The regular monthly meeting was held on December 9, 2009, at Perkins Family Restaurant in Olean, NY.

2010 Tournament Dates Approved

The tournaments for 2010 are complete after dates were approved by the members in attendance as follows: Conesus Lake – June 26, Lake Erie – July 10, the Upper Niagara River – August 7 and the Lower Niagara River – September 4. The 2010 Club Classic will be held on Chautauqua Lake on July 24 & 25, launching at Prendergast Point.

The Open tournaments will be held on Erie – May 1, Conesus – July 3, Honeoye, October 2 and Conesus – October 16. The Lake Erie points and open tournaments are scheduled to launch out of Small Boat Harbor.

New tourney director Bill Melick will soon be submitting our tourney permits.

Junior Club News

The 2010 Junior World Qualifier will be held on Onondaga on July 31, the Junior Partners Tournament on August 1 on Oneida and the NY State Club Team Championship on August 28 on Onondaga.

Junior officer elections were made: President – Colton Gotchall; Vice-President – Zach Laventure; Secretary – A.J. Stanton; Treasurer – Clinton Shuh. Congrats, guys!

The juniors voted on the waters that they will be fishing for both the Boating and Pond Trails in 2010. They are:
Boating Trail: Chautauqua, Honeoye, Conesus, and Rushford Lakes.
Pond Trail: Bedow’s, Frungillo’s, Richburg Rod & Gun Club, Breezy Point Campground and Kaduk’s.
The dates for both trails will be set in January.
2010 Banquet Coming Soon
The 2010 banquet is set for February 6 at the Olean Library Restaurant in Olean, which again will feature a fantastic auction. Adult ticket prices will run in the $21 range and children’s prices will be at a reduced rate, depending on age.
Reservations are required for the banquet and can soon be found on our website.

2010 Banquet Coming Soon

The 2010 banquet is set for February 6 at the Olean Library Restaurant in Olean, which again will feature a fantastic auction. Adult ticket prices will run in the $21 range and children’s prices will be at a reduced rate, depending on age.

Reservations are required for the banquet and can soon be found on our website.

Tournament News

Being discussed are a few tournament changes, so members are encouraged to contact an Executive Committee member to get their thoughts heard. One proposal is to ‘flag’ boaters who have a non-boater until all other boaters have also drawn a non-boater, thus, assuring that a boater will not have a non-boater until all other boaters have also done so.

Also, on the night before tourney draws (Tuesdays) an “entry list” will be emailed to those members whose entry forms have been received. Entrants can then verify that they are scheduled to participate.

Lastly, alternate boaters will be drawn (to avoid a re-draw) if a boater, who has drawn a non-boater, does not make it to a tournament.

Other News:

Elections for 2010 Officers:

Elections were held for 2010 as follows: President – Bob Green, Vice-President – Brady Schoonover, and Secretary – Dominic DiGirolamo. Elected for the three Executive Committee positions were Ted Barth, Bob Elliott and Noel Good.

The treasurer position is vacant but Don Hallock has agreed to stay on until a new treasurer takes office.

Members are reminded that in order to be a club officer you must have attended at least half of the club’s meeting for the year – or three meetings. If interested in filling the vacancy please contact President Bob Green.

Federation Tournament News:

The NY federation tournament dates have been set and are: Champlain (Ticonderoga) – June 20, St. Lawrence River (Clayton) – July 18, and at a site TBA on September 12. The CTC will also be held at a site TBA but the dates are set – August 20 - 21. The tourney sites will be announced shortly after the sponsorship details are worked out. Stay tuned!

In 2010, the federation will have a guaranteed minimum payout for the winning boater ($2500) and non-boater ($1500) at the points events.

On April 24, 2010, the federation will run its second Take-a-Soldier-Fishing tournament on Oneida Lake. This multi-species tourney will pair a federation member with a soldier recently returned from the war to spend a day on the water and show them support for their efforts. Last year’s tourney was a huge success and we hope this year’s is even more so.

Volunteers for this event are needed and anyone who is interested should contact Burnie Haney at pr@nybassfed.com.

The next meeting will be held at the Olean Perkins Family Restaurant on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 7 PM.