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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
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NEWS OCT 2021
The Paradise Bay Sarasota Bay Boating & Fishing Club Officers are gearing up for the 2021-2022 season. Our first meeting will be held on November 2, 2021, in the PB Hall. Dues are only $10.00 for the season. This includes FREE coffee and donuts each meeting, fish stories and great fellowship. Hopefully, we will be able to have our luncheons and Frank & Bean Dinner. You must be a current member with Dues paid to place fish on the contest board, 2 witnesses (Members) required. The first contest is November 17, 2021. Please check FWC for current legal regulations. Our meetings are open to everyone, you do not have to be a member to attend.
The Red tide seems to be gone, let’s all hope for a full season of Boating & Fishing and activities. Scotty Yates, our Dockmaster has worked hard all summer to keep the Docks & storage clean and preparation for the upcoming Season. Included in this Newsletter is a note from him. We greatly appreciate all his hard work and want to issue a Thank You to him and his CREW, we greatly appreciate their dedication to keeping our Paradise great for all of us.
WE also need volunteers to Host Coffee Hour PB Hall Monday, November 1, 2021. Greetings from Scotty, Paradise Bay DockmasterAs “Season” is about to begin I would like to thank all the paradise Bay volunteers for their tireless efforts during the summer storms, removing boats from the docks, swings from the Gazebos, securing all items at the Pool and an “awesome” clean-up of the boat storage yard.
“The Crew” Tony Spindler, Jim Gath, Kevin Sullivan, Tom Hockin, Sam McCutcheon, Sonny Trader, Randy Darr and Darnel Darr.As most know we are back to “Self-Managed” in the Park. During the transition please be patient with all aspects of the Office procedures, Billing, Dock Lists, Wait Lists, etc., as previous computer programs and procedures did not always transfer as we would like.If you have questions about dock lists, gate codes, rules, note that there have been some changes along the way.The Paradise Bay Office & Dockmaster will be glad to answer your questions.Looking forward to a great season!Scotty Yates