September Topic Guest Speaker

Our Club radio is at Jim’s Mobile marine – Holiday Harbor, Waretown. He monitors channel 16 and will switch to the Club Channel. Call if you need assistance or call 609-971-6486, closed Mondays.

If you have changed your address or phone #, please give new information to our membership committee, Jack Henderson or Julie Elbertson.

Please call Good & Welfare Chairwomen Sandi Roy if you know of any member who is ill or has been hospitalized.

Yearly membership cards for those current in dues are mailed with your newsletter. If you have paid your dues and have not received a current dues card, please see Newsletter Chairperson, Jack Henderson at the meeting.

If you want a speaker on a specific subject, call our Program Director Danny McInerney.

Club Gear – gear was ordered through member Kathy Cannata " SEW YOU Custom Embroidery". We will only be stocking hats and T-shirts; Hat colors are Navy Blue and Two Tone Beige w/ blue bill. The embroidered Fish Hawk logo is on the front and hats have an adjustable band for fit. Price is $12.00.

Quality T-shirts, light blue w/pocket and embroidered Fish Hawk logo. Prices - lrg & xlrg $15.00, 2xx & 3xx $17.00. If any one wants smaller sizes, we will order them.

Special Note: Please clean up bottles, glasses and garbage after the meeting.

Our Club number for Boat US membership discount is GA83831B. I have new member applications.

Next months speaker will be Senator John Adler (D) who will be running for Congress this November. His opponent will be Chris Myers (R) who will be our guest speaker in October. This will be the time to find out what these guys propose to do for the recreational fishing sector and it will be an opportunity for you to ask questions. This is a first for our Club so let’s have a big turn out for both candidates. It is our chance to show them that we are politically in tune, have concerns that we want addressed and we will be voting in November.

Our annual picnic is set for Saturday, September 27^th, 1:00 PM at Gileys’ Park in Forked River. Rain date is the 28^th or next day. As in the past member Russ Johnson and family will be putting this together and those of you who have not been to one our of picnics, well your in for a culinary delight. All cooking is done on the charcoal grills, BB chicken, burgs, dogs, sausage w/peps & onions and all the fixings. A number of different salads and condiments, soda, water, tea, coffee, wine beer, etc.. We will have a 50/50 and a spinning reel casting contest with the winner taking home the rod and reel. If any one would like to bring one of their special Hor'Devours, than that would be great. Please fill out the enclosed form, attach your pesos and get it back to us ASAP. Closing date to register will be September 10^th.

Well I guess by now you know that the Tuna Club won the Tri-Club Tournament. Our congratulations go out to all their members who fished. And I would like to thank all our members who fished. For you new members, please be advised this was the fifth annual tri-club tournament and it was the first (and hopefully the last) time our Club lost. By the way, the congratulatory picnic was at the Tuna Club. Once again L&H Woods and Water sponsored the tournament and provided awards. I want to thank L&H not only for sponsoring the tri-club tournament but for their continued generosity through out the year.

I don’t know about you but this has been my worst fluke season in the last 15 years. Yea I know Rocky & Rich, I can’t catch fish anyhow. First of all the south wind has been blowing all summer and the ocean bottom is still very cold. A friend of mine was surf fishing the other day. He strapped a thermometer to his boot and when he finished the thermometer read 61 degrees. So all the action has been in the bay using 3/8 oz buck tails tipped with squid/spearing or green gulp. That’s ok but I am getting a little tired of competing for a spot amongst 100 boats, there’s only so much space between the BB & BI ICW channel markers. Chucky, Rocky Chris and I fished out side last week on two boats and neither of us had a keeper. We hit the BL Reef (0) and fished just south of the range buoy (0). I fished in Oyster Creek channel Tuesday and had 20 shorts and 3 keepers so it looks as if the fluke may be starting to move towards the ocean. You know what will happen of course, they will all be out there just after the season closes.

Speaking of season closure, the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Council meets in Philadelphia Wednesday August 6^th to adopt recommendations for the 2009 summer flounder harvest along with scup and sea bass. As for fluke, there are rumors that the quota may slightly be increased, yea right, and rumors that it will stay the same. At least there’s no rumors that it will be shut down. Check are web site next week as we will post what ever news there is.

On a positive note, the BOD of the (STSFFF Save the Summer Flounder Fishery Fund), (to whom we donated $500.00), is pleased that changes in the science made at the June stock assessment workshop sponsored by the National Marine Fisheries Service, determined that the summer flounder stock is not being over fished and that over fishing is not occurring. Gee, haven’t we been saying that for years, nice of you guys to finally wake up. I guess when the STSFFF hired Dr. Mark Maunder an authority on the development of statistical methodology for fisheries stock assessment and population dynamics modeling (damn, his title alone must have cost them 5k) NMFS had to at least sit up and listen. Now the question to be answered is can the proposed mandate by the Magnuson Act where-by the summer flounder stock has to be fully rebuilt to the levels associated with maximum sustainable yield, 132.4 million pounds, by no later than December 31, 2012. Even though we got an extension from 2009 to 2012, the mandate was not removed, Removal of the mandate is what we hope to see before 2012.

Hey, look for some weird fish species in Aug & Sept if the water warms up. A number of southern fish such as cobia, spanish/king mackerel, dolphin, and trigger fish to name a few. These and the little speedster’s false albacore and bonita should be in shore hopefully soon.

Saturday, August 9^th, Tom Mackie’s Charity Tournament, South Harbor Marina. $60.00 per Boat, Captains meeting 6:00 PM Friday August 7^th. Call 609-693-3658.

August 14^th thru 16^th, Annual Fluke & Tuna tournament, Forked River Tuna Club.

Captains meeting 7:00 PM Wednesday, doors open at 6:00 pm, hot dogs, drinks and prizes.

FOR SALE: Raymarine DS600X digital color fish finder w/transom mount depth, temperature & speed transducer. New in box $650.00 Call Rich 609-971-6120     08-08 
 

FOR SALE:   2002  17'  SeaPro Center Console  with 90 HP Yamaha.  Very low hours.   GPS and ff.
Trailer  $8,300.00  Call Frank--609-242-1008  or cell-  732-814-5486. 05-08

FOR SALE:  Murray Bros. Fighting Chair, Stanchion, chair, backrest, & footrest.
  Excellent Condition.  $3750.00  Call Frank @ 609-242-1008  or 732-814-5486 05-08

FOR SALE: 18' Starcraft Pontoon Boat, 50hp Merc 4 Stroke, less than 15 hrs., Bimini top w/boot plus full cover and safety equipment. Asking $14,000. Call Bill 609-290-0237  05-08

FOR SALE: Charles Battery Charger 5000 SP Series,  20 Amp - 12 Volt, Selectable Switch, Under Warranty, List Price $425 will sell for $200. Call Bill 609-290-0237   05-08

FOR SALE: 3 Batteries, Interstate 24 MX Cranking, 800CCA, 1000 MCA, 18 mos. left on Warranty,
$50 each - 3 for $130 Call Bill 609-290-0237        05-08              

FOR SALE: Penn International rods and reels--130's (2 speed); 80W's; 50W's; and
 50's.;  Aftco flying gaff  (4" hook and additional 10" hook); straight gaffs
(offshore--min. 4" hook);  Shimano TLD 20's with trolling rods;  large tuna bag;  various offshore lures and spreader bars;  bucket harness for fighting chair; various inshore rods and reels. 
Call Frank @ 609-242-1008 or 732-814-5486. 07-08

FOR SALE: Fishing Boat, 2004 SEA FOX 28" Center Console, Twin 230 HP Mercury Engines, Excellent Condition
Fully Equipped Radar/VHF/GPS/Fish Finder. Heavy Duty Galvanized 3 Axle Trailer W/Brakes
Call Paul at 609-698-6115    (6/2008)

FOR SALE: 2 Canon Uni-Troll Downriggers-  $100.00 each;  2 Penn 650ss Spinning reels-$50.00 ea.;
1 Penn 750 ss spinning reel--$50.00;  1 Penn 3/0 and 2 Jigmasters--$25.00 ea; various planers and Z-Wings. 
Call Frank @ 609-242-1008 (7/2008)

Saturday, September 27^th (rain date 28th)

1:00 PM at Giley’s Park in Forked River

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