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Forsyth Bass Club to send 8 members to the Missouri TBF Bass Federation State Championship Tournament October 3rd and 4th, 2009

The Forsyth Bass Club will be sending 8 members to fish the 2009 Missouri TBF Bass Federation State Championship Tournament to be held on Table Rock lake October 3rd and 4th, 2009.

12 Forsyth Bass Club members to fish MBCA Tournament on Stockton Lake September 26th and 27th, 2009

The Forsyth Bass Club will be represented by two 3 boat teams in the MBCA Tournament being held on Stockton Lake October 3rd and 4th. Jerry Pagan, Mike Gailey, Jim Aley, Gary Judd, Mike Merrell, Chris Taul, Gary Hazell, Wendell Marsh, Denny Bissell, Jay Underwood, Bill Van Kirk and Ryan Boulwaremake up the teams. GOOD LUCK Everyone!!

September Club Tourny Sept 19th at Old State Park Marina, Stockton Lake

We will be launching at safe light this Saturday out of Old State Park on Stockton Lake this weekend. Due to several of our boaters not being able to fish, you really should get in touch with Jerry Pagan to find out who you are paired with.

August Club Tourny Night Scramble!!

The August club tourny is the annual over night scramble. Due to some score sheets not making it back in before the club meeting tonight, official results won't be available until next months meeting. However, we do know that Jerry "Moon Man" Pagan took the big bass honors in the night scramble with his 4.56lber.

Zebra Mussels Hit Home
The same day, the Missouri Department of Conservation told the AGFC that zebra mussels had been collected from Lake Taneycomo, which drains into Bull Shoals.

The AGFC hasn’t found other zebra mussels in the lake. Zebra mussels cause damage by forming thick mats that clog municipal water, industrial and power-plant inlets. Masses of mussels can sink boats in marina stalls. They have wiped out native mussels in some infested waters.

Zebra mussels were known in the Mississippi, Arkansas and lower White rivers of Arkansas, but had not been collected in Arkansas’s mountain reservoirs.

To prevent the spread of zebra mussels, boaters should wash boat hulls, trailers and live wells with either a 10 percent bleach solution or high-pressure hot water. Live wells and bait buckets with Bull Shoals water should be dumped before they leave the lake.

Learn more about zebra mussels at http://mdc.mo.gov/nathis/exotic/zebra.

August Club Tourny is the Annual Night Scramble!!

The August club tourny is the annual over night scramble. The lake is members choice, but fishing (take-off) begins at 7pm Aug 15th with the "weigh-in" at 7am Aug 16th.

Check out the pairing sheets available on the CLUB DOCUMENTS page to see who your partner is.... and remember that you need to get in touch with your partner as soon as possible to work out arrangements of where and when you will be meeting. If you or your partner are going to be unable to fish the tournament, please make sure that you let Jerry Pagan know as soon as possible so that he can get you paired with someone else.

July Club Tourny out of Theodosia a "Tuff One"

The July tourny out of Theodosia was a "tuff day of fishing" for many of the club members that participated. The 6am start had everyone up and out of the house VERY early Sunday morning, with 11 boats and 22 members showing up for the tournament.

Denny Bissell took the win with over 15lbs and Chuck Nofsinger up there in 2nd with over 13lbs I believe. I will post the complete details as soon as I get them.

2009 Kids Fishing Clinic

May 9th, 2009 was a day of fun and learning for all of the kids, members and volunteers that showed up to make this program such a huge success.. Click HERE to see the complete article from the newspaper. Click HERE to see the PHOTOS

10^th Annual Do Fishing Not Drugs Tournament

What a beautiful day Saturday May 9^th was to enjoy fishing and about 100 folks did just that. The Forsyth Bass Club and the Lake Taneycomo Elks Lodge hosted local children at Jerry Pagan’s pond. Children and parents began arriving at about 8:30 to pick up fishing poles and bait to begin catching fish. There were plenty to catch thanks to the Missouri Department of Conversation that had stocked the pond with lots of catfish and perch. Local conservation agent Buckie Nofsinger was also there to help out. For those that caught their first fish pictures were taken and application will be made to the conservation department for awards. Among the many fish caught were a 21 ½ inch catfish by Joshua Shockey and a 17 inch bass by Brandan Koller.At 11:30 the dogs, burgers and all the fixings prepared by Lodge members were ready but many of the children weren’t ready to eat so their parents had to get their meal and take it to them. They did stop fishing for the prizes! After the area around the pond was cleaned up they lined up for the prizes. They were all reminded of the theme of the tournament and as always the offer was made by the Elks and the Bass Club for them to give us a call if they ever think about doing drugs and we will go fishin!! Drawings for $50 bonds from US Bank were won by Maycee Lumley and Andrew Brown, from First Community Bank Makayla Schmitt and Devon Marsh, from Branson Bank Allyssa George and Cole Flood. Thanks to those folks from all of us.Then each child received a trophy along with bags of information from the Conservation Department and literature about just saying no to drugs from the Elks Lodge. Thanks to Jerry Pagan for the use of his pond, Save A Lot Grocery for potato chips and White River Electric for the trophies.Denny Bissell546-5582

February Club Tourny on Table Rock

The february club tournament will be heading out to Table Rock, take-off will be 8am from the Aunts Creek Public Use area.

With the cold water temperatures and the crazy swings in the weather lately it should prove to be a very challening tournament for our club anglers.

December Tournament Official Results

The official results for the December Club Scramble will be posted after tonights meeting

January Tournament Official Results

The official results for the January Club Scramble will be posted after tonights meeting

Several club tournament dates set

The January club tournament is also scheduled as a "scramble"; allowing members to fish any of the local lakes they wish. Each "Team" then brings their individual results back to next meeting for tabulation to see who won the tournament. The January "Scramble" is set for Saturday the 17th with take off at 8am and final casts no later than 4pm. Stay tuned for the January results to be posted as soon as they are available.

The club membership voted on the February and March tournaments during the club meeting Monday night; with February's tournament being held on Table Rock lake, launching from Aunts Creek on Sunday February 15th. The March tournament will be on Lake of the Ozarks on Sunday March 15th, on the Niangua arm.

The club tournament committee will set the remainder of the year's schedule and bring it to the membership for vote during the February meeting.

Club Membership votes to renew Forsyth Chamber of Commerce membership

During the January club meeting on Monday, the membership held discussion regarding the renewing of the Forsyth Chamber of Commerce membership. It was pointed out that we have been a member of the Chamber for quite a number of years and it is just one of the many ways that we can support our local community. A motion was made to renew our Chamber of Commerce membership for 2009 and was unanimously approved by the members.

Fishing Etiquette...... a few pointers

New to fishing in tournaments? Moving up to a regional or pro circuits? Maybe just curious what is considered acceptable when fishing as a co-angler?

Most of us here are not pro's so some of the information may not be set in stone, but its good information to know anyhow.

Our club has set some guidelines for our Boater and Non-boater members. Click here to see these guidelines

Here is a link to the FLW website where you can read several articles on the subject of being a co-angler..... http://www.flwoutdoors.com/article.cfm?id=137284

December Scramble Results

The December "Scramble" has been held and the results are in!!!! We had an incredible turn out for a club tournament in December with 23 of the 26 active members coming out to participate. Club By-laws state that our December tournament is a "scramble" meaning that after being paired up, our teams can fish any lake and and from any launch site that they choose. Bull Shoals seemed to be the lake that most of the teams fished and for good reason; Bull Shoals has been an incredible fishery for the past 6 to 8 weeks.

Top finishers were Gerry Pagan in first place with 16.xx pounds; Gerry and his partner fished Bull Shoals, launching from at "K" Dock. Second place went to Mike Merrill with 14.xx pounds; Mike and his partner also fished Bull Shoals and launched out of xxxxxx. Third place went to Bill Van Kirk with 13.56 pounds; Bill and his partner fished Bull Shoals launching out of Bright Elbow. The "Big Bass" award was won by Denny Bissell with his 19 1/4 4.06 pound small mouth bass. Rounding out the top 10 were xxxxx in fourth, Gary Hazell in fifth, xxxxx in sixth, xxxxx in seventh, xxxxx in eighth, xxxxx in ninth and xxxxx in tenth.

Congratulations to all of our members

Several club tournament dates set

The January club tournament is also scheduled as a "scramble"; allowing members to fish any of the local lakes they wish. Each "Team" then brings their individual results back to next meeting for tabulation to see who won the tournament. The January "Scramble" is set for Saturday the 17th with take off at 8am and final casts no later than 4pm. Stay tuned for the January results to be posted as soon as they are available.

The club membership voted on the February and March tournaments during the club meeting Monday night; with February's tournament being held on Table Rock lake, launching from Aunts Creek on Sunday February 15th. The March tournament will be on Lake of the Ozarks on Sunday March 15th, on the Niangua arm.

The club tournament committee will set the remainder of the year's schedule and bring it to the membership for vote during the February meeting.

Club Membership votes to renew Forsyth Chamber of Commerce membership

During the January club meeting on Monday, the membership held discussion regarding the renewing of the Forsyth Chamber of Commerce membership. It was pointed out that we have been a member of the Chamber for quite a number of years and it is just one of the many ways that we can support our local community. A motion was made to renew our Chamber of Commerce membership for 2009 and was unanimously approved by the members.