Our last meeting before the 2024 Season begins was held on 3/10/2024 at Larrys Barn, 120 N Parkview St. Maryville, IL 62062. Larry provided some excellent smoked vittles for us to eat and the members brought excellent snacks as well.
14 members were in attendance.
Larry started off the meeting having Ed read the minutes from the January meeting. A motion to approve the minutes was seconded and the Motion was passed unanimously.
Larry discussed the Banquet, excellent work to everyone who made the banquet a sucess. The centerpieces put together by Laura, Anne and Melissa proved to be a hit by all who attended. There were 118 people who attended the banquet on 1/27/2024 at the Caseyville Community Center, 909 S. Main St. Caseyville, IL 62232. Carl arranged for Ravenellis to cater the event and the food was excellent as usual. Everyone liked the venue and we are looking forward to having our next years banquet there.
In starting off the season Larry reviewed the weigh in procedures. Everything about the weigh in process was good and we are looking to utilize solid plastic bags to hold the fish during weigh in instead of the mesh bags. This sould help the fish maintain their protective coating. remember that they club does not supply weigh in bags for the transfer of fish from your boat to the scales. Those must be provided by the anglers and not the club. Larry to get the alternate weigh in bags for use on the scale.
The table Rock invitational tournaments were discussed. This year we will have both Brian Snowden and Pete Winners talk at the pre-tournament meeting on Friday night. They always have a lot of information to pass along to the participants on what is actively happening at the lake.
Ed mentioned that all of the tournament flyers are up to date and the registration system is active. The easiest way to register for a tournament is to use the EZ-registration page : EZ-REGISTRATION PAGE. If you cannot figure out how your registration is working on your phone you may need to turn it sideways to get more info on your tiny screen. Any problems just let Ed know. All of the flyers have been updated on the schedule page: 2024 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE. The kickoff and weigh in times are all listed on the tournament flyers as well as the recommended lodging used by most of the members. If you register for a tournament you must either attend or contact Ed (or other board members) before the official kickoff time. After the kickoff time you are responsible for paying for that tournament.
The largest emergence of cicadas since 1803 is coming; One trillion cicadas are expected to emerge starting in April; Portions of the Midwest will be innundated by these insects. If you are repulsed by the notion of gross, big bugs all over the place, keep in mind it will only last six weeks and won’t come around again to a lesser degree for another 13 to 17 years. Also, maybe cutting back on watching horror movies may help too.
During the Kentucky Lake tournament that Saturday, May 18th we will be having a club get together that evening. the newest board member, Marj Wilcoxon will be handling all of the arrangements for that event with support of the entire Board of Directors. This is not at the expense of the club so each participant will be asked to provide something for the event.
The Steve Ficker Golf Tournament will be held on May 11th, unfortunately that is the same day as the Lake Egypt Tournament but the club will sponsor a hole for this event to honor one of our long time members. If you would like to participate look up: SteveFicker Memorial College Scholarship Fund on facebook.
Marj Wilcoxon brought up a note that Frank was talking to the owner of the Sportsman Lodge and he offer to cook dinner for us on Saturday night at the Lake of the Ozarks event. Look for a message from Marj coming up to all of the registered members for this event.
The David R. Brown Pomme De Terre tournament award was once again presented to Chris Rensing. The plaque was not ready at the banquet so we presented it at this meeting. This award is to honor David r. Brown who had the idea to start fishing Pomme De Terre and since it has proven to be one of the top attended events of the year.
Carl motioned to end the meeting at 3:18pm, meeting was adjourned.
Brian Patrick won the 50/50.
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