April 2008 Meeting Minutes

Called to order by Kip Pollay at 7:01 pm. Inro/ 6 clubs, 5 board members & 23 members

Secretary Report: March Minutes Read & Accepted

Treasury Report: March Minutes Read & Accepted

Tournament Report:

a. Pairings done for Bartlett- 32 boaters and non-boaters
b. State Team Meeting Held
c. Remaining Qualifiers
4th- Alamo (10-17-09)
5th- (first & last) - Pleasant (12-05-09)
d. AZBFN will be having a summer open series for all members
May 30th San Carlos
July 11th Roosevelt (all night)
August 29th Patagonia
There will be no pairings for these events; members must come paired as teams
Discount if you pay in advance for all three tournaments

For all qualifying events please get monies in to Don Sebastion as soon as possible. Also, remember to pair up with non-boaters before hand to keep the last minute confusion to a minimum. If you aren’t paired up please call Don to help you find a pairing.

Youth Report:
a. Casting kids event to be held April 25th in Tucson
b. Planning our Jr. Bass events
1. April 18th boaters needed and kids to fish, please contact Lyle Danuser @ 623-565-6523, ly_danuser@yahoo.com , or Kip Pollay, president@arizonabassnation.com
.need to get everyone’s info together and monies in
2. We will have our TAZ bass club as the federation youth club.
3. Two other Jr. Bass events to be scheduled
4. Youth raffle tickets handed out at meeting, please support our youth by selling tickets

Conservation Report:
a. Bill Luke Big Bass Days was a success for the federation, thanks to Don McDowell, Mike Hoffarth, Otto Gal, Mr. & Mrs. Noble, Jack Collins, and Jerry Tate
b. AZBFN members collected, filleted and properly disposed of the stripers and white bass weighted in during the BLBBD event at Lake Pleasant. The fish remains and carcasses were transported to Sandy Cate, AZGFD, and Adobe Mountain Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Center to feed the birds of prey, raccoons, opossum and various other animals under her care.
c. AZBFN received a very heartfelt Thank You from Sandy and from Kim Carter, General Manager, Bill Luke Chrysler Jeep and Dodge
d. Lake Pleasant Scorpion Bay Marina is now open for business. The marina is ecologically friendly to our sport fish by creating some 25 acres of fish habitat as overseen by our folks at AZGFD.
e. The Forrest Service is closing areas on our fishing waters and we need to come together as an organization to stand up for our rights as fishermen. Please send emails to them expressing your thoughts and concerns about closing areas.

Old Business:
a. Triton boat is still for sale; please contact any board members for purchase. Boat is available to be built to your specifications. This is a ½ price deal on a new boat!
b. Make sure all arrangements are made for travel to Washington for divisional
c. AZ will host 2010 divisional

New Business:
a. Don McDowell to advertise Triton boat on radio show
b. Volunteers are needed for Casting Kids in Tucson
c. Be sure to support all of our federation sponsors and let them know that they are appreciated

Last Cast:
Please get involved with your federation!
Federation Member Bill Crane won BLBBD.
Federation Pro. Ron Johnson took 24th place at the Havasu FLW event.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:09pm