1) 2023 Regular Season schedule released. All dates are published on the website.

    - Only AOY events planned

    - Opens are not scheduled yet. Need to talk to CPW about live weigh

    - Focused on Kansas

     - 1 out of state license

     - Most confidence in lakes having water

2) BOD meeting held. Beside the scheduling of the season, the following

items were discussed. Many are still in discussion and we would like your input

    - Membership Drive.

         How are we going to promote the club this year?

          How do we enhance the angler experience to keep the members signing up in subsequent years.

         Our foundation is a learning club for anglers just being introduced to tournament fishing. We can't lose             sight of this.

    -  Social Media presence.

         Our website is adequate.

          We have limited updates on Facebook

         We have no presence on Twitter or Instagram

          Luke Davidson is going to take on as a project

       - Rules

         Our club rules are outdated and in need of updates

         The BOD is reviewing until 1/31/23.

         We are going to request the membership review in February 2023

        - Challenges for 2023

         Low water and making changes close to tournament time.

         CPW restrictions on Pueblo

         - Fundraisers

         Our Opens are at risk due to restrictions of live weigh tournaments

         Still no hot dog sales

         Need new ideas

         Need a couple of volunteers to champion

3) Sportsmen Expo - We have a table at the Discount Tackle booth. Contact Howard Binkley for times if you want to volunteer

4) STQT update - Top 3 boater & 3 co anglers will qualify for the nationals, representing Colorado

    Qualifiers 4 - 13 will make up the State Team and fish the regionals. Top boater and co     angler for Colorado at the regional will qualify for the nationals. 

5) Volunteer BOD roles for 2023

     Tournament Director - Howard Binkley

     Conservation - Justin Apfel

     Juniors - Open. Looking for a volunteer

     Community Liaison - Tom Grace

1) DBM 2022 Banquet on 2/25

     - Maggiano's Tech Center

        - $40 per person

        - Sign up on link that has been emailed to the club

2) Cast for Kids - Guest Speaker Chris

     - Event on 7/29 @ Chatfield

-       Registration will start in May

-       For more information, go to the Cast for Kids website

3) STQT Update - Mark Warren

        - Sign ups are now open at the CBN website

        - You must be a member in good standing with DBM ie. Signed up and paid for 2023

     - Entry fees are paid to DBM. DBM will submit all at once to CBN

     - Make sure your BASS membership is current through 2023

4) Tournament Director update - Howard Binkley

        - Most tournament dates are set with permits for 2023

     - Still waiting on Horsetooth permit for 5//20

5) Conservation Update - Justin Apfel

     - Launching a plastic soft baits recycling program

        - Bring your used baits to any tournament or DBM meeting

        - Sponsored by Big Baits

        - Launching a fluorocarbon / mono line recycling program

        - Bring your used lines to any tournament or DBM meeting

        - Sponsored by Berkeley

-       For more information, go to the Conservation page of our website

6) Junior's Update –

        - Announced Cliff Purslow will be leading this year

        - He will be reaching out to members in coordination for 2023

-       For more information, go to the Junior’s page of our website

7) Sportsman’s Expo

     - Thanks to those that participated

     - Overall a positive experience

8) Club rules

     - Will be posted online to club members by Sat Feb 4th

     - Will take any feedback through Feb 28th

     - Feedback will be discussed at March meeting

9) Club membership 2023

     - 28 members so far

     - 16 boaters, 6 co anglers, 6 will fish either

     - Discussed allowing solo boaters  if we don’t attract more non-boaters

-       Strong in favor but will revisit in March

1) Introductions of new members / juniors

2)   BPS 3/18 - 3/19 Spring Fishing classic

    - Need volunteers for Hot Dog sales, Juniors Orientation, Fishing Pond

    - Register online. Email with link has been sent out

3) 2023 Rules feedback - Cliff

    - Safety / Kill switch. Voted and approved

    - Front deck during events. Reviewed and aligned

    - Draw protocol, Reviewed and aligned

-          More feedback given, Extending review to 4/12/23

4) STQT

    - Deadline for pre registration is 3/13/23. Can enter late up till the morning of the tournament

-          As of 3/1, 30 boaters 19 co’s    22 are from DBM

5) Reflections on the 2022 Banquet

Had 25 .members and guests attend. Last 2 years down about 40%. Need to consider

changes for next year.

6) Signups are now being taken for DBM tournament #1 @ Pueblo on 4/22

    - Must be a member of DBM

-          Draw will take place at the DBM April Meeting

7) St Croix rod raffle 

8) April meeting will be the second Wednesday, April 12th, due to STQT

9) Conservation update - Justin

10) Junior's update – Cliff

      - First Junior’s event is at Liberty Springs on 4/15

11) Treasurer's Update – Gord

DBM Meeting 4/12/23 Meeting notes.

Meeting started at 6:07 PM

·         Introduced 4 new members at their first-time meeting.

·         Reviewed and thanked everyone for their efforts at the hot dog sale. We netted over $1900 for the weekend.

·         Possum Kingdom Recap.

o We were able to go around the room and had Luke on the phone so everyone could share their stories.

·         Jeremiah went over some of the co-angler best practices.

·         The subject of the $30.00 boat fee came up, it’s still in place as of now. But can be brought to the table if needed.

·         Rule Changes

o Went over the published rule changes, some discussion points were brought up, but everyone was for the changes as nobody suggested any new changes ahead of time.

·         Mega Bucks is still a points tournament, no change from last year.

·         The question was brought up about boaters competing against boaters and Co’s verses Co’s. The payouts would change drastically, and it was suggested that the person bringing it up complete a write-up for further discussion in the future.

·         Conservation

o Justin brought up the current project on a lake in Broomfield where the CPW is going to drain the lake and looking for a home for the fish.  Curtis mentioned Clay Carlson who was a big junior’s supporter to replenish his ponds after a mishap there.

o So far Justin has 10 pounds to soft baits to turn in, need 50 pounds to send in.

o Justin is also looking at options for a clean up day. He will keep us posted.

·         Juniors Event

o We went over the schedule for Liberty Springs on the 15th. We went over what the volunteers should be expecting.

·         We had the draw for Pueblo, we currently have 5 draw outs on the co- angler side. Briefly went over a few rules and locations. The rules will be sent out the everyone involved prior to the tournament. Copies will be available at the meeting the morning of the tournament. We currently have 16 boats and the possibility of more.

·         Jeremiah had the rod raffle; the winner was not in attendance and Jeremiah will be in contact with him.

·         The meeting convened at 7:45 PM

Coming soon

1) New Members. Cristian D joined the club for 2022

2) Live meetings / banquet   With current pandemic conditions, we will continue Zoom meetings only.

We do have an offer from Twin Peaks at Arapahoe Rd and I25 to host our monthly meetings. Some

concerns have been raised based on their business model. BPS still wants to support our meetings,

but conditions as must get better. We were planning a 2021 banquet but have put that on hold at this time.

3) Volunteer committees - Initial assignment are as follow...

    - Juniors    Jeff Gombos

    - Conservation   Rich Crine

    - CBN  Mark Warren

    - Rules  Looking for a volunteer

4) Member of the Year for 2021 is Cliff Purslow. Congrats

5) A motion was made to make Megabucks a points event for AOY. This was proposed to encourage more participation in Megabucks.. A vote will be coordinated in January with the membership.

6) STQT Coordination. We are starting coordination of DBM participation for the  STQT on June 12th-June 18th at Lake Oahe in South Dakota. We will send out an initial signup form to identify those who want to participate, identify participants that need partners, and assist in coordination for accommodations.

7) A tackle pack was given away to participants. Congrats Justin Apfel

Zoom Link Replay of the Meeting

1)    Welcome Jason Brown as a new member of DBM

2) STQT Update

     - Signups will start in Feb/Mar

     - We have  two DBM members looking to go as  co-anglers. If

           there are any boaters looking for travel partners, let Cliff know

     - Already have ~12 DBM teams tentatively committed

3) First event of the year is the Ice Breaker Open on Sat Mar 25th.

Signups will start Mar 1st

4)Who wants to be part of the core team to review the rules/ bylaws ?

Howard B, Cliff, Jeremiah so far….

5) Results of AOY points awarded for Megabucks

Yes 20 votes, No 9 votes. Megabucks will now be a AOY points event.

6) Alabama Rig. Discussion for use in 2022

We discussed two options. 1) Continue to dis-allow per BASS rules or 2) Adopt state

regulations for their use. For instance, Colorado has a three hook maximum. We decided

to allow discussion among the membership through February and we will have a vote in March.

To hear the discussion, please click on the Zoom Meeting replay link at the top of

these minutes.

7) Gene Campbell of Roman’s Warriors Foundation was a guest speaker.

Roman’s https://www.romanswarriorfoundation.org/ is an organization that

coordinates therapy trips for first responders ,gold star families, and military vets.

Looking to network with DBM for volunteer opportunities throughout Colorado. To

get more information, contact Gene at gcampbellfishing@gmail.com

8) TBF Update from Howard Binkley

No qualifiers this year. Colorado is in a division by itself. You can sign up for TBF

in 2022 and automatically qualify for the regional on Oct 1st and 2nd at Pueblo. Winner

of the regional gets an invite to the TBF National. Contact Howard Binkley for more

information.

9) Tackle Packs were given away. Congrats to Jon S and Ramsey

1) New member check. No new members joined the call.

2) Ice Breaker Open signups are open

        - Sat March 26th

        - You pick your partner or can fish solo

        - Entry is $250 

        - 20 boats guarantee's $2,000 for first place

        - Live weigh tournament

3) DBM#1 Pueblo April 16th 

        - Signups start 3/2

        - Must be registered with DBM for 2022

        - $40 to enter

        - Draw format / Card tournament

        - Draw to be held 4/6

        - To be in the draw, must be entered, and paid, by 6:00 pm 4/6

        - Wait list only after draw

4) DBM#2 Wilson April 30th - May 1st 

     - Signups start 3/2

     - Must be registered with DBM for 2022

     - $60 to enter

     - Draw format / Card tournament

     - Draw to be held 4/6

     - To be in the draw, must be entered, and paid, by 6:00 pm 4/6

     - Wait list only after draw

5) STQT Signups are now open.

        - To signup, go to the Colorado Nation Bass Nation website

        - You pick your travel and practice partner

        - You must be a member in good standing with DBM for 2022

        - Payment for the tournament is made to DBM

                - $225 to enter

                - $30 Big Bass option 

        - If you need help finding a travel partner, let Cliff know

6) Live meeting updates. Looking for a location

7) Alabama Rig discussion. Vote to be published on use.

8) TBF Update - Howard Binkley

9) Juniors Update - Curt Welch. Dates are to be determined, Cliff to publish a calendar to help Curtis plan the season. Justin Apfel and Gabe Dubois volunteered their support.

10) Congrats to Ramsey Romanin for qualifying for the National Championship in 2023. We won’t hold it against him it was for the state of Utah. We claim Ramsey as ours and wish him nothing but success in his journey.

11) Justin Apfel did a presentation on tying jigs

12) Announced sponsorship by Boat Juice. Use discount code 5150 Fishing to get 10% off

https://shopboatjuice.com/ 

Meeting notes from the July 6th meeting

·Jeremiah went over the State Team results. DBM did bring home the club trophy this year. The following guys make the team and if I missed anyone, I apologize. They don’t have all of the results online yet.

o   Mark Warren

o   Casey Welch

o   Ramsey Romaine

o   Andrew Bowman

o   Tai Hunt

o   Luke Davidson

o   Richard Crine

Congratulations to all who qualified.

Tournament rescheduling / Jeremiah and HB

· We are trying to reserve October the 8th for a reschedule of Horsetooth. I’ll keep everyone posted on the outcome of this.

· We are looking to move the Pueblo Night tournament o Boyd Lake. I’m in the process of checking with Boyd on availability and potential dates. We are trying to get in late July or August.

·Chatfield is plan B if needed. We can get on Chatfield on August 20th or 28th.

·However, Boyd is the preferred lake now.

Ft. Carson Kids Day / August 13th / Pueblo / Jeremiah

· We need boaters for this event. Due to scheduling conflicts with other clubs in the state, we could run short of boats. The size of the boat doesn’t matter, they will pair you up to suit your boat size and be legal.

·         To sign up for the event, just go to the Colorado Bass Nation web site to get signed up.

·         If you’re a non-boater and want to help, they can use helpers with cooking, distributing the gifts for the kids etc.

·         The start time will most likely be around 8AM on the 13th.

·         The event will take place at the North Marina ramp on Pueblo.

·         More information to follow.

Juniors Program / Curtis Welch

·         Curtis has set up a date of July 23rd for Donovan’s Pond to a junior’s tournament.

·         Curtis is expecting 12 to 15 kids.

·         Please get in touch with Curtis if you can attend.

·         These generally go for a few hours in the morning.

·         Curtis will get more detail out soon.

Cliff update

·         Cliff is doing fine after the first knee replacement. He had a few complications that were worked out. He is currently going through PT, which is never a fun time, but he is doing well. And he’ll probably be upset that I put this in the notes. Oh well.

Tournament suggestions /HB

·         To make our tournaments run as smooth as possible, I’m open for any suggestions. This year has been tough regarding weather and participation. With gas at its current level, its not a cheap venture to go to. So, with that said, we are trying to make everything run as smooth as possible and if you have any suggestions, I will ask that you send me your suggestions in an email, and I’ll do what I can to work with it.

·         We have new scales this year, which was a plus, and with the breaks we have had so far this year, I’m just trying to make the tournaments run smooth and enjoyable. Thanks HB

Meeting notes from the August 3rd Meeting

1) Discussion around reschedule of night tournament to 8/27 at Boyd

    - Why move to Boyd. Limited options to get the tournament in

    - Why 4:00 pm - 12:00am > BOD vote. Will discuss more for 2023

    - Draw will be held one week before on Zoom   3 boaters, 4 non's signed up

     Agreed to put a survey out soliciting feedback from the club for future night events

2) Announcement of rescheduled Horsetooth to 10/8

3) Low water discussion for Mac on 9/10 & 9/11. Backup if we cant fish Mac will be Cedar Bluffs, KS

4) Mac results from 7/9 Congrats to Gabe DuBois for his first club win

5) Juniors Event on 7/23. Successful at Donovan's Many fish caught, good time had by all

6) Three draws at the September meeting

    - Lake Mac 9/10  Draw will be August 31st on a Zoom call

    - Pueblo 9/24  Draw will be September 7th at club meeting

    - Horsetooth 10/8  Draw will be September 28th on a Zoom call

7) Fort Carson Kids Day on 8/13. Still need about 5 more boats. Please sign

    up on the CBN website. Email sent out with the registration link

8) STQT 2024

    - Being held in March 2023

    - Need 3 - 5 lakes nominated.. Take into consideration distance, time of year, accommodations, etc.. Lakes nominated and online vote is active through 8/10  

    - Fees will be raised next year to offset rising costs. Ok with it.

    - Are you willing to pay a higher entry fee if there are payouts ? Yes was the consensus

    - Are there any other recommendations or suggestions to improve the event ?

    - We need a 2nd rep for DBM on the CBN committee. Any volunteers ? Casey Welch volunteered

·        

DBM Meeting minutes from 9-7-22

Reviewed the results from the Boyd night tournament.

1st. place: Howie Wong, which was Howie’s first win in 17 years. Congrats to Howie for winning on an overall tough night.

2nd place: Gary Schipporeit,

3rd place: Sean Devos

Big Bass went to Howie

Boat Weight went to Jeff Winnicki and Gordon Phair

Troy Stenson with TBF came in and gave an update on next years TBF activities and direction.

·         Troy is trying ot get New Mexico in good standings and he’s working on the qualifiers for next year in an effort to get more than 2 people to the next level. In the past it was the top boater and non-boater.

·         This year they have 18 teams fishing Pueblo for the National Qualifier.

·         For those fishing this year’s qualifier, the check in is at 3:00 PM at a pavilion by the south marina.

·         After that they board will meet and discuss replacement possibilities for the 4 open positions on the TBF board.

The CBN board is meeting on Thursday the 8th to set a date for next year’s state qualifier. Locations will be determined later.

Curtis gave an update on the junior’s recent event at Liberty Ponds. The turnout was light at this event. And fishing was slower than usual for this location.

Donovan’s Labor Day weekend event for veterans went well, they had 11 boats participate and everyone caught fish.

Jeremiah received an email from Sara Bronson thanking everyone for their help at the service and to thank everyone for the donations on behalf of DBM. We were able to raise $780 from club donations and the club donated $500 for food and drink at the service. JJ’s dad has a video that he put together of the service and we will make that available for everyone.

We had the Pueblo September 24th draw. That information has been sent out to the participants.

The Horsetooth draw will be held at the October 5th meeting.

1) Cedar Bluff Results - Congrats to Jason Carpenter

We had 12 anglers complete. 1st and 2nd were separated by less than a pound

2) Pueblo Results - Congrats to Jason Carpenter

We had 22 anglers compete.

3) STQT 2023 Lake Vote - Casey Welch

The club was presented with 7 lakes to vote on. We had to narrow down

to 3 that would be presented to CBN. They were, as voted on….

-       #1 Tenkiller   10 votes

-       #2 Table Rock   9 votes

-       #3 Possum Kingdom  8 votes

-       #4 Choke Canyon 3 votes

-       #5 Quanchita 1 vote

-       #6 Texoma 0 votes

-       #7 Bull Shoals  0 votes

4) Club officer for 2023 nominees at Nov meeting

If you are interested in being an officer of the club, let Jeremiah or Cliff know by 11/1

Positions open include

         - President

         - Vice President

         - Treasurer

         - Secretary

         - At Large (3)

5) Megabucks draw

1) Horsetooth results – Congrats to Jason Carpenter for his 3rd win in a row

2) Megabucks results – Congrats to Bobby Martin, figuring out the fish were shallow.

3)   AOY , ROY, Top 10 announcement

         AOY – Travis Sneith

         ROY – Jack Wilson

         Top 10

1. Travis Sneith

2. Jason Carpenter

3. Howie Wong

4. Luke Davidson

5. Richard Crine

6. Matt Jurcin

7. Jeremiah Hofstetter

8. Gabe Dubois

9. Gary Shipporeit

10. Jonathan Sharpe

4)   Announcement of STQT 2023 days

         Possum Kingdom in Texas

         Pre-Fish April 1st – 3rd  2023     

         Tournament April 4th – 6th 2023

5)  Motion to sponsor Jon Pollock for travel expense to the

     BASS Nation Championship Nov 9 - 11th.  Motion made

  and seconded for $500. Membership voted in favor for

6) 2023 Nominees for DBM BOD

        - Nominees BOD

                     President – Jeremiah Hofstetter

                     Vice President – Mark Warren

                     Treasurer – Gordon Phair

                     Secretary – Cliff Purslow

        - Nominees At Large ( 3 positions )

                     Jon Pollock

                     Richard Crine

                     Luke Davidson

        - Nominees 2022 Member of the Year

                     JJ Branson

                     Howard Binkley

                     Jeremiah Hofstetter

         A vote will be launched on 11/6 and will be open until 11/30/22

         Results will be announced at the December meeting on 12/7/22

7) Future Discussion topics for 2023. 

     - When should we have the Ice Breaker Open ? Think mid to late April

     - Any team tournaments in 2023

     - Night tournament. To have or not to have

     - Fishing in July/Aug. Historically we have avoided due to heat. Some of our more

          more recent successful tournaments have been in these months. Should we consider ?

     - Low water challenges and contingency plans

        - Membership participation

        - Open topics by the membership 

8) Denver End of the Year Open 11/5 at Pueblo

1) BOD 2023

    Jeremiah - President

    Mark - VP

    Treasurer - Gord

    Secretary - Cliff

    At Large  - Jon Pollock

    At Large - Rich Crine

    At Large - Luke Davidison

2) Member of the Year 2022

     JJ Branson - 14 votes

     Howard Binkley - 10 votes

     Jeremiah Hofstetter - 3 votes

3) Signups for 2023 membership are open. Please sign up

4) Lake Nominees for 2023 from the meeting are

Cedar Bluff` (KS)

Norton (KS)

Wilson (KS)

Santa Rosa ( NM )

Pueblo

Boyd

Chatfeild ( night )

Nebraska lakes discussed but low water conditions are prohibitive

2021 Schedule

Including Megabucks

STQT 2021 – Grand Lake, OK Pre-Fish 3/21 Tournament 3/22 – 3/23

STQT 2022 – Hudson. OK Pre-fish 3/24 Tournament 3/25 – 3/26

Central Divisional for 2021 -Milford Lake, KS Tournament 4/21 – 4/23 ** Must Qualify **

DBM #1 – Pueblo 5/1

DBM #2 – Horsetooth 5/15

DBM #3 – Red Willow, NE Pre-Fish 6/11 Tournament 6/12 – 6/13

DBM #4 - Pueblo 8/22 **Night**

DBM #5 – Pueblo 9/11

DBM #6 – Lake Mac, NE Pre-Fish 9/24 Tournament 9/25 – 9/26

Megabucks – Lake Wilson, KS Pre-Fish 10/15 Tournament 10/16 – 10/17

Fundraising

Opens

4/10/20 – Pueblo Big Bucks Icebreaker

11//6/20 – Pueblo Entry fee and payouts TBD

SuperBowl Squares

$5 squares are available now. See email from DBM – Cliff to enter

Other

Decision on the night tournament.

Majority voted to continue.

President Appointed Positions

• • Tournament Director: JJ Branson

  • Juniors: Jon Webb

  • Conservation: Richard Crine

  • Public Relations: Tom Grace

  • Colorado Bass Nation Rep: Mark Warren

There are three Board of Director seats for 2021. Taking nominees now. 

Communication Methods

Will continue to communicate the following ways.

Owners are as follow…..

• • Social Media - Jeremiah

  • Email Utility - Cliff

  • Email Discrete - Cliff

  • DBM Website - Cliff / Brandon

  • DBM Meeting Minutes – Will resume publishing Jan 2021 – Cliff 

  • Within a week of each DBM monthly meeting

Tournament Results

Currently tracked on Excel.

Will continue to use the Excel spreadsheet. TD will own.

Payment Methods

Need automated way to accept credit cards. Gordan will identify a provider and define a process. 

Scales

Will continue with current scales. 

Must have a minimum of 40 working scales. 

JJ has some for repair / replace.

Get a known good count from JJ .

Place an order to meet the minimum. 

Tournament Payouts and Fees

The following fee and payout were discussed and approved.

Fee's collected from participants

Entry Fees

One Day Tournament - $40

Two Day Tournament - $60

Megabucks - $50

Tournament Allocations (big bass, scales, permits, marketing, etc).

10% of every entry fee will be taken by the club to cover operating expenses.

Megabucks allocation (Put into prize pool for Megabucks) $5 per entrant. 

There is no allocation taken for the Megabucks event itself.

Big Bass

(Paid to the angler with the biggest fish each tournament day)

$4 per entrant - 1 day

$6 per entrant - 2 day (Total pot split between day 1 & day 2 angler)

Boat Weight

(Paid to the boat with the highest total combined weight)

$4 per entrant - 1 day

$6 per entrant - 2 day (Total pot split between day 1 & day 2 boat)

Payouts

Number of boats: 

1st - 2nd - 3rd - 4th - 5th - 6th payout%   

Less than 14: 

50 - 30 - 20

15-19:

47 - 28 - 15 - 10       

20-24:

45 - 25 - 15 - 10 - 5

More than 25:

43 - 23 - 13 - 9 - 7 - 5 

New Membership drive

Expecting another COVID year. Will rely on our website and social media to attract new members. Jeremiah will talk with CBN about updating their website

Automated Forms Move to Microsoft Forms - Done 

Adopt permanently? Eliminate all paper - Done

Megabucks 2020

Discussed splitting between two regular tournaments in 2021 as a side pot.

There are 26 members that qualified for 2020 Megabucks. The total prize pool is $640.

The following option was selected:

Treat as a side payout over the first two DBM tournaments in 2021. The top 3 eligible qualifiers will be paid 50% ($160) - 30% ($96) - 20% ($64) per tournament. The highest combined total between both tournaments will be named as the 2020 Megabucks champion. 

Comments:

You cannot “buy in” for 2020. You must have fished 3 tournaments

There will not be an entry fee for the qualifiers

AOY

Suggested we expand best 4 finishes to all tournaments entered.

Discussed. Opted to continue with the best 4 finishes. 

Expenses for 2021

Discussed buying DBM branded gaiters for all 2021 active members of DBM.

Cost NTE $500 Quoting suppliers. Approved on 12/29

STQT

Discussed having a DBM only meeting to discuss structure, signups, and fee’s.

Will be scheduled for late Feb.