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LVH FC NOVEMBER MEETING & EVENT SCHEDULE (2007)

LONGVIEW HILLS FISHING CLUB

 

NOVEMBER MEETING & EVENT SCHEDULE            (2007)

 

 

 

1     November    (Thursday)…………@ 9 AM     BREAKFAST MEETING        Please come & join us at the Agate Beach Golf Course Restaurant for this information filled meeting.  As 2007 draws to a close, All Club Officers will be Standing Down & All of the Clubs Leadership Positions will be open for 2008 nominations.  We will also be soliciting final nominations/votes for this year’s Joe Longo Award Recipient. 

 

 

 

15   November    (Thursday)…………@ 9 AM     GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING       This will be a very important Business Meeting. We will be discussing, in some detail, the results of the recent 2007 Club Activity Poll & Future Club Activities.  We will also be voting on All of the Club’s Leadership Positions for 2008.  The Final Results of the Joe Longo Award Process will be announced.  Current Fishing Reports will also be discussed, with an eye on what’s happening with our 2007 Salmon Derby Action.

 

 

 

FISH TRAP ACTIVITIES >><< We wish to encourage those of you who have not done a TRAP TRIP…. to consider going along on one of the many Trap Runs scheduled throughout the Fall & Winter >><< Just get in touch with Wayne Hill >><< I believe you will find the experience both enjoyable & informative +++ You will have a “Bunch of Fun” with some really great people & remember to bring your camera !!!                  

 

 

 

We want to encourage You All to …. “Keep On Fishing & Crabbing”…. While the Weather continues to hold !!!!              THE HOOK

The following teams have been set to man the Schooner Creek Fish Trap: (If anyone is not signed up and would like to join a team or just become an alternate, simply reply to this email and you will be assigned to one on the teams).

TEAM CHINOOK: Bill Furgason*, John Spangler, Wayne Hill, Dave Dinsmoor

TEAM COHO: Brian Hudson*, Bob Breakfield, Butch Minich, Wayde Dudley, Barb Dudley

TEAM TYEE: Frank Stout*, Tom Roederer, Hank Bryson, Butch Minich

*denotes team leader

Each team leader is responsible for organizing the manpower necessary to accomplish the task on the scheduled day for each team. The leader needs to make sure the fish tally paperwork is filled out and a report with the names of the individuals that went to the trap, the hours each spent from the time the leave until the return, and the driver(s) and mileage. Get the paperwork to Wayne Hill (Box 165) and pass the gate key to the next team leader on the schedule.

SCHEDULE FOR DUTY (Mark your calendars):

Team Chinook: 10/29, 11/19, 12/10, 12/31, 1/21, 2/11, 3/3, 3/24, 4/14

Team Coho: 11/5, 11/26, 12/17, 1/7, 1/28, 2/18, 3/10, 3/31, 4/21

Team Steelhead: 11/12, 12/3, 12/24, 1/14, 2/4, 2/25, 3/17, 4/7, 4/28

From time to time James Ray may call up and request our assistance on other days and we will look for volunteers to help out.

Wayde will track each team's numbers to see which team handles the most fish for an award to be decided at the end of the season for some friendly competition.

This in from Bernie--Nice Catch!!!



> Wednesday morning (October 17th) catch at Big Creek lower reservoir. The bigger one
> weighed 1 pound; the smaller weighed 12 ounces. Not too bad for an
> hour of fishing.
>
> Bernie

(Sorry I didn't get this on sooner, Bernie. I think that fishing should only get better, though, and hope to get more pictures)

First Lady

The Associated Press: Oregon Man Back Fishing Pointless

The Associated Press: Oregon Man Back Fishing Pointless: "STEAMBOAT, Ore. (AP) — Back in 1998 Lee Spencer did two things that changed his relationship with the big steelhead of the North Umpqua River. He agreed to become the first full-time FishWatch guardian of the Big Bend Pool on Steamboat Creek, where as many as 400 large steelhead spend the summer in startlingly plain sight after swimming up the North Umpqua to spawn. And he started cutting the points off the hooks on his flies. Even people who know Spencer wonder why he would want to spend summers on Steamboat Creek 12 miles upstream from the nearest pay phone watching fish wait. 'No one else would do it,' said Joe Howell, owner of the Blue Heron Fly Shop in Idleyld Park. It is even harder to understand why the 57-year-old would cut the points off his hooks and file the wire stump smooth — denying himself the satisfaction of controlling, touching and ultimately setting free something so wild and beautiful. 'I was uncomfortable fishing,' Spencer said. 'I like these fish too much to kill them, even accidentally, or even to stress them out, unduly. 'It took me a month or a month and a half to not want to see the fish up close,' he added. 'I am not proselytizing fishing pointless, but my fishing is as good or better than it ever has been, as far as my own satisfaction.'"

FISH CAUGHT REPORT


CLICK HERE

We are trying something new (now, no groans). To the right you will see a small sign flashing "New". This is a link that takes you to a page called "Fish Trap Reports". We have taken what information we have and have started a journal, or history, of our fish trap experience so we can see how the fish count changed, check on the weather, or just see who was where and when. Make sense? Perhaps not. We will try to keep an accounting in the future of each and every visit to any of the fish traps the Longview Hills Fishing Club helps to service with Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

First Lady

10/19/07 and 10/22/07

Wayne Hill, Frank Stout, Wayde and I went to the Schooner Creek Fish Trap on Friday, October 19th to install new locks and check on the condition of the trap. There was quite a bit of work done on the ladder and several safety features added to the fish trap. There were no fish but the gate was clogged with leaves and debris which had to be cleaned out. Also, Frank Stout got down in the trap to shovel the gravel which had accumulated. Everything else appeared to be in good shape.

Our regular team duty started on Monday, October 22, 2007. John Spangler, Wayne Hill and I went back to check the trap. The gate was again clogged and Wayne Hill got down in the trap to clean it out. We were surprised how much debris had accumulated since Friday. There still were no fish, but we all agreed it was a such a beautiful spot we could not consider it a waste of time.

First Lady

We had our general membership meeting on Thursday, October 18th at the Clubhouse. After a quick business meeting we had a quick report on the U-DA-MAN Tournament as well as thanks from members of their Board.

Stephanie Payne, a Riparian Technician with the Lincoln County Soil & Water Conservation District was our guest speaker and talked about invasive plant species in our Coastal area.

Also, James Ray from ODF&W spoke about the traps our Club helps to monitor. We will start again monitoring the Schooner Creek Trap next week. Several volunteers who will be helping at the fish traps stayed after the meeting as James gave us a run-through on the operating and safety instructions for anyone working or visiting the fish traps.

First Lady

Charlotte Observer | 10/21/2007 | Balloons gave fishing trip a bang

Charlotte Observer | 10/21/2007 | Balloons gave fishing trip a bang: "The picture showed a friend of my friend hoisting a king of about 40 pounds and grinning as if he had just ascended to the throne of, oh, say England. At that special moment, his glee, at least to thousands of saltwater anglers, is highly understandable. Few thrills of inshore fishing on the coast from Oregon Inlet to Beaufort, S.C., match taking kings on relatively light tackle when they are feeding wildly, as they do so often in the fall."

SILETZ TRAP REPORT (19 Oct. 07)

SILETZ TRAP REPORT          (19 OCT. 2007)

 

Trap Team comprised of >> Roger Wilson >> Tom Roederer >> John S……..

 

Today was a long, rough ride in, very wet >>> 26 Fish Day…….2 Coho’s…….6  Native Steelhead……….18 Hatchery Steelies >><< Taken to the Siletz Tribal Council Headquarters.  

 

Unfortunately……one of the lower grates on the head of the trap suffered a broken weld. We were able to get it out of the trap & Roger will try to repair the damaged piece. This caused us to “Officially Close the Trap”……. Until Roger can return with the grate repaired sometime on Monday.

 

NOTE >> We will not need to supply a Trap Team for Monday !!!

 

P> S>> The River was rising at a pretty rapid rate as we pulled out about 2:45 PM………….The HOOK

 

 

U DA MAN FISHING TOURNAMENT

It was cold the morning of the U DA MAN Fishing Tournament, Sunday, October 14th. Thanks to coffee and donuts everyone got registered and on the water by 9:00 a.m.


It took us some work getting there but, as always, we had a lot of good teamwork to help.


Speaking of teamwork . . .


Our own Kevin McCarthy placed third. Good job, Kevin. But this year the 1st Place award went to a woman!

Everyone worked hard but had a great time. There will probably be more entrants from Longview Hills next year. Can't wait!!!

Kevin Finally Made It!!!

Kevin McCarthy appears to be the new leader in the LVH Fishing Club 2nd Annual Fishing Derby. It is a good thing that they don't have to be fresh bright fish. It looks like Bobber Fishing caught the First Place (to date) fish.

• 35 pounds, 44 1/2" and 28 1/2 pounds, 39" . . . on light tackle . . . a good day on the water in Lincoln County. . . (isn't it always?)

Good job, Kevin.

First Lady

WEATHER SPOTTER !!!!

VOLUNTEER WEATHER SPOTTER TRAINING        ( 7 PM to 8:30 PM on 17 Oct. 2007 )  

 

Now here is a Really Cool Volunteer Opportunity >><< How would you like to be “Hooked Up” with the National Weather Service & be trained as an Official Coastal Weather Spotter ?? !!

 

This training will be held, in Newport, at our Local County Court House, in room 104, on the date/time shown above.

 

Weather Spotters will be trained to recognize cloud features & other weather phenomena that can be the precursor of severe weather on our coast. We will be assigned a reporting code, which we can use to make Spotting Reports to the National Weather Service. They will compile & assimilate our various Spotter Reports into their Computer Forecasting Models. The end result will be Improved Coastal Weather Forecasts.

 

We think all Anglers & possibly various LVH Residents would find this Weather Training of interest >><< If you are so inclined >><< Please contact Wayne Hill & he will organize car pools, from our Club House to the Court House, on the evening of the Weather Spotter Training.

 

THE HOOK

 

  

 

 

This from Dave Dinsmoor re: his visit to the Siletz Fish Trap on Friday, October 5, 2007:

All. I went with Roger last Friday to the Siletz trap. Hardly any traffic on the way up. I knew I was in deep doo doo when we opened the trap door and when Roger looked in he exclaimed "oh crap". There were so many fish that we didn't know where to start so we just dug in. By the time we separated them there were only about 5 Chinook which we passed up stream along with about 6 native steelhead. That left us to process approximately 103 fin clipped steelhead. We left 10 in the trap and dispatched the rest. Only about 5 were under 10 lbs with the rest being in the 11 to 16 lb range. After zonking them we loaded them in the truck and took some up to the gravel beds and threw them in the water. After that Roger had to do a survey on spawning beds off of 120 which took about an hour, maybe less. We couldn't get radio reception and my cell phone was out of range so we took the remaining zonked fish to the Siletz food bank in hopes of someone being there to accept the 56 fish left in the tank. Luckily there were people there so we didn't have to go back to the gravel beds to dump them. All in all it was a very long and tiring day. My shoulders were sore from netting all of those fish. I got home around 5. TCM GO DUCKS

For those of you who haven't read the results of the Alsea Fishalong on your e-mail:

Alsea Fishalong 9/27/07: We had 13 fisherman in 4 boats participate in the Alsea Fishalong last Thursday. The guide, Ryan Miner, had Bernie Cooperstein, Dave Dinsmoor, Wayne Hill, and John Pitaressi, Brian had Dick Garvey and Dick Billingham with him, Alan Canfield had Mac Andrew and Butch Minich, and Frank Stout was with his brother-in-law Rich. It was a good thing that almost everyone hit the water a little after 6AM while it was dark, because as the sun came up the boat traffic looked like an LA freeway on steroids. Dragging dead herring around was the order of the day (a few Blue Fox spinners were seen in use here and there), but fish production was truly slow. Dave Dinsmoor was the big winner with a 28lb Chinook, but the rest of the fleet had that faint odor of skunk! Also, as we came by, Ryan did emphasize that he might be " THE BEST GUIDE ON THE RIVER" as Dave held up the big fish - no argument from our boat!. I'm sure Dave will be glad to share his catch experience with us at his first opportunity. Very few fish were seen caught, and the best report heard was about one guide who claimed he hooked 5, and boated 3 using Blue Foxes. Inspite of the slow fishing, the cool morning weather cooperated and warmed up to a comfortable level as the day progressed.

Corvallis Gazette Times - Venture

Corvallis Gazette Times - Venture: "Here in the Pacific Northwest, the presence and numbers of fish in the ocean are dependent on a variety of factors. Two of the most important are also the most basic: the rotation of the earth and our ever-present coastal winds. Our coastal winds, which generally come from a southwest direction during the fall and winter, shift to a northwest approach in the spring, and stay there, with brief interludes, until fall. The combination of the earth’s rotation and the northwest wind cause a spring/summer near-ocean process scientists call upwelling. Upwelling roils up millions of tons of gooey material from the bottom of the ocean and sends it upward near the coastline. Much of this goo is alive, just inactive in the cold, dark depths. Once the mucky brew gets higher in the water column and is lit by sunlight, all that living material gets real active real fast. The little plants (phytoplankton) start doing their photosynthesis thing, bloom and spread all over the place. The little critters (zooplankton) start moving around and bumping into each other, which always leads to breeding (this is why your mother never wanted you to dance close) and reproduction (which is what your mother was afraid of)."

ANNUAL JOE LONGO AWARD (2007)

NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2007 JOE LONGO AWARD

 

Hello to All Longview Hills Fishing Club Members,

 

As 2007 begins to draw to a close, we ask you to begin thinking about which Club Member you would like to nominate for our Annual Joe Longo Award.

 

This award is intended to memorialize Joe by recognizing members who have Displayed Outstanding Support for the Club, through out the year, & clearly demonstrate the Spirit of our Club’s Ethos Statement.

 

Please let us know who you feel should be nominated, so that we can present the nominees to you, at our 15 November General Membership Meeting. Feel free to contact any of the Club Board Members, with your nominations, prior to this November Meeting.

 

As we have done in the past, the Award Presentation Ceremony will be the High Light of our 20 December Christmas Party Meeting.

 

This is your opportunity to recognize one of our own Outstanding Members for 2007……..Please give this your careful consideration.

 

Thank You………….THE HOOK