Long Island Bassmasters: News

It is my sad duty to report, that Pat McNamara has passed away on Wednesday August 4^th. There will be a memorial service held Sunday August 15^th at the Giove Funeral home, (1000 Middle Country Rd., Seldon), from 2:00-4:00.

For those of you who may not know, Pat was a leader and Past President of LIB for many years (1995-1997, 1999-2000), in a time when LIB was filled with great members and leaders, he stood on top. For those of you close to him, he was affectionately called Spike.

I would like to express on behalf of the Long Island Bassmasters, our deepest condolences to Pat’s family.

Thursday, August 12^th, our General meeting will be dedicated to Pat. All members past and present are invited to this meeting and encouraged to relate to the rest of us any fund memories they may have.

Steve Socko

LIB President

Can’t say what Saturday’s (July31st) night tournament results will be, but as I write these lines, everyone can see that the Angler of the Year race is once again going to come down to our last tournament at White Pond. Jay Stiklickas has the lead in points, but remembering that an angler may only count 8 of the 10 point tournaments, perhaps Mitch Bernstein might have the statistical advantage. Winning two tournaments in a row (Forge, Twin Ponds) certainly propels one up the standings. Mitch is no stranger to putting together consecutive wins; two years back I remember him winning the last two tournaments of 2008.

At our August General meeting, a prospective By-law change will be introduced, it will be up to you, the General membership to deicide by a 2/3 vote if LIB should adopt it, so be at the meeting and have your vote count.

The Board has proposed the following recommendation to the General membership as a possible By-law change:
With regard to Article ll – Membership; Section ll – Requirements for Membership (b) in part, “Chapter dues will be prorated effective September at 60% for the remainder of the year”
The Board suggests Chapter dues will be prorated effective by the June General meeting (second Thursday of the month) at 50% for the remainder of the year.

Ken Dreyer is heading a group to purchase Club hats with the LIB logo stitched on it to celebrate the 40 plus years the Long Island Bassmasters have been in existence. Wow, forty years, I dare say there may be five or six B.A.S.S. clubs around today to make such a claim.

Sponsorships are coming due, and all are welcome to rejoin. The price will remain at $25.00, and be good for one year.

The six man team will be heading up to Owasco Lake August 18th and start pre-fishing for the event to be held on the 21st-22nd. Our team will consist this year of Robin Calitri, Dave Cangro, Dan McGarry, Jay Stiklickas, Chris Weber, and me.

Don’t forget, Robin has graciously offered a half day trip with him on his 23 foot boat. Raffles will be available, so don’t miss out on a very enjoyable day of fishing and laughs.

That’s it for me right now, but let me say once again I appreciate all the members helping out in whatever they can, thank you all, Steve

 

JULY 2010 BASS TAPS http://www.bassinusa.com/public/boards/July_2010_Bass_Taps.pdf

2009 rookie of the year  ed johnson

This years winners for the 2009 Winter Series.  Great Job

1st place Dan Mcgarry  and Chris Weber  39.14 lb's

2nd place Brendan Cucinello and Eric Fieldstadt  28.13 lbs

3rd place Evan Refvik and Vinny Smarrrlli 17.7 lb's

Congradulations to Mitch Bernstein winning the 2009 classic with 3.11 lb's 

This years winner for Best of the rest - John Ospitale with 2.11 lb's

The day started out with steady rain through the whole tournament making for very rough conditions.

Congradulations John, Great Job

list for classic

1 emory butts 2- robin calitri 3- jay stiklickas 4- george kowalinski 5- dan mcgarry 6- evan refvik 7- chris weber

1 steve socko 2- mitch bernstein 3- ken dryer 4- ed johnson 5- john acuri 6- dom beradi

classic winner & winter series winners - greg kiessling  brendan cucinello  eric fieldstadt

 awesome job guys, good luck

New MR BASS  caught 8/1/09 sunday night. 7.1 lbs

Congradulations too the the top 3 finishes and everyone else that made the event a sucess.

1ST PLACE- GREG BOTTOMLEY & VICK

2ND PLACE- JAMES OBRIEN & JACK

3RD PLACE- ED KOSTER & MIKE ERBIS

 THE SQUANTZ POND OPEN. WE STILL HAVE OPEN SLOTS FOR THIS ALL ELECTRIC EVENT. BEING HELD APRIL 19TH 6AM-2PM. $150.00 PER BOAT. 60% PAYOUT. 40% GOING TO FISH STOCKING.IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO SIGN UP FOR THIS EVENT PLEASE CONTACT ED KOSTER- KOSTER2@OPTONLINE.NET OR 631-676-3391.

http://www.bassinusa.com/public/boards/LIB_Entry_Form_2009.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANOTHER TOURNAMENT SEASON OVER, WITH THE WINTER SERIES NEXT, I  LIKE TO CONGRATS EVERYONE THIS YEAR FOR HELPING OUT AND ON YOUR WINNINGS THIS YEAR.AS EVERY YEAR, IT'S A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. GREAT JOB AS PRESIDENT,DAN MCGARRY, AND VICE PRESIDENT JIM DROST. EVERYONE ON MY TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE DID A AWESOME JOB. AND STEVE SOCKO FOR PERMITS AND HELPING OUT. IM SURE NEXT YEAR WILL BE ANOTHER GREAT YEAR.

THANK'S ALL

ED

2008 CLASSIC WINNER GREG KIESSLING WITH FIVE FISH FOR 8.5LB'S ON OSCARWANA LAKE

WAY TOO GO GREG, GREAT JOB

WE HAD A TOTAL OF 8 PEOPLE FISHING FOR BEST OF THE REST TOURNAMENT OUT AT HITHER HILLS. MORNING FONT CAME SWEEPING IN,WITH LOTS OF RAIN, MAKING FOR A TOUGH BITE.

THIS YEARS WINNER OF BEST OF THE REST - ED KOSTER,5 FISH, WITH 8.1

CONGRATS TOO JAY STIKLICKAS FOR ANGLER OF THE YEAR

STEVE SOCKO FOR RYDER OF THE YEAR

MIKE ERBIS FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

GREAT JOB GUYS

CLASSIC WILL BE HELD OCT 12TH, 7AM - 3 PM AT OSCARWANA LAKE

                RAMP FEE WILL BE 25.00 PER BOAT

I WILL BE CALLING ALL THAT MADE THE CLASSIC

EMORY BUTTS WITH A 7.9 LARGEMOUTH FOR MR BASS

CONGRATS TO MITCH BERNSTEIN FOR 1ST PLACE ,GEORGE KOWALINSKI 2ND, AND ARNE REFVIK 3RD

GOING ON OUR LAST TOURNAMENT FOR THE SEASON, WITH JAY STIKLICKAS & MIKE ERBIS FIGHTING IT OUT FOR ANGLER OF THE YEAR. AND WITH STEVE SOCKO & KEN DRYER FIGHTING IT OUT FOR RYDER OF THE YEAR. LOOKS LIKE MIKE ERBIS WILL BE ALSO TAKING ROOKIE OF THE YEAR.

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OUR LATEST NEW MR BASS, ON JULY 17TH 2008 ROB HERBST CAUGHT A 6.5 LARGEMOUTH OUT OF UPPERMILL ,NIGHT TOURNAMENT.

BOOYAAAAAAA, WAY TO GO ROB

ANOTHER GREAT JOB DONE

DEC,LONG ISLAND BASSMASTERS, AND FRESHWATER ANGLERS GET TOGETHER FOR A GREAT DAY AT FORGE POND, PULLING OUT THE LUDWIGIA PLANT. THE NEXT WEED PULL WILL BE JULY 12TH AND 13TH. MEET AT FORGE POND AT 8:30.

To help spread the word about the New York Federation Nation's Conservation Program, Burnie Haney, BASS Conservation Director for New York, has started an information campaign. Haney believes that it will improve the program and conservation awareness and education.

 

Haney's initial step in getting representation in each of the nine New York regions was to solicit club volunteers to serve as the eyes and ears for conservation projects.

"For our clubs that are already actively involved with long standing ties to the community and their regional fisheries manager, I've asked them to let me know whenever they work a project so that we can let everyone know what we're doing in New York," he said.

One such event was a recent project that involved BASS Federation Nation (BFN) clubs and the local community. This project consisted of stocking a local lake with bass.

 

In an effort to improve Lake Ronkonkoma fisheries, two BFN clubs, the Long Island Bassmasters and the Twin Forks Rod and Reel Club, partnered with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Highline Bass of the Finger Lakes Area and Peter Byrnes to release 1,500 bass into Lake Ronkonkoma. The bass ranged in size from 5.5 to 7 inches and were certified disease free. The BFN's Long Island Bassmasters and Twin Forks Bass Club paid Highline Bass (a commercial company) for the bass that were used to stock the New York lake.

 

The DEC's Region 1 Fisheries group plans to monitor the growth rates of the stocked bass through periodic electrofishing. The fish were stocked with a 100 percent survival rate.

TOUGH DAY ON THE LAKE, WITH OVERCAST SKY'S,AND SLIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING.WATER TEMPS AROUND 56.8

1ST PLACE BOATER- GREG KIESSLING-5/11.3  LUNKER-4.9

2ND PLACE BOATER- DAVE CANGRO-2/6.4

3RD PLACE BOATER- RAY CARMEN-4/6.3

1ST PLACE RYDER- NUNZIO PRATO-4/7.1

2ND PLACE RYDER- MIKE ERBIS-4/6.9  LUNKER-3.0

3RD PLACE RYDER-EVAN REFVIK-3/3.13