tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67421633050982072982024-03-17T21:01:07.738-06:00Loveland Fishing Club BlogThe club is open to all, but club events take place during the week and we meet at Chilson Senior Center in Loveland, CO. Our basic purpose is to fish, but we're easily distracted by the chance to work with youngsters or improve northern Colorado outdoor resources.Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.comBlogger1088125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-65232407723051798822024-03-14T12:24:00.000-06:002024-03-14T12:24:04.888-06:00Looking for a few new anglers<p> \<b style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><i>MEMBERS: If you have a friend or relative who should be out fishing, please forward this to them and encourage them to come to one of our meetings. Bill</i></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 2pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 2pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>By Bill Prater</i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 2pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 2pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">If you’re of a certain age - retirement age that is - and wondering what to do with all that free time, I have a great alternative to mowing grass and knitting: You know w</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">hat I mean: Join the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">Loveland Fishing Club</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> and go fishing. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 2pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 2pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Not counting the eventual arrival of spring, you couldn’t find a better time than now to either get out your dusty old fishing gear or buy some new stuff. And just join the club for breakfast on Fridays in Loveland or Fort Collins and talk about what we’ll catch when it gets a bit warmer. Whether you’ve </span>fished<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> all your life or not sure what to use for bait, you can likely find other folks with shared interest.</span><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 2pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re coming up on the 4</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> anniversary of a time we’d all like to forget, when Covid-19 forced social groups like a fishing club into dormancy. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The stuff’s still around, but we’ve learned to live with it, as well as the flu, pneumonia and RSV. We’re back hanging out together, maybe not hugging each other as much, but enjoying one another’s company. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Interested? Here’s a link to the Loveland Fishing Club blog,</span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://lovelandfishingclub.blogspot.com/&source=gmail&ust=1710526695553000&usg=AOvVaw2iS9j_LXbQNEQQLiGWfptS" fg_scanned="1" href="http://lovelandfishingclub.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">https://<wbr></wbr>lovelandfishingclub.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">; or e-mail me at </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="mailto:lovelandfishing@gmail.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">lovelandfishing@gmail.com</a>.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">From an initial dozen or so charter members, the club grew to about a hundred men and women by 2020. Those numbers shrank by half during Covid, but they’re growing again. <b>We’re actively recruiting new members, especially ones who like to volunteer for things like taking kids and old folks fishing.</b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">You’ve hopefully heard of the Loveland Kids Fishing Derby, one of the biggest free fishing events in Colorado for kids 15 and under. And we’re also pretty sure that the Loveland Fishing Club Senior Derby, focused on providing a day of fishing and outdoor fun for residents of assisted living centers, is the <u>only one of its type in the country</u>. It’s open to all seniors, but our special guests are residents of a dozen or more retirement centers in Loveland and surrounding towns. Whether they can walk to the water on their own or get there with a walker or wheelchair, we help them fish and join them in a picnic. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 8pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> You don’t have to be an old timer to wear our coveted fishing caps. But you should know that most of our fishing and other activities take place during the week, including the general meetings at Chilson Center, at 2 p.m. on the third Tuesday of every month. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The idea for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">the Loveland Fishing Club</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> hatched in the fertile mind of our first President, Tom Miller, who belatedly completed a second term in 2023. Tom brought the idea for a senior fishing club with him from Southern California, where he had been a senior manager of the California parks system until retirement a long, long time ago..</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The intent was simple: get together once or twice a week and fish, with little regard for competition, a particular species or fishing style. Along the way, we’d share angling knowledge, carpooling expenses and medical advice. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">W</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">e’</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;">re always looking for and encouraging newbies to serve on our board and in other volunteer positions. Come join us.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnxGC2OZO7hTu7IloXyBik_tFf38QV1ADe-xSrnrjnwNHkyuM5DvH9OZmkvuV3N_8GaD-XW0urBcPGnDsSL1gN8BuwNW2JQm6zeHeNvQJXhW2rY0o0x4EzaemFVDgH1MTvU-nC2J5O6pNQDi2rDAvH26wg_K1mog16h0p4drU6mNiD9_pEDosNJSt9KQ/s1024/LFC%20cartoon%20with%20logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUnxGC2OZO7hTu7IloXyBik_tFf38QV1ADe-xSrnrjnwNHkyuM5DvH9OZmkvuV3N_8GaD-XW0urBcPGnDsSL1gN8BuwNW2JQm6zeHeNvQJXhW2rY0o0x4EzaemFVDgH1MTvU-nC2J5O6pNQDi2rDAvH26wg_K1mog16h0p4drU6mNiD9_pEDosNJSt9KQ/s320/LFC%20cartoon%20with%20logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /><span style="background-color: transparent; color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-75546628079171517842024-03-04T10:39:00.006-07:002024-03-04T10:42:26.486-07:00Pro angler Steve Shelton speaking at March meeting Tuesday<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.2px; font-weight: normal;">Loveland resident and Cabela's walleye pro will be the Loveland Fishing Club's guest speaker at the 2 p.m. March 19th meeting at Chilson Center. He'll talk on fishing Boyd Lake and other area waters. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In advance of this month's meeting, the LFC Board will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 18th. All members are welcome.</span> </h4><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2865203365781403987" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 466.016px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVt3vWoKT9pjDoOHHhH-lKGfCWpGp-oTtwhxIIsevZ2GlHMxNsze2sP9JveIdn9y2gyuWaAerYc6cIs7ujoeuMnWGrFg3HT-AgHMfxDOQ9ko8gC2PV8CyOhKNIHQo9OzrMCB57lHt8-9d-w99h5g77GlMf_cTUNVG90fvSriadHYrJ2TJ0JzY8REVB/s500/LFC%20Shelton.png" style="clear: left; color: #2288bb; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="419" data-original-width="500" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVt3vWoKT9pjDoOHHhH-lKGfCWpGp-oTtwhxIIsevZ2GlHMxNsze2sP9JveIdn9y2gyuWaAerYc6cIs7ujoeuMnWGrFg3HT-AgHMfxDOQ9ko8gC2PV8CyOhKNIHQo9OzrMCB57lHt8-9d-w99h5g77GlMf_cTUNVG90fvSriadHYrJ2TJ0JzY8REVB/s320/LFC%20Shelton.png" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px;" /></p></div>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-20314763476556653902024-03-01T16:17:00.001-07:002024-03-01T16:17:34.913-07:00It's nearly spring! Boyd Lake, other state park ramps opening soon<p> </p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b>Just got this from Colorado Parks and Wildlife about state park boat ramps and aquatic nuisance inspections. No word yet from Horsetooth or Carter Lakes but they didn't open in years past until April 1. </b></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">DENVER, Colo. – Colorado <span class="il">Parks</span> and Wildlife Northeast Region announces boating opening dates in seven state <span class="il">parks</span> for the 2024 season. Before launching in Colorado waters, boaters will need to ensure their <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3D81ddbef929%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1709420963234000&usg=AOvVaw2bRmGO9nJLCNesXP5F45lW" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=81ddbef929&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2;" target="_blank">boat is registered</a>, purchase an aquatic nuisance species (ANS) stamp and follow all <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3D2ed570d323%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1709420963234000&usg=AOvVaw06l7_hzx578BpeWtsL5enI" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=2ed570d323&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2;" target="_blank">ANS inspection</a> requirements. Inspections can be done at a state <span class="il">park</span> or CPW administrative offices during weekdays.</p><p><u style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Opening dates:</strong></u><span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Barr Lake: Monday, April 1 at 8 a.m.</p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Boyd Lake: Monday, March 11 at 8 a.m.</p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Chatfield: Monday, March 11 at 6 a.m.</p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Cherry Creek: Friday, March 1 at 8 a.m.</p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Eleven Mile and Spinney: Opening date to be announced</p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">Jackson Lake: Saturday, March 2 at 8 a.m.</p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">North Sterling: Monday, March 11 at 8 a.m.</p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="margin-left: 15px;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">St Vrain: Friday, March 1 at 8 a.m. <i>(editor's note: must be boat ramp at Blue Heron)</i></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>All boats are also required to have one Coast Guard-approved life jacket for each person on</i> board. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3D977a5eecc1%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1709420963234000&usg=AOvVaw0syu7f09O5zE7bxGG2bUi4" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=977a5eecc1&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2;" target="_blank">Life jackets</a> can save lives when they fit properly and are worn when recreating on the water. Boaters are also encouraged to take a <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3De7aee60564%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1709420963234000&usg=AOvVaw3rkPXSaOvPZhS7BVNJDX9I" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=e7aee60564&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2;" target="_blank">boating safety course</a> with CPW to learn navigation safety and what to do in case of an accident.</p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-21223226277251099902024-03-01T15:40:00.003-07:002024-03-01T15:45:49.051-07:00Ray Park has passed away at age 87<p> <span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ray Park, Loveland Fishing Club past club president and creator of the Loveland Fishing Club Senior Derby, has passed away. Cremation is planned, but no further information was available. He is survived by his wife Sue. </span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9c25876d-7fff-2703-5711-e4d7dc2b4c23"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.295; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ray, who served as President in 2011, conceived of the senior derby as a way to create a fishing opportunity for residents of every assisted living center resident in Loveland, a memorable day outdoors for people who may not have had an opportunity to fish for many years. That dream led to one of the club’s most well-recognized contributions to the Loveland community, one that continues each September.. Even as his own health failed, Ray continued to take an active role in the event at Flatiron Reservoir. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 205px; overflow: hidden; width: 313px;"><img height="205" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/9H7WOBCBbpRTF3xrjvo0IZeD1krj-22ORbQIqeg2uVZ7inad_LwIb1cGIBEsSTmkKLe3LGTl4BVW8ZntLJcD1K34cRIGF-wOo2m1XVX8Nz_WWV99PkPKS-338e7wADGGRCDasUP-GBDs7sQoz4UFxng" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="313" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ray Park, center, sits near the campfire with</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">guests at the 2014 Senior Derby.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIZ9iHza7PGZ3nbRHKkX0D_17JbDj4gnuyBfdxgekRWowCRQCqs-j9AT_BPF6pObpYHn06tbFtxEdSO0J2DJprEKSrPp-fwrd05NDVK8m5wCeFO1tWkc5Zuy8794aL5onv_V3nAOmXDf__SNarHzSwWbPJjmyCja0EA3AXlwYmP7EBkxJQ66wO_1Rj7I/s978/Ray%20Park.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="648" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIZ9iHza7PGZ3nbRHKkX0D_17JbDj4gnuyBfdxgekRWowCRQCqs-j9AT_BPF6pObpYHn06tbFtxEdSO0J2DJprEKSrPp-fwrd05NDVK8m5wCeFO1tWkc5Zuy8794aL5onv_V3nAOmXDf__SNarHzSwWbPJjmyCja0EA3AXlwYmP7EBkxJQ66wO_1Rj7I/w183-h276/Ray%20Park.JPG" width="183" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div></span>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-38925835123055334642024-02-27T11:39:00.000-07:002024-02-27T11:39:44.325-07:00It's even in color: Looking back a couple decades: the club's first outing to Lon Hagler<p> Tom Miller, our club's first President, dug back in his archives and came up with this group shot of nine of the club's charter members on a successful first outing to Lon Hagler Reservoir.</p><p>From the left is Bob Ray, naturally the one who seems to have caught fish; Dottie Bethel, Shirley Smilley, Skip Kral, George Kral, Pete Gibbons, Dick "Fish Head" Hunsaker (almost unrecognizable without his trademark <i>fish head</i> cap, Jim Clune and Tom Miller with his belly boat.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_po-QxTpPSPfsgBUimFiyYOBDXdF8pIa4eqkjdDz9AL6rUC2VTD-jJQLJ2f8K_e0UGGDixhrwtBxatGDCmhZ-cAO4oNfp6WCwJJHZfLGBGt-hrxhk3Dc6aiLe2DhBSGAT6gL01vwOb9T2W9kISuXlDUdFzlKSXmW0rWR0oAgG9arVzzIY1iUvURrP4M/s944/LFC%20first%20fishing%20trip,%20Lon%20Hagler.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="944" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi_po-QxTpPSPfsgBUimFiyYOBDXdF8pIa4eqkjdDz9AL6rUC2VTD-jJQLJ2f8K_e0UGGDixhrwtBxatGDCmhZ-cAO4oNfp6WCwJJHZfLGBGt-hrxhk3Dc6aiLe2DhBSGAT6gL01vwOb9T2W9kISuXlDUdFzlKSXmW0rWR0oAgG9arVzzIY1iUvURrP4M/w640-h398/LFC%20first%20fishing%20trip,%20Lon%20Hagler.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><br /><p><br /></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-58372925721909730942024-02-21T16:21:00.000-07:002024-02-21T16:21:13.414-07:00Rocky Mountain Flycasters Expo is Saturday, March 23 at the Ranch<p> </p><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">A fund-raiser for Rocky Mountain </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SpellingErrorV2Themed gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Flycasters</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> Chapter of Trout Unlimited began a few years ago with a few tables of </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">fly tying</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> demonstrations, but this year </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">it’s</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> evolved into the “RMF Trout Fishing Expo,” a one-day exhibit with speakers, 30 or so exhibitors, door prizes, a raffle and more. It will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 at the FNBO Exhibition Building, at the Ranch Event Complex.</span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Encouraging Fishing Club members at Tuesday’s meeting to attend was Terry Gibbons, who wears two fishing caps, one as an LFC member and another as vice president of the Fort Collins Trout Unlimited chapter. Terry says tickets are $25 at the door, $15 if </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">purchased</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> in advance at this website: </span></span><a class="gmail-Hyperlink gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" fg_scanned="1" href="http://rmftu.org/expo2024" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; user-select: text;" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-Underlined gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="color: #467886; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; user-select: text;"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">http://Rmftu.org/expo2024</span></span></a><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-Underlined gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="color: #467886; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; user-select: text;"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="color: #467886; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">You can also bid online for raffle items. The cost for veterans, students and first responders </span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">is</span><span class="gmail-NormalTextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> $10, and ages 10 and under are free. </span></span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p></div><div class="gmail-OutlineElement gmail-Ltr gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="gmail-TextRun gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Money raised at the annual event goes to help fund a variety of conservation efforts in the Cache la Poudre and Big Thompson watersheds.</span><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><br /><p class="gmail-Paragraph gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="gmail-EOP gmail-SCXW109388333 gmail-BCX8" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.925px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><i>Terry Gibbons, vice president, Rocky Mountain Flycasters</i></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJo5eYQ70HfmPYP-BsqyFmSBQ17W9bNgpdGTP9FlLm_l5z6UxcssFGi1qVq4sz2ZsvNb_igAht6OUDSE52v6V5dwqzF0uLtWBiCYwem-73ei-opQdV4a4udNMuj1ywxZa4bteVHD4N6umyovYgU6Q_N82djBgtolyN9xS-POq-ccbprX3xrjv0atf8f4/s1299/LFC%20Terry%20Gibbons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1299" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrJo5eYQ70HfmPYP-BsqyFmSBQ17W9bNgpdGTP9FlLm_l5z6UxcssFGi1qVq4sz2ZsvNb_igAht6OUDSE52v6V5dwqzF0uLtWBiCYwem-73ei-opQdV4a4udNMuj1ywxZa4bteVHD4N6umyovYgU6Q_N82djBgtolyN9xS-POq-ccbprX3xrjv0atf8f4/s320/LFC%20Terry%20Gibbons.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-71926702390615925582024-02-20T16:57:00.000-07:002024-02-20T16:57:09.903-07:00LFC Master Angler awards over the past decade...<p> </p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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The following summarizes that decade of competition, what kind of fish, and where they came from:</span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">2023: Danny Barker</span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> tallied a 21-inch largemouth bass from Boyd Lake, measuring 1.167 percent of Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife’s criteria for Master Angler (MA). In second place, Bob Dierkes, with a hefty 19.5-inch largemouth from Bass Pond. 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Bill Prater’s 24.25-inch rainbow from South Delaney Buttes was second.</span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; 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background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">18.5 inch</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> yellow perch from Boyd Lake, 1.5 percent of MA, biggest fish </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">we’ve</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> recorded; Bill Prater’s 21-inch largemouth from Bass Pond was second followed by the late Charlie Higgs’ 34-inch catfish from Sandpiper.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">2020: Bill Prater </span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">pulled a handsome 26-inch rainbow out of Dragon Fly, 1.0833 of MA criteria, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">apparently a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> brood fish unexpectedly stocked by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. In that wretched first year of Covid, we had no other entries.</span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">2019: Danny Barker </span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">again turned to Boyd Lake for a winning 19.75-inch white bass, 1.1618 percent of MA. Dennis Kelsey’s 20.5-inch largemouth from Dragonfly was second and Bill Prater’s 34-inch channel catfish from Pella Crossing was third. </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">2018: Bill Prater’s</span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> 24-inch </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-image: var(--urlSpellingErrorV2, url('data:image/svg+xml;base64,PD94bWwgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4wIiBlbmNvZGluZz0iVVRGLTgiPz4KPHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iNXB4IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjRweCIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDUgNCIgdmVyc2lvbj0iMS4xIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHhtbG5zOnhsaW5rPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8xOTk5L3hsaW5rIj4KICAgIDwhLS0gR2VuZXJhdG9yOiBTa2V0Y2ggNTYuMiAoODE2NzIpIC0gaHR0cHM6Ly9za2V0Y2guY29tIC0tPgogICAgPHRpdGxlPnNwZWxsaW5nX3NxdWlnZ2xlPC90aXRsZT4KICAgIDxkZXNjPkNyZWF0ZWQgd2l0aCBTa2V0Y2guPC9kZXNjPgogICAgPGcgaWQ9IkZsYWdzIiBzdHJva2U9Im5vbmUiIHN0cm9rZS13aWR0aD0iMSIgZmlsbD0ibm9uZSIgZmlsbC1ydWxlPSJldmVub2RkIj4KICAgICAgICA8ZyB0cmFuc2Zvcm09InRyYW5zbGF0ZSgtMTAxMC4wMDAwMDAsIC0yOTYuMDAwMDAwKSIgaWQ9InNwZWxsaW5nX3NxdWlnZ2xlIj4KICAgICAgICAgICAgPGcgdHJhbnNmb3JtPSJ0cmFuc2xhdGUoMTAxMC4wMDAwMDAsIDI5Ni4wMDAwMDApIj4KICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIDxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0wLDMgQzEuMjUsMyAxLjI1LDEgMi41LDEgQzMuNzUsMSAzLjc1LDMgNSwzIiBpZD0iUGF0aCIgc3Ryb2tlPSIjRUIwMDAwIiBzdHJva2Utd2lkdGg9IjEiPjwvcGF0aD4KICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgIDxyZWN0IGlkPSJSZWN0YW5nbGUiIHg9IjAiIHk9IjAiIHdpZHRoPSI1IiBoZWlnaHQ9IjQiPjwvcmVjdD4KICAgICAgICAgICAgPC9nPgogICAgICAgIDwvZz4KICAgIDwvZz4KPC9zdmc+')); background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">cuttbow</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> trout from South Delaney, 1.0909 percent of MA, took first place. Danny Barker’s 27.5-inch Boyd walleye was second and Wayne Baranczyk’s 12-inch grayling out of Joe Wright Reservoir was third.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">In 2017, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Danny Barker’s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> 20.75-inch Boyd Lake largemouth was first, 1.1528 percent of MA. 2016: Dave Boyle yanked a 17.5-inch smallmouth bass from Horsetooth Reservoir for second.</span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">2016: </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Dave Boyle’s</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"> 23.5-inch brown trout out of Boyd Lake was 1.0682 percent of MA, good for first place. Second was Norm Engelbrecht’s 27-inch Jumbo Reservoir walleye, followed by Bill Prater’s 14-inch Sandpiper crappie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">2015: Kathleen Barker </span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">blew the covers off the 2015 contest with an enormous 18.75-inch crappie from Ish Lake. It measured out at 1.3393 of Master Angler criteria. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Footnote: The state record for a white </span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">crappie in Colorado stands at 18.25 inches!)</span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; 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text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">The late </span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Tom Garland</span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; 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Second was Mike Schaber with an 18.5-inch largemouth, Dave Boyle was third with a 17.25-inch smallmouth from Horsetooth.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{225}" paraid="1921394608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-indent: 48px; user-select: text;"> # # #</span></p></div>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-55554164053130809532024-02-20T16:54:00.001-07:002024-02-20T17:00:41.352-07:002023 LFC Master Angler awards revealed<p> <span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #0070c0; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US">The 2023 Loveland Fishing Club Angler of the Year is newly minted President Danny Barker,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" color="windowtext" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-US">who this summer pulled a 21-inch largemouth bass from Boyd Lake. Competition chair Jim Roode did the calculations, and the beast measured 1.167 percent of the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife’s criteria for a Master Angler (MA) citation, based on length. </span><span class="EOP SCXW43496480 BCX8" color="windowtext" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":240}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></p><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW43496480 BCX8" paraeid="{d8cbb35f-3861-4675-b784-a0ccdc4b09ee}{193}" paraid="789406512" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">In second place was Bob Dierkes, with a hefty 19.5-inch largemouth from Bass Pond. Third place in 2023 also went to largemouth anglers - in a tie between Darrell Knight and Bill Prater. Darrell’s Sandpiper Pond bass and Bill’s from the Berthoud Town Pond were both a half inch shy of Bob's mark. (</span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US">Footnote: </span><span class="TextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Comic Sans MS_EmbeddedFont", "Comic Sans MS_MSFontService", fantasy; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW43496480 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">the club competition is now limited to fish taken from water available to all club members. 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It was subsequently officially weighed in at 4.07 pounds, shattering an old record set way back in 1964. But an anonymous tipster later reported that he or she <b><i>saw <u>the same fish</u> being weighed in<u> earlier</u> at 3.73.</i> </b> After an investigation, Kansas Parks and Wildlife staff seized the crappie and used a hand-held metal detector to scan its insides., and later did the same thing with an x-ray. <b>This (steel bearings)</b> is what they saw in its belly:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGD5X39k5Bv7A-p0ygem81B4t9JV0sk0QWBydpum1uhCIscfFLJKREqX12RzERzjx70KfjlUwQCwe0L-_ewAF-V9twtkSnVzxmI-eKw9iLX3JCbbW96PoMdpVWbDGR0EuOlmKn62sOMUMh4mvp6wG-znKCmoLN1clGPE-_IJZAoUJbuiQ9HuCWO13lrw/s540/kansas%20crappie.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="334" data-original-width="540" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVGD5X39k5Bv7A-p0ygem81B4t9JV0sk0QWBydpum1uhCIscfFLJKREqX12RzERzjx70KfjlUwQCwe0L-_ewAF-V9twtkSnVzxmI-eKw9iLX3JCbbW96PoMdpVWbDGR0EuOlmKn62sOMUMh4mvp6wG-znKCmoLN1clGPE-_IJZAoUJbuiQ9HuCWO13lrw/w400-h248/kansas%20crappie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">This week </span><i style="font-size: 18px;">Outdoor Lif</i><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;">e also weighed in, noting the previous Kansas record has been reinstated. The angler with the </span><u style="font-size: 18px;">new</u><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"> fish, who had apparently kept his prize in the freezer, has denied all wrongdoing. He was quoted by <i>Outdoor Life </i>as saying he caught the fish legally, and that Parks and Wildlife had </span><u style="font-size: 18px;">illegally</u><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px;"> come to his home and taken the fish away for that damning x-ray. A Parks and Wildlife spokesperson responded that its actions were so legal. </span></p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The discovery of steel weights in the belly of the beast reminds us of a similar case in 2022 where <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.ksnt.com/news/national/pair-accused-in-fishing-scandal-won-thousands-of-dollars-boat-in-string-of-wins/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">two men were accused of stuffing lead into their winning w</span></a>alleye at</span> an Ohio fishing tournament. A lot of prize money was involved in that case. Those folks got fined, lost the right to a fishing license, and had their boat taken away. There's no word on possible repercussions in the Kansas situation; the angler reportedly even got his fish back; he just lost bragging rights to the state record. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you're as fascinated by all this as I am, here is a link to the complete Outdoor Life article: <a href="https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/kansas-record-crappie-removed/">https://www.outdoorlife.com/fishing/kansas-record-crappie-removed/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In unrelated but also interesting news, the new Colorado state record for a BLACK crappie was set on Nov. 12 of last year, an 18.25-inch fish that was carefully measured and unofficially weighed in at 3 pounds 15 ounces. It's the new "state record by length." <u>Colorado bases its Master Angler program on</u> <u>either length or weight</u>, something Kansas might want to consider. Short of still allowing someone to mash a prize fish flat to squeeze out an extra inch or so to make it legal to keep and eat, it sure sounds like a way to encourage ethical angler behavior.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Source Sans Pro", arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif">Anyway, here is something else I admire about Colorado's new record holder, <b>kayak angler Eric Allee.</b> Eric and fishing buddies admired his prize, measured it and took lots of pictures - and then he gently released it back into the water to fight (and maybe get measured again) another day. I'm betting the Kansas fellow wishes he'd done the same. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face=""Source Sans Pro", arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif"> # # # </span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Source Sans Pro", arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-87199123329141151072024-02-14T09:37:00.002-07:002024-02-20T10:29:40.187-07:00Memorial service set for Mavis Kelsey <p>A memorial service has been set for 11 a.m. Friday, March 8 at Foundation Church for Mavis Kelsey, wife of long-time Loveland Fishing Club member Dennis Kelsey. Mavis passed away Tuesday night after a long illness. Foundation is located at 1380 N. Denver, Loveland.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1m5Bks8O3bkE6eRlL6j9KVH1RKHuNQIGj8WcP5YSiQQB1zkpYhiwsDfRRRHTlDiFwF25SiTdYgib1tp-voGT2WCgbFZRovc7Y4kC0Yk5oi-kVrtTk9yPajdL2X4sO4e-GgRILYOotDvmD14kIqsf5gQy-igL2SO9faH98-qRr321NKtwcJymjVQuNmXk/s847/Dennis%20and%20Mavis%20picnic.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="565" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1m5Bks8O3bkE6eRlL6j9KVH1RKHuNQIGj8WcP5YSiQQB1zkpYhiwsDfRRRHTlDiFwF25SiTdYgib1tp-voGT2WCgbFZRovc7Y4kC0Yk5oi-kVrtTk9yPajdL2X4sO4e-GgRILYOotDvmD14kIqsf5gQy-igL2SO9faH98-qRr321NKtwcJymjVQuNmXk/w266-h400/Dennis%20and%20Mavis%20picnic.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-65750156277146468912024-02-07T13:26:00.000-07:002024-02-07T13:26:27.612-07:002024 Dues are Due! <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7X-R4vzchKY7-s2_qAOFZcUwWF8l0zvNTcGstiGEXrd07LOrjEaV7ZPAL3Sx89HOO5MQUcF0Hogl21VJFEj9pLntpTgLAFvIy6Ua7l9YOIJ6eq5KHPe7chY7_3_qfoCXbRJ7VzNoKfCRAJ85f1G_rGFohZxTTYxpg4JRfbe_Ou_JXBFm3JPBAv1Nutig/s1024/LFC%20Dues.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7X-R4vzchKY7-s2_qAOFZcUwWF8l0zvNTcGstiGEXrd07LOrjEaV7ZPAL3Sx89HOO5MQUcF0Hogl21VJFEj9pLntpTgLAFvIy6Ua7l9YOIJ6eq5KHPe7chY7_3_qfoCXbRJ7VzNoKfCRAJ85f1G_rGFohZxTTYxpg4JRfbe_Ou_JXBFm3JPBAv1Nutig/s320/LFC%20Dues.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">If you've not paid your club membership dues for 2024, please bring to the February meeting and see Treasurer Ken Kesterke.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u>To get a better understanding of club members' interests, we're asking that you also fill out and sign</u></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><u>a membership application again.</u> If you've misplaced yours, Ken will have copies; you can also find on the Pages Directory of the blog,</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lovelandfishingclub.blogspot.com/p/lfc-membership-application.html&source=gmail&ust=1707423831553000&usg=AOvVaw2gtaqvbixpEbgMFSJ8AQdJ" fg_scanned="1" href="https://lovelandfishingclub.blogspot.com/p/lfc-membership-application.html" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Loveland Fishing Club Blog: LFC membership application</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Dues are $25 a year, $30 for a couple. (Even if your sweetie doesn't fish, the extra $5</span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">covers the cost of their attendance at the legendary August club picnic.) </span></b></div>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-35786474769640114572024-02-07T11:44:00.000-07:002024-02-07T11:44:24.302-07:00Terry Gibbons to be featured speaker at Feb. 20th club meeting<div style="text-align: left;"> Fly casting, including a Terry Gibbons, a past club member who just re-upped, will be talking about fly casting an upcoming event at The Ranch planned by Rocky Mountain Flycasters, the Fort Collins chapter of Trout Unlimited. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Also on the agenda for the February meeting is the announcement of the 2023 Angler of the Year, awarded for the biggest fish of any species recognized under the Colorado Master Angler program and caught by a club member last year out of public water!\. The crowning normally takes place in January, but hey, competition manager Jim Roode was sick last month, like half of the club. So we waited until Jim got to feeling better. He's reportedly recorded some really good entries this year. </span></div><p><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMZF5ilWrq3PJez5A58dru5xxIa9nDe9GgsWkr2oECdaqRuOzakTIMd6yX5x-Urn8c57dyluQV8UqQPaTRp-BYYAFRac6dwhNV1qBpgC9wq-40NQkZjOy70Ty1ifqFa0TXtzAT2r6qg0Yc8S-RWe1yKhfuU-dfGeEF-Cs94cPMu-OH6_k3_hqh1hOPE4/s480/LFC%202023%20Club%20champion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMZF5ilWrq3PJez5A58dru5xxIa9nDe9GgsWkr2oECdaqRuOzakTIMd6yX5x-Urn8c57dyluQV8UqQPaTRp-BYYAFRac6dwhNV1qBpgC9wq-40NQkZjOy70Ty1ifqFa0TXtzAT2r6qg0Yc8S-RWe1yKhfuU-dfGeEF-Cs94cPMu-OH6_k3_hqh1hOPE4/w400-h400/LFC%202023%20Club%20champion.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-4831428864031512292024-01-17T14:24:00.000-07:002024-01-17T14:24:18.639-07:00<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="adn ads" data-legacy-message-id="18d194d6cea216a2" data-message-id="#msg-a:r1139855733937861853" style="background-color: white; border-left: none; color: #222222; display: flex; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;"><div class="gs" style="margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: initial;"><div class=""><div class="ii gt" id=":v5" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWE6cjg2MjIzODQzMzI3NTg0NDA1NCJd; 4:WyIjbXNnLWE6cjExMzk4NTU3MzM5Mzc4NjE4NTMiXQ.." style="direction: ltr; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; overflow-x: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL " id=":ol" style="direction: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: auto hidden; position: relative;"><div dir="ltr">With the weather much improved and the likelihood that the darned lake is finally frozen, we have a consensus to try Boyd Friday morning, say about 9 a.m. starting at the boat ramp.<div>If someone doesn't have a state park pass and wants a lift, let me know and we can just drive over from my house about 8:30, 1915 Pikes Peak Drive. 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Aw, you know who they are<p>We had a busy January general meeting on Tuesday.</p><p><b>Danny Barker</b>, after a year as our vice president, stepped up to the role of president for a year, succeeding <b>Tom Miller</b>. Tom moves over to the role of Parliamentarian, after warm round of applause from the club for really stepping up when the club needed him most. </p><p><b>Darrell Knight </b>is new vice president, and by club tradition moves up to president in 2025.</p><p>Meanwhile, <b>Kathleen Barker</b> (yeah, Danny's girlfriend) continues as secretary, while Ken Kesterke is our new treasurer. <br /><br /><b>Dave Johnson</b> continues as membership liaison, and <b>Jim Roode</b> as government affairs liaison.</p><p><span style="color: red;"><b><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzb7BNfdPQgu8lSMx6FWKCSic93w3pXF2evDtlcROVoLgk3L5ls0LKOC4JmvfZCTpQN1HrOBd3ZiESbQH_g3eDmmYNWjf9gsEXGmJ_eawHGEBkP49-tTR4GWyCIqEGcpDK91yXxr8AUUJKZHpVueefMoIs0lR6lRVEGlq4epZav1Y5v8sSn-2b9ps5HU/s2236/LFC%202023%20Boardedited.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="2236" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzb7BNfdPQgu8lSMx6FWKCSic93w3pXF2evDtlcROVoLgk3L5ls0LKOC4JmvfZCTpQN1HrOBd3ZiESbQH_g3eDmmYNWjf9gsEXGmJ_eawHGEBkP49-tTR4GWyCIqEGcpDK91yXxr8AUUJKZHpVueefMoIs0lR6lRVEGlq4epZav1Y5v8sSn-2b9ps5HU/s320/LFC%202023%20Boardedited.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Danny Barker, left, Darrell Knight, <br />Kathleen Barker and Ken Kesterke</i><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Below is the complete list of folks responsible for portions of club activities. You'll see we have a few remaining vacancies:</b></span> <b> </b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Activities chair</b>, who helps the rest of us plan trips and other activities during the year, and </li><li><b>Meeting chair</b>, who helps plan our monthly speakers and communications. </li></ul><p></p><p>We're also needing someone to lead the club's involvement in the annual Loveland Kids Fishing Derby. It's been well led for several years by Rick Golz, but he's going to be unavailable that day (something to do with a 50th wedding anniversary!) He'll be available to help you get going on this important project. </p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Here's what Rick has to say: "I would be glad to hand off the information needed to whomever you can get to take over the derby. In my opinion this event has the most impact on the club mission in the community. The kids and families have a great experience that lasts over generations."</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Interested in helping out with this vital annual community event? Talk it over with Rick, e-mail </div><span data-href="mailto:rickdgolz@gmail.com" jsaction="JIbuQc: trigger.eDBanb" jscontroller="soHxf" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #f0f4f9; color: #1f1f1f; font-family: "Google Sans Text"; font-size: 14px;"><span class="c0P5Q" data-is-tooltip-wrapper="true" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border-radius: inherit; height: 100%; width: 100%;"><div aria-describedby="ttid-c859" aria-label="Email: rickdgolz@gmail.com" class="W7Nbnf" jsaction="click:h5M12e;clickmod:h5M12e; pointerdown:FEiYhc; pointerup:mF5Elf; pointerenter:EX0mI; pointerleave:vpvbp; pointercancel:xyn4sd; contextmenu:xexox; focus:h06R8; blur:zjh6rb; mlnRJb:fLiPzd;JZCswc:.CLIENT" jscontroller="LxQ0Q" jslog="24336; track:click,impression" role="button" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; color: var(--gm3-sys-color-primary,#0b57d0); cursor: pointer; display: inline; outline: none;" tabindex="0"><a href="mailto:rickdgolz@gmail.com">rickdgolz@gmail.com</a>, and </div></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">then let Danny know you'd like to get involved.</span><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Also at Tuesday's meeting, members approved some updated language in the club bylaws. The original language can be found in an article posted Sunday, and the complete bylaws are posted on the <b>Pages Directory</b> on the upper right portion of this blog. </span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space-collapse: preserve;">2023 Club Officers and other contacts: </span></div><div align="left" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 0pt;"><table style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"><colgroup><col width="293"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 0pt;"><td style="background-color: #5fc0fa; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-style: solid; border-width: 0.5pt; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0.75pt; vertical-align: middle;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #666666; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><b>Club e-mail: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://draft.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/6742163305098207298/1504714941093330221%23&source=gmail&ust=1705550370669000&usg=AOvVaw3YwVS0tSgk3rA6N1C7zz31" href="https://draft.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/6742163305098207298/1504714941093330221#" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">lovelandfishing@gmail.<wbr></wbr>com</a></b></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">President: Danny Barker</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Vice President: Darrell Knight</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Secretary: Kathleen Barker</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Treasurer: Ken Kesterke</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Parliamentarian/Immediate Past President: Tom Miller</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Government Affairs Liaison: Jim Roode</span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Membership Liaison: Dave Johnson</span></span></p><p style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Boat Day: Danny Barker</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Activities Chair: Vacant</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: black;">Banner keeper, Dennis Kelsey</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Editor, Publicity Chair: Bill Prater</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Friends of the Big Thompson: Walt Graul </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Kids Fishing Derby chair: Vacant </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Meeting chair: Vacant</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Membership Committee: John Gwinnup, Dave Johnson, Jim Visger</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700;">Senior Derby Chair: Bob Dierkes, Vicki Tesar</span><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.2px; line-height: 1.44; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Updated: Jan. 16, 2024</span></span></p></div>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-86975786827928455132024-01-14T14:45:00.002-07:002024-01-14T15:51:47.231-07:00New officers to be elected; other actions at Tuesday's meeting<p> After a year's indenture as club vice president, Danny Barker will be formally declared our 2024 President at Tuesday's meeting. We'll also be voting at the 2 p.m. meeting at Chilson Center on new members of the Board and changes in club-bylaws, and Jim Roode will reveal winner of this year's "Angler of the Year" competition, awarded to the club member who in 2023 </p><p>caught the largest fish from Colorado public waters. Dress warmly if you must, but be there. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG6uSGu3dZYvz5FPPJTngk1wBDprH03WAoOCA_s0j0G_m7mfu1OkBCpAbXyGFXXjjWhMq7cmvK4MGVODvaC5gGEtaV5qwMuZSh91h4dt6fqEcc3XFkB5CWXaYlUGuKOTjsA22uNvMSUUSSwLhUd_91ysW_x7St0XSk0M8ahzb7iouNt0cxYKLY4e7U52I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgG6uSGu3dZYvz5FPPJTngk1wBDprH03WAoOCA_s0j0G_m7mfu1OkBCpAbXyGFXXjjWhMq7cmvK4MGVODvaC5gGEtaV5qwMuZSh91h4dt6fqEcc3XFkB5CWXaYlUGuKOTjsA22uNvMSUUSSwLhUd_91ysW_x7St0XSk0M8ahzb7iouNt0cxYKLY4e7U52I=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></p><p><br /><br /></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-35122635465088167082024-01-08T10:41:00.003-07:002024-01-08T10:41:53.028-07:00"Tom Miller on the hook for the Community" <p>Page one of The Loveland Reporter-Herald Tuesday morning featured a lengthy interview with the club's outgoing president, Tom Miller. In a Q & A by Pamela Johnson, the paper said, "Dedicated to fishing, and to the community, Miller hopes membership and participation in the group will grow this year, getting more residents and families outside, casting their lines in area waters and, at the same time, building community spirit and strewardship." Here's a link to the complete article: </p><p><a fg_scanned="1" href="https://enewspaper.reporterherald.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=1d08342d-1705-4aec-84d4-95c2867c9c0b&share=true" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">https://enewspaper.reporterherald.com/infinity/article_popover_share.aspx?guid=1d08342d-1705-4aec-84d4-95c2867c9c0b&share=true</a></p><p><br /></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKUB1WwHJEWqSUKxemhG5MoscxZ_Z7xlP063Tgz2gjqSVe4MkKgDwEXZH7RK70hWcqr_M1AVs4vAseY_5Pa4JTqmS0sP-mSZP88LwkqAYdh27nO6_nLGcSdvl7ux0frsuYPSaaWcQola-J45nhZM3WeS-nQthmVfh9v24mHw5o1R2r3z2Emdv-FmVjBc/s1600/Tom%20and%20Danny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1600" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKUB1WwHJEWqSUKxemhG5MoscxZ_Z7xlP063Tgz2gjqSVe4MkKgDwEXZH7RK70hWcqr_M1AVs4vAseY_5Pa4JTqmS0sP-mSZP88LwkqAYdh27nO6_nLGcSdvl7ux0frsuYPSaaWcQola-J45nhZM3WeS-nQthmVfh9v24mHw5o1R2r3z2Emdv-FmVjBc/w400-h294/Tom%20and%20Danny.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Photo by the Reporter-Herald's Jenny Sparks of 2024 President Danny Barker, left, and<br />Tom Miller. </i></td></tr></tbody></table>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-20070669182807783322024-01-05T20:59:00.000-07:002024-01-05T20:59:00.417-07:00Parks and Wildlife releases updated lake and stream survey summaries<p> Each year Colorado Parks and Wildlife fisheries biologists updates its information on lakes and streams, and they are now available on the CPW website, <a href="https://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/FisherySurveySummaries.aspx">https://cpw.state.co.us/thingstodo/Pages/FisherySurveySummaries.aspx</a></p><p>Among the lakes with data from spring through fall 2023 are Boyd, Carter, Boedecker reservoirs and the Big Thompson and Cache la Poudre Rivers. This includes things like the gill net and electroshock results from 2023 compared to previous years. Among other things, it's showing white bass numbers declined pretty dramatically, likely a result of angler harvest of a very healthy white bass population. </p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-16941978059993988562024-01-05T16:12:00.001-07:002024-01-05T16:12:31.706-07:00First big ice fishing trip of the season! <p>Okay, if the weather turns icy we'll likely stay home and watch fishing shows. But for now some of the club's legendary ice fishing clan plans a Wednesday, Jan. 10th outing to a top secret lake about two hours west of Loveland.</p><p>Okay, it's Meadow Creek, a gorgeous, mostly private but kinda public lake a few miles west of the Moose Visitor Center on Highway 14. Not to brag, or oversell the trip, but we caught some nice trout there last fall. All but a few of them escaped back into the lake unscathed.</p><p><b>Interested? </b>Drop me a text at 970-988-9174. We'll set up a definite time and work out carpooling in a few days. If you need gear, we can work it out. Just let us know. Bill</p><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GJI7Rx41gu8MDM9pBMWX8uwESjVhE024JLYSMkwYxgFgrAav5GE3Lb2nn7Ate-_UM4OT4FR9l4V3wsrwhU_h_p1H5TEvrgEzsey88ocS9h68KDVppT3uzmWOqFR11KwyFhbFdfE_xqd4DO1uA65gBajsOVOsOyb_FgtjohOwqY1OmNlp5Q5pWu74RYo/s1024/LFC%20ice%20fishing%20trout.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7GJI7Rx41gu8MDM9pBMWX8uwESjVhE024JLYSMkwYxgFgrAav5GE3Lb2nn7Ate-_UM4OT4FR9l4V3wsrwhU_h_p1H5TEvrgEzsey88ocS9h68KDVppT3uzmWOqFR11KwyFhbFdfE_xqd4DO1uA65gBajsOVOsOyb_FgtjohOwqY1OmNlp5Q5pWu74RYo/w400-h400/LFC%20ice%20fishing%20trout.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-51079195219963924572024-01-05T10:21:00.004-07:002024-01-05T10:21:36.870-07:00Dennis Lund has passed away<p>Dennis D. Lund of Loveland, 87, a former member of the Loveland Fishing Club and a good fishing companion, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 3.</p><p>No further information on services is available. Arrangements are being made by the Neptune Society.</p><h1 class="ObituaryDetails_display-name__H4JVI" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a3c31; font-family: MrsEaves-Italic; font-size: 70px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 70px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizd5njW0QovCI5TTL03IO1YRbkOgjDRcCr0SSxJnh104JRI0Ip_M7L4KtGgmBf_bJ2Is11hcYNA2Ni2jXTwTxzBF1KfAP5klssw_dbey6qaSrb7W-KYJjbwmpoK88clppuWQrMqxS_mkaWcktiFXImgUyhYePmW43hfVZ7F6rOfmZ9GJVQrbitgaq49S0/s1006/LFC%20Dennis%20Lund.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Lato, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="666" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizd5njW0QovCI5TTL03IO1YRbkOgjDRcCr0SSxJnh104JRI0Ip_M7L4KtGgmBf_bJ2Is11hcYNA2Ni2jXTwTxzBF1KfAP5klssw_dbey6qaSrb7W-KYJjbwmpoK88clppuWQrMqxS_mkaWcktiFXImgUyhYePmW43hfVZ7F6rOfmZ9GJVQrbitgaq49S0/s320/LFC%20Dennis%20Lund.JPG" width="212" /></a></h1><h6 class="ObituaryDetails_title__6S3LT" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #605f5e; font-family: Lato-Black; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 2.4px; line-height: 19px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 40px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><div class="ObituaryDetails_obituary-wrapper__j8mto" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4a3c31; font-family: Lato, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-transform: none;"><div class="ObituaryDetails_obituary__V3uxw expand-for-print" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><br /><div class="ObituaryDetails_obituaryHeader__7SYzo" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: MrsEaves-Italic; font-size: 44px; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 30px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></h6>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-37638421514914308222024-01-03T16:03:00.002-07:002024-01-03T16:48:13.971-07:00Sportsmen's Expo is Jan. 11-14 at Colorado Convention Center<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2729609906269661428templateContainer" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; max-width: 600px; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td id="m_2729609906269661428templatePreheader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 9px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2729609906269661428mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2729609906269661428mcnTextContent" style="color: #656565; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong>Here's the Colorado Parks and Wildlife news release:</strong></h3><h3 style="color: #202020; font-size: 20px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></h3></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="m_2729609906269661428templateHeader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><tbody></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2729609906269661428mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2729609906269661428mcnTextContent" style="line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><span id="m_2729609906269661428docs-internal-guid-1fe216eb-7fff-f9f7-c210-05461c3adaea" style="color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">DENVER – </span><span id="m_2729609906269661428docs-internal-guid-0367ec48-7fff-e0cb-a1f4-6a3402a0b379" style="color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is sponsoring and hosting educational booths at this year’s annual International Sportsmen’s Exposition at the </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3Dd0cbd2f98d%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1704408913707000&usg=AOvVaw24DUeIFoPmt9yt24p5G0lB" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=d0cbd2f98d&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Colorado Convention Center</a><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;"> in downtown Denver on Jan. 11-14, 2024. A digital coupon for a $3 discount off one adult ticket is available on the CPW website, </span><span style="color: #0076b2; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;"><u>https://cpw.state.co.us/Pages/ISE.aspx</u></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;">Jim Roode won't be volunteering at the event this year, but is going down if someone needs a ride. You can reach him at </span><a href="mailto:jimroode@yahoo.com" style="color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jim</a><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;">.</span><br /><span id="m_2729609906269661428docs-internal-guid-0367ec48-7fff-e0cb-a1f4-6a3402a0b379" style="color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The International Sportsmen’s Expo is an event where more than 500 companies pack two giant halls with outdoor camping, off-roading, fishing, and hunting products and expert presentations are offered to attendees each day. </span><br /><br /><span id="m_2729609906269661428docs-internal-guid-0367ec48-7fff-e0cb-a1f4-6a3402a0b379" style="color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This premier expo allows hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts to preview new outdoor gear, learn new casting techniques, see what lodges offer, look at live raptors up close, and find new places to explore in Colorado. </span><br /><br /><span id="m_2729609906269661428docs-internal-guid-0367ec48-7fff-e0cb-a1f4-6a3402a0b379" style="color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Event ticket and parking information is available at </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3D2f0ceeb6c4%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1704408913707000&usg=AOvVaw3Zkviv-X9bs2zUFO66ZM-X" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=2f0ceeb6c4&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">www.sportsexpos.com/attend</a><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;">. Youth 15 and under and active military with ID can enter for free. Veterans can access a limited supply of free passes at </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3D9b62778efa%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1704408913707000&usg=AOvVaw2Bj0RXAWSa30kmTNqGh77E" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=9b62778efa&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">Vettix.org</a><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;">. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span id="m_2729609906269661428docs-internal-guid-0367ec48-7fff-e0cb-a1f4-6a3402a0b379" style="color: #202020; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">For more information about the expo and a complete list of exhibits, visit </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3Da121b8fa1d%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1704408913707000&usg=AOvVaw1OmW4um7Sozg0_XfGveI3r" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=a121b8fa1d&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">https://cpw.state.co.us/Pages/<wbr></wbr>ISE.aspx </a><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;">or </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361%26id%3D5b651e0d64%26e%3D597a0bc4df&source=gmail&ust=1704408913707000&usg=AOvVaw2MRdu75e-htp2HT3mIvA1f" fg_scanned="1" href="https://state.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5144ed31c5f2ba642e0393361&id=5b651e0d64&e=597a0bc4df" style="color: #0076b2; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" target="_blank">https://www.sportsexpos.com/<wbr></wbr>attend/denver</a><span style="color: #202020; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Grande, Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Sans, Tahoma, sans-serif;">. </span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-82037439927562227802024-01-03T15:57:00.000-07:002024-01-03T15:57:30.327-07:00Almost Time! To go ice fishing. Let's plan ahead<p> Okay folks, if our late buddy Norm were still around he'd be clamoring for us to bundle up and head to the Laramie Lakes to freeze our butts off. Absent Norm, I'd say we're still a week or so away from water that's frozen enough to fish on around here. So! Let's either figure out a high country spot to try, an hour or two up in the mountains, or persuade some gullible members to go try out Boyd or Lon Hagler and report back.</p><p>For now, drop me a note, <a href="mailto:billjohnp@gmail.com">Ice Water Bill</a>, and I'll add you to a distribution list of club members interested in possible upcoming ice fishing ventures. Let me know if you're new to the art and might need some loaner equipment to get started. And to get you motivated, here's a photo of outgoing President Tom Miller, describing what ice fishing was like in the old days to 2024 President Danny Barker.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ST_X1IhbIzZNAup7O75uBIy1KlBTZbtEqntIG0rAUGB7Mn69rX74qg90diEEh9eUsOWicSoFpQcC5oipAOQIryeubkYrE0ubfQgw1-gq95EKEA3n135Us4lQwBgArKY_wq9zSIi2pjfrN4hxzTIYpMnKZLEHqeGvVMOMjdi_axs4wac-TWCbvE7UPaQ/s1024/LFC%20Jurassic%20ice%20fishing%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4ST_X1IhbIzZNAup7O75uBIy1KlBTZbtEqntIG0rAUGB7Mn69rX74qg90diEEh9eUsOWicSoFpQcC5oipAOQIryeubkYrE0ubfQgw1-gq95EKEA3n135Us4lQwBgArKY_wq9zSIi2pjfrN4hxzTIYpMnKZLEHqeGvVMOMjdi_axs4wac-TWCbvE7UPaQ/w400-h400/LFC%20Jurassic%20ice%20fishing%20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-88629974014221084782023-12-22T14:50:00.003-07:002023-12-22T14:50:53.232-07:00The truth about lying about fishing <h3 style="text-align: left;"><i>By Bill Prater</i></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">In the spirit of the holidays, humor me as I reminisce about taking my nephew fishing at a pond near his home. We talked about many manly subjects. Like, “the plural of fish is fish. So if you caught just one, and someone asks how you did, you say, “Wow, did we catch fish!” When we got back home, an auntie asked Sam what his uncle had taught him. The lad – now an attorney , I should add – answered, “He told me how to lie about fishing.”</span></span></i></h3><div class="blogbody" id="blogDetailMainContent" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana; font-size: 18px; line-height: 22px; margin-left: 10px; margin-top: 20px; word-break: break-word;"><div><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Truth is, I am the envy of wives and fishing friends for my truthfulness about the size and quantity of fish caught. They do point out that they can’t disprove anything, because I release everything I catch. But I am also known to tolerate <i>Loveland Fishing Club</i> buddies who cheerfully lie about any damned thing, every Friday morning breakfast. So, am I culpable here? Does tolerance for the truthiness of others mean anything anyway, in an era when lighthearted lying has been transformed into professional career paths?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Aw, I don’t know. Some people talk about disgraced ex-congressman George Santos like he was a horrible person. But the truth is, others keep insisting he was just a little stinker who told colorful white lies. You do have to wonder, though, if you’d fib about your mom dying in a collapsing building on 9/11 what would you do in a fishing tournament? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Speaking of tournaments, it sounds like those two disgraced Lake Erie walleye fishermen paid a higher penalty than old George. Both lost their fishing licenses for three years, and one even forfeited his boat. I must admit, I’d prefer watching those walleye fishermen on the news, to see how they got away for so long with stuffing fish with lead weights. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Truth is, changing morals and technologies have helped transform just about everything lately, including the sport of fishing. These days, for a few hundred – okay, a few thousand – okay, several thousand dollars -- you can buy a remarkable high-definition fishing television – one that scans water in all directions and then screams out the number and size of every member of every species trying to hide down there. Remember when Fezzik the giant in the movie, “<i>Princess Bride”</i> was told his way of fighting was to bash in a guy’s head with a rock?” Fezzik responded, “<i>My way is not very sportsmanlike.</i>” I like that. Maybe all the moral guidance we anglers need is to ask ourselves whether what we’re doing is sportsmanlike. </span><br style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">I really don’t want to start an argument about how, when or where to fish. Truth is, I’m a geezer who doesn’t like everything he sees taking place with our sport, and just wants to outwit a few fish of my own. And maybe brag about (and even catch) a few more than Tom or Wayne or Darrell. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>My “new” boat is 23 years old now, and I prefer my belly boat, slow but sneaky. And my ice fishing “fish finder” is an ancient Vexilar FL/8 flasher that just flashes, the same way it has for two decades. You can likely catch more fish with newer stuff; be my guest. I don’t keep 'em anyway. And my fishing buddies are getting pretty old and set in their ways too. If I hand them a questionable fishing report, they’ll likely forget the details anyway, before the next Friday morning breakfast.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: lato, "helvetica neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Happy New Year everyone.</span></div></div>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-27831158346722190442023-12-21T16:51:00.000-07:002023-12-21T16:51:32.452-07:00Happy holidays folks<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFwUBvDBboUNlS8qYdvgAvCDLeXh2LDyVQSDnAaSQs8FP80dS-bMqw1tukiLicNusYgkL-EalUW6qdXXTTlLCo2XRC23BEma8rISE7CVwgGsNXalGUj_Zx0VwAHGuO6HyI6J712A5AWvi_I4uBapu50UdPGxfngX0J3lSARXELvEv-Mdk5DAHpGzBiR7o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1006" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFwUBvDBboUNlS8qYdvgAvCDLeXh2LDyVQSDnAaSQs8FP80dS-bMqw1tukiLicNusYgkL-EalUW6qdXXTTlLCo2XRC23BEma8rISE7CVwgGsNXalGUj_Zx0VwAHGuO6HyI6J712A5AWvi_I4uBapu50UdPGxfngX0J3lSARXELvEv-Mdk5DAHpGzBiR7o=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-88195437112818504642023-12-18T15:58:00.000-07:002023-12-18T15:58:41.188-07:00Possibly the last open water fishing for awhile<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jztTOodocxo9F6LtX9gXDOWJTbbU_LyAVIVsk9i-xCo4padOp4nFpKhEfnYR0l-XeQRv1RFBzqp810RvJPKWADuh7Uw7VBQUzn8rFosMBw6rLbuaziS5yNn1bNgEjpQYBaDtRgML5hQ1VpYmGnWa16M3B3YyBc0gqOzmHsSOn41IDkk8Zfw9teHWrRM/s978/Darrell%20recycle%20ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jztTOodocxo9F6LtX9gXDOWJTbbU_LyAVIVsk9i-xCo4padOp4nFpKhEfnYR0l-XeQRv1RFBzqp810RvJPKWADuh7Uw7VBQUzn8rFosMBw6rLbuaziS5yNn1bNgEjpQYBaDtRgML5hQ1VpYmGnWa16M3B3YyBc0gqOzmHsSOn41IDkk8Zfw9teHWrRM/s978/Darrell%20recycle%20ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jztTOodocxo9F6LtX9gXDOWJTbbU_LyAVIVsk9i-xCo4padOp4nFpKhEfnYR0l-XeQRv1RFBzqp810RvJPKWADuh7Uw7VBQUzn8rFosMBw6rLbuaziS5yNn1bNgEjpQYBaDtRgML5hQ1VpYmGnWa16M3B3YyBc0gqOzmHsSOn41IDkk8Zfw9teHWrRM/s978/Darrell%20recycle%20ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jztTOodocxo9F6LtX9gXDOWJTbbU_LyAVIVsk9i-xCo4padOp4nFpKhEfnYR0l-XeQRv1RFBzqp810RvJPKWADuh7Uw7VBQUzn8rFosMBw6rLbuaziS5yNn1bNgEjpQYBaDtRgML5hQ1VpYmGnWa16M3B3YyBc0gqOzmHsSOn41IDkk8Zfw9teHWrRM/s978/Darrell%20recycle%20ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jztTOodocxo9F6LtX9gXDOWJTbbU_LyAVIVsk9i-xCo4padOp4nFpKhEfnYR0l-XeQRv1RFBzqp810RvJPKWADuh7Uw7VBQUzn8rFosMBw6rLbuaziS5yNn1bNgEjpQYBaDtRgML5hQ1VpYmGnWa16M3B3YyBc0gqOzmHsSOn41IDkk8Zfw9teHWrRM/s978/Darrell%20recycle%20ice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><img border="0" data-original-height="978" data-original-width="865" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5jztTOodocxo9F6LtX9gXDOWJTbbU_LyAVIVsk9i-xCo4padOp4nFpKhEfnYR0l-XeQRv1RFBzqp810RvJPKWADuh7Uw7VBQUzn8rFosMBw6rLbuaziS5yNn1bNgEjpQYBaDtRgML5hQ1VpYmGnWa16M3B3YyBc0gqOzmHsSOn41IDkk8Zfw9teHWrRM/w354-h400/Darrell%20recycle%20ice.jpg" width="354" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41192236 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-ligatures: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The temperature was right at freezing Monday morning when Darrell Knight hit the Recycle Pond with his Fat Cat float tube. Half an hour later Bill arrived to find the Florida transplant had bounced and kicked his way about halfway from shore to open water. Ten minutes later, Bill launched to find the fishing about as cold as the water. The pair and late-arriving Wayne caught a few trout and one sheepish little catfish before </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41192236 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-ligatures: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;">calling it a day</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW41192236 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-ligatures: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;">. Ice fishing is surely not too far in the future.</span></div></div><p></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6742163305098207298.post-31193570428819626832023-12-16T18:55:00.001-07:002023-12-16T18:55:02.425-07:00And our last? and most recent Holiday Photo entry was ... Vicki Tesar!<p> That's one big bluegill on the end of little Vicki's pole, a fish she recalls yanking from a lake in Minnesota, where the darned things grow bigger for some reason. That's it! All the photos members have shared this holiday season. If you have another you'd like to see here on the blog, send it to <a href="mailto:billjohnp@gmail.com">billjohnp@gmail.com</a>. Happy holidays everyone. See you 2 p.m. Tuesday.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTL1GrPoc2UdzmIPQRQVz2Z6G0-o46RV8tyJKhuXg3WQIdEbdy-6BWvHhTi6M1Oh7PC84f5sceWouxa-FHh5X0h_siQ8ivpKm-YkxZQQx8-KOWLdWYpdLik6uTVI2OUdKOibykd-JjcVok35nxLE9_eCA6oTTyChhwdwIMUEnOv8cQYR67ZrVm2YidmtE/s1342/Vicki%20Tesar.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="1342" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTL1GrPoc2UdzmIPQRQVz2Z6G0-o46RV8tyJKhuXg3WQIdEbdy-6BWvHhTi6M1Oh7PC84f5sceWouxa-FHh5X0h_siQ8ivpKm-YkxZQQx8-KOWLdWYpdLik6uTVI2OUdKOibykd-JjcVok35nxLE9_eCA6oTTyChhwdwIMUEnOv8cQYR67ZrVm2YidmtE/w640-h426/Vicki%20Tesar.jpg" width="640" /></a></p>Bill Praterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421645968446534631noreply@blogger.com0