February 21st, 2010

Oroville was our lastest adventure and yes it was an adventure........it was dry when we launched, then rained, fairly steady, then cleared for the afternoon..........New members Tao Her and Paul McTaggert walked away with the pot for 15 boats that were in attendance.  They brought in 5 fish over the slot for a weight of 10.14 lbs.  Second place went to new members Mong Lee and Chao Vang with a weight for 5 fish of 9.12 lbs.  Third was claimed by new members Mike and Glenn (not Greg) Nuzum with 5 for 9.04 lbs. and fourth went to George Hogue and Lloyd Sparke with 5 for 9.00 lbs.  Those were the only "limits" brought to the scales (me with a cull-em hand held scale)  Yes we had technical difficulties yesterday with the eletronic burning and smoking of one scale and the second shutting down and not coming back to life, seems the power chord shorted out due to damage, (getting pinched in its case) my failure to put 2 and 2 together and plugging it into the second scale (mine)(trying to hurry by then) sending it to the same demise (failure).  So we loaded all the fish into a bag, then into another bag where I weighed them with a hand held...what fun!  I appreciate all the help and the patience of all the members....we got thru it as always!!!

So this brings up another situation I will put up for review...that means you email me with your thoughts!!!  Shall we add a temporary $5.00 fee per boat for the rest of the year to purchase new scales......lets look at how I came up with the time and fee.  We should average 15 boats per event. 15 times $5.00 times 9 events equals $675.00 (I believe the scales were about $300 last time I bought one).....I will looking for new scales in the next few days!  Anyway let me know what you think, we need at least one, mine I bought when I first took over the club for back up....geez, don't burn up just one but both!!!!   S%#@ Happens!
Later Sunday Night.....
Ok...decent news regarding the scales, seems the guy is open 7 days a week, just got off the phone with him in Arizona and the scales are packed and will be in the mail tomorrow morning....hopefully we can get both repaired and recalibrated for less than $200-400.00 depending on the extent of damage....we will see!!  The scales new are 325.00 less a hundred for trade in so we will just have to wait until he can check them out.  We may get one new one and one repaired or both new or both repaired.....depends on the extent of damage!!!! Anyway they will be back in service by the next event no matter what....
UPDATE WED February 24th: The scales will be in the manufactures' hands by Wednesday(tonite), hopefully I will hear from them by the weekend and will have the information I need to make a decision on the future of the scales!  Will post my decision and hopefully the costs involved so if we decide to "add" the $5.00 surcharge to pay for the scale repairs/replace we will know just how long the surcharge will last if we indeed impose it.

Also Mr. Stephen Gatewood came up with a great idea for our end of year dinner with regards to our respective others (politically correct label).  Shall we hit up (again?) the members for contributions of money or gifts for a raffle or other means to offer our respective others (and maybe ourselves) something to show that we are not just a bunch of club members bent on our own existence!  Great idea Steve!  This will be our first end of year dinner so let us make it a good one for all involved......so think up gifts that you can donate such as STUFF for the ladies, soap sets, lotion goodies, fishing poles (opps), you know GOOD STUFF! and I will post Stephen's info soon, (as soon as he gives it to me regarding the way he wishes to be contacted) as he is going to handle that aspect of the dinner gathering!  Thanks Stephen!  That dinner will be after the holiday rush maybe in January or February of next year.......that is what the $5.00 extra at the events is going to now, so far we have $155.00 in that account.  We plan on getting a banquet room at say a place like Cattleman's and having a dinner amongst our members and significant others to enjoy one another's company on another completely playing field (so to speak)........should be fun! 

I/we will be updating the stats page in a day or so with the lastest stats as we prepare for our 3rd event which which will be held at Comanche on the 20th of March....hopefully Joe (Mayo) will make that one!  I am sure he will post and tell all of you to keep up the maintanence on your boat trailers as he lost a tire/wheel on the way up......OUCH!!  It is a constant vigil that must be maintained...... and remember you just don't need to catch fish to be on top of the list at years-end, you need to get there and back home!!!!  Sorry Mayo, better luck next time... I know Mayo will come out next time even more determined. 
Alright....since I am up working on the club stuff here is some more late posting news... Tao and Paul are leading the pack after 2 event with 96 points, Ken and Kyle are 2nd with 93 and Meredith and Wes along with the Nuzum bros are in 3rd with 92 points.  Hogue, Sparke, Lee and Vang are next with 89, Ron and Bonner along with dave Mercado have 88 pts.  Tao and Paul also lead the pack with 12.65 pounds followed by Meredith and Wes with 11.88.  Third would be Greg and Mike Nuzum with 10.88 lbs. and next is Lloyd and George with 10.26 and Ken and Kyle with 10.06, thats all the members in double figures.....I am sure when Mayo gets his stuff together he will post all the stats for all the members soon!!!!!!   Pressure!!!!!!Mayo....Pressure!!!!

Here are the  picks for the 2010 season:
January 16th - Amador
February 20th - Oroville 
March 20th - Comanche 
April 17th - Delta 
May 15th - Folsom
June 19th - Comanche
July 17th - Delta
August 21st - Oroville
September 18th - Folsom
October 16th - Clearlake
November 20th - Clearlake
December 11th - JACKPOT ROUND, for all qualifiers!  Just fish 9 out of the eleven and your in....FREE!

COME JOIN EGBASS FOR THE 2010 SEASON, call me now at the number below or better yet email me with your information and I will get back with you to answer any questions you may have....EGBass has been around for 20+ years, providing the amateur status angler an avenue for competition running along side of camaraderie!  Have a Happy New Year!

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