President's Message
by Rick Thompson
 

It's about that time of year when the fishing gets a lot better than in the hot summer months. Let's hope that is true again this year because the fish have been hard to find this summer. I finally got two good days of good weather and good catching last week out of Oregon Inlet. We went the first day out to the tuna tower about 24 miles offshore and found King Mac and some very strange mix of water temps. The second day we went north east out about 35 miles and found a very long weed line and caught 21 Dolphin. Most of them were caught on light spinning tackle, it was a great time. I hope everyone is ready for the trip to Hatteras. We are going to have a catered barbeque diner and have another diner with burgers, hot dogs and hopefully fish another night. Charlie Appleby is going to pull the trailer for us so the grill and supplies will be there for everyone to use. The meeting is going to be a week later this month, so don't forget it is Wed the 17th. We will have a great speaker this month, Captain Chuck Woodward and his mate Joe of the Yellowfin out of Ocean City will talk to us about finding fish offshore and some of their tactics. The board decided our Dec meeting is going to be a little different this year. We are going to buy everyone diner that night, have a little tackle swap for members to sell or exchange what they want to get rid of and the meeting is going to be a bull-shit session to meet and greet and tell fishing stories. I hope you all have good luck fishing in N. C. or wherever you get to go, be safe out there and come to our meeting on the 17th.

Next Meeting

October 17, 2007

Food Service: starts at 6:15 pm

Menu:
None Submitted.

Meeting: starts at 7:00 pm

Speaker: We are glad to have Chuck Woodward of Yellowfin Charters and his mate Joe who runs the Yellowfin out of Ocean City, Md. as our speakers this month. They have had a great season working the offshore hot spots outside Ocean City this year. As one of the top charters in the area, Chuck will be speaking on the offshore hot spots he frequents to land the BIG fish. He will be educating us on how to locate the fish, the proper rigs to utilize and most of all his fishing tactics to land these fish. So let's all welcome Chuck and Joe to our meeting.

Vendor:
There will be no vendor this month, although, we will have available a tremendous amount of bay and general tackle to purchase from one of our outstanding and deeply missed members, Marty Russell. As you all know, Mary was a heck of a guy, a great friend, a welcomed fishing buddy and he collected tackle for many years. If Marty didn't have "one" then no one did. If any tackle shop didn't have it…Marty did. So review your tackle needs for the fall, bring your money and let's buy, buy, buy. See you there!

Last Month's Raffle Winners:
Terry Hoption:
    330 GTI rod & reel combo
Charlie Appleby: Spot Light
Gordon Jerigan:
     Fuel treatment & stablizer
Bob Lowery: folding boat stool
Don Christie: Boat tie downs


50/50: Rick Poss $68

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Up Coming Events
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 the main MSSA Office at 410-255-5535
Nov 17: Go fishing with the chapter for on a headboat for $55. See Walt Shaw at the meeting to sign up & pay or call him at 301-662-4481

Tournaments:
Oct 6-13: Hatteras North Carolina Kingfish - Wahoo Trip & Tournment. Contact John Travers 301-370-7733
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.