| |
Past Meeting Minutes
|
9/25/23
We had nine teams
participant in our annual
Scholarship tournament.
With the $360 we made from
the Scholarship tournament
and $656 from the Old Farts
tournament our financials
will allow us the again
provide a $1000 Scholarship
in 2024.
Our final 2023 Financials
| 2022 Year
End Balance |
|
$1028.95 |
| |
|
|
| 2023
Revenue |
|
|
|
Banks Lake Open |
$525 |
|
|
Old Farts
Tournament |
$656 |
|
|
Scholarship
Tournament |
$360 |
|
|
Total 2023
Revenue |
$1541 |
$1541 |
| 2023
Expenses |
|
|
|
2024 Permits ( 4
@ $94 ) |
$376 |
|
|
2023 Trophies |
$254.43 |
|
|
Total 2023
Expenses |
$630.43 |
-$630.43 |
| |
|
|
| 2023 Year
End Balance |
|
$1939.52 |
| |
|
|
| Projected
2024 Revenue and
Expenses |
|
|
| |
|
|
| 2024
Projected
Revenue |
|
|
|
Banks Lake Open |
$500 |
|
|
Old Farts
Tournament |
$700 |
|
|
Scholarship
Tournament |
$500 |
|
|
Total 2024
Projected
Revenue |
$1700 |
$1700 |
| 2024
Projected
Expenses |
|
|
|
2025 Permits ( 4
@ $94 ) |
$376 |
|
|
2024 Trophies |
$260 |
|
|
2024 Scholarship |
$1000 |
|
|
Total 2024
Projected
Expenses |
$1636 |
-$1636 |
| |
|
|
| 2024
Projected Year
End Balance |
|
$2003.95 |
| |
|
|
|
9/3/23 Newsletter
| In addition to the Open
Tournaments we hold each
year to provide a
scholarship for a graduating
senior from Roosevelt HS we
will be holding one club
tournament in 2024, on Banks
Lake on August 17 and 18.
It will be a combined
tournament with the Puyallup
Hawg Hunters. The
entry fee will be $5 per
angler ( which will pay for
the permit ) and have a
optional Big Fish pot for
$10 and a winner pot for
$10. This is the first
club tournament we have had
for several years so make
sure you put this on your
calendar for next year. We
had 16 teams fish the Banks
Lake Open this year.
We made $525 for the
Scholarship fund.
Unfortunately we didn't
receive enough raffle items
to warrant having a raffle
so we gave away the items we
received to the
participants. Our
revenue goal for the Banks
Lake Open and Raffle was
$750, so we fell a little
short. However, we are
still on target for a $1000
Scholarship if we make a
combined $900 from the Old
Farts Tournament on Potholes
and the Scholartship
tournament on Banks. |
10/7/22 Newsletter
The 2022 Season is now
in the books. We added
two new members, Andy
and Roni Smith from Electric
City. Unfortunately
our scales broke after Day
one of the Scholarship
Tournament. The
company we bought them from,
1880Scales, said it
would be less expensive to
buy new scales than to
repair our broken scales.
We were able to use our back
up scales, which are
accurate to .4 pound, on Day
two and everything worked
out. The new scales
will cost $420.13.
Consequently we only be
giving a $500 scholarship in
2023. Past years have
shown that we need a year
end balance of at least
$1400 to be able to provide
a $1000 Scholarship since
all expenses occur before
any income. The one
new tournament we added for
2024 will be on Banks
lake.
| 2021 Year
End Balance |
|
$1347.92 |
| |
|
|
| 2022
Revenue |
|
|
|
Banks Lake Open |
$370 |
|
|
Banks Lake Open
Raffle |
$380 |
|
|
Old Farts
Tournament |
$490 |
|
|
Scholarship
Tournament |
$400 |
|
|
Total 2022
Revenue |
$1610 |
$1610 |
| 2022
Expenses |
|
|
|
2023 Permits ( 3
@ $94 ) |
$282 |
|
|
2022 Trophies |
$226.84 |
|
|
2022 Scholarship |
$1000 |
|
|
New Scales |
$420.13 |
|
|
Total 2022
Expenses |
$1928.97 |
-$1928.97 |
| |
|
|
| 2022 Year
End Balance |
|
$1028.95 |
| |
|
|
| Projected
2023 Revenue and
Expenses |
|
|
| |
|
|
| 2023
Projected
Revenue |
|
|
|
Banks Lake Open |
$370 |
|
|
Banks Lake Open
Raffle |
$380 |
|
|
Old Farts
Tournament |
$490 |
|
|
Scholarship
Tournament |
$400 |
|
|
Total 2023
Projected
Revenue |
$1610 |
$1610 |
| 2023
Projected
Expenses |
|
|
|
2024 Permits ( 4
@ $94 ) ( one
new club
tournament
permit ) |
$376 |
|
|
2023 Trophies |
$227 |
|
|
2023 Scholarship |
$500 |
|
|
Total 2023
Projected
Expenses |
$1103 |
-$1103 |
| |
|
|
| 2023
Projected Year
End Balance |
|
$1535.95 |
| |
|
|
|
5/26/22 Newsletter
| The club is no longer
affiliated with with BASS or
TBF. We
will continue to run the
three Open Tournaments which
should fund the $1000 annual
Scholarship we provide for a
Roosevelt HS graduating
senior. Until we have
members that wish to fish
club tournaments we will not
have any club tournaments.
We removed Bobby Forrester,
Curt Huisman and Paul and
Hunter Mills from the club
roster and added Paul Jones
from Moses Lake.
|
2022 and 2023 Projected Financials
| 2021
Balance after the Banks Lake
Open |
|
$972.92 |
| |
|
|
| 2021
Revenue |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Old Farts Tournament |
$230 |
|
|
Scholarship Tournament |
$245 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Total 2021 Revenue |
$475 |
|
| |
|
|
| 2021 Year End
and Current Balance |
|
$1347.92 |
| |
|
|
| 2022
Projected Revenue and
Expenses |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
2022 HS Scholarship |
-$1000 |
$347.92 |
|
2023 Permits ( 3 @ $94) |
-$282 |
$65.92 |
|
2022 Trophies |
-$185 |
-$120.92 |
| |
|
|
|
2022 Banks Lake Open |
$700 |
$580.92 |
|
2022 Old Farts Tournament |
$400 |
$980.92 |
|
2022 Scholarship Tournament |
$400 |
$1380.92 |
| |
|
|
| Projected
2022 Year End Balance |
|
$1380.92 |
| |
|
|
Tom |
|
8/16/21 Newsletter
| The Banks Lake Open is in
the books with Jordan Doucet and
Chad Eidson winning for the
second straight year. We
made $270 from Entry Fees and
$412 from the raffle. We are
still in good shape to provide
another $1000 Scholarship next
year. Our June 26th Banks Lake
Tournament saw only one angler
fishing.
Our scheduled September 25th
Banks Tournament is on the same
day as the NWbass championship
on Banks Lake. No one
wants to compete with a NWbass
championship on the same body of
water, so I looked for
another opening in September or
October on Banks. There
were none. I returned the
permit we got from Borderline
because of Covid in 2020.
So the 2021 club tournament
season is over.
Several bass clubs in the
state have moved or are
considering moving from TBF (
The Bass Federation ) back to
B.A.S.S.. Since TBF has
decided not to have Qualifiers
interest in TBF has diminished.
The future for TBF in Washington
currently does not look too
bright.
I put in for only 3 permits for
next year. The Banks Lake
Open, the Old Frats on Potholes
and The Scholarship.
Since no one from the club has
fished the TBF National Semi
Finals in recent years and also
because we have not had the
required six paid anglers
required to affiliate with
either TBF or B.A.S.S. it
doesn't make sense to belong to
either TBF or B.A.S.S..
That means we can't get a permit
for Roosevelt from the NPS
because we don't have a Million
dollar insurance policy.
It also means that there will no
club dues for 2022. If
there is interest we can get a
tournament permit for any lake
but Roosevelt for $94.
Let me know you thoughts! |
Updated 2021 Financials
| 2020 Year
End Balance |
|
$1897.60 |
| |
|
|
|
2021 Expenses |
|
|
|
High School Scholarship |
$1000 |
|
|
2021 Tournament Plaques |
$184.68 |
|
|
2022 Permits - 3 @ $94 |
$282 |
|
|
2021 Dues Shortage ( 2 @ $70
) |
$140 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Total 2021 Expenses |
$1606.68 |
|
| |
|
|
| Balance
before the Banks Lake Open |
|
$290.92 |
| |
|
|
|
Banks Lake Open |
$270 |
|
|
Raffle at the Banks Lake
Open |
$412 |
|
| |
|
|
| Balance
after the Banks Lake Open |
|
$972.92 |
| |
|
|
| Remaining
Projected Revenue for 2021 |
|
|
|
Old Farts Tournament |
$500 |
|
|
Scholarship Tournament |
$500 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Total 2021 Remaining Revenue |
$1000 |
|
| |
|
|
| Projected
2021 Year End Balance |
|
$1972.92 |
|
|
1/25/21 Newsletter
| I hope you all had a
great holiday season.
Below are the projected 2021
financials. If you
have any questions give me a
shout. The club is
paying the $70 TBF fees for
six members in order to
receive the $1,000,000
Liability Policy for the
club. Members can
reimburse the club when I
return to Washington in
April. Members the
club will pay for are:
Tom Melowitz, Curt Huisman,
Brian Walters, Bobby
Forster, Nic Alexander, Randy
Morrison.
Members whose dues are paid
by another club are:
Doug Jorgensen, Frank White,
Ken Ganancial.
Our
2021 Tournament Schedule
| |
Club
Tournaments |
| |
|
|
May 1 |
Lake
Roosevelt - Team |
|
May 29 |
Jamboree on
Banks Lake -
Team |
|
June 26 |
Banks Lake -
Team |
|
September 12 |
Banks Lake -
Team |
| |
|
| |
Open
Tournaments |
| |
|
|
August 7 - 8 |
Banks Lake
Open |
|
September 18 |
Old Farts
Tournament on
Potholes |
|
October 2 - 3 |
Scholarship
Tournament |
| |
|
|
2021 Projected Financials
| 2020 Year
End Balance |
|
$1897.60 |
| |
|
|
|
2021 Expenses |
|
|
|
High School Scholarship |
$1000 |
|
|
2021 Tournament Plaques |
$175 |
|
|
2022 Permits - 5 @ $94 |
$470 |
|
| |
|
|
| 2021 Year
End Balance before any
Revenue |
|
$252.60 |
| |
|
|
| 2021
Projected Revenue |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Banks Lake Open |
$300 |
|
|
Raffle at the Banks Lake
Open |
$300 |
|
|
Old Farts Tournament |
$500 |
|
|
Scholarship Tournament |
$500 |
|
| |
|
|
|
Total 2021 Revenue |
$1600 |
|
| |
|
|
| Projected
2021 Year End Balance |
|
$1852.60 |
Tom |
8/9/20 Newsletter
The 2020 Banks Lake Open is in the
books. We had 12 teams fishing.
Jordan Doucett and Chad Eidsen took
first place with 10 largemouths weighing
29.3 pounds just edging Travis and Russ
Avery who had 10 smallmouths weighing
28.96 pounds. The weather was
great as was the fishing far surpassing
the tournaments held on Banks the last
two weekends..
We made $360 from the tournament and
$285 on the raffle. We are still
on target to again provide a $1000
scholarship for a graduating senior next
year. Our final club tournament of
the year is September 12th on Banks.
Our Current Finalcials:
2019 Year
End Balance
...................................................................................................................
$1938.99
Roosevelt NPS Permit
..................................................................
-$70
TBF 6 member dues
......................................................................
-$420
4 member dues paid
.....................................................................
+$280
Scholarship
.....................................................................................
-$1000
2020 Tournament plaques
............................................................
-$169.30
Share of June Banks Permit
.........................................................
+$47
2021 Permits - 5 @ $94 each
.......................................................
-$470
2020 Banks Lake Open
..................................................................
+$360
2020 Raffle
.......................................................................................
+$285
Current Balance
.....................................................................................................................................
$781.69
Projected revenue for the remainder of 2020
Old Farts Tournament
......................................................................
+$600
Scholarship Tournament
.................................................................
+$500
Projected Year End Balance
.................................................................................................................
$1881.69
Projected 2021 Expenses
2021 Scholarship
.............................................................................
-$1000
2021 Tournament Plaques
..............................................................
-$170
2022 Permirs ( 6 @ $94 )
...............................................................
-$564
Projected Balance Before any 2021 Revenue
.......................................................................................
$147.69
|
5/29/20 Newsletter
|
Well the first
tournament of the year is in the books
with Bryan and Tom Walters walking with
first place (5.12 pounds) and the big
fish of 3.54 pounds. Guests Jeremy
Cheevers and Levi Rodelo walked away
with the option pots. The Puyallup Hawg
Hunters had a tournament the same day.
Things seemed to go well sharing the
water. There were far more largemouths
caught (17) than smallies (8).
Our next tournament is June 27th
on Banks. We were able to move our
Roosevelt permit from the National Park
Service to May 1st and 2nd
next year, so we will be applying for a
Roosevelt tournament with the state for the
same dates.
Tournament permits
for 2021 have to be into the state by
July 1st this year. Even
though this year has just begun we have
to start thinking about next year
already. We will put in for
Roosevelt (
May 1 ), the Banks Lake Open and
Scholarship on Banks and the Old Farts
tournament on Potholes.
We historically put in for a late June
and late September on Banks. We can get
another permit ( 7 maximum). Send
me your thoughts on locations and dates
for our 2021 tournaments ( besides
Roosevelt on May 1 and the first day of
the 2021 Jamboree).
Because of Covid-19
we didn’t provide a scholarship for a
graduating senior from Roosevelt High.
Unless someone has a better idea we will
be providing a $2000 scholarship to a
graduating senior next year.
Lastly
we had three members pay their club dues
of $70 at our Banks tournament. So, if
you haven’t paid your dues you can pay
at the June 27 club tournament or send
me a check when you get a chance. |
|
1/30/20
I received a few quotes for
Liability Insurance. I additionally
asked Allstate for a quote.
Allstate indicated that they were
not in that business. The quotes I
received were high. What I failed
to take into account when
considering to no longer affiliate
with TBF or BASS was that they
provided a $1,000,000 liability
policy for all club sponsored
events. This includes the open
tournaments we run. Should there
ever be a law suit against either
the club or members of the club we
are protected up to $1,000,000. So
we will continue to affiliate with
TBF in 2020.
The club will pay for six members (
$420 ) in order to stay in good
standings with TBF and get the
$1,000,000 Liability policy so we
can get a NPS Roosevelt permit.
You can pay the $70 fee per
individual when I return to
Washington in April.
The individuals the club will pay
$70 for are:
1. Tom Melowitz
2. Curt Huisman
3. Brain Walters
4. Tom Walters
5. Nic Alexander
6, Randy Morrison
Members whose dues are paid by
another club:
7. Doug Jorgensen
8. Frank White
9. Ken Ganancial
Since I have received no negative
feedback concerning Brian Walters
suggestion to make club tournaments
one day team events in 2020 will go
that way for 2020. The limit will
be 5 fish per boat. Partners can be
guests or members. All members of
the winning team will receive 50
points, etc.
2020 Tournament
schedule:
May 2 Lake
Roosevelt - team
May 23
Jamboree on Banks Lake -
team
June 27
Banks Lake - team
September 12 Bill
Hancock memorial on Banks -
team
Tom
|
|
1/18/20
In case you hadn't heard my
house in Houston flooded on
9/19/19 during Tropical
Storm Imelda. All the
repairs to the house were
complete in early January
with only outside irrigation
work remaining to prevent
future flooding. I pretty
much focused on the repairs
and ignored most other
things, including fishing
in Texas.
Last year, I asked club
members for their thoughts
on switching from TBF to
BASS. No one indicated that
they wanted to switch from
TBF to BASS. Dues of $70
are now due. Actually, we
should have sent in our dues
to TBF before the first of
the year. In order to
remain in good standing with
TBF we need to have 6 paid
members. We need to be in
good standing in order to
get a $1,000,000 Liability
Insurance policy which the
National Park Service
requires before they will
issue a Roosevelt event
permit ( Tournament). Last
year we had 4 members that
paid the $70 club dues. The
club paid for 2 past members
in order to be in good
standings with TBF. I'm
checking on the cost for a
Liability Insurance policy
from Insurance companies.
I'll let everyone know the
results when I have them.
In addition to Open
Tournaments, The Banks Lake
Open, the Scholarship
Tournament and the Old Farts
Tournament we have permits
for three club tournaments
. The Jamboree is also a
club tournament. 2020 dates
are:
May 2 - 3
Lake Roosevelt
May 23 - 25
Jamboree on Banks Lake
June 27 - 28
Banks Lake
September 12 - 13
Bill Hancock memorial on
Banks
Brian Walters suggested
making our club tournaments
one day team tournaments.
Please let me know your
thoughts on Brian's
suggestion. Should everyone
agree on Brian's suggestion
our club tournament dates
for 2020 would be:
May 2
Lake
Roosevelt - team
May 23
Jamboree on
Banks Lake - team
June 27
Banks Lake -
team
September
12 Bill Hancock
memorial on Banks -
team
I'd also like your
thoughts on the
following potential
changes to our club:
1. Become a independent
club with no affiliation
to either BASS or TBF
2. No dues for
membership
3. Charge a $5 entry
fee for each angler for
each tournament,
excluding the Jamboree.
These fees going towards
a $1,000,000 Liability
Insurance policy
allowing the club to get
a Roosevelt permit from
the National Park
Service.
|
|
9/18/19
We had 17 teams fish the Old Farts Tournament on Saturday 9/14/19.
Mike Matkowski and Richard Shaff squeaked
out a win by .05 pounds.
Congratulations to Mike and Richard.
It was their second consecutive win.
Every team thanked our club for keeping the
Old Farts Tournament alive! Dana
Ingalls helped with the registration and
weigh in and Pete Fisher ( the store manager
at Mardons and owner of Fisher Baits ) took
pictures. Many thanks for their help.
We made $595, less $67 for a motel room,
for the club. We are right on target
for our $1,000 Scholarship for next year.
Our Financials after the Old Farts
Tournament:
| |
Balance as of 8/9/19 |
|
$1271.99 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Flowers for Bill
Hancock from the Club
............. |
|
-$56.00 |
| |
Revenue from the Old Farts
Tournament ......... |
|
$595.00 |
| |
Motel Room for the Old Farts
............................ |
|
-$67.00 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Current Balance |
|
$1743.99 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Projected Revenue from the
Scholarship ........ |
|
$500.00 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Projected Year End Balance |
|
$2243.99 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
2020 Projected Expenses
before Any Revenue |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Roosevelt NPS Permit
.................................... |
|
-$45.00 |
| |
2021 Permits ( 6 due by
7/1/2020 ) ............... |
|
-$564.00 |
| |
Colorama Parade
............................................ |
|
-$35.00 |
| |
Plaques for Open Tournaments
...................... |
|
-$200.00 |
| |
High School Scholarship
................................. |
|
-$1000.00 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
Balance before any 2020
Revenue |
|
$399.99 |
| |
|
|
|
Tom
|
9/9/19
The 2019 club tournament season is in
the books with Curt Husiman taking the
club championship. Congratulations
to Curt. Curt won our club
tournament on Sunday 9/8/19 on Banks
under windy, rainy, and tough fishing
conditions. Our September club
tournament will be named the Bill
Hancock Memorial starting in 2020.
Bill Hancock passed away on 8/25/19.
Several club members attended Bill's
Funeral Services in Spokane on Saturday
9/7 so our Banks tournament was on
Sunday only. The club also sent
flowers for Bill's resting place in
Spokane.
Bill was the club Treasurer. I
will be taking over that job until
further notice. We are removing
Bill from the club checking account and
will be adding Brian Walters and Curt
Huisman.
Our next event is hosting the
Scholarship Tournament on Banks Lake
over the first week end in October.
I will also be running the Old Farts
Tournament at Potholes on Saturday
9/14/19. The money we make from
both of these tournaments will go
towards our 2020 scholarship for a
graduating senior from Roosevelt HS in
Grand Coulee.
Tom |
|
8/9/19 The Banks Lake Open is in the
books. We had 15 teams fishing this
year. Mark and Walter Dawson won this
year. They were anchored by 15.9
pounds on Sunday with two four pound
plus largemouths. We had four more
teams than last year, so hopefully
participation will continue to grow.
The weather was great both days, but a few
teams reported strong winds on the South End
on Sunday. The winds by Coulee
Playland were mild on Sunday. We made
$275 from the raffle and another $100 by
selling one of the Temple Fork Outfitters
rods that we received from Skeeter.
Skeeter again came through with three rods,
each of which has a retail selling price of
$160. Our last club tournament is
scheduled for September 8 and 9 on Banks.
We hope to see you there. Again, this
year, we will be running the Scholarship
Tournament the first week end October.
I noted on the 2020 fishing permit
applications that WSBF had applied for a
permit for Banks on the first week end in
October for the TBF National Semi Final.
That is the same date as we have the
Scholarship Tournament. We will
possibly have move our date to avoid the TBF
National Semi Final. That is a
decision for next year. I have not
received any feed back from any club members
about switching back to BASS or remaining
with WSBF.
Our current Financials:
| |
Balance as of 6/19/16
....................................... |
$1154.99 |
| |
|
|
| |
Plaques for the
Banks Lake Open
.................... |
-$144.00 |
| |
2020 Permits
.................................................... |
-$564.00 |
| |
Banks Lake Open Revenue
............................. |
$450.00 |
| |
Raffle Revenue
................................................. |
$375.00 |
| |
|
|
| |
Current Balance
................................................ |
$1271.99 |
We are in good shape to be able to again
offer a $1000 Scholarship to a graduating
senior in 2020 with the anticipated revenue
from the Scholarship Tournament and The Old
Farts Tournaments later this year.
|
|
To:
Club Members,
6/19/19
We
awarded our $1000 Scholarship to Tony
Nichols, who is heading to Colorado State
University, at the June 8th HS
graduation at Roosevelt High School. Bill
and I attended. It was a fun event. There
were 47 seniors graduating. Thanks to the
members selecting the recipient of our
scholarship.
We
again participated in the Colorama parade or
the fifth straight year on Saturday May 18th.
We took first place in the Club /
Organization category. You can see pictures
of our winning float on our web site.
I
fished the 2018 Old Farts Tournament, with
Dana Ingalls, on Potholes last year. It was
a few years since the last Old Farts
Tournament. Levi Mesenberg indicated that
Mardon’s was not going to run the tournament
any longer. Unless someone else volunteered
to take it over the tournament would be
history. I volunteered to have the Banks
Lake Bass Club take it over. The 2019
tournament is Saturday, September 14th
on Potholes. You can find the details on
our web site.
The
Washington State Bass Federation (WSBF)
cancelled their Qualifiers this year. They
are not planning to run any Qualifiers next
year. They will run the Jamboree and the TBF National Semi for Washington and Oregon
every other year in the future. You can
qualify to fish the TBF National Semi Final
by fishing the Jamboree or out of a
affiliated club. We can send one team.
Our
cost to belong to WSBF is $70 per member (
$20 goes to WSBF and $50 to TBF and FLW).
As a affiliated club our members can fish
the TBF National Semi Final and importantly
the club has a $1,000,000 liability policy
for any and all club activities. We need
this policy to get a permit from the
National Park Service for a Roosevelt
tournament.
When the club started in 2009 we affiliated
with BASS. The cost today to affiliate with
the Washington Bass Nation ( BASS ) is $30
per member. Each member must individually
join BASS at $25 per year. We do have two
members who are already life time members.
Affiliating with BASS additionally provides
a $1,000,000 liability policy.
WSBF
seems to heading down hill with no future
Qualifiers planned and no individual
stepping up to indicate their desire to take
over for the current President, Dez Ruffin.
Dez has indicated that he will not continue
as president past this year. The future
seems pretty cloudy for WSBF.
Let
me know your thoughts about switching back
to BASS!
Our
Current Financials: We ended up with a 2018
year end balance of $2245.67.
2019
Expenses and income to date:
TBF
Dues -
$420 $70 x 6 members
Roosevelt Permit
- $45
Colorama Parade -
$25.68
Scholarship
- $1000
Permit Sharing
+ $ 120 ½ of tournament fees for 2
tournaments - Coastal
Member Dues +
$ 280
Current Balance $1154.99
Expenses and projected Income for the
remainder of 2019
Plaques for Banks Lake Open - $144
2020 permits
- $564 6 2020
permits payable by 7/1/19
Banks Lake Open Revenue + $700
Raffle and Tournament Revenue
(projected)
Scholarship Revenue
+ $500 projected
Old Farts Revenue
+ $500 projected
Projected Year End balance $2156.99
As
long as we generate at least $1800 from our
open tournaments we will be able to offer a
$1000 Scholarship
Tom |
August 2018
|
Congratulations to the team of Shawn
O'Connor ( New Owner of Nixon's
Marine ) and Kirk Holmes for their
win at the 2018 Banks Lake Open.
While we only had 11 teams at the
tournament it was still a very good
tournament. Largemouths on Sunday
prevailed for the win! Walter
Dawson has joined the club. We can
expect to see him at our September
Tournament. Make sure you say hello
to him and introduce yourself if you
don't already know Walter.
We made $330 from the entry fees and
$292.50 from the Raffle, with
another $320 yet to be collected for
the two rods and 14 hats from
Skeeter that I sold. I will collect
that money next week end. The
Scholarship Tournament is scheduled
for the first week end in October.
We should make somewhere between
$300 and $500 depending on the
number of boats we get.
After the Open we have:
$1350.67! Total / Balance
Revenue from selling Skeeter
Products $320
$1670.67
Projected Scholarship
Revenue $300
$1970.67
2018 Year End Balance
$1970.67
2019 projected
Expenses
Scholarship $1000
$970.67
5 Tournament permits $470
$500.67
Roosevelt NPS permit $45
$455.67
Plaques for the 2019 Open
$143
$312,67
Projected 2018
Balance before any 2019 Income
$312.67
You can see from the Financials
above that we have a balance of
$312.67 before any income from the
2019 Banks Lake Open, so we are in
good shape for next year.
We can send a team to the 2018 TBF
National Semi Final at Tri Cities on
the first week end in October. That
is the same week end that we will be
running the Scholarship Tournament
on Banks. If your interested let me
know.
|
June 2018
Members,
Our next tournament coming up is Banks
Lake on June 16 and 17. I expect
there to be some smallies still spawning
and most large mouths to be in post
spawn with some still guarding fry.
The TBF High Schoolers will be fishing
with us on our permit so say hello and
welcome them. They will be
weighing in with us also.You may be
wondering what happened to our annual
$500 Scholarship to a graduating senior
from Roosevelt High. There were no
applications! I don't know if that
was because there were no seniors
heading to college or some other reason.
In any event the 2019 Scholarship will
be for $1000.
We have to send our 2019 permit
applications by 7/1/18. Our
planned applications for 2019 are listed
below. If you have any suggestions
for improvement or changes get them to
me ASAP as we have until 7/1/18 as a
deadline.
| Roosevelt |
May 4 and 5 |
| Banks |
June 15 and 16 |
| Banks Lake
Open |
August 3 and 4 |
| Banks |
September 8 and 9 |
| Scholarship
on Banks |
October 5 and 6 |
I'll be sending out requests for
raffle prizes to our existing sponsors
and potential new sponsors next week.
Any raffle prizes that you get for
raffle at the Banks lake Open would be
appreciated.
Tom
|
January 2018
|
Members,
I hope everyone had a good holiday season.
I did! It looks like the weather in
Washington is a bit colder than normal. It
turned cold here in Texas just before Xmas
and we are expecting below normal weather
for the next few weeks.
Send me your dues at my Texas address below
when you get a chance. Dues are $70 unless
you already belong to a Federated WSBF
club. With six paid members our club
members can fish the TBF Qualifiers, on
Washington and Banks in 2018, send one or
two teams to the TBF National Semi Finals
the first week of October at Tri Cities, and
finally receive a million dollar liability
insurance policy for every club event. We
need the insurance policy to get a permit
for Roosevelt.
Our tournament schedule for 2018 is posted
on the club WEB site. Additionally, we will
be running the Banks Lake Open and
Scholarship tournament on Banks Lake in
2018. The turnout for these two tournaments
has gone down the last few years so we need
ideas on how to promote these tournaments to
increase participation.
We will again be providing a $500
Scholarship for a graduating senior from
Roosevelt High. You will be receiving
copies of the Scholarship applicants in May
and be asked to ranks them. We will be
using the same process as we used in 2017.
Lastly, if you itemize deductions on your
Federal taxes we can provide you with a
charitable contribution receipt for you club
dues and for the entry fees for the Open and
Scholarship tournaments. Since we are not
for profit organization with a Tax Id number
these are legitimate charitable
contributions. We annually send these to
our sponsors that provide donations for our
raffle at the Banks Lake Open.
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October 2017 Newsletter
|
Well, all of our tournament
activities for 2017 are complete.
Congratulations to Brian Walters for
his Angler of the Year performance!
After the Banks Lake Open we had
$866.53 in our club account. Since
then we took in $100 by selling two
rods that Skeeter donated to the
club and we made $70 from the Grand
Coulee Center Lodge certificate
that they donated to the club. We
also ran the Scholarship Tournament
last week end, with only 8 teams
fishing, and made $240 there. Our
treasury balance today is $1276.53.
Projected outflow for 2018 is:
1. Scholarship
$500
2. Plaques for the 2018 Banks Lake
Open $140
3. 2019 Permits ( 5 at $94)
$470
Total
$1110
It looks like a balance of $166 on
the positive side.
While it hasn't been announced it is
probable that clubs in good standing
will be allowed to send multiple
teams to the 2018 TBF National Semi
Final which will be at Tri Cities
the first week end of October. In
order to assure that we are in good
standings I would like to urge that
dues of $70 be paid by the first of
the year. We need six paid members
to be in good standings with TBF and
WSBF. If you belong to another club
that pays your dues to TBF and WSBF
there are no dues required. We have
been a little lax in collecting dues
in the past but will be less so this
year. On the positive side of dues,
since we are a not for profit
organization we can provide you a
receipt for your dues that can be
used as a charitable contribution on
your federal taxes if you itemize
deductions.
As mentioned earlier we ran the
Scholarship Tournament for WSBF this
year. Without the $240 made there
we would have been hard pressed to
make our annual $500 Scholarship.
We will again be running the 2018
Scholarship tournament. I agreed to
continue running this tournament
until such time as WSBF wants to
take it over again.
Tom
|
August 2017 Newsletter
|
The Banks Lake Open is
now in the books. We had 12 teams compete
this year. Participation continues to go
down. It was a great tournament with
wonderful weather, some pretty good fishing
and a great raffle. We made $360 ( $30 per
team ) for the club and $420 from the
raffle. We need $739 to operate our
tournaments in 2018. So we are quite a bit
short. Precisely we are $379 short! We are
going to run the WSBF team tournament on
October 7 & 8 on Banks Lake so we can
hopefully make up the shortage there. We
need 13 participants in that tournament ( at
$30 per team ) to make up our deficit.
Anything you can do to help advertise the
tournament would be appreciated. The reason
that the WSBF will not be running this
tournament is that the TBF National Semi
Final for Washington and Oregon will be in
the Dalles on the Columbia on the same
date. I also made another tournament permit
application for the first weekend in October
2018. The 2018 TBF National Semi Final will
be the first weekend in October 2018 at Tri
Cities. We are calling the tournament the
Scholarship Tournament as the money we make
will be targeted towards our annual
scholarship for a graduating senior from
Roosevelt High.
We made $420 on the
raffle. This leaves us short on our
targeted $500 scholarship. We had over
$3000 of raffle prizes donated from
Sponsors. If we had more teams
participating we have made a lot more
money. I held out of the raffle a two night
stay at Grand Coulee center Lodge valued at
up to $200. I hope to be able to sell this
for $100 which will go into the scholarship
fund. Skeeter out did their past donations
by providing us with four rods. I held two
of them out of the raffle. They are Temple
Fork Outfitters ( that’s a Gary Loomis
company ) 7’3” heavy rods ( GTS C736-1 )
listed at $159.95 on their web site. I am
going to try to sell them for at least $50
each with the funds going towards the
scholarship fund. If you are interested in
buying either one of these rods let me know
Our Financials for the
club are listed below:
2017 Expenses
1. National Park Service Fee for
Roosevelt
$45
2. 2017 High School Scholarship
$500
3. Plaques for the 2017 Banks Lake
Open
$140
4. Four 2018 Tournament Permits
$376
5. 2018 Oct Scholarship Tournament
Permit
$94
2017 Total Expenses
$1155
2017 Income
1. ½ of Roosevelt fees from Puyallup
$69
2. 2017 Banks Lake Open
$360
3. 2107 Banks Lake Open
Raffle
$420
4. Additional Scholarship Donation
$200
2017 Total Income
$1049
2017 Balance
-$106
Additional 2017 Projected Income
1. WSBF Team Tournament ( 12 Teams @ $30
) $360
2. Sale of two rods
$100
3. Sale of 2 day stay @ Grand Coulee Center
Lodge
$100
2017 Projected Additional Income
$560
The 2017 TBF national Semi Final is
scheduled for the first weekend in October
on the Columbia River. The club can send
one boater and one non boater to this
tournament. Based on last year the entry
fee was $200 for the boater and $100 for the
non boater. The top boater and non boater
from Washington advance to the TBF National
Championship. The top anglers can then
advance to the BFL and finally to the Forest
Wood Cup. Our top angler currently is Brian
Walters ( he would be the boater ) and then
Tom Melowitz ( he would be the non boater).
Tom will be running the 2017 WSBF Team
Tournament on Banks Lake those days and will
not participate. Next in line is Cody
Hampton for the non boater spot. Check out
the 2017 standing on the club web site. We
have one more tournament in September that
will finalize eligibility for the TBF
National Semi Final.
|
June 2017 Newsletter
|
We will be launching out of Coulee
Playland. Civil Twilight is 4:15 am
and sunrise is at 4:56 am. The Drivers
Meeting will be at 4:30 am and the Blast
Off to immediately follow or 4:45 am.
Weigh In will be at 3:00 pm. Sunday
hours will be from 4:45 am until 1:00
pm.
Brooklyn Reichlin was the winner of our
$500 Scholarship. She was awarded the
Scholarship money on June 13th. 
Congratulations to Brook.
We have offered to run the WSBF
(Washington State Bass Federation)
tournament on Banks Lake the first week
end of October ( this was preciously
called the Scholarship Tournament). The
first week end in October appears to now
be the TBF National Semi Final date for
Washington and Oregon so the WSBF is
involved in running that and can't do
both. We would continue to run this
tournament as long WSBF could not. We
should have a definite answer on this in
the next week or so.
Aulin Smith, the Washington State
Fisheries Biologist for Banks Lake, has
indicated that Banks Lake still has
biomass of approximately 60% White
Fish. He indicated that he was talking
to Coulee Playland about some type of
event targeted at reducing the White
Fish population. Possibly a week long
Fishing derby during the winter. If you
have any ideas or suggestions send them
along to me or Aulin.
|
May 2017 Newsletter
|
Our second tournament of the year is
Sunday on Moses Lake. We will
blasting off from Cascade Park. The
Drivers meeting is at 4:45 am and
blast off at 5:00 am. The WSBF High
School Championship is also on Moses
Lake that day. I expect them to
have less than 10 boats. They have
the state championship on the line
so we should provide them every
courtesy. They will be blasting off
after us.
We didn't make a AIS ( aka Zebra
Mussel Form ) for Chelan so make
sure you sign that form on Sunday (
if you were a boater ).
We have three scholarship applicants
from Roosevelt High for our $500
Scholarship. I will be picking them
up on Friday and will send them to
each club member. Please rate them
one thru three. One being the
highest. Whoever has the lowest
score will be awarded the
Scholarship. This is the same
process we have used for the last
two years and it seems to work.
The club participated in the
Colorama parade last Saturday. We
won first place for the
Clubs/Organizations. If you would
like to participate next year let me
know.
|
January 2017 Newsletter
I hope you
have enjoyed a wonderful holiday
season. Our dues for 2017 have gone up
from $65 to $70 because the state dues
have increased by $5. I'd like to get
the money to TBF by the end of the month
so if you can send me your dues before
then it would be appreciated. If your
not planning on being a member any
longer let me that also. You can make
the check out to me and mail to my Texas
address below. If you have paid dues to
another TBF club there are no dues to
belong to our club.
Doug Jorgensen informed me today that
the Sanpoil River is closed for
smallmouth fishing until June 1. A link
to the PDF file from the WDFW is below
enumerating changes that were made in
December. Our first tournament is April
29 and 30th so the Sanpoil will be off
limits for smallmouth. We will be
sharing our permit for Roosevelt with
the Puyallup club so we will be blasting
off and weighing in with them.
We have a May 20 one
day tournament scheduled for Moses
Lake. The Potholes club also has a one
day tournament on the same day on Moses
Lake. I'd like to get your input about
moving this tournament to Sunday May 21
instead of Saturday May 20.
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August 2016 Newsletter
|
The
2016 Banks Lake Open saw 15 teams
participating with Michael and Tim Tadlock
taking home the gold. We made $450 from the
15 entries and $333 from the raffle. So we
will only be providing a $300 scholarship
for next year. Any suggestions for how to
improve participation are needed and
welcome. We ended up $49.03 in the red for
the past year ( this was caused by getting
an additional permit for Moses Lake for 2017
). We have not paid the $147 for the 2016
Banks Lake Open plaques yet but that amount
is included in our -$49.03 balance.
Our financials and the outlook for 2017
follow:
Balance
Balance before the 2016 Banks Lake
Open
- $49.03
15 Entries from the 2016
Open
$450
$400.97
Raffle
$333
$733.97
½ permit shared with WSBF for
9/17-18 $47
$780.97
2017 Expenses prior to the 2107
Banks Lake Open
2017
Scholarship
-$300
$480.97
Roosevelt National Park Service Permit
-$45
$435.97
2017 Banks Lake Open Plaques
-$147
$288.97
3 permits @$94 for 2018 submitted by 7/1/18
-$282
$6.97
Based upon our budget we will have $6.97
prior to the 2017 Banks Lake Open. We will
get our fourth permit for 2018 after the
2017 Banks Lake Open.
We are sharing our 9/17 – 18 permit on Banks
with WSBF so they can have their annual fall
open. Expect to have another dozen or
so boats on Banks for our September
tournament. You will be able to fish both
tournaments. They have Monday through
Thursday off limits. Tournament hours for
our September tournament are posted on the
club web site. |
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January 2016 Newsletter
|
We are officially a TBF Bass Club
with nine members paid and in good
standings. As a member of WSBF (
Washington State Bass Federation )
we can take advantage of discounts
on Power Poles and Ranger Boats (
see the WSBF web site for details
). We also have a million dollar
insurance policy with TBF. We need
that when we get the permit from the
National Park Service for our
Roosevelt tournament. I'll be
sending that in by the end of the
month.
Also, as a TBF club our members are
eligible to fish the WSBF Qualifier
Series. The dates and info about
the series are on the WSBF web site.
The entry fee is $300 per angler.
You have to sign up for those
tournaments as a boater / non boater
pair. Both of which must be TBF
members, not necessarily from the
same club.
If you haven't read the info on the
new TBF National Semi Final there
are links on our web site that will
point you to that information. Last
year our members agreed that we
would send a boater and non boater
to that tournament. They would be
determined by the club standings.
First place would be the boater and
second place the non boater. If
either did not want to fish we would
continue down the standings until we
had a boater and non boater. The
entry fee for the tournament is $200
per angler. I talked to Keith
Brooks, President of the WSBF, who
indicated that he was 99.97% sure
that the TBF National Semi Final
would be on Banks Lake on October 1
and 2. They would use the permit
they have for the WSBF Team Open on
that date. The top two anglers from
that tournament for Washington and
Oregon will advance to the TBF
National Championship in the spring
of 2017.
We need a Tournament Director. That
position has been vacant since Dana
Ingalls moved to California. If
you are interested let me know.
For those of you not familiar with
our web site the hours for each
tournament are located under each
tournament on the Club Tournaments
page.
We will be awarding a $500
Scholarship to a graduating senior
from Roosevelt HS in Coulee Dam in
June. In the past club members have
ranked them 1 to n. N being the
number of applicants. We will do
that again this year. So expect to
get all of the applications after
May 15 and rank them and return that
ranking to me. The applicant with
the highest ranking will receive the
$500.
We have participated in the Colorama
Parade for the past two years. We
plan on doing so again this year.
The parade is the Saturday before
Mothers Day ( May 8th this year).
If you want to participate this
year by driving your boat in the
parade, let me know. We have to
send in an application which
indcates how many boats we have.
Our 2014
Parade Picture.
Lastly, our financials have not
changed since the last newsletter.
We have taken in annual dues and
immediately dispersed it to TBF.
Below are the Financials from the
last newsletter.
Current Financials
Balance after the 2015 Banks Lake
Open .................... $1121.03
Projected 2016 Expenses
2017 Permits ( 4 permits
) ..................... $376
2016 Scholarship
...................................
$500
Plaques for the 2016 Open
.................... $140
2016 Roosevelt permit
........................... $ 45
Colorama Parade Expenses
...................$ 50
Total 2016 Expenses
...............................
$1111
Balance after 2016
........................................................
$11.03
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August 2015 Newsletter
|
The front
page of our
web site has
been changed
to a white
background,
with our TBF
club number
and the TBF
logo located
in the upper
left. The
TBF logo was
white which
was the
reason the
for changing
the
background
to white.
We will not
be
affiliated
with TBF
until we pay
our 2016
dues. Right
now I plan
on attending
the
September
19th Washing
State Bass
Federation
meeting in
Ellensburg
to let them
know we will
be joining
in 2016.
Well
the 2015
Banks Lake
Open is in
the books.
We had 18
teams
participating
this year.
Down from
the 22 that
fished in
2014. We
made $540
from Entry
Fees and
$500 from
the Raffle.
So we have
the money we
need for
2016 and
also enough
for a $500
scholarship
in 2016.
Many thanks
to everyone
that helped
out ( Bill
Hancock,
Steve
Norris,
Carla Bryan,
Makayla
White and
anyone else
I forgot ).
The
largemouth
bite was
pretty good
and far out
produced
smallouths
during the
Open. I
will be
sending out
Thank You
letters to
our 2015
sponsors
next week.
Our
last
tournament
of the year
was
scheduled to
be September
12th and
13th. I
found out
that the ABA
Championship
is Friday
September
12th and
Saturday
September
13th on
Banks. So
rather than
compete
against
potentially
100 boats on
the 12th our
last
tournament
will be one
day only on
the 13th.
Current
Financials
Balance
after the
2015 Banks
Lake Open
....................
$1121.03
Projected
2016
Expenses
2017
Permits ( 4
permits )
.....................
$376
2016
Scholarship
...................................
$500
Plaques for
the 2016
Open
....................
$140
2016
Roosevelt
permit
...........................
$ 45
Colorama
Parade
Expenses
...................$
50
Total 2016
Expenses
...............................
$1111
Balance
after 2016
........................................................
$11.03
Tom
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June 2015 Newsletter
|
I recently asked for your
opinion concerning choices for the
Banks Lake Bass Club in anticipation
of the changes that BASS will be
making in 2016. The results were
clear. All responses favored moving
over to Washing State Bass
Federation (WSBF). So that's what
we will be doing in 2016. The costs
for membership will be $65 annually,
unless you are already a member of
another WSBF club, in which case
there is no cost. The $65 includes
FLW membership, TBF ( The Bass
Federation ) membership, WSBF (
Washington State Bass Membership )
membership and Bank Lake Bass Club
membership. Prior membership was
$95 annually for affiliation with
BASS. Membership dues are payable
by the first of January.
By affiliating with WSBF club
members will be eligible to compete
in WSBF Qualifier tournaments
starting in 2016. We also receive a
$1,000,000 insurance policy. We
need this insurance in order to get
a permit from the National Park
Service for a Roosevelt Tournament.
We also have to send a
representative to attend WSBF
meetings in Ellensburg in March,
September and November. If you want
to represent the club at the
meetings let me know.
We just completed the 2015
Scholarship award from the money
made at the 2014 Banks Lake Open.
We had 5 applications. Bill
Hancock, Brian Walters and myself
reviewed the applications. We each
ranked them one through five. The
winner, Jazmine Sumner, had two
number one rankings and a number two
ranking. She was the clear winner.
Her picture is on our web site.
Tournament permits are due to
the state by July first. We will be
submitting for same permits as in
the past few years:
Lake
Roosevelt .......... April 30 - May
1
Banks Lake
................. June 18 - 19
Banks lake
Open ........ August 6 - 7
Banks Lake
................. September 17 - 18
The 2015 Banks Lake Open is
August 1 - 2 this year. We had 22
teams participate in 2014. We hope
to have over 30 teams this year.
I'm sending emails and entry forms
to past participants. We will
again be holding a raffle to make
money for a 2016 Scholarship. Our
target ( ambitious ) is to have two
$500 Scholarships for 2016. Your
help in running the tournament or
soliciting raffle prizes would be
helpful. So far the following
people are working with the
following companies for raffle
prizes: Tom ( Nixon's, Limit Out
Marine, Sniper Lures, Big Hawg
Baits, Tackle Density, KGM Custom
Baits, Coulee Playland), Bill (
Center Lodge, Cabelas), Brian (
Kershaw Knives), Steve ( Fisher
bros, Ranger, Skeeter, P Line).
Financials: Our
current Balance ( excluding Banks
Lake Open Entries ) is:
$868.85
Anticipated expenses for
2016: 4 Tournament permits for 2016
($94 x 4) $376
2016
Roosevelt NPS Permit
$45
2016
Colorama PARADE
$50
2016 Banks
Lake Open Trophies $142
Anticipated
2016 Expenses ...................
$613
Expected Balance ( Exclusive of the
2015 Banks Lake Open ) $155.85
We
will also have to pay for 2017
permits before 7/1/16, so we need
to make at least $376 from the 2015
Banks Lake Open.
Tom
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May 2015
Newsletter
|
I'm sending this to the current and past
members. If you haven't heard B.A.S.S.
is planning big changes to the BASS
Nation Tournament Series starting in
2016. You can click on the link below
to read what the changes are:
The changes that affect the Banks Lake
Bass club the most are:
1. National Dues were $30 per member in
2015. We paid $150 in 2015 for 5
members to remain a BASS affiliated
club. In 2016 National Dues are going
to $360 per club. With 5 members that
is $72 per member, with 6 it's $60,
etc..
2. Washington State Dues were $30 per
member in 2015. Due to the Washington
State Team going from 12 members to 20
members and the Divisional entry fee
going from 0 in 2015 to $200 in 2016 we
can expect Washington State Dues to go
to $50 - $60 or even higher in 2016.
3. Each member is paying $85 annually
in 2015 ($25 to BASS, $30 National Dues,
and $30 State Dues). With a six member
club we can expect that to go to $145
($25 BASS, $60 National Dues and $60
State Dues) in 2016.
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As the President of the Banks Lake Bass
Club I've thought of a few alternatives
on how to go forward to deal with the
BASS changes coming in 2016. I'd like
to hear from current and past members on
these alternatives and any other
alternative suggestions on how to go
forward.
1. No change. Dues would go to $145
per member starting in 2016.
2. Take $360 from the money we make at
the Banks Lake Open to offset the 2016
BASS changes. Dues stay at $85 ( $25
BASS and $60 Dues )
3. Move over to TBF where the annual
cost for a member is $90 ( FLW
membership, TBF membership and WSBF
membership).
4. Become an independent club with no
dues at all. No member would be able to
fish in state qualifiers. We would not
have a $1,000,000 insurance policy that
we need to get a permit from the
National Park Service allowing us to
have a tournament on Roosevelt ( While I
haven't researched this yet we probably
could get the insurance through the
Puyallup Hawg Hunters by inviting them
to participate - I'm a lifetime member
of Puyallup).
Tom
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August 2014 Newsletter
August 27, 2014
Well, the 2014 Banks Lake Open is in the books. With
22 entries this year we continue to see some
growth that we hope will get us back to the
50 – 60 boats we saw when it was the Valley
Marine Open. The raffle was a success
also! We made $509 from the Raffle, so we
will be awarding a $500 scholarship to a
2015 graduating senior from the Coulee Dam
High School. Many thanks to those that
helped with the Raffle. Brian Walters who
provided the filet knives from Kershaw,
Steve Norris who worked with Ranger, Skeeter
and Fisher Brothers and Bill Hancock and
Dana Ingalls who worked with Grand Coulee
Center Lodge all deserve recognition. I
plan on getting out Thank You Letters to
each of our 2014 sponsors next week. We
make 20% of the entry fees, that’s $30 for
each entry. So we made $660 from the Entry
Fees.
We
have a balance of $1444.45 after the Open.
Projected expenses for 2015 are:
1.
Scholarship
$500
2. Four permits for
2016 $376
3. Colorama Parade
$50
4. Trophies for 2015
Open $140
5. Roosevelt
permit
$45
Projected
2015 Expenditures $1111
Projected
Balance for 2015 $333.45
Our 2015 Tournament dates are:
5/2-3 Roosevelt
5/23-25 Jamboree on
Banks Lake
6/20-21
Banks
8/1-2 Banks Lake
Open
9/20-21
Banks
Our
last tournament of 2014 is scheduled for
10/11-12 on Banks Lake. A week after the
Federation Team Tournament. I hope to see
many of you there.
I fished the last BASS Nation Qualifier last week end.
Gene Batey proposed having three one day
Qualifiers for 2015. All on Sundays.
The day after three NWBASS tournaments.
Probably on Potholes, Banks and Tri Cities.
It sounded like most people were in favor of
his proposal.
Lastly, Dana Ingalls is returning to the
Banks Lake area from California and will
again be our Tournament Director.
Tom |
June 2014
June 3, 2014
The next tournament for the Banks
Lake Bass Club is June 21 - 22 on Banks.
Hours are 4:30 am until 3:00 pm on
Saturday and 4:30 am until noon on
Sunday. We will blasting off and
weighing in at Coulee Playland. Three
members have already confirmed they will
be fishing: Tom Melowitz with guest
Duncan Cox from Texas, Brian Walters
with his dad and Bill Hancock ( possibly
with Chris Coffey). If you are planning
on fishing let me know.
I will be sending out the tournament
flyer and entry forms for the August 16
- 17 Banks Lake Open to bass clubs in
the state and as many past participants
as I can find email addresses for later
this week.
I will also be soliciting raffle
prizes from past sponsors later this
week. Brian Walters has some Kershaw
knives for the Raffle. Steve Norris did
some excellent work and has a lot of
P-Line, Ranger hats and shirts and a
G-Loomis rod. Thanks to Brian & Steve
for their hard work.
Tom
PS: The fishing is awesome on both
Banks and Roosevelt right now. The
fish are in the backs of coves which are
quickly rising with beds all over the
place on Roosevelt, which is now 22 feet
below full pool up from 60 feet below
full pool in early May.
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April 2104 Newsletter
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April 10, 2014
I received a call from Marie
Jay ( she issues the permits for the
National Park Service (Roosevelt))
yesterday. She indicated they were
finally issuing our permit for May
3-4 for Roosevelt subject to there
being enough water to launch. Full
pool elevation for Roosevelt is 1290
feet. Today it's at 1241. The ramp
at Spring Canyon has concrete to
1210 feet but they will close the
Spring Canyon ramp when the water
gets down to 1220 feet. They closed
the ramp at Spring Canyon in 2011
for about two weeks in late April
due to low water. So if we don't
have enough water on Roosevelt the
back up plan is to have a fish in on
Banks. It wouldn't be a tournament
and we would have to follow state
regulations. Launch info for
Roosevelt: http://bankslakebassclub.com/2014/Roosevelt_2014/Rooseveltt_2014_Launch_Info.html
Let me know if you are planning
on fishing Roosevelt. We will going
out with Northwest Bassmasters and
Wenatchee Valley also will be
fishing at the same time. In total
there may be between 25 - 30
tournament boats on Roosevelt.
We have 2 new members: Steve
Norris and Jason Davis who are
fishing the BASS Qualifiers on Banks
the week before Roosevelt and also
the Roosevelt tournament.
We will be participating in the
Colorama Parade this year on May
10th. Our float is my bass boat.
Bill Hancock and possibly Dana
Ingalls will be riding in the bass
boat.
We moved the Banks Lake Open
from the first week end in August to
the 16th & 17th of August because
NWBASS has a tournament the first
week end in August rather than their
normal second week end in August. I
haven't checked with Gary Styles yet
to see if that is going to be their
date again in the future. If so we
will probably have to move our date
for the Banks Lake Open in future
years. We are going to start up
the raffle again at the open this
year. Any raffle prizes you can get
for the Open would be appreciated.
Steve Norris has already begun the
job, with good results, of getting
raffle prizes. The word document
attached may help with the raffle
prizes. We still intend to work on
a local scholarship, but that is of
course dependent upon how we do
financially from the Banks Lake
Open.
Tom
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August 2013 Newsletter
Members:
Well, the 2013 Banks Lake Open is
now in the books. It was a good
tournament. We had lot's of positive
comments from participants. We drew 18
boats and made $540 which will cover our
financial needs through 2014. Although,
we will not be able to get our 5th 2014
permit for Pot Holes as we had hoped.
Three teams were in the 28 to 29 pound
range with the team of Bob Flowers and
Jeff Abbott squeaking out the win. They
also won in 2011. We plan on starting
the raffle in 2014 with the expectation
of once again offering a scholarship to
a local graduating high school senior.
Our Financials commitments up to the
2014 Banks Lake Open:
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Expenditure |
Amount |
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Balance |
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| 1. |
2013 Banks Lake Open
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+$540 |
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$505.25 |
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| 2. |
Roosevelt Permit for 2015 |
-$45 |
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460.25 |
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| 3. |
4 permits for 2015 |
-$376 |
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$94.25 |
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| 4. |
2014 Banks Lake Open Plaques |
-$100 |
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-$5.75 |
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The expectations for the 2014 Banks
Lake Open are 25 boats and $600 from the
raffle. That woud allow us to get the
5th permit for 2014 on Potholes for late
August.
Potholes August 17-18 Club Tournament - Tournament
Hours will be from 5:45 am until 3:00 pm
both days. We will be weighing in at
Mardons, on the concrete onshore on the
dock with the gas pump. The Blythe
launch will probably not have enough
water to be usable.. You can launch at
any launch ( Lind Coulee, Mardons or the
state park) and start fishing at 5:45
am. We will not have a drivers meeting.
There is a 5 fish limit with no minimum
size. Please send me an email if you
plan on fishing.
Tom
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