Fishing Club News – July 2016

June and July were very busy months for the Fishing Club. We had the Kids Fishing Day, a 50^th Anniversary Bass Contest, an All Species Fish Tournament, a Fish Fry, and a Garage Sale!

The Kids Fishing Day was a great success. We had 29 kids participate, they caught 91 fish. Following the contest, there was a hotdog and pizza lunch. The Club gave out 45 prizes and 2 kayaks were given out as grand prizes. We would like to thank our 21 sponsors who donated money to make it a great success.

The 50^th Anniversary Bass Contest had 7 boats enter. After 3 hours of fishing, Al Rubosky took 1^st place with a 4.18lb bass, Nathan Kristoff took 2^nd place with a 3lb bass and Jon Klein took 3^rd place with a 2.38lb bass.

July 9^th was our Jack Cone All Species Contest.

The Winners were:

• Large Mouth Bass – 5.12lb – Joshua Baitt
• Small Mouth Bass – .90lb – Ed Plant
• Blue Gill – .52lb – Joe Baitt
• Crappie – .94lb – Del Christofferson
• Perch – .56lb – Ed Baitt Jr
• Catfish 1.24lb – Ed Baitt Sr

The Big Fish of the Month for June was caught by David Ray, a large mouth bass 21.5” long.

The Club would like to thank anyone who donated items for the Garage Sale, we made $811!

We had a Fish Fry July 15^th. 60 people attended and consumed 150 fish donated by the Club members.

Our next event will be a mixed Couples Tournament on Saturday, August 13^th at 9am at the Clubhouse. The weigh-in will be at 12pm at the Marina followed by a hotdog lunch.