November, 2008

Call to order 7:07

Attendance: Mike Hines, Diane K, Terry P, Chris N, JT Davis, Glen Mills, Jim J., Roy T, Mike Felege, Herb K, Greg Y, Bob E, Matt H

Excused Absences: Gary H

October Minutes:  passed, JT , 2nd Diane K.

Treasure report, passed, Greg Y and Rat Halt seconded motion passed

New business

·        Glen Mills resigned this month due to Job, Presidential job duty over load. Mike H the current VP has stepped in. Diane moved up to VP and Glen moved into Diane’s BOD position. Glen will still be in charge of memberships. Greg Y will do the newsletters and Jim J will take over the web site. Club materials that were stored at Glen’s House were moved to a storage unit on Mcclellen Avenue. $40 per month.

·        Letter for the Butler County Probation Office will be sent per request on the donation of $371.80 the club received.

Pete Alex, Erie sport fishing Association-Update on the Brown Trout stocking

·        The Club asked for replacing Brown trout for the Coho salmon since the Coho were discontinued by the PAFBC due to poor returns and problems in brood stock replenishment.

·        100,000 fish are allocated by the 3CU/WCC

·        Needed agreement from the GLFCommittee –approved the stocking of 100,000-150,000 fish per year. Stipulation the fish need to come from a disease free strain, procured @100,000 fertilized fish eggs from NY Salmon River Hatchery to provide a strain for brood stock witch will be harvested for future stockings(similar to the Steelhead Program)

·        3cu-received @32,000 eggs witch are doing well with low mortality

·        WCC-received @10-11,000

·        Hope to have a Brood Stock in 4 years

·        So there is at least a 4 year commitment from the FC to this new program.

·        Linesville hatchery will be where this program will raise @60,000 fish.

v     Bob Hetz-10,000 fish were the most ever stocked in 1990’s witch usually gave a 3-4,000 fish return. When released the fish will be 8-10 so survival should be good.

WCO Report

Ed Stuart, WCO Central Erie County

v     4 mile- nothing has changed East side of Creek from Dam to Lake closed.

v     West side is open, Cross foot bridge and walk along west side of creek to fish it. Fisherman can park in the GE Picnic Area Parking Lot-ONLY.

v     Fisherman must identify themselves when property owners ask.

Jim Smolko WCO East Erie, Western Warren Counties

v     20 Mile Dohlor Property- Lease Power lines down to Rt 5 Bridge- SRC have been moving their signs upstream and were asked to move them to the lease areas only.

v     Karl Wheelman and another guide have been guiding that area, Kile?

Brook Tolbert-WCO Western Erie County

v     Some problems at the Elk Creek access around the Red Barn walk in front to stream not around it.

Erie Access Program Update- Scott Bollinger, PA F&BC

Ø      $2.4 million , 20 projects approved to date(authority to act, takes @6-12 months to close)

Ø      7 property acquisitions

Ø      12 easements

Ø      $1 million sent to date, $1.5 leveraged with other moneys

Ø      Looking for property Info or interested parties.

Ø      47,000 linear feet, 8.97 miles total in the program.

Ø      Closed on 6 of 20 projects

Ø      Working on anther 4 properties

Mike Bialousz-PAF&BC- GIS Mapping

-went over the current FC web site and map

Jackie Kramer-PAF&BC- Access Department- working throughout the state with Land conservancies and other access projects

The rest of the State is looking toward the Erie Access as a model for the state.

Landowner Appreciation Baskets has been noticed by Headquarters and Sportsmen’s groups throughout the state.

Q and A followed

Meeting Adjourned at 8:44

Respectfully submitted by:

Chris Niebauer