North Platte WU
Newsletter Editor
Thursday October 4, 2007
at Wyoming Game and Fish
We are back to the first Thursday of the month for the rest of the year.
Its that time of year again to start planning for next years banquet. Immediately following this months meeting we will be having our first Banquet meeting.
At this months meeting we will be deciding which way we would like to go regarding the college scholarships we are considering. We have some interesting options to consider. We are open to suggestions if you have any input you would like to add.
At each meeting we have a drawing from our entire membership and if that member is in attendance, they win a gift certificate from Sportsman's Warehouse. The amount of the prize goes up $10 each month and the amount for this month is now $160. Last months winning losers was Gale and Pricilla Land. Maybe it will be you this month, stay home and find out.
The life jacket program is in limbo at the moment. We have contacted Jack Moore of the Casper Fire/EMS Department who manages the life jacket loan out program and asked if we could help resolve the current problems with the program. He said he would review the situation at the end of the year and get back to us.
The Wyoming Walleye Circuit held its Championship September 8th and 9th. The lake was near an all time low but the participants were able to find some fish. The winners were our own Brandon Green and Brandon Miller with a two day total of 37.02 lbs. Members Rick and Jeralyn Mclaughlin finished 6th with a total of 28.54 lbs and Rick and Mary Walter finishing 15th with a total of 21.56 lbs. As of this writing I was unable to learn the winners of the Wyoming Walleye Circuit's Team of the Year awards.
A outboard motor support was found on the ramp at Pathfinder Reservoir at our last family outing. If you lost yours or know someone who did contact us and we will get it back to you or them.
I put the newsletter's email address on the top of this page so you can email in fishing reports, items for sale, or general information for our membership.
For those keeping track, there have been no recent plane crashes in Africa with rich families aboard that somehow left millions of dollars to our club. We are still waiting for the checks promised in the many crashes that occurred in previous months. We are currently trying to decide if the monies we will receive with be tax free.
The cap swap with the Montana walleye club has been completed and we have a limited supply available. They will be two up for grabs at this months meeting.
Useless facts and space filler
October is Auto Battery Safety Month and National Pickled Pepper Month
October 8th is Bring Your Teddy Bear to Work Day
October 16th is Let Them Eat Cake Day
October 21st is Garbanzo Bean Day
Fishing reports, tips and tricks
Glendo Reservoir is starting the filling process after dropping to near record low levels. It has been reported that the Whiskey boat ramp is now usable along with Reno. It also appears that the boat ramp at the Marina is also usable. Boysen and Seminoe reservoirs are still on a downward trend but all other area lakes appear to have bottomed out and are now up trending.
It is now a good time to be on the lakes as a lot of the outdoors people are running around in the woods and you can have the lakes almost to yourself.
At Glendo, vertical spooning is working well as is trolling along the entrance to Airport bay.
Area lake levels as of 9-30-07
Glendo............... 22.4 % full...... inflow 632 cfs.........outflow 27 cfs.......lake level....+7ft
Boysen............... 52.4 % full.......inflow 142 cfs.... ....outflow 495 cfs.... lake level...-1.5ft
Pathfinder...........16.8 % full....... inflow 611 cfs....... outflow 389 cfs.... lake level...-2.5ft
Alcova................. 97.5% full........ inflow 389 cfs.......outflow 514 cfs.... lake drop...-1.5ft
Seminoe............. 22.3% full....... inflow 285 cfs.........outflow 553 cfs....lake drop....-2.8ft
Area lake levels as of 8-30-07
Glendo............16.4% full...........inflow 3789cfs.........outflow 1996 cfs....lake drop -22.5 ft
Boysen............54.7% full ..........inflow 467 cfs ........outflow 950 cfs .....lake drop -2.5 ft
Pathfinder .....18.5% full ..........inflow 1421 cfs .........outflow 2586 cfs ...lake drop -3 ft
Alcova ............97.6% full ..........inflow 2586 cfs .........outflow 2390 cfs ...lake drop 0 ft
Seminoe .........24.4% full ..........inflow 159 cfs ...........outflow 1481 cfs ...lake drop -13 ft
To trade:
Willing to trade 10" ice auger blade for an 8" blade for Jiffy model 30. Contact Bob Heck 234-0453
These businesses support us
Here is the list of Donors and Sponsors of our 2007 Banquet. Drop by and say thanks!
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White's Marine Center Compression Leasing Sportsman's Warehouse Casper Well Products Rocky Mountain Discount Sports Overman Realty LLC Bentz's Town Pump Mckendree Trucking, Inc Liquor Shed Andreen Hunt Construction, Inc Eagle Claw Ken Mayer-Countrywide Home Loans Terry Doughty Extreme Exteri-ors Hilltop National Bank Ben Knox White's Mountain Motors Platte River Builders Silver Fox Lounge USA Trucking Lowrance Electronics Scott's HotShot Service Rick's Rocks Lathrop Equipment Co Wilson Equipment Hilltop National Bank Jim Ellison - Versa Ramp Parkway Plaza Walgreen's Overhead Door Company Staples Shakespeare Minn Kota | John Green Buffalo Creek Clothing Company Lake Tobin Lodge Greg and Tracy Alvar Red Butte Ranch Bed and Breakfast JTL Group Inc. John Ma-rohn Western Walleye Magazine Bakers Narrows Lodge Lowrance Pro Team Walleye Circuit Rick Mclaughlin A1 Tires Dave Underhill Overhead Door Company Shawn and Connie Edmonson Wyoming Builders Supply Xtools Kevin Reinhart Red Rum Sport Fishing Karst Motorsports Cowboy Auto Spa Team Outdoor TV by Lowrance Berkley Abu Garcia Mack's Lures Bar D Signs Woody's Little Print Shop Big Wyoming GMC Shoremaster Docks Walmart Artist Choice Gallery Woody G's Gallery & Frame Shop |
Some great quotes
"We all get heavier as we get older because there's a lot more information in our heads." - -- Vlade Divac, Basketball player
"I've read about foreign policy and studied, I now know the number of continents." - -- George Wallace, 1968 presidential campaign
You can do more with a kind word and a gun than with just a kind word. -- Unknown
You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. -- Unknown
On the lighter side
Biker enters heaven
A man appeared before St. Peter at the Pearly Gates.
"Have you ever done anything of particular merit?" St. Peter asked.
"Well, I can think of one thing," the man offered. "Once, on a trip to Sturgis in the Black Hills out in South Dakota on my Suzuki Sportster, I came upon a gang of outlaw bikers on big Harley Hogs. They were threatening a young woman. I directed them to leave her alone, but they wouldn't listen.
"So, I approached the largest and most heavily tattooed biker and smacked him in his face, kicked his bike over, ripped out his nose ring and threw it on the ground.
"I then yelled, "Now, back off or I'll kick the &*$)@ out of all of you!'"
St. Peter was impressed. "When did this happen?" he asked.
The Suzuki rider answered, "Just a couple minutes ago."
Just call the police
(This one and the two below were borrowed from the Walleyes Forever newsletter)
Montana George was going up to bed when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light -- but saw that there were two men in the shed -- stealing things.
He phoned the police, and the dispatcher asked, "Is someone in your house?"
George said, "No -- they're in my garden shed."
Then the dispatcher said that all patrol units were busy, and that he should simply lock his door and an officer would be along when available. George said, "Okay," and he hung up, counted to 30 and phoned the police again.v "Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were two men stealing things from my shed," George said. "Well, you don't have to worry about them now, because I just shot them." Then he hung up.v Within five minutes three police cars, an Armed Response Unit and an ambulance showed up at George's residence and caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the cops said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available."
Dog logic revisited
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. --Anonymous
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. --Ben Williams
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. --Josh Billings
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. --Andy Rooney
When insults had class
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -- Groucho Marx
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." -- Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... If you have one." -- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill.
"Cannot possibly attend first night; will attend second, if there is one." -- Winston Churchill's response
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." -- Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." -- John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -- Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." -- Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." -- Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy." -- Walter Kerr
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -- Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -- Mae West
"Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee!" -- Lady Astor to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party
"Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!" -- Winston Churchill, in response
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." -- Oscar Wilde
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Tight Lines -- Woody G.