Steve Taylor welcomed everybody to the meeting and gave a quick introduction of officers. There were several new faces in the audience and many decided to join! Welcome.
John Vickers (Tin Can) spoke about the next tournament. Each team will weigh one redfish and the heaviest slot red will win. It's $20 a boat for members and if one person on board is not a member, it's $25. It is important to note that one person on the boat must be a member of the club to participate. Additionally, there will be a side pot for the slot red with the most spots. It will be $10 per person and everyone in the boat must register to be eligible. I'll be taking money at Jerry's until 6:15 Saturday morning for those interested.
Mike Scibelli (wetjet), Club Treasurer, spoke about club finances. The club has $800 in the bank and has no outstanding debt.
Robbie Green (birddog) spoke about a potential club service project....a ghost trap clean-up day. Some professional crabbers and the FWC would partner with the club to help clean up local waters.
Tom Keels gave a comprehensive tour of the Club website, http://www.nfgfc.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; and showed members how to post pictures on BBF.net.
Reel Slow spoke about catching redfish in the Big Bend. He has owned many boats in the last few years and is in search of one that will float in spit. He stressed that many of the best local fisherman have several different spots that they know hold fish. The best are constantly on the move, but slow down once they find fish. Bill likes three lures - a skitterwalk in redfish color, a pink Capt. Mike's spoon, and a jighead with a grub on the back. All of these can be found at South Ga. Outdoors and Advantage Marine.
Bill uses the topwater as a search bait. He'll throw it until he gets a hit and if the fish aren't taking it, will switch to the spoon. He likes a slow retrieve back to the boat, but stressed that to be successful at redfishing, you need to make long casts with braided line so as not to spook the fish. Bill believes that this time of the year you should pound the grass and work as many creek mouths and grasslines as you can. In areas without structure (rocks) Bill looks for subtle changes in the underwater topography. A bottom change of 6" to 1' will often hold redfish. He also likes grass and sand patches for redfish. Bill certainly knows a lot about fishing and we appreciate him taking the time to come speak to the club...thanks Bill.
Several nice prizes were given away in the raffle. A Sea Tow membership was given away and two nice rods were as well. Numerous Mirrolures, Saltwater Assassins, and jigheads were given away. Many thanks to our sponsors.
It was a great meeting and we hope to have close to 30 boats in the tournament Saturday.
Buying tickets
Ten inches. Soft.
NFGFC website demonstration
All eyes on Reel Slow
Why so sad?
Mook and mojokoko singing the praises of Gulp!
