June 20, 2002
MEETING MINUTES
The regular membership of the Idaho State B.A.S.S.
Federation was called to order by President Dusty Womack at 7:30 P.M. at the
Tri State Marine. There were 22 officers,
representatives and guests present.
The minutes of
May 2002 were approved as written.
TREASURY
REPORT: The
Treasurer reported a balance of $9970.25 of which $2811.44 is Conservation; $180.64
Youth; $3776.43 State Team South and $2471.22 in Operating Funds. Treasury
report was approved.
INTRODUCTIONS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Guests introduced were Shonie Jarvis, Tournament Director from Superior
Bass.
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
YOUTH: Youth Director LARRY
RAGANIT reported:
¨
We
have been invited to Garden City Day again.
It will be September 14, which conflicts with Qualifier tournaments for
both the East and the South. Anyone not
fishing in the Qualifier tournaments is asked to stop by and help run the kids
casting pond. This is good PR for the
Federation and it could help get kids involved in fishing.
¨
C.A.S.T.
is coming up on August 24. Anyone that
has any tackle or small lures that they could donate to the kids is asked to
bring them in to Larry. We will need
people with boats to come and help out.
We especially need pontoon boats for the kids in wheelchairs.
CONSERVATION: Conservation Officer STEVE
BURK reported:
¨
There
is still a shortage of water in Eastern Idaho and everyone needs to try and
conserve water. The governor has
declared some emergency areas due to the water shortages.
¨
We
still need to check on the C.J. Strike structure-planting permit to see if it is
still good.
¨
Dusty
brought some books back from the National about keeping tournament bass
alive. A copy of the book went out to
each club rep present and some of the techniques were discussed.
¨
Shonie
Jarvis mentioned that Superior Bass’s OR tournament permit didn’t allow them to dump
dead fish back into the lake, but it also didn’t allow them to keep the fish. Terry
Schrader from ODFW will be attending the weigh-ins for the rest of the permitted
fishing tournaments on Oregon waters this year. Anyone with a permit for a tournament on Oregon waters needs to
contact Terry and make sure that they understand what ODFW wants.
¨
BBB
reported that the ODFW biologist said that part of the problem with the bass in
Owyhee is high alkali content due to the water being low for the last couple of years.
COMMUNICATION: Communication Officer J.C.
WORTHEN reported:
¨
The
newsletter is out and should be on its way to all members.
¨
JC
still needs articles for the next issue that he hopes to have out by the end of
July.
TOURNAMENT
DIRECTOR:
Tournament director Dusty Womack reported:
¨
There
was a discussion concerning the Southern Region boater that showed up to the
first South Qualifier without a non-boater and was not allowed to fish. The rules seem to indicate that he should
have been assigned a non-boater if one could be found; it was suggested that
everyone’s name should have gone into a drawing to see what boater fished by themselves
if a non-boater could not be found. It
was suggested that the tournament rules need to be reviewed and updated.
¨
Another
discussion evolved around whether someone fishing as a non-boater/observer
should be allowed to enter the option pots.
No motions were made, but consensus seemed to be that it would be a bad
idea to allow observers to compete in the option pots against the paying
Federation members.
¨
The
East had 18 boats in their last Qualifier and the South had 15 boats.
¨
Dusty
tracked down the registration papers and sticker for the release boat and they
have been installed on the boat. We
need to check to make sure that the release boat is still insured by the State
of Idaho.
¨
Berkley
has a new program; the angler that catches the Big Fish in a club or Federation
tournament can send in their name to Berkley.
They will receive some lures or line and their name will go into a
drawing for a free fishing trip with pro Jay Yelas. The angler must have been using a Berkley product when they
caught the Big Fish.
OLD BUSINESS:
¨
Several clubs have sent in updated rosters with
additional members. We are now within 8
members of 2001 although we did add a club this year (Eagle Rock Bass.)
¨
BBB’s membership is down this year, their rep
mentioned dissatisfaction with the Federation as the reason for the reduced
membership.
¨
The Federation banquet will be Jan. 18 at the Elks
Lodge in Caldwell.
NEW BUSINESS:
¨
There
was a long and involved discussion about the handling of the State Team
alternate that was late leaving for the Delta and was told to stay home. A motion was finally made that the alternate
remain a part of the State Team, could keep the expense money and his share of
the State Team winnings, but would have to pay back any expenses incurred by
the ST coordinator for hotel reservations for the alternate. The motion was passed unanimously.
¨
Federation
meetings are open to the public, so the Superior Bass Tournament Director was
allowed to address the group. There was
a discussion about one of the Federation officers’ remarks at local boat shops
concerning Superior Bass and their recent incident with ODFW. Nothing was resolved concerning this issue.
¨
Dusty
talked about what he learned on his trip to the Nationals. B.A.S.S. started a new advisory group to go
between the Federation and ESPN. Our (Western
Region) representative is from California. Dusty signed the Alliance Group contract. A lot of the discussions centered on getting
youth involved in the sport of fishing via youth chapters in clubs, etc. Dusty also talked about the new booklet out
by B.A.S.S. on keeping tournament bass alive.
There being no more new business, President Womack
reminded all that the next meeting would be on July 18. The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m.
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Secretary