Connestee
Falls Fishing Club – Monthly Meeting
Thursday November 17, 2022, Blue Ridge Lounge – 9:00 a.m.
Call
to Order – George Goyette
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About 30 members in
attendance
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Pledge of Allegiance
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In opening remarks,
George noted the 24 bottles of wine donated by Tracy Berry had resulted in a
$274 donation to the Bread of Life in Brevard.
Secretary’
Report – Dave Maeda
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50/50 Raffle – total
receipts $37. Linda Grambow donated her winnings back to the Club.
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Minutes from the last
meeting approved.
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Club memberships – 225
households.
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Boat Sales – One sale
for $700 in November.
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2023 Calendar Sales – To
date, 65 orders for 108 calendars totaling $1,417.
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No new Lunkers
reported during November. The year to date Lunker count is 16.
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13 First Catches
reported to date.
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George G. reported
receiving a Thank You note from the CFSSP for the Club’s donation of $250 to
the program.
Programs
and events – Linda Grambow
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Today’s program – The Muskie Mile by Landon Lipke of
Davidson River Outfitters (DRO).
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January’s program – Fishing the Banks of Connestee Lakes
by Chris Wunder.
Treasurer’s
Report – Vernetta Milts
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We
currently have a balance of about $30,200 in the Club’s checking account. after
Fish Fry expenses.
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Fish
Fry netted a profit of $7,022.
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Reviewed
the proposed Club 2023 proposed Budget which includes an $8600 deficit. Vernetta
noted that the Proposed Budget is only for 2023 income and expenditures and
does not include the current balance in the Club’s checking account. The
Proposed Budget will be posted to the website as soon as the 2022 expenditures
are finalized. Voting on the Proposed Budget will be both online and in person
at the 19Jan2023 general meeting. An email will go out to Club members when the
Proposed Budget has been posted and electronic voting is open.
Sunshine
Report – Marion Wolf
No cards were sent this month.
Outreach Program
– Nick Revill
As the retiring chair of the Outreach program, Nick thanked the
Outreach volunteers and provided a summary of activities and accomplishments
for 2022.
Fishery
Management Update – Joe
McMurray
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Lake
water temps have dropped into the lower 50s.
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The
Fall stocking of full sized trout has been completed. Joe noted that many of
the stocked trout were in the two to three pound range and that the trout
Lunker size may need to be increased.
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Plans
for the Spring trout stocking are proceeding. As part of the Spring stocking, there
have been discussions of substituting either brown trout or golden trout (the
rainbow variant) for the tagged rainbows in the Golden Trout Award. High
Country Trout, our current trout source, has both options available.
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Plans
to stock forage fish, bream, are also going forward tentatively scheduled for
February 2023.
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The
current hot topic of otters and beavers in the Connestee Falls lakes is a work
in process.
Adjourn
to the Musky Mile Presentation by Landon Lipke from DRO.
Next Club
meeting: 9:00 AM Thursday, January 19th in the Blue Ridge Lounge.
18 Nov 2022
Dave Maeda