President's Message
by Rick Thompson
 

Hope you're catching what you're fishing for! We have to make a change in the Head boat trip set for Sept 8th. We do not have near enough people signed up for this trip, so the decision was made to drop the charter bus & offer to anyone who wanted to go the option of putting groups together to drive down & still do the trip. The price of the head boat will be $ 57.00 per person, but we still need at least 25 people to go fishing. There was a lot of interest earlier to add this trip for our members but very few came forward & signed up when the time came to put up the money. Please contact Walt Shaw if you want to go, talk to some buddies and get a carload together. Everyone is invited to go nonmembers, kids, and the wife or lady friend. It should be a good time and an easy comfortable day of fishing.

The next thing we need to talk about is the Raffle tickets. We have all most 6,000 tickets on the street, but only about 2,200 turned in so far. The drawing will be at the next meeting this coming Wednesday Aug 8th. Please do all you can to get them sold and turned in. If you can not make it to the meeting give me a call & I will be glad to pick them up from you before then. This is our only Fund-raiser of the year & I need every one of you to do what you can to help us out. This club does a lot for all its members, & donates a lot of money for many great causes, but it only works with the help of all. If you feel that the cruise give-a-way is not a good idea or you have a new or better plan I'd love to hear about it. I need all the help I can get. This is the hard part of this job, but the most important. We cannot pay for all the great things this club provides without your support.

I hope everyone who has been coming to our meetings this year has enjoyed my new way of running the meeting. We spend more time telling stories & mingling. I have tried to get everyone to get up & tell us a fishing story or an update on how fishing has been for them. Maybe even give away a secret or two. If you have not been to a meeting, please come by and join us. We have a great time and the food has been a real treat. Hope to see all of you on the 8th and keep on fishing.

Next Meeting

August 08, 2007

Food Service: starts at 6:15 pm

Menu:
Hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, slaw, baked beans, dessert, coffee & iced-T, price $8.00.

Meeting: starts at 7:00 pm

Speaker: Oliver Lynch from the Maryland Coast Guard Auxillary. Oliver has been associated and a member of the auxillary for over 30 years. He has a wonderful presentation regarding general boating and boating safety. I am sure we will find his slide presentation educational and extremely informative.

Vendor:
Steve Seigel from Bass Candy Delights. Steve is a member of our chapter and has had his product at the meetings before. He has a wide variety of plastics for trolling and jigging.

Last Month's Raffle Winners:
Ralph Cope: Penn 330 GTI Reel
Matt Lacey: Remote Spot Light
Tim Helman: Offshore Fighting Belt
David Shaw: Needle Nose SS Pliers
???: Tool Kit

50/50: 50/50: Bob Pellicot $95

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Up Coming Events
Sept 8: Chapter Headboat Trip Contact Walt Shaw 301-662-4481
Oct 6: MSSA Crab Feast - American Legion Post 130 in Severna Park Contact MSSA Office @ 410-255-5535
Nov 4: MSSA Scholarship Foundation Dinner - Annapolis Contact MSSA Office at 410-255-5535

Tournaments:
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.