Meeting called to order at 7:35 P.M.

Roll Call; Missing were Cape Cod, Metro West and The Grubs. Cape Cod has missed 3 of the last 4 meetings and is in violation of the by-laws. A letter will be sent to their President informing him that the club can be disciplined and should contact John Nee to explain their absence.

Secretaries Report; Motion made by Worcester County to bypass the reading of the minutes, seconded by City Bass. Motion passed.

Treasures Report; Bob read his report and listed the bills. Motion by The River Rats, seconded by Tri Valley to accept Bobs report and pay all outstanding bills. Motion passed.

Conservation/Natural Resource Officers Report; Bob Parker handed out his report.

Youth Directors Report; The Youth director is in dire need of donations from clubs for the Youth Tournament. Bass Masters of New England will be hosting a Casting Kids contest June 1 between 11 and 1 in Middleboro. Contact John Nee for details.

Tournament Report; Due to the scheduling of 5 major Tournaments the weekend our Federation Trail Tournaments the Tournament Committee has asked that the President ask the Leaders of Military East and North, ABA of Mass to sit down with the Tournament Committee to try to work out our scheduling problems. We are all drawing from the same pool of anglers and should try correct our scheduling conflicts to allow our anglers to fish all the Trails. It was also stated that at the April Rhode Island benefit Tournament that 45 of the 66 teams were from Mass Bass, not one team from R.I. showed up the next weekend for our team benefit. On the Open Trail there will be no Pre registration at the Hudson River, you will register at the ramp. Green County has added $600 to First place. Don’t forget New York’s black bass season does not open till June 15th Directors should make sure that all the teams from their clubs are informed of this. The Webster Trail Tournament was won by John Nee and Randy Savage taking home $2400.00. On the In-state Trail at Congamong Al Farland and Paul Ganczarski topped the field of 39 teams to take first. Congratulations to both teams. There will be a 40 boat limit at Mashpee. There was a motion by Blackstone Valley, seconded by Barehill for a Pre-registration for Mashpee, with those who register and don’t show will be held responsible for the $70 registration fee. Motion passed. You do not have to send the money just a registration of the team. Include your names and a phone number you can be reached at If you are not in the first 40 who register, do not send any money. Send your registrations to Ernie Anelunde at 34 Parker St. Attleboro Ma 02703. The Team Benefit Tournament was won by Bill Allen and Randy Namath with over 18 lbs.

Old Business; The Benifituary for this years benefit will be the Citizens Conservation Coalition. The vote on the increase in the dues (Money to go to CCC) passed 36 to 2. This must be paid at the June meeting. Make all checks out to the Mass Bass Federation.

New Business; This years regional will have a 21 day shut off. Make sure anyone in your club that is on the Regional Team knows of this change. The news letter is out, see your Director for a copy. Any club wanting to print results or put in articles call John or Paul. Remember one thing about any articles you write. John and Paul have the right (and will exercise it) to edit or not print an article they feel does not belong in the news letter.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

Meeting called to order at 7:30 P.M. by President Jim Marino.

Roll call: Absent were Hampton County, Rod Jockey’s and South Shore.

Secretary’s Report: There was 1 correction to the November minutes. The Federation banquet is February 1st. Motion by Bassmasters of N.E., seconded by Norumbega to wave the reading of the minutes. Motion passed.

Treasures Report: Bob read his November and December reports and listed all outstanding bills. Motion by Green Water, seconded by Boston to accept Bobs report and pay all bills. Motion passed. Motion by Eastside, seconded by Charles River to move $444.64 from misc. to Presidents Travel Fund. Motion passed.

Conservation Report: Dean reported that it was going to cost $35.00 to get the financial report from the CCC. The Maspee and Webster sagas continue so make sure you get your permits in. The number for Point Breeze is 508-943-7560 this is the number for Dupont Realty you want to talk to Judy. Please be advised that they have upped the fee’s for using Point Breeze as follows - $50 per club plus $15 ramp fee.

Youth Report: Ernie was absent so there was no report. Please remember that at the Boston and Springfield shows there will be Casting Kids contests both Saturday and Sunday. There is a possibility that Don Cochran will be at the Boston show on Saturday

Tournament Committee: John Magliano reported that we are still going over the rules for the upcoming season and more information will follow. There will be a Tournament Committee meeting on Sunday January 12th at 5:30 P.M. at the Riverside Gun Club. Any Tournament Committee member unable to attend should contact John at 508-562-9331.

Travel Guide: Bill is working straight out to get this years Travel Guide out on time. Hopefully every club sent in their club write ups.

Banquet Report: Don’t forget the Banquet is February 1ST at the Holiday Inn on Route 20 in Marlboro. Tickets will be available at the January Directors meeting for $25.00 per person. Ray Scott will not be able to attend but Don Cochran will there. Contact Bob Parker at 508-234-7771 for tickets. Don’t forget to order your tickets as soon as possible!!

News Letter: Motion by Bassmasters of N.E. seconded by Barehill to give Paul Dailita $500 to put out 6 news letters in the next 12 months. This will be on top of all other expenses. Motion passed. Paul told the Directors that the cost of the news letter will be less this year because one major expense the Federation had last year was we had to by a printer. Paul told the Directors that he needed help with articles he can not write all the articles. Any club wanting to print results or other articles contact Paul. Anyone wishing to advertise their boat or other equipment should contact Paul.

Old Business: This years show dates are as follows. The Boston show dates are January 31 to February 2nd. Anyone interested in working should contact Paul LeBlanc at 508-966-0792. The Worcester show at the Centrum will be February 6-9. The Federation is still looking for someone to run the booth at this show if you are interested contact John Magliano at 508-562-9331. The Springfield dates are February 20 to 23 at the Big E. Anyone interested in work the show should contact Al Golfieri at 413-569-3193. Motion by Cajun Club, seconded by Green Water to appropriate $800 to rebuild the Federation booth. Motion passed. Dean Percival will do the renovations. Any club that wants discount tickets for the Worcester show should call 603-431-4315 or 800-227-2067.

New Business: Motion by Green Water seconded by Wild Side to appropriate $1000 for gratuities for 1997. This will be used to pay tournament fee and such items the Directors feel necessary to award people for work done for the Federation. New clubs have until the April meeting to join the Federation to be eligible for the Fish-offs.

The 1997 Federation dues will be $20 as voted by the Directors. Dues will be due by the February meeting along with your clubs $25 assessment for the Federation Benefit.

Motion by Green Water, seconded by Berkshire County to make the National Champions practice fund $2500. Motion passed. Bob Perkins will move money into the fund from where he feels money can be moved from.

Bass Fishing Techniques this year will have Woo Daves, Mark Davis, David Fritts, Joe Thomas, Danny Humphrys and Don Iovino. Dates are Feb. 22 and 23.

President Jim Marino has been going to a lot of club meetings and the one thing he seems to be hearing is that the clubs feel that they have lost control of the Federation and would like to take it back. Jim told the club as well as the Directors that 1997 Tournament rules and schedules are set but that the 1998 schedule and rules are currently being worked on.

Meeting Adjourned at 9:45 P.M.

50/50 was won by Joe Vallis for $115.

There will be a State Team Meeting At the January meeting at 7:00 P.M. sharp. If you are a Director and you are on the Team please have someone else attend the Directors meeting for you. This is a very important meeting!!! Be there!!

The Green Water Annual Ice Derby’s will be January 12 at the A1 site in Westboro and The Extravaganza will be February 9th at Fort Meadow pond Marlboro. For more details contact Jack Wisuri at the Fishing Tackle Annex at 508-568-0575.

From the Secretary

Alot of people have been giving me different papers to advertise there boats and what not. I can no longer advertise these in the minutes. Please contact Paul Dailida about putting them into the Federation news letter.

Meeting called to order at 7:35 P.M.

Roll call; Those missing where Ancient Mariners, Cape Cod, South Shore. Three new clubs were introduced, Chelmsford Bass Tacklers, The Water Demons and Metro West Lunker Hunters.

Secretaries Report; Motion by City Bass seconded by Totem Pole to wave the reading of the minutes. Motion passed.

Treasures Report; Bob read his report and listed all outstanding bills. Motion by River Rats seconded by Tri-Valley to accept Bob’s report and pay all outstanding bills.

Conservation/Natural Resource Officers Report; Bob Parker handed out his report.

Youth Report; The Casting Kids State Championships will be held at John Smith Sports Center in Milford, 2-4 P.M., March 23,1996. Tickets for youth Raffle were given out to all Directors. Drawing will be at next months meeting.

From Rte 495 take exit 20 (Rte 16) west. Take a right at the first set of lights next to Wendy’s (Dilla St.). Take first left Summer St.(Approx. 1 mile). After Lake House Park, John Smith is 200 yards on the right.

Tournament Report; Paul spoke on changes that had to be made to Instate Trail sites. Due to a conflict, Mashpee and Congamong were reversed on the schedule. Mashpee’s date was changed to June 16 and Congamong will be May 19. The fish-offs are set for Fort Ticonderoga, there will be no change as rumors have it. Here is the break down of cost per person for the fish-offs. $40 plus $10 optional Lunker. You must turn in your money along with your 8 man team list August 9 1996. You will be allowed only 1 change till August 20, after that any changes you make will cost you an additional $40. This added cost came about because of amount of change that occurred at last years fish-offs. There were 40 changes the second day alone. Your 8 man team lists must include your alternate. Starting at the fish-offs there will be a 4 oz penalty for a dead fish. This is to stay in line with B.A.S.S. who will change in September. There was a motion made to exempt any member of the Federation who belongs to another state Federation who fish the same body of water on the same day in a Federation event from any penalties. Motion by Green Water seconded by Cajun Club. Motion passed 21 to 5. This year Vermont will be fishing their state fish-offs on Champlain the same week end as our fish-offs and we have at least one member who belongs to Mass and Vermont, and he will be fishing Vermont.

Travel Guide; Bill gave a brief report saying everything went as scheduled, the guide was at all the shows. Bill was given another round of applause for a job well done.

Banquet Report; Bob Parker read a letter from Wayne McCallum thanking us for inviting him. John Nee asked Bob Parker to run next years banquet. Bob accepted.

The 1995 Man of the Year was Randy Frollo and Chapter of the Year honors went to Bassmasters of New England. Congratulations to both.

New Business; The news letter will be out by April. The 96 by-laws will be out at the march meeting.

Club rosters and dues are due before the April meeting so please get them in early.

Richard Hartley will be at the March meeting.

Terry Tilley was at the meeting to show the directors a new software to kept track of club points etc.

Two representatives of Vellucci Insurance Agency were at the meeting and gave the Directors information on how the members of the clubs can save on their insurance. See your directors or for more information or call Fel Medeiros or Peter Velluci at 617-492-4150.

The new Bass Bets 2 is out. Ted Ancher will be at the March meeting with the new addition. As usual, Ted will give the Federation Clubs a discount. Clubs buying 10 or more will save $3. Normal cost is $14.95, it will cost clubs $11.00 if you purchase 10 or more.

The 50/50 drawing was won by Steve Holmes.

Meeting adjourned at 9:45 P.M.

Meeting called to order at 7:35 P.M.

Roll call. Missing were Beast Masters, The Grubs and Hampton County.

Secretaries Report; Motion by Tri Valley, seconded by Totem Pole to wave the reading of the minutes. Motion passed.

Treasures Report; Bob read his report and listed all the bills. Motion by River Rats, seconded by Tri Valley to accept Bobs report and pay all bills. Motion passed. Johnny Nee announced that Bobs books had been audited and were found to be flawless. Good job Bob!! Not that we would have expected anything different.

Conservation/Natural Resource Officers Report; Bob handed out his report. One added item to his report is that Jack Sheppard will be at next months meeting to answer any questions we have about the Public Access Boards activities and land use agreements.

Youth Report; Wayne was absent, Paul LeBlanc gave his report. The Federation Youth Tournament is August 11th at Webster Lake. See your Director for an entry form. There will be a Casting Kids contest at the Youth Tournament from 9 to 2 at the ramp. Donations are needed for the Tournament. Please let Wayne know if your club is going to donate.

Travel Guide; Bill Breach announced there will be a meeting for this years Travel Guide at 6:00 P.M. before next months meeting. Anyone interested in helping please attend.

Tournament Report; Shaun Scott reported there was 29 boats at the Hudson River Out of State Tournament. It was won by Jeff Kenny and Brian Fitzgibbon weighing in 18.88 pounds worth $2200. The next Open Trail Tournament will be on Bartons Cove on July 21. This is considered an in state site and will be shut off to all participants and Federation members starting Tuesday midnight prior to the tournament. Ernie Anelunde reported on the Instate Trail Tournament on Mashpee. It was won by Pete Demoya and Paul Veazie with 17.62 pounds netting the team $560.00. The next Instate Trail Tournament will be July 21 on Webster Lake. Launching will be from Memorial Beach only. There will be a $10 launch fee.

Keith Kline reported that the Big Bass Tournament on Mashpee will be October 6th and entries will be accepted till the July meeting. Keith also reminded all clubs that the Benefit tournament will be held on Webster Lake on September 29th. All clubs are required to donate $25 to the benefit.

Tournament Committee Report; Johnny Nee report that he has sent a letter to the heads of Military North and East, ABA and NEBCO about trying to arrange our schedules to allow our members to fish all the trails.

Johnny also told the Directors that the Tournament Committee had clarified the rule regarding who should get trail points. Both members of a trail team have to be members of Mass Bass Federation to qualify for points.

All Open Trail teams should take notice that the TOC has been changed from Squam to Winni at Center Harbor.

All club 8 man team lists must be in to Paul by August 9th. There is a form attached to these minutes and it must be filled out completely and accompanied with a check for $40 registration fee per team member. If any information is missing or no check is sent your team will not fish. You will also be required to list 2 alternates. Any changes beyond the 2 alternates will require an additional $40 per change. If anyone wishes to be listed as an extra boater for the fishoffs with the possibility of moving from non-boater to boater, please make a note on your clubs entry form. Lunker fees will be collected at the ramp the morning of the first day of fishing.

Don’t forget your club must have completed a youth activity or an environmental project before the Fish offs to be eligible per the by-laws. You may use one from last year if you have completed one.

For anyone interested the phone number for a one or two day NY license is 1-518-457-8862. Vermont licenses are available at the Fishing Tackle Annex in Hudson, the phone number is 508-568-0575.

Old Business; The Scholarship Committee has decided to give two scholarships this year. One will go to Erica Percival the daughter of Dean Percival who is a member of The Cajun Club and Green Water Wizards. Erica plans on attending Boston University. The second is going to Shawn Guilfoil who is a member of Tri Valley. Shawn plans to study to be a fisheries biologist at the University of New York. Congratulations to both. We are hoping to have both recipients at next months meeting.

New Business; Next month we will start accepting By-Law changes. You can turn in all By-Law changes in July, August and September. Your director was given a form in their by-laws. Make sure you follow the instructions on the form carefully. If you can send it to me in a reasonable time I will make copies for all the clubs, if you bring it to the meeting bring 45 copies one for all the clubs and officers.

It was suggested that all people nominated for office write a brief article about themselves to be printed in the Federation News Letter.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

One other note of importance, one of our Federation members was burned severely. John Ogar Jr. was burned in an electrical fire a couple of weeks back. He is currently recovering at Braintree Hospital. Please send him a get well card if you can at either the Braintree Hospital 250 Pond St. Braintree 02184 Room 3333B or at Johns home at 303 Cox St. Hudson Ma 01749. We all wish John a speedy recovery.

The 50/50 drawing of $116 was won by Brian Foley of Tri County.

There will be a Tournament Committee meeting at 6:00 P.M. before the July meeting.

Meeting called to order at 7:35 P.M.

Roll Call. Missing were Assebet Valley, Cape Cod, Cajun, Eastside, Water Demons. There is another new club who has joined the Federation it is Blackstone Valley Bass Anglers.

Secretary's Report; Motion by River Rats, seconded by Green Water to wave the reading of the minutes. Motion passed.

Treasure's Report; Bob read his report and listed the monthly bills. Motion by Tri-Valley, seconded by River Rats to accept Bob’s report. Motion passed.

Conservation/Natural Officers Report; Bob Parker handed out his report. Rich Hartley from Mass Division of Wildlife came and spoke to the Directors on deflating the air bladders in bass. He gave the Directors a hand out showing suggested ways of do this. See your Director for a copy its worth reading. Todd Richards also with Mass Fish and Wildlife spoke on planting structure. The Fish and Wildlife will help you obtain a permit and supervise the project. You can contact Bob Parker for more information.

Youth Report; The Casting Kids finals will happen before you get these minutes. There will be 22 kids competing. Good luck to all.

Tournament Committee Report; Mike Keane was named as Public Relations Liaison. He will help the Vice President in locating Tournament sites, securing parking at these sites. Find Hotels and other needed things to host Federation tournaments. He can also find other locations that will give the Federation money for holding tournaments at their locations, such as the Hudson did. The Headquarters for the Hudson River will not be Pleasant Acres. The registration will be at the ramp in the morning. There was some question about the motion passed by the Directors last month so I will write it here again so it will be understood. The motion was to exempt any member of the Federation who belongs to another Federation that fishes a Federation event on the same body of water on the same day as Mass Bass Federation from any penalties. This question arose because Rhode Island will be fishing on Champlain the same day as Mass Bass in August and the question came up as to whether there would be a problem with anyone who fishes the R.I. tournament that belongs to Mass Bass, as you can see this ruling allows this. The Tournament Committee has passed the following for the 1997 fish-offs. Club State fish-off teams will be as follows; clubs with up to 7 members will be allowed a two man team, 8 to 16 members will be allowed a 4 man team, 17 to 25 will be allowed a 6 man team and 26 and over will be allowed an 8 man team. Don’t forget the benefit tournament on Webster Lake April 28th at Memorial Beach for our Regional team. Don’t forget your Insurance papers for the up coming tournament season, you must supply a new copy each year to the trail director, and you will also need a copy to fish the benefit. Remember "no Insurance paper" "no fishy".

Old Business; Paul Dailida passed out this months news letter to the Directors. Good job done by all involved. See your Director for a copy. Anyone who wishes to advertise in the up coming news letters can do so by contacting Paul or John Nee. Prices are $15 for 1 month or $75 for the year for a business card size ad. Any clubs with info they wish to publish can contact Paul or John.

New Business; John asked for volunteers to look into tee shirts for the Federation to sell to raise money. John Magliano, Joe Costa and Joe McKinnon all volunteered to get a price and design. There was several nominations for the Benifituary for the September Benefit tournament. They are as follows; Mass division of Fish and Wildlife warm water Biologist, Public Access to build a dock at Wattuppa and 50% to Memorial Beach Restoration fund and 50% to Webester Lake Boys and Girls Club. More nominations will come next month.

Youth Raffle winners were

1st Ed Badger of South Deerfield

2nd Shaun Gray of Classic Bass

3rd Bob Gallagher of Attleboro

50/50 raffle winner was Steve Holmes for the second month in a row. Not to fear though all your donations were left at the bar as Steve bought for all who showed up and rumor has it Steve found he had a lot of new friends. Three in a row??

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

Ted Ancher spoke to the directors after the meeting about a new possible series of articles the Herald is working on about some of our problems with access to lake and other such problems. See your Directors for more info.

Meeting called to order at 7:30 P.M. by new President Jim Marino.

Roll Call; Absent were Berkshire County and Hampton County.

Secretaries Report; The updated and accepted 1997 bylaws were handed out to all the directors that were present. Directors should make copies for all the members of their club. Motion by Norumbega, seconded by Green Water to accept and wave the reading of the minutes. Motion passed.

Treasurers Report; Bob was not at the meeting. Motion was made to wave the reading of the Treasurers report till the December meeting when Bob will be there, also to pay all outstanding bills. Motion made by Tri Valley, seconded by East Side. Motion passed.

Conservation/Natural Resource Officer; Dean Percival was asked about the money spent by the CCC and what it was spent on. He told the Directors that he asked for a money break down from the state but it would cost about $100 to get the report. Motion made by Rod Jockeys, seconded by Totem Pole to get the report no matter the cost. Motion passed. Dean talked about his meeting with the Public Access Board over Mashpee. Things went well and he hopes all the problems will be worked out. Mike Keane reported that New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife is going to make some change in creel limits in 1998. It appears that the limits are going to change to the following. Ice out till May 1st 2 fish, May 1 till June 14th catch and release only, June 15th to ice in 4 fish. Mike ask if he should express an opinion when asked at the next meeting with the N.H. Fish and Wildlife. The Directors felt that Mike should support the N.H. fishing organizations on what ever decisions they make.

Youth Directors Report; Ernie reported that there will be 2 Casting Kids contests at both the Boston and Springfield shows. At the Springfield show Saturdays contest will be run by North East, and Sundays will be run by Cajun Club. In Boston, Saturdays contest will be run by Tri County and Sundays by Eastside. Dates on the shows will be forth coming. Tri Valley will be holding a Casting Kids Feb. 16th, 1997 at the Upton Town Hall. There was a motion made by Bristol County, seconded by Norumbega to give Emily Novac one of our casting Kids from this past year a jacket. Motion passed.

Tournament Committee Report; Ed Kraus declined his election to the Tournament Committee. President Jim Marino named Scott Gordon to take Ed’s place, Scott had the next highest vote total in the election. The Tournament Committee meet Sunday Nov. 17th for 5 hours to revise the Federation Trail tournament rules. It was felt that the Committee could get more accomplished meeting on Sundays were there would be no time limit as to the length of the meeting or distractions from people coming into the Directors meeting. Your club directors were given a copy of the updated Trail Tournament rules. Please make sure that every member of your club gets a copy and fully understands these rules. In the past few years I do not remember any club coming to a Federation meeting asking about a tournament rule, but we constantly have members saying that they do not understand a rule or believe the rule does not include them when it does (the shut off rule for trail body’s of water). Each club should take a club meeting some time between now and the start of the tournament season and go over each rule one at a time, and if there is any questions please bring them to the Tournament Committee to explain the rule or answer any question your club may have. The date for the state fish offs is set for September 6th and 7th at Winnipesaukee. We will be launching out of Silver Sands. Anyone needing a room or club wanting to book rooms at Silver Sands should contact John Magliano, the Federation has booked the whole hotel and John will be handling the reservations. The Big Bass Tournament will be run October 5th site to be announced. The Tournament Committee will be sending out a questionnaire similar to the one you got two years ago in regards to changes or suggestions you would like to see on the trails. Please forward any suggestions to any member of the Tournament Committee for the December meeting so we can consider them for the questionnaire.

Travel Guide; Club write-ups are due now, you must have them in no later than December 10th the date of the next Federation Directors meeting. You can get a 20% discount on any ad submitted for the Travel Guide till December 1st, all ads must be in by December 10th, that is the absolute last date you can put in ads, write-ups or articles. Remember all ads or write-ups are printed at the discretion of the Federation President. Any ad or article that the President does not believe is in good taste or does not coincide with the beliefs of the Federation will not be printed. To reach Bill call him at 508-285-7815 or mail items to Bill at 24 Smith St. Norton Ma 02766-1303.

Banquet Report; Bob Parker reported that Ray Scott will not be at the banquet, Don Cochran will be here. Don’t forget the date is January 31,1997 at he Holiday Inn in Marlboro. Tickets are $25 per person. If you want to stay at the hotel the night of the banquet call and tell the hotel you want a room in the block of rooms reserved for the Federation. If you want tickets you can get them at the December 10th meeting or call Bob. Please make all checks out to "MASS BASS".

Old Business; The question arouse about whether the Federation wants to continue to print a by-monthly news letter. Jim Marino would like find someone to run it next year. It is believed that Paul Dailida still wants to produce it but we need to find this out before we can make a decision. A question arouse about the out come of the by-laws change votes. Jim Marino made a decision that the Directors were of the belief that the by-law was deleted in it entirety and that the by-laws as printed for 1997 and handed out by the Secretary would stand as printed.

New Business; Bob Perkins told President Jim Marino that the dues for 1997 should be $20. The dates for the up coming shows will be printed in the December minutes. Anyone interested in working the Boston show should contact Paul LeBlanc. Tiny LaFontaine video taped the fish-offs at Champlain, copy’s of the finished product and the uncut version will be for sale for $10 each. I saw the finished copy and it came out very good. There was talk that the Federation would show the video at the upcoming sportsmen shows. Contact Tiny for copy’s at 617-935-2480 or at the upcoming meetings.

Meeting adjourned at 9:15 P.M.

The 50/50 raffle $96 was won by Doug Keller of Yankee Bassmasters.

It was reported Dave Mandatory President of Totem Pole has taken ill. I’d like to wish Dave a speedy recovery. We all want to see him on the water in 1997.

Meeting called to order at 7:30 P.M.

Roll call; Absent were Beast Masters, Fall River, Rod Jockey’s. New England Hawg Masters has left the Federation.

Secretaries Report; Report accepted as written.

Treasures Report; Bob’s read his report and listed the bills. Motion by Green Water, seconded by City Bass to accept Bob’s report and pay the bills. Motion passed. Bob read his proposed 1996 budget. Motion by Wildside, seconded by Mystic Valley to accept the proposed 1996 budget. Motion passed.

Conservation/Natural Resource Officer; Bob passed out his report. There was one item brought up from the floor. It was brought up that in the bill to ban leg hole trapping there is language that will change the rules to be eligible to be on the Fish and Wildlife Board. Currently you have to have held a sporting license for the past 7 years to be eligible. The bill will not require this. There was a motion by Green Water, seconded by Cajun Club to donate $1000 from the legal fund to The Citizen Conservation Coalition who is fighting this bill. Motion passed.

Youth Report; Wayne was absent. John Nee named Paul LeBlanc as Wayne’s assistant. There will be 3 Casting Kids contests in the next month. January 27 from 12 to 3 P.M. in Bellingham at the Stallbrook school. Sponsored by Tri County/Eastside. February 10 from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. at The Sports Authority at the old Worcester Galleria. Sponsored by Worcester County. February 18 from 1 to 3 P.M. at Upton town hall. Sponsored by Tri Valley.

Tournament Report; Paul told the Directors that Sebago Lake has fallen thru as a site for the fish-offs. The 1996 fish-offs will now be held on Lake Champlain at Ticonderoga. Paul will get housing info and the phone number to get permits and will have this info at the next meeting. There was a discussion as to the problems the Tournament Committee is running in to trying to get Tournament sites for the trails and the fish-offs. With every other organization scheduling their tournaments earlier than ours we are at loss to find adequate sites. There was a motion by Green Water, seconded by Buzzards Luck to suspend Bylaw article 1 , section 2, J. Motion passed 30 to 1. This will allow the Tournament Committee to set our 1997 schedule now rather than wait till November. The Committee hopes to have a site for the fish-offs to the Directors as early as next month. Green Water will be running the 1996 benefit at Webster lake September 29. The fliers are out for the 1996 Big Bass Tournament which will be held on Mashpee/Wakeby on October 6 1996. This will benefit the Regional Team travel account. Please take notice of the following date "August 9, 1996". This is the date your 8 man team lists must be to Paul Dailida. No excuses!!!!

Old Business; The Travel Guide is at the printers. A standing ovation for Bill Breach for this one. It will be ready for the shows. Everyone who worked on it deserves a pat on the back. The Federation will be starting to sell advertising space for its bimonthly news letter. This will go out to all 800 Federation members. Anyone interested should contact John Nee, Paul Dailida or Joe McKinnon. The Chapter of The Year vote will be done by Paul Dailida due to conflict with John Nee belonging to one of the finalists. The finalists are Bass Masters of New England, Tri County and Tri Valley.

New Business; There was a new club introduced. Classic Bass Anglers. There was a vote on associate membership. Motion by Green Water, second by Central NE to allow associate members. Motion passed 23 to 5. Motion by Green Water, seconded by River Rats to set their dues at $20.00. Motion passed 23 to 0.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

DON’T FORGET GREEN WATER WIZARDS ICE FISHING EXTRAVAGANZA ON FORT MEADOW POND FEBRUARY 18. IT STARTS AT 8:00 AM. REGISTRATION STARTS AT 6:30 AM AT THE MOOSE LODGE PARKING LOT. THERE WILL BE A $1000 TAGGED FISH AS WELL $1000 IN CASH PRIZES. FOR INFORMATION CALL JACK OR CINDY AT 508-568-0575.

TRI COUNTY WILL BE HOLDING AN ICE DERBY ON FEBRUARY 18 ON LAKE WINNICUNET.

Meeting called to order at 7:30 P.M.

Roll Call; Only one club was absent The Grubs. The Grubs have missed three consecutive meetings and are in violation of the by-laws. The club should contact President John Nee to straighten out this problem.

Secretaries Report; There was one correction to the June minutes. You can only make one change to your 8 man team till August 20th then any change after that will cost you $40 for each change. I had reported you could make 2 changes. Motion made by Green Water seconded by City Bass to wave the minutes of the June meeting. Motion passed.

Treasurers Report; Bob passed out and read his report and listed all outstanding bills. Motion by River Rats, seconded by Bristol County to accept Bobs report and pay all the bills. Motion Passed.

Conservation /Natural Resource Officers Report; Bob read a brief report. Jack Shepard could not attend this months meeting but hopes to be here next month.

Youth Directors Report; Wayne Ellis was not able to attend the meeting due to a death. Paul LeBlanc read a report for him. Don’t forget the Youth Tournament August 11th at Webster Lake. Donations are still needed. Anyone interested in bringing there boat to take out a youth contact Paul or Wayne.

Scholarship Committee; The two recipients of this years scholarships were in attendance. Erica Percival and Shawn Guilfoil thanked the Federation Directors and received a round of applause. Congratulations to both!!

Tournament Committee Report; The Directors voted to send the Citizen Conservation Coalition a Donation of $2000 which should be their share of the Benefit Tournament in September. The Directors felt that they could use the money now as they are currently shooting commercials which are very costly. The Big Bass Tournament entry deadline has passed. Keith Kline was not in attendance, Bob Jones gave his report. Bob also reminded the Directors that their clubs must have their $25 donation in at the same time as their 8 man team August 9th. If you need a New York or Vermont license call Jack Wisuri at the Fishing Tackle Annex for a Vermont license. There are two tackle shops in Ticonderoga for a New York license. There will be a raffle at the Fish offs to benefit the Federation news letter. There will be a Tech 5 keel guard and a Lowrance X70 plus more raffled off. Tickets will be $5 each or $10 for three. You can buy tickets next month at the Directors meeting or at the Fish Offs. You can register at the Fish Offs and pay your Lunker fees Friday night 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. at the Super 8 motel in Ticonderoga. If you don’t get there you can also register at the ramp in the morning.

Old Business; There were three by-law changes handed in 2 from Bob Parker and 1 from John Crookes. There will not be enough room to send them out with this months minutes, so I will hand out copies at the August meeting. I would like to reiterate the point that if you send me your by-law change within reasonable time, I will make copies for all the directors. If you bring a by-law change to the meeting, you must supply copies for all the Directors and Officers.

New Business; "Man of The Year" nominations opened and here were 5 nominations. They were as follows.

 

1. Bill Breach for his work on the Travel Guide

2. Bob Parker for years of service as Environmental Director

3. Bob Jones for his work with the Scholarship Fund

4. Paul Dailida for his work on the Federation news letter

5. Bob Vessar for his work with youth

Nominations will be taken again next month. Clubs can start handing in their 1997 Tournament site lists at next months Federation meeting. This change has been made to help our clubs get a leg up on other organizations competing with us for sites. Mike Keane will be there at 6:30 P.M. to accept your lists. Please use the form supplied.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

The 50/50 raffle for $109 was won by Bob Parker.

There will be a Tournament Committee meeting at 6:00 P.M. before next months Directors meeting.

Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM

Secretary’s Report; Reading of the minutes waived.

Treasurer’s Report; Bob read his report and listed the bills. Motion by Eastside, seconded by Totem Pole to accept his report and pay the bills. Motion passed.

Youth Report; There were 59 kids at the Youth Tournament. It was a smashing success. There was also a casting kids contest held.

Environmental Report; Bob handed out a copy of his report. Jack Sheppard and Dick Murray were at the meeting and spoke to the directors involving the ramps and the EPO’s. See your directors for this information. Mike Keane was absent. Bob Parker collected the tournament schedules in his absence. Any one wishing to send theirs can either send it to Mike Keane or bring it to the next meeting.

Tournament Committee; The TOC for the Out of State trail will be October 12th and 13th at Winni. Launching will be out of Silver Sands. There will be a $150 double-up at this tournament. If you are interested see John Nee at registration. The In-State trail TOC will be held October 13th at South Watuppa. Don’t forget the Benefit Tournament on September 29th at Webster Lake. Also don’t forget the Big Bass tournament for those who are registered. At the Big Bass tournament all clubs that have 1 to 10 entries may send 1 person, 11 to 20 may send 2, 21 and over may send 3. Remember all participants must have applied before the July meeting. No substitutions!!!! We will be checking.

Old Business; There were several new by-laws passed out. Your Directors should have copies. Some will have to be rewritten as they do not comply with BASS rules. Don’t forget that you have until the September meeting to get by-laws in. There was one more nomination for Man of the Year. That was Steve Holmes for saving two lives on Bartons Cove and one on Dale Hollow Reservoir. Apparently, two women in a canoe flipped over on Bartons Cove and Steve and his partner, Gitzit Brown, pulled the two women out of the water. At Dale Hollow, his fishing partner passed out and fell in and Steve had to jump in 10 ft of freezing water to pull him out. Good job Steve!!

New Business; Nominations for officers opened up. The following are the nominees.

Ernie Analunde, Steve Holmes, Alan Kaprelian, Scott Gordon, Fred St. Louis, Keith Kline, Shaun Scott, Joe McKinnon, Mark Donovan, Paul Dailida, Ed Kraus, Joe Arsenault, Wayne Carlson

Wayne Ellis, Ernie Analunde

Dean Percival

Joe McKinnon

Bob Perkins

John Magliano, Paul Dailida

John Nee

Nominations will be open through the September meeting. So, if you have any, bring them to the meeting and make sure any person nominated will accept that position.

Meeting adjourned at 10:25 P.M.

THERE WILL BE A TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AT 6:00 PM

BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER MEETING.

I would like to apologize for the minutes being so late as this was a short month and I was at Ticonderoga on vacation and at the fish-offs.

Speaking of the fish-offs. I would like to personally thank all the workers on both days for doing a fantastic job. Both days my partners were not able to park my rig and the workers jumped right in and did it. Then I found out they did the same for all the boaters who were alone. They also backed the rigs in and hooked up our boats on the way out. Great job done by all!!!!!

More on the Fish-offs next month!!

Meeting called to order at 7:35 P.M.

Roll Call: Missing was Cape Cod.

Secretary’s Report: Motion by Worcester County, second by Bristol County to wave the reading of the minutes. Motion passed.

Treasures Report: Bob read his report and listed all outstanding bills. Motion by Eastside, seconded by Tri Valley to accept Bobs report and pay all bills. Motion passed.

Conservation/Natural Resource Officers Report: Bob Parker was unable to attend the meeting in his absence Dean Percival gave out Bobs report. If you need to reach Dean who as of the November meeting will be our new Conservation Officer you can reach him at 508-366-2030.

Youth Directors Report: Wayne was absent so there was no report.

Tournament Report: The Regional Team for 1996 finished a disappointing 10th. Mike Tamburrello beat out Paul Smintana for the right to represent Mass in the 1997 BASS Wrangler National Championship in April. Congratulations Mike!!!! The Benefit Tournament was won by John Tucker and Keith Kline. Paul Smintana bested the field at the Big Bass Tournament. At the Instate Tournament of Champions at Wattuppa Al Farland and Paul Ganczarski beat out the other 23 boats to claim the Championship Title. The Out of State Trail was won by Bill Allen and Rand Namath topping the field of 19 boats. Congratulations to all the winners!!!

Here is the results of the above tournaments.

1. John Tucker and Keith Kline 18.92 lbs*

2. Ray Martineau and Jeff Martineau 12.46 lbs

3. John Gifford and Andy Wasielewski 12.19 lbs

4. Bob Walgren and Richard Long 9.84 lbs

5. Jay Benjamin and Don Benjamin 8.79 lbs

Lunker 3.82 lbs Tucker and Kline

Smallest Fish .71 lbs Sposato and Choninene

1. Paul Smintana 3.25 lb

2. Al Benjamin 3.00 lb

3. Joe McKinnon 2.80 lb

4. Johnny Nee 2.33 lb

1. Al Farland and Paul Ganczarski 10.26 lbs

2. Bob Walgren and Ron Erickson 9.12 lbs

3. Ken Hunt and Rich Bersani 9.10 lbs

4. Bryan Rock and Wayne Ellis 8.00 lbs

5. John Mawhinney and Nick Stevens 6.96 lbs

1. Bill Allen and Rand Namath 48.88 lbs

2. Joe McKinnon and John Sampson 35.70 lbs

3. Mike Keane And Norman LaFlamme 32.50 lbs

4. Ed Kraus and Steve Carty 27.10 lbs

5. Alan Kaprelian and Dan Takesian 26.99 lbs

The 1997 State Fish-Offs will be held at Winni out of Silver Sands. Contact John Magliano for rooms at Silver Sands. The Federation has booked the whole hotel and John will be handling the reservations on a first come first serve basis. The $25 paid to the benefit at the fish-offs will now be paid with the annual dues. It has been decided that due to a lack of participation there will be no September Benefit Tournament. The money collected will be donated to a charity of the Directors choice. The dates of the 1997 Toc’s has been changed to the Last weekend in September due to the cancellation of the Benefit Tournament.

Travel Guide: Bill needs all club write-ups and article as soon as possible to help get the Travel Guide in order for printing. Please try to remember them for the November meeting.

Old Business: Voting for "Man of the Year" was taken and will be announced at the banquet. The results of the elections are as follows.

President Jim Marino

Youth Director Ernie Annelunde

The new Tournament Committee will be as follows.

Ernie Annelunde Steve Holmes

Alan Kaprelian Fred St.Louis

Keith Kline Shaun Scott

Joe McKinnon Mark Donovan

Paul Dailida Ed Kraus

Joe Arsenault Wayne Carlson

Results of the voting on the By-laws changes by numbers on ballot.

1. Passed 7. Passed

2. Passed 8. Passed

3. Failed 9. Passed

4. Failed 10. Passed

5. Failed 11. Passed

6. Failed 12. Failed

The December meeting will be on the second Tuesday not the Third.

Please bring your clubs new officers list to the November meeting. It is important so your club will get their minutes. Please use the form in-closed form to do this.

There will be a Tournament Committee meeting November. 17th, at 5:30 P.M. at the Riverside Gun Club for the newly elected Committee.