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NEXT MEETING FEBRUARY 2, 2012 7:30PM - GUESTS ALWAYS WELCOME

                 

JANUARY 2012 FISH HAWKS NEWSLETTER

FISH HAWKS OFFICIAL WEB SITE www.fishhawksnj.com

                          

JANUARY SPEAKER – Michele from SEA TOW – TOPIC PROPER PROCEDURE & SALVAGE
 

FEBRUARY SPEAKER – Mike from “THE ISLANDER” – TOPIC BOTTOM FISHING & ANCHORING 

SHORT CASTS

MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO PATRONIZE ALL OF OUR SPONSORS.

Our Club radio channel is 19. We ask our members to please monitor it at all times.

If you have changed your mailing address, phone number, or e-mail address, please give new information to our membership committeemen, Jack Henderson.

 Please call Good & Welfare Chairwomen Sandy Roy if you know of any member who is ill or has been hospitalized.

Yearly membership cards for those current in dues are mailed with your newsletter. If you have paid your dues and have not received a current dues card, please see Newsletter Chairperson, Jack Henderson at the meeting.

If you have or want a speaker on a specific subject contact Derek LaBatch our Guest Speaker Chairman. dlabatch@hotmail.com

Club Gear – gear is ordered through member Kathy Cannata “SEW YOU Custom Embroidery”. We will only be stocking hats and T-shirts; Hat colors are Navy Blue and Two Tone Beige w/ blue bill. The embroidered Fish Hawk logo is on the front and hats have an adjustable band for fit. Price is $12.00. Quality T-shirts, light blue w/pocket and embroidered Fish Hawk logo. Prices - lrg & xlrg $15.00, 2xx & 3xx $17.00. If any one wants smaller sizes, we will order them.  

Special Note: Please clean up bottles, glasses and garbage after the meeting. 

Our Club number for Boat US membership discount is GA83831B. Ask for new member applications. 

Ken Rylak is our representative for your donations to Lacey Food Bank. He checked in with the Lacey Food Bank and it appears that a can of Tuna Fish is most important then comes, Peanut Butter & Jelly, Soups, breakfast cereals, can veggies, pasta sauces and any type of spaghetti will work. The main thing is that our members remember to bring something to the meeting.


 January 2012 President’s Message

  I assume you all were ahead of me in taking your boats out of the water. I got my water and sewage tanks drained and anti-freeze in as the temperature just hit 32. Taking the battery out and storing inside is a must. If the battery goes dead it can freeze and crack. Today’s ethanol gas can’t stay longer than three months without stabilizer treatment. Consider it a cheap investment to protect the fuel injection system. Winterization should include a spray or grease on any moving part you can get to.

Reminder-loosen all drags on your reels and lubricate if you want your equipment to last. Spray the hooks on you lures with a rust preventative.

 Something to which I didn’t realize but it has many applications in our daily lives. I own a condo at Killington, Vermont and due to long periods which it is not in use I asked our property manager to lower the minimum setting to 110 degrees. To my surprise while EPA recommends that water heaters be set at 120 degrees, OSHA warns that a tank temperature be set at 140 due to the fact that Legionella bacteria (Legionnaire’s disease) ideal growth range is 95-115 degrees. Snowbirds leaving for Florida might find this interesting but it also explains why we should never drink from a bottle left for a period of time in our boat, car, or anywhere else that could reach these temperatures.

NJ Salt Water Registry needs to be renewed by 12/31/2011 http://www.nj.gov/dep/saltwaterregistry/

Click on Access Current Registration, enter your information  which includes the last four digits of your social security number and one your record appears, click on your registration ID  number which will bring you to your full record and click on renew. Simple enough 2 minutes. Do it now!

Coming soon will be Congressman Jon Runyon. Jon has been a staunch advocate of fishing rights in the short time there. Tentative date will be our April meeting.

Derek LaBatch, our Speaker chairman, announces his 2012 Calendar

January 05, Michele from Sea tow Topic: Proper Procedure & salvage.
February 02, Mike from the Islander Topic: Bottom fishing & anchoring.
March 01, Al From US Coast Guard Aux. Boating safety & their requirements.
April 05, Capt. Fran from Cousin Charters. Topic early striper bit
May 03, Capt. Gary Caputi Topic: Bass Blackfish
June 07, Don Parr “Canyon Reels “ Topic: In-Shore Tuna Fishing
July 05, Bill McGovern “Sandy Hook Pilots” Topic: Boaters awareness in Federal Shipping Lanes
August 02, Jack Shea “Rambunctious” Topic: Deep water fluke fishing September 06, Olaf Jensen  Rutgers University Topic:  NJ fish tagging & conservation. 
October 04, Tony Maja, “Maja Spoons” Topic: Trolling for Bass w/spoons
November 01, Jim Hutchinson, RFA-
 My thanks to Derek for a great job

AS 2011 closes I want to express my thanks to RFA for their efforts in preserving our right to fish. Sometimes it seems that nothing ever gets done but change takes time, persistence and money
 
                        For more information, call 888-JOIN-RFA or visit www.joinrfa.org.

Have a happy holiday and a healthy, prosperous New Year

“BE ACTIVE, BE AWARE, BEFORE ARE RIGHTS BECOME A CRIME”

 Thank you for reading my newsletter.

                             You’re President,   Bill Westervelt

“BE ACTIVE, BE AWARE, BEFORE ARE RIGHTS BECOME A CRIME”

Thank you for reading my newsletter. Your president,       Bill Westervelt

 

“THE HAWK”

(JANUARY 2012)

THE BIRD, like most birds will be heading south for the winter. December continued to provide fair weather and incredible Striper fishing. Those of you who still have their boats in the water can expect Great Fishing into January. Black fishing improved as the month progressed and the sea bass have begun their migration to the off-shore wrecks.

MONTHLY FISHING CONTESTS: November’s $25.00 BONUS winner was Whitey Dunlap with a 3.80 lb Blackfish. There were 4 additional 1st place fish in contention for the $25.00 Bonus.

            Striped Bass……….Joe Fircha Jr. ……….20.9 lbs

            Bluefish…………..Joe Fircha Jr. ……….14.87lbs

            Ling………………Mike Korygoski…….1.10 lbs

            Seabass…………..Mike Korygoski…….1.40 lbs

December Pizza Meeting was quite a success, nearly 80 members attended and enjoyed our Pizza & Beer Nite. The main event of the evening was the “Billy Gale” Custom Rod & Reel lottery ($300.00 value). The ticket was drawn and Harry Roberts had the winning ticket but Harry who builds Custom Rods as well as Rebuilds Rods & Reels which he DONATES to needy Children GRATIOUSLY gave back the rod & reel and another ticket was drawn and the winner was Whitey Dunlap, WOW ! What Luck!! Whitey also ran the Club Fishing Trip and Won the POOL and that fish also took 1st place for the Tournament Day, 1st place for the Monthly Contest and the monthly Bonus prize. This Blackfish of 3.8 lbs was worth around $3 bucks an OUNCE !!!  Effective immediately the Pizza & Beer Nite will be re-named WHITEY’S NITE….

MISCELLANEOUS INFO: Club Dues are due, please mail in your checks or bring them to January’s meeting, Tony Guadagnino will be collecting dues in the absence of our treasurer Bob Kratsch.

            Lottery tickets for the Billy Gale Custom Rod & Reel Which will be drawn at our FLEA MARKET on March 10th will be available for pre-purchase at our January meeting.
  SNOW BIRDS (See Whitey Dunlap).

           Club Calendar of Events (2012) is enclosed in this months Newsletter.

     “MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEAR”  

                                           “THE HAWK “                                       

 
 

FISHING LINES

The holidays are here again and I find myself thinking back to what seemed like better times. Our country and our economy are in pretty rough shape. These days the only thing we can count on with certainty is lots of uncertainty. I can’t help but think of family members who are now far away and others who are no longer with us. Most of all I think about my father who passed away about six years ago. These days his influence on me is quite clear, I often realize what a profound effect he has had on my life. Like all of us he was not a perfect man, but in many was he was an amazing one. Some of the lessons he managed to pass on are truly invaluable.

As a child living in Poland during World War Two, he witnessed much suffering and death. His formal education ended around the third grade and yet he was a naturally intelligent man who could hold a conversation in five languages. One would think a childhood such as his would create a hard individual, but he chose to be happy. He loved all people and he loved socializing. He had an understanding of human nature unlike anyone I have ever known. The one thing I admired and appreciate most about him is that he was a thinker. His thoughts were uninfluenced and free, he knew how to reason and think for himself. He understood the evils of propaganda and buying into the political nonsense that we are spoon fed. He knew that hate only eats a man up inside and brings nothing but misery to the world. He understood the old saying that “opinions are like rear ends everyone has one and most of them stink”. Most of all, he knew that no matter how intelligent a man was he could never truly be brilliant unless he could think for himself. That understanding is one of the things in my life that I am most grateful for. I realize now that he touched many lives and I feel that he left this world a little better than he found it.

 Oddly enough, my love of fishing as in most cases did not come from my father. I don’t think he ever held a fishing pole in his life. I always thought someday I could convince him to give it a try, I think he would have enjoyed it. Unfortunately that never did happen. I have never been one to make New Year’s resolutions but this year I think I will. I want to make more time to fish with my kids, that is how memories are made. Our time here runs out fast, I want to try and leave this world as my father did a little better than I found it. I know my father would have appreciated the Fish Hawks, I know in my short time as a member I have been very impressed. This group could easily get together, do a lot of talking and go home. But there is much more going on here. The collection of canned food for the less fortunate, helping the children of active service members,  the refurbishing of rods and reels for kids, and the educating of the whole group about political and environmental issues. I see a club working to leave things a little better. I see a group of thinkers.

I want to thank Jack Henderson, who welcomed me into the group and was kind enough to return my call while he was vacationing in Florida. He also took the time to provide me with an outlet for my writing on the web site, and became myself appointed editor. Thanks again Jack, I really appreciate it.
If there are any Fish Hawk members who for any reason may find themselves alone this holiday season, know my door is open.  Contact me and we can share a meal, I will pour us a drink or two, and we can tell fishing stories and have some laughs. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all the Fish Hawks and your families.

Leon Checinski  lchecinski@hotmail.com