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February 2012
February 2012
The President's Line
by George Kowalinski
2012 Tournament Talk
and past TAPS:
and past TAPS:
Tournament Talk – Feb 2012 —By Dave Cangro
First off I would like to thank the following members for stepping up to be on the tournament Committee:
Dave D, Kenny D, Pete B, Chris W, Mitch B, Jay S – Photographer
I will not be at the next meeting, so I have some information to share with you via this excellent new website. If you’re not checking our website, you will be
out of the loop on all club issues as well as Tournaments.
I want to address the question brought up by Mitch regarding use of stringers during tournaments to revive fish. I looked high and low at over 30 bass clubs rules on the internet and guess what? Not one club mentioned use of stringers during tournaments. I have sent an email to the NYS BASS fed on this one.
I am awaiting an answer as I type this. I read an interesting article on the Bass Resource web site and they feel use of stringers for any reason is not a good thing. I tend to agree. I will let you know of the Fed response.
The Long Island Bass Challenge has been accepted by Twin Forks Rod and Reel, the date will be Saturday, June 16th at Fort Pond. I have sent and email out to the Peconic Anglers and will be talking to East End BM to see if they are interested.
Just a reminder the 2012 Classic will be on a Mystery Lake, to be announced the morning of the tournament. We used to do this a while ago and it made
for some interesting Classic moments…
Also we will have 2 Partner Draw Tournaments, one gas and on electric lake. Blydenburgh will be the Electric draw tournament, and I am thinking Whaley
Nite tournament to be the other. In addition, we will have a Shotgun Draw Tournament on Long Island. No I am not shooting any one! It will be a partner draw that will be done at the ramp 1/2 hour before the tourney starts.
I am working on the Tournament Schedule, based on what was given back to me after the January meeting. Tentatively it looks like: Lilly, Candlewood, Blydenburgh, East Twin, Whaley Nite, Squantz, Forge Nite, Mahopac, Fort, last tournament either Forge, Mudge or Oscawanna. TBD
That’s it for now, stay warm!
—Dave
Tournament Talk – Jan 2012 —By Dave Cangro
If you haven’t heard by now, I have taken on the position of Tournament Director of “the Club” for the 2012 season. I want to first thank George for being both the President and TD for the past year. I give George a lot of credit as to do both these jobs takes incredible effort and time. I appreciate the opportunity and confidence our President has placed in my abilities to lead the LIB Tournaments this season.
OK, enough of the Hallmark moments as I kind of suck at that stuff. Here is the deal for 2012. I want to have a little more fun at the tournaments and shake things up a bit. I have some surprises in store for you, but I’m not letting the cat out of the bag in this column. If you want to know what I’m thinking for the upcoming season, show up at the January meeting and somewhat pay attention. I will be looking for input in regards to lakes, tournament rules and any other constructive criticisms (surprised I spelled that right) from the guys who actually intend on actually fishing this season. Just because we always did certain things with the same way in the past does not mean they will be that way in the future! I’m looking for fresh ideas boys, so start thinking about our upcoming season and things you'd like to see.
I also will be looking for members to be on the tournament committee. I think the past few years this committee has been taken for granted. I will not lie; this is a pain in the “arse” job, especially after 8 hours of fishing and a two-hour ride home with some stinky baskets in the back of your truck. This would involve checking live wells, getting guys launched, collecting fees, working the scale. If you have never been on a tournament committee before or are new to the club, this is a great way to get in with the guys. I will teach you what you need to know. If you have been on the TC before, we could use your expertise…and don’t worry, I’ll carry the smelly baskets guys.
— Dave
January 2012
Hey Guys Happy New Year and Happy New Web Site.
Click to download the 2011 President's lines
First off I would like to thank the following members for stepping up to be on the tournament Committee:
Dave D, Kenny D, Pete B, Chris W, Mitch B, Jay S – Photographer
I will not be at the next meeting, so I have some information to share with you via this excellent new website. If you’re not checking our website, you will be
out of the loop on all club issues as well as Tournaments.
I want to address the question brought up by Mitch regarding use of stringers during tournaments to revive fish. I looked high and low at over 30 bass clubs rules on the internet and guess what? Not one club mentioned use of stringers during tournaments. I have sent an email to the NYS BASS fed on this one.
I am awaiting an answer as I type this. I read an interesting article on the Bass Resource web site and they feel use of stringers for any reason is not a good thing. I tend to agree. I will let you know of the Fed response.
The Long Island Bass Challenge has been accepted by Twin Forks Rod and Reel, the date will be Saturday, June 16th at Fort Pond. I have sent and email out to the Peconic Anglers and will be talking to East End BM to see if they are interested.
Just a reminder the 2012 Classic will be on a Mystery Lake, to be announced the morning of the tournament. We used to do this a while ago and it made
for some interesting Classic moments…
Also we will have 2 Partner Draw Tournaments, one gas and on electric lake. Blydenburgh will be the Electric draw tournament, and I am thinking Whaley
Nite tournament to be the other. In addition, we will have a Shotgun Draw Tournament on Long Island. No I am not shooting any one! It will be a partner draw that will be done at the ramp 1/2 hour before the tourney starts.
I am working on the Tournament Schedule, based on what was given back to me after the January meeting. Tentatively it looks like: Lilly, Candlewood, Blydenburgh, East Twin, Whaley Nite, Squantz, Forge Nite, Mahopac, Fort, last tournament either Forge, Mudge or Oscawanna. TBD
That’s it for now, stay warm!
—Dave
Tournament Talk – Jan 2012 —By Dave Cangro
If you haven’t heard by now, I have taken on the position of Tournament Director of “the Club” for the 2012 season. I want to first thank George for being both the President and TD for the past year. I give George a lot of credit as to do both these jobs takes incredible effort and time. I appreciate the opportunity and confidence our President has placed in my abilities to lead the LIB Tournaments this season.
OK, enough of the Hallmark moments as I kind of suck at that stuff. Here is the deal for 2012. I want to have a little more fun at the tournaments and shake things up a bit. I have some surprises in store for you, but I’m not letting the cat out of the bag in this column. If you want to know what I’m thinking for the upcoming season, show up at the January meeting and somewhat pay attention. I will be looking for input in regards to lakes, tournament rules and any other constructive criticisms (surprised I spelled that right) from the guys who actually intend on actually fishing this season. Just because we always did certain things with the same way in the past does not mean they will be that way in the future! I’m looking for fresh ideas boys, so start thinking about our upcoming season and things you'd like to see.
I also will be looking for members to be on the tournament committee. I think the past few years this committee has been taken for granted. I will not lie; this is a pain in the “arse” job, especially after 8 hours of fishing and a two-hour ride home with some stinky baskets in the back of your truck. This would involve checking live wells, getting guys launched, collecting fees, working the scale. If you have never been on a tournament committee before or are new to the club, this is a great way to get in with the guys. I will teach you what you need to know. If you have been on the TC before, we could use your expertise…and don’t worry, I’ll carry the smelly baskets guys.
— Dave
January 2012
Hey Guys Happy New Year and Happy New Web Site.
First of all I want to
thank Brendan Cucinello for all his years of service to the club, for
all his work on our Website—even when he wasn’t an active member.
Thanks to Chris Nehlen and his students at Farmingdale College who did
a fantastic job on the new site. The new LIB site is more than we ever
expected.
In 2012 we will have some interesting changes. We’ve added Chris Nehlen, Chris Webber and Pete Byrnes to the LIB board. Dave Cangro is our tournament director. He has promised some interesting changes.
The board has talked about changing up the awards dinner. They will be discussing this at our next general meeting. Once again Dom Berardi is in charge. Jay Stiklickas, our six man team captain will be sending out invites to our Candlewood Open. Once again we hope to fill the field before the event. We hope to increase our membership this year so spread the word guys.
See you all at the next general meeting. Stay warm.
-George
In 2012 we will have some interesting changes. We’ve added Chris Nehlen, Chris Webber and Pete Byrnes to the LIB board. Dave Cangro is our tournament director. He has promised some interesting changes.
The board has talked about changing up the awards dinner. They will be discussing this at our next general meeting. Once again Dom Berardi is in charge. Jay Stiklickas, our six man team captain will be sending out invites to our Candlewood Open. Once again we hope to fill the field before the event. We hope to increase our membership this year so spread the word guys.
See you all at the next general meeting. Stay warm.
-George
Click to download the 2011 President's lines
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