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PARADISE BAY SARASOTA BAY
2021 – 2022 Boating & Fishing Club Calendar of Events
Revised January 4, 2022
JANUARY 2022
1/15/22 SAT 8:00AM CG Boater Safety Course, PB Annex
1/19/22 WED One Day Fish Contest
1/20/22 THUR Fish Contest Rain Date
1/27/22 SAT 11:00 AM Egmont Key Trip
FEBRUARY 2022
2/1/22 TUE 11:00 AM Meeting. Carport PB Office
2/10/22 THURS Women’s Only Fish Contest
2/11/22 FRI Fish Contest Rain Date
2/16/22 WED One Day Fish Contest
2/17/22 THUR Fish Contest Rain Date
MARCH 2022
3/1/22 TUE 9:00 AM Club Meeting, Carport PB Office
3/10/22 THURS One Day Fish Contest
3/11/22 FRI Fish Contest Rain Date
3/17/22 THURS Non-Award Winners Contest
3/18/22 FRI Fish Contest Rain Date
APRIL 2022
4/5/22 TUE 9:00 AM Club Meeting, Carport PB Office
4/17/22 SUN 1:00 PM Host Easter Dinner PB Hall
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Paradise Bay & Sarasota Bay
Boating & Fishing Club
January 2022 Newsletter
Happy New Boating & Fishing Year! Time to get out there and use all those wonderful presents you bought for yourself to catch fish or go boating?
January is going to be busy! We host Coffee Hour January 3rd. PB Hall, volunteers come at 9:00 AM. Wear your Club shirts or hats and remember Club pays for your coffee and donuts.
January 4th 9:00 AM Club meeting, PB Hall. We will announce when the Coast Guard Boat Inspections commences. It depends on their availability of the stickers for the new year.
One Day Fishing Contest is scheduled January 19th with rain date January 20th.
FRANK & BEAN Dinner is January 29th, PB Hall 4PM – 6PM. Volunteers are needed to make this a successful fund-raising event! We donate to both Sarasota Bay and Paradise Bay Activity Clubs and this event gives us the opportunity to be generous to groups unable to raise funds to continue.
Our generous donation is visible each evening on the canal going out the Bay. We purchased the Coast Guard approved lights on the posts marking the canal. Volunteers keep our docks and boat storage area up to date and tidy. Thanks to Scotty Yates our Dockmaster and his crew!
RED Tide is OVER for now and the Bay and Gulf are healing. Fish are returning and anglers are signing the boards for contests. We do have a running contest every day of each month. Dues of $10.00 make members eligible to win awards every day of Season. Members enjoy our two luncheons, the Chili Luncheon in February, and Fish Fry in March. You do not have to own a boat or even fish to be a member. We welcome all residents of Sarasota Bay and Paradise Bay to join.
New SPF 50 Shirts are coming!
Hope to see you all at our Frank & Bean Dinner!
Rick Plite, President
Chris Matteson, Vice President
Kevin Sullivan, Treasurer
Sheila Gilstrap, Secretary
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The Paradise Bay Sarasota Bay Boating & Fishing Club invites everyone to our next meeting, Tuesday, December 7, 2021, in the Paradise Bay Hall at 9:00 AM. FREE Coffee and Donuts!!! You do not have to be a member to attend our regular meetings, just bring your smile and be prepared to meet some interesting folks!
Dues are $10.00 per Season. You MUST be a member to document entries for all Contests. Entries also require 2 Members to witness and sign.
The FISH are back! Our November Fishing Contests are in the books, congrats to all the winners. Fishing is good and if you are lucky, you might catch dinner! Next One Day Contest is December 16 with rain date December 17. A GREEN Flag will be posted if the One Day Contest is a GO! WE also have a Monthly Contest which runs every day, that Entry board is in the Information Box near 2nd & Bayview.
The Florida Wildlife Commission has been busy changing Rules and Regulations, FWC.com and Paradisebay.info are both web sites with links to current legal Regulations. Paradisebay.info is OUR go to for all Club information. Minutes, Newsletters, Contests, Calendar, Dockmaster Notes are ALL there!
DECEMBER 2021 Contest Fish per FWC Regulations
TROUT 15”-19”, Limit 3, 6 per vessel. 1 over 19”
SHEEPSHEAD 12”, Limit 8
SPANISH MACKEREL 12” fork length, Limit 15
BLACK SEA BASS 10”, Limit 100 lbs.
BLACK DRUM 14” - 24”, Limit 5, 1 over 24”
PERMIT 11”- 22” fork length, Limit 10
BLUEFISH 12” fork length
POMANO 11” fork length, Limit 6
FLOUNDER 14”, Limit 5
Will add Flounder for December (flounder closed Oct 15 – Nov 30)
Rick Plite, President
Chris Matteson, Vice President
Kevin Sullivan, Treasurer
Sheila Gilstrap, Secretary
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Season is here, the snowbirds and white pelicans are arriving daily. Welcome back to Paradise!
SAVE THE DATE
November 1 Host Coffee Hour PB Hall 9:00 AM
November 2 Club meeting PB Hall 9:00 AM
November 17 One Day Fishing Contest ($10.00 Dues must be paid)
Official Rules
Eligibility:Residents *of Paradise Bay Estates and Sarasota Bay RV Park are eligible for membership. All paid-up club members are eligible for Club contests. Membership dues are $10/yr. and run from October 1 to September 30th each year.
Species Eligible:AllFish must be legal per Florida Saltwater Fishing Regulations.
Black Drum Pompano Sheepshead Mackerel Trout Bluefish**** Permit****
Black Sea Bass Flounder (closed until 11/30/21)
Measurement:Prizes are based on length of fish in inches, measured at a fish cleaning station and witnessed by two club members other than the catcher. Use “overall length” for all species except Pompano and Mackerel, which are measured to the “fork of the tail”.(Measured to the nearest 1/8 th inch) **
Registration of fish: Fish must be registered on the day caught. The sign-up board is at 2nd Street and Bayview. Entry needs the date, length of fish, anglers name and two club members as witnesses.
Contests:1) Monthly Contest & Year-long Contest (Nov. thru March)
Three prizes for each species: 1st place $15, 2nd place $10, 3rd place $5.
Members can win one prize per category.
Entries close at 5:00 P.M. last day of month.
*****Monthly contest closed during, allmembers one day contests
2) One Day Contest Each Month (Nov. thru March)
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Date set by club.
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Three prizes for each species: 1st place $15, 2nd place $10 3rd place $5.
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Members can win one prize per category.
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Entries close at 5:00 P.M. on contest date.
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Registration is in Gazebo a 2nd & Bayview.
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***In event of ties, Full amount will be awarded for each of the place winners. (EXCEPT ON YEARLY CONTEST)
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Entries cannot be put on board for Monthly or Yearly Contests.
NOTE: Subsequent to the contest, month prize winners will have 4 consecutive meetings in which to collect prize money or money will be returned to the Club Treasury.
*Resident : Defined by Park, as owner or Renter registered at the Park Office.
** Measured to the nearest 1/8 inch, as of January 2, 2018 by vote of membership.
*** Ties---Amended and approved by club membership @ Mar. 6 ,2018 meeting.
****Temporary-until redfish & snook become legal---- approved @ Dec 4, 2018 meeting
***** Added for clarification and approved by membership Jan. 7, 2020