 22

Mar 15

District 2 – Williamsport, 3/24/19

Location – Williamsport, PA Launch Site – Antlers (Linden Access)

Date – Sunday, March 24th (backup date is April 7th)

Time – 7:00 am – 3:00 pm, (if we can launch earlier we will try)

Registration – 6:00 am to 6:45 am

Do not launch your boat until you have checked in, completed the boat check and met up with your co-angler. This will be a 3 fish tournament, 15″ minimum. No culling of dead fish. Dead fish MUST be taken with you. Lunker Fee is $10 and Lunker must be a live fish.

All PA Boating and Fishing rules and regulation must be adhered to at all times. All PA Bass tournament rules apply. Angler must fish from the front deck and the Co-Angler must fish from the rear deck only. It is suggested that the cost of the gas/oil used during the day be shared between the boater and the rider.

This will be a trailered weigh in. When you weigh-in, come up to the table, turn in your numbers, get and sign your weigh-in slips (keep them), then get in line for a bag (CANNOT use your own). Get your fish from your boat; have bag dinked; weighed. Give me your slip, verify weight and get your yellow copy. Return fish to water and return bags to table where you got them. Last boat will call out numbers and each boat will launch every 10 seconds.

The tournament committee (District Officers present) will make the decision to hold a fog delay if necessary for safety. If so, the committee will make decisions regarding take off time, extending fishing hours, etc.

SAFETY – Life jackets MUST be worn when the outboard motor is running. This includes coming in to beach the boat, taking the boat on and off the trailer. If you are on the boat, the outboard is running, life jacket MUST be on for all aboard. Failure to do so can result in disqualification in the tournament.

Care should be taken in the morning to try to avoid ramp freezing. Please allow trailers to drain before pulling up the ramp.

Payout

Angler 1st – $ 525,  2nd – $ 315,   3rd – $ 210

Co-Angler 1st – $ 263,   2nd – $ 157,   3rd – $ 105

Pairings.  Updated 3/22/19.

 Boat # Angler Co-Angler

1 Daryl Hunsberger Andy Cook

2 John Lorenzo Mark Gruszkiewicz

3 Robert Parmer Gene Snyder

4 Charlie Sykes Terry Beck

5 Austin Gaab Dan Mook

6 Rick Sherretz Ron Boyer

7 Nick Osman Brett Dalrymple

8 Keith Houseknecht Grant Michael

9 Rex Magargle David Kozlansky

10 Tom Prowant Richard Jordan Jr

11 Jason Shipton Barry Jacobs

12 Dan Edwards Michael Prentiss

13 Tim Barnes Joe Pica

14 Casey Magargle Ben Snyder

15 Donn Troutman Eddie LaForme  

We are even.  Pairings listed above.  As long as the river doesn’t come up too much, we should be good for Sunday.  Thank you. Brett

updated 3/22/19