Leavenworth Bass Club

Newsletter and General Membership Meeting Minutes

March 5^th, 2018

2018 Officers

The next club meeting will be April 2^nd.

The website is located at the following address: http://theleavenworthbassclub.org/  if you need assistance signing up for the forum, contact the webmaster.

Welcome: The Leavenworth Bass Club held its monthly meeting on March 5^th at the Ft Leavenworth Rod and Gun Club.  There were 21 members present. The President called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

Secretary Report:  

• The February 2018 newsletter was emailed to all current members and posted on the web site. The Secretary’s report was approved as read.
• Ray Hillebrand has disabled the web site forum due to the high number of spammers trying to register and get into our forum. If you are not registered and want the ability to post on the web site, contact Ray and he can help. You can read anything on the forum but can’t post unless you are registered.

Treasurer Report:  LBC checking account beginning balance is $5,551.60 and the ending balance is $3,997.86 The Fishing For Freedom beginning balance is $13,250.81and the ending balance is $14,640.81. Pay Pal account has $96.80. The Treasurer’s report was approved as read.

Conservation Committee Report:  Eric has it setup to put the fish structure in Banner Creek on March 10^th, Show time is 8:30. At the meeting he said he has enough bodies and boat support.

Youth Director Report:

• The trolling motor raffle was held last week at the NWMSU fishing club meeting and the lucky dog who won was Steve Henry.

• The next Bearcat Open is scheduled at Mozingo for April 14^th, unfortunately the same weekend of our Stockton tournament. If any members want to fish it, contact me for details.

Banquet Committee: Mike Brooks said we had a banquet and we will have another one next year.

Webmaster Report: Brent has added the latest newsletter and roster, plus made several corrections. Thanks, Brent.

Vice President Report: None.

President Report:   Bob complimented the folks who volunteered to help with Eric’s conservation project.

Fishing for Freedom:  None

Old Business:  None

New Business:  Steve Read announced he hopes to have the new club jerseys in time for the Lake of the Ozarks tournament. The price, to includes prorated shipping is:

Long Sleeve  – $51.75

Short Sleeve – $48.00

New Members:  None

New Equipment Report:  The new scales have been ordered.

Outside Activities: Ray Cates is at the BASS Nation Central Regional at Toledo Bend in LA. He is in 46^th place on the co-angler side as of day 1. You can check the standings at:

https://www.bassmaster.com/leaderboard/tournaments/2018-nation-central?pro=1

Alibis:  Lou Engler brought in some of his custom made plug knockers and offered them to the members present. Thanks Lou !!!

Tournament Director:

Lake of the Ozarks Tournament

Take off is 6:30 or safe light on Saturday, 6:45 on Sunday. Weigh in is at Shawnee Bend  Ramp, 3:00 both days

Trailering is allowed

The free tournament entry was won by Steve Read

There being no further official business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30

Larry Stoafer gave another one of his outstanding overviews or what, where and how to fish at LOZ.  There will be no excuse for not bringing in a 5 fish, 20 lb limit per angler.

SUBMITTED BY:                                          APPROVED BY:

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Bill Horvath                                                   Bob Greene

Secretary                                                       President