LAKE NORFORK STRIPER CLUB NEWSLETTER www.norforkstripers.org SEPTEMBER 2014 SEPTEMBER TOURNAMENT RESULTS 1st Place - RON TETER 3 fish for a total weight of 19 lb. 6 oz. 2nd Place - PENNY WEST - 3 fish for a total weight of 16 lb. 7 oz. 3rd Place - JIM WENCKER - 2 fish for a total weight of 16 lb. 0 oz SEE MORE PICTURES AND PHOTOS ON PAGES FOUR AND SIX 4th Place - DOUG ANDERSON - 13 lb. 7 oz. total weight 5th Place - MIKE DEVORS - 12 lb. o oz. total weight
Board Of Directors PRESIDENT John Gerard - 321-1031 stripermail@gmail.com VICE PRESIDENT TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR Jim Wencker - 492-4141 gp_wen@suddenlink.net SECRETARY Roy Rush - 425-3364 roypat40@centurytel.net SERGEANT AT ARMS Jim Shaffer - 491-5693 prairiechicken@centurytel.net FACILITIES COORDINATOR Eddie Haughton - 424-4385 ethaughton@suddenlink.net NEWSLETTER EDITOR/ TREASURER Vern Berry - 421-0720 ozarkloafer@yahoo.com MESSAGE BOARD MASTER Ron Teter lnsc.striper.msg.board@gmail. com WATER QUALITY REP. Bob North - 491-5498 northpoles@centurytel.net 2014 LNSC TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE October 9 - TH. 6:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Panther Bay Live Bait or artificial bait -heaviest one fish wins points for 1 fish per person. Weigh in time: 10:45 to 11:00am. To Register for Tournaments, contact: Tournament Director Jim Wencker Phone (520) 260-0290 E- Mail: gp_wen@suddenlink.net A Sign- up sheet will also be at monthly meetings More September Tournament Pictures Remember to wear your life jackets and use your Kill Switches NOTE: Tournament times and locations may change due to conditions or other unforeseen events. Continue to watch the newsletters, website and message board for updates and/or changes. MIKE NIBERT - ROD AND REEL DRAWING WINNER RON TETER - First Place winner receiving his prize money.
LNSC in-house Tackle Swap New or Used Items The equipment you are not using might be just what another member needs. When? Monday Sept. 22 at 7:00PM 8:30PM (after short meeting). Setup from 6:30 7:00 Where? East Side Baptist Church, Hensley Bldg. LNSC Sponsors are welcome. Tackle swapping for cash dollars is the best choice. Fishing Rods Fishing Reels Lures of all types Downriggers and accessories Boats & accessories Anything related to fishing. Price it and bring it in. You can set up your own little store or go into partnership with other members. Tables will be set up. Remember, if you use the term or best offer means you will probably take less It will be ok to bring a guest. Tell them to bring cash, Lots of it. (This swap is not open to the gen. public)
PRESIDENT S MESSAGE I am so looking forward to the upcoming tackle swap on Monday Sept. 22 at 7:00PM. If all goes well, it could be the 1st annul tackle swap. I would welcome suggestions for improvements. I'm certain there will room for it. Be careful on the items you select to sell that they are yours and not your spouses or big trouble may ensue. I will be there ready to shop. NEW. This newsletter will be featuring one of our sponsors and every news letter will have a featured sponsor in the future We want you to know about our sponsors and give them some consideration if you can use that type of service. If you know someone that could be a potential sponsor, this is just another benefit for them to join. Let us know who they are and we will follow up on them. Thank you for being a valued member. John Gerard, President Lake Norfork Striper Club More September Tournament Photos Third Place Winner Jim Wencker getting his cash, with LNSC President John Gerard looking on Don Kerns - Showing the two fish weighed in Jim Schill with this nice three fish limit Larry Devors - Showing a nice hybrid he weighed-in
CAPTAIN RON S FISHING REPORT We had a cold front come through this last weekend, brrrr, and as I was fishing Saturday morning, Sep 13th, the surface water temperature dropped below 80 degrees. But that cold front really killed the bite, was my worse day of catching in a long Bme, one small striper and one small large mouth. Fortunately I had more success Friday. It was a cloudy, windy day and I caught my two best stripers around 11:00 am right out in the middle of the lake 40 down with my Pearl Blue Skinny Dipper. By the way, don t know how long they will last, Gerry s has received some of those baits. Back to the cooler than normal water temperatures, With no really hot weather in the forecast I don t think there is any danger of a fish kill, they can survive higher up in the higher oxygenated waters and won t get trapped in deeper water. And so far it even looks like the oxygen at the deeper depths is holding in there but, as last year showed, that can change in a heart beat. This bodes really well for next year when all of those stripers will be bigger and more of them. But for the present I just don t know what to expect for the next month. Will the stripers conbnue to congregate close to the dam or will they scaoer to the breeze? I just don t know. But, in any case, there should be stripers caught in out October tournament for a change. October has been a really tough month for stripers lately because they were stressed out due to low oxygen levels at the deeper depths or they had escaped up the lake aser the lake turned over and were hard to find. Normally, for me, October thru mid December are the hardest Bmes for me to catch stripers but I will sbll be out there trying, you just never know what may grab on to your bait, maybe that trophy. Many well earned thanks to Eddie, Roy and Jim S for cooking some great hamburgers, hot dogs and brats and the pot luck dishes were out of sight good. I sure was fueled up for my run this morning. See you on the water, Ron September Striper Club Picnic Many thanks to Eddie Haughton who did a great job in planning and organizing this Month s great picnic. Thanks to all those who pitched in and helped Eddie make this such a success. Thanks to all for coming and bringing those great side dishes and desserts
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