FW: LVH FC MARCH MEETING & EVENT SCHEDULE (2008)

LONGVIEW HILLS FISHING CLUB

MARCH MEETING & EVENT SCHEDULE (2008)

6 March (Thursday) ………… 9 AM BREAKFAST MEETING followed by a Litter Patrol on Big Creek.

We will cover all current Member Fishing Reports & several business items. Then we will proceed to have some fun enjoying breakfast with our friends. You are encouraged to bring a Funny Fishing Story, which could be shared with your colleagues. This is the prefect opportunity to legitimately do a “Bit of Prevaricating” !!!!

25 March (Tuesday) ……….... 8 AM OLALLA LAKE FISH ALONG

This will be our 2^nd FAL of the New Year. As you may remember, our Central Coast Fly Fisher Friends recently held a FAL at Olalla Lake & they caught several Trout. This will be our opportunity to put their Meager Catch to Shame !!!! Watch for a reminder Blast … Encouraging all Anglers to meet The General (aka Brian Hudson) at the Club House, on the 25^th, to form Car Pools, etc.

27 March (Thursday) ……….9 AM “SPECIAL” GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING ( NOTICE THE DATE TIME CHANGE ) !!!!!!

Due to scheduling conflicts, We have had to move our TOUR OF THE G. P. TOLEDO PAPER PLANT to the Last Thursday of the Month.

We will be coming out with a Blast, reminding You All of our Special Meeting Date/Time Change & also asking you to confirm your interest in being part of this Very Special Plant Tour. We will meet at the Club House at 9 AM & Car Pool over to the Plant, to arrive NLT 10 AM.

All Members are to be prepared for some walking & stair climbing both inside & outside of the plant. TOM PICCIANO, Communications Manager, for G.P. will be issuing each of us Hard Hats, Safety Glasses & giving us a Safety Briefing prior to our Tour. Tom has gone to some lengths to make Our Tour possible, in as much as, G.P. no longer provides Tours to the General Public. (Don’t Miss this One) !!!!

It’s very important That you … immediately …. Let Wayne Hill know of your interest in being a part of this Special Tour Event. Plant Security Requirements necessitate, that we let Tom know the size of our group prior to our arrival for the Tour on the 27^th of March.

ODFW TROUT STOCKING SCHEDULE FOR MARCH ( 17 March 2008 )

BIG CREEK #1 1000 Large Total: 2000 Fish

BIG CREEK #2 1800 Large + 200 Trophy Total: 3800 Fish

OLALLA LAKE RES. 1250 Large + 200 Trophy Total: 3450 Fish

GOOD FISHING TO ALL!

THE HOOK

THE HOOK

BEVERLY BEACH PATROL

We left the Clubhouse about 11:00 a.m. on Thursday. Looks like Wayne is starting off the day with the story about "the one that got away" . . .
This part of Beverly Beach was pretty clean. We walked by the cliff on the way back and that's where we got most of our trash.
We couldn't get too far from each other or we might get lost. I think this is Tom Roederer.
Talk about footprints in the sand. Aren't these rocks amazing?
Here we are with our "booty". Not a bad day's work. The walk on the beautiful beach was just a bonus.

And I got to spend my day with a bunch of good looking guys . . . can't complain.
First Lady

BEVERLY BEACH PATROL (1^st Qtr. 2008)
What a Great Day on the Beach!

The Beach Miester supplied us with Bags & Pickers …. Then he turned us (Tom Roederer, The First Lady, Big Fish, The Coach & Me) loose!!!! We proceeded to the Beach & had a very productive 2.5 Hr. Litter Patrol. I would estimate the 8 bags we collected would weigh in at about 200 + lbs.

Did we Save the World ?? No, but we “Put a Dent” in making our “Chunk of Beach a Little Better” than we found it & That’s what’s important. Special Thanks to All of You "Dent Makers" & check out the Cool BBP Pix above, compliments of First Lady!!!!!!!

The HOOK

Hopefully, many of you looked at the photos of the LVH Fishing Club putting in the fishing line recycling stations for ODFW. Following is an e-mail sent to John Spangler from Casey Deckard thanking us for our efforts. Good job everyone!

From: Casey Deckard [mailto:Casey.J.Deckard@state.or.us]
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 10:34 AM
To: john
Cc: Derek Wilson; Buckman, Robert
Subject:

John,

I wanted you to know that ODFW and all are greatly appreciative for the hard work that went into putting in the fishing line recycling stations. All stations look great and I have already received positive feedback from Jim Chamber (County Parks Coordinator) and public. Once again, Long View Hills Fishing Club has come through on another wonderful project.

Sincerely,

Casey Deckard
Fish & Wildlife Tech.1
Mid-Coast Watershed District
Fish Division

Star-crossed or snakebit, Pilgrim keeps on fishing - OregonLive.com

Star-crossed or snakebit, Pilgrim keeps on fishing - OregonLive.com: "We fished with Denny for steelhead on the Smith and Umpqua rivers on one trip and caught a cow, a stray that somehow became stranded on a riverside ledge after a flood. It hit the water as we approached, and Denny gave chase with the trolling motor as I lassoed it by lying on the bow and slipping the rope around her neck. It was, Denny declared, the largest cow ever caught in his boat -- and, of course, the only one."

Some of the members of the LVH Fishing Club participated in a project helping ODFW install some monofiliment recycling stations in various locations. We took the day on Tuesday, February 19th, and traveled to 5 separate sites. Hopefully this will help keep these areas clear by reminding fishermen to throw their used fishing lines in these containers rather than on the ground. It's always a good feeling when we can do something to help the environment.

First Lady

HeraldNet: Man's flies a feather in his cap

HeraldNet: Man's flies a feather in his cap: "WARRENTON, Ore. -- Forty years ago, on a chicken farm in Warrenton, Henry Hoffman started a revolution in fly-fishing.

Hoffman, 73, is a meticulous fly fisherman who spent decades studying the science of fly-tying and breeding chickens to produce superior fly feathers.

The grueling effort, which required extensive research into the world of poultry and large expenditures on feed, drove off his first two wives and left him unable to pay child support by 1973."

Scott Adams Quotes - The Quotations Page

Scott Adams Quotes - The Quotations Page: "Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a funny hat. Talk to a hungry man about fish, and you're a consultant."

MailTribune.com: The Fish Bum Diaries

MailTribune.com: The Fish Bum Diaries: "His head still pounding from too much goat-milk vodka the night before, Justin Crump makes the best of idle time waiting for his backwoods shuttle van to pick him up along the true backwaters of Mongolia.

Onto massive saltwater hooks, Crump lashes foot-long strands of course hair trimmed off a yak's back at a nearby village. It's a new streamer fly the wayward anglers have concocted to pick a fight with taimen, those 40-pound, 50-year-old Mongolian trout that Crump and his band of fishing bums are after."

Today, Wayde and I went with Casey Deckard (ODFW) to survey the 5 mono recycling station sites that LVH Fishing Club will be responsible for installing. We took photos to insure the poles go in the correct location. The first one was at the South Beach Marina boat ramp in Newport.

Wayde (being The Surveyor) advised Casey we would need to locate services before we dig to make sure there are no lines in the area, so this site will be done at a later date.

The next site we visited was Olalla Reservoir.

Then we went to the Canyon Quarry park site on the Yaquina River.

This next stop was my favorite of the day, Elk City. There was some history to be learned .

We marked the site for the pole .

And, best of all, we saw a mink (can you see him in the middle of the photo on the opposite shore?). It was a great way to spend the morning and we saw some beautiful country.

We didn't make the trip to the 1 mile marker in the Siletz gorge because we know exactly where that one is to be located.

We will meet Casey tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. to pick up the materials. There will be a work party at 7:00 p.m. at our house tomorrow night (Wednesday) for all who are able to come and help. There's not a lot to it so it shouldn't take long.

Watch for an e-mail blast from Big Fish on when the work party will actually be putting these poles in. It should be a fun day and, as always, the work will go faster the more help we have.

First Lady
and Surveyor

NEWSFLASH!!!

Tom Roederer has a 2006, 16' Smokercraft Lodge Fishing Boat for sale. Click on the Fish-de-Bay link and check it out.

First Lady

We had a great breakfast meeting at the Agate Beach Golf Course on February 7th.

A quick rundown which doesn't begin to cover everything discussed during the business meeting: John Spangler spoke about some of the upcoming events such as the tour of the commercial boat docks; Brian Hudson talked about the upcoming schedule of events; Wayne Hill spoke of the various fish traps; Dave Dinsmoor spoke about the SOLV bags at Big Creek as well as the upcoming Beverly Beach cleanup; Frank Stout suggested (along with Wayde Dudley) our club buy a boat the group who attended the Eugene Sportsmen Show saw last week. Unfortunately no one took him too seriously and the item was tabled for another as yet to be determined meeting; Wayde Dudley spoke of a project for ODFW he is working on with Casey and introduced a new member, Walter Chuck; and I mentioned there will be something new on Fish-de-Bay in the near future. Keep a lookout for Big Fish and his wonderful "blasts" on e-mail. All the information on this upcoming items will be forthcoming.

Casey Deckard, our good friend at ODFW spoke about the study he has been working on the last several months regarding the albacore fishery in our area. A lot of work went into this project and he shared the results as well as his methods of getting the information. The final report is not yet completed as there is a lot of information, but we learned a lot about this important fishery which has become very important to Newport.

We were lucky to have another good friend visit us, Dean Fleck from Englund Marine. He spoke about the rather sad state of the salmon fishery in our area as well as the state of the fishery along the west coast. He also touched on the marine reserve issue to let those of our group who were not able to attend the meetings last month what was going on in that area. Both of these are very important issues to all residents whether you fish or not.

As always, it was enjoyable, informative and a great way to spend the morning.

First Lady