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Organizational Meeting Minutes (1/16/2012)

Board of Directors Thoughts for 2012

  2012 thoughts on what the board of directors would like to accomplish during the upcoming season.  Stocking:  Thoughts are we need to see how our walleye stocking of 2011 went before we decide to back up that stocking with another walleye stocking in 2012.  We assumed our growth rate to be great enough during 2011 that walleye could be harvested during 2012 but as of the end of 2011 we’re not sure that materialized so we’ll see if we have an ice fishing season and how walleye catches are and what the size of those are at this time.

     A few goals for 2012:  Depending on what happens with the 2012 stocking we may try to do more artificial structure and add that to our pond this season.  We’ll replace wood as needed on our wooden picnic tables and permanent benches and also redo the roof on our lean-to close to the entrance of our pond.  We’re also trying to locate a used row boat or two on craigslist for 2012 to improve our boats we have available to our membership.

     Finally the Board of Directors were handed F.F.C. flyers to put out at area businesses to draw new members for 2012.  We’ll also take advantage of free advertising on facebook and we’ve added membership applications to our website that can be downloaded for old and new members alike.

 

 

 

Findlay Fishing Clubs 2011 Year in Review


2011 Memberships

We had 46 full year members and 24 half year members


2011 Fish Stocking

On April 23rd we stocked 200 6 – 8” walleyes at a cost of $1,011.75.
We anticipate they will be at our legal length for our 2012 season


2011 Club Projects

In the early Spring picnic tables that were purchased in the fall of 2010 were stationed around the pond for our members use. It made a nice addition to our club for all.

We did a lot of weed, brush & tree trimming around the pond along with bank & weed treatments during our 2011 season.

We filled low spots in our driveway along with low spots and holes in walk areas between the drive and pond.

In the fall the outhouse was re-shelled and painted.


2011 Fish Recordings

Our members recorded 2,409 fish being caught during 274 member visits for an average of 8.79 fish caught per visit. ALL members please remember to record all your visits.


2011 Annual Meeting

Our Annual Meeting was held on Mon. Oct. 24th at the Fern Café. Elections of Officers for the 2012 Board of Directors were as follows: Pres. Rick Rowe, V.P. Andrew Hvizdos, Sec./Treas. Roger Hoffman, Webmaster Jim Peoples, Sergeant of Arms, Shawn Reffitt


Special Mention

We had a few retirements that we need to mention. Webmaster Mel Henzler and V.P. John Doyle both retired their positions for the 2012 season. Both have been on the Board of Directors for years and have done outstanding jobs. The Findlay Fishing Club will certainly miss these outstanding members, but hopefully we’ll still get to see them around the pond. BEST WISHES to both and a BIG THANKS for all they’ve done during their time on the Board of Directors.