2023-12-05: GRR Weekly Meeting, Minutes

[John Pierce]

Victoria Golden Rods and Reels Fishing and Social Club
held at Esquimalt Anglers 1101 Munro St
in Person and Zoom Meeting Minutes,
Dated December 5 2023

Place: Esquimalt Anglers and Zoom 10:00am

Chaired By: Bill Thomas

Secretary: Bob Comerford

Called to Order: 10:00 AM

Attendees: Mike Galbraith, Dennis Gedney, Gunnar Berg, Lee Takayanagi, Ken Evans, Gary C. Norman Kent, Peter Laughren, Barry  Freeman, Colin Chadwick, Tony  Otten, Jochen Moehr, Dale Scheel, Bob Comerford, Ryan A. Dave Robinson, Ian Cameron, Andre Panteleyeu, Kobus Erasmus, Tim Scott
Lyle Freeman, Sandy Raven, Gerry Walsh, Tim Witoski, Bill Thomas, Danny Larvin
.
Members Attending by Zoom: Mohamed, Dave Cooke, Sandy McElroy.

Motion to accept the minutes last meeting: Moved Ian and seconded by Tim

Items Arising from the Minutes: No Items arising 

Treasurer: See online for report.

Sunshine (Wendy Gedney): No Report

Social (Mike): $102 was spent on Christmas decorations. Sandy Raven will do the table decorations. Let Mike know if you are attending and what you are going to bring. Potluck dinner is on Tuesday, Dec. 19th. Doors open at 5:00 pm dinner at 6:00pm. If you have narrow folding chairs please bring them as chairs were at a premium at last years dinner.

Membership:. When John Pierce gets back the membership list will be posted online.

Fresh Water:
1) Fishable lake for this meeting was Lizard Lake. It is situated on Renfrew Road past Fairy Lake. Lot's lizards. {Newts} Good fishing. Woolly Buggers and Ray Wallace special were used by Bill Thomas. There is a small launching ramp at lake.
2) We are looking for a weekly report on a different lake to fish. If you know of a lake you have fished in you can give a small report on it. It does not matter how successful you were.
3) Barry and Dale on Prospect Lake Landed two fish. Downrigger at 20 ft. Dale caught a 20" fish 6 ¾ las on an articulated bunny haired leach. 

Salt Water:
1) This is Peter's last meeting . He is going to Australia to visit family. He plans on going on a fishing trip in Melbourne. December is currently the middle of Australia's summer. He is going to fish in Filip Bay for Pink Snapper. Average size 3-4 ft. You Jig with squid. Peter will do salt water report from Australia in January.

FishOuts: No fish outs planned at this time.

Fly Tying: Last Saturday Dave tied a Parachute Pattern fly. This is a good dry fly for a mayfly emerger. It would also be good to fish in streams. An English fly from 1850 that was popular in Montreal will be demonstrated this week Go online for past sessions.

Hatchery: 130,000 Coho eggs. Poor return for Chum eggs. Other streams have had good coho runs. Huge Pink runs this year. Some were seen in Goldstream. Ind. Coho eggs from Shawnigan and Goldstream are different at first but after 2 weeks look the same. Not enough Chum eggs for local streams. Peninsula Streams are currently trying to restock Millstream and a stream on Saturna  Island with Coho.

PSS: 2, Pit tags at hatchery. i Dozen slipped out and two mortalities. These fish are going into the Millstream in December. The More time they are  in the stream  they will climatize  and make the Millstream their native stream. No returning fish so far have been spotted. 

BCWF: Dave Cooke Dec 1 meeting. 30-40 people. Cowichan River 1,000 fish killed. Dried up creeks. Hot water some of the pools 22 degrees, normal temp 14 degrees. Raising weir. At a standstill. Need to pay land owners for loss of land. They want to raise the water to high water levels. Recreational tubers. Thousands of users. Sun screen. a big problem. They have come up with biologically safe sunscreen to use. Looking at reducing the number of tubers on the river. Cowichan club hires divers to retrieve drink cans. Asian Carp spotted on lakes. Questions about where they are coming from. More education on invasive fish necessary. Ask that a fresh water app on phone for freshwater B.C. for all regulations. A report on salt water fishing. Cal. Oregon, and Washington, sued Alaska fishers to limit Pink salmon fishing. This is perhaps the Reason why the Pink salmon run was so good this year. Fish rivers. B.C. Annual Convention meeting on April 12 14 2023 in Kelowna. Looking for volunteer to attend. If you have grand children, BCWF will sponsor a child fishing. Contact Dave Cooke for more information.

Mike to find out more info on launching ramp proposal. at Prospect Lake.

ACS: Tomorrow night at Esquimalt anglers

WFA: 

Library:

Legacy Fund: 

Gillie Club: Cowichan Lake. Lots of elk everywhere. Hazard for dog walkers. Be careful when driving the roads. Elk are frequently seen on them.

Dennis's neighbor's fishing equipment will be brought in to sell. Collection of lead will be sold. See Dennis if you have lead. Proceeds to the fishing club. Gear sale in January. Committee will be formed to organize sale.

Speakers Program: Lyle Freeman has volunteered to be the Speaker Coordinator. Please forward him your ideas on any topic that might interest our members

Fund Raising:

Environment:
1/ Mick attended the CRD Elk Beaver Lake Recreational User Advisory committee as the club's representative. It meets twice a year and its main function is to recommend approval of major rowing and other events to Transport Canada.
2/ Swim Drink Fish have completed their 2023 monitoring program at Prospect Lake. E coli readings were well below limits. Consideration is being given to expanding the Community water quality monitoring hub at Power to Be next year to incorporate algae and nutrient parameters. The club was recognized along with other supporters for facilitating the first year of their Victoria area program.
3/ Following the BCLSS conference in September a follow up survey has been completed of lake water quality programs on Southern Vancouver Island. The BEES organized the follow up with Swan Lake Nature Sanctuary and other participants.  Information sharing will be continued among the group.
4/ Jill Robinson , CRD Parks Environmental lead, has organized an online meeting to review and discuss CRD water quality monitoring plan for Elk Lake on December 14th
5/ Peninsula Streams is hosting a 90-minute program update Wednesday Dec 6 at 7pm online.

Website: John Pierce back next week.

New Business: Survey of meeting start time difference. All were in favour of keeping the new time for our meetings.
 
Meeting Adjourned: 11:30 am moved by Ian.