2010 Awards Banquet and Auction

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Annual Awards Banquet and Auction. We had a beautiful evening to share everyone's company and have a good time. We may have even made a little money to support the Willow Creek Hatchery and our other endeavors.
Congratulations to Ray Crawford and Gary Dawson for being awarded the Distinguished Service Award for all the work they do for us and to John Hjort and Walter Thompson for winning the President's Award. The Plaques will be updated and hung back in our awards case at the Hatchery. We also wanted to share a couple pictures taken during the evening last night.

            

Tickets available for 2010 Annual Awards Banquet & Auction on May 1st

Tickets are now available for our Annual Awards Banquet and Auction. Catering again this year will be Romeo's , who always do a great job for us. Choice this year will either be Prime Rib or Roast chicken. Tickets are available from Steve Beck @ 425-672-8929 or Shirlee Hall @ 425-776-9775 or email edmondstu@gmail.com for information or ticket information. 
We are still in need of auction items, if you have something you would like to donate for either the silent or live auction. The location this year will be back at the Senior Center where we have our general meetings so there is plenty of space for a large turnout so we hope that you will all be able to make it this year. For any additional questions you may have about anything regarding the Banquet contact: Gary McConaghy @ 206-354-0877

March 31st First transfer of Fry from Willow Creek Hatchery to North Creek

Getting ready to net some of the fry for transfer

Starting to move the net around the pond

1000's of Coho fry ready for netting and transfer to the
trailer that will move them to North Creek

Closing the net

scooping out the fry takes many hands

Good Day on the Columbia

One of our members, Dean Desilet,  caught a nice Springer on the Columbia River on March 27th.

March General Meeting

The March General meeting will be held this Wednesday, March 24th at 7:00 PM (Pizza and Refreshments at 6:30). Our speaker this will will be John Abbot, South Puget Sound's 'Captain Downriggin' claiming the deadliest Custom Tied Hoochies on the planet. John will share an hours worth of tips and tricks on downrigger fishing in the Puget Sound.
Another reminder that we will be holding our annual Awards Banquet and Auction on May 1st at the South County Senior Center in Edmonds. Please plan to attend and participate. It is an enjoyable evening with old friends and new alike and also one of our important fund raisers for the year. If you have anything you would like to donate contact me at 206-354-0877 or email edmondstu@gmail.com.

Next General Meeting and Date set for Annual Banquet

Our next general meeting will be Wednesday February 24th. Jeff June will give a presentation on his latest work in the process of removing derelict fishing gear and lost crab traps from the Puget Sound. We will have pizza available at 6:30 and the meeting will start at 7:00 at the South Snohomish Senior Center in Edmonds.

We have also finalized the date for the annual Edmonds Chapter TU Awards Banquet and Auction. This is one of our big fundraisers of the year and hope to get a big turnout this year. The banquet will be Saturday night May 1st at the Senior Center. If you have items that you would like to donate for the auction email Gary McConaghy at : edmondstu@gmail.com or call 206-354-0877. Your help and participation are most appreciated.

Fish ready to move to pond

Needed a lot of help to get the pond ready to receive the new fry that are in the holding trays. It was a nice day and lots of volunteers showed up to clean the pond as it was lowered and then refilled to take the 80,000 new coho that will reside there for the next few months until they are ready to be transfered to the various steams that feed into Lake Washington from the north.

Here is a link to a short video showing the fry in the holding trays prior to being piped to the rearing pond
https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0B73j7lMOpy3ZOTViYzA2YTMtNDc2MS00YzhlLWJlZjItZDViODcxMDY5OTI0&hl=en