March 2012 Newsletter
The members of the Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club of Austin gathered together for the club’s March meeting on the 6th at the IHOP near Highway 183 and Duval.
Club President, Joe Connell welcomed everyone and wished Happy Birthday to Gina Martinez and Cliff Davis on March 11; to Lesli Brown on March 15; to Pat Gold on March 22 and to Brenda Davis on March 29. He also extended Happy Anniversary wishes to Jerry and Pat Gold on March 1 and to Allen and Glenda Summers on March 31. Congratulations to Karl Wacker for catching his personal best 8 pound, 4 ounce bass on Lake Austin two weeks ago. Way to go, Karl!
A bit later in the meeting, Brent Parish introduced his neighbors and guests, Jared and Britney Hagaman. Members present at this meeting included the Hagamans, who joined tonight (Welcome Team Hagaman!) and Teams Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish, Pederzani, Sanchez, Summers, Trevino and Wacker.
Rosemarie Trevino presented the club’s Treasury Report.
Tournament Director Jesse Sanchez announced the winners of the club’s February 11 Tournament which was held on Lake Fayette and awards were presented.
The club members voted on times and weigh-in locations for the annual Spring Two-Day tournament which will be held March 17 & 18 on Lake Falcon:
- Saturday Fishing Times will be from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Sunday Fishing Times will be from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm
- The County ramp will be the Weigh-In location on both days
Members are encouraged to keep their fish in good health and fizz if necessary. Here is a link to some information about fizzing: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20110202d
Members were also reminded about the club’s new policy where .25 ounces will be deducted from each team’s total weight for each dead fish brought to the weigh-in.
Times and weigh-in location for the April 28 club tournament on Lake LBJ will be chosen at the April 3 club meeting
At tonight’s meeting members voted to hold the May tournament on May 19 on Choke Canyon.
Old Business:
- Members voted to stay in the TABC. Dues need to be paid and postmarked by April 15 so each team needs to pay as soon as possible (Make check out to MMBC)
- We discussed the upcoming TABC championship tournament which will be held on Sam Rayburn September 21-23. Glenda announced that the launch and weigh-in will be held at Cassels Boykin Park/Shelton Pavilion. http://casselsboykinpark.com/ Some lodging suggestions were discussed and members agreed that our club should block some rooms. We chose The Bass Buster Inn. Marilyn will phone them and block eight rooms. (Teams who will fish the TABC will be selected on the basis of standings without tournament drops two months before the TABC tournament)
New Business:
- The “Bassin for Babies Tournament” will be held on Lake Travis on April 1. Additional information can be found at www.bassin4babies.com. The organization is pretty sure that the launch site will be the Highlands Lakes Marina.
- Brent passed out some great lists of all-around hints.
- Rosemarie announced that she found some TABC and MMBC club patches that members and she shared a website called www.BassTexas.com with the members. When time permits, we will set up the MMBC on this site.
The monthly prize drawing was held and Team Brown now owns the Steal Token.
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