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TROUT TALK
The Official Newsletter of Western New York Trout Unlimited (www.wnytroutunlimited.org) November, 2012
OFFICERS
Gary Coons—President [email protected]
7329 Townline Rd, N. Tonawanda NY 14120 (695-1003)
Gene Romanyshyn-Vice President
5289 Roberts Rd., Hamburg NY 14075 (491-6111)
Antoinette Grote-Secretary (684-9523)
Tony Messina-Treasurer
33 Deveraux, Buffalo, NY 14214 (832-8517) [email protected]
COMMITTEES
Awards-Dave Tooke (688-7492) [email protected]
Education-Antoinette Grote (684-9523)
Library-Nick Pionessa (683-1873)
Membership-Larry Bolster (688-5836)
Fly tying sessions-Len Bigaj (826-4178)
Resource protection-Gary Coons (695-1003)
Salmon & Steelhead-Don Kwiatkowski (894-9807) & Nick Pionessa
Shows-Len Bigaj (826-4178)
Spring Banquet-Len Bigaj (826-4178)
Stream Projects-Chuck Godfrey (440-6995)
Sunshine-Dee Maciejewski (655-1331)
Website: Ric Toczek [email protected]
Welcome-Len Bigaj (826-4178)
Video Library-Jim Zak (894-7301)
Erie County Federation Reps:
Chuck Godfrey (675-0057) [email protected]
State Council Delegates:
Chuck Godfrey (675-0057)
Gene Romanyshyn (627-2888)
Newsletter: Russell Shefrin [email protected]
Next WNY TU Chapter Meeting: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 7:30 pm at the Donovan American
Legion Post, 3210 Genesee Street, Cheektowaga, New York. Fly tying starts at 6 p.m. Please bring green
thread, because we will be tying Woolly Buggers.
Our speaker, for the “entertainment” portion of the meeting, will be Ms. Margaret Wooster of Buffalo
Niagara River Keeper. This presentation promises to be a highly informative discussion of an important
area resource once thought to be “dead”. Ms. Wooster was to be our speaker at the October meeting, which
had to be cancelled because of weather. She has kindly agreed to talk with us this month. Please join us.
President’s Report
Greetings, Fellow Anglers and Conservationists,
OK, one more time. (You’ve heard that somewhere before, right?)
With the cancelation of the October meeting due to tropical storm Sandy, we were unable to have our elections.
Though we have no unopposed offices on the slate, our current bylaws require that we make nominations available
from the floor. So…elections will take place at our November membership meeting.
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Our chapter’s financial and CEI reports are complete. Once again the “numbers” confirm what I’ve known all
along: WNYTU is an active, involved organization which puts our “money where our mouth is” when it comes to
conserving and protecting our coldwater resources. “Thank you”, to all of you who participate in the process. You
make us look good.
Some of you will remember, from a couple of years ago, the reintroduction of the Deepwater Ciscoes.
Unfortunately, the experiment failed, and none of the Ciscoes survived. The Deepwater Ciscoe, also known as
“bloater”, is native to Lake Ontario but has not been present since 1983. So, the question is, why is it important to
reintroduce an extirpated species? The answer is the Deepwater Ciscoe has something that the alewife and rainbow
smelt, the current forage fish for Lake Trout, lack, namely, Thiamin. Yup, Vitamin B1. When the Lakers forage on
the alewife and rainbow smelt, both invasive species, the thiaminase condition causes problems of reproductive
failure due to the vitamin B deficiency. Furthermore, Dr. Chris Goddard, Executive Secretary of the Great Lakes
Fishery Commission has stated that, “Re-establishing Deepwater Ciscoes in the lake will reduce opportunities for
new invasive species to colonize the offshore, deepwater zone and fill the niche that bloaters are most suited to fill.”
Once again Margaret Wooster, of Buffalo Niagara River Keeper, has agreed to be our
guest speaker. The Buffalo Niagara River Keeper is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act.
This will be the last newsletter you’ll see before the Christmas party, so I would be remiss if I didn’t mention it.
As in previous years, this event is NOT a public meeting but, rather, a membership social function complementing
the holiday season. As a member of WNYTU, please feel free to bring your spouse or significant other. The
Christmas party will take place on Thursday, December 13th, 2012, starting at 7pm., at the Donovan Post. I would
encourage you to come out and join us for the evening festivities. Bring a wrapped gift, valued at $10 to $15, for
the Yankee Swap. Please let us know if you are coming so we can plan accordingly.
We ALL live downstream. Please come out and support YOUR local chapter, become involved.
See you at the meeting.
Gary Coons, WNYTU Chapter President.
Announcements
A Report from Mr. Len Bigaj: Project Healing Waters Update - We will be tying with the Vets at the
V.A on 12-20-12, 1-10-13, 2-21-13, 3-14-13, 4-11-13. If you would like to help, just show up! We are in
Freedom Hall, 3rd. floor. Thanks, LEN.
News from DEC: Mr. Scott Cornett has requested that those who participated in this year’s DEC angler
diary program for the Wiscoy Creek kindly return the completed diaries after 10/31/2012. Diaries should
be mailed to: Mr. Jim Zanett, NYS DEC, 182 E. Union Street, Suite #3, Allegany, New York 14706.
Fund Raising: Here is the current list of contributors to our annual banquet.
“Trophy Level ($1000 and up) Sponsor”: Praxair.
“Brookie Level ($250 - $499) Sponsor”: Simms.
“Rainbow Level ($100 - $249) Sponsor: The Seneca Gaming Commission.
“Emerger Level ($50 - $99) Sponsor”: Niagara Gun Range, Patagonia, Delta Sonic.
Banquet Chairman, Mr. Bill Jedlicka, writes:
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The Banquet will be held on March 23, 2013, at Lucarelli’s Banquet Center in Lackawanna.
As you can see, our list of contributors is growing. However, to make this effort successful, continued
support is needed. If you know a company, small business, individual or group of individuals that you
think would be interested in contributing, please let me know. I would be very happy to speak with them
and to discuss what we do and how they can help through contributing at a sponsorship level comfortable
for them. I can be reached at [email protected] or 716-481-7003.
As a reminder, here are the 2013 Annual Banquet Sponsorship Levels. All donors will be recognized in
our monthly newsletter unless anonymity is preferred:
Trophy Level Sponsor: $1000 and up or item of this value.
Steelhead Level Sponsor: $500 - $999 or item of this value.
Brookie Level Sponsor: $250 - $499 or item of this value.
Rainbow Level Sponsor: $100 - $249 or item of this value.
Emerger Level Sponsor: $50 - $99 or item of this value.
With your help, we can continue to grow this event and further enable our chapter to fulfill its mission.
Thanks, Bill.
Annual Awards: While we are on the subject of the Annual Banquet, it should be noted that one of the
important purposes of the event is to recognize those who deserve special mention for their contributions to
WNY Trout Unlimited and its mission. The recognition comes in the form of our Annual Awards. Mr.
David Tooke is our Awards Committee Chairman. He has filed the following summary. If you would like
to submit nominations for a potential recipient, please send the name(s) to him ([email protected]) no
later than the date of our Chapter meeting in February, 2013.
Rising Trout Award: This award is given to someone who has been a rising star in our local chapter.
Rick Kinecki Humanitarian Award: Rick demonstrated a selfless dedication towards serving others.
This award is given to an individual who, we feel, possesses those same qualities.
Cold Water Fisheries Enhancement Award: This award is usually given to an individual for dedication
to restoring, enhancing and protecting our cold water fisheries.
Cal Arthur President’s Award: An award that is up to the discretion of the chapter president.
Silver Trout Award: This award is the highest chapter level award that can be given. It is presented to
someone for chapter service that has been above and beyond the norm.
Professional Communications Award: This award is given to a professional journalist in WNY who
dedicates his or her writing to the love of the outdoors and the many sporting and conservation activities
that we enjoy in this part of the our state.
Good Friend of WNY TU: This is an award that recognizes someone for indirect support of our mission
Decade of Service Award: This award is given to someone who has served the chapter for 10 years or
more.
From Stream Projects Chairman, Mr. Chuck Godfrey: [DEC Fisheries Biologist] Scott Cornett has
sent us pictures (Ed. Note: Please see Photo Section, later in this newsletter.) of the October 31 high water
event on the North Branch of Wiscoy Creek. This development was a result of rainfall from Hurricane
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Sandy. All the structures have held up very well over the last year and a half since completion of the
project. (The pictures are just of the lunker sites; because, obviously, the instream overhead cover of the
lunker itself is under water even at low flows. The ability of the structures to withstand the high water event
was expected, because the North Branch is a relatively low gradient, low velocity stream, which is why it
was chosen for the first use of wooden lunkers in NYS. As can be seen in the photos, the trees which we
planted in the riparian areas also seem be holding their own. Again, this was expected; because they are
mostly in the extended flood plain, where the velocities are really low as the stream floods and disperses as
nature intended. So, we anticipate good survival.
Treasurer’s Report for the Period Ended 10/31/2012. (Submitted by Mr. Anthony Messina):
prior period this period
thru 9/30/12 thru 10/31/12
(CHECKING ACCT)
BALANCE AT 09/01/2012
$219.45
BALANCE AT 10/01/2012
$1,222.65
INFLOWS:
TRANS FROM MONEY MARKET ACCOUNT
TOTAL INFLOWS: $0.00 $0.00
OUTFLOWS:
MONTHLY MEETING
$70.00
TRAVEL
$205.50
NEWSLETTER POSTAGE
$247.50
STREAM PROJECTS
-$1,526.20
NEWSLETTER PRINTING
$210.00
TOTAL OUTFLOWS: -$1,003.20 $210.00
BALANCE AT 09/30/2012
$1,222.65
BALANCE AT 10/31/2012
$1,012.65
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prior period this period
thru 9/30/12 thru 10/31/12
(MONEY MKT ACCT)
BALANCE AT 09/01/2012
$26,007.33
BALANCE AT 10/01/2012
$26,009.04
INFLOWS: INTEREST
$1.71 $1.76
TOTAL INFLOWS: $1.71 $1.76
OUTFLOWS: NONE
$0.00 $0.00
BALANCE AT 09/30/2012
$26,009.04
BALANCE AT 10/31/2012
$26,010.80
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Publicity: In recent news articles, Mr. Dave Barus has called attention to WNYTU’s “Trout in the
Classroom” project. As an example, here is a link to a story on the MetroWNY website:
http://www.metrowny.com/news/384-
Rod,_Gun__Game_Western_New_York_science_classrooms_raise_wild_trout.html . Thanks, Dave!
Photo Section
Here are the photos, furnished by Mr. Scott Cornett, mentioned in Mr. Godfrey’s report. Mr.
Cornett had observed that the North Branch had actually been a few inches higher earlier in the
day. It had nearly been at bankful stage. Per Mr. Cornett, “Everything working nicely”.
Here is an overview of site locations:
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Sites 2 and 3
Site 14
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Sites 18 A and B.
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Turning from the North Branch to another of our area’s streams, as many of you know, a fish passage was recently
constructed on the Chautauqua Creek. Fly fisher, Mr. David Lanz has spent many hours on the Chautauqua and
reports that, this fall, the fish seem to be spread further than previously. He suspects that the fish passages are
“helping to restore the waterway to its more natural state”. Here’s a result of one of Mr. Lanz’ recent outings.
While it was not taken
above the dam, this fish
certainly makes a nice
photo. The successful
fisher forwards these
details: “Chautauqua
Creek provided this 8.25
pound beauty in early
November. The fish was
taken on a white
streamer (bunny fur) on
a 9 foot / 8 weight rod
using a WF-8-F with a
sink tip in the fast water.
The fish was quickly
released in hopes that it
would make more!”
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