Nearly 40 people braved the wind and rain that wasn’t to
attend our April 5th general meeting. The weather forecasters made
many think that it might be too nasty to be out.
Food and drink began at 6:00pm and the meeting came to order
at 6:30 with a few announcements including Dave Powell’s reminder that he and
Liz Cordier would be presenting the Club’s college scholarship awards to
students from three Martin County High Schools this coming Tuesday, Thursday,
and the following Thursday. Five students qualified this year by being in the
upper third of their class and planning to enter college to study for careers
in the marine sciences.
Then, meeting chairman, VJ Bell introduced our guest speaker
for the evening, Dennis Roseman. Dennis is Captain of Blue Barron II, a commercial
sword fishing boat, sister boat to Blue Barron owned by Tim Palmer. Dennis talked on sword fishing, rigging techniques,
and differences between day time and night time fishing. Many were surprised to
learn that sword fishing is generally better around the full moon, unlike
fishing for most other species. As an
aside, several of us take our fishing gear to Dennis for repair or rigging. He
owns Offshore Tackle Repair, located at 2201 SE Indian St, Unit #3, Stuart,
across the driveway from Chapman Marine Supply.
His number is 772-214-6731.
Following Dennis’s question and answer period, Jodi Mills
won the 50/50 raffle that raises money for our scholarships. And two lucky
recipients won drawings for two very nice shirts donated by Brent and Heather
Kane, owners of Fish Heads Bait and Tackle. If you haven’t stopped in there to shop
yet, you should. They are very well stocked with excellent gear, and they give
Sailfish Club members 10% off.
The meeting closed at 7:45 with the announcement that
the next meeting is May 3rd.
Many thanks to VJ, for getting the meeting together, and Liz,
Tish and their volunteers for meals and bar service, John Millroy for handling
the PA system, and Butch Bayley and his staff for their space, tables, chairs,
etc.