The 2005 Jack Bohannon Juniors Fishing Tournament
Saturday, August 20, 2005 - BBQ and Awards at 5:00pm – 6:30pm
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ILTT - Invitational Light Tackle Tournament and Club Challenge
Gene Grimes Memorial - September 9th-10th - 2005

Awards BBQ, September 11th - 3:00pm at The Marlin Club
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Welcome New Members:  
Chet and Denise Spreen – BITE ME - hunterspreen@hotmail.com

Rick Hoke – Rick is an electronics instructor with a 21.5’ boat named LILLIAN LISA. Rick would love to get a marlin and meet the members. 619-287-6439

Effective August 1, 2005 - Everingham Bros prices will be as follows:
      1/2 scoop - goes from $15 to $20
1 scoop - goes from $20 to $30
1 scoop cured bait - goes from $30 to $40

Mackerel Bait 

The marlin season is about to kick off. Each year, roughly half the fish are caught on lures and the other half on bait. Nothing is more exciting that casting live bait to a marlin and hooking up.   

There are several ways to have mackerel for the marlin trips. First you can try to buy them from the Everingham Bait operation, but it’s rare that they have any. You can get up a little earlier and hope to make bait by catching your own before starting your trip.

Or you can build your own bait receiver and keep it at your slip. Then you can make short trips at your convenience to stock your receiver.

AN INEXPENSIVE (SEAL-PROOF) BAIT RECEIVER 

All components can be purchased at Home Depot. If you don’t have any - purchase a package of the Teflon Zip ties (Electrical Dept).

From the Garden Department, in the back they have 4’ x 8’ sheets of white lattice work.  Get two of the sheets with the smaller (1” x1”) openings. They also have 8’ “H” (in x-section) boards used to connect two edges of the lattice (not necessary, but makes it more sturdy) Roll one of the sheets and connect the edges with the Zip ties (with or without the connecting Board. If used cut the 8’ board in half)

You now have a 4’ tall cylinder about 30” in diameter. Place the cylinder on the second sheet and trace out three circles – 2 will be slightly larger than the cylinder and 1 slightly smaller. Connect one of the large circles to the bottom of the cylinder with the zip ties. Make sure that the smaller circle is smaller than the inside of the cylinder so that it will rise up and down easily.

Get a length of the heavier walled ¾” PVC pipe and 3 PVC T’s. At the end of a 4’ section of the pipe, glue on one of the T’s and make a large “H” that will fit under the smaller circle. Tie it in place with the “H” under the circle. This will act as a “lifting handle” used to raise that attached circle.
 

Again, make sure the inner smaller circle is small enough to ride up and down easily and not too loose at the edges (so that the mackerel don’t get under the circle). Place some weight (bricks, tiles, etc) on the bottom of the cylinder – under the smaller (lifting circle) – weights will be needed since the plastic lattice tends to float. Attach the second larger circle to the top and use the zip ties to make a hinge and use whatever lock you might find useful (or none if you have honest neighbors).

Get several Styrofoam floats and attach to the top of the receiver (otherwise those weights will sink the whole apparatus). The smaller circle with the PVC “lifting handle” now acts as a crowder and makes it much easier to get the bait out.

Tight lines and good fishing!

The 2005 yearbooks are now available at the club.