Puyallup Hawg Hunters 2008 in Re

Puyallup Hawg Hunters
2008 in Review

code=iabIASYScom.class width=600 height=225> value=www.iasys.com> value=#336699> value=#000000> value=#ffffff> value="arial|bold|16"> value="arial|bold|14"> value=#000000> value=sequential> value="Click here for more details"> value="Sammamish Open|Sam_Open_07_Hobbs_300.jpg|The Team of Ron Hobbs and Jonas Pettit win the Sammamish Open with 10.02 pounds to edge out the team of Cooper & Johnson under nasty weather conditions on Lake Sammamish.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Lake_Sam_Open_2008_Results.html"> value="Sammamish Club Tournament|Sammamish_10_2006_Hoss_300.jpg|Hoss ( Mike Hostetter ) wins the Club Tournament on Lake Sammamish with 1 fish weighing 3.49 pounds edging out Kenny G by 1/100 of a pound for the tournament win and big Fish! Snow, rain and cold prevailed with only five anglers catching fish under adverse conditions.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Sammamish_3-29-08_Club_Results.html"> value="Lake Roosevelt|Roosevelt_2008_1st_300.jpg|Mike Buse wins the April Roosevelt Tournament with 25.02 pounds. Four other anglers were within a pound of Mike. With water levels 59 feet below full pool the fish were very concentrated. A great tournament with lots of fish and great weather! |http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Roosevelt_2008_Results.html"> value="Tri Cities|Tri_Cities_2008_1st_300.jpg|Jaymee Strasbaugh wins at Tri Cities in mid May with 16.58 pounds for 2 days with only 12 anglers fishing. Jaymee beat Kenny G by 1/100 of a pound and they tied for big fish with 3.90 ponunds. High water conditions prevailed on the Snake an Yakima but the weather was good with only gentle breezes.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Tri_Cities_2008_Results.html"> value="Whatcom|whatcom_2008_kennyg_300.jpg|Kenny G noses out Chris Ferry at Whatcom with 30.37 pounds for two days in June. After being edged out by 1/100 of a pound in two earlier tournaments he is finally the winner in another squeeker! Tons of fish caught at the tournament!|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Whatcom_2008_Results.html"> value="Lake Washington|Wash_Aug_08_KennyG_300.jpg|Kenny G wins for the second straight time at the August Lake Washington tournament with 24.08 pounds over Art Soto by less than one pound. Under good conditions with lots of boat traffic Kenny prevails again. |http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Washington_August_2008_Results.html"> value="Silver Lake|Silver_2008_1st_300.jpg|Jaymee Strasbaugh blows away the field on Silver Lake in September, for his second victory of the year, by 10 + pounds, with over 20 pounds for the 2 days. Not only did he win, he had the three largest fish caught in the tournament. This was Jaymee's second straight victory on Silver lake!|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Silver_2008_Results.html"> value="Mickelsen Open|Mick_2008_1st_300.jpg|Rob Towers and Chuck Warner, both club members, are victorious at the Mickelsen Open on Lake Washington in October. With only five limits and one largemouth brought to the scales the bite was tough and the fish smaller than normal.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Mickelsen_2008_Results.html"> value="Lake Washington |Wash_2008_Oct_1st_300.jpg|Hoss won his second tournament on the year on Lake Washington. This was a book end victory .. the first and last tournament .. for Hoss. Typical of the day after the Mickelsen the bites were few and not many big fish were brought to the scales.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Sammamish_3-29-08_Club_Results.html"> value="Club Hosts the Federation Banquet|Fed_Banq_2008_Raffle1.jpg|Puyallup hosted the Federation Banquet at the LaQuinta Inn in Tacoma on Novemer 8th which featured FLW pro Brent Ehrler as the guest speaker at what was a great evening.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/2008_Federation_Banquet.htm"> value="Club Takes 3rd in the Qualifier Series|Fed_Banq_2008_3rd_Place.jpg|The Puyallup state team finished third in the 2008 Federation Qualifier series. Gerald Dunn is pictured accepting the award at the Federation Banquet.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/2008_State_Team.html"> value="Money raised for Mary Bridge Hospital|Mick_2008_Raffle1.jpg|THe club raised over $1500 for Mary Bridge Hospital at the 2008 Bob Mickelsen Team Bass Tournament on Lake Washington. Since this tournament started over $31K and toys worth thousands has been donated to the children of Mary Bridge Hospital.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Mickelsen_2008_Results.html"> value="Big Fish of the Year|Silver_2008_1st_300.jpg|Jaymee Strasbaugh caught the big fish of the year in a club tournament with a 5.45 pound largemouth on Silver Lake. He also had another 5 pound fish on Silver the day he caught the 5.45. Those were the only 5 pound + fish caught all year.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/2008_10_Big_Fish.html"> value="Most Improved|Silver_2008_1st_300.jpg|Jaymee Strasbaugh tied with John Davis for the Most Improved in 2008.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/2008_Most_Improved.html"> value="Most Improved|Silver_2008_John_300.jpg|John Davis tied with Jaymee Strasbaugh the the Most Improved in 2008.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/2008_Most_Improved.html"> value="Angler of the Year|Wash_Aug_08_KennyG_300.jpg|Kenny G is 2008 Angler of the Year for the 3rd year in a row ( that's the second time he has had 3 in a row ) and the sixth time. With 5 dominating performances he had the championship locked up after the first 5 tournaments.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/2008_Point_Standings.htm"> value="Klutz of the Year|2008_banquet_aaron_klutz_300.jpg|Aaron Christel is the runaway 2008 Klutz of the Year Award winner for his numerous exploits! The top exploit was being towed in on Lake Washington because his kill switch was disconnected.|http://puyallup-hawg-hunters.com/Aaron_Christel.html">