Thunder Bay Walleye Club Newsletter

Thunder Bay Walleye Club Newsletter
JUNE 2016
PO Box 812 Alpena, MI 49707
Officers
President
Vice President
Financial/Recording Sec
Board of Directors
Jim Leeseberg
Dave Birmingham
Dennis Burns
Bill ONeil
Richard Hubert
Eric MacKenzie
Kevin Cosbitt
CLUB TOURNAMENTS
Hubbard Lake – Launch DNR East Bay Sat May
7th
6PM – 2AM
Weather again was an issue for the comfort side of fishing.
Wind out of the north and cold temperatures greeted contestants all night
long. 34 people fished and 27 weighed 5 fish. Hard body baits as well as
crawler harnesses worked getting fish in the boat while some used leaches
on jigs. Hubbard seems to produce well at night in the early spring and
the worse the weather the better the bite.
1st goes to Mark and Matt Byce along with Jim Watts weighing 5 fish for
12.90 lbs. and big fish coming in at 3.67 lbs. This a long awaited first
place for this team.
2nd is Bryan Kozlowski and Dillon Schellie for a total weight of 12.25 lbs.
and big fish of the night at 3.80 lbs.
3rd is Jon Kruttlin, Bryan LaPine and Mike Travis weighing 11.56 lbs.
4th is Adam Birk and Bill Grove with 10.51 lbs.
The 4th place boat receives a box of MEPPS trial baits for walleye. MEPPS
would like feedback on these baits.
Hubbard Lake tournament weights are always very close.
Saginaw Bay - Launch AuGres DNR
Sun May
22nd
7AM – 3PM
Saturday was a great day on the Bay to prefish. Jackie Oliver and Denny
Burns used up 22 gallons of fuel Saturday to find quality fish and did.
You could go anywhere on the Bay with light winds and comfortable temps.
Feeling confident for Sunday with wind out of the northeast at 10 to 15 we
were greeted with a drastic change in the weather forecast. Wind did blow
out of the northeast but the wind speed was much more. When we launched
Sunday morning at 7 am the wind was forecasted at 15 to 25 with higher
gusts. Waves built to 4 to 6 feet during the day so we stayed around the
AuGres area. Those who ventured to their spots paid the price of pounding
water but did bring in some good catches.
Club Tournaments Continued
Saginaw Bay
1st goes to Joe Krzyzaniak and Joe Kubiak both of the Saginaw area weighed
19.01 lbs. and big fish of the day at 5.68 lbs.
2nd is Justin Champagne and Jon Kruttlin weighing 5 fish for 16.55 lbs. and
their largest is 4.25 lbs.
3rd is Vic Ross and Jerry Yarch weighing 5 fish 16.30 lbs. and their
largest is 5.32 lbs.
4th for the Mepps trial baits for walleye is Jim Hall, Mike Karner, Danny
Lewis and Chris Mulvahill weighing 5 fish for 12.39 lbs. with their
largest fish at 4.86 lbs.
As always on Saginaw Bay hard body baits are the key and crawler harnesses
do well.
MEPPS BAITS
Mepps wants to get into the walleye bait business. Jim Leeseberg was contacted by
Mepps rep and they shipped us enough walleye kits to give one away at the April
and May meeting as well as each club tournament this summer. It was decided to
award the kits as a 4th place finish on each club tournament.
Mepps does want feedback on your fishing experience with their new baits so if
you use them let them know.
NEXT CLUB TOURNAMENTS
Long Lake - Launch Long Lake Park
Sun June
5th
7AM
“Nite Eyes” – Launch Alpena Boat Harbor (Public) Fri & Sat June10th&11th 6PM
Mullet Lake – Launch DNR North End
Sun June
26th
7AM
Thunder Bay – Launch Alpena Boat Harbor
Sun July
10th
7AM
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3PM
1AM
3PM
3PM
2016
TBWC Club Fishing Tournaments
Location:
1 Thunder Bay River/Lk Huron – Launch Alpena Boat Harbor
2 Hubbard Lake – Launch DNR East Bay
3 Saginaw Bay - Launch AuGres DNR
4 Long Lake - Launch Long Lake Park
* 5 “Nite – Eyes” – Launch Alpena Boat Harbor (Public)
6 Mullet Lake – Launch DNR North End
7 Thunder Bay – Launch Alpena Boat Harbor
MI. Brown Trout/MWT Walleye Tourney – Launch Alp. Boat Harbor
8 Rockport –Launch Rockport, Alternate Grand Lake
9 Grand Lake - Launch South DNR
10 Hubbard Lake – Launch DNR East Bay
Date:
Sun May 1st
Sat May 7th
Sun May 22nd
Sun June 5th
Fri & Sat June 10th & 11th
Sun June 26th
Sun July 10th
Sat & Sun July 16th & 17th
Sun August 7th
Sun August 21st
Sun Sept 11th
NON NUMBERED TOURNAMENTS ARE NO POINT TOURNEYS.
Time:
7AM – 3PM
6PM – 2AM
7AM – 3PM
7AM – 3PM
6PM – 1AM
7AM – 3PM
7AM – 3PM
7AM – 3PM
7AM – 3PM
7AM – 3PM
7AM – 3PM
Thunder Bay Walleye Club presents the
19th Annual Night Eyes Challenge
A 2 night fishing tournament for walleyes on Thunder Bay
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Friday June 10th, & Saturday June 11th, 2016
6:00 P.M. until 1:00 A.M. each night
Alpena Boat Harbor
Entry Fee: $100.00 per Boat - NO LIMIT ON # OF CONTESTANTS ON THE BOAT
80% payout based on 25 Boats
Bring to the launch site Friday evening of the
1st Place…………$810
tournament from 4:00PM to 5:30PM
2nd Place………...$450
Captains meeting prior to 6:00pm start
3rd Place………....$270
4th Place…………$180
For more information, contact: Dave Birmingham, Tournament Director, 989-306-3130
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5 Place…………$ 90
In addition there will be a $100 prize
awarded for the largest walleye each night.
Participants and Eligibility:
1.
Entry by boat only. Any one 17 years of age or younger must be teamed
with an adult.
2. A rules and orientation meeting will be held at 5:30 P.M. on Friday, June
10th at the boat harbor. At least one team member must attend.
3. Entrants will conduct themselves in a true sportsmanlike, safe, and
courteous manner when fishing. Please remember that each team
represents sport fishermen and your actions represent all contestants.
Crowding other boats, moving in on other contestants or anchoring
where a team is obviously fishing can be grounds for disqualification for
that night.
Fish and Fishing:
4.
Safety is a priority and safe boating must be observed at all times. All
Michigan boating rules and all applicable U.S. Coast Guard rules must be
obeyed. All entrants must abide by DNR fishing rules. Live bait and
artificial lures are permissible. Maximum 6 lines per boat.
Any walleye mauled, mashed, frozen, and injected with water or other
material to add weight, showing white gills, soft flesh or eyes, etc. may
result in disqualification from the tournament.
6. All boats will be inspected at launch time each day. All contestants must
start from and return to the launch site. Boat to boat contact will result
in disqualification. Teams not checking in after a night’s fishing will be
disqualified for that night.
7. Contestants who leave earlier than the tournament start time or who
return later than the end time will be disqualified for the night.
8. A maximum of 5 walleyes per boat, per night will be weighed for the
tournament (maximum of 10 walleyes for 2 nights). In case of a tie, the
weight of the heaviest walleye will determine winner. At least one team
member must accompany the catch to the scale. Each team will receive
a copy of their scale ticket which will be initialed by a team member.
9. Prizes and Entry
10. All prizes will be awarded to the team based on total boat weight. Prizes
will be awarded at the conclusion of the tournament.
11. Late entries will be accepted; however, the TBWC is not responsible for
informing any late entries of rule changes announced at the meeting
held at 5:30 PM on Friday, June 10th. We will strive to ensure all late
entries have up-to-date information. Contact tournament control for
info.
5.
OR e-mail: [email protected]
12. In the case of bad weather, the tournament officials may call off or
postpone the start of the tournament each day. If both days are
cancelled, all entry fees will be refunded.
13. Entry fee is $100 per boat. People may be added to or changed from a
boat at any time. Voluntary Added Bonus, each angler in the boat
must pay an additional $10. At the end of the tourney among the
participating teams only, the boat with the heaviest weight will win
100% of the bonus.
Protest and Waiver:
14. The Tournament Committee or any team has a right to protest
another team. You may protest after filing a $50.00 fee which will be
refunded if your protest is upheld. If not upheld, the fee will become
property of the TBWC. You must file the protest in writing with the
tournament director no later than one-half hour (30 min) after the
close of the night’s fishing hours. All protest decisions by the TBWC
tournament officials will be final after hearing both sides of any
protest.
15. Each entrant upon registering agrees to hold the TBWC, its members,
sponsors and any organizations assisting in the tournament operation
harmless from any liability of any nature and kind for any injuries
and/or damage suffered by the entrant during this event. This may
include, but is not limited to death, injury, damage, liability, theft, fire,
etc. Each entrant, upon signing an entry form, will be signing a waiver
form.
16. Disqualification from the tournament for any reason will result in the
forfeiture of any entry fees.
17. The tournament committee will make a final and binding
determination regarding any condition not covered above.
2016 Thunder Bay Walleye Club
Top 11 of 78 Entrants Best 5 of 10 of 3Tournaments
Name
Points
Rank
Best 5 of 10
Brown, Zach
216.48
1
Gilbertson, Brett
216.48
1
Hatala, Carl
215.99
2
Hatala, Katelynn
215.99
2
Kruttlin, Jon
211.10
3
Karner, Mike
205.24
4
Mulvahill, Chris
205.24
4
Kozlowski, Bryan
175.92
5
Schellie, Dillon
168.98
6
Byce, Mark
155.29
7
Watts, Jim
155.29
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2014 & 2015 Angler of the year
Erich Kruczynski
KIDS FISHING CLINIC & DERBY SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 18TH
AT LAFARGE PAXTON QUARRY ON M-32
This is a great event for kids and adults alike. Help is needed to put on with nothing too labor intensive.
Time slot is about from 9am to 3pm with a lunch around noon. No cost to anyone attending and is open to the general
public. Enter off M-32.
Jackie and I will be there.
CONTACT
Cherokee Girard
[email protected]
989 884 3155
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May meeting notes,
April financials were read.
Motion for additional $300 cormorant control for expenses made by Darwin
Grabow seconded by Carl Kelly….passed.
Brown Trout discussed. Trying to raise money to plant larger brown trout
in the spring and fall.
Pond is fed every Tuesday. Should be about 4 more weeks of feed left.
Motion the cover the cost of the pond harvest feed $100 by Carl Kelly
seconded by Mike McGirr…passed.
Motion for Kids Clinic Fishing Derby support $300 by Pam Hubert seconded
by Reno Massetti…passed.
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BROWN TROUT
Things are coming together very slowly for this years festival.
We still do not have a schedule for the TBWC. The new bingo tournament
is still not finalized and the booklet cannot be printed because of
stuff still not completed.
Glen may have some new info at this meeting.
SERVICES
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www.midmichiganfiberglass.com Factory Authorized. Highly recommended by Romeo
989-358-5310
Electric Motor, Canvas, and Downrigger Repair
If you are in need of work on your Minnkota, need canvas work, or your Cannon
Downriggers Serviced get ahold of Brad Valley @ Valley's Canvas Services and
Repairs all Minnkota products including Cannon Downriggers. 989-464-1191.
Looking for upgrades, repairs, and now spring tune up WORK?
Call the Boat Keeper!
Most of you already know that TBWC member Greg Trelfa is a great mechanic. Why
order from the big stores when Greg now has access to a full line of marine
parts and accessories for all the major brands like Johnson, Evenrude, Mercury,
Yamaha and more. He can also supply you with the latest in electronics from
Lowrance and Hummingbird, and does professional high end installations as well.
His kind of personal service and expertise is hard to come by, so if you are
looking to upgrade some electronics or need some repairs or maintenance done
and want it done right at very competitive prices, give Greg a call @ 595-3149.
Wayne Van Dyke has a "Repair Kit" for all Off Shore Products. Anyone needing
repair work, just contact me at [email protected] and I'll try to take
care of it. No cost.
LAST CALL
CLUB MEMBERSHIPS CAN BE PAID NOW
Single person membership is $15.00 per year. Family membership is $25.00 includes all
persons living in your household.
If you don’t know if your memberships are due contact Denny Burns at 989 354 2419,
email me or see me at a meeting.
Email members have the membership year after their last name on emails sent by Denny
Burns.
Regular mailed members membership year is on the envelope.
Make checks out to Thunder Bay Walleye Club.
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DNR 2015 Annual Fish Division report
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10364-384632-,00.html?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery
Check out our unit website: http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-15310364_52259_65083---,00.html
NEXT MEETING
Wednesday June 8th 2016, 7pm
MEETING ROOM 126
ACC Besser Tech Center (Room -126) it’s the large room to the RIGHT as you go
in the front entrance in the BTC on the north side of Johnson St.
Meetings are the second Wednesday of every month unless otherwise noted in the
newsletter.
(Please note: If the college is closed due to weather conditions the meeting
will be rescheduled or cancelled)
Agenda:
Club Tournaments
Nite Eyes
KIDS FISHING CLINIC
Anything else you want to bring up
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