First Ever SFSC West Coast Club Meeting April 5th 2011

how does the turn out look? might attend.

how does the turn out look? might attend.

Damn first post Ive ever seen from you.

how does the turn out look? might attend.

we need as many as we can get to attend

This is an open invitation for anyone that wants to meet some of the South Florida Shark Club members and maybe join or if you are interested in learning about our events scheduled throughout the year, well this is your chance. We are always on the hunt for new members and opputunities to strengthen the sport with quality fishermen that can well represent it. This meeting is an event to reach out to the Florida west coast shark fishermen who are actually more abundant then the east coast sharkers so with that in mind we are reaching out to recruit new members interested in shark fishing weather they are newbies or old salts -all are welcome .This is also an opputunity to sign up for the upcoming 2011 Big Hammer Challenge or just pick up a registration form.We will have free hot dogs and cold drinks for those attending so come out and meet some of the club members,talk shark fishing and make new friends.I will be attending this meeting with club representives Travis (Cape Haze Rods)and Chris (snookhunter) and we sincerely hope to see as many of you as possible come out on Tuesday.If you want to go shark fishing afterwards the pier will be open for those interested.

"FIRST EVER WEST COAST SFSC MEETING"

I'd like to see anglers that are registered on this site representing all areas of Florida's west coast at this meeting .Naples,Bonita Springs beach, Ft Myers ,Cape Coral,Sanibel,Englewood ,Manasota,Port Charlotte,Boca Grande,Anna Maria Island,Long Boat key,Bradenton,St Pete,Sarasota,Tampa,Clearwater,Reddington beach,Indian rocks beach,New Port Richey etc,etc,etc.

Roll call for next weeks west coast meeting.Who will be attending?

I'll be there

ill try to make it. who is bringing the kayak to paddle baits off the pier?

i will be there and big reels also

Just now seeing this, I wish I'd be able to make it..been wanting to try fishing up that way further north..I hear anything goes on that pier it must be nice to have that

me & the hubby will be attending

will can i bring my club fee to this since your going to be there instead of mailing it to you?

me & the hubby will be attending

will can i bring my club fee to this since your going to be there instead of mailing it to you?

Yes You can pay your club membership at the meeting.

I,ll be there,leaving from my work location(St Pete-Clearwater Airport area)My cell phone#813-317-7415 if people want to ride together.Also I will be leaving meeting around 9pm do to 2hr ride back and up by 5am for work.....Dave

me & the hubby will be attending

will can i bring my club fee to this since your going to be there instead of mailing it to you?

Yes You can pay your club membership at the meeting.

Awesome see you there!

It was great to meet the the west coast SFSC members who attended our first ever meeting at Sharky's Venice Pier.Snookhunter(Chris) and I traveled west for 3 hours and were met by a big group of west coast site members and club members alike.We would like to thank each and every one of you that attended and we look forward to our next west coast meeting -hopefully we will have more advanced notice and better preparation for the next meeting.Our next shark club meeting on the west coast we will mix in some west coast shark fishing that way it's much less strenous then driving the 3 hours west then another 3 back east all in the same night.

This meeting provided a chance to sign up new members and finally meet some existing members that we had never met before.Teams fishing this years BHC had an oppurtunity to pay there Team dues.Shark club newsletters were made available to those who attended as well as other writen SFSC shark fishing material.Topics we discussed included new Big Hammer Challenge line class categories for 2011 including spinning ,50 lb test and 80 lb test,suggestions for setting up a 2011 BHC committee, expected conduct from SFSC members fishing the BHC,better picture taking ,correct use of measuring tape when measuring sharks in the BHC.We discussed and got suggestions from those attending on drawing in new sponsors for next years BHC.Overall we covered quite a wide variety of topics. Other topics that were discussed and very important is the proper and expected way to welcome our new site members.
A special thanks to Travis Rupe and Dave Murray for helping us out.
Thanks to all that attended hope to see you all at the next meeting.

the pavillion provided by sharky's for our meeting