Minutes of the Meeting:

The April meeting of the Pensacola Hawg Hunters was brought to order at
7:00 P.M. April 17, 2013
at Founaris Brothers Restaurant.
President Jeff Weaver presided over the meeting. There were 21 members present.

Old Business:

Reading of the Minutes from the March meeting were waived.
The Treasurer's report was given and accepted. The Booray Pot was won by Don Jahnke last month at Lake Seminole with a 6.41 Hawg! Booray Pot started over for the April Tournament for the biggest fish over5 pounds caught during a Hawg Hunter Tournament. See Bill Myrick for specific details.

New Business:

50/50 Drawing was held…
Half to Buddy Yatesand the other half to the Special Fund.

Thanks were giving for the Volunteers who cooked and cleaned up last month at Lake Seminole. Even though it rained it was a great success. Volunteers wereselected for the Cookout of Fried Chicken and the entire Fix’ ins for Lake Jordan.

Safety Corner:

In the spirit of Vehicle Safety Jeff Weaver gave a presentation on a Wireless Tire Pressure Monitoring System made by Tire Minder. The transmitters are screwed into the valve stems of the tires for your vehicle or trailer so you can monitor the tire pressures while driving down the road. The system gives you an early warning of an impending failure of a tire that's being monitored. For more information on this safety device see www.minderresearch.com.

Cell Phones lists were handed out.....good idea to keep in the boat with you in case you have trouble on the water.
(or need to verify weigh-in time)

Between last month and this month….seems quite a few things have been happening to our club members or their families. The club sent flowers from the special fund to Ken who was in the hospital with a broken leg. Well wishes go out to Buddy Yates and his family while we hope his son is on a speedy recovery from his injuries. Tony’s Boyett’s family is having a crisis of their own along with Don Jahnke and his family. Keep these club members and their families in your thoughts and prayers.

Notes:
From The Tournament Director

The Escambia river is being dredged from Gulf Power down to the Smith’s Fish Camp so be careful and give way to the dredging crew.

Kudo’s to our President Jeff who secured rooms for us in Prattville at the Baymont Inn. Due to the unavailability of rooms over in Wetumpka the ramp for Lake Jordan was changed to Bonner’s Landing.

Last reminder-Don’t forget…If you are a boater and wish to stay overnight for the Miller’s Ferry Tournament in May, YOU need to make your own reservation for the motel room.
Call Southern Inn @ (334) 682-4148
The March tournament results were given. Great job to the top 4 last month.
The Caravan was scheduled to leave Wal-Mart on Hwy 29 at 3:30am Friday morning.
The Meeting adjourned at 7:58 p.m.

April Tournament:

The April Tournament was held on Lake Jordan at Bonner’s Landing. We had 15 members fishing out of 8 boats for the two day tournament. Saturday’s launch was very eventful with a full launch ramp. Rumor had it there was one other club of 30 boats launching same as us. Well come Launch time there must have been 4 clubs of 30 boats so most of us got in the water late. Pre-fish day started out with temps in the mid 70’s then dropped down to 50 and rain. Saturday morning at launch time the temperature dropped all the way to 39 degrees and sunny. Typical Hawg Hunter tournament….cold front comes through just before we start fishing.

Saturday’s weighing saw all 15 club members catching fish with Ron Bridges taking Big Fish honors with a 2.84 lunker.

108 fish from 15 anglers found them self being weighed in at the scales for a total of 106.65 pounds. 2 didn’t survive the boat ride in raising our total for the year to 3 dead fish.

As for limits we had 9 limits, 4 members one short of a limit, 1 member with 3 fish and 1 with 2 fish. Not only did everyone have a golf ball fish…but we all made it out of the one fish category.

Saturday Top Six Results:

1^{st –} Dave Dyess - 5 fish 9.68 lbs

2^nd – Thom Labelle – 5 fish 8.55 lbs

3^rd – Mack Cramer – 5 fish 8.32 lbs

4^th – Jere Jailitte – 5 fish 8.3 lbs

5^th – Ron Bridges – 5 fish 7.81 lbs

6^th – Lee Brannon – 5 fish 7.76 lbs

Sunday morning we all got to the lake earlier and found the launch ramp all to ourselves. Temps were a little warmer in the low 50’s to start. Come weigh-in time…..that would be 1:00pm for a Sunday on a two day tournament according to the Tournament Rule 3a….we were missing two boats. We would of conducted weigh-in…but one of the missing boats was Bill Myrick our Tournament Director and he had all the scales locked up in his truck. I feel a slammer nomination coming……In fact I’ll go ahead and Nominate Bill Myrick right now for the Slammer Award for being late to his own weigh-in. As I was running south to get to the weigh-in in time I saw him running north. He even waved at us…..I thought he was going to help someone out….turns out he was thinking the weigh-in was at 2pm. 2pm weigh-in’s are reserved for the hot months on our one day tournament’s IAW tournament rule 3a.

April Tournament:

Sunday’s weigh-in saw everyone caught fish including the 4 who got disqualified. Officially 5 limits were weighed in with Dave Dyess taking the Big Fish Honors with a 3.67 lunker. The heaviest fish of the tournament.

Good job Dave Dyess!

Sunday’s Top Six:

1^st – Dave Dyess - 5 fish 8.88 lbs

2^nd – Dave Bock - 5 fish 8.23 lbs

3^rd – Mack Cramer - 5 fish 7.82 lbs

4^th – Bryan McCarthy 5 fish 7.15 lbs

5^th – Lee Brannon 5 fish 6.04 lbs

6^th – John Buck 3 fish 5.87 lbs

John had a nice 3.20 lb spot as part of his 3 fish.

Great job John!

On to the Top Four of the Tournament!


1st Place
Dave Dyess
Dave caught limits on both days for a two day total of 18.56 pounds. Included in his weight was the Big Fish for the tournament of 3.67 pounds.

Dave had a 1.85 pound average per fish. This first place finish is going to jump Dave up in the yearly standings a total of 6 places!

Congratulations Dave!


2nd Place
Mack Cramer
Mack’s two day total of 10 fish tipped the scales at 16.14 pounds….just .01 pound more than his last tournament. By the way, that same .01 pound kept him out of 1^st place last month. Guess you got it back Mack. He also mentioned Saturday that he had a limit of Large mouths before culling them all out with Spots. This second place finish sees Mack increasing his first place yearly standing to 9 points ahead of second place.

Congratulations Mack!!!


3rd Place
Bryan McCarthy

Bryan with a “Y” took 3^rd place by catching limits on both days for a total weight of 14.78 pounds. With this 3^rd place finish Bryan jumps up one spot to 4^th place in the yearly standings. Bryan’s having a strong 1^st half this year catching a total of 25 fish during 6 tournaments. We better watch this guy.

Congratulations Bryan!!!


4th Place
Dave Bock
Rounding out the top 4 was Dave with his two day total of 9 fish weighing in at 14.40 pounds. Dave averaged 1.6 pounds per fish and was heard to say he had his limit on Sunday by 7:01am culling 3 times for his Sunday weight of 8.23. Second heaviest official stringer on Sunday. This moves Dave up 3 places from 11^th to 8^th in the yearly standings.

Congratulations Dave!!!

Tournament Results:

We had a total of 15 members and no guests fishing the two day tournament with everyone catching fish on Saturday and Sunday although 4 members were disqualified for being late to Sunday’s weigh-in. Rumor had it 3 of them had limits too.

Big fish honors of the tournament went to Dave Dyess with a 3.67 pound fish.

Total fish caught was 108 weighing 166.65 pounds. That’s a 1.54 pound average for the club and 7.2 fish per person. Could have been a 8.2 fish per person average if we were on the Eastern Time Zone.

On the yearly standing we had 9 people advance and 10 declines. Biggest mover was Dave Dyess up 6 places. Remember you have to fish to advance in the standings. Make your plans now for the May tournament.

Tournament Standings:

Lake Jordan
Bonner’s Landing

1st – Dave Dyess - 10 fish – 18.56 lbs
2nd – Mack Cramer - 10 fish – 16.14 lbs
3rd – Bryan McCarthy - 10 fish – 14.78 lbs
4th –Dave Bock - 9 fish – 14.40 lbs
5th – Jere Jaillite - 9 fish – 13.88 lbs
6th – Lee Brannon - 10 fish – 13.80 lbs
7th – John Buck - 7 fish – 12.47 lbs
8th – Dan Nash - 7 fish – 11.87lbs
9th – Ron Bridges - 8 fish – 11.20 lbs
10th – Jeff Weaver - 8 fish – 10.01 lbs
11th – Thom Labelle - 5 fish – 8.55 lbs
12^th – Carlito Silvania – 6 fish – 8.11 lbs
13^th – Jeremy Burkart – 4 fish – 5.13 lbs
14^th – Bill Myrick – 3 fish – 4.54 lbs
15^th – Bob Jones – 2 fish – 3.21 lbs

Also Fished:

Hooyah! Everyone caught fish!

For The Record:

Lake Jordan
Bonner’s Landing

Total Number Fished Tournament 15
Total Fish Caught 108
Total Dead Fish 2
Total Limits 14
Total Fish Weight 166.65
Big Fish: Don Jahnke 3.67 lbs.

For the Year:

Total Number Fished For Year 110
Total Fish Caught 360
Total Dead Fish 3
Total Limits 28
Total Fish Weight 571.09
Big Fish 6.41
Don Jahnke
Lake Seminole – March

May Meeting:

Location: Founaris Bros.
May 15, 2013
Time: 7:00 pm

May Tournament

May18, 2013

Tournament Site:

Miller’s Ferry
Ellis Landing

From The Daily Planner:

Full Moon:
May 24, 2013

05/18/13
Sunrise: 5:53 am

Any questions should be addressed to
Jeff Weaver
Jeffrieweaver@gmail.com
Dave Bock
djBock2005@Gmail.com
or the webmaster Jim Bailey, Sr.
jimb@hook1.com