DECEMBER 2008
NEWSLETTER
ACGFA,
P.O. Box 2001, St. Augustine, Fl 32085
President:
James
Manucy - Vice President: Tom
Burkhalter
Treasurer:
Linda
Manucy -
Secretary:
Directors: Joe Noda, David Chapman, Bert
Walton,
Donna
Frantz, Ruth Jordan, and Stephanie Burt
Newsletter
Editor: Jim Blalock - Phone & FAX (904) 471-2730
Jim’s
e-mail: editor@acgfa.com
ACGFA Web Site Address: acgfa.com
MAY 2007
David Chapman2006
NEWSLETTER
ACGFA, P.O. Box 2001, St. Augustine, Fl 32085
President:
Donna Frantz - Vice President:
John Jordan
Treasurer:
Linda Manucy - Secretary: Anita Pierce
Directors:
Liana Chapman, Bert Walton, Joe Noda
James Manucy, Ruth Jordan, and Pierre Pierce
Newsletter
Editor: Jim Blalock - Phone (904) 471-2730
Jim’s
e-mail: jimreneb@bellsouth.net
ACGFA Web Site Address: acgfa.com
Christmas
Party - December 13th
Social
Starts at
What
a deal; great food, Santa, gifts for the kids, “basket of cheer”, and great
raffle!!
Santa and Mrs. Claus will be there. What a dinner. The club will provide the meats (turkey, ham, & sliced pork). Covered dishs and dessserts are brought by
club members and are always great. Bring your favorite
vegetable, casserole, cake, pie, etc. This is a great event for all of us kids
(young and old). Santa’s Helpers need to know information (how many, age &
sex) about the children who will attend.
*** Please call Stephanie
Burt 904-669-0213
or Ruth Jordan 904-501-4408 with your information.
The Shriners have a
very nice facility overlooking Moultrie Creek.
They have adequate parking across from the building. Social is at
“Basket of Cheer” & Raffle: Rene & I will provide the “Basket” and we club members will provide the
“cheer.” Please bring a bottle of spirits
(booze, wine, beer, mixers, snacks, or something else) to the Christmas
party. This is a very popular
raffle. All proceeds of the Baskets of
Cheer will be donated to Charity. Also David
and Rick will have another
great raffle
Meeting are at
the St. Augustine Shrine Club,
Our
Next Meeting is
Tuesday, July 18th at the St. Augustine Shrine Club, 250
1st St. Our meetings are on the 3rd
Tuesday of each month unless notified otherwise. The Shriners have a very nice facility
overlooking Moultrie Creek. They have
adequate parking across from the building and operate a bar for us with
donations for Drinks @ $3.00 and Beer @ $2.00 proceeds go to their Burn
Hospitals fund. Social 6:30 -
Meeting 7:30.
Last
Month’s Meeting: was the annual
membership dinner and year-end awards. A complete list of awards are
attached. Dinner was a Steak
Cook-out, and you cooked your own rib-eye steak. There was also Hot Dogs available for
non-steak eaters. If
you missed it shame on you.
The best Fishing
Cap awards were won by John Jordan (ugliest), Donna Frantz
(Most patriotic), Aaron ? and
Dillon Drury (Best
Classic Hats), and James
Manucy (Funniest Act). Honorable Mention to
the Lady in Red Paula Fuller. It was great. Congratulations to all of those that wore
their caps.
Membership
Drawing: Lucky John Baggott won
the $150. Be there this month to
win $100. You must be present to win.
Club
Shirts, Etc.: Bill Kline will have
ACGFA Shirts, Kingfish Challenge Shirts, Rig Bags, and Towels for sale. Buy now
for the new fishing season.
Raffle: Dave Russell and Bob Swann had another great raffle which
included; rods & reels, coolers, radios, bait motel, fish bag and gift
certificates. I did not get the names of all the winners but winners
included: John Coates, Evi Bruster, Rusty
Russell, Drew Dillon, Rene Blalock, and John
Baggott. This
month Dave and Bob
will have another great raffle which may include
Cooler, Lure Bags/Tackle Boxes, Rods & Reels and other great items.
Snacks: Last month Carmel Cunningham
provided Sausage Jambalaya. It was great, thanks!!
Membership Drawing: Leroy & Wanda Kinlaw won the $100. It
pays to attend the meetings!
Club
Shirts, Etc.: Eric & Amanda have
some new shirts now. These are great Christmas gifts or
stocking stuffers.
Membership
Information: Membership
year is June 1st thru May 31st. Dues are
$50.00 for a family and $30.00 for individual memberships. After December 1st, new
members can join for the remainder of the year for ½ price. Membership forms
are also available on the web site (acgfa.com). Guests are always welcome
Fishing
Information
November Angler-of-the-Month: John Baggott: There were 24 entry cards from 12 anglers this
month. There
were 10 species of fish entered. Congratulations to November Angler-of-the-Month John
Bagott who had 675 points. John caught a 2.0 lbs Pompano (3rd place
Mens & largest of the Month), a 6.38 lb & 3,25 lb Pompey Drums (2nd
& 3rd place Mens & 1st & 2nd largest of the Month) and 1.88 lb
& 1.5 lb Whiting (3rd place Mens &
1st & 2nd largest of the Month), for a total of 675 points. Great job John.
Catches include cards received from October 31st thru December 1st. Cards received after December 1st will count for
the December Angler-of-the-Month. Angler-of-the-Month
is awarded 100 bonus points which count toward the Angler-of-the-Year.
Year-end and In-Club
Tournament Spread Sheets: The Spread Sheets with detailed entries and
scoring are now posted on the web-site (acgfa.com). They are under the link “Fishing Report”
located in the left column of the “home page”.
They are grouped as “Year-End Tournaments” and “In-Club Tournaments”. If
you have a problem finding them or if you are
without a computer or access to the web please let me know and we will work out
a solution. Also we are going to test the E-Mail newsletter
next month. Please check
the membership list at the meeting to update your
e-mail address.
June
Angler-of-the-Month: There
were 37 entry cards from 19 anglers
this month. Congratulations to June Angler-of-the-Month
Max Pechstein. Max caught
a 6.50 lb
Trout (1st
place Juniors & 2nd
Largest of Month), 3.50 lb Sheepshead
(1st place
Juniors & Largest of Month),
& 3.68 lb Flounder (1st place Juniors & 2nd Largest
of Month) for a total of 550
points. Great job Max!! Catches include cards received from June1st
thru 30th. Cards received after June 30th
will count for the July Angler-of-the-Month.
See
the complete list of cards turned-in attached.
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Upcoming
Tournaments and Events: The In-Club
Kingfish Tournament will
be July
15th.
Weigh-in is at the Marlin Scales from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The Young Anglers Tournament is
July 1st thru July 31st. Attached
are rules.
KFC
Tournament Entry
Cards: We will enter Kingfish caught during the Junior
KFC. We do not have Angler information available for
Kingfish weighed in during the general tournament, so if you want your fish entered you need to
submit a Fish Entry Card. You can mail them or bring them to the meeting and we will accept them.
A
reminder, only dues paid members may submit entries. The “grace” period ended at the Membership
Party.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
December 2008
I
believe our Thanksgiving Food Drive was a tremendous success. McDowell Baptist church went in with us;
between our club and the church we collected enough food items to make up five
food baskets to donate to needy families, each basket was worth more than $120
in value! Our club furnished three $20
gift certificates for the purchase of a turkey or ham and the church furnished
the other two gift certificates. I thank
everyone who joined in the food drive. Winners
of the food drive raffle were Scott
Shank, Stephanie Burt, John Coates, and Kendall Kiesel and Dalton Childres (thanks
to Dick & Betty Newton who donated
their two winning
tickets to kids in attendance).
The
votes are in! I want to thank everyone
for their time to fill out the In-club Tournament questionnaires
at the last meeting. It looks like we will
take the Blessing of the Fleet, and the Striking Fish Tournament off of the
clubs’ annual events. We have a Board
Meeting on 4 December, so we will discuss what we can put back in place of
these events. Presently we have an event
scheduled for each month, and I would like to continue with that.
I
want to remind everyone to RSPV for our Christmas party and to sign-up for what
type of covered dish you will bring to our Christmas party on 13 December. Also; as a reminder, we have a sign-up sheet
for the kid’s Christmas and Santa’s visit, this sheet has to include your
children’s name and age. Jimmy has the
contact telephone numbers for your RSVP’s.
Your reservations are very important so we can figure how much
May
God continue to Bless
Hope your fishing lines stay tight.
James
James Manucy
President
904.824.6436
Scenes from last years
Christmas Party
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE (July 2006)
(The editor wrote this
based on Donna’s
input.
Any mistakes or omissions are the editor’s)
Annual
membership dinner and year-end awards: Donna gave
special thanks to David
& Liana Chapman, Bill Kline, Bert & Brenda Walton, John & Michele
Waldron, John & Ruth Jordan,James & Linda Manucy, Pierre & Anita
Pierce, David & Evi Bruster, Carmel Cunningham, and Stephanie Burt. I’m sure there are others and they are
appreciated and were not left out intentionally. It was a great event!
Thank-you to all the
members that assisted with the Kingfish Challenge Tournament! This is only a 10
page newsletter so there is not room to list everyone that worked so
hard. We will have a recap
at the July Meeting (July 18th). Except for the
weather, it went very smoothly and comments
received were very good.
If you have not paid your 2006-2007 dues, they were due
June 1st. We have 51 Families paid, 24 Singles paid,
and 5 Life Members. Approximately 20 are new
members. Welcome aboard! The bad news is there are 51 Families and 34
Singles who were members last
year that have not renewed their memberships yet. We need all of you back so please
mail or bring your dues to the meeting. Your fish don’t count if your dues are not
paid.
Fishing First and
Safety Always!
Donna
