2011

Ocean City Marlin Club

Officers

Franky Pettolina President

Mark Radcliffe Vice President

Annette Cropper

Secretary

Brian Tinkler

Treasurer

BOARD OF

DIRECTORS

N. Dave Birkett

Ron Callis

James Jefferson

Val Lynch

James Giles

Bill Regan

John Sippel

9659 Golf Course Rd

Ocean City, MD 21842

April 2011

A Message from the President - I know that I have been talking about it for the past couple of Marlin Bills, but I mean it this time….

Spring has sprung and the boatyard is a buzzin’. I can feel the blue water splashing on my face and

hear the cry of, ―there he is on the dredge!‖ It is almost upon us boys and girls.

Diving right into business this month there are a couple of things that I feel need to be cleared up a lit-

tle for the membership. The Marlin Club is not in the hall rental business. The club house facility is

available for club members to rent, with certain guidelines. The Board of Directors came up with the

rental policies because of the huge volume of rental requests that were received as soon as the ―new‖

club house opened a handful of years ago. If every, scratch that, if most of the rental requests were

accepted there would be rental functions at the clubhouse every night we are open. This would not be

fair to the members as a whole. I am going to outline a few of the key items that seem to bring up the

most confusion.

1. In order to rent the club a request must be made through the Club Administrator (Amanda Shick).

This request is then sent to the Board of Directors for Approval. The bartenders, the kitchen staff, and

Shirley are not involved in the decision making at this part of the process.

2. You must be a member of the club to rent the club house for a function.

3. The rental fee for the club begins at $500. It goes up depending on the number of people in the

rental and the length of time. $500 is the minimum charge. (Amanda can provide all the details)

4. Friday and Saturday evening rentals are seldom approved. (There are exceptions, but each case is

looked at on an individual basis). A large portion of our membership is only in town for the weekends,

and we receive enough requests that there would be a rehearsal dinner, wedding or class reunion every

weekend at the club. Would that be fair to the members? Afternoon rentals are an option on

weekends.

5. The bar and restaurant are always open to members, no matter what function is going on. (During

my wedding reception- which was held on a Saturday afternoon- there were several members that came

in and enjoyed the bar). There is no exception to this other than club monthly dinners and tournament

functions.

I hope this clears up some of the issues with rentals. I cannot stress enough that we are not in the

catering hall business. Nor do we wish to get into that business. The Ocean City Marlin Club is first,

and foremost, a fishing club.

The Pirate’s of the Caribbean dinner is scheduled for this weekend (I like to think of it as the 2nd annual

Pirate Ball). I am looking forward to seeing all of the Buccaneers and Wenches in full pirate garb.

This dinner was a blast last year and I am sure this year will surpass the inaugural event. Next on the

list is the club’s 75th anniversary party on May 7th. Amanda, Annette and Dee have been plotting big

things for the party and I for one can’t wait to be there and celebrate our club’s anniversary.

A Message from the President - (continued) For those of you that are into the social network, be sure to check out the Ocean City Marlin Club

Facebook page. We are going to work hard on keeping it updated with lots of pics and all of the club

news and events. Feel free to post on the wall and put some fishing pictures on there. All I ask is that

it stays within a PG rating.

Fishing has been good over the past few weeks in lots of locales. The sailfish bite has been consistent

in Costa Rica. I talked to Capt. Gary from the Pumpin Hard and he had a good couple of trips down

there last week. The bluefin tuna bite has still been off the charts in Oregon Inlet, although the inlet

itself has been a little more hairy than usual. If you head down there please be safe. And last, but not

least, the daytime sword fishery in South Florida has been going strong. Susan McCart sent me some

pictures of a pair of swordies caught aboard the Billfisher two weeks ago. Capt. Jonny estimated them

at 100 and 250 pounds. Definitely nice fish.

The Marlin Club has lost 2 of its own yet again recently. Doug May was a long time member of the

club and was very well liked with a large circle of friends. He always supported the club and never

missed a function. I did not know Doug well, but the love of his friends and family attests to the type

of man he was. He will surely be missed. Amy Granville-Smith lost her battle with cancer this week.

Amy was well known in the fishing circles while fishing with her husband aboard their boat, Phat

Mann. She loved to fish and loved the lifestyle that went with it. On behalf of the club, I offer

sincere condolences to both Amy and Doug’s family and friends.

Until next month,

Franky Pettolina

Save the date...

The Ocean City Marlin Club is toasting its 75th year! Butlered hors d’oeuvres, specialty cocktails, DJ, ice luge…

are just a few of the things we have planned for what most will consider the season opening party of the year:

the Ocean City Marlin Club’s 75th Anniversary Party!

Saturday, May 7, 2011 - 6:30 p.m.

Details to follow.

6th annual OC Marlin Club NAUTICAL FLEA MARKET!!!

On Saturday May 7th we’re having our 6th Annual Nautical Flea Market in the parking

lot of the Ocean City Marlin Club.

It’s time to spring clean – get all that gear in order and sell what you don’t want or use

any more. You know you have rods, reels, anchors, line, and lures – all kinds of nautical

stuff just lying around. Why not sell it at the Flea Market and make a few dollars?

For the past two years the spaces were sold out and everyone said they were successful in

selling their ―stuff‖ so sign up soon – space is limited!

The cost is $20 per space – you set up one of your tables or throw out a couple of blankets

or just put the stuff out in some boxes or on the ground – whatever!

Reserve now by calling:

Tami or Mark Radcliffe

410-208-4510

*(Note – you don’t have to be a club member to rent a space)*

The sale will begin at 8 and ends at noon so you need to be set up and ready to sell, and

then to pack up anything you didn’t get rid of and make the parking lot available for

club parking.

Let’s get rid of all that STUFF – so we can buy more!!

The Fishing is Legendary…..The party Never Ends. So read the banner at the 2nd Annual Island Time Fishing Festival at Isla Mujeres, Mexico, February 15-19th. And banners don’t lie at least in this case. In two days of fishing 21 boats released 414 sailfish out of 786 bites, plus numerous wahoo, tuna, and dorado. But that’s only part of the story. There’s a reason it’s called a festival rather than a tournament, and that reason is the high quality entertainment for all five nights and the money raised for charity. Here’s a little history. Several Americans who now live on Isla Mujeres were thinking of how they could contribute to the betterment of their adopted home. The idea fermented, not unusual on Isla, into the concept of a fishing tour-nament where the fortunate could give back to the local community. The decision was made for the event to benefit “The Little Yellow School House” of Isla Mujeres. This is a non-profit school that assists special needs children and their parents. Then the second ingredient, entertainment, roared to life with several Nash-ville country music artists and executives offering to provide their services. Among those artists were singer/songwriter Phil Vassar (“Just Another Day in Paradise”), Sony Music Executive Renee Bell, and Emmy Award winner Tim Nichols, among others who love the island life. Thus in February 2010 the first tourna-ment was held and over $30,000 was raised for The Little Yellow School House. These funds allowed them to hire medical professionals and expand the facilities for these learning disabled kids. The vow was to make 2011 bigger and better, and it was. For example, the Captain’s Meeting was held Tuesday evening with Phil Vassar entertaining for three straight hours. Wisely, Wednesday was a manda-tory lay (read hangover recovery) day. Fishing days were 2 out of 3 starting Thursday, but in truth, with the entertainers and the party every night there were more than a few whose next day complexion matched the ocean. The bottom line is about $60,000 was donated this year and it’s all because good people do good things to help others. I can’t possibly name all those that contributed to the success of this event, but Jackie Walker and Mike LeFiles, owners of tournament headquarters, Jax Bar & Grill, worked tirelessly every day to see that the meals, entertainment, and awards went smoothly. Others donated items for the tournament buckets, or like OCMC Member Ron Laycock, who supplied at no cost all the t-shirts that were sold. Guitars signed by notable Nashville Artists like Brooks & Dunn and Kenny Chesney auctioned for thousands of dol-lars. All this went to The Little Yellow School House and hopefully some kids who haven’t been dealt a very good hand in life will have a brighter future. It just makes me feel good about our sport and those who par-ticipate. OCMC Member, Doug Salter **To see photos, go to the Facebook page for Jax Bar & Grill Isla Mujeres and look for 2nd Annual Island Time Fishing Festival.

2nd Annual Island Time Fishing Festival

Picture & quote from Jax Bar & Grill Isla Mujeres’— 2nd Annual Island Time Fishing Festival photo album.

“All the musicians played a special show for the children at the Little Yellow School House - what a great group of people to donate so much time to our cause! thank you Jon Stone, Nick Norman, Brett James, Dallas Davidson & Tim Nichols “

Here are the photos of a very rare pod of orcas off of Oregon inlet yesterday! They normally do not come further south than Iceland. This pod was in behind the fishing fleet attacking blue fin tuna! There were a total of ten fish that were hooked up, that were taken by these huge killer whales. Captain said they were behind the boat like barracuda in the keys!!! In the last pic you can see the line coming from the boat to the bluefin tuna in the orcas mouth!!! North Carolina sport fishing definitely has it all now!!!!

FW: Killer Whales off of Outer Banks

Story forwarded to the OC Marlin Club by OCMC Member, Donna Haffer

Myself, Brian Bowman, and Steve Sody went fishing Guatemala out of Casa Vieja Lodge. We fished with Ron Hamlin and for 3 days released a total of 33 sailfish, 27 on just the 1st day and a handful of dolphins. Three pictures from our trip are attached. This is our 3rd year at the lodge and as usual, the food was excel-lent and the personnel could not do enough for us. OCMC Member, David Barnes

The Ocean City Marlin Club Board of Directors would like to thank all of the Sponsors of the

Club for all the support they have given the Club over the past year.

White Marlin Level—$5,000 Sponsorship

Sailfish Level—$500 Sponsorship

Billfish Level—$1,000 Sponsorship

Blue Marlin Level—$2,500 Sponsorship

Experience Ocean City’s

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Assateague

Crab House

(410) 641-4330

2011 OCMC Fishing Tournament Schedule

2nd Annual Memorial Day Bluefish

Tournament Chairman: Franky Pettolina

Registration: May 27, 2011 6:30 p.m.

Fishing Days: (1 of 2) May 28 & 29

Awards Banquet: May 30 1-3 p.m.

32nd Annual Small Boat Tournament Chairman: Bill Regan

Registration: June 24, 2011 6:30 p.m.

Fishing Days: (1 of 2) June 25 & 26

Awards Banquet: June 26 6:30-9 p.m.

29th Annual Canyon Kick-Off Tournament Chairman: Franky Pettolina

Registration: June 30, 2011 6:30 p.m.

Fishing Days: (2 of 3) July 1, 2, & 3

Awards Banquet: July 4 1-3 p.m.

6th Annual Kid’s Classic Chairmen: Bill Regan, Annette Cropper,

& Pat Svehla

Registration: July 22, 2011 6:30 p.m.

Fishing Days: (1 or 2 of 2) July 23 & 24

Cook-Out: July 23 for Wish-a-Fish Kids

Carnival & Awards Banquet: July 24 5-8 p.m.

3rd Annual OCMC Ladies’ Tournament

Chairmen: Alison Sappington

& Franky Pettolina

Registration: August 4, 2011 6:00 p.m.

Fishing Days: (1 of 2) August 5 & 6

Awards Banquet: August 6 6:30-9 p.m.

53rd Annual Labor Day White Marlin

Tournament

Chairmen: Bob Wimbrow & Bill Fenwick

Registration: September 1, 2011 6:30 p.m.

Fishing Days: (2 of 3) September 2, 3, & 4

Awards Banquet: September 4,

Luau & Pig Roast 6:30-9 p.m.

33rd Annual Challenge Cup

Chairmen: Jon C. Duffie & Pat Svehla

Registration: September 15, 2011 7:00 p.m.

Fishing Days: (2 of 2) September 16 & 17

Italian Night: September 16 6:30-9 p.m.

Awards Banquet: September 17 6:30-9 p.m.

Eric Schline’s son, future OC Marlin Club Member, Jackson Todd Schline

Earth Day Ideas: 5 Ways to Go Green

Wednesday - Thursday

3:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Light fare Served 4:00 – 5:00

Full Menu Available 5:00 – 9:00

Friday - Saturday

3:00 – 11:00 p.m.

Light fare Served 4:00 – 5:00

Full Menu Available 5:00– 10:00

CLUBHOUSE HOURS

MONTHLY RECIPE

This is my all time favorite dip… and beware, it’s deadly… you can’t stop eating it.

INGREDIENTS:

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

1 cup mayonnaise

1 (4 ounce) can chopped green chilies, drained

2 ounces canned, diced jalapeno peppers, drained

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

DIRECTIONS:

Mix everything together. Pour mixture into

baking dish. Cook for 30 minutes or until

browned.

Sunday

3:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Light fare Served 4:00 – 5:00

Full Menu Available 5:00 – 9:00

Recipe submitted by India Bandorick, SaltwaterStyle.com.

Popper Dip

Celebrate Earth Day Friday, April 22, 2011! Help the Marlin Club be more earth-conscious & begin receiving the Marlin Bill by e-mail,

please contact Amanda at: info@ocmarlinclub.com or 410.213.1613.

1. Conserve Energy—Lower the thermostat a few degrees in the winter & raise it a few

degrees in the summer.

2. Save Water—Reduce your shower times a few minutes each day.

3. Conserve Gas—Walk or ride your bike when you can. Carpool with others.

4. Don’t Use Bottled Water—Purchase a water filter for your home & use a reusable

aluminum water container.

5. Don’t Waste Your Electronics—Donate your old phone or computer to a group that

accepts them. Interested in learning more? http://earthday-2011.com/