Author: SHAUGHN David MILLER

The OAPB Sailfish Tournament Captain’s Meeting is tonight at 7pm at the Sands Harbor. As of now we have 11 entries, and 3 RSVPs to register this evening. 

Boat Name                        Team Name                   Captain Name

Island Time                              Sail Slayers                Steve Drake

Reef’s Break                            Reef’s Break            Shaughn Miller

Free Spool                                 Free Spool                Franklin Frank

Bimini Twist                              Bimini Twist            Scott Mcilvaine

Reel Locos                                 Reel Locos               Jason Edinger

My Time                                     My Time                   Jim Blake

Miss Michelle                         Miss Michelle         Shannon Kelleher

The Hillsboro Hearse        Aquasport                Sam Fugina

Semper Fish                            The A Team              George Albert

Venture Ho!                            Venture Ho!            Jeff Holsapple

In The Soup                               In The Soup             Dan Campbell

Sticks N Stones                     Sticks N Stones     Harry Slingsby

The Thirst Is Reel                  Busted Knuckles   Ed Weisenberger

Tonight we will go over overall information for the tournament: channels, times, weigh in, awards, and just the overall tournament.If you have any feedback that  may  help our events and tournaments run smoothly, please shoot me an email or give me a call.  I would like to thank our past president John Weber for all of his feedback from the past events he has organized it has been valuable.

Calcutta Entries

Biggest Fish                        Heavy 4                      Sailfish

No Name Boat              No Name Boat           No Name Boat

Bimini Twist                       Bimini Twist              —————

Reef’s Break                   Reef’s Break                Reefs’s Break

My Time                              My Time                      My Time

Miss Michelle                  Miss Michelle             Miss Michelle

Free Spool                             Free Spool               ————–

The A Team                      The A Team                     The A Team

Venture Ho!                      Venture Ho!                 Venture Ho!

Aquasport                         Aquasport                   —————–

Busted Knuckles           Busted Knuckles        Busted Knuckles

Sticks N Stones            ——————-           ——————

 

Also, we thank all of our members, friends, captains, family, volunteers, and  sponsors for helping to create a successful 2017 Sailfish Tournament. 

The 2017 Captain’s Scoreboard has been added to the menu. The scoreboard is based on the fish are that are submitted by the anglers. Boat captains receive the same amount of points as the anglers. Ex: Angler Scoreboard= Angler John-100 points, Angler Beth-68 points, Angler Jimbo-120 points, Angler Stevo-55 points. All these anglers were on Captain Tim’s vessel, so Captain Tim receives 343 points toward the Captain of the Year Award and the trip to Quepos, Costa Rica.

Please submit all fish with the wristband in the photo, and measurements clearly visible.

2017 Annual Sailfish Tournament

February 3rd, (7-9)- Captain’s Meeting at Sands Harbor

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February 4th-Sailfish Tournament

(7am-2pm) Lines in and out

(2pm-3pm) Fish Weigh-In at Sands Harbor North Dock

(3pm-5pm) Awards- Sands Harbor North Dock

Awards for Top Angler, Top Female Angler, Top Youth Angler (15 or less), 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place trophies and prizes for Top 3 boats.

Calcuttas are split between Top 3 Boats.

All boats are subject to Raft-Up. Parking will be at public parking at beach or parking garage.

Raffle and Sands Harbor menu available for food and drinks.

 

Join us for our first meeting of 2017 at The Sands Harbor on Monday, January 16th. Captain Jack will be our guest speaker on Swordfishing. He has 20 years experience in Swordfishing out of Port Everglades and the Hillsboro Inlets. He will be discussing tackle, technique, day and night fishing, and sharing his overall experience in getting one of these billfish in the boat.

Please remember that your 2017 dues must be paid in order to attend the meeting. To pay your membership dues please click here: NEW MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION. RSVP IS A MUST. You can RSVP here under events, on our Facebook page, or on Meetup.

As a reminder, the monthly contest wristband for February will be handed out at this January meeting. Jeff Lyman has won the contest for December, and Chris Thomas is holding the lead in points for the annual contest to Quepos, Costa Rica.

Our member shirts are in production, and will be handed out at the meeting! Our club shirts this year are grey long-sleeve performance shirts, with the new logo and artwork shown below.

BACK OF SHIRT

FRONT OF SHIRT-UPPER CHEST

Looking forward to seeing you all in a couple of weeks!

Best,

Shaughn Miller

President

OAPB

Our second monthly contest has begun with Wahoo as the Species of the Month. Jeff Lyman has won the December monthly length contest with a Sailfish. No member has submitted a Tarpon to win the Species of December. Make sure your orange band is in all fish submittals for January.

The OAPB Holiday Party

The 2016 end of the year Holiday Party was a great success. Members came out for some music, fun, great food, and the opportunity to talk and mingle with other members. Our White Elephant gift exchange was a blast with gifts being rotated around members, and bringing out the joy in all of us. Additional photos are posted on the club facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/offshoreanglerspompanobeach/photos/?tab=album&album_id=863315967138876

The opportunity for members to give some great ideas for future events were discussed:

1)A women’s angler tournament: Only women are allowed to handle the rod/reels, set the drags, and bring the fish to the boat. All other anglers are there as mates and captains.

2)Discussed the Captain’s and Angler of the Year Awards: The Captain and the Angler of the Year will be going to JP Sportfishing Charters in Quepos, Costa Rica . The trip will be a 3 day trip with one full day of offshore fishing with JP Sportfishing (Hotel and Charter included).

3)The creation of an event for  Mini-Lobster Season down to Marathon, FL.

http://offshoreanglerspompanobeach.org/event/2016-oapb-holiday-party/

There is a new fishing app out there in Beta Stage. I met with the Founder and CEO of Fish Verify. This app allows you to take a picture of your catch it will do a search of your fish, then identify and provide you the minimum requirements and description. Awesome!! How many times are you out there, and your breaking out your hard copy reference book to look for your fish, and still cannot seem to find it. Looks like Fish Verify is coming up with a solution to all of our problems. Click the below link, and you will get a message on how to download the Beta App, and provide feedback as you use it.

Fish Verify

The Eligibile Fish list has been updated today. The points system for points per lb has been removed, and points per inch has been added. Also, the minimum OAPB requirements for the fish have changed to reflect FWC minimums. The variations of scale manufacturer makes it unreliable to get accurate values. Now, you will receive points for the fish you submit, and points for the length of the fish caught. If you have any questions please give me a call or email me. 832-509-8833

Thank you,

Shaughn Miller

The Fish of the Month for the monthly contest is Tarpon. Normally, the club would choose the Fish of the Month from a random drawing at the club meetings. We are replacing the December meeting with our Holiday Party at 26 Degrees, so the Fish of the Month for January will be chosen at the party.