DEC Holding Cormorant Meeting Now is the time to voice your opinion
The sessions will be held at the Sheraton University Hotel,
These are two of 10 hearings which the Fish and Wildlife Service has planned
across the nation to evaluate new proposals to control expanding cormorant
populations in the
DEC studies have shown that cormorants nesting in eastern
If you can't attend the upcoming hearings, send a written message on the
subject of cormorants to the Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service,
footnote: information from J. Mike Kelly, Outdoor
writer, Post Standard newspaper.
cus
Club News
Boat For Sale: 1999 Ranger 518VX with 200HP Mercury
Optimax, Tournament ready $23,000.
CALL: Matt Martin @ 315-683-5205
E-mail: rang461@aol.com
December 14, 2001
Club News
The Sports Show is fast approaching and there is only one meeting left
before its here. Tackle Donations are needed for the Tackle Box
Raffle. This is the Clubs only money making project of the year, to be
successful all Club members need to donate. If you
haven't used it in the last couple of years, bring it to the January meeting.
Check out the Schedule menu for the 2002 Tournament Waters and Dates.
Keep February 9th open for the Clubs Dinner Banquet and Awards Presentations,
also known as the Pete Anderson Awards Show!
Club News Matt Martin will speak
at the December Club Meeting about his recent win in the Redman Tournament on
October 17, 2001
Matt Martin Wins RedMan Regional
Second Salt City member to win major tournament
Matt Martin competing in his first Red Man Regional tournament on NY's
Chautauqua Lake was able to claim the $50,000 first prize package of a new
Chevy Silverado and new Ranger 518 bass boat, after bringing 21 lbs. 13 ozs. of smallmouth bass to the scales (5 fish limit).
Matt caught his fish on scattered rock piles, mixed in larger milfoil beds. He
used his favorite spider grub to catch 11 + pounds on day one and 18+ pounds on
day two to best 120 other anglers and qualify for the tournament finals. On the
final day of competition the weights are set back to zero for the top 10
qualifiers.
There were plenty of anxious moments as the last 4 anglers brought in 20+
pounds sacks of smallmouths to the scales.
After all was said and done,
Excellent job Matt.
Matt is the second
cus
Rusczyk Reels in
Matt Martin fishing his first club tournament of the year was not disappointed
with 15 lbs. 12 oz. and second place. Matt caught smallmouths on tubes early
and then upgraded with jig and pig largemouths later in the day. Third place
honors went to Bill Kooi with a 13 lbs. 14 oz. limit of
This ended the point tournament season for 2001. The end of the year results
will soon be available. Thanks to all for another successful year.
Arthur Sangermano Memorial Tournament
Postponed
High winds whip Sodus and
Attention all prospective tournament members. Please review the below
information about the Arthur Sangermano Memorial Tournament.
The 3rd Annual Arthur Sangermano Charity Team Bass Tournament scheduled for
October 6th was postponed due to sustained onshore winds of 20+ m.p.h. and
gusts to 30 m.p.h.
The new date for the partner event is
I will be at the town ramp just north of First Creek at
interested. Checks cannot be accepted if you register that morning (cash only).
Trophies, checks and additional merchandise prizes will be presented
immediately after the
Please call or e mail me if you would like to fish.
Your help to distribute this e mail to anyone that may be interested would be
appreciated. Spread the word and we will have the best turnout to date!
Hope to see everyone Saturday morning!!
Lou Campaniello
Home Phone: 328-3698
Work Phone: 647-3010
September 28, 2001
Mabee does Salt City Proud Finishes
3rd on State Team
Long time club member, Bob Mabee, fishing in his first Eastern Divisional, at
Kerr Reservoir in Virginia came within 3 lbs 3 ozs of qualifying for the BASS
Nationals.
Bob landed 3 bass over the 3 day tournament that weighed 8 lbs 8 ozs and
finished in 52 place overall.
The NYS qualifier was Anthony Savino, from Hudson Valley Bassmasters. Anthony
brought 5 fish to the scales that weighed 11 lbs 11 ozs to earn the right to
represent NYS. Congratulation Anthony!
Also, remember to congratulate Bob on a job well done!!!
cus
1000 Isl. Tournament,Aug.
26th 2001Strong gusting winds blew most of the day making boat
control very difficult for all 15 boaters and their partners. Fishing for the
most part was typical of the 1000
August 29, 2001
Officer Nominations Accepted at Sept 6th
Meeting
Need not be present to nominate or be nominated
At the upcoming meeting, Salt City members will have the opportunity to
nominate officers for the 2002 season. All active members are eligible for
nomination for President, Vice.Pres/Secretary, Treasurer, or Tournament
Director.
Any member may nominate themselves or others within the club. Any one not
present who wishes to nominate someone must have the nomination in writing to
one of the club officers prior to the start of the meeting. A member may be
nominated for more than one position, but may not hold more than one position
if elected.
All nominated members that are not present will be notified and have the
opportunity to accept or decline the nomination.
Remember it is your club and in order to have a say in the direction the club
takes, you need to be involved. That can be done by running for office, or by
nominating individuals who will represent your views.
The club elections will be held at the October meeting. See you there!
cus
August 23, 2001
Salt City Returns with 13th Place Finish From
NYS BASS Fed CTE, Cusano Bags Day Two Lunker
Despite excellent practices at Chautauqua Lake and a team concept Salt City
Bassmasters managed just 13th place out of 28 teams in the New York State
B.A.S.S. Federation Club Team Event. The team was lead by the solid two-day
performance of 21.72# by team captain Pete Anderson. Pete caught the majority
of his fish by slow rolling a spinnerbait through weeds. Club President, Mike
Cusano used a 3/8 oz. Texas rigged, green pumpkin tube to catch the day two
lunker of the event, a 4.98# largemouth. Mike also managed second position for
the club with a two-day total of 16.84#. Larry Hopkins (
11.89#), Joe Spicer ( 10.44#), Chris Bowes (9.74#), and Ron Kelly
(5.15#) all contributed to the final 75.78# that the club finished with. All
club team members had a tremendous time and appreciate the opportunity to
represent the club. Be sure to ask “Muskie” Mike Cusano to tell his his big
fish story the next time you see him.
The overall team winners were Southern Tier Bassmasters with 117.63#, followed
by Rochester Bassmasters with 111.34#, Sothwestern Bassmaster 110.39# and Crown
City Bassmasters 99.24#. All these top teams should be congratulated on their
fine performance. All the results are available on the NY BASS Federation web
site. See you at 1000
The 36 anglers who fished the July 29th Cayuga found tough mid-summer
conditions and only 10 limits were managed. After all the fish had been
weighed, Pete Anderson again was at the top of the field. Pete fished mainly a
shallow jig and pig presentation to achieve his 14 lbs. 15 oz. winning weight.
Second went to Craig Terpening with 13 lbs. 1 oz., including the tournament lunker
a beautiful 4 lbs. 1 oz. smallmouth. When Craig's early shallow water bite let
him down, he turned to deep weed edges with a tube bait to boat a limit in the
last few hours of competition. Club President Mike Cusano was third with 12
lbs. 15 oz. caught deadsticking a soft plastic jerkbait in the 6-8 foot around
scattered weeds. Roger Stahl was fourth with 12 lbs. 9 oz. bag of largemouths.
Roger caught his fish on a variety of baits and different depths all within
sight of the launch. Eric Barker ended up in fifth with a solid limit of 12
lbs. 6 oz. Next Points Tournament is scheduled for August 26th at 1000
BIG WIN
Club members Eric Barker and Mike Sharlow won over a field of 51 entries at a
recent Bucketmouth Tournament held on
July 24, 2001
2000 Angler of the Year Pete Anderson Returns
to Winning Ways
On Sunday, July 15th Salt City Bassmasters’ 42 anglers were greeted with sunny
skies and light winds. A brief sun shower and increasing winds forced many to
abandon their early patterns. In the end, Pete Anderson topped the field with a
mixed bag of
Wed. Night Tournaments
Thanks to the efforts of Tournament Director Chris Bowes, the Wednesday Night
Tournaments on Onon.
July 5, 2001
Cusano Redfield winner, Non boater, O'hern
holds off the rest for overall victory
Day two, Redfield Reservoir brought more sun and smaller fish. Eleven members
brought in limits with the average fish weighting 1 lb. 9 oz. Lunker on day two
went to Steve Stefanko with a 3 lbs. 11 oz. largemouth. Club president
, Mike Cusano fished a jig and pig in shallow brush and was rewarded
with a 12 lbs 1 oz. limit including a couple of 3 1/2 pound beauties for the
victory. Joe Koeting was second with 9 lbs. caught fishing floating worms
around flooded timber. Ron Kelly took third place honors. Ron used his “go to
bait” a black and blue jig and pig in shallow cover. Bob
Mabee and Craig Terpening finished fourth and fifth respectively with 8 lbs. 10
oz. and 8 lbs. 6 oz. Both fished soft plastics for limits.
At the end of the Two Day Tournament Pat O’hern cashed in on his Sandy Pond win
and a solid second day at Redfield (6 lbs. 8 oz.) for a two day total of 23
lbs. and 12 oz. and the overall victory. Ron Kelly who was the boater partner
for both days winners finished second overall with 21 lbs. 12 oz. Larry Hopkins
was third (20 lbs. 8 oz), Joe Spicer was fourth (19 lbs. 6 oz.) and Bob Mabee
ended up fifth (18 lbs. 15 oz.). With 41 members fishing it was a great start
to the 2001 Salt City Bassmasters Points Tournament Trail. Be sure to come to
the next meeting on July 12th to sign up for Sodus and Cayuga and here more
specifics about these tournaments.
O'hern jigs(and
pigs)his way to lead
Day one at Sandy Pond greeted the anglers with rain and light winds. Sixteen
limits were brought to the scales with the average angler weighing in about 8 pounds.
Pat O’hern out fished the rest with a 17 lbs. 4 oz.
limit of jig and pig caught largemouths. This fine catch included the 5 lbs. 3
oz. lunker for the first day. Joe Spicer and Larry Hopkins had solid limits of
15 lbs. 3 oz. for a second place tie. Chris Bowes turned a quick topwater bite
into 14 pounds and fourth place. 2000 Non-boater of the Year Dave Celi started
off the new season with a 13 lbs. 14 oz. fifth place finish with crankbaits.
Casting Kids Volunteers Needed
As you all know Chevrolet trucks are a major sponsor
of our grandparent organization B.A.S.S., and we have been contacted to assist
and also to qualify two more kids for the NYS Casting Kids finals.
East Syracuse Chevy has offered to host/promote a casting kids contest on
Saturday, July 28th from
Obviously, the more volunteers the better. I also understand this is the heart
of tournament season, which is why they are hosting and promoting it. We
basically need to show up around
If you can help out, please contact Mike Cusano at 695-4969.
THANKS!!!!
cus
Well Tournament time is finally here! We start our season off with a 2 day
event – Sandy Pond, Sat. June 23rd and Redfield Res., Sun. June 24th. Drawings
for these 2 tournaments took place at our June meeting.
Our next club meeting will be July 12th. Drawings for the next 2 tournaments
will take place then –
and
Two club members – Pete Anderson and Scott Sternberg are fishing the Foxwood
Team Trail this season. So far they have finished 16th at
Club member John Weston is fishing the PWT circuit again this year – John
fishes in the Pro Division. We are going to get John to fish a bass tournament
with us one of these days.
Our Wed. night tournaments are going to begin June 20th - launch is at Onon.
Don’t forget to check out the Federation web site to see how club members did
on
Club Rookie, Mike Sharlow "Jerks"
in Walleye Win ! Bright sun, warm
temperatures and light winds greeted the field of 22 anglers on
Be sure to attend the club’s next meeting
Club Projects for 2001 Season
Busy year planned for our active membership
On the youth front,
More noteable, Salt City is going to operate a program: "REELING in the
YOUTH", where club members are asked to donate old fishing rod and reel
combinations. A local organization will be presented with the collected
equipment to promote the sport of fishing to the youth in our community.
For every rod/reel combination donated a member receives a raffle ticket.
Before every tournament drawing, a ticket will be pulled, and the winner will
receive a free entry into a tournament of his/her choice.
After meeting with the Dept. of Drainage and Sanitation we have offered our
assistance in setting fish holding habit/boxes throughout various locations in
Lastly, several members (Dick Wescott, Dave Celi, Ed Flick and Terry Hopkins)
have volunteered to design and rebuild our club's SPORTSHOW BOOTH, in order to
give it a more contemporary look. Along, with the new look, they plan on adding
additional features to make it more transportable and useable.
As you can see we have a lot to do besides fishing to keep us busy.
Excellent turnout and support guys... PLEASE KEEP IT UP!!
cus
April 7, 2001
Onondaga Lake's Future Looks Brighter, Thanks
to the Department of Drainage and Sanitation
Mastriano and crew talk about bass and other notables
Special thanks to Joe Mastriano and his crew, Nick Capoza and Chris Gandino for
taking the time to meet with Salt City this past Thursday, April 5th, at the
club's monthly meeting.
The group handed out some very interesting reading on the clean up efforts and
progress being made at
News to the group was that a zebra mussel can filter a quart of water/day and
that the entire lake water is filtered approximately every 4 days by these
voracious bi-valves, but don't look at that as a good thing. While filtering
that much water, zebra mussels also excrete a similar amount of waste into the
water. This waste robs the lake of much need Oxygen as it breaks down.
With the help of the Dept of Drainage and Sanitation they hope to improve the
water quality of the lake while at the same time managing the needs of the city
and surrounding areas.
Also, this past year was their first year of electroshocking fish for
statistical analysis. How about a 15 lb. Northern Pike, 6+lb. Largemouth Bass,
5 lb. Smallmouth, and 12 lb. Walleye to tell you that the lake's fish
population is doing well. Besides these popular game fish, Onondaga supports 54
different species of fish, including Brook and Brown Trout.
Several club members have offered to keep fishing diaries on their trips to
Lastly, Joe and company took time to answer all of the club's questions.
cus
April 7, 2001
Salt City Helps Out NYSBCF Casting Kids
President Tomassi expresses thanks
At the NYS Bass Chapter Federation's Executive Board meeting held on March 25th
President, Wayne Tomassi and Youth Director, Mickey Fortunato, expressed their
sincere thanks to members of Salt City for their hard work at the 2001 NYSBCF
CASTING KIDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
Club members Chris Bowes, Joe Koetting, Steve Stefanko and John Weston were
able to assist the NYS crew throughout the contest.
In speaking to some of the members that helped, they said it was a very
rewarding experience to watch and help the youth's of
THANKS GUYS FOR YOUR HELP AND PARTICIPATION!!
WAY TO GO!
cus
February 17, 2001
CASTING KIDS CONTEST DATE SET
April 28th, Fremac Marina
Tournament director, Chris Bowes has firmed up the casting kids date with
Fremac Marina owner Monk D'Agata. The contest will be held on Saturday April
28th, tentative time would be from
More information to follow.
For those who wish to participate there will be two age groups 7-10 and 11-14.
We will qualify one winner in each group to represent
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
cus
Great Time Had By All
At 2nd Annual Awards Banquet
Pete Anderson strains back carrying his awards
Everyone had a great time and got to enjoy a wide variety of dishes. Turn out
at this year's banquet was exceptional as 57 members and their families
attended.
Pete Anderson was the big winner and rumor has it that he may have hurt himself
carrying home all his plaques... (we can only hope he
misses a few tournaments next year).
Suprise award winner was Joe Koetting, who garned the Most Improved award
(after Pete graciously declined it, due to not fishing enough tournaments last
season).
Thanks to Craig Terpening and Ron Kelly for bringing additional tables/chairs.
Also the club owes a debt of gratitude to Denise and Bob Mabee for coordinating
the food and setting up the room. Not to mention the nice cookies with the bass
boat in the middle. Too bad it has an OMC on it. Bob also donated his time and
money to develop and print out the paper certificates to the first through
fifth place finishers.
THANKS AGAIN!!
Hope to see you next year... maybe we can have the Dinosaur cater it!!
cus
February 8, 2001
PHOTO GALLERY
Check out the pictures in the photo gallery... do that by clicking on PHOTO
GALLERY in upper left corner of this page.
More pictures to follow...
Special Thanks to Andy Dolch for scanning them in and to Chris Bowes for taking
them.
cus
February 8, 2001
Club Banquet February 10th
Looks like even more food than last year
Only a few more days until the club will be holding its 2nd annual awards
banquet. The jury is still out, but we just may have more food than last
year... so be ready to eat and drink. Free beer, wine, and soda will be served.
Hope to see you all there... the jury is still out but club president, Mike
Cusano, may actually be healthy this year. Although, his son just came down
with a bug.
Keep your fingers crossed... and take your EKUNASIA (spelling?).
cus