2010 Light Tackle Tournament Tops Expectations

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Another fine fishing year and great tournament. Thanks to all who participated, and thanks to our wonderful sponsors and volunteers who made it all happen. Thanks for the narrative, Ed Killer.

Click on "Real Time Tournament Results" on our Home Page for details, and Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures for many great pictures.

2010 Light Tackle Tournament Promises to be Best Ever

Come participate in the festivities at this year's Light Tackle Tournament. Much of it is open to our membership and the public. See details on our Home Page and the Light Tackle Tournament Page. Among the "Must See's" are The Kick Off party on Wednesday night and the Docktail party on Saturday night. (Click on poster above to enlarge.)

Some SSC History with Dick Roland and Gary Guertin

On June 4, past president Gary Guertin and board member Dick Roland discussed some of our club's early history and current activities on Talkin Tourism on WPSL, 1590. Click the link below to listen in.
http://mistiguertinpr.com/TalkinTourism/talkin-tourism-files/talkintourism-06-04-2010.mp3

33rd Annual Junior Angler Tournament

And, another fine tournament it was, too. 109 junior anglers signed up on 29 boats (including the Safari) ready to fish. The weather was good, well, there was a major goose drowner at the weigh-in station.... The seas were calm, and fish scattered. Bonita were plenty, sails & dolphin scarce. Catches included everything from blackfin and a few small dolphin to amberjack and barracuda. Big fish of the day, a 37# king!

Many thanks to our many volunteers and sponsors as well as our anglers, parents, and donors for their time, funding and efforts to make this another good year. Never saw more smiles than we did today.

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For an album of 190 pictures, go back to our Home Page and click on Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures. For more details & list of winners, click on the link below to read Ed Killer's report in the Stuart News. http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2010/aug/07/bonito-prove-to-be-the-catch-of-the-day/ . Oh, yeah, and the angler landing that 37# king, Conrad Killer, Ed's son.

Bahamas Fishing

Hey Dave, just got back from Elbow Cay again, caught 2 blues and broke one off. Caught a White, Yellow Fins and Dolphin. One Dolphin was pretty big.
See you soon, Fritz

(Nice fish, Fritz!!!)

(Contributed by Fritz Grell)

Island Princess Cruise

Well, if you didn't go, you missed a wonderful evening. The Island Princess crew was terrific, hors de ordervs very tasty, the boat spotless and well appointed, and the weather, perfect. Captain Bob took us out to the inlet, around Sewells point, west to Hell Gate, and got us back right on time two hours later.

35 Club Members enjoyed the trip, many of us noting how wonderful it was to be served, not worry about channel markers, other boats, sand bars, or have to clean up the boat when we got back.

The prevailing comments, "This is great, we have to do this again", and "if XXXX had known how nice this is, they would have come along".

Thanks, Char, for putting us onto this, and thanks, Bob & Crew, for a very nice evening.

See Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures for an album.

Seminole Inn Cruise 2010

18 members & friends cruised to the Seminole Inn for lunch yesterday. Boats tied up at the Indiantown Marina and the Powells who drove over, along with a shuttle bus provided transportation to & from the Inn. Once again, no one complained that they didn't get enough to eat, or that the buffet wasn't worth the trip. Just another "HoHum day" in sunny south Florida!

See Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures for an album.

25th Annual Ladies Tournament Results

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Weather was great, bathtub-like seas, 28 boats, 69 lady anglers, and many fans & supporters made this another great tournament, though fish were scattered & few. But fun abounded. (See Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures for an album of 185 pictures.)

A few dolphin and kingfish weighed in, and a cobia...no wahoo. One sail couldn't escape the fight put up by Rachelle Creech. Mandy Price caught the only cobia and the heaviest kingfish. (Where were those catagories for bonita and amberjack?)

Thanks to all our sponsors, donors, and volunteers who supported efforts to make this a successful event and provide a contribution to the Pink Tie Friends. And, congratulations to the ladies trophy winners:

Dolphin -

1st place-Cheryl Lynch on Go For It-24.7 lbs.

2nd place-June Phillips on Cavalier-18.0 lbs.

3rd place-Donna Orlandi on Fast Eddy-17.4 lbs.

Kingfish-

1st place-Mandy Price on Daymaker-24.4 lbs.

2nd place-Char Griggs on Got M On-13.8 lbs.

3rd place-Kay Soldo on Reel Candy-9.8 lbs.

Cobia-

1st place-Mandy Price on Daymaker-14.8

Sailfish Release-

Rachelle Creech on Creecher Comforts released one at 8:55am

Polly Whippen Award-

Rachelle Creech

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Top Boat-

Daymaker

Congratulations to all. See our Home Page for a list of sponsors and donors, and please support them. They appreciate your business.

General Meeting & Docktail Parties Great Success

According to the estimated 150 and 200 attendees at the March 5th and April 9th SSC meetings, they were great fun and a good time for all. There were display booths, refreshments, lots of fine food, music, dancing, and boats for sale. Members and guests toured the docks, renewed friendships, and told fishing lies...er, stories.

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"This new format for our general meetings is a lot more exciting than the old meetings" Cindy said. "There were members in attendance that we've never seen at general meetings before".

The Board of Directors has been looking for ways to get our membership more involved in Club activities. Mike Fogel suggested "Docktail Parties!" And, it caught on quickly. Additionally, the meetings were moved from Wednesdays to Friday evenings. Char said, "These are great, but in the future, we'll need committees to put them on. It's a lot of work!"

She's right!

If you missed the first two, be sure to come early to the next ones. The parking lots fill up quickly, and nearby street parking can handle a lot of cars, but an early arrival can save a long walk.

Thanks to all the vendors, volunteers, and Club members who came early, stayed late, brought food, cleaned up, and helped make these parties a success. Friday night produced 5 new memberships on the spot, with several applications carried out to send in later.

We're looking forward to seeing you at the next one. Keep an eye on the calendar on our Home Page.

See "Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures" for an album.

Wichers Fishing Report - Cobia are Here!

These were taken last Sunday when we fished with our friend Mike Martin. We caught 20 Cobias keeping 8. Mine was the biggest at 38#, it’s not pictured though. Dad, Ian and Tim Palmer went out on Monday for a very short time in the afternoon and killed six and caught 20 as well. Today Van went out with Tim and they didn’t see any rays at all.
We’re going out scouting tomorrow. We’ll let you know if it looks good.

(Contributed by Sky Wichers)

SSC Member Takes Top Honors in International Women's Billfish Tournament

Lorraine Francis caught 21 Pacific Sailfish and took 1st place honors at the 2010 International Women's Billfish Tournament in Guatemala this week. She also was High angler on day 2 releasing 10 sailfish. On day 3 she caught 8 fish on "Rum Line", formerly the "Outlaw" from Stuart.

We are really proud of her. She is fishing against some of the best female fishermen in the world. Congratulations, Lorraine!

(Contributed by Dick Francis)

Only For the Very Rugged

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No, this is not some lonely sport fish rounding Cape Horn in August! It was yesterday, the final day of the Pelican Invitational off Ft. Pierce. Sky Wichers, angler on the Boneshaker, snapped these pictures of the Hotty Toddy and it's crew, toughing it out to pull into 3rd place in the tournament.

(Pictures contributed by MJ Grell)