http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions/feed.rss Sun, 20 May 12 07:16:30 -0400 All Discussions - Berks Bassmasters en-CA http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/391/prospective-new-member-with-a-tournament-question Mon, 14 May 2012 20:16:52 -0400 mwheeler 391@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
My name is Mike Wheeler. I am a prospective member. I spoke with Dan Devine today, and I will be attending the June meeting and submitting a membership application. I am very excited at the opportunity to fish with your club! A little info about me - I am the Head Golf Pro at the Manor Golf Club and I manage the day to day operations as well as run my own golf instruction business. My only hobby besides playing golf is fishing. I do not own a boat (YET), so now I just fish off of the shore at Lake Ontelaunee.

Now to the question... I am from Maryland, and I saw that the FLW has a tournament on the Potomac not too far away from where I grew up in Baltimore. I just registered today as a competitive member, and I was hoping to fish it. As I'm sure all of you know, I need a guaranteed boater in order to compete. I posted on the FLW Tour's forum, and Dan told me about this forum to see if anyone of you were interested in fishing. Obviously, all expenses would be shared as expected. I was planning on staying at a nearby hotel, and that would be shared as well. I have some nice perks as a PGA apprentice, so I may be able to get some great rates as well for the Friday night stay.

If anyone is planning on going down, it is June 2nd. Give me a call if you were thinking about it and maybe we can get together and fish in the meantime. My cell is 443-841-5438 and my email is mwheeler63@pga.com. Thanks and I am looking forward to meeting everyone in a few weeks at the June meeting!

Mike]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/387/upcoming-structure-project Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:05:39 -0400 Moore Bass 387@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/390/june-meeting-tournament-registration Sun, 06 May 2012 19:05:46 -0400 Mark R. Kern 390@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
At the June meeting we will be registering for the June and July Blue Marsh Tuesday night tournaments and the Oneida tournament. ]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/388/faculty-of-fishing-info Wed, 02 May 2012 15:58:51 -0400 dandevine 388@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
If interested contact:

Tisha West
eMarketing Director
The Bass Federation
Ph: 580.765.9031
Fax: 580.765.2890
BassFederation.com
HighSchoolFishing.org

Flyer attached!
]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/386/skaneatles-tournament Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:25:31 -0400 gonefishin05 386@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/385/hey-club-members Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:48:42 -0400 DReisch 385@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/383/easter-greetings Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:55:34 -0400 Moore Bass 383@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/382/easter-flower-sale Fri, 06 Apr 2012 14:14:44 -0400 dandevine 382@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
Photo by Cleon]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/381/spring-buddy-2012-update Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:24:58 -0400 gonefishin05 381@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions Cleon is bringing donuts & coffee (thanks).]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/380/blue-marsh Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:25:35 -0400 Wolfie 380@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/378/update-requested-for-the-marsh Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:59:18 -0400 Moore Bass 378@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/374/hmmmmm-after-day-two Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:08:01 -0500 dandevine 374@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
At least I am not at the bottom of the list!]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/377/sign-up-for-maryland-dnr-information Fri, 16 Mar 2012 11:20:10 -0400 dandevine 377@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.dnr.maryland.gov/dnrnews/pressrelease2012/013112b.asp).

One effective tool we’ll be using is e-mail outreach. Given your past interest in receiving fisheries related information, we are reaching out to invite you to subscribe to our e-mail interest service. Simply click on the link below and you will be able to select your area(s) of interest and begin receiving news, updates and information.

You can easily unsubscribe at any time—dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/emailcontact.asp.

If you are not interested in receiving e-mails, but would like to keep up with proposed regulations, please visit Fisheries Service’s draft regulation page at dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/regulations/draftregulations.asp.
You can also follow Fisheries Service news through Facebook at facebook.com/MDDNRFisheriesService and through Twitter @MDDNRFISH.


Joseph W. Love, Ph.D.
Tidal Bass Manager

Work Together @ http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/recreational/tidalbass/

MD DNR Twitter @mdnrfish
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]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/373/blue-marsh-lake-3-4-12 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:03:03 -0500 desterly 373@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/368/sundays-state-meeting Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:13:35 -0500 nitro paul 368@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/367/oaks-show-lost-and-found Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:31:32 -0500 dandevine 367@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions ]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/372/how-to-edit-your-preferences Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:02:30 -0500 dandevine 372@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/371/joke Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:46:53 -0500 woodfish 371@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions ________________________________________







A good old Alabama boy won a bass boat in a raffle drawing.
He brought it home and his wife looks at him and says,

"What you gonna do with that. There ain't no water deep enough to
float a boat within 100 miles of here."

He says, "I won it and I'm a-gonna keep it."

His brother came over to visit several days later. He sees
the wife and asks where his brother is.

She says, "He's out there in his bass boat",
pointing to the field behind the house.

The brother heads out behind the house and sees his
brother in the middle of a big field sitting in a
bass boat with a fishing rod in his hand .
He yells out to him, "What are you doin'?"

His brother replies, "I'm fishin'. What does it look like I'm a doin'?"

His brother yells, "It's people like you that give people from Alabama
a bad name, makin' everybody think we're stupid. If
I could swim, I'd come out there and whip your ass!"






]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/348/spring-buddy-tournament-april-1st Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:08:10 -0500 gonefishin05 348@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/370/life-vest-hydrostatic-inflation Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:40:02 -0500 woodfish 370@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions If any one is interested in buying a hydrostatic inflation vest, here is a link to the best price I have found. I looked at many sites and this was the cheapest.
Fast shipping also. I ordered one Thursday and it was here the following week.
Nice vest. By the way the 52 inch strap fits me with a little room left over. I ordered the extender strap but I didn't need it.

the woodfish

Dave

http://www.machovec.com/catalog/md3183.htm]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/369/lake-champlain-trip-this-summer Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:36:09 -0500 crankbass 369@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
The week of 8/4-11/12. We have 4 rooms filled and need to fill 2 more or cancel them soon. We are penciled in for 6 rooms. This place sells out in Feb. so we hate to let the rooms go. One room will sleep 3 and the other 2....here is a link for Holiday Harbour where we will be staying on the lake in North Hero 10 miles south of Canada. http://holidayharborlodge.com/. The pricing is per bed....so for the week is around 265 each for the week. You can keep your boat in the water or pull it out each day they have a ramp there. This place is up in the islands area and is very protected from windy weather. For more info about this trip please contact me @ contact info below. If you like brown bass fishing this is one hell of a trip most of the smallies were in the 3 lb range....several big lg-mouth were caught too including a 6 lber.....we had 5 boats last yr and ave. 30 to 50 fish a day........thanks...JS

Jerry Stump
crankbass@aol.com
]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/346/oak-sports-show-and-reel-kids-casting-information Sun, 08 Jan 2012 09:41:54 -0500 dandevine 346@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
http://www.sportshows.com/philly/index.html]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/362/hubbub-from-humminbird Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:37:52 -0500 dandevine 362@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/363/the-epa-denies-a-petition-to-restrict-lead-tackle Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:43:33 -0500 dandevine 363@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
Science has prevailed. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has denied a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD)—an anti-sportsmen group—that would have precipitated significant restrictions on lead fishing tackle all over the United States. The CBD wanted the EPA to use the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to heavily regulate anglers from using tackle they have long used even though science doesn’t support such a measure. The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) has been, and will continue to, fight such unscientific lead bans and restrictions at the state and federal level.

In a letter to the CBD on February 14, 2012 the EPA wrote:

After careful review, EPA has determined that, while the petition does provide evidence of exposure and a risk to waterfowl in some areas of the United States, it does not provide a basis for finding that the risk presented is an unreasonable risk for which federal action under section 6(a) of TSCA is necessary to adequately protect against such risks. Accordingly, EPA is denying your request to initiate a proceeding for the issuance of a rulemaking under Section 6(a) of TSCA to adequately protect against risks posed by fishing tackle containing lead of various sizes and uses that are ingested by wildlife…. Your petition does not demonstrate why federal action is necessary given the mix of regulatory and education actions state agencies and the Federal Government already are taking to address the impact of lead fishing tackle on local environments.”

When the CBD began its quest for this unwarranted restriction on fishing tackle in 2010, the CSF responded by working with the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus (CSC) in Washington, D.C., and with the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC), which serves as the umbrella organization for launching and working with state legislative sportsmen’s caucuses now active in 39 state legislatures, to demand such regulations should be based on sound science and under state jurisdictions. The Executive Council for the NASC, and several state legislative sportsmen’s caucuses, wrote letters to
EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson asking that she deny the CBD petition. Meanwhile, the CSF rallied legislators in the CSC and in caucuses around the country to demand that any such ban be based on real scientific evidence; after all, the cost to anglers would be real if affordable tackle is taken off the shelves. The EPA subsequently denied the CBD’s first petition.

However, the CBD filed a new petition with the EPA in November of 2011. This petition asked the EPA to evaluate the unreasonable risk of injury from lead fishing tackle, and to begin proceedings for rule making under Section 6 of TSCA. The CSF stayed engaged at all levels of government. The NASC sent letters from various state sportsmen’s caucuses, including Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Oregon and South Carolina, to point out that state natural resource agencies are in a better position to respond to any localized concerns and that such a restriction is not biologically justified as no studies have shown that fishing tackle is impacting loon or other waterfowl populations.

Also, on April 14, 2011, the Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Sports Protection Act (S. 838 and H.R. 1558) was introduced into both chambers of Congress by the chairs of the CSC—Senators Jon Tester (D-MT) and John Thune (R-SD) and Representatives Jeff Miller (R-FL) and Mike Ross (D-AR). This legislation is another way the CSF has been working to prevent a federal ban on lead in recreational fishing tackle. It would clarify the TSCA exemption for ammunition and establish a similar exemption for fishing tackle. The Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Sports Protection Act would put an end to attempts to over-regulate the recreational fishing and hunting industries and protect the rights of anglers and hunters who choose to sustainably enjoy their sports.

Jeff Crane, president of the CSF, says, “Sportsmen and wildlife won a big battle. Though we doubt the Center for Biological Diversity will stop this ideological attack on fishing, the EPA has decided against an unscientific restriction of lead fishing tackle. The state legislative sportsmen’s caucuses, under the umbrella of the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses, have once again represented their angling constituents admirably.”

If the EPA agreed to this ban it would have been an unjustified fishing restriction at the federal level. Wildlife management in the United States has been a model to the rest of the world because we have successfully managed wildlife at the population level. There is no evidence that lead fishing tackle is causing negative population-level impacts, therefore forcing anglers to replace their lead tackle with costly alternatives would be an unnecessary burden to America’s fishermen and an impediment to fishing participation.

Other sportsmen’s groups, most notably the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), have also been instrumental in fighting back these unnecessary restrictions on America’s anglers right to fish. Click here for more on the conservation communities’ position on lead.



The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation’s (CSF) sole focus is providing a voice for sportsmen in the U.S. Congress, the Administration and federal land management agencies, as well as state legislatures across the country. For more on the CSF go to Sportsmenslink.org, or contact Frank Miniter at (703) 303-2235 or frank@sportsmenslink.org.
]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/359/leesport-flea-market Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:26:25 -0500 blackcloud 359@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions #58,and I will be there at 6:30 am.Doors open to the public at 8:00 am,the event closes at 2:00pm. see ya there.]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/351/alabamaumbrella-rig Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:17:08 -0500 gonefishin05 351@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
Reminder to Fishermen on the Use of 'Alabama Rigs'

12/16/2011 | Posted by dcosden
Tags: recreational
The Department has recently received many questions about a type of gear called an Alabama Rig. The Department defines the Alabama Rig as an umbrella rig. The umbrella rig, as described on page 39 of the 2012 Fishing Guide, may not have more than two baits or lures which have hooks. Additional hooks can be removed to bring the rig into compliance with regulations. This is consistent with regulations for the mainstem tidal Potomac River as well, which is managed under the authority of the Potomac River Fisheries Commission.
Related Information
•Maryland Fisheries Regulations Online
•Maryland Fishing Guide
]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/355/leesport-flea-market Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:19:40 -0500 blackcloud 355@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/356/snow-worms Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:01:45 -0500 woodfish 356@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
Any body get any and have extras for sale?]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/354/ladies-nite-snow Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:10:25 -0500 Wolfie 354@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions
]]> http://www.berksbassmasters.com/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussion/352/columbia-county-bassmasters-open-tournament-info Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:48:31 -0500 dandevine 352@/vanilla-2/index.php?p=/discussions