Members Tournament Results

Fifty-eight anglers on eighteen boats fished the one-day tournament that was delayed one day in favor of calmer seas. And, there was some pretty good fishing for early in the sailfish season, and some excellent anglers took home some nice trophies.

Results are as follows:

PLACE.......BOAT NAME......BILLFISH.....POINTS
3rd Place...PATIENCE..........3......................75
2nd Place...PRIME TIME.....3......................75
1st Place....OUTLAW.............4......................100

PLACE......BOAT NAME.......WAHOO.........POINTS
3rd Place
2nd Place
1st Place..PRIME TIME - Sky Wichers......23.8

PLACE......BOAT NAME.......KINGFISH..........POINTS
3rd Place..R K NU -Curt Croteau.........................6.3
2nd Place..CARRIED AWAY - Jerry Robinson..8.4
1st Place....FAST EDDIE - Dave Krunic..............14.3

PLACE........BOAT NAME..........DOLPHIN...........POINTS
3rd Place....PRIME TIME - Van Wichers............14.3
2nd Place...SHOVEL BOY - Greg Carpino...........15.4
1st Place.....BONE SHAKER - Jesse Rehe............18.8

TOTAL POINTS GAMEFISH
BOAT NAME..........TOTAL POINTS
1st Place.................PRIME TIME.....38.1 lbs.
2nd Place................BONE SHAKER..18.8 lbs.
3rd Place.................SHOVEL BOY....15.4 lbs.

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TOP BOAT
PRIME TIME (Ian Wichers 2 sailfish releases Sky Wichers (1 sailfish Release)...113.1 pts.
PRIME TIME Releases + meat fish)

OUTSTANDING ANGLER
KYLE FRANCIS (3-sailfish releases)...75 pts.

OUTSTANDING JR. ANGLER
SEAN DUNNUCK- (1-sailfish release)...25 pts.

Another 3-4 sails released on other boats suggests that this could be a good season. Congratulations to all. Thanks for fishing the Members Tournament.

October General Meeting Report

50 Club members met last evening at Finest Kind to enjoy h'orderves, refreshments, and fishing lies, er stories.

President Andy Kubiak called the meeting to order at 6:30. First, he welcomed new members. We have 16 new members since June. They are:
Dennis Gayle ....................................... Serge & Kerri Rivera
Dr. Eric & Natalie Knipfer ..................Kevin McNamara
Robert Brosche ....................................Barry Berhoff
George Fearons, Jr. ............................Joseph Yeni
David Shieber ......................................Nick Newman
Philip Anson .........................................Larry & Dixie Bartlett
Jamie & Mary Matt ............................Stephen & Janice Shuda
David & Donna Deakins .....................George Scott

Next, he recognized the Club's Lifetime Members. They are:
Edward & Willy Welter
Eugene Detmer
Dean & Laura Crawford
Mary Bayley
Patti Lambrecht
George & Jilline Fearons

Business transacted included approval of changes to the Club's By Laws, as well as a vote on 2010 officers and directors. After some announcements, the meeting was turned over to representatives from Diawa who introduced many new rod & reel products for the coming year.

The meeting adjourned at about 8:30.

Talkin' Tourism

Gary Guertin, a past president of the Stuart Sailfish Club, has been very actively involved in recent years in an effort to increase tourism to the Treasure Coast. This is very much in line with the vision of the founders of the SSC in the 1930's, as one of the main early objectives of the Club was to bring tourists to Stuart during the great depression.

You can view information about current activities at http://talkintourism.blogspot.com/. Also, you can listen to Gary's weekly radio show every Friday at 10:00 AM on WPSL, 1590 AM, or on line at
http://www.wpsl.com/ .

Gary is currently general manager at the Harborage Yacht Club and Marina.