OCTOBER MEETING & EVENT SCHEDULE

5 Oct. @ 9 AM      BREAKFAST MEETING at the Agate Beach Golf Course Restaurant. As always this should be a fun gathering of Fishermen & Friends. Please bring with you a funny story or joke that you might share with the gathering. We will also be looking for fishing reports from those of you who have recently been on the water. Guests are always invited & welcome to attend any of our meetings and events.

 

 

19 Oct. @ 9 AM    BEHIND THE SCENES TOUR OF THE HATFIELD SCIENCE CENTER     Members & Guests are encouraged to meet at the club house, where we will form car pools to get us down to the center by 10 AM. Our tour “Ambassador” will be Mr. Bill Hanshumaker. He will expose us to many of the center’s activities that have direct application to our Yaquina Bay Area. This should be a fun & informative field trip for all Club Members, don’t miss it !!

 

 

BIG CREEK LITTER PATROL     Our Bag Station Operation seems to be working and that means we will only have to visit the various stations to change out those bags that require maintenance. If you should be up on the reservoir and see a bag that is full, please notify one of the Club Officers.

 

 

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Newport News-Times: Sport anglers may no longer keep cabezon as of today:

Sport anglers may no longer keep cabezon as of today....................

Sport boat anglers may not retain cabezon after 11:59 p.m. today (Friday). Fishing for other bottomfish - such as most rockfish species, lingcod and greenling - remains open.

Cabezon harvest in Oregon has been limited in recent years by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission because health of the stock is uncertain.

"VETERAN" Fishermen Information !!!

Listen up Guys & Ladies !!!, The Disabled American Veterans Service Organization will have one of their Mobile Service Office Vans at the National Guard Armory, here in Newport, on 6 October 2006, between the hours of 10 AM & 6 PM. They will have fully qualified Service Officers ready to assist any Veteran or Dependent with benefit claim questions, and /or any other Veteran related issues.

Note: This service is free & open to ALL VETERANS without regard to their having DAV Membership !!           The HOOK

LVH Movie Stars

Thursday... 7:30 pm Channel 76.

Watch the Local Movie stars Big Fish (Wayne Hill) Sparky (Bill Furgason) dig for clams with the experts on the Oregon Coast Show.

Maybe they will watch their debut on the large screen TV at the clubhouse and sign autographs afterward. In passing Wayne told me on a personal not that Bill is a big camera hog....

FROM CLUB MEMBER PHIL REED...........................












Fished the Yaquina Bay, Saturday, September 9, no fish and tons of weeds Fished the Tillamook Bay Yesterday, we went 3 for 6, only 2 other fishlanded that I know of, tons of weeds and the wind/weeds ran us off by noon. Sounds like the Alsea is starting to kick out some fish on aregular basis, but lots of boats.

Outdoors - StatesmanJournal.com

Outdoors - StatesmanJournal.com: "Fishing advice free for the taking Saturday"

Fish Fly At 'Redneck Tournament', A Unique Way To Curb Evolutionary Theory Running Amok Along Illinois River - CBS News

Fish Fly At 'Redneck Tournament', A Unique Way To Curb Evolutionary Theory Running Amok Along Illinois River - CBS News: "Fish Fly At 'Redneck Tournament'"

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A note from Alan Canfield explains what the Central Coast Fly Fishers are about. Several of our club members also belong to this organization. Everyone is invited to check them out. John Spangler and Wayne Hill are going on Thursday. Anyone interested in attending can carpool down from Longview Hills.

Just contact Big Fish with a call or email.

Herman the Sturgeon was an attraction for Oregon State Fair patrons from 1935 to the mid-1980s, until safety concerns forced his retirement. Herman now resides at Bonneville Hatchery.

Tuesday, September 12, 2006
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon State Parks, and the Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation have launched an effort to bring back "Herman the Sturgeon," the famous white sturgeon that drew tens of thousands of visitors at the Oregon State Fair from 1935 to the mid-80s.

What follows are several issues the Club Officer’s will be speaking to over the closing months of the remaining year (2006):

(1) NEW CLUB OFFICERS---All of the Club Officers are tendering their resignations, which will become effective on the last Club Meeting of the year ,21 December 2006. This is in keeping with our Ethos of all Club Officers serving at the pleasure of the membership. It also allows for Club Officers who may wish to stand down to do so gracefully. To that end, effectively immediately all Club Members & Associates are encouraged to begin thinking about submitting nominations for all of the officer positions, i.e. (Pres.---V.P.---Ops.---Admin.---PAO). Big Fish will begin collecting your nominees, and we will prepare a ballot for a vote at our meeting on 16 November. All Members & Associates are strongly encouraged to be involved in this vital Club Process.

(2) BREAKFAST MEETINGS---Based on feedback to our recent poll. An overwhelming majority of you want to “test” holding the Club Meeting Breakfasts Monthly. To that end, beginning on 5 October and running thru December, we will hold the breakfasts monthly. At that time the New Club Officers will asses the situation, with your input, about how to proceed into the New Year.

(3) JOE LONGO AWARD---Poll results clearly support Charles Burke as the 2006 recipient of this years annual award. We will be presenting the award at our last meeting of the year on 21 December 2006.

(4) CLUB BALL CAPS---Sparky will begin taking orders for additional CBC’s. As you may recall, we will need a minimum of 12 caps to place an order. This will allow us to keep the cost of the caps at 10 Bucks each. If you want a cap let Ron Gibbs know or send an email to Big Fish.

(5) SALMON ON THE ALSEA---Stay tuned for more information. Big Fish is working with various Club Members, who own suitable boats, to coordinate this fun Fish Along Event. We hope to pull this off sometime during the last week of September.

(6) NEW POLL---We have reviewed all of this years Speakers, Field Trips, Events & Fish Alongs and now it is time for you all to give us your sense of what you would like us to try to repeat as we go into the new year. Big Fish will be putting this poll out to you in the not to distant future. We hope to give you feedback on/or before 7 December. We would welcome any fresh ideas you all might have for us to consider going into the New Year.

(7) ETHOS STATEMENT---You all are encouraged to take a moment and re-read our Club Ethos Statement. Does it, in your opinion, still accurately reflect what our Club stands for? Please feel free to give us any thoughts you may have regarding how we may be able to improve our Club’s relevance to “you” and other Members & Associates. This is especially important as we begin looking forward to the New Year ahead of us.

Season boasts strange sights, good fishing................

Published: September 7, 2006
Can you imagine launching at Garibaldi, crossing the bar and catching a halibut minutes later in 40 feet rather than over 40 fathoms (240 feet) of water? That's what's occurred recently as the ‘dead zone,' an expanse of water low in oxygen, has ‘buts seeking more comfortable conditions in shallow water by the bell at the T-Bay entrance.

Click on the below for complete story...........

http://www.newsregister.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=212403

Halibut sport fishery extended..................




The all-depth Pacific halibut sport fishery will be open off the central Oregon coast from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain every Friday through Sunday starting today (Sept. 8) through the earlier of quota attainment or Oct. 29. As more than 28,000 pounds remain in the quota, the daily bag limit has been increased to two fish.In addition, the nearshore Pacific halibut fishery remains open seven days a week inside of the 40-fathom curve (defined by waypoints) through the earlier of quota attainment or Oct. 31. The daily bag limit is one fish on days that are not open to all-depth fishing.

NW Oregon and SW Washington's most complete and accurate fishing forecast...

On to the report... Oregon Fisheries Update

Willamette Valley/Metro - The current minus tide series is dovetailing nicely with run timing for the upriver bright Chinook run on the lower Columbia River. Metro anglers are scoring excellent results from the mouth of the Sandy River to Longview using chrome and rainbow wobblers fishing near the shipping channel ledges. With a 5-foot leader and nearly as long of a dropper lead line, working the 35 to 52 foot depths, multiple opportunities are likely on the outgoing tides this upcoming week. The last part of the outgoing tide has been productive using Kwikfish to draw strikes reports pro guide Brandon McGavran (360-607-1327). Brandon has been one of the most consistent guides in this fishery. The limit remains one Chinook salmon per angler but fin-clipped steelhead or coho are also allowed but making up only a fraction of the catch. This will be the peak week for the lower Columbia River below Bonneville Dam.

Other Fish to Fry - New York Times

Other Fish to Fry - New York Times: "AFTER years of carving up tuna carcasses in my bathtub, catching cod in the dead of winter and cooking fish and chips for crowds of 50-plus I have come to be known among my friends as the fish guy."

Lincoln City, Oregon - The News Guard Visitor and Relocation Information:

Oregon Fish and wildlife reports fair fall fishing for the northwest area of the state
Published: September 5, 2006
NORTHWEST ZONE FISHING

Most Mid-Coast Rivers are open for salmon, steelhead and cutthroat trout fishing. Anglers are encouraged to consult the regulations prior to fishing a particular river.
ALSEA RIVER: Cutthroat trout fishing is open. Fall Chinook season is just getting under way with reports of a few fish starting to get caught in tide water. Typically, strong numbers start showing up in early September. Current river levels and forecasts can be found at www.nwrfc.noaa.gov/river/station/flowplot/flowplot.cgi?TIDO3.

Hello you All, this intended to give you a “Heads Up” on what I see on our calendar for the month of September. You may recall Mary & I will be up on the Metolius River for the first full week of September. This will be my last opportunity to do some real, Trout, fly fishing before the fall Steelhead & Salmon run. Sparky will be gone during that same time frame----so----the job of hosting the 1st meeting in Sept. will fall on Big Fish.

7 Sept. @ 9 AM Breakfast Meeting at the Agate Beach Golf Course Restaurant. As always, this should be a fun social gathering of Fishermen & Friends. Members are reminded that guests are always invited to attend any of our meetings and/or events. Come one, Come all with your latest fishing stories and enjoy this fun bi-monthly event !!

21 Sept. @ 9 AM General Membership Meeting. We will be having two guest presenters. Alan Canfield will be joined by his son Doug Canfield and they will be showing us, and explaining how to use, the necessary fishing gear we will need to fish for Salmon. What we hope to do, is use Alan & Doug’s presentation as a preview for a Fish Along, down on the Alsea River, using various boats owned by our members. You all will be hearing more about this as Big Fish gets this put together. Keep a sharp eye on your E-Mail traffic regarding this fun (late Sept.—early Oct.) event.

Litter Patrol………..We may not need to schedule a formal Litter Patrol this Month. What we see happening is a reduced Big Creek visitor pattern and Big Fishes Bag Experiment along the upper & lower reservoir’s seems to be working very well. Perhaps, all that will be required is a bag change at the various stations & some minimal pick up work. Big Fish will let us know what kind of “People Power” he may need. Watch your EM Traffic for more information on this issue.

Fish Along on the Alsea……………Stay tuned for EM Traffic on this issue !!!
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Newport News-Times: Crabbers sue to block crab pots reallocation:
By Joel Gallob Of the News-Times

A coalition of Oregon Dungeness crab fishermen and two crab fishing-related businesses last week filed a petition seeking court review of a decision by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission which, they say, unfairly reallocated the number of crab pots that can be deployed from fishing vessels harvesting crab.