2014 MEMBERS TOURNAMENT - NOV. 8

Betty & Bill Olliges

 



Erika Long

 



Dave Long

 



Gary Hendry

And the rain came

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Congrats to anglers & winners of the 2014 Members  Tournament. The weather held and 3-4 ft. rolling seas were quite fishable. Air temp of 75 and water temp of 78 were just about perfect. Committee Boat announcer, Beth Davis called lines in at 8:00am and out at 3:00pm. Weigh Master Jim Weix opened the scale at 3:00. Then, the skies opened up and tried to drown everything, including the fish, throughout the balance of the evening.

Chefs Dave Powell, Darryl Herbert, and Berto Vasquez did a great job on the grill with hamburgers, hot dogs, and dolphin (donated by anglers of the day). Tish Gelineau and Margaret Dyer did a top notch job shopping for, cooking, and organizing sides and desserts. Some food was left over, but not a single bean of Joyce Powell’s home baked beans. A special THANKS to the many volunteers who came out Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to put up tables & chairs, hang banners, sell tickets, pass out angler bags, clean up and all the other activities required to make a tournament happen. They included:
Erika Long                                  Betsey Riley          Skip Lascell
Darryl Herbert                           Berto Vasquez     Brett Schaming
Catherine Fisher                       John Millroy         Angela Sherlock
Ken & Linda Koelling                Sue Pauels            Dave Long
Jim & Laura MacBean              Beth Davis            Jim Weix
Jodi Mills                                    Cindy Therrien     Margaret Dyer
Sarah Wichers
(Hope I didn’t miss anyone!)

 36 anglers signed up on 13 boats to fish. 3 sails were released, and 8 dolphin, 1 king, and 1 wahoo were weighed in. (No meat fish under 24” were weighed.)

 Winners were:

Billfish

1^st Place - Base Camp      Capt. Elliot Cline
Anglers – Gary, Garrett, and Wyatt Hendry, Michael Hill
2^nd Place - Showtime!     Capt. Wink Doerzbacher
Anglers – Fred and Nancy Hardwick, Mark Schwartz
3^rd Place - Challenge       Capt. Jimmy Hardee
Anglers – Jimmy Hardee, Dave Berard Jr, Marshal Busha, Rob Mahoney

Meat Fish

1^st Place – Showtime!     Capt. Wink Doerzbacher
Anglers – Fred and Nancy Hardwick, Mark Schwartz
2^nd Place - Base Camp     Capt. Elliot Cline
Anglers – Gary, Garrett, and Wyatt Hendry, Michael Hill
3^rd Place – Cavalier          Capt. Dave Mills
Anglers – Bill and Betty Olliges

Top Adult Angler – Gary Hendry

Top Junior Angler – No Winner
Top Small Boat – Cavalier, Capt. Dave Mills
                (Under 31 Feet)
Top Big Boat – Showtime!, Capt. Wink Doerzbacher
                (31 Feet and up)

Again, congrats to all. A gallery of pictures are posted on Stuart Sailfish Club Pictures from our Home Page.

CONGRATULATIONS TO STUART SAILFISH CLUB MEMBERS

Outlaw

One of our member tournament boats is off to a great start this sailfish season. The Outlaw, owned by Lifetime Member Neil Subin and the crew, mostly SSC Members, turned up winning two early season major tournaments against some very worthy competition.

They fished the prestigious Fall Sailfish Classic in New Smyrna Beach October 16-18 and released 13, narrowly beating the Right Hook (non-member boat) on time. Captains Neil Subin and Ian Wichers shared (switched  off) between captain and angler. The balance of the crew included Tom Wichers (another Lifetime Member), Brian Schmidt, Pat Price, and Marshall Busha.

The following weekend they fished and won the Capt. Ed Dwyer’s Billfish Classic at Cape Canaveral with 10 releases, 9 caught the first day. Same crew, only Ian Wichers was Captain for the entire event. It was Ian’s first major sailfish tournament win as Captain. And, Tom Wichers earned the Top Angler Award for the tournament.

Congratulations to all on a fine job and a great start to the tournament season.