Loveland Fishing Club Blog

For anyone who’s wanted to try their hand (and feet) at float tube fishing, don’t miss the club’s outing at Chilson Pool from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, March 7. The Great Float Tube Experiencence was organized by Tom Miller and Legendary bellyboater John Gwinnup will lead instruction.  We’ll have several styles of tube on hand.  Fishing is catch and release only; barbless hooks only.  Appropriate swim attire required. ;

If you'd like to suggest or coordinate a club outing in 2018, contact Dee and Pat Mikulak,  Dee and Pat .  They ensure our planned outings don' overlap, and communicate trip plans to club members.

It's late winter - time to start plotting trips in early spring.  Norm Engelbrecht has come up with two likely prospects - pencil in John Martin Reservoir for May 1 and Jumbo for May 22. Jumbo's become familiar to the club as a terrific spring walleye lake; John Martin is an enormous, sprawling reservoir in southeast Colorado that is supposed to be in great shape for walleye, white bass and crappie. For a writeup on John Martin by Terry Wickstram in the Denver Post, visit here .

It has been a while now since the Loveland Fishing Club decided whom among us is No. 1 in the sheer ability to try something questionable involving our physical, mental or marital well being.  This is the call for nominations for 2008 Loveland's Toughest Angler.  Send your suggestions to Bill . Over the years, guys and gals, we have had some doozies.  I am reminded of long-time club member Frank Zupanc, dazzling us with one crazy adventure after another -- including a legendary, could-have-been-tragic-but-wasn't spill into Boyd Lake and numerous other solitary float tube adventures, despite that broken back thing of his.  And of course we have to bring up the late Dave Harem, whom I met for the first time as he emerged from Boyd Lake one hot summer weekend.  The jet skis and wake boats buzzed around him like hornets as he took off his flippers fresh from maneuvering his belly boat from the Marina Inlet to the far east bank and back.  I can't recall what ...

Former Loveland Fishing Club member Mike Scheber, a good friend and club member, always looking for ways to volunteer on projects involving kids or seniors, has passed away at his home in Clarksville, Tennessee.   Online condolences may be made by going to to this website:   http://www.gatewayfh.com . Obituary: Michael Allan Scheber, age 68, of Clarksville, TN passed away on Monday January 29, 2018 at his residence.  He was born June 6, 1949 in Chicago, IL the son of the late Charles John Scheber Sr. and Dorothy Armbrust Scheber, Michael served his country in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1971 in the 4th Infantry in Vietnam. Following his time in the service he served as a volunteer firefighter for over 30 years with the Buckeye Valley Fire District in Arizona. He also worked for over 15 years as a truck driver with the U.S. Postal Service, retiring in 2009.  While living in Colorado he was a member of the Loveland Fishing Club. He is su...

Colorado has gone 13 years in without increasing spending on hunting and fishing. See the article below on introduction of   S.B. 18-143, the "Hunting, Fishing and Parks for Future Generations Act" in the Colorado Senate.   The bill will be heard by the Senate Finance Committee, the folks who killed it last year.   If you think it's time to change that, you might contact your state senator and representative on this one.  Loveland's elected officials are Senator Kevin Lundberg,  kevin@kevinlundberg.com ,  Phone: 303-866-4853; and Representative Hugh McKean,  hugh.mckean.house@state.co.us ;  Phone: 303-866-2947. If your residence is elsewhere, you can easily find your elected legislator at  http://leg.colorado.gov/find-my-legislator

A bill termed the "Hunting,  Fishing, and Parks for Future Generations Act (Senate Bill 18-143) was introduced in the Colorado Senate on Jan. 29 in an effort to bring a long-term funding solution to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW). The bill is sponsored by two Republicans -- Sen. Don Coram of Montrose and Rep. Jim Wilson of Salida, and two Democrats -- Sen. Stephen Fenberg of Boulder and Rep. Jeni Arndt of Fort Collins. Introduction of the bill follows roughly three-years of public meetings with legislators and outdoor enthusiasts to gather feedback on the agency’s financial challenges and the future of Colorado’s outdoor recreation opportunities, state parks and wildlife.  The last badly needed effort died in the Senate Finance Committee last year.  Among other things, the bill would end the free fishing license for seniors - the fee would be $8 a year, and set a similar fee for 16- and 17-year-olds.  The last fee increase came in 2005, while inflation has incre...