January 2015
President’s Message
Our December speaker, Mary Taylor from the Cape Cod Maritime Museum at
135 South St., Hyannis, was very informative and was willing to co-host one of
our Learn to Fish Days. This would be a great chance for us to start our
satellite Learn to Fish Days!
DUES! DUES! DUES! DUES! DUES! DUES! DUES!
Please fill out the dues application (under the Newsletter Menu on our
website) and send your check for $30.00 to Cape Cod Salties, PO Box 1183, South
Dennis, MA 02660-1183. Let’s do this as soon as possible to make it easier for
our volunteer chair people!! We still have some five-year memberships
available, to be sold until 50 are gone. It is five years from the date you
send in the application.
AWARDS BANQUET! AWARDS BANQUET! AWARDS BANQUET!
The Annual Awards Banquet is on March 7 at the Doubletree by Hilton on
Route 28 in Hyannis -- $30 a person and
$60 a couple. We still have several openings for the first 25 to respond and
win a prize!! In addition to being our awards banquet, this is also the club’s
biggest fundraiser of the year. You do not have to be winning a prize to attend
the banquet. In fact, most of us will not be winning but will be there to
congratulate our fellow Salties. As in past years, it is requested that you
consider seeking gift certificates or prizes from businesses with whom you have
a close relationship. All members should appreciate that, so we can continue to
fund our scholarships and all the other charitable donations that we make.
At the December meeting, I spoke about the Center for Coastal Studies
Winter Lecture Series to be held at Napi’s Restaurant in Provincetown. Napi’s
has a 5:00 p.m. special early bird dinner, and the lectures start at 7:00 p.m.
The Wednesday series starts January 28, Feb. 25, March 25, and May 27.
Obviously these dates conflict with Salties meetings, but the January meeting
is on Microscopic Phytoplankton, and we are hoping to send someone from the
Board of Directors to this important lecture.
We knew that we might have to address the striped bass issue again. We
are asking for as many Salties as possible to attend a Wednesday, January 14
public hearing at 6:00 p.m. at the Mass Maritime Academy, Admirals Hall, 101
Academy Drive, Buzzards Bay. Although we had mostly agreed that we would limit
the recreational take on striped bass to one fish at 28”, six pack boats up and
down the Atlantic seaboard are now lobbying hard for two fish per person on
their boats. I cannot speak for anyone else. However, even though I can only
take one fish on a charter boat, neither I nor the people with whom I fish
regularly, will reduce the number of trips we take, so we will continue to
support the charter boats captains in the same way we always have. Every honest
fisherperson knows that striped bass are in trouble. Let us do the right thing
by trying to fix this fishery now.
In closing, I am pleased to announce that longtime Saltie Ken Whiting,
one of our famous in-house carvers and painters, won the Cool Fish Photo
Contest sponsored by Anglers Artistry for his 65 pound codfish!!
Congratulations, Ken!
Thanks, and
hook ‘em up!
Jack
January 2015 News and
Info
Board of
Directors Elections
One Director Seat was open for election. Bill Cottle,
previously nominated, and Alan Zox, nominated from the floor, were recommended
for election. Both candidates spoke to the general membership before the
election. Bill Cottle was elected to the office of Director by a majority vote.
The remaining officers on the Board were recommended for
re-election by the nominating committee and were voted into new terms. They are
Jack Creighton (President), Joe Giannetti (Vice President), Lou MacKeil (Vice
President of Environmental Affairs), Bill Dulude (Treasurer), and Randall Sherman
(Secretary).
Contact information for the members of the Board can be found
here. Board of Director's Document
Dues Forms
Location
As Jack mentioned, the Membership forms can be found on our website.
Go to our membership page at: Membership Page
Awards
Banquet Plug Donation Reminder
Reminder
to bring your Plug donations to any Salties meeting prior to the Awards Banquet
to be used as a fund raiser at our Awards Banquet.
In addition, the Banquet form and information can be found
here: Awards Banquet Page
Keeping and Using Live Eels as Bait Workshop
Thanks to Terry Tessein for his practical and technical
workshop on Eel care and selection during fishing trips. Terry demonstrated his
solutions for transporting and storing. We look forward to a workshop on
rigging eels in the future.
December’s
Speaker
Mary Taylor from the Cape
Cod Maritime Museum gave an informative talk on the history and offerings of
this Hyannis based Cape educational institution. Besides historical displays,
the Museum makes various classes and wokrshops available, including one on boat
building.
Cape Cod Salties
Giveback
Jack Creighton, on recommendation of Board of Directors,
proposed the following contributions, which were voted in unanimously.
$500 CC Times Needy Fund
$250
Tony Stetzko Fund
Ken Whiting’s Win
Here is Ken’s win from the Cool
Fish Photo Contest sponsored by Anglers Artistry. Congratulations, Ken!
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Reminder
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