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Post by Eugene on Jan 11, 2011 16:47:49 GMT -5
Thanks for this news, smead.
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Post by Eugene on Dec 17, 2010 17:02:32 GMT -5
TOSA goes on meeting hiatus in December. Our monthly open gatherings continue on the third Thursday of January 2011. Details: 7:00 pm, Thursday, 20 January 2011 Gander Mountain, 2644 Taylor Rd, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, (614)856-0066 The US Sportsmen's Alliancewith Dan Smith, Relations Director US Sportsmen’s Alliance FoundationHere's a relevant excerpt by TOSA Trustee Brenda Layman from our fine December newsletter: US Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation Relations Director to speak at January meeting TOSA will kick off 2011 by hosting Dan Smith, the newly appointed Relations Director for the US Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation. Smith will be presenting information and taking questions about his organization. He is particularly interested in expanding communication opportunities with the outdoors community and in strengthening ties with anglers. The meeting will be held at Gander Mountain in Reynoldsburg, at 7 pm on Thursday, January 20. The community is invited to join TOSA for this event, and we encourage all outdoorsmen and women to attend. For more information about Smith, read TOSA board member, Brenda Layman’s article at www.suite101.com/content/us-sportsmens-alliancefoundation-names-relationsdirector-a300688. This is an important topic, and I believe it would be valuable to build collaboration with the alliance. I sincerely hope you lot can make it out to chat with Dan.
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Post by Eugene on Dec 9, 2010 10:44:01 GMT -5
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Post by Eugene on Nov 17, 2010 19:35:35 GMT -5
Tomorrow evening! I'm looking forward to it.
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Post by Eugene on Nov 14, 2010 11:19:03 GMT -5
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Post by Eugene on Nov 14, 2010 11:16:51 GMT -5
My buddy Scott took Karl and I out on Alum Creek in his boat yesterday evening. Scott doesn't eat fish, but Karl and I were thinking on putting a little meat in the cooler via saugeye (a fine and acceptable game meat, officially packaged by the state of Ohio in wild fish). Karl and I were trolling size 12 Deep Down Husky Jerks, me in gold with a blaze orange belly and Karl in glass perch. Close to the end of our first pass along the rip rap, I set the hook on what felt to be a sizable fish, obviously NO saugeye. Played in and landed a fine and healthy muskie. Had no tape measure aboard, so laid it out along my rod to estimate and measure later. It proved to be around 42". Within 20 minutes, on the return pass, set the hook again on an almost identical-feeling fish. Played in a second, near carbon copy of the first. Karl had left his rod and lure dangling in his rod holder over the side of the boat. As this second fish approached, it just happened to give a little lunge up out of the water and coincidentally took Karl's lure into its mouth as well! A little chaos followed, but the fish was pretty well played out by then and we did manage to land it without losing any lures or rods. This second was estimated around 40". The whole proved to be one of the crappiest saugeye outings ever...but that's OK.
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Post by Eugene on Nov 14, 2010 11:02:48 GMT -5
Exactly, Mike, on all counts. I'm fortunate in having a family who likes fish and being outdoors.
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Post by Eugene on Nov 12, 2010 12:59:51 GMT -5
For November's meeting, TOSA presents a truly intriguing talk on building a pond for fishing, delivered by TOSA veteran and builder/owner of his own excellent pond, the most excellent Nick Scaglione. I hope to see you there, there being:
7:00 pm, Thursday, 18 November 2010 Gander Mountain, 2644 Taylor Rd, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, (614)856-0066
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Post by Eugene on Oct 25, 2010 11:50:16 GMT -5
Ah well... It was a good talk with some great discussion.
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Post by Eugene on Oct 13, 2010 10:56:59 GMT -5
Well, I don't think you necessarily need to get arrested, but you would need to get the case of navigability to court somehow. For example, if you are injured or your boat is damaged by barbed wire strung across a stream, you could sue the landowner on the basis that s/he caused you or your property willful harm by impeding your right to safely navigate Ohio's waterways.
It's a touchy subject, but there aren't any universal answers. As I understand it, issues of navigability of almost any stretch of almost any stream in Ohio are up in the air until specifically addressed in court. Also, I get the impression that specific findings regarding precedent of navigability by specific cases would be almost impossible to assemble across Ohio in anything like a comprehensive way.
THE FOLLOWING IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE AND IS OFFERED BY SOMEBODY ALMOST ENTIRELY IGNORANT OF LAW (enjoy): By default, I would personally probably assume any Ohio stream is navigable if I could float a hull with reasonably occasional portage. If my right to "navigate" on a stretch was challenged in court (e.g., if I was accused of trespassing), perhaps the precedent established by my ability to paddle there would count for something.
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Post by Eugene on Oct 13, 2010 8:50:39 GMT -5
I'm so sorry for the oversight, Kyle. I've been too busy. For October's meeting, TOSA presents "The impact of round goby on Lake Erie tributaries" by the Ohio EPA's Holly Tucker. I hope to see you there, there being: 7:00 pm, Thursday, 21 October 2010 Gander Mountain, 2644 Taylor Rd, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068, (614)856-0066 The impact of round goby on Lake Erie tributarieswith Holly Tucker, Ohio EPA Division of Surface, Biological Assessment Program
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Post by Eugene on Oct 11, 2010 9:16:27 GMT -5
Ah, I wish I'd seen this earlier, Kyle. I did attend the visitation. If you don't have my cell phone number already, don't hesitate to ask for it or to use it whenever you'd like.
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Post by Eugene on Oct 11, 2010 8:40:06 GMT -5
Alas!
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Post by Eugene on Oct 9, 2010 12:35:30 GMT -5
An awesome (and delicious) success story. One result of such limited access to the fishery is higher costs. Frankly, fish populations should be sustainable. If that means they cost more, I'm all for it. Also, a little dated, but check out this article: ehistory.osu.edu/osu/origins/article.cfm?articleid=18
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Post by Eugene on Oct 8, 2010 8:58:44 GMT -5
Regarding habitat restoration, there is a great project planned at Middle Harbor right here in Ohio. I hoped the ODNR might have a page on such a thing, but I couldn't find one. There are a few references scattered throughout the recent annual "Ohio’s Lake Erie Fisheries" reports. If you're curious, I'll keep you posted as I have word. I may have some funding to coordinate the monitoring of the biota on the site. Regarding encyclopedic fish ID by state, I suspect you're familiar with this work of Brian Zimmerman here in Ohio: A-Z Fish (or, I suppose more correctly, "A-Y"). Brian presented to TOSA a few years ago, when he still worked at OSU's Museum of Biological Diversity. Here are a few other regional resources I like: ...And for fish species worldwide, here is the granddaddy of all:
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