On April
21 & 22, we held the 11th
Annual
Mana-Sota Mako Family Funament at the Sarasota Outboard
Club, in Sarasota, FL. Twenty-one boats and 81 people
fished that weekend. I estimate we caught and landed
95 fish during the weekend. A few “Big
Ones” did get away but there is always a good fish
story to be told. We ate very well on Saturday night and
Sunday afternoon at our Awards Dinner. We had
“Trash Can Turkeys” on Saturday and Pork loin
on Sunday as our main course. On Saturday night, the
children made a 3” long ice cream sundae. We
also signed on seven new member families. If you have
not sent us your membership this year, go to our website
and click on the button that says “Membership
App”.
Autoway
Ford In Bradenton, Mako Marine, L&S Bait (MirrOlure),
West Marine, Boat US along with many of our members help
support our costs to run this Funament. We really
appreciate their help. The results for the Funament
are below. Every boat is a winner and every child
under 18 years, receives a fishing rod or fishing
tackle. Please check out the pictures of the Funament
on our web site at
www.manasotamako.com.
Walburn
Fishing Team
24’
Grady White Cuddy
Woody
& Julie Walburn
Dylan,
Tyler, Patrick & Daniel
1
Spanish Mackerel & 1 Bonito
Tyson
Fishing Team
17’
Key West CC
Bob
& Susan Tyson
Jacob
& Grace (2 yrs old)
Joined
us for their first Funament
“Crack
of Noon”
22’
Mako CC
Kirk
Langenbach, Ingrid Massey,
Ron
Thomas, Cody Thomas &
Morgan
Langenbach
2
Spanish Mackerel
“Northbound”
28’
Aquasport Cuddy
Bill
& Deb North
Kyle
& Kevin
Kevin
caught the only fish, a Spanish Mackerel on his birthday
fishing rod.
“Ms
G”
30’
Mako Cuddy
Bill
& Gail Rivenbark
Brian
Rivenbark & Yvette Sizemore
Colton
& Tatum (1 yr old)
1
Kingfish & 1 baitfish
“Xtreme
Dream”
27’
Sport Craft Cuddy
Paula
& Chris McGrath
Dave
Kanwisher & Stacy Gounars
3
Kingfish, 1 Grouper & 1 shark
Paula
& Chris won an arsenal of water guns at the
raffle. At the Crystal River Family Funament, we are
targeting the Xtreme Dream with our squirt guns.
You’re going down! YEA!!!
“
Patti Mar”
23’
Mako CC
Jim
& Patti Krick
Jeff
& John
1
Spanish Mackerel, 1 Bonito & the big one got
away
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Jim led
the “Cooking Team” for this years Funament. We
all appreciate the effort Jim does every year to feed all
of us.
Britt
Fishing Team
17’
Mako CC
Martin
& Tammy Britt
Tatum
& Ryan
The
children landed 1 Redfish and 2 trout
“SI-FI”
22”
Grady White Cuddy
Donny
& Cindy Siford
Mitch
Siford & Chris Myers
No
fish, just a buzz.
L But they
helped cook the food for the Funament. Also, Mitch
won about half the raffle prizes.
‘Michelle
Kyle”
17”
Mako CC
Seth
& Michelle Nussbaum
Jamie
Nussbaum
1
very large Gafftopsail Catfish (ouch) & 3
Ladyfish
“Daddy’s
Medicine” or “Autoway Ford Fishing
Team”
17’
Sailfish CC
Mike
Ianero, Joe Valari & Steve Pardue
7
Kingfish, 1 Spanish Mackerel & 2
Snook
“Ann
Marie III”
28”
Mako CC
Jim
& Martha Costa
1
Spanish Mackerel & 1 Blue Runner
Most
of us at the Funament were shocked that Jim allowed a fish
and of course fish blood on his REALLY CLEAN AND SPOTLESS
BOAT!
“No
Shorts”
23
Mako Cuddy
Jim
& Cheryl Stephens
Tom
& Lisa Chase
2
Kingfish, 8 Blue Fish & 30 Spanish Mackerel (yes
30)
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You can
see pictures on our website
Tom
Chase suffered numerous injuries, cuts and bruises to land
these fish for this Funament.
“Reel
Lucky”
25”
Grady White Cuddy
Don
& Kim McGuire
Donny
Paul
This
was our Conservation Family of the Funament. No Fish
Caught! But, the McGuire family did donate the
fishing rods for the Children’s
Awards.
“Blue
Water Viking”
23’
Mako Cuddy
Scott
Dahlberg
Wayne
& Barb Dahlberg
1
Blue Runner and another “The Big One Got
Away”
“Mako
Me Crazy”
22”
Mako Cuddy
Mike
McKinnie & Cathy O’Brien
1
Gafftopsail Catfish
They
also hold the title of “Tangled Fishing Line Expert
Aficionado Award” for the
Funament.
“Jammin”
23’
Mako CC
Jim
& Helga Walter
Tanya
Walter
Tanya
caught a Gafftopsail Catfish, on her birthday,
Saturday.
“Gone
Bullistic”
28’
Mako CC
Craig
Brunstein
He
forgot his fishing rods but brought women with
him.
Thank
you for the great work you did on the Mana-Sota Funament
Banner and our t-shirts!
“Island
Road”
24”
Sea Hunt CC
Joe
& Kathy Snow
Mark
Myers
The
Snows owns Trailer Depot in Sarasota. Joe was our
speaking captain for the Funament. Thank you for your
maintenance suggestions and advice to our
members.
“Reel-Ality
Check”
25”
Proline CC
Paul
& Katie Smith
Emily
& Wayne
7
Jack Crevalle, 5 Grouper and 8 Spanish
Mackerel
“Boat
Fun”
23”
Mako CC
Bryan
& Lori Smith
Charles
& Jennifer
Tiffany
Lucas
Wesley
Gritt
4
Spanish Mackerel
We are
making memories with our children and
friends!
Bryan
Smith
president@manasotamako.com
(941)
704-4588 Office / Cell
(941) 755-5488 Office
Fax