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Volume 22 Issue 10

October 2014

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Table of Contents

Committee Members Contact Inormation..…….………………2

Important Dates …….….….……….….….……….….….…….……………….3

From the Helm— Mike Gilger …..….….……………………..………...4

Fishing Events— Joe Udwari—Fishing News and

Contests………….…….……………………………………….…………….5

October Fishing Tournament……….…..…….………..………..7

Programs— John Simonieg—October Speaker

Frank Hommena (AKA “Fishin’ Frank)………...……………..…8

Holiday Party……………………………………………..……..…………. 9

Ladies Liaison— Cris Schieb—Trabue Restaurant and

SPOOKY Mini Golf………………………………………………………….……….10

Membership-Sunshine Lady -Donnie Brennan……………..11

Highlights - Things to Know….……………………………………………12

Fish of the Month 2014….………………………………………………….13

September Fish of the Month - Snook Winners…………..14

Drawing Prize Winners…….….….…….…….….………………………..15

Angling Achievement Status……………………………………...16-20

Fish Photos…………………….….….……….………………..…………….21-24

Our Sponsors…………………………………………………………………25-27

Wounded Warriors Anglers Suppport…………………………..28

On the CoverPGIFC member Don Rosswith a 40” Snook

Officers

President: Mike Gilger—[email protected]

Vice President: Bill Guenther—[email protected]

Treasurer: Ron Baxter—[email protected]

Secretary: Randy Hall—[email protected]

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Committee Members

Editor: Karen Udwari —916-9176

[email protected]

Advertising: Rick Sarkisian - 574-514-1467

[email protected]

Membership: Donnie Brennan—575-8808

[email protected]

Programs: John Simonieg—637-1838

[email protected]

Social Director: Sandi Rosen-518-475-9441

[email protected]

Fishing Events: Joe Udwari—916-9176

[email protected]

Fishing Events Record Keeper: Bob Rand 637-4848

[email protected]

Ladies Liaison: Cris Scheib—661-1288

[email protected]

Sunshine Lady: Donnie Brennan—575-8808

[email protected]

Web Site: Jim Qurollo—347-8467

[email protected]

New Member Liaisons:John & Lynne Stockinger

John—931-215-7896

Lynne—931-626-1580

[email protected]

Past President: Aaron Wagner

CCMAC: Larry Hofmeister

CCA: Tom Parsons and Bob Mayes

www.pgifishingclub.org

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Important Dates

Ladies Nite Out wth Gents! Thursday, October 30�� at 6

PM

October Fish of the Month is Redfish

Happy Hour every Wednesday at The Tiki Hut 5:30 pm

Ladies Lunch Thursday, October 16�� at 11:30 AM at

Trabue

Next CLUB MEETING:

Tuesday, October 14, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m.

*Arrive at 6:45 to make sure you get your Raffle and 50/50 tickets

Breakfast at Elena’s at 6:00 AM every Friday

Fishing Tournament Thursday, October 23��

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Mike Gilger, President

From The Helm

Are we having fun yet? That’s the question I keep askingmyself everytime I’m on the water and one of thesecrazy afteroon storms kicks in. I’m beginning to feel likethe “old man and the sea” character.I hope all of you have been paying attention to our list ofnominated Club Officers for 2015. Remember, all ofthese volunteer candidates still need to be elected intooffice. I mention this again only to remind you thatshould you decide you might also like to run for one ofthese offices, it’s not to late to toss your hat in the ring.Our elections will be during the November meeting soyou still have time. The easiest way to do this is to emailone of the members of my Nominating Committee (JoeUdwari - [email protected] or John Gettinger [email protected]) Tell them what position you’reinterested in and he’ll do the rest. It’s just that easy.We love having new faces on the Board. Each newperson brings their own thoughts and ideas to the tablewhich enables us to keep the Club running smoothlymaking it more fun for everyone..By the way, has anyone ever wondered how and whenwe got started as a Club in 1980? Our MembershipDirector, Donnie Brennan has the club’s history. Ask herfor a copy. I know she’d be happy sharing it. You cancontact her at [email protected] hope you’re all purchasing your Christmas party tickets.While we have moved the venue for our party to a largerfacility, we will still have a limit to contend with. In thePGICA, we were limited to 150 people (comfortableseating at tables); holding our party at the CharlotteHarbor Yacht club give us more room with a limit of 220– but considering that we have over 500 members, ifyou’re thinking of attending, you’ll still need to get yourtickets early or you’ll be out of luck.

We’re still looking for members’ input in our newsletter.If you have a good idea about fishing or how to maintainyour boat, why not write about it? Send it to our Editor,Karen at [email protected] and let her includeit. Spread the word! Remember, this is your newsletter.

While I’m talking about spreading the word, I’d like to say a“few words” of thanks to the Ladies of theKitchen…especially Ellen Wagner who always donates homemade cakes and cookies for our after-meeting refreshments.Without these wonderful women, you’d be going homehungry. So how about after our next meeting, as your stuffingyour mouth with a great tasting treat, say thank you to ourladies who give their time and effort to our Club?.Well, there’s another storm rolling in and I’d like to get offmy computer before it hits so I’m signing off now and gettingthis to Karen before the lightening gets any closer. Don’twant to risk a fried PC. Don’t mind fried KFC but a fried PC?Not interested!Go fish! Have fun! Stay safe!

MikeSome of my recent Facebook posts

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Joe UdwariFishing Events

Fishing in Charlotte Harbor and adjoining waters continues tobe pretty darn good, and should continue into October. Thecopious amounts of freshwater flowing into the Harbor due torecent rains may push the fish around a bit, but theprevalence of bait should keep them here.

Tarpon, redfish and snook were all feeding aggressively thismonth, taking live bait, cut bait and lures. For example,between John Solinger and Kel Krotzer alone, they caught14 fish worth 2200 total points (4 tarpon, 7 redfish, and 3snook). That's a lot of big points fish for just 2 anglers tocatch in one month. In addition, spotted seatrout, Spanishmackerel, and bluefish are again being caught more regularly,and should continue to increase in size and numbers as wehead into cooler Fall temperatures.

Offshore has been good as well for red grouper and varioussnapper and reef fish when the wind and waves cooperatedenough to allow boats to get out. Earlier in the month severalmembers were able to get out to a 125' depth and limited outon red grouper. The re-revised in -season Federal closure forred grouper (which is now 12:01 am on October 5th) allows usone more day to get red grouper. Of course, you'll still beable to keep them in State waters until December 3rd, ifthey're 20" or longer.

Our September Fish of the Month (FOM) contest was forsnook. Twelve members submitted entries, and we had 3male and 3 female angler winners, as shown below.

Fish Of the MonthPlace Men Length Women Length

1stPlace

Don Ross 40.0"

ShereeWolfinger 34.5"

2nd Place

JohnSolinger 35.0"

DarleneMadsen 28.0"

3rdPlace

BobBretts 30.0"

PamSolinger 27.0"

Our October FOMcontest is for redfish.

These fish are measured from the tip of the noseto the end of their pinched tail (total length), andremember to round off your measurement to thenearest half inch. No guessing or estimatinglengths for these fish.

Redfish are beginning to school up and shouldbe even easier to target then when they'rescattered along the mangrove edges or flats. Just be sure to approach any schools slowly soas not to spook them, and have some bait handyto keep them near your boat when you do gettheir attention. Also be considerate of any otherboats working such schools by keeping arespectable distance (several long cast lengths)and not getting in front of the school's directionof movement or other boats. You can enter anylength redfish into the FOM contest, but makesure they're in the slot limit of 18" to 27" if youplan to keep them. The daily limit in Statewaters is 1 legal fish per angler.

Always make sure and check the latestapplicable regulations in effect for where youare fishing and for what you are catching,especially if you plan to keep some fish. Alsoremember that you can't use a paid guide forany contests except the Ladder of AnglingAchievement (LOA) Program, and your OctoberFOM entries are due no later than November 1.

First, second and third place winners received $35, $25 & $15gift certificates to Laishley Marine, Fishin' Frank's and RioVilla Bait & Tackle, respectively.

Coninued on page 6…

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If you did catch a snook in September and didn't submitit in compliance with our rules, you may have missedout on a great prize. So make sure that if you do catch afish of the month or any fish for that matter, attach apicture of you with the fish to an email identifying yourfull name, length and type of fish, date caught and anote if you used a paid guide, and send it [email protected]. It's that easy, and itenters your catch into all of the Club's programs andcontests as long as you satisfy each of the respectiverules for these events. The rules can be found on theClub's great website at pgifishingclub.org.

While you're on the computer, please continue to postyour pictures on the Cub's Facebook page so we can allsee what's biting and where before hearing about it atour meetings. Our Club's Facebook membership justkeeps on growing.

All contest results are nicely summarized later in thisNewsletter, and awards for September will be handedout at our next general meeting.

Come before 7 pm on October 14 to leave enough timeto pick up your raffle and 50/50 tickets, and to grab agood seat. C U then!

Fishing Events

Cont inued f rom page 5

Rick Sarkisian did an excellent jobdescribing his approach tocatching tarpon in CharlotteHarbor after last month's generalmeeting. A good number ofmembers, including MasterAnglers, stayed the extra half hourto hear Rick share his tactics andshow and tell presentation onrods, reels, fishing line andleaders, hooks, knots, lures andlive bait. His success in catchingtarpon and helping others catchtheirs has been phenomenal,causing some to dub him TarponTamer or Whisperer. Thanks forsharing Rick!

ThanksRick Sarkisian

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Fishing Tournament

● To be held Thursday, October 23rd 8 AM-3 PM although no official start time

● Email Joe Udwari to register or sign up on Facebook

● Open only to members of the PGI Fishing Club at no charge. Guests may participate but they arenot eligible for prizes

● Members use their own boats and where possible take other members that need a ride

● Members supply all their own equipment and costs

● Fish wherever you want and for what you want

● $25 gift certificate for longest redfish, trout, grouper and snook

● Channel 72 can be used to communicate hot spots to other members

● Gathering at Harpoon Harry’s between 3-4 PM to relax and share stories

● Measure total length of fish (pinched tail)

● Awards at 4 PM sharp and you must be there to collect

● Proof of catch with member via photo on digital camera or phone

● This event will be weather permitting. Your contact information is important

● If inclement weather causes cancellation of outing on the 23rd,

the alternate date is October 24, 2014

October F

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John Simonieg

Committees

Programs

Capt. Robert Moore

Fishing Program ReportCapt. Robert Moore gave one of the best presentationswe have had all year, per some of the members. The fishof the month was Snook and all of us got some goodideas on how to catch them . When fishing up againstthe mangroves keep in mind that when a Snook is hookedhe will try to go back into the mangroves.When a Redfishis hooked, they generally will go out. All Snook are bornmales and some change to females as they age. That iswhy they are protected. He uses 20# braid mainline and30-40# leader, three to four ft long. Snook do not like tofeed on a slack tide, so watch the tides. Look for an areain a canal or small bay where you see eddie currents.Also, most points in the mangroves hold fish.

Our next speaker onOctober 14th is Frank Hommena,president and owner of

Fishin’ Franks Bait & Tackle and Fish Charters. He hasbeen in business here for over 29 years and will definitelyprovide an excellent presentation.

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CommitteesLadies Liasion

Cris Schieb

The Ladies Lunch will be atTrabue Restaurant on

Thursday, October 16th at 11:30 am. The entries include salads, soups

and sandwiches starting at $9.RSVP to

[email protected]

GHOULS NITE OUT Attention all GHOULS& GUYS! This month’s GIRLS NITE OUT isfor everyone - youcan even bring yourfriends! It's time forSPOOKY MINI GOLF -so break out yourcostumes - youmight win a prize!We'll have ashotgun start -everyone starts toplay at the sametime - just atdifferent holes.Prizes for best (&maybe worst)scores. There willeven be a fewtreats. We'll be playing on theharbor side of aFish Cove under themoonlight -

it's a lot of fun! Thursday - October 30 - 6:30 pm only $4.50 pp RSVP - ASAP to [email protected]

GIRLS NITE OUT was at Corks &Canvas. Our aspiring artistsknocked out a painting in one Nitewhile enjoying some wine &HDV's. Check out some of theresults!

We had some fun times inSeptember !

Halloween is just around thecorner! One of my favorite times

of the year!It's time to do some spirited

partying!

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Committees

MembershipSunshine Lady

Donnie Brennan

I’m going to begin a sub-article in my Sunshine column.Each month, I’m going to dedicate that sub-article tobirthdays and anniversaries. I’ll call the article:“Celebration”.So, beginning in January, if you’d like to see your nameor the name of your spouse or friend in print, just letme know the month they were born. I don’t need theirexact date or year (especially for the ladies…..you allknow how we feel about our ages…) but I do want themonth. My goal here is to spread sunshine and makeyou smile……..no, it is not, “Let me entertain you, letme make you smile”….you can entertain yourselves,I’m just going to try and make you smile.So, that said, I need to switch hats and get back toMembership. So, have a great day and remember, getme those birth months.

Happy fishing!

Donnie

Hi Everyone

First of all, I want to thank everyone who has sent in the2015 dues. I really appreciate getting it so early. It reallymake my life less complicated. I especially want to thankthose who followed the directions in myletter. You have no idea how that simplething unburdens the task of my record-keeping. So, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Our membership is coming along fantastically. We nowhave 282 families registered as members. Isn’t thatawesome? We surely must be doing something right.

Our summer months were a bit on the slow side butwe’ve made up for that. So without further ado, I’m goingto introduce you to our new members:

JOHN McFARLANDKEN & LINDA BAHRJOHN & RENEE BOTHWELLJOHN & MARTHA FERRISMIKE & HOPE PETKUSDAVE SUSSMAN & MARY ANN TIPTONDON & CONNIE WICKMAN

Remember, all of our new members have a star on theirbadges. Play nice! Go introduce yourselves and make afriend.

I’m going to cut this article really short this month since Ihave so many renewals to process. So take care on thewater, these storms are killers. Be safe. Have fun. Catchfish!

Donnie

Hi Folks!

September was a busy month foryour Sunshine Lady. Seems like thesky wasn’t the only thing that held afew dark clouds. Get well andspeedy recovery cards were sent to: Grata Hofmeister,Stan Rosen and Pat Crawley. Let’s hope our goodwishes and prayers worked for their improved health.

A sympathy card went out to Ellen and Aaron Wagneron the loss of Ellen’s brother.

While Rich Brennan had a small tumor taken out of hishand, I did’t send him a card. Mainly, because sincehe’smy husband and we live together, I wasn’t aboutthe waste the stamp so I just gave him a pat on theback and said, I Hope you feel better quickly because Ireally can’t push the lawnmower. He’s recovering atlight-speed.

Membership

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1. The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council re-vised their in-season closure date for red grouper due toanother update of stock assessments. As of this writing,the season in Federal waters will be closed from October5 through December 31, 2014. The gag grouper season iscurrently still open until their quota is met. Check theirregulations periodically at:http://www.gulfcouncil.org/fishing_regulations/RecreationalRegulations.pdf

2. Snook season in State and Federal waters is scheduledto close on December 1, 2014. You must have a $10 per-mit to harvest a snook if you're required to have a li-cense, and then can only harvest 1 snook per day perperson if the total length of the fish falls between 28"and 33". Periodically check FWC recreational fishing reg-ulations at: http://www.myfwc.com/fishing/saltwater/recreational/

3. The big but patchy plume of red tide off the northwestFlorida Coast continues to result in fish kills and low oxy-gen levels in deeper water. The latest FWC update re-ports concentrations range from background levels to

high concentrations, and the plume is not moving towardour area. For more information go to:http://myfwc.com/research/redtide/events/status/ state-wide/

4. Nominations from members for next year's Club Officerscan still be made if you are not in agreement with the Nom-inating Committee's recommendations, which are: VinnieMadsen-President; Jim Crawley-Vice President; Ron Baxter-Treasurer; and Randy Hall-Secretary. Elections will be heldat our November 11th meeting.

5. The PGIFC Board updated the Club's By-Laws to makeeditorial corrections and reflect changes adopted since thelast update a few years ago. Copies of the existing and pro-posed By-Laws were emailed to all members for their re-view. A vote by the membership to adopt the updates willbe called for at our next general meeting on October 14,2014.

6. There's still time to sign up for the Club's next fishingtournament. See the flier in this newsletter on page 7 formore information.

Things to KnowVarious Contributors

http://www.gulfcouncil.org/fishing_regulations/RecreationalRegulations.pdf

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January Sheepshead

February Spotted Seatrout

March Redfish & Spotted Seatrout

April Spanish Mackerel

May Cobia

June Tarpon

Fish of the Month 2014

July Shark

August Mangrove Snapper

September Snook

October Redfish

November Grouper

December Black Drum

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September 2014Fish of the Month Contest

Snook

Congratulations to our winners!

Female Anglers

Sheree WolfingerDon Ross

John Solinger

Darlene Madsen

Bob Bretts Pam Solinger

Male Anglers

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FIRST PLACEVinnie Madsen

7’ Redbone Spin-ning Rod

SECOND PLACE Rich Brennan Okuma EF30bSpinning Reel

THIRD PLACERay Hertz

$25 Gift CertificateTerminal Tackle Plus

Door Prizes

50/50 Winners

1st Place - $47Aaron Wagner

2nd Place - $35Ed Verminski

3rd Place = $30Mike Gilger

September Drawing Winners

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PGI Fishing ClubLadder of Angling Achievement Program

Tom desEnfants

Dick Nieberline

Jessica Poe

Darryl Pricco

Ron Stafford

Rodger Will

Mark Kline

Barbara Brunner

Deny LaChance

Fred Lamon

John Morehouse

Paul Land

Alan Schulman

Tom Lengauer

Walt Zink

Bud Johnston

Cindi Johnston

Jerry Morningstar

Anne Careau

Janice Anderson

Roz Hickey

Bebe Davis

Peter Meier

Bill Damour

Tom Hunt

Gary Skillicorn

Patti Topper

Duane Hilgendorf

Lynne Stockinger

Gretchen Sunderland

Don Taylor

Ken Hardesty

Mike Peters

Randy Burchacki

Trudi Baxter

Dave Dyke

Don Ross

Club HatFirst Fish

Marie D'Ambrosio Mike Sandling Karen Lodge

Kathy desEnfants George Remick Hezzie Samons

Pete Ferguson Joanell Dyrstad Ted Perrin

Mike Gulvezan Janice Wiscombe Dave Dyke

Christine Jordan Ron Stenberg Jane Stenberg

Larry Okray Sherry Moerke Bob Mayes

Mattie D'Ambrosio Karen Udwari Gary Moerke Sheree Wolfinger

Joe Longo Fred Benson Roger Davis Don Ross

John Simonieg Gary Adams Ron Baxter

New this month in RED

Renee Bothwell

Randy Hall

Ron Baxter

Mary Heins

Don Ross

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PGI Fishing ClubLadder of Angling Achievement Program

Cont’d

Tom Lodge Marie LaRocca Mark Storm

Ed Verminski Marv Dyrstad Jim Crawley

Jim LaRocca Ray Brunner Elaine BrettsLifetime Level l

Snook

Marty McCaffrey Rose Anne McCaffrey Ron Topper

Missy Becker Bill Guenther

Lifetime Level llRedfish

Jack Spies Carl Leicher Darlene Madsen

Bob Rand Vinnie Madsen Rick Sarkisian

John MacLeman Bob Bretts John StockingerLifetime Level lll

TARPON


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Ladder of Achievement Program (cont’d)

GRAND MASTER CLUBStar Points

Master Angler Shirt

Just email a .jpg photo of you

and your fish with:

►your name

►date caught

►fish species

►Length

►Indicate if you used a guide

►Mail to

[email protected]

PGI Fishing Club Programsare easy to enter

Grand Master Shirt Points GMA Star

Donnie Brennan 100Rich Brennan 2700

Bob Busler 300Jim Hoffman 1100

Margie Hoffman 700

Kel Krotzer 1400

Joanne Landaker 700

Steve Landaker 1100

Joe Maillet 100

Pete McGregor 2900

Mike Quinn

Bev Rucker

John Solinger 1800

John Wolfinger 900

Tom Parsons

Joe Udwari 4300

John Gettinger 2000

Pam Solinger 100

Bill Bonham 700

Tom Hickey 300

Aaron Wagner 900

Jim Qurollo 700

Dick Doster 900

Mike Gilger


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2014 Master Angler Standings

Revised 10/2/14

Rich Brennan 40.0

John Gettinger 38.0

Joe Udwari 36.0

Bob Busler 40.5

Joe Maillet 38.5

Don Ross 38.0

Pete McGregor 34.5

Margie Hoffman 34.0

Rich Brennan 33.0

Karen Lodge 38.0

Mike Gilger 37.0

Joe Udwari 36.0

Vinnie Madsen 45.0

Don Ross 40.0

Pete McGregor 38.0

Vinnie Madsen 35.0

Kel Krotzer 34.0

Dick Doster 33.0

Jim Crawley 26.0

Darlene Madsen 25.0

John Stockinger 24.5SpanishMackerel

Spotted SeaTrout

Rich Brennan 23.0

Joanne Landaker 23.0

Vinnie Madsen 23.0

Bob Mayes 23.0

Jerry Morningstar 22.5

Darlene Madsen 22.0

Bob Pierro 22.0

Bob Bretts 22.0

Steve Landaker 22.0

Tied for thirdplace

Tied for firstplace

Amberjack

Cobia

Grouper

KingMackerel

Snook

Redfish

SecondPlace

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Isles Trophy Race 2014

Margie Hoffman

The yearlong Isles Trophy Raceallows the male and female winnerto obain the traveling “Isles Trophy”for one year.

Past Isles Trophy Winners

Vinnie Madsen

2009 Winner 2010 Winner 2011 Winner 2012 Winner 2013 WinnerRich Brennan

Christine JordanKel Krotzer

Margie HoffmanGreg Chestnut

Joanne LandakerJim Qurollo

Rose Anne McCaffreySteve Landaker

Missy Becker

Current Leaders

Revised 10/2/2014 MEN'S DIVISION

OVERALLCLUB

RECORDSPECIES NAME MEMBER NAME

RECORDLENGTH

ININCHES

DATECAUGHT MEMBER NAME

LENGTHIN

INCHES

DATECAUGHT

% OFRECORD

X Amberjack John MacLeman 45.5 2012 Rich Brennan 40.0 03/04/14 87.91%X Cobia Bob Busler 54.0 2007 Bob Busler 40.5 02/16/14 75.00%X Grouper Tom Hamilton 39.0 2003 Pete McGregor 34.5 04/05/14 88.46%X King Mackerel John MacLeman 52.0 2012 Mike Gilger 37.0 04/23/14 71.15%X Redfish Bob Busler 42.0 2005 Vinnie Madsen 35.0 02/09/14 83.33%X Seatrout Rich Brennan 29.0 2009 Rich Brennan 23.0 01/15/14 79.31%X Aaron Wagner 29.0 2012 Vinnie Madsen 23.0 02/09/14 79.31%

Bob Mayes 23.0 08/25/14 79.31%X Snook Jim Qurollo 44.5 2012 Vinnie Madsen 45.0 02/24/14 101.12%X Spanish Mackerel Carl Leicher 30.0 2012 Jim Crawley 26.0 03/02/14 86.67%

WOMEN'S DIVISION

OVERALLCLUB

RECORDSPECIES NAME MEMBER NAME

RECORDLENGTH

ININCHES

DATECAUGHT MEMBER NAME

LENGTHIN

INCHES

DATECAUGHT

% OFRECORD

Amberjack Margie Hoffman 33.0 2010 #VALUE!Cobia Joanne Landaker 50.0 2008 Jane Stenberg 35.0 04/12/14 70.00%

Marilyn McGregor 50.0 2013 Darlene Madsen 35.0 07/03/14 70.00%Mary Heins 35.0 09/23/14 70.00%

Grouper Margie Hoffman 31.0 2006 Margie Hoffman 34.0 01/25/14 109.68%Bev Rucker 31.0 2008

King Mackerel Margie Hoffman 37.0 2007 Karen Lodge 38.0 03/23/14 102.70%Redfish Donnie Brennan 38.0 2008 Joanne Landaker 30.0 3/3/14 78.95%

Missy Becker 38.0 2008Seatrout Joanne Landaker 26.5 2011 Joanne Landaker 23.0 02/19/14 86.79%Snook Missy Becker 41.0 2006 Elaine Bretts 34.0 05/17/14 82.93%

Spanish Mackerel Missy Becker 28.0 2007 Darlene Madsen 25.0 04/29/14 89.29%

This Year's Leaders are in RED New 2014 Records this Month are in BLUE

PGI FISHING CLUB'S TRAVELING TROPHY RECORDING SPREAD SHEET

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Fish Photos

Darlene Madsen 18” Flounder

Joe Udwari24” 25”& 26”Red Grouper

Jim Crawley 16” Bluefish

Hessie Samons16” Bluefish

Jim Qurollo32” Redfish

Duane Hilgendorf29” Redfish

Bob Bretts31” Cobia

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Fish Photos

John Stockinger5’ Tarpon

Ken Hardesty22” Redfish Mary Heins

32 ” Tarpon

Kel Krotzer 35” Redfish

Darlene Madsen 18” Flounder

John Solinger 34” Tarpon

Pam Solinger29” Redfish

Renee Bothwell10” Mangrove Snapper

Pete McGregor28.5” Redfish

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Fish Photos

Roger Davis6’ Tarpon

Mike Gilger Catfish

John Bothwell 17” CatfishRich Brennan

32” Red GrouperTrudi Baxter

17” Spanish Mackerel

Steve Landaker30”Redfish

Ron Baxter25” Redfish

Peter Meier’sSaltwater Bream

John Wolfinger 66” and 82” Tarpon

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Fish Photos

Carl Leicher5’+ Tarpon

Don Ross38” Cobia

IN-SHORE: Bob Lunsden Gerry Smith 706.817.0703 905.692.9403 19’ CC Bay Boat 21’ CC (looking for experienced fishermen willing to go on his boat)

OFF-SHORE:Jim Hoffman941.575.786733’ RampageTwin Diesels—Stand-up Head

Here are some of ourclub members willing totake other membersfishing on their boat.

Club Members Fishing Together and Sharing Expenses

Ron Topper5’+ Tarpon

Joanne Landaker28” Redfish

Vinnie Madsen26” Snook Aaron Wagner

5’+ Tarpon

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Club Members qualify for a 13 month membership at our12 month price ($169)

Now offering Marine Telephone and GPS Tracking 4140Whidden Blvd, Unit A, Port Charlotte 33980

(941) 625-5454 or VHF-16www.SeaTow.com/CharlotteHarbor

CHARLOTTE HARBOR

Support our Club Sponsors!

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Support Our Club Sponsors

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Support our Club Sponsors!

PUNTA GORDA ISLESNEIGHBORHOOD MARINE

WATCH...MAKING A DIFFERENCE!

Members of the Punta Gorda Isles Neighborhood Marine Watch (NMW) Group ofvolunteers, with the sanction of the Punta Gorda Police Department and the PGI CivicAssociation conduct a once a month, On-the-Water night surveillance patrol. (1)Each month members decide, from a spread of days, which date and time theychoose for their patrol. (2) Members use their own boats and are equipped with

Provided signage identifying their vessel as a NMW patrol boat. Patrol locations will coincide with the each members “homedock”.(3) Our patrols sit on each of the nine (9) inlets into our canal system. The dates and times for our patrols are confidential.(4) After a soft background check by the PGPD, each member is issued a personal I.D. card/number, a copy of the NMWGroup “On-The Water Conduct & Procedures”, and a map of all inlets to the PGI canal system. (5) I will personally “Crew”with all new members on their first patrol.

If you are interested in joining the PGI NMW group, and performing no more then 2-hours of your time each month to thisWorthwhile program, snowbird’s are welcome to join us during their stay in “Paradise”.)

CONTACT: Bill Guenther, NMW Coordinator @ 941.661.9702

or email:[email protected]

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