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

Roll Call: Missing were Bassmasters of N.E., Charles River and Cochituite.

Secretary’s Report: Motion by Watch City, seconded by Worcester County to wave the reading of the minutes. Motion passed.

Treasures Report: Dean read his report and listed all bills. Motion by Greenwater, seconded by Rod Jockeys to accept Deans report and pay all bills. Dean submitted the 1999 budget. After some discussion it was accepted and dues were set at $25 for 1999.

Tournament Report: The Tournament Committee brought back to the directors the change of dates for the Championship. August 11 and 12 were suggested as the Directors but voted down the new date. The committee will have a new date or location next month. The Committee had two rule changes that were accepted by the Directors.

Conservation Report: Dean reported that a ramp cleans up would not be used to approve your club for the Championship.

Youth Report: John needs the names of all the Casting Kids winners from any contests conducted since the last championship at Gauch Brothers. John reported that he would not accept a club taking their own kids out fishing as a youth project to qualify for the Championship.

Scholarship Report: Bob Jones resigned as Chairman. Bob did an excellent job and deserves a lot of credit for getting the scholarship program going. Bob will be missed. John Crookes will sell the tickets till a new chairman can be found.

Newsletter Report: Paul reported that he needs articles for the next newsletter.

Old Business: The drawing for the right to purchase a Mercury motor a about half price will be held in January or February. Tickets will be $100, see your Directors for details.

New Business: Club yearbooks are due at the December meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

There will be Tournament Committee meeting December 13^th at 5:00 P.M. at the Gun club.

The two Rule Changes made by the Tournament Committee are as follows.

Rule # 25 has been deleted.

Rule #4 has been changed to the following

At all Federation Tournaments except opens the tournament waters will be off limits to all contestants starting midnight Tuesday prior to the tournament until the start of the tournament. However for Federation members not participating in the tournament the tournament waters are off limits during official tournament hours. The penalty for an infraction of this rule is a one-year suspension from the Federation. For 30 days prior to and during the tournament a competitor can not be on the water with a known guide or local expert. You must obey all state fishing regulations.

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

Roll Call: Missing were Assabet, Metro West.

Secretary’s Report: Joe read the minutes. Motion by Buzzards seconded by Worcester County to accept the minutes as read. Motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Dean will read his report next month.

Tournament Report: There were 53 boats at Winni, which made for a very successful tournament season. John Magliano wanted to thank all of those who supported the Federation Tournament Trail and we hope to see you back in 1999. A full list of the winners for the tournament will appear in the next Travel Guide. The winners of the tournament were Steve Marshall and Mike Tamburello. With the win they sealed Anglers of the Year for the 1998 season. Congratulations to both. Second place for the year went to Joe McKinnon and John Sampson. Third place went to Alan Kaprelian and Larry LaFlamme. First place earned three free tournaments for next year. Second place earned two free tournaments for next year. Third place earned one free tournament for next year. Congratulations to all!

Youth Report: Wayne reported that there were 57 kids at the youth tournament. A good time was had by all but there seemed to be a lack of prizes for the tackle packs. There was a motion by Classic, seconded by Green Water to make every club donate $50.00 before next years youth event. Motion passed.

Scholarship Report: Bob reported that this month was the largest 50/50 drawing yet with somewhere around $150.00 going to the winner.

NewsLetter Report: Paul said that he needs to start getting in club write-ups they are due by the October meeting. It should be 125 words or less and should be typewritten.

Banquet Report: Don’t forget that the banquet is November 28, 1998 at the Riverside Gun Club. The menu is all you can eat roast beef and chicken. The committee is looking for donations for the raffle. If any club would like to donate, it would be greatly appreciated. If you know of any business that may be willing to donate, please let Joe McKinnon know.

Old Business: There were no new by laws. September is the last month to turn in new by law changes. The Federation will be looking into purchasing a trailer before the fish-offs.

New Business: Nominations for officers.

Tournament Committee - Scott Gordon (Bear Hill), Keith Kline (Greenwater)

Jamie Worth (Chelmsford), Joe McKinnon (River Rats), Jerry Earl (Chelmsford), Bob Whitmarsh (Mass Bass Busters), Keith Knight (Bristol County), Ernie Annulled (East Side), Bryan Rook (Active), Steve Crate

(Bass Masters of NE), Tiny LaFontaine (Wildside), John Sampson (Yankee),

Youth – None

Secretary - Joe McKinnon

Treasurer – None

Conservation – Dean Percival

Vice President – John Magliano, Ernie Anelunde

President – Jim Marino

Nominations will close at the next meeting so if you have any more nominations, please let your director know.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

THERE WILL BE A MANDITORY MEETING OF ALL TEAM CAPTAINS AT 8:30 P.M. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11,1998 AT THE BEST WESTERN STONEY HILL IN BETHEL. ALL CAPTAINS MUST ATTEND.

DIRECTIONS TO BEST WESTERN ARE RTE 84 TO EXIT 9 END OF RAMP TAKE A LEFT ONTO RTE 25. AT FIRST LIGHTS TAKE A RIGHT ONTO RTE 6 WEST. GO 1.5 MILES BEST WESTERN STONEY HILL WILL BE ON THE RIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES FOR THE FISH-OFFS PLEASE GET THEM IN AS SOON AS POSIBLE. DO NOT WAIT TO MAKE CHANGES PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW WHO THEY WILL BE FISHING WITH AND I NEED THE TIME TO FIX THE PAIRINGS.

DIRECTIONS TO LATTINS: FROM 84 TAKE EXIT 7 TO FIRST EXIT AT LIGHT AT THE END OF THE RAMP TAKE A LEFT. GO STRAIGHT 7/10 OF A MILE AND TAKE A LEFT AT NABBY RD FOLLOW 8/10 OF A MILE TO STOP SIGN TAKE A LEFT GO 100 YARDS AND RAMP WILL BE ON THE RIGHT.

TO SQUANTZ TAKE EXIT 6 OFF 84 GO NORTH ON RTE 37 TO RTE 39. TAKE A RIGHT ON 39 FOLLOW TO RAMP ON RIGHT.

DUE TO MAY CHANGE MADE BY CLUBS THE PAIRINGS SHEETS HAVE MANY CHANGES SO PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR FINAL PAIRINGS AT THE CAPTAINS MEETING SEPTEMBER 11^TH.

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

Roll Call: Missing were Eastside, East Coast, South Shore and Taunton Bass Masters. Eastside, East Coast and South Shore have missed two meetings in a row and will be sent a letter informing the club that they are in violation of the by-laws and must send a new Director per Federation By-Law Article 2, Section 1B. This letter will be sent to the President and Director of all three clubs by certified mail, return receipt requested.

Secretary’s Report: Motion by Norumbega, seconded by Worcester County to accept the minutes as printed. Motion passed.

Treasurer’s Report: Dean read his report and listed all bills. Motion by Cajun, seconded by Bare Hill to accept Dean’s report and pay all bills. Motion passed.

Tournament Committee Report: The Tournament Committee announced that the May Trail Tournament will be on Webster Lake out of Point Breeze and the June Trail Tournament will be at South Wattuppa. The sponsors will remain the same for the first two tournaments. Please take note of this change!!

At the Fish-offs Gauch Brothers is going to pay $1,000.00 towards a banquet on Saturday night. Approximate cost will be $10.00 per person for a sit down roast beef dinner. More information to follow.

Contrary to what you may have heard, we are going to be fishing at Candlewood for the Fish-offs. It was reported that there was another tournament at Candlewood that weekend but Mike Keane checked into this and we are the only ones on the water that weekend.

Conservation/Natural Resource Officer Report: Dean reported that there are problems again at Webster, something to do with tournaments on the water taking fish out of the back waters. Dean will have more on this at a later time.

You will be receiving a letter from North East Bass Anglers either with the minutes or at the next Directors meeting in regards to your support of putting in a dock, handicapped access and repairs to the tunnel into north lake on Congamond. Please take a few moments and do this to help them out.

Youth Report: There were 172 kids run through the Casting Kids at the Worcester Show. The winners names will appear on the Web site and in the newsletter. The Casting Kids finals will be held at Gauch Brothers in Shrewsbury on March 21, 1998 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, and any castoffs will be held from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Scholarship Report: Applications are available now. Please have your director contact Bob Jones for an application. They are due in by April 1, 1998.

Travel Guide Report: The Travel Guides were delivered to the directors at the meeting. They were available at the Worcester Show. As usual, Bill and Pat Breech did a fantastic job. Not enough can be said for the work that they have put into the Travel Guide the last couple of years. Our thanks is not enough.

Newsletter Report: Paul is looking for articles to fill his next newsletter. If you have anything, please get in touch with Paul. We will probably be starting over with the club articles again this year. This will be discussed at the March meeting.

Banquet Committee Report: Jim is looking for some new people to join the Committee this year. If anyone wants to volunteer, please let Jim know.

Old Business: Thanks go out to Al Grassi, Sheldon Rockwell and his wife for the job well done in cleaning the booth for the shows. Also, we would like to thank Mass Bass Busters for the table they donated for the shows.

Jim talked briefly about the problem with our incorporation. He will have more on this next month.

New Business: This year there will be a youth raffle. Tickets were given out to the directors. Please sell them at your club meeting.

There was a suggestion for next year’s youth raffle give out a $1,000.00 gift certificate to L.L. Bean or Kittery Trading Post as the top prize. It was felt that this would generate more revenue.

There were two suggestions on how to run the shows for 1999. They will be discussed in the future.

There was a motion by City Bass, seconded by Bare Hill to pay $300.00 for upgrades to the secretary’s computer. Motion passed.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:30 P.M.

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

Secretary’s Report: Motion by Norumbega, seconded by Green Water Wizard to accept the secretary’s report as written. Motion passed.

Tournament Committee: The State Championships will be held at Candlewood this year. Reservations can be made at the Best Western Berkshire at (203)744-3200. Headquarters will be at Best Western Stony Hill that is about 1/2 mile away from Best Western Berkshire. There has been two floors reserved at Best Western Berkshire. Make sure you mention that you are from the Mass Bass Federation when making reservations.

Due to a conflict with Rhode Island at Webster Lake on April 19, 1998, the Federation has moved the Webster Team Open to Saturday, April 18, 1998. There was a motion made by Wachusett, seconded by Northeast to allow the five clubs that are currently fishing that Saturday, April 18, 1998, to be able to fish that day. They will not be held in violation of the by-law that prohibits a Federation club from holding a tournament on the same day as the Federation. Motion passed.

The Regional Team held their 50/50 drawing. There were 487 tickets sold. First prize was $974.00 and went to Ann Marie Hickey; second prize was $146.00 and went to Doris Genduso; third prize was $97.00 and went to Ray Broomheay.

Youth Report: There will be a Casting Kids contest on February 8, 1998 at the Worcester show. Time will be 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM. There was a problem at the Boston show. We were shown in the show guide to be holding a Casting Kids contest on both Saturday and Sunday. Both clubs running the show for the Federation knew nothing about this and had no Casting Kids kits to run the contest. Steps will be taken in the future to stop these problems from arising. Louie Bernardo got up and talked to the Directors. He told the Directors that he was very disappointed in the condition of the booth and the fact that no one had told his club about the Casting Kids contests. His club would have been more than willing to run the Casting Kids contest. Plymouth Rock reiterated the same information.

There was a motion by Wachusett, seconded by Metro West that every club must send a representative to the Worcester show on Sunday, February 8, 1998. To help run the Casting Kids and the Pathway to Fishing. If you do not you will not be able to fish the fish-offs in 1998. Motion was defeated. Jim Marino asked for volunteers to help with the Casting Kids at the Worcester show. The same people who always volunteer to do everything in the Federation of course volunteered to do this again.

Scholarship Report: Scholarship applications are available, you can see Bob Jones at the next meeting to obtain a copy. Please remember it must be in by May 20, 1998.

Travel Guide: The Travel Guide is at the printer and of course it ran in the black again this year. Thanks to the usual great job by Bill Breach.

Newsletter Report: Paul handed out another newsletter. Do not forget to get your articles in for next month’s newsletter. There was a motion by Bassmasters of New England, seconded by Mass Bass Busters to pay $297.00 for an upgrade for Paul’s computer and some software needed to do the newsletter. Motion passed.

Old Business: Jim and Dean looked into incorporating. They will have more on this later. There was a motion by Assabet, seconded by Cajun for Bare Hill to spend up to $500.00 on materials to clean and fix the Federation booth for the Worcester show. Motion passed.

New Business: Motion by Boston Bass, seconded by Wildside that the dues for all regular clubs will be due no later than the March meeting and all new clubs will be given till the April meeting. Motion passed.

Motion by the River Rats, seconded by Bare Hill to purchase new banners for the Federation with the new logo on them. Up to $400.00 can be spent. Motion passed.

Motion by Boston, seconded by Bare Hill that the Federation buys Joe McKinnon the computer program Video Editor 200 to produce the Federation videotapes for use at the shows. Joe can keep this after he makes the tapes. Motion passed.

Meeting adjourned at 10:15 PM.

Meeting adjourned at 10:20 P.M.

Next Federation meeting will be February 17th.

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

Roll Call: Missing were Assabet Valley, Bass Masters of New England and Totem Pole.

Secretaries’ Report: Joe read the minutes. Motion by Cajun, seconded by Worcester Bass to accept the minutes as read.

Tournament Committee Report: John Magliano told the Directors that the Trail was rolling along. There were 53 boats at the Winnisquam tournament. He also reported that the raffle was doing very well. Don’t forget that the next Trail tournament is on Winni out of Lee Mills on August 16^th.

Environmental: Dean reported that there have been problems on Congamond with the ramp he will be looking into this.

Youth Report: Wayne was absent. Bill Breach said that Wayne needs boats and donations for the Youth tournament. He also needs Kids, as of the July meeting he only had a handful of entrants.

Scholarship Report: There was no report and no drawing this month.

Newsletter Report: Paul reported that he was still looking for reports and articles. Paul also reported that he was in need of a new printer because he could not get good resolution for pictures out of the one that Federation had bought previously. There was a motion by City Bass, seconded by Taunton Bass to buy a new one. Motion passed.

Old Business: Jim reported that the incorporation was done and we should be receiving our non-profit number shortly. Jim also reported that the Lowrance units for the banquet and the youth raffle were in.

New Business: Jim told the Directors that he needed volunteers for the shows. The Dates are Boston- February 12-14, Springfield-February 18-21. North East will run the booth at Springfield with North East running a Casting Kids Contest on Saturday and Cajun running one on Sunday. Taunton will run the booth at Boston and Casting Kids on Saturday and East Side will run Casting Kids on Sunday. The Federation is going to run Casting Kids and Pathways to Fishing at the Worcester show. We are still looking for someone to run the booth.

State Championship Report: There was much discussion about the proposal made by the Tournament Committee to have paid workers at $100 per club. There was a motion by Classic Bass, seconded by Mystic Valley to have 10 paid workers and the fee would be $100 per club and that Dean Percival will be the head worker for the Championship. Motion passed 25 to 4. The $100 is due in at the August meeting.

There were no by-law changes turned in. Don’t forget nominations for Officers and by-laws changes are due next month.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

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

Roll Call: Missing were Assabet Valley, Bass Masters of New England and Totem Pole.

Secretaries’ Report: Joe read the minutes. Motion by Cajun, seconded by Worcester Bass to accept the minutes as read.

Tournament Committee Report: John Magliano told the Directors that the Trail was rolling along. There were 53 boats at the Winnisquam tournament. He also reported that the raffle was doing very well. Don’t forget that the next Trail tournament is on Winni out of Lee Mills on August 16^th.

Environmental: Dean reported that there have been problems on Congamond with the ramp he will be looking into this.

Youth Report: Wayne was absent. Bill Breach said that Wayne needs boats and donations for the Youth tournament. He also needs Kids, as of the July meeting he only had a handful of entrants.

Scholarship Report: There was no report and no drawing this month.

Newsletter Report: Paul reported that he was still looking for reports and articles. Paul also reported that he was in need of a new printer because he could not get good resolution for pictures out of the one that Federation had bought previously. There was a motion by City Bass, seconded by Taunton Bass to buy a new one. Motion passed.

Old Business: Jim reported that the incorporation was done and we should be receiving our non-profit number shortly. Jim also reported that the Lowrance units for the banquet and the youth raffle were in.

New Business: Jim told the Directors that he needed volunteers for the shows. The Dates are Boston- February 12-14, Springfield-February 18-21. North East will run the booth at Springfield with North East running a Casting Kids Contest on Saturday and Cajun running one on Sunday. Taunton will run the booth at Boston and Casting Kids on Saturday and East Side will run Casting Kids on Sunday. The Federation is going to run Casting Kids and Pathways to Fishing at the Worcester show. We are still looking for someone to run the booth.

State Championship Report: There was much discussion about the proposal made by the Tournament Committee to have paid workers at $100 per club. There was a motion by Classic Bass, seconded by Mystic Valley to have 10 paid workers and the fee would be $100 per club and that Dean Percival will be the head worker for the Championship. Motion passed 25 to 4. The $100 is due in at the August meeting.

There were no by-law changes turned in. Don’t forget nominations for Officers and by-laws changes are due next month.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

There was a meeting of the Tournament Committee on June 23^rd to discuss the workers and who would be running the Championship. It was decided after much discussion that instead of the clubs sending workers that we would hire 10 paid workers to run the Championship for us. The cost will be $100 per club and should be paid at the time you send in your 8 man team list. The cost to each member of an 8-man team is $12.50. If you have any questions call the Secretary at 781-647-5288.

If anyone would like to be one of the paid workers call Dean at 508-366-2030 days or 508-393-8505 evenings. The pay will be about $400 for the weekend. The list will be first come first serve.

Anyone needing to send any thing to the Secretary should note that I have a new Zip code which is 02453-5906.

Don’t forget starting at the July meeting you can turn in By-Law changes.

We all wish Gene Pena a speedy recovery from his recent accident.

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

Roll Call: Missing were Cape Cod, Rod Jockey’s and Taunton Bassmasters. This was two meetings in a row for Taunton and they will be receiving a letter from the Secretary.

Secretaries Report: Motion by Watch City, seconded by Worcester County to wave the reading of the minutes and accept them as written. Motion passed.

Treasurers Report: Dean read his report and listed all the outstanding bills. Motion by Wildside, seconded by Greenwater to accept Deans report and pay all the bills. Motion passed.

Youth Report: The Casting Kids Finals are March 21,1998 at Gauch Brothers in Shrewsbury.

Scholarship Report: Bob Jones handed out the applications for this years scholarships. Don’t forget to ask your Director for one.

Travel Guide: There was a motion by Tri County, seconded by Greenwater to take $250 from the Travel Guide account and give it to the Tournament Trail to be used to buy product for raffles at the Tournaments and $250 to be donated to the banquet account for raffle prizes at this years banquet. Motion passed. Jim is looking for a new Travel Guide Director or some ideas on what to do with this years Travel Guide.

The Regional Team passed out the applications for the Big Bass Tournament. The team needs your support, so please sign up people in your club.

Old Business: Bob Perkins asked to chair a Committee to look into which direction we should head with the Travel Guide and the Newsletter. Jim appointed Bob to head this Committee.

Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.

Meeting called to order 7:30 P.M.

Regular business suspended to talk about the 12 clubs who have either not paid their Federation or B.A.S.S. dues which were due at the March meeting. There was a motion by Clearwater seconded by Totem Pole to allow an extend dues period to the May meeting and anyone not paying their Federation or B.A.S.S. dues by the May meeting will not be allowed to fish the 1998 Fish-offs. Motion passed.

Roll Call: All present.

Secretaries Report: Correction to the April meeting minutes. Tri County and Wildside had paid their dues.

Treasures Report: Dean read his report and listed the bills. There was a question about a Tournament expense. Dean will look into it and report back next month. Motion by Green Water, seconded by Bare Hill to accept Deans report and pay all bills. Motion passed.

Tournament Report: There was much discussion about the shut off for Webster Lake. After several tries the rule 4 change that the Tournament Committee passed finally passed the vote of the Directors. The new rule along with a copy of the 1999 Federation Trail will be on the last page of the minutes.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE NEW RULE 4 PLEASE CALL THE FEDERATION SECRETARY FOR AN EXPLAINATION.

Clubs should bring back suggested sites for the 1999 fish-offs to the May meeting. We will be voting in June. Motion by Bass Addicts, seconded by Boston Bass to give the Tournament Committee $250 from the Tournament Funds to buy tackle for a raffle at the Trail Tournaments. Motion passed.

Conservation/Natural Resource Officer: Deans report will appear in the next newsletter.

Scholarship Report: Bob has 2 applicants for this years scholarships he will have their names at the may meeting.

Travel Guide: Bob Perkins gave a very in depth report on the status of the Travel Guide and the feasibility of putting out another one this year. Bob would like to have the directors take back to their clubs the idea of either having a newsletter every month, every other month or every other month in the winter and every month in the summer and at the end of the year, having one round-up issue. He would also like to have the clubs input on whether they would prefer to have distribution by bulk mail, regular mail or hand it out at the meetings as it is currently being done. But, remember one thing, regular mail will cost much more to mail every month. Please make sure you discuss this at your meeting and bring your decision back to the May meeting.

Youth Report: The casting kids had a great time at the Nationals. Unfortunately, neither won but we are sure they will be back next year.

Shows: The Federation is looking for volunteers to run the shows and the Casting Kids contest at the shows.

Banquet: The 1998 Banquet will be held at Riverside Gun Club on Saturday, November 28, 1998 with the same caterer as last year. We hope to sell 200 tickets to this years banquet. There will be a large increase in raffle prizes due to the money that has already been put aside for this years banquet.

Regional Report: Ed Gerossie finished 39th overall with 4 pounds. The Eastern Division was won by Ted Soley of New Jersey with six fish and 23 pounds. There were only two limits in three days of fishing.

Old Business: There was some discussion about invitational tournaments being run by some clubs. Be careful how you put out your invitations if you do not want them perceived as opens which are against Federation By Laws.

The Regional team gave a short report on their two tournaments held at Webster and Watuppa. They were a great success and they want to thank everyone who helped support either of these tournaments and they would especially like to thank the people who fished both tournaments and showed their support for the Federation Regional team. Alan Kaprelian reported that there were 90 boats between the two tournaments and felt that they would not have had that many boats had they held only one tournament. Thank you for your support.

New Business: The president discussed a unilateral suspension rule which will be between all of the Eastern Division of BASS. This rule will mean anyone suspended from any Eastern Division state will not be able to belong to another Eastern Division state for the length of that suspension. Motion made by Classic Bass, seconded by Clearwater Crankers to bring this back to the clubs for discussion and to vote on it at the May meeting.

Just to inform the members, Charlie McGee of Bassmasters of New England has been injured in a fall and will be out for the season in bed. If you would like to drop Charlie a card, I am sure he will appreciate it. His address is 20 Laurel Street, Whitman, MA 02382.

I am sure most of you have heard by now that one of our Federation members drowned while fishing Long Pond, Harwich. This member is John Scott of Rod Jockey’s. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to his family.

Meeting adjourned at 10:40 PM.

Don’t forget to pay your Federation and B.A.S.S dues by the May meeting.

Don’t forget the Fish-off site for 1999.

Don’t forget the votes on the Travel Guide.

Don’t forget the vote on the Eastern Division unilateral rule.

Massachusetts waters only will be off limits to all Federation tournament contestants starting midnight Tuesdays prior to the tournament, until the start of the tournament. At all instate and out of state tournaments the tournament waters will be off limits to all federation members not participating in the tournament from the official start of the tournament to the tournaments official end. The penalty for an infraction of this rule is one year suspension from the Federation. For 30 days prior to and during the tournament a competitor may not have the use of a paid guide. You must obey all State fishing regulations.

SITES and DATES FOR 1999

APRIL 17TH TEAM TOURNAMENT AT WEBSTER LAKE

APRIL 18TH PRO-AM AT WEBSTER LAKE

MAY 16TH AT CONGAMOND

JUNE 20 AT OTIS RES.

JULY 18TH AT SQUAM LAKE

AUGUST 15TH AT WINNISQUAM

SEPT 11 + 12 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TBA

OCTOBER 3RD TOC AT WINNI

OCTOBER 10 BIG BASS AT WEBSTER LAKE

Meeting called to order 7:30 P.M.

Roll Call: Missing were Classic Bass, Mystic Valley

Secretaries Report: Motion by watch City, seconded by Cajun to accept the minutes as written. Motion passed.

Treasures Report: Dean read his report and listed the bills. Motion by Taunton, seconded by Eastside to accept Deans report and pay all bills.

There was a discussion about the trailer the Federation is looking to buy. The consensus of the Directors is that the trailer should be paid for out of the general fund and not out of the Trail funds.

Tournament Report: The Trail fished its first tournament at Webster. The top three teams will be listed below. Full results and articles will be in the newsletter.

Also please remember to bring your clubs vote for the 1999 fish-off site. You should have 3 sites as we will be voting for the top 3 just in case we do not get our first choice. We will be voting in June. See list below.

The raffle at the May Trail tournament was a success, so we will be running one at the June tournament on South Wattuppa.

The Tournament Committee would like to thank Joe Arsenault for the fantastic job he did running the Webster tournament. I think I speak for everyone in the Federation wishing Joe well on the 1998 B.A.S.S. trail. Joe has resigned from the Tournament Committee and will be replaced by John Crookes as voted by the Directors. Joe will be missed by the Federation.

Don’t forget to get your Big Bass money in!!

Conservation/Natural Resource Officer: Deans report will appear in the next newsletter. Mike Keane wants to reminded every club not to start their tournaments on Mashpee till 7:00 there has been complaints and you will not be given another permit if you start before 7:00 A.M.

Scholarship Report: Bob has 2 applicants for this years scholarships. The two recipients are Tom Farland and Dan Jenkins Jr. Both will be at the June meeting. There was a motion by the River Rats, seconded by Taunton Bassmasters to up the Scholarships this year to $750. Motion passed.

Bob Jones talked about having a lobster shoot at the up coming meetings to help raise extra money to either up the scholarships or give more.

Travel Guide/Newsletter Report: Bob Perkins gave a brief report. We have to have a vote at the June meeting on how we want future newsletters passed out. The vote will be to have distribution by bulk mail, regular mail or hand it out at the meetings as it is currently being done. But, remember one thing, regular mail will cost much more to mail every month and the added cost will probably be added to the dues. Please make sure you discuss this at your meeting and bring your decision back to the June meeting.

Paul reported he did not receive any report on the Nationals, Casting Kids, Tournament report or minutes so the newsletter will not be out till June. We should all try to get Paul the articles needed in a more timely fashion in the future.

Youth Report: No Report.

Shows: The Federation is looking for volunteers to run the shows and the Casting Kids contest at the shows.

Banquet: The 1998 Banquet will be held at Riverside Gun Club on Saturday, November 28, 1998 with the same caterer as last year.

Old Business: We should have something more on incorporating next month.

The vote on the reciprocal agreement with the other Eastern Division states of B.A.S.S. passed 27 to 9.

Don’t forget the Fish-off site for 1999. Your choices are

Hudson River, Winni, Champlain, Sebago, 1000 Islands, Bellows Falls.

Don’t forget the votes on the Newsletter distribution.

Webster results.

1. Joe McKinnon and John Sampson 24.55 Lb.

2. Joe Tamara and Paul Valente 23.09 Lb.

3. Jeff Kinney and Brian Fitzgibbons 21.43 Lb.

Big Bass money!!!!!