Banquet Recap 

                                                         
The banquet turned out awesome! We had 41 members and another 13 guests. A great meal was had by all – thanks to Andres Banquet Center.
 
In short, we reviewed club stats, financials and membership. A great job in presentations by Mike Jankowski and Dan Durbin in setting up the slide show. We reviewed and thanked all of our valued supporters for the year. A round of applause went out to our Tournament Directors for the year. Plaques were presented to the winners of each tournament (I sure hope Greg and Andy brought a big vehicle!! LOL) and plaques were presented to those who won the Big Bass of each tournament. Plaques went to the top 10 finishers in the Angler of the Year competition. Congrats again to all!! 
  

10. Jason Sportsman – 79 points
9. Lori Luzynski – 89 points
8. Pam Wakim – 90 points
7. Bob Treadway – 94 points
6. Jeff Schwent – 95 points
5. Richard Beckham – 96 points
4. Brian Jankowski – 117 points
3. Terry Stanek – 146 points
2. Greg Shands – 159 points 
 

Our 2009 Angler of the Year was Andy Shands with 205 points. Andy was presented with a G-Loomis IMX 6 ½’ medium heavy rod, a Hawg Hawler customized jacket, a personal photo plaque and the traveling trophy for 2009 Hawg Hawlers Angler of the Year. Congrats Andy!!

 
Our 2009 Big Bass of the Year award went to Terry Stanek with a big bass of 6.17 lbs. Terry was presented with a G-Loomis IMX 6 ½’ medium heavy rod, a personal photo plaque and the traveling trophy for 2009 Hawg Hawlers Big Bass of the Year. Congrats Terry!!

 
Mike presented the 2010 Hawg Hawler Bass Club officers: President – Bob Treadway, Vice President – Brian Jankowski, Secretary – Pam Wakim, Treasurer – Dan Durbin, Tournament Chairman – Dean Sullivan. Good luck in 2010!

 

 
Attendance prizes valued over $5,400.00 were presented to those members who fished 2 or more tournaments in 2009. A BIG thank you goes out to all of our supporters and also to Terry Stanek for all the great deals he got. (I always love bargains!! LOL) We had a Raffle Drawing for a Shimano Cumara rod and a Curado reel. ($435.00 value). Lori Luzynski was the lucky winner. A special thanks to Mike Jankowski and Ken Jones for donating this prize. A special thanks to Terri Sullivan for selling our raffle tickets. (Russ Grobe was our unofficial measurer for arm’s length of tickets purchased.) 

      

Year Recap 

 

I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank all of the Resorts, Restaurants and Marinas that supported our club this year. Between free rooms, free boat slips, discounts and gift certificates, our members benefited from over $1,600.00 worth of contributions.
 
Thank you to all of our Sponsors. You made possible some great attendance prizes at our Banquet as well as attendance prizes through out our year.
 
I would also like to thank Pam Wakim, Chairman of Events, and all those who participated in this year’s Potluck BBQ and Chili Cook-off. The camaraderie proves this club is much more than just an average fishing club. And I must even say, Hawg Hawler members can sure cook some outstanding food! Again, thanks to all of you for making the events a huge success!! 

 

Thank you again to Pam Wakim for taking care of the Hawg Hawler website.

A final thank you to YOU the members. Without you, Hawg Hawlers would not exist. Every one has such busy lives and so often we say we’ll do something next week, next month…. Slow down – enjoy and appreciate today – for tomorrow it may never happen. It’s been a great year – great friendships – great fishing !! Good luck and Happy Fishing to each and every one of you!! 

 
                                                                                

 

 

Signing off,

Lori