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.
1^st Place - 12.88 - Billy Skinner & Bobby Kirby

2^nd Place - 11.11 - Robert Murray & Christian Carter

3^rd 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.

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 1^st 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.

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.

The awards BBQ and season kick off celebration for Yuma Pro Am will be January 30^th 2010. Our first tournament of the season is January 31^st 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.

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.

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 1^st 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.

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

2010 Season - TBA