  North Platte Walleyes Unlimited takes to the road with its trailer. North Platte WU Newsletter Editor Meeting this month is June 2nd at the Game and Fish building
THESE BUSINESSES SUPPORT US. SCENIC CONSTRUCTION JUNE June is National Accordion Awareness Month UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS June 18: NPWU Family Outing, Glendo Reservoir- Two moons Shelter July 23: NPWU Family Outing - Pathfinder Reservoir- Marina Shelter Sept 8-9-10: Wyoming Heritage Expo, Casper Events Center March 3, 2010: 2012 North Platte Walleyes Unlimited Banquet NPWU FAMILY OUTING IS JUNE 18TH! Glendo State Park SPECIAL OFFER
Last month, May 7th, NPWU members traveled to Basin, Wyoming to distribute some fishing rod kits to area kids. It was a nice day and we handed out about 220 kits. This includes 40 kits we gave to the local Wyoming Game and Fish personnel to be given away in Worland at a G&F event held a bit later in the month. On May 13th, we traveled to Douglas, Wyoming and handed out over 400 fishing kits to the entire student body of the Douglas Primary School. We made sure to leave a few for the kids who were out sick or otherwise where unable to attend. It was quite an event and was well orchestrated. We received a very nice thank you note saying that we were very much appreciated for participating. We also received a warm thank you from the Hanna, Wyoming area where we distributed over 110 fishing kits during the last two years. This Saturday, June 4, we will be at Harry Yesness pond. We could really use some volunteers to help hand out and rig up poles for the kids. We will also be at Riverton, WY June 4 handing out some kids fishing kits and could use a couple of volunteers for that event. Call Jay Zastrow at 265-6877 if you would like to ride with him to Riverton. He has room for three helpers. If you want to help at our Casper event, just show up before 8:00am. On June 19th, we will be heading to Wright to attend their kids fishing day and distribute the last of our 1600 kids fishing kits we started the year with. Our second order of 1000 kids fishing kits arrived last week so we are all set for the Wyoming Heritage Hunting and Fishing Expo held this September at the Casper Events Center. Earlier this year we voted to finance a floating courtesy dock for Alcova up to $4000. That dock has been purchased and should already be installed at Oakie Beach. Depending on how that one works out, we may be buying more for our area lakes. Give it a try and let us know what you think. At each club meeting we have a drawing from the entire membership. If that member is present they win a $100 gift certificate from Sportsman’s Warehouse. If no winner, we add $10 to the pot for the next months meeting. Last month’s “Lucky Loser” was Mitch Bauers. This months drawing is up to $120. The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has sponsored I believe 13 TV shows pertaining to kids in the great outdoors, hunting and fishing. We were asked if we would like to participate in that program and we said yes. Our segment will feature a local Casper girl, walleye fishing at Glendo Reservoir. That segment is filming this week and we have a team down there at the moment. We have supplied all people involved, the guides, film crew, support staff with NPWU shirts and hats. You might find this story a bit interesting. As most of you know NPWU have been providing Casper Fire/EMS Department with life jackets for their life jacket loaner program over the last 5/6 years with over $5000 worth of life jackets purchased. Last week one of our members went to pick up a few jackets for the TV show filming at Glendo and was told this story. It appears someone in Casper recently purchased a boat and found 10 of our life jackets in it. He called the Fire/EMS dept and told him what he found and asked the dept to come and retrieve them, which they did. I guess it payed off to have them imprinted with the “property of/provided by” information. Mercury and Freshwater Fish Study A while back I came across an article that got my attention. It came from the Wyoming Department of Health and was regarding mercury and freshwater fish. I checked around and got a little information from various sources. I still don’t have any real answers but I’ve found some interesting studies being done and proposed. Long story short, it is recommended by the Wyoming Department of Health that women of childbearing age, pregnant women, nursing mothers, and children under 15 not eat fish high in Mercury. Freshwater fish HIGH in mercury include, channel catfish, sauger, and walleye from Big Horn, Boysen, Seminoe, and Pathfinder reservoirs. I don’t say this to be an alarmist. There is some research out there that suggests there might be conditions where the presence of Selenium may somehow mitigate the effects the consumption of mercury in its various forms. As it turns out our local waters are high in selenium. I did some searching on the internet and discovered that I had a long time friend who works at one of the research centers, his area of expertise is computers and not this area of research, but he knows the researchers.. I contacted him and he sent me some links on the subject of mercury/selenium relationship. I have included a link here for those who like more information on this subject. I will have a research paper put on our website with more comprehensive information. I think this subject needs a bit more study and perhaps we need to pursue this. I’m curious what our members think about this. This is the link: http://www.undeerc.org/homearticle.aspx?id=253 . The part I found interesting was toward the bottom of the article regarding freshwater fish. Tagging Study Needs Your Help Wyoming Game and Fish will be posting the following sign at Alcova Reservoir in the near future. They are currently trying to catch walleyes in Alcova for this tagging study. I understand it is not going as well as could be hoped. It should improve as the water warms up. Stay tuned. $ REWARD $ Please help us manage the Alcova walleye fishery. Your help is essential to the success of this study.
Please do the following if you catch a tagged walleye: Tag return envelopes will be available at fee booths or from Game and Fish personnel.
In an effort to educate water resource managers and seasonal watercraft inspectors in Wyoming, This training includes information on outreach and education programs, basic mussel biology, For more information contact: We received this from Nathan Cook, Fisheries Biologist, Wyoming Game and Fish Department: Details are attached Aquatic Invasive Species Stickers The 2011 AIS stickers are available online from the Wyoming Game and Fish web site and from the major retail licensing agents. No zebra or quagga mussels were found in Wyoming last year. They have been found in Colorado and Utah.
Area Lake Levels as of 5-30-2011
And now for something completely different “A mother was taking a shower when her 2 year old son came into the bathroom and wrapped himself in toilet paper. Although he made a mess, he looked adorable, so she ran for my camera and took a few shots. They came out so well that she had copies made and included one with each of their Christmas cards. Days later, a relative called about the picture, laughing hysterically, and suggesting that she take a closer look. Puzzled, the mother stared at the photo and was shocked to discover that in addition to her son, she had captured her reflection in the mirror wearing nothing but a camera!” A policeman had a perfect hiding place to screen speeding drivers. But one day, everyone was under the speed limit, the officer investigated : a 9 year old boy was standing on the side of the road with a huge hand-painted sign which said ”SPEED CAMERA AHEAD.” A little more investigative work led the officer to the boy’s partner in crime, another boy about 200 meters beyond the speed camera with a sign reading ”TIPS” & a bucket at his feet full of coins.
Dispatcher: 911 An old couple is in a taxi in America. The taxi driver says ”So which part of England are you folks from?” The old man replies ”From Yorkshire” The old lady says ”What did he say?” The old man says ”He asked which part of England we are from and I said Yorkshire” The taxi driver says “I’ve been to Yorkshire once. I stayed with an old couple. The woman was horrible, a right bitch, it put me off going to England forever.” The old lady says ”What did he say?” The old man says ”I think the driver knows you!”
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