NOVEMBER SCHEDULE

NOVEMBER MEETING & EVENT SCHEDULE

 

 

2 Nov. @ 9 AM       BREAKFAST MEETING at the Agate Beach Golf Course Restaurant. As always this should be a fun gathering of fishermen & friends. We will be joined by 2 guests representing the recent successful U-DA-Man Fishing Tournament. Tom Simpson & Mike Samples ask to visit our meeting to acknowledge the contributions made by our Clubs involvement in their worthwhile annual event. We will also be unveiling the Preliminary Ballot for the 2007 Club Officers. Good fishing stories & fishing reports are always of interest. Ron Gibbs will also be distributing recently ordered Club Ball Caps. Guests are invited & welcome to attend any of our meetings and events.

 

 

16 Nov. @ 9 AM     GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING at the LVH Club House. We will open the meeting with a guest speaker, Ms Jessica McLaren. She is the Outreach Specialist for the SOLV Organization. As you all know, our Club works closely with SOLV to accomplish our successful Big Creek Litter Patrol/Bag Collection Program. At the conclusion of Jessica’s presentation, we will be conducting our 1^st Annual General Election of Club Officers for 2007. Ballots will be distributed to all members attending and, at the conclusion of the voting, all votes will be tallied. The results of the General Election will be made to the Membership by using our Club’s Web Site & Web Page as well as a posting on the Club House Bulletin Board.

 

 

All Members are encouraged to attend this very important General Election Meeting on 16 November 2006. Your votes will have great impact on the direction taken by Your Fishing Club going into 2007.

Who says LVH fishermen (and women) aren't tough? Here are a few photos of
our outing to the Hatfield Marine Science Center on October 19, 2006. A
little rain certainly didn't hamper our day. We had a good turnout despite
the weather. We had an informative talk and tour, and learned a lot about
research, ecology and conservation. If you haven't been out there lately
you should plan a trip. It's very worthwhile.

pixs by Barb Dudley



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FEEDBACK PLEASE !!

Hello you All,

 

QUESTION: What is the status of our Litter Patrol Bags up on Big Creek ???

 

Have any of you Intrepid Fishermen been up to Big Creek lately ??  Dick Garvey helped us out last month with some good Bag Feedback. If any of you are going up that way…….Please take a look and let Big Fish know what’s up !! That way we can decide on what size Litter Patrol we need to put together for this month.

 

Thanks in advance for your feedback on this QUESTION.                   The HOOK

YOUR FISHING CLUB !!!

Hello all Club Members!!! Did you ever wonder what is involved in running our Club???  Well here’s the scoop….What follows are the position descriptions for all of the Officers. This information is intended to stimulate your interest in considering running for, or nominating someone, to assume one of the Club Officer positions for the New Year. Please let Ron Gibbs know of your nominations so he can put together a ballot for our up coming election, which will be held at our General Membership Meeting on 16 November 2006.

 

PRESIDENT>>Represents the Club at various on & off campus events, Chairs all General Membership & Quarterly Board Meetings, Writes a monthly F.C. Column for our Web Site/Page. Provides direction for the Club & Board Members, The Buck Stops Here !!

 

VICE PRES>>Stands in for the Pres. in his/her absence, New Member Recruiting, Special Projects as they arise.

 

OPERATIONS OFFICER>>Coordinates all Club Activities, Masters the Fishing Club EM data base for the Hot Mail Web Site, Works closely with the Pres. & other Board Members.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER>>Handles all Club Funds, Maintains the Fishing Club Telephone Roster & Liability Release Forms, Insures all new members get a Welcoming Packet.

 

PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER>>Handles all Club Photo & Media activity, Masters the LVH F.C. Web Page, Other activities as they arise.  

 

Expectations for All Club Officers:

 

1.    Support the Club Ethos Statement.

2.    Be prepared & attend all meetings.

3.    Review your EM Traffic everyday.

4.    Be engaged in the Clubs Activities & Collegial Decisions.

5.    Be willing to serve a full 1 year term as a Club Officer.

6.    Have fun being a part of something that is worthwhile & occasionally catching a FISH !!!

 

Well there you have it !! This is your Fishing Club and it will reflect your personal involvement. 2006 has been a fun year for the Club and with your commitment 2007 should be very rewarding as well. Please make your thoughts/nominations known to Ron & we encourage a full turn out at our 16 November General Membership Meeting. By the way we will also have a guest speaker at that meeting. See you all there !!!!                     The HOOK

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FALL IS IN THE AIR……..SALMON & STEELHEAD are on the move. Now it does not get much better than that…….well, maybe another win by the DUCK’s would be great too !! Stay with me on this month’s column, I have got a secret I’ll be sharing with you all.


SEPTEMBER just went flashing by with 2 new Club Members (Jack Pyle & Butch Mimich) joining our ranks. Jeannine Roederer is back in fine fettle, now we need to work on getting Shutter Bug (AKA Charles Burke) to the same place, and all will be right with the world. You all seem to be enjoying the Breakfast Meetings at Agate Beach Golf course and what a great general membership meeting we had with Alan Canfield sharing his “Secret Salmon Techniques.” Phil Reed was also available to augment some of Alan’s Good Stuff !! Did I mention our involvement with ODFW & the “Great Smolt Feeding Assist?” Several Members of our Club stepped in to give James Ray a hand in feeding 20 thousand of those “Bad Boys” before they were released to the wild. Then we got involved with the U-Da-Man Fishing Tournament by helping them make a really cool sign. Sparky (AKA Bill Furgason) did the lettering and it’s a master piece !! Drifter (AKA Ron Gibbs) placed an order for 12 more Club Ball Caps, so if you want in on this, make sure he sees the color of your money. Another first for the Club…..”The Great Salmon Fish Along,” yes, we did a 10 man, 3 boat Fish Along on the Alsea River. Only 1 fish was caught between the 3 boats…..you will have to ask around to find out who the lucky guy was, but I can tell you the Salmon was delicious. This was a really fun expedition, which would not have been possible with out the boats provided by Brian Hudson, Alan Canfield & Big Fish (AKA Wayne Hill). Big Fish gets a special Att’a Boy for his efforts to get the Alsea Fish Along organized…..it was a little bit like “Herding Cats,” but he pulled it off. I suppose I should mention my week of Fly Fishing on the Metolius River. It was a humbling experience. I caught/released 3 Rainbows all week. This is a very technical river to fish (7X tippets & size 20 flies), very clear water and hundreds of fishermen all season. If this sounds like a classic case of rationalization you may be right!! However Mary & I had beautiful weather and a great time…..I will be back to the “M” next year. It has been said, eating a little bit of Crow once in a while keeps a guy humble!!


OCTOBER looks like it will be a good month. On the 5th, we start off with our fun monthly Breakfast Meeting, which we hope to “spice up” a bit with you all sharing a funny fishing story or joke with the gathering. By the way, you have got to ask Sparky about his dog sitting story and maybe you can get Drifter to tell you about his recent motorcycle adventure. Rumor has it, that several of the new folks moving into our LVH Community are fishermen. When you meet & greet them let’s see if we can invite them to attend one of our meetings with an eye to having them join our Club. On the 19th, we will be doing a behind the scenes tour of the Hatfield Science Center. As always, we will meet at the Club House & Big Fish will get us into car pools to go down to the center by 10 AM. This should be a fun and informative field trip….don’t miss this one & feel free to invite a guest. The Big Creek Litter Bag Operation appears to be working well and Big Fish will be letting us know more about maintenance needs as we get into the month. Just as an aside, I will be going down to the North Umpqua River to try my hand at Fly Fishing for some late Summer Run Steelhead…..this could be another “Crow Eater”….I’ll let you know how this turns out !!

This is the moment you have been waiting for, it’s secret time…..some of you may know today (9/30) is my birthday. Yes, the Old HOOK cranked over 66 big ones today. All in all, they have been good ones. Oh, there have been a couple of bumps in the road, but that’s about par for the course. I have been blessed with a wonderful lady, 4 fine sons, good health & 2 nickels to rub together. Then there are my friends…..It has been said, “A man is very lucky if he is able to count the number of his friends on one hand.” I want you all to know how much our Fishing Club means to me. The camaraderie we all share continues to be very meaningful to me, and I am very proud to have been your President over this past year. The Board Members you all elected are “Top Notch Individuals” and they really care about You & the Club. I think it is important for us to recognize that it was Jack Scherer’s Vision that got our Club started, and now it is incumbent on all of us to keep his vision alive into the future.

In closing, I’ll leave you with this thought…..”The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire.” This sounds like some fishing trips I have been on. I suppose, there’s a message in there someplace, but I’ll be darned if I know what it is!!!

Well that’s the top of the news as it looks from here. Hope to see you on the water.
THE HOOK

WE NEED YOUR HELP !!

Hi Guys, our back is against the wall. Please consider digging a little deeper…….We need a couple more members to join Wayne, Ron & Dick Garvey to help with the U-Da-Man Salmon Tournament set up. I realize this may be an imposition on your weekend time. If you absolutely cannot spare a couple of hours on Sunday (8 Oct.) we will understand. If you can see your way clear to help us, we will be Very Grateful & Thank You in advance……….Please contact Big Fish pronto !!! 

The HOOK

FW: DEATH IN IRAQ

It is with great sadness, that I pass along, to all of our Fishing Club Members & Associates, the attached E-Mail received on 10-2-06 from Bill & Kathy Furgason. When you next see Bill & Kathy a kind word would be most appreciated.         John Spangler

 

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Subject: DEATH IN IRAQ

 

IT IS WITH MUCH SADNESS THAT WE WERE JUST INFORMED OF THE DEATH OF OUR GRANDSON, CHASE HAAG, IN IRAQ.

 

WE JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM HIM YESTERDAY (SUNDAY) SAYING HOW EXCITED HE WAS THAT HIS TOUR WAS ALMOST OVER AND HE'D BE HOME NEXT MONTH.

 

THAT'S ALL THE DETAILS WE HAVE, AS OF NOW.

 

PLEASE PRAY FOR COMFORT FOR HIS PARENTS, BONNIE & FRANK, FOR HIS BROTHERS, TAYLOR & BRANDON, AND HIS SISTER, ANA.

 

TAYLOR IS IN THE MARINE CORPS AND JUST WENT TO IRAQ A MONTH AGO. PLEASE PRAY FOR HIS SAFETY!

 

BILL & KATHY 

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Went back (to the Alsea) with my uncle today (Friday). He picked up a 25 lb chinook and I got a 32 pounder - all on herring trolled behind a fish flasher and 3oz lead ball droppers. The bungees worked extremely well, I am a believer. The hook almost fell out of the mouth of the one I caught when we got it on board, and my uncle got a soft hook up but the fish practically had it all the way down its throat. Both were hens, so lots of eggs to cure. Caught both above the first power line.
Brian Hudson
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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.

 

 

THE HOOK  

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