DOLPHIN HAT TOURNAMENT – RESULTS

We had a great turnout on Saturday with 22 anglers on 6 boats.  A lot of fish were caught, although fishing was a little tough at times.  And the winner is . . .

Bob Schulman, Sarge Crowell and Burt Dubois – This 3 man team cleaned up!  55 total points with their 3 biggest dolphin weighing in at 24, 12 and 10 lbs, with 9 other keepers.  They outsmarted the rest of the fleet and fished on the shallow side, with most of their fish coming inside of 900 feet.

2nd place:

Steve Siegel, Matt Cappiello, Walter Cornwall and Jim Blake – We had a good day with our top 3 fish weighing in at 13, 8 and 5 lbs, with 8 other keepers.  Most of our action was between 900 and 1500.  We also watched a white marlin put on a little show right next to our boat but could not get him interested in anything we had to offer.

3rd place:

Charley Berkley, Larry Crismond and Trae West – These guys had 3 dolphin weighing in at a total of 20 lbs and 2 other keepers for a total of 22 points. 

Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone for a great tournament.

 

 

 

 

Dolphin Hat Tournament – Saturday – Teams Selected

Our first hat tournament of the year is coming up on Saturday and the seas are supposed to be flat!

If you want to sign up now, please email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com.

We currently have 6 boats and 22 total members signed up, so there is still room for more anglers.  Please sign up now.   Lines in at 7:30 a.m. and out at 3:00 p.m.  Here is how we are going to score it:

1 point per pound for your 3 biggest dolphin.

1 point for all additional legal size dolphin.

Bonus points: 5 point bonus for any legal size tripletail caught on rod and reel.  (1 tripletail bonus per boat)

Bonus points: 1 point per pound for your biggest wahoo caught.

Bonus points: 35 point bonus for a marlin release.

Let’s all stay on channel 72 for the tournament and since this is all for fun, if we find good weedlines or other structure out there and catch some fish, give a call on the radio to the rest of the boats.  The name of my boat is Here Fish!

Remember that we need pictures for any fish that will qualify for the leaderboard for the annual tournament.

 

Here are the teams:

Boat #1: Charley Berkley, Larry Crismond and Trae West

Boat #2: Bob Schulman, Sarge Crowell and Burt Dubois

Boat #3: Steve Siegel, Matt Cappiello, Walter Cornwall and Jim Blake

Boat #4: Seymour Ravinsky, Sherman Nicks, Dennis Brammeir and Tom Breur

Boat #5: Don Euston, Joe Imbriale, Bob Roy, John Brown

Boat #6: Tim Nielsen, Glen Turner, Bob Sablo, John Kent

 

 

 

 

Dolphin Hat Tournament – This Saturday!

Our first hat tournament of the year is coming up on Saturday and the seas are supposed to be flat!

We currently have 4 boats and 16 total members signed up but we are hoping for another boat or two and some more membership participation.  Please sign up now.   Lines in at 7:30 a.m. and out at 3:00 p.m.  Here is how we are going to score it:

1 point per pound for your 3 biggest dolphin.

1 point for all additional legal size dolphin.

Bonus points: 5 point bonus for any legal size tripletail caught on rod and reel.  (1 tripletail bonus per boat)

Bonus points: 1 point per pound for your biggest wahoo caught.

Bonus points: 35 point bonus for a marlin release.

You can sign up on the website or email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com.

We will pick teams at the meeting tomorrow night.

Here is the list of participants:

Don Euston (captain)

Joe Imbriale (mate for Euston)

Seymour Ravinksy (captain)

Steve Siegel (captain)

Matt Cappielo (mate for Siegel)

Tim Nielsen (captain)

Glen Turner (mate for Nielsen)

Bob Sablo

Trae West

Michael Caplan

John Kent

Burt Dubois

Arnie Sedel

Dennis Brammeir

John Brown

Phil (“Sarge”) Crowell

 

 

 

Hat Tournament – 6/27

Our first hat tournament of the year is coming up!

We will have our annual dolphin hat tournament on June 27th.  Please sign up now.   Lines in at 7:30 a.m. and out at 3:00 p.m.  Here is how we are going to score it:

1 point per pound for your 3 biggest dolphin.

1 point for all additional legal size dolphin.

Bonus points: 5 point bonus for any legal size tripletail caught on rod and reel.  (1 tripletail bonus per boat)

Bonus points: 1 point per pound for your biggest wahoo caught. 

Please sign up as a captain/mate team or angler.  You can sign up on the website or email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com

 

Our thoughts and Prayers for Brad

Its with a heavy heart that I share we received word that Brad Rinsem’s wife Christina passed away yesterday morning. We would ask that you keep Brad and his family in your thoughts. We do not have much information as of yet. We believe Brad’s family will be holding a memorial in the Twin Cities in July. As we get more information we will share it with the club.

Thank you,

 

LHPSSA Board

Our thoughts and Prayers for Brad

Its with a heavy heart that I share we received word that Brad Rinsem’s wife Christina passed away yesterday morning. We would ask that you keep Brad and his family in your thoughts. We do not have much information as of yet. We believe Brad’s family will be holding a memorial in the Twin Cities in July. As we get more information we will share it with the club.

Thank you,

 

LHPSSA Board

One open spot – North Florida Snapper & Grouper Trip!!!

Members,

We had a last minuet cancelation and we have one spot open for this Thursday June 4th south of Tallahassee. Frank Schmidt may be looking for someone to ride with him on Wednesday. Fish Thursday and return Friday. Great trip – first come first serve. Let me know if you are interested – all arrangements can be made for you. John – My cell – 954-552-7751photo (6)

5/1 – 3 Key West Trip

Gentlemen,

Our trip is now less than a week away. Even the weather looks like it is cooperating. We have 5 boats fishing the tournament on Saturday. Rules and teams are listed below. Sherman Nicks will be master of ceremonies. All the team captains (whoever is listed first for your boat below) should contact Sherman after you are done fishing to report your catches so he can determine the winner.

Trash talking to your tournament opponents will commence Friday evening over dinner at Benihana (3591 S Roosevelt Blvd). Dinner reservations are set for 7pm. We have 35 people signed up (see list below).

We have a set menu for the group:

Menu: $27.00 (including tax and gratuity) per person.

Teriyaki Chicken Dinner: Served with Hibachi Fried Rice, Japanese Onion Soup, Benihana Salad, Shrimp Appetizer, Hibachi Vegetables, Homemade Dipping Sauces and Japanese Hot Green Tea.

If anyone has issues with the menu, they can order whatever they want from the general Benihana menu. Everyone is responsible for paying their own tab. In addition, sushi platters for the group will be at your tables. The club is picking up the tab for this.

If for any reason you will not be able to make dinner or will not be able to make it on time, please contact Sherman Nicks (954 610 3639) so that he can coordinate with Benihana. Benihana has been very flexible and accommodating with us to handle our group so please be sure to communicate any changes in plans.

We currently do not have any events organized for the ladies/anyone that will not be fishing on Saturday. There was a lunch at Sunset Key in prior years. We have the contact information for Sunset Key to try to set it up if there is a group interested. I would like to get someone to organize this if there is sufficient interest so please let me know if there is any interest in the event and if anyone’s spouse would volunteer to coordinate.

Let me know if there any changes to the list below. I will only be around until Thursday morning to help coordinate things. If something comes up after that, please get to Sherman.

Thanks,

Mark

KEY WEST TOURNAMENT 5/2/15
Rules/Points:
Lines in: 7AM, Lines out: 4PM
Catch 5 different listed species and receive 150 bonus points.
Catch 5 each of 3 listed species and receive 150 bonus points.
Fish must meet minimum state size requirements to qualify for points.
One half points awarded if fishing with a professional guide/captain/mate.
SPECIES/POINTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
MARLIN 100 80 60 40 20 300
SAILFISH 50 40 30 20 15 155
TARPON 50 40 30 20 15 155
WAHOO 50 40 30 20 15 155
MUTTON SNAPPER 25 25 20 15 10 95
PERMIT 25 25 20 15 10 95
BLK FIN TUNA 25 25 20 15 10 95
COBIA 25 25 20 15 10 95
DOLPHIN 25 25 20 15 10 95
KINGFISH 25 25 20 15 10 95
GROUPER 25 25 20 15 10 95
Teams: # in party Benihana Boat Room in boat
1. Moore 2 2 Y N
    Schmidt 2 2
    Bamman 2 2
    Ayala 2 2
    Kent 1 1
2. Furia 2 2 Y N
    Sedel 2 2
    Lutter 1
    Sands 2 2
3. Sottini 2 2 Y N
    Weidman 1 1
    Strauss 2 2
    Nicks 1 1
4. Walter Cornwall 2 2 Y N
    John Brown 2 2
    Jeff Bush 2 2
    David Crowfoot 2 2
    Eric Lodewijk 1 1
5. Eric Melnikoff 1  Y N
    Shawn Benyo 1
    Gene Petilli 1
Singles:
Gene Stoller 2 2 Not fishing
Mike Leach 3 3 N

 

Take a Hero Fishing Tournament – Reminder

 

I want to remind everybody about the upcoming Take A Hero Fishing Tournament on Friday May 8th. This is also going to be a Club boat tournament within the bigger tournament. If you are a captain and have already signed up or plan to sign up, please send me an email so that I can keep track of who is fishing. If you would like to enter and do not have a boat, let me know and I will see if there is any room on any of the Club boats.

Rules/Points:

Lines in and out follows the tournament times, which I believe is 8 am – 2 pm. In terms of scoring, this tournament is about keeping the rods bent for the guys we are taking fishing. (Almost)every fish caught counts. 1 point per pound for all meat fish (including kingfish, mahi, tuna, wahoo, snapper, grouper, cobia, tripletail, etc.), regardless of size. 25 points for Sailfish Release. 100 points for a marlin release. 5 points for shark, amberjack, barracuda, etc. release. 5 points maximum for each bonita caught (all of which should be saved for the guys in the club who use them for swordfish bait – I can collect these at the end of the tournament). No points for remora, triggerfish or other non-edible reef fish.

Let me know if you have any questions.  This is being sent out under John’s login, so please email me directly at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com.  Thanks.  Steve Siegel.

5/1 – 3 Key West Trip – Update

The trip is no longer that far away! Please get signed up and finalize your plans if you have not done so already. Below is the current list of people I have attending. Let me know asap if you are planning to go and are not on the list. There are a few folks listed as singles on the bottom of the page that were looking to connect with others to put a boat together. If anyone else is looking for a boat or looking for a member or two to add to their boat, please contact these guys.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Mark Repetski

 

KEY WEST TOURNAMENT 5/2/15
Rules/Points:
Lines in: 7AM, Lines out: 4PM
Catch 5 different listed species and receive 150 bonus points.
Catch 5 each of 3 listed species and receive 150 bonus points.
Fish must meet minimum state size requirements to qualify for points.
One half points awarded if fishing with a professional guide/captain/mate.
SPECIES/POINTS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Total
MARLIN 100 80 60 40 20 300
SAILFISH 50 40 30 20 15 155
TARPON 50 40 30 20 15 155
WAHOO 50 40 30 20 15 155
MUTTON SNAPPER 25 25 20 15 10 95
PERMIT 25 25 20 15 10 95
BLK FIN TUNA 25 25 20 15 10 95
COBIA 25 25 20 15 10 95
DOLPHIN 25 25 20 15 10 95
KINGFISH 25 25 20 15 10 95
GROUPER 25 25 20 15 10 95
Teams: # in party Benihana Boat Room in boat
1. Moore 2 2 Y N
    Schmidt 2 2
    Bamman 2 2
    Ayala 2
2. Furia 2 2 Y N
    Sedel 2 2
    Lutter 1
    Sands 2 2
3. Sottini 2 2 Y N
    Weidman 1 1
    Strauss 2 2
Nicks 1 1
4. Walter Cornwall 2 2 Y
    John Brown 2 2
Singles:
John Kent 1 1 N
Gene Stoller 2 2 Not fishing
Eric Lodewijk 1 1 N
Mike Leach 3 3 N