TIDERUNNER

TIDERUNNER
Newsletter of the Annapolis Chapter of the MSSA
“More Fish – More Catching – More Fun”
June 2012
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www.mssaannapolis.com
In This Issue
JUNE MEETING
June Meeting
pg 1
July 18, 2012 Fishing Trip
Update
pg 1
MSSA Spring Tournament
2012
pg 2
MSSA Annapolis Chapter News Spring 2012
pg 2
EVAN Foundation Tournament pg 4
Scholarship Wrap Up Report
pg 4
Chapter Officers &
Leadership Team
pg 3
Crab Feast – Mike’s Crab
House
pg 4
Calendar Of Events
pg 5
Businesses That Support The
Annapolis Chapter
pg 6
2012 Rock On Warriors
Sponsors
pg 7
Stolen Grady White
pg 8
Please join the Annapolis Chapter of the MSSA
for its Wednesday, June 20th meeting at 7:30
PM at the American Legion Post #7 at Rt. 450
and Crownsville Road in Annapolis. Guest
speaker is Capt. Chris Dollar who will talk about
kayak fishing and fishing options off the beaten
path. Capt. Dollar holds a U.S. Coast Guard
Master’s License and is a founding member of
the Chesapeake Guides Association. He’s also a
member of the Outdoor Writer’s Association of
America and board member of the Mason-Dixon Outdoors Writer’s Association. This should
be an interesting discussion now that the trophy season has concluded. The June meeting will
also host the awards ceremony for the first annual MSSA/EVAN Foundation 2012 Spring
Trophy Rockfish Tournament. Come to hear the story about the winning fish—a 49-inch
monster caught by William Harper. Everyone is welcome and this is the last chapter meeting
before the summer break. Look forward to seeing you on June 20th.
JULY 18, 2012 FISHING TRIP UPDATE
Both locations are booking up. We have 2 slots on the Solomon Island boats and are currently filled
on the Chesapeake Beach boat. I will need six more people before I can book another boat out of
Chesapeake Beach. I do not think I can be at the June meeting so you need to send me your checks
before June 30. The cut off date for booking a trip is June 30. If you ask for the Chesapeake Beach
boat and we don’t have enough to book a second boat, I will return your check and email you.
For those fishing out of Solomons, a group of us are meeting at Stoney’s for lunch at 1 pm.
I will make a reservation for a big table. Please email me at mellowfive@comcast.net and let me
know if you will be joining us for the best crab cakes in Maryland. I need a head count. There
are two Stoney’s in Solomons. I am talking about the one on the right as you come into town. It
is set out on a Pier.
I will be in contact with everyone on the Solomon Island boats a few days before the trip to let
you know if we will be staying out late and Croaker fishing.
We are going to fish out of two places. I have booked a boat in Solomons with Greg Buckner as
captain and I have booked a boat out of Chesapeake Beach with Randy Dean as captain. As the
checks come in I will book additional boats. I would like to have 10 people maximum on each
boat, if I get six additional checks I will book another boat.
The trips will be slightly different. The Chesapeake Beach trip will be a 2-8PM trip. The trip will
consist of catching live bait and then live lining for Rock. When you have limited on Rock you
will go bottom fishing whereever Randy knows the bite is. Randy says that the late afternoon catch
for perch, spot and croaker was very strong last year in the Choptank. The Solomons trip will be
a 3pm cast off time. The first part of the trip will be live lining for Rock then we are going to try
night croaker fishing if there is a bite. If the croaker bite is way off or nonexistent then we will
just Rock fish, and do some bottom fishing and be back at the dock at
9PM. CAPTAIN GREG WILL MAKE THE CALL. Lee or I will call
or email every one, after I hear from Greg, letting them know whether
we will be fishing until 11PM or be back at dark.
The costs of the trips are almost the same. It will cost an MSSA member
and his or her immediate family member $60.00 (normally this would be
$90.00 a person with 10 fisherman). Guests and non-MSSA members are
$90.00. In addition to the cost of the trip each person will chip in $20.00
for the mates tip and fish cleaning. If you fish out of Solomons and we go
croaker fishing it will cost $10.00 per person more, which I will collect
on the boat. I thought Greg was very fair about the extra charge for the
extra hours and FUEL. WE WILL ONLY BOOK 40 PEOPLE TOTAL
FOR BOTH LOCATIONS. The space will be allocated by when I receive
your check. Your check must include the $20.00 per person tip for the
mate. If you have any questions about how much it will cost email me.
Please start sending in your checks NOW. Last year we had people that
had to be turned away. MAKE YOUR CHECKS OUT TO: MSSA,
ANNAPOLIS CHAPTER. Tell me your name, address phone numbers
both home and cell. Be sure I have your email address (very important).
Also give me every ones name that you are booking space for. Be sure to
indicate which port you want to fish from. The boat has all the fishing gear
and bait you will need (no additional cost), but you may bring your own
rod. Both boats have excellent gear. You need to bring your own food,
drink and perhaps some goodies to share. BRING A SMALL COOLER
FOR THE BOAT. SPACE IS AT A PREMIUM. Don’t forget a larger
cooler for fish, a camera, and some plastic gallon bags.
This is going to be a lot of fun. I have had people ask to fish in each
location so I think Lee’s idea is great.
Ron Schaefer
47 Poplar Point Road
Edgewater, MD 21037
410-266-0856 home
301-633-6120 cell
mellowfive@comcast.net
Note: The above is a repeat article from the May Newsletter.
MSSA SPRING TOURNAMENT 2012
Glen,
Congratulations on becoming the BIG money winner and catching
the largest fish this spring in the 29th Annual Championship on the
Chesapeake. Our Annapolis Chapter has had a lot of success in past
tournaments and we are very proud of your accomplishment this year.
We cordially invite you to attend our next chapter meeting on June 20th
at the Crownsville American Legion at 7:30pm so that you can share your
experience with your fellow members. We will be awarding the prizes
to winning participants in the Annapolis Chapter Spring Trophy Season
Tournament and donating the proceeds to the EVAN Foundation. I hope
that you will accept our invitation to join us and if you could bring some
photghaphs of the winning fish, that would very helpful.
Congratulations and Thank You.
Fred Menage
Secretary
MSSA Annapolis Chapter
MSSA ANNAPOLIS CHAPTER NEWS –
SPRING 2012
The Annapolis Chapter has had a very active year so far, at the January
meeting we kicked off the year with ‘Walleye’ Pete as our guest speaker.
We also discussed and planned for the chapter’s annual Saltwater Expo
that is held each February at the Annapolis Elk’s Lodge. This year’s event
was very successful with a record number of attendees, good weather,
with an excellent seminar program that included Captain’s Charlie
Sisson, Chuck Fisher, Sean Welsh and Shawn Kimbro who discussed
their fishing methods for saltwater fish. The Rod and Reel Combo Raffle
was won by John Hull and the MSSA Scholarship Foundation benefited
by donated table sales as the vendors sold their goods to the members
and guests at discounted prices.
The guest speaker at our February meeting was Dave Smith, MSSA
Executive Director who spoke to us about current activities occurring
at headquarters concerning poaching problems, water quality and
pollution, upcoming fishing tournaments for this year including a small
boat flounder tournament scheduled for this summer. The meeting was
very good for our chapter to see what has been occurring at the top level
of MSSA and has brought us closer together.
The March and April meetings were used to discuss upcoming chapter
activities that included the Rock On Warriors Rockfish Tournament and a
day on the Chesapeake Bay for our wounded warriors from Walter Reed
National Military Medical Center. The event had to be rescheduled from
Sunday, April 22 to April 29 because of the weather. It turned out be an
awesome day for fishing with an awards ceremony at the Annapolis Yacht
Club with all participants receiving a plaque, t-shirt, visor, and goodie
bag containing mementos and prizes for the top three fish.
The Annapolis Chapter is sponsoring the 2012 EVAN FOUNDATION
Spring Trophy Season Rockfish Tournament, which will run from April
21st thru May 15th which is open to all MSSA members. We sponsored
the Captain’s meeting at AllTackle for the 29th Championship on the
Chesapeake which the top prize was won by our chapter member, Glen
Orr with a 42.10 lb striped bass. We have scheduled an offshore fishing
trip targeting sea bass on Sunday, May 20th aboard the Moring Star with
Captain Monty Hawkins, a long time MSSA member out of Ocean City
and plans and reservations are being made for our July 18th fishing trip
from Chesapeake Beach and Solomons Island for live-lining rockfish
with spot and night time croaker fishing. Also we have a Annapolis
Chapter Crab Feast scheduled for September 19th at Mike’s Crab House
in Riva on the South River. We are in the planning stage for a Fishing
Buddy Network (FBN) for the chapter members to help members set
up fishing trips with each other.
So far, this year has seen a very active chapter group participating in
numerous activities to further our interests in saltwater fishing in our
area. The weather has been very good for our endeavors on the water
with a good prediction of great fishing for the coming summer and fall
seasons, but we still need to stay active by addressing our problems with
poachers, water pollution, safety, and youth activities.
Tight Lines,
Fred Menage
Secretary
MSSA Annapolis Chapter
EVAN FOUNDATION TOURNAMENT
We’d like to thank all of the chapter members who participated in the 1st
Annual MSSA Annapolis Chapter / EVAN Foundation Spring Rockfish
Tournament. Thanks to them, we were able to present The EVAN
Foundation with a $2900.00 donation. (I believe the chapter kicked
in some additional money also). We had a total of 16 fish checked in.
1st place - William Harper with a 49” fish.
2nd place - Kevin Mcmenamin with a 42” fish
3rd place - Nick Pilipauskis with a 40-1/2” fish
Prizes will be awarded at the chapter meeting on June 20th.
SCHOLARSHIP WRAP UP REPORT
The 2011 - 2012 fund raising season wound up on May 10 with the
drawing of the winner of the Sportsman’s Package Raffle, Mr. Michael
Barbarino of Hanover, Maryland. Mike is a postal employee who
purchased his one and only ticket from Bill Huffines, the Scholarship
Foundation Representative from the Essex-Middle River Chapter, who
works with Mike. I had the pleasure of delivering the many items of tackle
and the photo on canvas donated by Bill Tongue of our Chapter to Mike
at his home soon after his name was drawn from over 1000 tickets that
had been sold to raise money for our 2012 scholarships. Mike plans to
use the 3 charter trips aboard BACKDRAFT, MISS MOLLY, and with
Captain John Page Williams during the remainder of this fishing year.
CHAPTER OFFICERS and
LEADERSHIP TEAM
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Bob Sheehan
Chris Rosenthal
Fred Menage
Jean Hoffman
Crab Feast Chairman
Holiday Party Chairman
Intra-Chapter Tournament
MSSA Scholarship Committee
MSSA Tournament Committee
Newsletter Editor
Ocean City Fish Chairman
Raffle Chairman
Rock on Warriors Chairman
Saltwater Fishing Expo Chairman Saltwater Fishing Expo Coordinator
Speaker Chairman
Summer Fish Chairman
Web Master
Website Content Editor
(410) 507-8491
(410) 727-5735
(410) 798-5868
(410) 923-0769
Larry Muscatello
NEED VOLUNTEER
Bob Thompson
OB O’Bannon
Dale Dirks
Paul Herrmann
Lee Slagle
Brian Stempowski
George Brown
Pete Abbott &
Kevin McMenamin
Ed Kalb
Dale Dirks
Ron Schaefer
Craig Teuber
Fred Menage
As a consequence of the successful fund raising campaign that combined
the raffle tickets sales with personal, corporate and chapter donations, the
Scholarship Foundation Board of Directors was able to allocate $30,000
for academic assistance during the coming school year. Benefiting from
the new website, a record number of applicants (39) submitted requests
for assistance. Based on a rigorous evaluation of each candidate’s
information, the Board determined that we could award grants to 12
students. Four scholarships were awarded to continuing college students,
and eight high school seniors will receive aid as they begin their college
programs in the fall.
I want to thank the Annapolis Chapter members for their outstanding
contributions to the Scholarship program over the past year. Special
thanks go to OB (Don O’Bannon) who serves as the Chapter Rep on
the Board and has devoted many hours this year to a detailed analysis
of the records of the Foundation, particularly the identities and career
accomplishments of the students who have received aid since 1995.
Thanks also go to Dennis Marchi, who stepped up to take over the duties
as Treasurer for the Board during a period of increased financial activities
and administrative challenges. Across all the chapters, the countless
individual donations of merchandise, time and money all contributed
to the raising of over $40,000, making possible the current year grant
total and allowing us to place over $10,000 in reserve as the baseline
for 2013 scholarships.
The 2013 fund raising drive began June 1. Please visit the website,
www.mssascholarships.org, and consider making a tax-deductible credit
card donation. It is simple, provides you with documentation for your
tax records, and goes directly to the Foundation’s bank account. If you
would like to discuss a corporate donation or a gift in memory of a loved
one, please call me at 443 871 5342.
Pete Abbott
President
MSSA Scholarship Foundation Inc.
Life is short,
fish often!
Lets catch some fish
in Solomons!
CRAB FEAST – MIKE’S CRAB HOUSE
On Wednesday September 19th 7:00 to 9:00 PM The Annapolis Chapter of the MSSA will host a
CRAB FEAST for members and their guests. The CRAB FEAST will be our first meeting after summer
break. Our menu will include crabs, ribs, fried chicken, salad bar along with many other items and
beverages. Alcoholic beverages are not included in the Crab Feast. The price is $35.00 for members
and guests to be paid in advance. You can pay for the Crab Feast at the meetings or by sending a check
to Larry Muscatello 224 West Lake Drive Annapolis Maryland 21403. Make check to MSSA Crab
Feast. Please sign up as soon as possible so that we can have an accurate count. Mike’s is located
at 3030 Old Riva Road, on South River at the Riva Bridge. Call Larry Muscatello 301-261-1451 or
maillarrymuscat@AOL.com with questions.
PLEASE FILL OUT FORM AND MAIL IT WITH YOUR CHECK
Mail to:
Larry Muscatello
224 W. Lake Drive
Annapolis, MD 21403
MSSA CRAB FEAST – WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
Email:
Number of People:
x $35.00 = $
Make Check Payable to MSSA Crab Feast
Calendar of events
June
July
1-3
16th Annual Mid-Atlantic Mako Mania. Bahia Marina
(410-289-7473 www.bahiamarina.com
4Maryland Free Fishing Day
www.dnr.state.md.us
2
Maryland Free Fishing Day www.dnr.state.md.us
2
Clean the Bay Day, 9-12 am sponsored by CB
Foundation www.cbtrust.org
13-1525th Annual Ocean City Tuna Tournament, O.C.
Fishing Center (410)213-1121
www.ocfishing.com
2
6th Annual Rockfish Tournament. Port Deposit
(410)378-0367 www.portdepositcc.org
5
Summer Barbecue and membership event, 6-9 pm,
Port Annapolis Marina Pavilion hosted by Marine
Trade Association of Maryland. (410) 269-0741
www.mtam.org
8-10 17th Annual Pro-Am Maryland Watermen’s Association
Rockfish Tournament At Rock Hall (410)604-0909
www.marylandwatermen.com
9-10 22nd Annual Thunder on the Narrows
www.kentnarrows.com
9
Maryland Free Fishing Day www.dnr.state.md.us
11
Pasadena Sportfishing Group meeting at 7:30p.m.,
Earleigh Heights Fire Hall, Richey Hwy, Severna Park,
MD. www.pasadenasportfishing.com
14-16Ocean City Shark Tournament. O.C. Fishing Center
(410) 213-2442 www.ocfishing.com
16
Bands In the Sand, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Phillip Marrill Enviromental Center, 5:00 to 10:30 pm,
(443)482-2111 www.cbf.org
19
Live-Lining for Rockfish Seminar presented by Capt.
Wayne Morgan of Frayed Knot Charters at West
Marine, Eastport starts at 7 pm.
20
MSSA Annapolis Sportfishing Chapter Meeting,
American Legion Post 7, Crownsville, MD at 7:30 pm.
www.mssaannapolis.com
22-2423rd Annual MSSA Tuna-Ment. www.mssa.net Weigh
in at Wachapreague Sea Side Marina (757)7874110 www.wachapreaguemarina.net Weigh in at
Chincoteague Curtis Merritt Harbor (757)336-6519
Weigh in at Ocean City Sunset Marina (410)255-5535
www.ocsunsetmarina.net
23
Eastport A Rockin’ Annapolis Maritime Museum,
Eastport. www.eastportarockin.com
23-2433rd Annual Small Boat Tournament, Ocean City
Marlin Club (410)213-1613 www.ocmarlin.com
25
CAPCA Meeting, Annapolis Elks Lodge #622,
Edgewater. Social hour at 6:30 pm. Meeting starts
at7:15 pm. ‘SNOW LION’ accident will be discussed
by Richard Dein.
29-1 30th Annual Canyon Kick Off, Ocean City Marlin Club
(410)213-1613 www.ocmarlin.com
18MSSA Annapolis Chapter Chesapeake Bay Fishing
Trip. Chesapeake Beach Fishing 2-8pm and Solomons 3-9pm. Contact Ron Schaefer at 301-633-0856
21-228th Annual Ocean City Marlin Club Kids Classic
(410)213-1613 www.ocmarlin.com
23CAPCA Meeting, Annapolis Elks Lodge #622,
Edgewater. Social hour starts at 6:30 pm. Meeting
starts at 7:15 pm. Legal issues for licensed mariners
presented by Todd Locher. www.capca.net
27-29Branch Kreppel Memorial Blue Marlin Tournament.
Ocean City Sunset Marina (410)213-9600
www.ocsunsetmarina.net
Businesses that SUPPORT the ANNAPOLIS CHAPTER
One South Street, Suite 2600
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-3201
www.kramonandgraham.com
Kramon & Graham, P. A.
George E. Brown
Office: 410-752-6030
Direct Facsimile: 410-361-8205
Cell: 410-274-9341
E-Mail: gbrown@kg-law.com
ROCK ON WARRIORS 2012 SPONSORS
Larry Muscatello
F RE E DOM
STOLEN GRADY WHITE
Be on the Lookout!
OWNER: DAVID TAYLOR
LAST SEEN HARBOR MARINE,
OCEAN CITY MD
BOAT WAS ON A TRAILER
Please call the Md State Police Berlin barracks if you see or hear anything. My cell is 410 9359030
MD 6783 BJ REELBUSTER 2002 225 Yamahas,liferaft Furuno 12” Navnet 3d,Furuno 1732 and Furuno
1900 10” Furuno AP 500 Furuno 2kw radar dome Lee Outrigger poles Zodiac Coastal coaster 6 man
liferaft hardcase. LOTS of lures for offshore 3 buckets etc etc.
Any help appreciated. Thanks Dave Taylor