Sparta Bass Club

Meeting Minutes

October 7, 2010

 

Issues to Cover:

 

  1. Tournament Pairings and Blast-off order for the Woods Reservoir Tourn. out of the Franklin County Public ramp. (Saturday, October 16, 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.) We will leave from the Wal-Mart parking lot at 4:45 a.m.

 

  1. The Sparta Bass Club Team results: 4th place; 25/25, 44.03 lbs.

Boater                                              Non- Boater

·       Dewayne Dotson; 119th, 0/0.            Mike Hurst; 43rd , 3/3, 6.18 lbs.

·       Mitch Farley-@-; 1st, 9/9, 18.26 lbs.   Scott Griner; 67th, 3/3, 3.83 lbs.

·       Ricky England-#-; 3rd, 10/10, 15.76 lbs. Randy Young; 119th, 0/0.

Ø     -@- Big Bass Winner for Tournament; 4.82 lbs. LMB.

Ø      -#- Ranger Cup Winner for the Tournament.

Ø      Mitch & Ricky will both be boaters on next year’s State Team fishing the Southern Divisional on the Green River in Campbellsville, Kentucky.

 

  1.  The Sparta Bass Team results; 21st place; 10/10, 16.10 lbs.

Boater                                               Non- Boater

·       Lee Currier; 65th, 3/3, 4.01 lbs.         Eddy Stewart; 119th, 0/0.

·       Kenneth Young; 87th, 2/2, 2.45 lbs.  Tommy Mittlesteadt; 71st, 1/1, 3.37lbs.

·       Tim Dyer; 96th, 1/1, 1.87 lbs.             Kessler Yoder; 62nd, 3/3, 4.40.

 

  1. Discussion of September’s winning lures and patterns. Guntersville Lake, Weather; 71*, fog/mist & calm at 7 a.m., 86*, a few clouds & light breeze of 3 mph SW at 11 a.m., 94*, partly cloudy & winds 7-10 mph. W at 3 p.m., water 594.36 to 594.47 w/ main channel current & backing up into the creeks, 80.0-85.0* and clear to tinted, Boat # 3; 1st & 14th , strike king quad shad spinner bait, gold blades & white/chart/blue skirt & chartreuse pearl super fluke in 3’-5’ of water & boat in 20 feet , Boat # 8, 2nd & 6th , chatter baits in scattered grass in 5-10’ of water, Boat # 6 3rd & 4th , texas rigged zoom old monster worms in watermelon & green pumpkin on a main river hump/shell beds fishing the grass edge in 5‘-10’ of water, big fish 4.97 lbs. (LMB) was caught by boat # 3 on a quad shad spinner bait on the main channel in 3’ of water off of a grass point.

 

  1. Alabama fishing licenses can be purchased online at www.outdoorsalabama.com The annual license is $46.00 each with a 2% fee added of 0.92. The seven-day trip license is $26.00 each with a 2% fee added of 0.52. You can also call for a license at 1-888-848-6887, but the fee for this is $3.95 each call.

 

Announcements:

 

  1. 16 members attended the September meeting; we had 18 people fish the Guntersville Lake Tournament, 4 guests attended

 

  1. Guntersville Lake Results: 1st Kessler Yoder; 5/5, 16.41 lbs., 2nd David Harris; 5/5, 10.40 lbs., 3rd Brandon Simms; 4/4, 7.57 lbs., & Big Fish caught by Kessler Yoder; 4.97 lbs. L.M.B. We caught 32 fish with a total weight of 68.54 lbs.

 

  1. The 2010 CATCH/Edgar Evans/Corp. of Engineers Kid’s Tournament was held on Center Hill Lake, September 25th out of the Ragland Bottom Area Ramp. We would like to thank the following members for their participation as boaters / guides that day. Ricky E., Jeff S., Larry S., Dewayne D., Lee Currier, Joe S., Robert U., Eddy S., Tim B. and Lisa & Kessler Y.

 

  1. The 2010 TBF Eastern Divisional State Tournament was held on Center Hill Lake, September 30 - October 2nd out of the Ragland Bottom Area Ramp. We would like to thank the following for all their hard work and support in making this tournament a great success; Dewayne Dotson, Phyllis Dotson, Tamara & Ricky England, Tim & Sam Morrison, Diana & Joe Shappard, Trisha &Kenneth Young, Beth & Tommy Mittlesteadt, Randy Young, Lee Currier, Tim Dyer, Jeff Stafford, Larry Smith, David Harris, Kenneth Yoder, Chase H, Ken Daniels, Charlie Hawkins, Mitch Farley, Mike Hurst, Scott Griner, Eddy Stewart, Jason Risley, Ken Head, Charles Mitchell, Alfred Ballinger and Lisa & Kessler Yoder. And we would like to give a special thanks to Laura Canada and the Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce staff for making it possible to have the Eastern Divisional State Tournament in our area.

 

  1. The 2010 TBF Western Divisional State Tournament will be held on Old Hickory Lake, October 21-23rd out of the Saunders Ferry Park Ramp.

 

  1. The 2010 TBF State meeting will be held Saturday November 6th, 2010 in Cookeville, TN at the Clarion Hotel on South Jefferson from 9 a.m. to ~1 p.m.

 

  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.