Volume 9, Issue 6 Official Publication of Flagler County Sportfishing Club June, PDF Free Download

Volume 9, Issue 6 Official Publication of Flagler County Sportfishing Club June, 2008 JUNE 01 FREE Club King Fish Tournament Begins 04 Monthly 21 FREE Club Surf Tournament 24 Directors 7:00 PM 30 FREE Club King Fish Tournament Ends JULY 02 Monthly 12 FREE Club Guys & Dolls Tournament 29 Directors AUGUST 06 Monthly 26 Directors 7:00 PM by President John Raybon It was a close in the political race this past month for officers for the next year but the favorites won. I would like to thank all the past board members for doing a great job. I am sure the new officers and directors will serve the club well. Again thank you everyone who has volunteered and given their time to make this a great club during the past years. The Bottom Boat trip was also a great success. Everyone seemed to have a good time. There were 65 people that participated, 53 members and 12 guests. The weather was very nice with a bit of a breeze and 2 foot seas. John Baggett, with the help of Bob Cyr and other helpers did a fine job of putting it together and supplying the food and drink. The winners of the most weight are pictured below. Great job to all and they came in under budget as well. First Place: Bob Cyr 12lb 4oz Red Snapper You can see all the pictures of the trip by going to the Pastime Princess web site. And click on pictures May 10 th 2008. This is the web address, www.pastimeprincess.com. Next month is the Surf Tournament on June 21 st, We hope to see a good turn out. Bring the whole family. This is an enjoyable outing. You may bring your own beer if you would like. The club will be supplying donuts, coffee, lunch, drinks and shrimp for bait. See flyer on page three. We have 180 memberships at this time. We lost 18% of the membership which is the amount we lost last year. But, our membership is growing more and more each year. In the past we lost about 25% to 30% each year. So hopefully we are do the right things to keep the club growing and making it a better. If any member has any ideas to better the club please e-mail me at RAY- BONJ@BELLSOUTH.NET. Also tell your friends and neighbors about the club. For the cost of $60.00 dues each year you get over a $100.00 in return. Second Place: Paul Treue Jr 5 lb 2oz Red Snapper All general meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Elks Club in Palm Coast Third Place: Bob Carlson 4 lb 15oz Red Snapper Abram Novak A nice Red Snapper caught by Club member and former cover girl from October 2005 Florida Sportsman magazine, Tammy Baldwin.

by Weigh Master Mike McCray by Captain Chris Herrera With warming water and air temperatures its best to fish at sunrise or sunset with topwater plugs to lure in lunker trout and redfish. Make sure to have a jerkbait rigged and ready to go after missed blow ups for second chance hook ups. John Raybon President RaybonJ@bellsouth.net Jim Ingham Vice President 446-4569 jingham3@cfl.rr.com Muriel Fallon 446-5208 murielf@bellsouth.net Richard McCleery Corresponding 445-4788 RMcCleery@cfl.rr.com Chuck Radloff Treasurer 446-4885 cradloff@nationsfg.com Winn Cummings Sergeant at Arms 447-6609 Winster@bellsouth.net Mike McCray Weigh Master 439-5804 Gasman7191@earthlink.net DIRECTORS Look for high tide redfish along spartina grass edges, on top of oyster beds and flooded grass areas along ICW. Low tide will push redfish to deeper areas in the flats or along ICW shore lines that hold mullet. Best bait for slow days are a chunk of mullet or mullet head on a 3/0 Daiichi circle hook tossed around oyster beds. Look for over slot redfish around Matanzas inlet when tide goes slack, use a quartered crab, mullet head or live mullet with enough weight to hold bottom. Flounder will continue to make up for slow days on the flats and creeks while fishing for redfish. Mudd minnows pinned on a RipTide pro jig head tossed around deeper creek bends will account for most flounder catches. Shallow water flounder will eat gold spoons and spinner baits retrieved slowly just above the bottom. Trout fishing will be stellar during low light conditions along creek mouths that dump into the ICW. Subsurface lipped hard plugs like the Bite A Bait and soft plastic RipTide 3 inch mullet jigged in 4-8 ft. of water will entice trout to chew. Night time dock light fishing will be in full swing as long as the water is moving. RipTide realistic shrimp rigged with a Daiichi Butt dragger in a 3/0 pitched up current and let drift through dock lights will fool just about any trout. Erik J. Olson, D.M.D. Benjamin W. Lacy, D.D.S. Jeremiah Mahoney, D.M.D. 30 Office Park Drive Palm Coast, Florida 32137 Tel. (386) 446-5141 Fax: (386) 445-9318 Located In European Village 50% OFF DESSERT WITH ENTREE $10.00 Off Any Heat or Air Conditioning, Electrical, or Propane Service Provided by Total Comfort With the Mention of This Ad Not valid with any other discount offer Limit one per person Residential canals will be hot spots during for first light tarpon up to 60lbs. A back hooked mullet pitched in front of rolling tarpon works best or a RipTide Jerk bait rigged on a weight less Daiichi 4/0 Fat Gap worm hook tossed in the path of a rolling Tarpon and retrieved at a very slow non twitch retrieve. Schools of jacks are starting to show up at first light and make a great way to warm up the drag on your reel. A modified topwater plug with no treble hooks and a single jay hook make for an easy catch and release. Bob Carlson Bob Cyr Chuck Durkee Jeff Fehrenkamp Bob Greenhalgh Bill LoDico Al LoGatto Mike Vickers WEBMASTER Jim Booth jimbooth97@yahoo.com EDITOR Markay Raybon MarkayR@bellsouth.net Printed by Palm Coast Printing The fattest redfish are holding on the flats that hold a lot of mullet like this red that weighed in at 7lbs 14 ounces. In May s newsletter I inadvertently left our Big Al s Bait and Tackle in the list of sponsors of the Bucket O Fun Tournament. Al has been one of our sponsors for many years. Please support Big Al s Bait and Tackle, he has a great shop with a full line of bait and fishing supplies. Pres. John Raybon

by Jim Ingham, Corresponding HAPPY JUNE BIRTHDAYS Ray Albertson, June 2 Dick Scott, June 9 Jack Fields, June 11 John Raybon, June 21 Joseph Pinto, June 26 Paul Bergeron, June 29 Joan Ford, June 29 5224 N. Ocean Shore Blvd (AIA) Palm Coast, FL. 32137 (THE HAMMOCK) 386-446-4337 Open 11:00-9:30 Daily Full Bar Beer & Wine Fresh Seafood J.T. s Specials Pasta Menu Fried Dinners 1/2 lb. Burgers Salads Kids Menu Ask About Our Famous JT s Steam Pot HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AND MANY MORE HAPPY JUNE ANNIVERSAIRES John & Linda Hensler, June 1, 1958 (50 Years) John & Holley Kusek, June 2, 1996 (12 Years) Don & Anne Martin, June 14, 1970 (38 Years) Gil & Maxine Rolka, June 26, 1971 (37 Years) Tight lines and good fishing, Jim Information not available at press time. Check Jordan Kahn s Sport page in the News Journal on Friday May 30th for information about the speaker. Kimberly Walker Tel 386-677-0191 Vice President 877-466-8899 STORMS, WALKER & ASSOCIATES F I N A N C I A L S E R V I C E S Wachovia Securities Financial Network 136 N. Orchard Street * Suite 1 * Ormond Beach, FL. 32174 Fax 386-677-0172 * kwalker@wachoviafinet.com Investment products and services offered through Wachovia Securities Financial Network LLC (WSFN) Member NASDISIPC. Storms, Walker & Associates is a separate entity from WSFN Waiting for the big ones. GO-DEVIL 20 H.P. 1998 with 14 Aluminum Boat Is perfect for very shallow water and marsh lands. Will go in about 5 to 6 water. $1500.00 Call Emil Naeff at 447-2878 See godevil.com for more information

Flagler County Sportfishing Club PO Box 353383 Palm Coast, FL 32135-3383 Stamp Goes Here Mailing Address Goes Here by Recording Muriel Fallon was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by President John Raybon with approximately 90 members and guests present. The pledge of allegiance was then recited. John then introduced the new members and guests. President Raybon noted 2 errors in the newsletter: Big Al s Bait & Tackle was inadvertently left off the list of sponsors for the Bucket O Fun thanked for his continued support; and the Cobia Tournament is during the month of May, not April. Minutes: April s minutes were read by Muriel Fallon,. Treasurer s Report: Chuck Radloff gave the financial report as of February 28th. Checking balance $15,689.97, accounts receivable $865.00 and inventory is $680.20 for a total of $17,235.17. Motion was made by John Ford, seconded by Jeff Fehrenkamp to accept the minutes and financial report. Unanimous. Weigh Master: Mike McCray announced 20 fish were weighed in for April. 7 fish are leading our Year Long Tournament: Scott Mulligan 11-1 Bluefish, Greg Fehrenkamp 20-12 Dolphin, John Baggott 6-1 Flounder, Lanny Hamilton 13-9 Snapper, Al LaMonica 6-0 Snook, Ron Gorney 1-13 Spanish Mackerel, and Scott Fehrenkamp 35-6 Wahoo! Any fish eligible for the Tournament will be weighed in at Bottom Trip. Share-a-Ride: Bill LoDico reminded members and captains, as a courtesy, to let each other know if they are unable to keep their date for fishing. Bill has a sign-up sheet or you can sign up on-line or call Bill. EVENTS: Bucket O Fun (April 4/5): Jim Ingham and Bob Greenhalgh. Jim reported that 120 adults and 6 juniors participated in the Tournament. Prize money totaled $4,700 and $4,000 will be donated to The Hospice of Volusia/Flagler. Jim thanked the members for their hard work getting sponsors and working at the Tournament. Anyone with yellow boat numbers were reminded to return them. Chuck Radloff read a thank you letter from Hospice. The actual check will be presented at our June meeting. Cobia Tournament (May): Bring any Cobia to one of the four weigh stations during the month of May. There will be 3 prizes: $200, $150, $100. Bottom Trip (May 10): John Baggott asked members to be at the dock at 7:30 a.m. There is still room for to go on this trip. Car pooling Staples parking lot between 6-6:15 a.m. or at break. Rod & reel raffle tonight. Offshore Tournament (May 24): Jeff Fehrenkamp requested members to sign up tonight for the Tournament. To be a go we need at least 10 boats and seas of 2-3. Please call Jeff (446-5281) on Friday night with the number of people on your boat. Weigh in between 4-6 p.m. at Bings Landing. There will be a raffle, 50/50, Calcutta and food. King Fish Tournament (Month of June). Surf Tournament (June 21): Mike McCray/Chuck Radloff. Will be held at Varn Park between 7 a.m. to 12 noon. Shrimp bait, along with donuts, coffee and lunch will be provided. $10 for Guests. 50/50 Beer is legal on the beach. In-Shore Tournament (Sept. 12-13): This is the 20 th year for the Tournament. Ginn will be the major sponsor and Stuart Marchman Foundation is the charity. OLD BUSINESS: Elections: Chairman Mike Vickers read the slate of officers and requested nominations from the floor. There were none. President: John Raybon; Vice President: Jim Ingham; : Muriel Fallon; and Corresponding : Dick McCleery. NEW BUSINESS: Membership: We have 179 paid memberships. Please pay your dues tonight. After this meeting you will have to pay the initiation fee. GUEST SPEAKER: Captain David Borries of Backwater Fishing Adventures was the speaker. Capt. Dave gave a slide presentation identifying 5 ways to read the water and expanded on each: (1) Looking at the surface - currents, eddies, color and tension. (2) Looking along the shoreline fish the points oyster, grass, mud, bends and structures. (3) Looking right into the water winter clear water and use depth finder. (4) Looking for birds where are they feeding or diving. (5) Using outside sources computer maps, tide charts, fishing reports, NOAA weather, aerial photographs, and Inshore fishing chart. Suggested you do your homework before going out, especially in a new area. For more information: Capt. David Borries cell (904) 708-8915 or www.backwaterfishigadventures.com. Offshore Rod & Reel won by Bob Greenhalgh. was adjourned at 9:15 p.m. 50/50: Won by Joseph Pinto.