 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
I
am planning a circumnavigation of Lake Superior on a sailboat "Johanna," Grampian
26' with a draft 4.3'. Please let me know if I can stop in your Harbor.
|
 |
|
|
Meeting Minutes & News Minutes: October 21, 2007 From the Membership meeting on 3/22/2008 From the DNR meeting on 1/30/2008 Q: It’s been reported that Michigan DNR will be planting Chinook (100,000) at Black River Harbor this spring. If so, what is Wisconsin going to accomplish by not planting 20 miles away? A: To prevent the spread of VHS, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Ontario have
chosen NOT to move fish/eggs from infected waters in other water bodies.
Thus, no Chinooks or Seeforellen from Lake Michigan. Q: Where does Michigan get their eggs for restocking? Where do you get the eggs for Seeforellen plants? A: Chinook and Coho come from Lake Michigan. Eggs for Seeforellen Browns are collected by WDNR from wild fish that run up Lake Michigan tributaries. Q: Do you coordinate with other state and Canada to stop the spread of VHS? A: Wisconsin does coordinate with other agencies around Lake Superior. Agencies may have different strategies for dealing with VHS depending on what they feel best prevents the spread of VHS. Q: What is the current status of the spread of VHS? A: in 2006-2007, VHS was found in Lake Michigan and Lake Winnebago in WI waters. Hundreds of fish were tested last year including from Lake Superior. VHS was not found in any additional waters in 2007. Q: Since VHS is already in the Great Lakes, won’t it ultimately be in Lake Superior no matter what we do? A: We feel it is the RESPONSIBILITY of the DNR to do our best to PROTECT our valuable fisheries in Wisconsin. Not only to try to stop the spread into Lake Superior, but more importantly we must try to prevent the spread of VHS into inland waters. Q: Is it feasible to plant the following species at Saxon Harbor? Splake, steelhead, walleyes, smallmouth bass A: Splake – We are seeing poorer returns in WI recently. Also,
they don’t seem to do as well in main lake shorelines, better in
bays and around islands. Q: What are the costs for testing the eggs? Could the club cover some of this expense? A: We are currently looking into the cost of testing fish, but we believe it is fairly costly. Q: How can you say that Lake Superior is going into a NATURAL cycle of prey and predator (a decline in both) when you have miles of monofilament gill net catching both? A: See the charts for catch rates for Lake Trout and Smelt/Herring and class strengths. Q: Does Lake Superior have adequate supply of bait fish to sustain a larger fishery? A: in the 1960-70s Lake Superior’s bait fish was dominated by the non-native smelt. Since the 70s, lake trout have increased and have caused the decline in smelt. With the decline of smelt, native herring have increased dramatically since the 1980s . In addition, with fewer smelt in shallow water and more lake trout in the lake, stocked salmonids are having a harder time surviving. The current native prey fish population is adequate to suppor the current native predator population. Q: Who could we contact in Madison for help to keep our Brown Trout program going? A: We have talked to our Great Lakes biologist in Madison and made it clear that we feel the seeforellen brown trout stocking program is important to the Lake Superior fishery. If we need your support in retaining the brown trout stocking program we will contact the club. We are planning to stock St. Croix brown trout. Q: What is the impact of more lake trout and sporadic herring year classes? A: With more native predators in the lake and natural variations prey
fish, individual fish growth rates have slowed down. So a typical lake
trout today grows slower than it did 20 year ago. BUT, with better regulations,
the fish refuges, and sea lamprey control, lake trout have a better chance
of surviving to an older age. 12/17/07: Did you make it to the annual Christmas party? If not, you missed a great meal and good times! As usual, it takes a bit of work to put on a successful dinner so thanks again to the organizers, decorators, cooks, servers and clean up crew. Lots of nice door prizes again, thanks to anyone who donated some of the prizes we gave out. Johnny Trash had so much fun this year he decided to join the club! 10/21/07: Club meeting held at 4:30.
8/14/07: Club meeting held at 6:30. Reports by the various committees:
4/3/07: Several members of the club have taken it upon themselves to organize and cook a breakfast for all the contest participants, tournament workers and anyone in the campground who feels like having a hot breakfast on Saturday, June 2nd as a fund-raiser for the club. Tentative menu: scrambled eggs, sausages, toast, coffee and juice for $5 / person. Thanks to Bruce Kalm, Debba Kallas, Diane Ruda and Stevie Adamavich for volunteering to take on the task! 12/20/06: Another fun Christmas party is behind us. Many thanks to all the volunteer cooks, hall decorators, clean up crew and various other Santa helpers who made the evening run smoothly. Lots of nice door prizes were awarded between dinner and the music provided by Johnny Trash. If you didn't make it this year or are a new member just getting your dock, plan to attend next year. Traditionally, it's always held the 2nd Saturday in December!
|
|
Home | Officers & BOD | Meeting
Minutes & Newsletter| Harbor & Park
Fees | Copyright ©2006-2007. Saxon
Harbor Boating Club. All rights reserved. |
