Presidents Message

from Rich Silva

We had our Clam/Spaghetti feed to start our meeting. It was a great turnout and the food was excellent! Thank you to all the people that participated, especially the cooks!

Our guest speaker was Todd Girtz. He spoke about coastal salmon fishing. We can’t wait to get out there and fish.

We are awarding Krystyn Indihar from Sumner School district the Craig Acosta Memorial Scholarship for 2008. She will be attending Central Washington University this fall to minor in zoology and major in primate behavior. She hopes to begin her career at Point Defiance Zoo. Good Luck!!

The monthly drawing was won by Paul Castillo. The monthly drawing will be $50.00 for July. We had our quarterly drawing on a trip for two with Scott’s Outdoor Sports on the Lewis River, won by Mel Johnson. (He always wins)

Marc Marcantonio from Steilacoom,WA, he won the Northwest Bass Tournament at the Pot Holes reservoir in Eastern Washington. There were 196 people entered in the tournament. He caught 5 fish with a total weight of 22.26 lbs. He also caught the biggest fish at 5.16 lbs. You can read more about him on the fishfrontier.com web site.

We will be hosting Cast for Kids with Special Needs. We are looking for boats to help with the Cast for Kids on July 26th. All boat will be launching for free from Pt. Defiance then they will cruise over to Dock Street Marina to pick up the kids. We will not be charged for the use of the docks there. It will be from approx. 7:30 AM to 11:30. There will be a picnic to follow. Everything should be done by 2 PM.

The Past Presidents Derby was Saturday June 14^th. First place was Bill Combs 20.3 lbs, second place Roger Chapman 12.6 lbs and third place Norine Keizer 11.4 lbs.

The guest speaker for July will be Scott Tveten. He will be talking about the Willapa Bay fishing.

The August meeting will be on August 5^th, the first Tuesday due to the derby, with speaker John Keizer.

Plan ahead for our Salmon Derby August 9^th .Our main sponsor is Titus Will Ford Toyota Scion.

Thank you,  Rich

We are looking for boats to help with the Cast for Kids on July 26th. All boat will be launching for free from Pt. Defiance then they will cruise over to Dock Street Marina to pick up the kids. We wiil not be charged for the use of the docks there. It will be from approx. 7:30 AM to 11:30. There will be a pinic to follow. Everything should be done by 2 PM