MARCH
2007
NEWSLETTER
ACGFA, P.O. Box 2001, St. Augustine, Fl 32085
President: John Jordan - Vice President: Joe Noda
Treasurer: Linda Manucy - Secretary: Anita
Pierce
Directors: Donna Frantz, Bert Walton, James Manucy,
Ruth Jordan, Stephanie Burt, and Dave Bruster
Newsletter Editor: Jim Blalock - Phone & FAX
(904) 471-2730
Jim’s e-mail: jimreneb@bellsouth.net
ACGFA Web Site Address: acgfa.com2006
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
MEETING
INFORMATION
Program: If you missed Llast
month’s program , you
missed an interesting rod maker (Billy McDaniel, Billy Stix) and his spiral
wrapped rods. Very good program. This month we will discuss the artificial
reef program. The new Interpreter for
our hearing impaired members is be at
our meetings nowwas the showing of musical slide shows of
last year’s Awards Party and of this years Christmas Party. The shows were made and presented by Jim Blalock.
Contact Jim if you want a copy at
no charge. This
month Bob Swann will talk about boat
safety equipment and how it paid off during the fire
& sinking
of the NEFMA member Tim Martin’s boat “Lit
Up” recently.
Snacks: Thanks go to the Triple Luck crew (James & Linda Manucy & Donna Frantz) who provided
the great Cl;am Chowder. Dave & Evi Bruster
will provide snacks this month.
Raffle: Dave
& Bob had another great raffle. 3 rods &
reels, a sibiki
rod, pliers, knives, kevlar
glove, various plugs and lures, a
soft tackle box and a cooler.
Winners included: Pat
King, Jim Blalock, Rick Emert, others
who I failed to identify and
David Chapmam who won twice. SPECIAL:
Garmin 76 GPS
(valued at $200) with 1 MB internal memory,
500 user waypoints, 20 reversible routes, tide charts, navigation
tables, and Loran TDs. Waterproof,
floating construction. Only 45 tickets @
$5.00 will be sold. They
will sell out quick!Great
raffle by outgoing raffle chairman Rusty
Russell, and winners included: Jim
Walters, John Jordan, Ann Turner, Bill Kline, Dick Newton, Rene Blalock, Don
Power, Pat King, Donna Frantz, Rusty Russell and several others. Rusty and Debbie have done a great job
with the raffle and deserve our thanks for
a job well done! Dave Russell and Bob Swann are the new
raffle chairmen. They should do great.
Membership Drawing: Eric Panonne’s name was drawn but was
not present. SORRY ERIC!! It pays to attend the meetings and
parties. Be at the next meeting
for the $150 drawing. You
must be present to win!
Club Shirts, Etc.: Wil
& The Teeka new are
handling the T-shirts are availablesales. Let them know whay you want and they will try
to get them for you. Cost is a very reasonable $10.00.
Membership Information: NOTICE:
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.
Kingfish Challenge (KFC), July 6 thru 8, 2007: Help needed, if you are not fishing the tournament, please
sign up to help. This is the major fund raiser for the
club. An update will be given at the
meeting
Help Wanted: It’s that time of year again. In addition to
the Kingfish Challenge, we need your
help working two non-club Tournaments.
If you don’t fish the tournaments, this is an opportunity to help our
club, see quality game fish, and have a great time!!! We assist the Northeast Florida Marlin Association’s Bluewater
Tournament (May 201sth
thru 268th) and
the Kingbuster Classic (June 68th
thru 910th) by
providing help operating the Radio Base, Weigh Station, Fish Cleaning, and Boat
Handling, etc. In return, the tournaments
help us financially. Both tournaments have changed their schedules so
check out the attached See attached wwork
schedules, contact Jim Blalock (904) 501-1447 and/or
ACGFA.com for additional information.
Sign up at the meeting.
Web-Site
News: Your ACGFA
Web-Site Committee (Jim Blalock, Will Jackson
& Teeka Franke) has been very active. Thanks to Will
Jackson’s
expertise there are/or will be several improvements to the
web-site soon to include club
members abilitiy to input
fishing reports, photos and/or
other information. Also we are working
on the e-mail delivery of the Newsletter. We will be contacting each of you via e-mail
to test the system and find out if our information is current (do
we have your current e-mail address?) and
who will/will not want it by e-mail. This will be a real money saver for the club. This
newsletter is similar to the format we will use for the e-mail version, except
that there will be “links” that will take
you the the various information on the web-site that
is now “attached” to the newsletter. Stay tuned there is
more coming -------- :
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Kingfish Challenge Update: Help needed, still need a volunteer(s)
to chair or co-chair the 2006 Kingfish Challenge Tournament. This is the major fund raiser for the
club. An update will be given at the
meeting.
Fishing Information
Fishing Year Ends &
Rule Changes: This years 2005–2006
year-end tournaments close on April 30th and the new year starts May 1st. Recommendations for any rules changes are due
at the April Meeting.
February Angler-of-the Month – Deedo
Nelson. There were 24
cards from 10 anglers entered this
month. Deedo Nelson had 375 points
with his two 4.50 lb Sheepshead
(3rd & 4th place Mens and 1st & 2nd largest of the month) and
3.00 LB Pompey Drum (4th place Mens and largest of the month) for 300 points. Great job Deedo. Cut-off
was February 2nd thru
March 9th. Cards received after March
9th will count on next months March Angler-of-the-Month. See enclosed list of all catches received.
Spring Kickoff
Tournament: The Spring Kickoff
Tournament started February 1st and ends
March 31st. This
is an inshore tournament for Redfish, Flounder, Trout (closed February 1st thru
28th), Drum (Pompey and Black), Pompano, and Whiting. This is a points tournament and a total
of $600 will be awarded to the 1st
($300), 2nd ($200), and 3rd ($100) place top anglers. Entry is $10 per adult
angler and $5 for junior and small-fries.
Each entry card must be plainly marked for the “Spring Kickoff”
or it will not count for the tournament.
Message from the
President
What
makes a volunteer? First
let me say, there is no doubt we will have a Kingfish tournament and there will
be plenty of volunteers. This club has and will
always "RALLY" when we need to.
When looking back to my first KFC, it was easy to volunteer. Have fun, free t-shirt,
free food, free beer. That was and still should be the entry level for
volunteers. As an officer in the club, working closely with the chair persons
of the KFC it becomes obvious there is more to it. Little words such as
Responsibility, Liability, and Accountability come into play.
Hopefully we will find a balance. The more input everyone has the better. We
are all volunteers. MORE + DIFFERENT= BETTER
John
WANT ADS:
CLUB
REPORTER: Media
promotions Publicity Chairperson: Involves working with local news papers and
other media providing monthly club news, web site articles and special program
information. Make sure all monthly meetings are listed in The Record prior to
that meeting.
Interpreter: This
month we should have an interpreter for our hearing impaired members at the meeting.
REEF
COMMITTEE: Joe
Noda is
the new chairman of the Reef Committee. Members of the committee and others
interested should contact Joe.
FOR
SALE: If space permits we
will print your items here!
2003- 18” SeaCat, 115
Yamaha, 4 stroke, less than 75 hrs, SS Prop, engine warrantee till 9-30-08,
tackle
center leaning post, trim tabs, live well, instrument box, Garmin 152 GPS,
Garmin 160 Blue Fish Finder, Bimini Top, Full canvas, extra rod holders, Axle
aluminum Float-on Trailer. Contact Dick Newton
904-824-6259
1989 - 23” 2” Sport
Craft, all Electronics stay with boat, 2000 Year 225
Evinrude Motor, 400 Hrs.
2 Axle aluminum
Float-on Trailer. $12,000 or OBO. – Call Jack Blocker
904-824-4069 or 904-669-5070
Fishing Information
Fishing Year Ends
& Rule Changes: This years 2006–2007 year-end tournaments
close on April 30th and the new year starts May 1st. Recommendations for any rules changes are due
at the April meeting and will become effective May 1st.
Upcoming Tournaments
and Events: Enclosed are rules for the Ladies Tournament (April 1st thru
30th). You may enter at the March
meeting. The Blessing of the Fleet (1st) and
the Spring Cookout (17th)
are also in April. The Spring
Cookout will be held at the April General Meeting.
Spring Kickoff
Tournament: The Spring Kickoff
Tournament ends March 31st. Enclosed are
the standings as of February 28th.
February Angler-of-the Month
– Rick Emert. There were 18 cards from 7 anglers entered this
month. Rick Emert had 400 points with
four of his five Sheepshead (1st, 2nd,3rd & 4th place Mens and 1st &
2nd largest of the month). Great job Rick.
Cut-off was January 30th thru February 28th. Cards received after February 28th will count
on next months March
Angler-of-the-Month. See enclosed list
of all catches received.
Angler-of-the-Year: (Note: Ties will be
broken in accordance with club
rules at the end of the fishing year)
Inshore:
Small-Fry: 1st
Koby Waldron 250 pts Junior : 1st Max Pechstein 425 pts
2nd Nykki Burres 100 pts 2nd
Michael Chapman
300 pts
3rd None 3rd 4-wayTie –
Blake VanKirk, 100 pts
Christine Arnold, Drew
DePriest
&
Sarah Jackson
Women: 1st
Carolyn
Emert 375 pts Men: 1st Paul Hatvey 400 pts
2nd Linda
Manucy 175 pts 2nd Rick Emert 250 pts
3rd Tie – Ruth Jordan 100 pts 3rd John
Baggott 225 pts
