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.