It's that time of year again gents!

The annual BnT meeting is going to take place at John Lakes house in Milpitas again this year.

When:
Saturday December 14th 4:00pm
Location:
112 Lawton Drive
Milpitas CA.

If you plan on attending please be prepared to pay your BnT and FLW/TBF dues at the meeting.

Total dues for Bass-N-Tubes Membership are $ 60.00 per year.
Membership includes
BnT club dues $ 5.00
FLW competitive membership dues $35.00
TBF dues $15 .00
California Fed $5.00
Let's hear from everyone!

If you can not make it to the meeting and plan on joining BnT for the 2014 season please mail your membership form with a check made payable to Bass-n-Tubes by December 14th to

Bass-n-Tubes
302 Tanager Way
Livermore, CA 94551

It is in your best interest to get signed up early to take full advantage of the FLW/TBF member benefits available and it makes my life much easier.

We would also like to get every ones input on where they would like to see BnT fish next year.

Please reply to this post with a list of locations you would like to see on the schedule from Feb thru October, excluding April, and a TOC location.
The officers will tally the results and put together a list that we will be voting on at the meeting.

The Clear lake Open is tentatively scheduled for April 26-27 as our first choice, and May 3-4 as a back up.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

Mitch

I will be there, along with the sweat shirts for all the TOC qualifiers. Here are some places I'd like to see on the schedule next year.
Feb- Folsom/ Naci
March- Salt Springs/ Melones/ Berry.
May- MR/ Melones/ Rock slough
June- MR/ Clear Lake
July- Beacon 1 day
Aug- Sun Up @ MR
Sep- SCBBBC Classic for points
Oct- Berry/ New Hogan/ Salt Springs

I'm inn! Here's my list
Feb-Naci
March-Berryessa
April-B-N-T open
May-new hogan/salt springs
June-Whites
July-Middle river
August-Disco sundowner
sept-kings island
Oct-lake Amador/Berryessa
Not Almador but Amador it's a 360 acre lake and it's got some big bass! Just an idea!
See you @ the meeting:9 :9 :9

I will not be able to make the meeting, but I will mail my dues before the meeting.

FEB: Naci/Bullards
MAR: Berry/McClure/New Melones
APR: BnT Open
MAY: Luis Park
JUN: Kings
JUL: MR Sundowner or Sun UP
AUG: Los Banos/Delta
SEP: Whites
OCT: Amador

TOC: ClearLake (2 Different Launch sites)/Berryessa/Naci

Robert

FEB - Naci
March - Salt Springs
April - Clear Lake Open
May - Middle River
June - Clear Lake (1 day, Sunday)
July - White Slough
August - Middle River (Sundowner)
September - SCBBBC Classic (Points)
October - New Hogan (1 day, Sunday)
Nov TOC - Clear Lake (2 day, 2 locations)


MT

Lake Nacimiento
"Salt Spring Valley Reservoir" (Correct Name)
Delta, Riverside Marina/White Slough/Middle River/Herman & Helen's
Clear Lake, Braito's
Berryessa
Bullard's Bar
Rancho Seco
Lake Oroville
New Melones
McClure

My list is more about places I'd like to fish, not necessarily which month. The pros can determine which locations might fish best during which months.

"If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"

Steve, and everyone else -

What we really want is your preferences, with one location for each month as if you alone are making the schedule for the entire year.

The plan is for the officers to use every ones inputs here to put together a couple or three locations for each month. Then there will be a blind vote, majority wins. No discussion that drags on and on.

Thanks everyone for your cooperation!

MT

Below is my updated list:

FEB: Naci
MAR: Berry
APR: BnT Open
MAY: Luis Park
JUN: Kings
JUL: MR Sundowner or Sun UP
AUG: Bishop Cut
SEP: Whites
OCT: Amador

TOC: ClearLake (2 Different Launch sites like we did for this years TOC)

Robert

Hi iam the new guy bill I will be there and pay my dues to join

Hey Bill, we look forward to seeing you there.

MT

I don't see any months listed on my post.

"If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"

????????
even more confused :+


MT

Are the FLW dues optional ?

Sal,

No they are not. It's how we secure our insurance.
If we had to get our own insurance the dues would be much more than going thru FLW, and you wouldn't get a nice magazine each month to read while on the can :+

Oh ya, it gets better! I forgot to add that if you pay your dues, fish the whole season and qualify for the TOC, you get a $40 custom hoodie, a free entry to the TOC where there is the possibility of winning the biggest payout of the year(just ask bigdaddy), and a free meal with beverage.

This alone more than makes up the cost of joining.

MT

Ill be at the meeting:

Below is my list:

FEB: Naci
MAR: Whiskey Slough
APR: BnT Open
MAY: Collins Lake
JUN: Kings island
JUL: MR Sundowner or Sun UP
AUG: Salt Springs
SEP: Whites
OCT: Paradise Marina or the Slough area

TOC: Some where in the Delta Two Locations

Jeff

So disregard my post. That's a no brainer. The post was self-explanatory.

"If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"

You crack me up buddy.

It was confusing to me since I counted Feb to December from your post, if you omitted April, and without a TOC location.

On another note, I can't believe more people aren't putting Salt Spring Valley reservoir on their lists in the springtime after my report :P

Hint:
You guys need to do a Google or YouTube search on the place before posting your list. It's less than an hour from Stockton, about 8 bucks cheaper than Amador, with some quality shallow water fishing.

Uh-Oh, am I campaigning? I'll shut up now.

MT

feb: whiskey slough, clear lake 2 day, nacimiento 2 day

march: clear lake 2 day tournemanet, beacon harbor, whites slough

may: middle river, beacon harbor, rock slough launch by the bridge

june: middle river, beacon, bull frog marina

July: clear lake 2 day, beacon harbor, bull frog marina

august: disco bay, bull frog marina, middle river

sept: bull frog marina, middle river, disco bay

oct: mildred island, berryessa, 14 mile slough launch at wind mill cove rd.

toc: clear lake

Feb: Naci
Mar: Rock Slough
April: Open
May: Disco
June: Beacon
July: Kings Island
Aug: MR Sunup
Sept: Berry
Oct: Sonoma
TOC: CL or Naci

See you there!

Feb: naci
march: Berry
april: clear lake
may: foothill lake ()
june:middle river
july:whites
aug: rock slough
sept: disco sundowner
oct: another foothill lake
toc: naci

For those of you with more than one location/month for your choice I am only going to count the first location listed and ignore the others.
If this isn't what you want please update your list.

Thank you.

MT

I hope to be at the meeting........ work permiting.


Below is my list:

FEB: Naci
MAR: Whites Slough
APR: BnT Open
MAY: Collins Lake / Berry
JUN: Kings island
JUL: MR Sundowner or Sun UP
AUG: Salt Springs
SEP: Los Banos Res.
OCT: Paradise Marina or the Slough area

TOC: Some where in the Delta Two Locations

Note - No more camping at Beacon Harbor. I can never get any sleep there! :)

One change to my list


Let's do our Sundowner at Holland "Rock Slough" Lots of parking and even camping if some want!

Camping where one might get some sleep, without the brawls from the crusty porthole right ;-)

Does this mean you want to change your July pick from MR to Holland?

FYI, Holland could very well be crowded with summer time skiers, wake boarders and such camping there in July. The sleeping may not be any better than Beacon in July.

MT

Feb.....Naci **2 day
March...Sherman Island marina or county park
April...Holland riverside marina
May.....Clear Lake **2 day
June....Salt springs
July....Beacon **2 day
Aug.....Lake Sonoma **2 day
Sept....MR sundowner
Oct.....B&W resort---launch Brannan island road
Nov.....Delta or Clear lake **2 day **2 locations

Here's my wish list:

FEB: Naci
MAR: Salt Springs
APRIL: CL Open
MAY: Kings Island
JUNE: Middle River
JULY: Rock Slough (sundowner)
AUG: White Slough
SEP: Classic (for points)
OCT: Berryessa

TOC: Delta (two locations)

Can we have a "email proxy" vote if we pay our dues prior to the meeting?

Feb - Naci
Mar - "Salt Spring Valley Reservoir" (Correct Name)
Apr - CL Open
May - White Slough (Correct Name)
Jun - Clear Lake
Jul - Middle River
Aug - Discovery Bay (Sundown)
Sep - Classic (points)
Oct - New Hogan Reservoir
Nov - TOC, Naci

"If we concentrated on the really important stuff in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles"

I like the suggestions so far. I hope Whites Slu and maybe even Salty Springs Mountain Lake gets the nod this year :7

Yes. If dues are paid before the meeting.
MT

One change to my list
Feb: Whiskey instead of Naci

Feb-Naci
Mar-Whites
Apr-Clear Lake Open
May-Disco
Jun-Middle River
Jul-Beacon
Aug-Disco
Sep-MR
Oct-Berryessa

TOC?

MT

With the light boat schedule next year I am planning to fish all the BNT events. It has been a while and I look forward to seeing old friends and getting my body back in kickboat shape. I will be at the meeting :+

My schedule. Keep in mind I love the delta

Feb: Whiskey
Mar: White Slough
May: Salt
June: MR
July: MR
Aug: MR
Sep: CL Classic
Oct: Hogan
TOC: Day 1 Naci - Day 2 San Antonio

C yall next weekend

i know i havent fished as often as i wanted to with B-n-T but i have been a member for some time and plan on fishing more with both clubs this year.

feb. berry
march. whires
april. open
may. beacon
june. camanche.
july. king ialand
aug. middle river (sundowner)
sept. classic
oct. disco

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