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Results & News - November 2005
Annual Awards Banquet –
October 29, 2005
Written by Teddy Reim, 2005 President
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This year Hawg Hawlers again gathered at the
Knights of Columbus hall in Washington Missouri. Perfect weather and fall
colors made it a tough Saturday to be inside but a table full of awards and
prizes along with a good dinner and good company made it a decent
alternative.
Presidents Thanks to outgoing 2005 officers:
Kenny Luzynski – Vice President
Rob Cook – Secretary
Lori Luzynski – Treasurer
Tournament Chairman – Dave McGarity
Charlie Beach – Webmaster
I want to thank the 2005 officer group for all their help this year. I’d be
sunk without you all.
After opening comments and welcoming everyone out club treasured Lori
Luzynski reviewed club finances, membership, and balances. Next we
recognized all 2005 Tournament Directors for their service. Thank You all
2005 TD’s.
Dinner this year was catered by Hagie’s. This was our first year with them
and members seemed to really enjoy the meal. Thank you Hagie’s.
Hawg Hawlers 2005 Year in Review
So ends the 18th Hawg Hawler season. It doesn’t seem like it but it was over
seven months ago we kicked off this season. The year brought us many notable
achievements.
• The Highest number of members yet at 159
• The most total weight in a single year. 2005 total was 1,575.81 lbs
beating the 2000 season by over 310 lbs
• The Most Prize money $13,312 awarded
• Three winning stringers made the all time top ten heaviest.
• Over 3.2 Million hits to our web site
• Additional non-tackle bonus attendance prizes totaling $1744.00
In 2005 the officer group worked to respond to some suggestions for
improvement and implemented some new ideas.
• Added 2 hours to the first tournament day on 2 tournaments.
• Adjusted the payout schedule. No change to number of places paid. Only to
Big Bass and payout curve.
• Improved Web site capacity and News update deadlines. Also relayed News to
Mid America Outdoors for posting.
• Purchased a backup scale to secure weigh-in redundancy.
• Made formal recognition of top ten placing members in the Angler of the
Year points system.
Month by Month
This year started out HOT. Maybe not the hottest fishing but with temps in
the mid 80 in MARCH Clearwater was hot indeed. 39 Boats and 58 Fish, Chuck
Elders kicked it off right with a win AND Big Bass for the Tourney.
Next Month we headed to Ozarks where all the bi g
fish are caught. We tried a new resort and had a BBQ. Low water was the only
downer but word is it was low all over the lake (of course). With 43 boats,
we missed the record by only one boat. All those boats and we had 57 fish
weighed in, that’s one less than Clearwater. John Luzynski and Dave McGarity
took first Bob Ray caught a real MONSTER bass on day two that would hold
Biggest Bass title for the entire year at 7.12lbs. More on that later.
Late April took the club south to Table Rock Lake and our old friend
Schooner Creek Resort. Wind was the word to remember. 25 Boats turned out
and made a go of it. Together, we all turned in 52 fish. Terry Stanek
however turned in the biggest that weekend at 6.76lbs. First place went to
Rob Cook and Teddy Reim after what turned out to be a pretty good spinner
bait bite.
May found our group at Pomme De Terre lake and we again had 25 boats on
hand. The fish cooperated a little more for most teams as we had a total of
180 weighed in. The biggest that weekend was Chuck Elders 5.61lb’r he caught
on Sunday. Father and Son team Greg and Andy Shands brought in 13 fish to
win with 21.76lbs on a brushhog bite.
In June Mark Twain Lake was back on the agenda. One of the closer lakes to
St Louis brought out 27 teams to fish our 5 tourney of the year. The past
few outing to this lake had not been very good to the club. That all changed
this year. 110 fish came in and made it a real contest. Steve Carnal won the
Big Bass contest with his 5.08lb bass. Doubling up and winning back to back,
the Shands team took first again. Greg and Andy brought in another 13 fish,
this time for 25.69lbs which makes the top 10 heaviest stringers list.
July was a hot one. We were out of a new resort and a new area of the lake
this year. 23 teams came out to compete at Truman Lake. This fishing was
pretty tough and weigh in went quick with only 20 fish brought in all
weekend. Of those 20 fish, Pam Wakim took top honors with her 4.02lb’r.
Scott Hasty and Jason Kennedy hung in there and won it all with their 3 fish
at 6.73lbs.
August bounced us back to Pomme De Terre and State Park Marina. Always a
great facility. This time we had 31 boats out. Our group brought 165 fish to
the scales. The biggest of those was the 4.45lb’s that Scott Hasty caught on
Saturday. Retuning Member Jim Coyner and Troy Moore took the lead on
Saturday and held it on Sunday for the win with 15 fish at 22.79lbs on Jigs
and worms.
September hit hard with high fuel prices. 15 boats made it down to
Wappapello for a pretty good fishing weekend. No size limit helps of course
but those 15 teams brought in 182 fish. Bob Treadway had Big Bass overall
with a 4.31lb Sunday morning catch. Rain moved in and stayed on Sunday while
Bryan Walker and Jim Fanter brought in a perfect 20 fish at 17.77lbs to take
home first place.
Our final 2005 outing was again at Runaway II on Lake of the Ozarks. A good
number of members got to stay for free this weekend. Runaway donated 8 free
weekends each a $120 value that were given away ate each of our first 8
tourneys. Very special thanks to Runaway. Even with high fuel prices, we had
35 teams at Ozarks to shoot it out. They must have heard we were also having
a chili supper on Saturday night. Members enjoyed a terrific chili dinner
put on by Lori Luzynski, Cathy McGarity, Dennis Wentzel, and Craig Gravatte.
A huge thank you to these guys and all who helped out. Now, the club did
actually get some fishing in too. In fact members brought in 151 fish total.
There were a lot of good fish weighed but the top spot for Big Bass went to
Ron Hanephin with his 5.83 lb Bass. Two times this year a team has won back
to back tourneys. This time it was Jim Fanter and Bryan Walkers turn. This
time they did it with only 19 fish and a total weight of 27.14lbs which also
makes the top 10 heaviest stringers list. It’s especially worth noting that
Bryan Walker was able to weigh in the maximum 10 fish in all of the three
final tournaments this season. Congrats on first place Walker and Fanter.
Each tournament big bass winner and first place team was awarded their
plaques and recognized for the achievement.
Next we gave away some special awards. The first to Greg Heinz as the “Come
Back Angler of the Year” and next to Karen Kennedy for here “Almost” big
bass at Mark Twain.
Leading up to recognizing the Big Bass of the year we made note of the top
10 heaviest fish this year. It took something over 5lbs to get on the list.
10) 5.13lb – Don Beckley LOZ October
9) 5.35lb – Lee Asher LOZ April
8) 5.41lb – Terry Bost LOZ October
7) 5.45lb – Chuck Elders Clearwater March
5t) 5.61lb – Chuck Elders Table Rock April
5t) 5.61lb – Chuck Elders Pomme May
4) 5.75lb – Dave McGarity LOZ April
3) 5.83lb – Ron Hanephin LOZ October
2) 6.76lb – Terry Stanek Table Rock April and 9th All time
Big Bass of the year
This year Bob Ray took the top spot on the Big Bass List with a Monster
7.12lb Ozark Lunker. This fish is 4th largest in club history. Our spring
Ozarks tourney again proved that if you want a shot at the top you better
 fish
this tourney. Fishing in the boat with Mr. Ray would be a good bet too.
Congratulations on a trophy bass.
For his achievement, Bob was presented with the club Big Bass of the Year –
Traveling Trophy, which he gets to keep until it is presented to the 2006
Big Bass of the Year winner. Bob also received a 6’ 6” Med Heavy, G-Loomis
Rod, and an 11”x14” plaque with a color representation of him and his fish,
to commemorate his accomplishment. Congratulations Bob on a terrific catch.
Before presenting our Angler of the Year award, we recognized the 9 runners
up and presented them each with a special plaque highlighting the
achievement..
10) Teddy Reim (81)
Fished all 9 tournaments
Caught 23 fish
Placed 3 times in the money. And won one tournament.
One big bass
9) Rob Cook (85)
Fished 8 tournaments
Caught 20 fish
Placed 4 times in the money. And won one tournament.
8) Andy Shands (92)
Fished all 9 tournaments
Caught 23 fish
Placed 6 times in the money. And won two tournaments.
7) Terry Stanek (100)
Fished all 9 tournaments
Caught 30 fish
Placed 2 times in the money.
One big bass
The only three time AoY.
6) Bryan Walker (118)
Fished 8 tournaments
Caught 34 fish
Placed 5 times in the money. And won two tournaments.
One big bass
Set Record with being the first Angler to have three double limits and he
had them in a row.
5) Russ Grobe (124)
Fished all 9 tournaments
Caught 35 fish
Placed 7 times in the money. More than anyone else.
4) Jim Fanter (130)
Fished all 9 tournaments
Caught 38 fish
Placed 6 times in the money. And won two tournaments.
One big bass
3) Greg Shands (132)
Fished 8 tournaments
Caught 44 fish. Tied Dave Sona (2003) for most ever. To give you an ideal in
1996 11 fish won AoY
Placed 6 times in the money. And won two tournaments.
Greg also had two double limits, which until this year hadn’t been done
before.
2) Bob Ray (141)
Fished all 9 tournaments
Caught 41 fish
Placed 6 times in the money.
One big bass
He has been in the top ten in points since 1996.
Former two time AoY.
Angler of the Year
After a little time away from the club, Chuck Elders made a substantial
return winning Angler of the year in a close one point race. Chuck fis hed
every tournament with us this year and brought in 43 fish. He placed in the
money 5 times and won the season opener at Clearwater by himself. He took
home big bass honors at 2 tournaments and over $1400 in winnings this year
alone. With 142 Chuck Elders has taken his first Angler of the Year title.
Congratulations Chuck and welcome back.
For his achievement, Chuck was presented with the club Angler of th e
Year – Traveling Trophy, which he gets to keep until it is presented to the
2006 Angler of the Year winner. Chuck also received a 6’ 6” Med Heavy,
G-Loomis Rod, an Angler of the Year Hawg Hawlers Jacket, and an 11”x14”
plaque with a color representation of him to commemorate his accomplishment.
Congratulations Chuck on a great season.
2006 Officer Elections
This year Greg Heinz agreed to take the helm and will draw support from a
great group of solid Hawg Hawlers members. 2006 officers are:
Greg Heinz – President
Pam Wakim – Vice President
Dan Durbin – Secretary
Lori Luzynski – Treasurer
Bob Treadway – Tournament Chairmen
And Charlie Beach will continue as Webmaster.
Attendance Prizes
This year we were able to come up with 60 prizes valued at $5,352.00 for an
average of $89.20 per gift. All members that fished two tourneys were drawn
for a prize. We also had a number of members that were unable to make the
dinner so we threw all the names in the hat again until all the prizes were
gone so congrats to all who doubled up.
Raffle Drawing
Again this year the club gave away a full year of free boat entry. At
current schedules and fees, that is a $450 value. Daniel Lichius had the
winning ticket so we should be seeing a lot of Daniel and probably Warren
too. Congrats Daniel.
Sponsors
Mannio’s meat market for the BBQ, G-Loomis Rods, BeachNetServices.com, Mid
America Outdoors, Pomme St. Park Marina, BASS PRO SHOPS, Cedar Haven Resort,
Sterett Creek Resort, Sterett Creek Marina, Miller’s Motor Lodge, Red Oak
Resort, Schooner Creek Resort, Apple Tree Inn, Runaway II Resort, The
Junction Inn, Bullseye Bait,& Tackle, Nameoki Village Marine, Eagle Claw,
Mustad, Pure Fishing, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, BassCat, Jones Tackle
Service, Mann’s Bait company, Ellis Batteries, Kollercraft.
Please remember to support our sponsors throughout the year when possible
Thank You List
Bob Treadway for getting our permits each year and keeping up legal.
All officers past a present for your support this year.
Knights of Columbus Hall
Hagie’s catering
Lastly, THANK YOU to all Hawg Hawler members and their families, because
without you, there is no club. You are the reason the Hawg Hawlers Bass Club
exists, and grows every year. The founders, officers, volunteers, and club
members would like to extend a Big THANK YOU to each and every member of
“OUR” club.
It’s been an honor to serve the club this year and I thank you all for the
opportunity to be a part of a great organization. I look forward to 2006 and
many more years seeing all of you and hopefully catching plenty of fish.
On a personal note, I would like to thank Gene Reim, my Dad, for taking me
fishing as a kid and introducing me to Hawg Hawlers Bass Club in 1993.
Thanks everyone and see you next year.
Teddy Reim
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