President's Message
by Rick Thompson
 

Rick has been working too hard to fish for the past 3 weeks but Charlie and I did get to fish over the weekend on the "Hinesite" with Tony Tolbard and caught 2 tuna , one blue and one yellow in the 60-80# range in the 30 fathom lumps. Then I beached it for two days and Charlie went out with Allan Miller and his two sons to the 30 fathom lumps and caught two yellow fins,, one dolphin , black sea bass and Charlie caught two trigger fish in a drifting basket then ate then for dinner breaded and fryed. I asked him why he needs such expensive fishin' rods if he can catch fish in a basket. Naturally he didn't answer…just gave me the "look." I on the other hand went shopping and bought a new round butter dish to match my china. Bruce Boyd, Jeff Greene and Buster Richards fished with Tony on Tuesday and it was so beautiful out they stayed out late.

The count down is on for raffle tickets, just do it! It helps the club.

Chapter Raffle
Jay & Gordon will be calling to get our Cruise Tickets turned in for the raffle. If you haven' t done so please get your tickets sold & turned in as soon as possible. This is our only fundraiser of the year. We will be giving away a Premium Carnival 5 Night Cruise for 2. For every 10 tickets you sell you will get 1 free ticket for yourself. You'll receive your ticket when you turn your sold ones in. They will be available at the meetings or stop by & see Bob Pellicot at Shockley Honda. The drawing will be August 8th at our meeting. The cost is $10 each. We would like to thank Gordon Jernigan for donating the printing costs of the tickets.

Attention Members
Got stuff to sell bring it to the meeting as we have a table/s that you can use at every meeting. Feel free to bring your stuff anytime and it's free to our members.

Next Meeting

July 11, 2007

Food Service: starts at 6:15 pm

Menu:
Steam shrimp, augraten potatoes, slaw, green beans, coffee & iced-T, price $8.50.

Meeting: starts at 7:00 pm

Speaker: We are please to have Tommy Heacock a well known charter captain out of Deale, Maryland who runs the 40 foot boat "Foolish Pleasure". Tommy has been fishing the mid bay area for more than 30 years & runs out of Herrington Harbor. He will provide us with some of his knowledge on chumming, live lining for rockfish & bottom fishing for croaker in the areas he fishes. Tommy offers half day, full day and evening trips for rockfish, croaker, trout. He will have on display a new Barefoot rod he has been using this season. If you want to book a charter trip with him he can contacted at 410-804-8511.

Vendor:
None Announced.

Last Month's Raffle Winners:
John Sivinski: Fighting Belt
Bob Lowry: Hull Cleaner
Rick Thompson: Dry Storage
Charlie Appleby: Tie Downs
John Travers: Penn Rod

50/50: Bob Cannon $85

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Up Coming Events
Sept 8: Chapter Headboat Trip Contact Walt Shaw 301-662-4481

Tournaments:
July 15-16: Chapter Tuna Tournament
Aug 17-19: MARVA Offshore OC,
Chincoteague & Wachapreague
Oct 6-13: Hatteras King Tournament
Nov 10: MSSA Fall Rockfish Tournment

Kids and Fishing:
Have you taken a child fishing lately? Did you know that every Frederick Chapter Tournament has a child's division? Did you know that there are special prizes reserved for children? If you took a child fishing, take a picture of the trophy & get a copy to us for publication. Ed Sousa is working on a children's fishing classic. Please see Ed if you have any ideas for the event.

RENEW YOUR FISHING
LICENSES

2007 NMFS Migratory Species Permit: OFFSHORE:
All migratory species permits expire in May. Remember to purchase your 2007 permit. The "permit shop" can be found at:
www.hmspermits.gov or
www.nmfspermits.com
Permits for 2007 cost $22.00.

State of Maryland:
All DNR Maryland permits expired on December 31. You may purchase online at wildlifelicense.com/md/
Resident License: $9.00 allows a Maryland resident to fish in the Chesapeake Bay and it's tributaries from January 1 through December 31. Consolidated Bay Sport Boat License is $40.00 and allows everyone on board your boat to fish.

Attention Members
Got stuff to sell? Bring it to the meeting as we have a tables that you can use at every meeting. Feel free to bring your stuff anytime and it's free to our members.