JULY 2008

NEWSLETTER

ACGFA, P.O. Box 2001, St. Augustine, Fl 32085

President: Joe Noda - Vice President: Ray Lake

Treasurer: Linda Manucy - Secretary: Carolyn Emert

Directors: John Jordan, David Chapman, Bert Walton,

Ruth Jordan, James Manucy, and Donna Frantz

Newsletter Editor: Jim Blalock - Phone & FAX (904) 471-2730

Jim’s e-mail: editor@acgfa.com

ACGFA Web Site Address: acgfa.com

Our Next Meeting: There is No General Membership Meeting this month. The next meeting will be Tuesday, August 19th at the St Augustine Shrine Club, 250 1st St. Our meetings are on the 3rd Tuesday of each month unless notified otherwise. The Shriners have a very nice facility overlooking Moultrie Creek. They have adequate parking across from the building. Social 6:30 - Meeting 7:30.

Last Month’s Meeting: was the annual membership dinner and year-end awards. A complete list of awardsis listed on the Web-site. Dinner was a Steak Cook-out, and, as you can see, you cooked your own rib-eye steak. There were great appetizers and desserts, thanks to all who brought them. If you missed it shame on you. Many thanks to the volunteers who planned, bought the food, prepared the sides, decorated the Shrine Club, set up the grills and kitchen, cleaned-up, did the paperwork and the trophies, and made sure all of us enjoyed the party. It was a great event!

The best skit awards were won by the “N 2 Deep” crew (Burres family) for their “fish on” skit. Runner Up award went to the “Triple Luck” crew (James, Linda & Donna) for their “fire you up” skit. They each won $50 Gift Certificate to local restaurants. They were great.

I have lots of pictures (200+) of the Party and Awards. If you want copies or a disk let me know. I am making a music slide show that I will share with those who want it. - Jim

Membership Drawing: Lucky Jennifer & Tommy Capo won the $150. Be there this month to win $100. You must be present to win. It pays to attend the meetings.

Raffle: David Chapman & Rick Emert had another great raffle. Winners included: Bert Walton, Cecilia Remy, Linda Lanier, Scott Shank (3 times), Joey Mickler, Linda Manucy, Ray Lake, Pat King (2 times), Daniel ?, Belinda Noda, Ron Walton, Carol Emert, Charla Rudderow (2 times), Ronnie Lyles, Teeka Franke, Vicki Simms, Susan Ryan, Brian Sousa (2 times), Jeremy Sullivan, Steve Blalock, and Greg Rudderow. The Winner of the raffle for a Greater Jacksonville Kingfish Tornament Entry was Joe Shugart.

There was also a separate Kids Raffle. Winners were: Cadie Simms, Haley Ferris, Dillon Kinlaw, Lindsay Pate, Gavin Frasier, Chloe Pate, Carly Sullivan, Heather Arnold, Bryson Tedder, Christina Buckhalter, Carmen Tedder, Dylan Drury, Karli Berzins, Carmen Pate, Dylon Franke, JD Capo, Steven Blalock, Kalei Blalock, Jeremy Sullivan, Luke George, Shawn Ferris, Nikki Burres, Logan Carey, Tyler Waldron, and Jack Henderson.  All the winning young anglers received a fishing rod & reel & a Frisbee.

Upcoming Tournaments and Events: The Young Anglers Tournament is July 1st thru July 31st. Attached are rules. Don’t foget the B.S. Tournament coming up on September 20th. Your favorite Bait Shop will be getting the tournament information and shirts soon. The Fall Fish Fry will be held at the conclusion of the tournament weigh-in. More information next month.

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A reminder, only dues paid members may submit entries. The “grace” period ended at the Membership Party.

June Angler-of-the-Month: WOW!! There were 36 Anglers - 79 Fish - 14 Speciesthis month. Congratulations to June Angler-of-the-Month Rick Emert. Rick caught a 25.3lbAmberjack (1st placeMens & 2nd Largest of Month), a 19.0 lbGrouper (Blk & Gag) (1st place Mens& Largest of Month), & a 22.0 lb Red Snapper (2nd place Mens & Largest of Month) for a total of 550 points. Great job Rick!! Rick also wins the 100 Bonus points that count for the Angler-of-the-Year. Catches include cards received from May 30th thru June 28th. Cards received after June 28th will count for the July Angler-of-the-Month. See the complete list of cards turned-in attached.

In-Club Kingfish Tournament: There were 30 boats entered and 10 boats weighed kingfish. In addition, there were several more kings weighed for the year-end tournament, including a 40.05 lb Cobia by Joe Shugart. Wil & Teeka Franke did a great job conducting the weigh-in. Compete results are on the bottom of the Inshore

Angler-of-the-Year Page.

KFC Tournament Entry Cards: We will enter your Kingfish caught during the Junior KFC. We do not have Angler information available for Kingfish weighed in during theKingfish Challenge or at the KingBuster, so if you want your fish entered you need to submit a Fish Entry Card. You can mail them or bring them to the meeting and we will accept them.

FOR SALE: If space permits we will print your items here!

2004 - 14 ft Stumpknocker, 9.9 HP Johnson, with trailer and cover. $3,500 - Call Worth at 904-829-2069

Penn 80TW with AFCO Bent Butt Rod – Spooled with 80 lb Mono. – Like new - $700 OBO Contact: Dick Newton at 904-824-6259

Congratulations to all of the winners

Inshore Boat-of-the-Year – FULL HOUSE Offshore Boat-of-the-Year - RAINHANDLER

Joe presents to Scott Shank & Mike Colee Joe presents to Michael, David and Liana Chapman

Conservation Award (most released Billfish/Tarpon) - Max Pechstein (Released 5 Tarpon)

Anglers-of-the-Year Inshore Offshore

Small-Fry - John David Capo Small-Fry - Koby Waldron

Junior - Max Pechstein Junior - Steven Blalock

Women - Amanda Thomas Women - Liana Chapman

Men - Deedo Nelson Men - John Waldron