Document 6470132

S.O.N.S. of LAKE ERIE,
SAVE OUR NATIVE SPECIES, INC.
PO BOX 3605
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 16508
TIME DATED MATERIAL
A not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization
NONPROFIT ORG.
US POSTAGE PAID
ERIE PA
PERMIT NO. 480
North East Marina
11950 East Lake Road
North East, Pa. 16428
“The Bucket” published monthly
by the S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie
814.450.4152 or 814.838.0300
www.porterieboatworks.com
Erie’s Largest Full Service Boat Repair
814- 474-3126
814- 474-2492
since 1967
owners
The City of Erie
City Hall
Paid for by Friends of
Dave Brennan
Silkscreen Unlimited
1701 West 8th St
Erie, PA 16505
814.453.4543
800.724.1683
fax 814.455.3911
www.silkscreenunlimited.com
Screen Printing • Embroidery • Advertising Specialty
Promotional Products & Awards
626 State St, Rm. 104
Erie, PA 16501-1128
814-870-1291
dbrennan@erie.pa.us
317 Peninsula Dr. • Erie, PA 16505
(814) 838-2850
West End Hardware, LLC
1912 Liberty Street
Erie, PA 16502
Jeff Earll, Jr.
Phone: 814/452-2342
Fax: 814/461-1289
Cell: 814/881-4569
westendhardware@truevalue.net
Presque Isle Passage
CAMPGROUND
Just 500 feet N of I-90 (Exit 18)
Full Hookups • Pull-Thru Sites
30 & 50 AMP Service • Modern Restrooms
Laundry Facilities
Cabins • Store • Rec Room
ULTRACRAFT
FISHING
BOATS
MISTY
HARBOR
PONTOON
BOATS
814/833-3233
713 West 26th Street
Phone 455-1007
www.thomasleeprinting.com
JOHN FRIES
3027 WEST 12th ST • ERIE, PA 16505-3892
(814) 833-7749
DRAFT WAGON perfect for
Graduations • Stags • Weddings
USED CARS & TRUCKS
Jeffrey Howell
Owner
Gary & Dottie
Heubel
City Council Member
AUTO SALES, INC.
1500 West 12th Street
Erie, PA 16501
BEST LITTLE
LURE HOUSE
IN PA
David A. Brennan
Port Erie Boat Works
Ken Handman, Owner
2730 W 12th St. • Erie, PA 16505
6701 Van Camp Rd.
Fairview, PA
Presque Isle Auto
Paint & Collision
ONLY $60 PER SEASON FOR S.O.N.S. MEMBERS
34 STATE ST - ERIE - PA - 16507
(814) 874-0698
Program: Christmas Fun and Games
Tohatsu Outboard
ICE • POP • CHIPS
454-3676
THE POLISH FALCONS CLUB
(814)459-0666
UNLIMITED ON-THE-WATER TOWING
24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE
LICENSED - INSURED - ACCREDITED
Richard A. “Mickey” McMahon
Proprietor
GEM CITY
OUTDOORSMEN
CLUB
1540 West 26th St.
Erie, PA 16508
453-4302
KEGS & TAPS
• TRANSIENT DOCKAGE
• BOATING SUPPLIES
• NAUTICAL CHARTS
• BOOKS AND GIFT ITEMS
Fishing Report:
431 East 3rd Street, Erie, PA
(814) 453-6387
VHF CH 16
34 STATE ST
ERIE, PA 16507
3102 CHERRY STREET
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
WOLVERINE PARK MARINA
& SHIP’S STORE
219
Things are heading into winter
mode. Steelhead are being taken in the lake tributaries as well
as in the Bay. Perch are being harvested from the channel
piers and docks in the Bay.
www.lakeshoretowing.com
Beals-McMahon
Painting
“A Replenishing Species”
814/825-3456
DOCKAGE - STORAGE
TACKLE - BAIT - ICE
SERVICE - GASOLINE
FISHING LICENSES
BOAT SALES
(814) 725-8244
Fax (814) 725-2957
Volume 10 • Issue 12
DECEMBER 2013
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MONday
December 23 7:30 P.M.
SOUTH ERIE BEER
North East Marine
Services, Inc.
John Fries Paul Fries Bill Goodwill
John (Scotty) Szkotnicki
• Specializing in Automotive Repair •
• Tune ups and Carburetor Service •
• Fuel Injection Cleaning • Dayton Tires •
• Towing Service • PA State Inspection •
Erie’s New Perch Fishing Head Boat
“The O’Danny O”
Get $3 off with this coupon
Docked in the East Slip, foot of State St
Bait included
Call 814-450-3571 for more info
On line at http://Tinytimfishing.com
PETER S. HOWARD
CAI,AARE, S/CRPA
Realtor • Appraiser • Auctioneer
Lake Erie Custom Charters
Office (716) 769-7300
Fax (716) 769-7341
Cell (716) 499-7447
Toll Free 1 (888) 876-4999
The ultimate Lake Erie experience...
Welcome aboard!
6821 West Lake Road
Fairview, PA 16415
814-474-5623
10438 Main St, #1 Alexander Findley Square
PO Box 496, Findley Lake, NY 14736-0496
findleylakeproperty@gmail.com
www.findleylake-property.com
12 East Dobbins Landing Erie, PA 16507
(814) 459-4440 • Fax (814) 459-4441
ABigImagination@aol.com
We are here for the fishing community.
We strive to keep emerald shiners on hand every day.
We offer a broad selection of fishing tackle.
We offer ice and various items at our concession area.
We offer on the water dock-side boat parking.
We are going to be your preferred Bait & Tackle center.
Edinboro outdoors
Sporting Goods
Ken
Chernicky
Buy • Sell • Trade
Jim
Buschak
211 Mill Street • Edinboro, PA 16412
(814) 734-4727 • (814) 734-4927
www.edinborooutdoors.com
Monday, Friday, 9 - 8 • Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, 9 - 6 • Saturday, 9 - 5
Party
Boat
Fishing
Aboard
$32 Adults • $27 Seniors • $22 Kids
$3 off with this coupon
All bait is included
details: 814/881-7611
www.EdwardJohnPerchFishing.com
WORKING TO IMPROVE FISHING AND THE FISHERY OF LAKE ERIE FOR 31 YEARS SINCE 1981
The
Official Publication of the S.O.N.S.
VOLUME 10 • ISSUE # 12
DECEMBER 2013
Bucket
THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS of
the S.O.N.S. of LAKE ERIE
WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
S.O.N.S. PHONE NUMBER 814-453-2270 (ALSO FAX NUMBER)
sonslakeri @aol.com • www.sonsoflakeerie.org
ELECTION TO BE HELD AT THE
DECEMBER MEETING
Nominations for S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie officers and directors were
taken at our General Membership meeting on November 25th.
The nominees for officers were as follows: Jerry Skrypzak for
President, Ed Kissell for VP, Ralph Corvaglia for Secretary, Terry
Pfeffer for Treasurer. There were no other nominations for these
positions so the nominations were closed. These individuals will
continue to serve as our officers in 2014. Nominations for four
director’s positions were also taken. Joe Bruno, Bill Henderson,
Gary Heubel, Kevin Lubak, Chuck Miller and Jack Bock were
nominated to fill these posts. Our officers serve one year terms
and the directors serve for three years.
Since there are six nominees for the four open director’s positions
it will be necessary to have an election at our December 23rd
General Membership meeting.
LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS GIFTS
Do you need a last minute Christmas gift? How
about some SONS Stuff? SONS T shirts, hats,
license plates and memberships
make good gifts. All of these items
will be available at our December
23rd meeting or by calling 814453-2270.
ECHS BOOKS
ON SALE
The Erie County Historical Society
is having a moving sale of all of
their historical publications by Dave Frew.
The soft cover books are $1.00 each. The
hard cover books are $5.00 each. They can
be purchased at the ECHS, 419 State St.
Tuesday thru Saturday from 11-4. I will have signed copies of
Fortune and Fury, the story of Erie’s commercial fishing industry,
for sale at our December meeting.
For Sale:
1990 Carver boat 26ft Model 2557 Montego w 260hp I/O with 2
bunks, head, shower, galley, radio, stereo, fish finder Asking
$14,000 Call Joe at 814-450-0999 for info.
WANTED:
Old photographs of Erie’s Waterfront-Ships, Boats, Buildings,
Fishing and Fishermen, Railroads, etc. Call Jerry at 814-452-6291.
I would like to borrow and scan them for my slide presentations.
JOIN
GET YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS IN
You should have received your 2014 membership packet by now.
Remember to mail in your raffle tickets which were part of the
package. We will hold a drawing for ten $100.00 prizes at our
January 27th meeting. If you need more memberships or raffle
tickets call 814-453-2270.
2013 WAS ANOTHER GREAT YEAR
2013 brought with it a great deal of accomplishment for the
S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie. Hard work by our membership crew kept our
membership roster above 3000. We taught over 800 kids how to fish
at 30 fishing clinics. Our volunteer roster grew to 168 hardworking
members who worked over 2800 hours at these clinics as well our
hatchery operation, our Ice Out Party, the Erie Sport and Travel
Expo, the Winterfest, Presque Isle Clean Up, Cascade Creek Clean
Up, Out Reach Fish Fry, the LEAF festival and twenty gun raffles.
We also sponsored two veterans’ fishing outings. We were called
upon to showcase Erie’s great fishery by hosting other events for
other organizations such as the Erie Western Pennsylvania Port
Authority, CZM, Lake Erie Perca Management Advisory Group
and the PFBC.
We participated in the Perry 200 Celebration by presenting the
flags of the states that were part of the Union at the beginning of
the War of 1812 at the opening ceremonies. Our volunteers spent
countless hours building a float and entering it into the Perry 200
Grand Parade. We sponsored the “Perry 200 Fishing Challenge”,
a summer long fishing event. We provided a sponsorship for the
permanent memorial to those sailors and soldiers who lost their
lives during the Battle of Lake Erie in the name of the S.O.N.S.
deceased members.
We purchased a new tank for a sturgeon that is housed at the TREC
center and provided 14 new life rings for Presque Isle State Park.
We sponsored and built twenty two fish habitat structures which
were placed in the Bay.
WOMEN IN THE
OUTDOORS ON THE
RISE
GLSFC Newsletter
The traditional image of men escaping
for the weekend to experience the thrill
and challenge of outdoor activities such
as hunting, fishing and shooting may
be disappearing. Annie, it seems, has
definitely got her gun, and hunting license
and fishing rod and reel. In fact, according
to Women in the Outdoors in 2012, an indepth report on women’s participation in
outdoor recreation compiled by Southwick
Associates, Women now make up more
than a quarter of all anglers and represent
the fastest growing segment within the
hunting and shooting communities making
up as much as nearly 11 percent of all
hunters. The report available at http://www.
southwickassociates.com/portfolio-view/
women-in-the-outdoors-in-2012/
A
FRIEND
TODAY!
MAIL TO: S.O.N.S., PO BOX 3605, ERIE, PA 16508
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WALKWAY BUILT AT GAF SITE
A twelve foot wide walkway has been completed around the outside perimeter of the
former GAF property. The 12.5-acre property which once housed a GAF roofing shingle
plant was purchased by the Convention Center Authority for $3 million in December
2010. The site on Erie’s bayfront was the former property of the Rubberoid Co another
producer of roofing shingles and prior to that it was the Watson Co. GAF closed its
asphalt shingle plant in 2007 and demolished it in 2010.
Over 100 years of contamination
produced by these shingle
companies needed to be cleaned
up in order to ready the site for future
development. The State provided
roughly $7 million to finance the
GAF cleanup. The site clean-up
has been completed and a 905-foot
steel sheet piling sea wall -- at a
cost of nearly $1.6 million was also
finished.
Now the walkway is complete and hopefully it will be made accessible to the public
soon. There is however a flaw in the design of the project. No stairs into the water
have been built into the seawall. This will inhibit any access to the ice in the winter or
rescue attempts in the event of an accident.
IN CASE WE GET ICE
With the hope that we get sufficient ice for fishing this winter, we are including the
publication of the chart that demonstrates the recommended ice thicknesses for weight
support. REMEMBER NO ICE IS COMPLETELY SAFE AND ACT ACCORDINGLY!!
Fish Pictures!
Cousins Brayden
Miller (Top) of
Edinboro shows a
2ft bowfin caught
in Mallory Run
and Clayton Ryan
(Bottom) of Union
City shows off a
46 in musky also
caught in Mallory
Run
We attracted a lot of people to our events. Attendance at our general
membership meetings averaged over 70 attendees. We sponsored
the Presque Isle Clean Up providing lunch for over 800 volunteers.
Our Outreach Fish fry attracted over 170 guests. Our Ice Out Party
brought in over 500 attendees. The Sport Expo gave us exposure to
over 8000 people. The gun shows brought in 1000’s of others. We
mailed out over 30,000 newsletters. We sure made our presence
known in the area.
All of the accomplishments which are the result of the great support
of our members make the S.O.N.S. a well-known and respected
organization.
Happy New Year!