Sparta Bass Club

Meeting Minutes

January 13, 2011

 

Issues to Cover:

 

  1. Tournament Pairings and Blast-off order for the Center Hill Lake Tourn. out of the Hurricane Bridge ramp. (Saturday, January 22, 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                                       Lee Currier

·       Ricky England                                    Kessler Yoder

·       Dewayne Dotson                                Mike Hurst

 

  1.  The Sparta Bass Team is as follows:

Boater                                               Non- Boater

·       Jeff Stafford                                          Charlie Hawkins

·       Joe Shappard                                      Scott Griner

·       Adam Hickey                                       Tommy Mittlesteadt

 

  1. 2010 Points Champion: David Harris, 1601 Total Points.

2010 Big Fish Award: Ricky England, 6.32 lbs. L.M.B., Tims Ford Lake.
Club jackets or shirts were purchased for the following club members.

    • Tim Dyer-Jacket
    • Ricky England-Jacket
    • Jeff Stafford-Jacket
    • Tim Morrison-Jacket
    • Larry Smith-Shirt
    • Charles Yancy-Shirt

 

  1.  The club’s web site has not been sponsored for the 2011 season yet. We would appreciate financial assistance from any organization or group to maintain our web page and/or support our tournament teams. S & R Marine has pledged $100.00 for 2011 so far. Several other businesses are being solicited for support. The new web page will be launched in the next few weeks and all club sponsors will have links posted to their web sites if available.

 

  1. We discussed the date of the February and April tournaments on Cordell Hull & Dale Hollow and the overlap of the State Federation spring meeting & FLW Tour event on Chickamauga Lake & TBF National on Nickajack Lake. Several members will be required to attend and/or work these events. We voted on the change of those dates to February 19th with the meeting moved to the 10th and April 30th, with the meeting moved to the 21st. We also talked about and voted on a new Vice-President/Tournament Director for 2011 Lee Currier and Jeff Stafford both showed an interest in taking on the responsibility. The club voted in Jeff Stafford to the position. I thank both individuals for their willingness to volunteer for an officer’s position with the club and work with & support the club’s membership & activities.

 

  1. Discussion of November’s winning lures and patterns. Center Hill Lake, Weather; 20’s and snow, Canceled tournament 5:30 a.m. Saturday December 18th, 2010!

 

Announcements:

 

  1. 13 members attended the December meeting; we had 36 people scheduled to fish the Center Hill Lake Tournament, with 15 being guests.

 

  1. Center Hill Lake Results: Canceled due to inclement weather.

 

  1. The 1st Annual Bill Yancy Memorial Tournament will be held on Center Hill Lake out of the Ragland Bottom Recreation Area on Good Friday; April 22nd, 2011 from 7 a.m. until 3 p.m.

 

  1. The club’s Co-Ed Big Bass Tournament will be held on Cordell Hull Lake out of the Granville Marina Ramp on Saturday, May 7th, 2011 from 7 a.m. until Noon.

 

  1. The 2011 TBF Southern Divisional Tournament will be held on Green River Lake in Kentucky from May 29 to June 4, 2011. Mitch Farley and Ricky England will be boaters on this year’s TN State Team.

 

  1. The 2011 TBF Youth State Tournament will be held on Chickamauga Lake out of the Dayton Boat Dock on June 3-4, 2011.

 

  1. The 2011 CATCH Youth Event will be held on Center Hill Lake out of Ragland Bottom Recreation Area on September 17, 2011

 

  1. The 2011 TBF Western Divisional State Tournament will be held on Kentucky Lake out of Paris Landing State Park on September 29-October 1, 2011.

 

  1. The 2011 TBF Eastern Divisional State Tournament, will be held on Chickamauga Lake out of the Dayton Boat Dock on October 13-15, 2011. I will reserve 6 rooms for the 13th & 14th at the Holiday Inn Express in Dayton, TN as
    a backup to any arrangements that everyone may find before the tournament.

 

  1. The 2011 TBF State meeting will be held Saturday November 5th, 2011 at a 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.

 

  1. The link to the Smallmouth Bass Study conducted by TN Tech University and assisted by our club & others is: http://www2.tntech.edu/fish/pdf/blackbass.pdf