| Yuma Pro Am's December Toy Drive was a Big
Success
There was a light turn out for the December turnout, but
it didn't stop anglers from being generous. Some dropped off toys at Sportsmen's
for us, and others who couldn't make the tournament mailed them to us. I
want to thank Manuel with King Cobra Tackle for originally suggesting the
idea and donating rods and tackle to give away every year since we started
doing the toy drive in December
December Finishers.
1st Place - 12.88 - Billy Skinner & Bobby
Kirby
2nd Place - 11.11 - Robert
Murray & Christian Carter
3rd Place - 10.60 - Dave
Willhide & Kalib Lund
Big Bass - 4.98 - Bob La Londe
Simon Apodaka from Taipan Custom Rods will
be presenting the anglers of the year with custom made personalized rods
at the BBQ. |
Yuma's Own Pat Barber & Russ Engel
from the Arizona Game & Fish Department's local office will be at the
BBQ to give a short talk about local fishing and what we can do to help with
the resources we depend on.
King Cobra Tackle Company is again supporting
Yuma Pro Am, and there will be several starter tackle packs in the raffle
from Manuel's company.
The Security Consultant is continuing to
pay for the mailing and web hosting for Yuma Pro Am as well as helping to
provide some of the great prizes you will see on the raffle table this
year.
Sportsmen's Hide - A-Way is again providing
the great steaks served at the BBQ and Edgar has said he would get one of
the vendors he knows to provide chips and rolls.
River Marine is again providing gift
certificates for all the 1st place finishers this year, and they
have said they will be donating a few items to go in our raffle at the BBQ
this year.
ROD & REEL REPAIR. Simon of Taipan Custom
Rods is also doing rod and reel repair. Just drop your gear off at Sportmen's
Hide -A- Way and he will get you taken care of. |
Cactus Kids Pediatrics &
The Security Consultant will be providing all the rest of the fixings for
the BBQ this year.
Pepsi Cola of Yuma & James Craig are
providing the beverages again.
TTI - Blakemore group of companies including,
X-Point, Daiichi, Bleeding Bait Hooks, Mr Crappie, Tru-Turn, Blakemore Lures,
Standout Hooks, real Magic, & Roadrunner will again be supporting us
with product and samples
Sign Pro - Del Outdoors has offered to make
us a new sponsor banner this year.
Goin' Fishin' Guide Service will be there
again this year as well.
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| BBQ - 2009 AWARDS & 2010 SEASON
KICKOFF
The awards BBQ and season kick off
celebration for Yuma Pro Am will be January 30th 2010. Our first
tournament of the season is January 31st 2010.
The BBQ will be held under the shade at Sportsmen''s Hide-A-Way.
There will be awards for the top five pro and amateur anglers, anglers of
the year, and special appreciation awards.
There will be a great BBQ and feed free of charge to paid members of the
2009 season, or new paid members of the 2010 season.
We will have a raffle for prizes donated from various sources including fishing
tackle, rods, reels, and other misc stuff. Each member will receive one raffle
ticket for each tournament completed, and two for paying their 2010 membership
at or before the BBQ.
4:30 pm: Dinner served until... all are served.
5:50 pm: A short presentation by Pat Barber and Russ Engel
with Arizona Game & Fish.
6:00 pm: Awards Presentation
Raffle follows awards.
Draw for partners follows raffle
ALL PAID MEMBERS OF THE 2009 OR 2010 SEASON ARE WELCOME
TO ATTEND WITH THEIR SPOUSE OR SIGNIFICANT OTHER AND MINOR CHILDREN. OTHER
GUESTS WILL NEED TO JOIN OR PAY FOR THEIR DINNER ($10) IN ORDER TO BE SERVED.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
SIGN UP AND PAY AS EARLY IN THE WEEK AS YOU
CAN. If there are more AMs
(non-boaters) than PROs (boaters) those who sign up and pay their entry first
will be drawn for the available seats. Also, this gives us an opportunity
to make some calls and make sure that there are enough boats for everybody
to fish. |
It is important for both
Pros and
Ams to sign up early.
WHAT IS YUMA PRO AM
?
Yuma Pro Am is a fishing tournament club that
pairs anglers with boats and anglers without boats to fish together as a
team against other teams. Pairing is by random drawing only. It is a great
opportunity to fish with new people and learn new tactics on the Colorado
River and Mittry Lake. It is a lot of fun, but each tournament is run a lot
like a professional tournament, and some of the guys take it a little seriously.
Be prepared to fish.
HOW DO I SIGN UP
???
Just go over to Sportsmen's Hide-A-Way
and sign up any time the week before one of our tournaments.
What if I am from out of
town?
Contact:
bob@yumaproam.com to make arrangements.
We have lots of anglers from out of the area who come and fish Yuma Pro Am
through out the year.
What Does it Cost ???
All that is required
is:
$15 Membership (good for the calendar year)
$25 Tournament Entry Pays out one
place for each five entries. Pro and Am pay outs are separate. The
1st place out of the money (not counting options) gets
a free basic entry at the next
scheduled tournament. (Next one
on the schedule only.)
Optional Side Pots:
(Not Required)
$5 Big Bass of the Tournament Paid
out to the boat with the biggest
black bass weighed that is in
the option. (May pay two places
if more than ten entries. There
are separate pots for pro
and ams. If one anglers is
not in the option then the
big fish for their category
(pro or am) goes to the next
place fish/angler in their
category.
$5 8 pound rolling pot.
Pays out to the boat / team with the
largest bass over 8 pounds
weighed in. If no bass over
8 pounds are weighed in then
the pot rolls over to the next
tournament. (If one
angler is not in the option
then the pot is split and the other half rolls over)
$15 Top Three. This is split evenly
between the top three finishers
that are in the option. There are separate pots for pros and ams. |
FREE FISHING
TACKLE
We give away fishing rods at every
tournament, and all participants get a chance to win. We give away at least
one rod, and if there are ten or more boats entered we give away two rods.
We also often get free tackle, lures, and gift certificates from our sponsors
through out the year to give-a-way.
2010 Tournament
Schedule |