Loveland Fishing Club Blog

Those of us who rely on Comcast have been annoyingly blocked from getting Chad LaChance's Fishful Thinker show because of a dispute between the Altitude Channel and the cable television provider. Chad's been posting some of his stuff on YouTube, and he just added a show about fishing for Steamboat Lake trout that makes me yearn for warmer weather. Anyway, here's a link  to the program. So, who else wants to go?

The following was a handout for the club's recent CPR training and includes good information on drowning prevention. First Aid Management of Drowning Posted on   May 7, 2013   by   Admin   in   Respiratory Issues Drowning is defined as respiratory impairment following submersion or immersion in fluid media – almost all include drowning in water. Cause of drowning may be either intentional or accidental and it is one of the commonest causes of injurious deaths in developing countries. Drowning is common among males in comparison to females, as well as among younger age groups compared to elderly. More than half of drowning cases take place in rivers, lakes and swimming pools than sea. It is to be noted that a deep place is not a necessity when comes to drowning, this happens specially when other factors like alcohol intoxication is operational; you can drown in your own bathtub. Mechanism of death in drowning victim: Immersion deaths (sometimes ...

Next months General Meeting on March 17th is at Swift Ponds (Colorado Youth Outdoors). Chilson's Senior Center is unable to host due to a large celebration. Meeting time will be the same as usual at 2:00 PM.

A four-day outing at some of northern Colorado's best big-fish waters is planned for Tuesday, June 2 through June 5. Jim Visger is coordinating the trip; you can contact him at 970-800-3399. Lodging is available at the Lake John Resort, including four cabins and an RV park with full hookups and drive-through sites. Cabins have kitchenettes and there are fire rings and tables at the campsites. For more information, click here . There are also motels in nearby Walden and free state camping around the lake on a first-come basis. Lake John is known for big rainbows, and bait fishing is allowed along with fly and spin fishing from the shore or boats and personal watercraft. You can also fish for rainbows, browns, cutthroat and cutbows at the nearby Delaney Butte lakes, Gold Medal waters with fly and lure only restrictions.

Annual dues are $25 for an individual, $30 for a couple. If you haven't paid for 2020 yet, please remit to Barb Ding as soon as possible. Anyone not paid up by April 1 will be dropped from the club roster.

A band of Loveland Fishing Club volunteers along with Regional Colorado Parks and Wildlife Biologist Kyle Battege and Matt Snider of http://fishexplorer.com   prepared some Christmas tree fish habitat for Bluegill Pond in the Fort Collins Riverbend Ponds Natural area Tuesday. It's the start of what we hope will be a series of projects with Natural Areas Biologist Aran Meyer to improve fish habitat in the natural areas' ponds. Here's a link to a CPW posting by Kyle: https://twitter.com/CPW_NE/ status/1227649405739663361?s= 20   

Twenty club members have signed up for the two-hour CPR training session at the Chilsen Center. Cost of the class is being covered by the club. For more information contact Ray Park,  rapark63@comcast.net T