Sparta Bass Club

Meeting Minutes

January 15, 2009

 

 

Issues to Cover:

 

  1. Tournament Pairings and Blast-off order for the Center Hill Lake Tourn. out of the Ragland Bottom ramp. (Saturday, January 24, 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) We will meet at the ramp parking lot at 6:30 a.m.

 

  1. The Sparta Bass Club Team is as follows:

Boater                                              Non- Boater

·       David Harris                                       Dewayne Dotson 

·       Mike Hurst                                         Kenneth Young 

·       Bill Yancy                                           Adam Hickey

 

  1.  The Sparta Bass Team is as follows:

Boater                                               Non- Boater

·       Tommy Mittlesteadt                           Gerald Usrey            

·       Ricky England                                   Charlie Hawkins

·       Tim Matheney                                    Scott Griner

 

  1. 2008 Points Champion: David Harris, 1677 Total Points.

2008 Big Fish Award: Mike Hurst, 6.13 lbs. L.M.B.                                Club jackets will be purchased for these two club awards.                     Club jackets or shirts will be purchased for the following club members.

    • Bob Underwood-Jacket
    • Gerald Usrey-Jacket
    • Dewayne Dotson-Jacket
    • Tim Brown-Jacket
    • Kenneth Young-Shirt
    • Tim Matheney-Shirt
    • Joe Shappard-Shirt

 

  1. Discussion of December’s winning lures and patterns. Center Hill Lake, Weather; 22-32*, cloudy with light breeze, A.M., water 628.50’, 50-54*, clear at the dam to tinted up the lake to colored all the way up, 40* partly sunny, with light winds by P.M., Boat #4; 1st & 10th, drop shot, 10’ red crank bait & jig, Boat #5; 2nd & 11th, jig, Boat #15; 3rd & 17th, drop shot in 30’ of water on watermelon candy finesse worm, big fish (KSB) was caught by boat #5 on a Jig.                                                . 

 

 

Announcements:

 

  1. 19 members attended the December meeting. We had 28 people fish the Center Hill Lake Tournament, 7 guests attended.

 

  1. Center Hill Lake Results: 1st Ricky England; 10.20 lbs., 2nd David Harris; 9.80 lbs., 3rd Mike Hurst; 9.42 lbs., & Big Fish caught by David Harris; 3.70 lbs. K.S.B. We caught 48 fish with a total weight of 88.20 lbs.

 

  1. The 2009 TBF Western Divisional State Tournament will be held on Kentucky Lake, New Johnsonville Ramp, October 1-3rd.

 

  1. The 2009 TBF Eastern Divisional State Tournament will be held on Watts Bar Lake, Rockwood, TN, October 15-17th out of the Rockwood Park Ramp. This is in Roane County. More information will be forth coming.

 

  1. The 2009 TBF State meeting will be held November 7th at a time and location TBD.

 

  1. Army Corp of Engineers; Center Hill Dam Seepage Reduction Website, please refer to the following for recent developments and updates. http://www.lrn.usace.army.mil/CenterHill/ We will post a link on our club site. A chart of ramp elevations was passed around at the meeting also.