Minutes of Pendleton Sportsman’s Club meeting on June 13, 2006
Call to Order. Meeting opened by Vice President Gary Baumann at 1840.
Approval of May’s minutes as published.
Report of Secretary / Treasurer. None given as Sec/Treas was not in attendance.
Committee Reports
- Membership Committee – Club membership dues are $20 per year and are effective for one year from time of activation. Dues can be paid at Club meetings or mailed in. See the Club Website for mailing address at http://thesportsmansclub.netfirms.com.
- Buildings and Grounds –Club meetings will be at building number 24065 in the 24 area next to the PX and Gym. This location is working out great for the club. Please help spread the word of the new location.
- Publicity Committee – Club Patches are available from Tom Johnson the Clubs Secretary / Treasurer. Please contact Tom at a meeting or event about purchasing your Club patch, cost is $5. Recommend Club members sew the Club patch on their hunting vests to publicize the Club.
- Fishing Committee
– Free fishing trips still available through the Dana Wharf Sportfishing. See Fishing News on the Clubs website for information and contact one of the coordinators. Dana Warf has lessened the restrictions to where active duty can now go for free through the entire week including weekends now.
SALT-
- Fred Wolfrom from Pacific Coast Bait and Tackle reported that shore/surf fishing is pretty good right now. Bluefin are good offshore and ¾ day boats out of San Diego are doing pretty well right now.
- Still hoping to get a Deep Sea fishing trip for club members sometime this summer. Anyone who is interested should contact Wayne or any officer of the club. Again, dates are not solid.
FRESH-
- Lake O’Neil’s- Bass are hitting good at the upper end of the lake but the fish are small (catch and release for Bass). Crappie are finished spawning and are slow.
- Lake Skinner- Stripers are hitting.
- Lake Wohlford- Bass and catfish are hitting some but trout are slowing up.
-Club member Rob Shuford (currently deployed to Iraq) inquired into getting some fishing gear sent over for the transition teams so they could fish with the Iraqis they are living with and training (sort of a sportsmen team-building thing). Fred Wolfram offered to look into the possibility of getting some patriotic suppliers to send some stuff to Iraq.
- Hunting Committee
- Most of the meeting time was spent reviewing the Base Hunting Bulletin and discussing the modifications the Club wanted to see. These suggestions were compiled and submitted to Mr. Yoder in a separate e-mail. Next year we must really accomplish this earlier.
- As always, help police trash found while hunting.
Old and unfinished business
- The club is still planning a plaque presentation to the Greenhead club who put on the fabulous duck shoot in February. Larry will give a date and time for the presentation and dinner at the June meeting.
- Hunter Education Safety Course information
- NRA/RSO Frank Alessio at the Escondido Fish and Game Association conducts the classes. Dennis will be contacting Frank for available dates to qualify more members.
- Rifle Sight-in / Familiarization Fire range dates have been approved for June 24th, July 15th, August 12th, and September 9th. However none of our dual-qualified RSO’s were in attendance at the meeting. We still need to verify whether the 24 June shoot will go as planned.
- The Club still needs to get members qualified as Range Safety Officers (RSO) and Officers-In-Charge (OIC) by the Base. Any Club member can receive the training and become qualified as an RSO / OIC. The Base RSO / OIC course is given every Friday starting at 0700 in building 2399.
New business
- Members are encouraged to send emails to John Cullen, former Vice-President of the Club, who is currently serving in Iraq at jdjrc@hotmail.com.
- Members are requested to review the current Hunting Program Base Bulletin and submit any recommended changes via email to Club Secretary Tom Johnson at t-d-johnson@cox.net, or bring any suggestions to the June meeting. Vic Yoder needs these recommendations ASAP. He needs to send the recommendations up the chain of command in June. The current bulletins will be posted on the Club website for your review. Your recommendations are critical to continue to improve the hunting and fishing opportunities on board the base. We have made tremendous progress and improvements this last year and we need to continue our efforts. Please review and make your recommendations they are important.
Future Hunting
- Hunting during the off season is available for rabbits, squirrels and coyotes. The hunting hours will be 0800 to 1800. Please call the warden’s office at 725-3360 to ensure that there are open areas and that the fire danger conditions allow hunting.
The next Club meeting will be on 11 July at 1830 in Bldg 24065.
Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 1935.
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