Loveland Fishing Club Blog

Just a reminder, those that volunteered, you need to be at the shed tomorrow at 9:30 AM to get poles ready for Kids Derby on Saturday.

Bob Ray shows off a couple fat carp he caught out of Boyd Lake Wednesday. Combined they measured 52 inches.  Photos by Charlie Higgs

Several people have mentioned to Jim Visger that they have difficulty using the club calendar on our website. The Calendar we use on the Loveland Fishing Club (LFC) web site,  https://sites.google.com/site/lovelandfishingclub/Resources/calendar  is a Google calendar because we have a web page that is powered by Google.  Here are a few helpful tips; From your PC or MAC Search Engine,  Type in Loveland Fishing Club, Select Enter If You Have a list of sites be sure to Select Loveland FIshing Club, and again Select Enter Now you are on the home page with a menu with several options. Most of the questions have been about the Calendar. Select Calendar (right upper middle) , Hit Enter ;  Now you have the current month Calendar  Displayed. To see Calendar events in later 2019 Move the cursor over to Agenda on the Calendar and Hit Enter Now you should see a calendar list in a smal...

Howdy, The June 12 Lovelend Fishing Club Boat Day will be at Boyd Lake State Park . To sign up send an email to Tom Miller at tomsmiller@lpbroadband.net If you don't have an email you have a good chance of catching Tom at the Friday morning breakfast. Tom will capture those with boats and those needing a ride and sort things out. Once you know whose boat you are on it will be up to you to get together with the boat owner and figure out where to meet and at what time. Boyd Lake is one of the Colorado State Parks and requires either a daily or an annual pass so for some of us we may have to meet the boat owner at their place before heading to the park.

By Bill Prater Fish Explorer Consider this a tutorial on new fishing lines for old Colorado dogs, and anyone else who needs to learn new tricks. It is aimed at fooling still water bass and trout, but should be equally useful for panfish, and equally useless for trolling or fishing around heavy cover. (Warning: Anyone with a heavy investment in heavier equipment may disagree with what follows.) For senior anglers, it gets harder with every passing season to manage what was once the easiest parts of our sport. Like getting in and out of the boat or waders, or more pertinently, using the best tools for finding, hooking and landing a fish. We also tend to spend too much time getting to the point of a conversation. Which in this case is, “How do we take advantage of the 21st Century’s remarkable fishing line revolution, while relying on 20th Century eyesight and arthritic hands?” Whoever invented the eyelet on a size 20 midge, for example, should be forced to fish with a cane pole an...

Keith Gentry, who has led the club's highly successful and rewarding support of the Loveland Fishing Derby for several years, is relocating to Sterling, CO right after this year's derby. He and wife Kay were recognized at Tuesday's general meeting with a plaque of appreciation. Club President Jim Visger, left, presents a plaque to Keith Gentry. (Kay missed Tuesday's meeting, home packing; so she also missed out on cookies eaten in her honor)

The fishing for Thompson Schools has been canceled and will be rescheduled for sometime in September

Please plan to volunteer with the June 1 Loveland Police Kids Derby. Under the oversight of Keith Gentry, the club's role in the annual event at North Lake Duck Pond is taking shape.  We'll be handling event registration, tackle loans, measurements and the free raffles and prizes for biggest and smallest trout. The Saturday, June 1 event opens at 8 a.m. and runs until 3 p.m.  If you've not signed up yet to volunteer, look for the signup sheet at Friday breakfasts.  This is our largest annual volunteer project, and one of the most fun and memorable. As in years past, Colorado Youth Outdoors will be cleaning and cooking the kids' fish, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife will stock the pond with trout.  Loveland Kiwanis clubs will provide family priced food and drink and Colorado FOP lodge 27 and 52 will provide free child identification cards to children up to age 14.  The event is sponsored by Loveland Police.

Looks green to me, but Dave says he got the best of this blue catfish last week, using 6-pound test line and a lot of patience to get the 25-incher to the boat.

Weather looks bleak for Tuesday, so we'll let you know if there are changes, but for now we're looking to help with a day of fishing for  adaptive needs kids from Thompson Valley nmddle schools.   It's set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, at a private pond just north of the Big Thompson River west of Namaqua Road in Loveland; enter from the Eisenhower Bridge construction site, the same as last year. About 65 students are signed up to participate.

Walt Graul concedes he’s mostly driving the boat this week down at Navajo, stopping  occasionally to admire Cindy’s fish - in this case a big hen weighing about 5 pounds! 

The latest reports from the Jumbo trip are still looking good, with good fishing to go with splendid weather. Rick Golz and dinner. Norm, Rick and Leland with the day's catch.

The walleye bite is looking good at Jumbo Reservoir, based on some early photo submissions from Rick Palmieri, aboard Norm Engelbrecht's boat. They're threatening to eat some of these... John Grady with 11-inch crappie Norm, pointing where to cast next, and Leland Carpenter.

Looks like more than two dozen club members are heading to Jumbo next week, and looking at the prospect of balmy weather. Have to be folks taking their cell phones or cameras - and we want to see some photos. Some with fish would be nice, but let’s see what you got. You can post directly to the club Facebook page, and we’ll add to this blog. Or e-mail to Billjohnp@gmail.com  And we’ll post to this blog.

If the weather forcasters are accurate Monday should be a great day for fishing and Tuesday won't be too bad either at Jumbo Reservoir. Lodging will be at either the Sedgwick Antique Inn or the Budget Host in Julesberg. I suspect that most of us already have a boat buddy or know who they are sharing a room with but without a contact person for this trip there hasn't been much information or co-ordination about that. I'll send an email to everyone on this list and anyone else planing on going that isn't on this list can contact me and I'll do the best I can to let everyone know who is with who and who needs a boat to be on or needs to share a room. Club members going; Dan & Kathleen Barker Dave Johnson George Mayes Jim Visger Arnie & Karol Strochein Ray Park Larry Seib Tom & Judy Boesch Richard Radies Norm Engelbrecht Leland Carpenter John Grady Merle Boden Rick Palmieri David Boyle Steve Cadle John Gwinnup Ray Pe...

This might be information that some of us already know but we felt it was important to ensure that we did our part to inform the rest of us regarding the ban on felt soled boots.  Other states are considering a ban as well although the ban in Vermont expired after 5 years. Which States Have BANNED Felt Soles Wading Boots 1.     Maryland 2.     Alaska 3.     Missouri 4.     Nebraska 5.     Rhode Island 6.     South Dakota 7.     Yellowstone National Park Here’s a good article that compares rubber vs felt from Hatch magazine. https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/rubber-vs-felt-almost-10-years-later/7714395

Harlan has been a club member for about 5 years now. He usually sat with Roger, Jim Baxter, myself, George and a few others at his table. He fell down weeks ago and broke his hip and pelvis and has been in rehab at Mirasol rehab center. That’s why he hasn’t been at breakfast. A few of us have gone to visit him in rehab and as his daughter says in an email after I sent her an updated contact list, “Thank you so much. I’m so great full for all of you fishing guys my Dad would be lost without you guys. “ Harlan’s wife Beverly has been in hospice. His daughter Terry, wrote and let me know that she passed away yesterday. I haven’t known Harlan long but clearly the friends and support the Loveland Fishing Club has given him has meant a lot to Harlan and his family. “He is still at Mirasol but we have taken him out a couple of times to see my Mom. He is struggling a little as Mom passed away yesterday. We have an appointment today at the funeral home at 12:30 other than that he should...

The club’s annual camp out up highway 14 will be a bit earlier than years past. President Jim Visger reports campsites at Ranger Lakes are filling up quickly. The North Park campground at Colorado State Forest is an alternative, but doesn’t have electric hookup.