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NATURAL HIGH ADVENTURES FISHING CLUB
June, 2004 Newsletter
July 20, 2004
We welcomed Ken Cook, a guest of Steve Ervin.
We had 12 attendees.
Business
Steve indicated our finances are stable with more than enough for our summer social. We will probably need to ask for donations to the social fund again in the fall.
We discussed our summer social and decided on August 21, 2004 at Mike Miller’s home on Eagle Lake. If for any reason, that does not work for Mike, we can use my house on Success in Lakeland.
I have only received one set of feedback answers to the poll that was in our last newsletter. Please get them in so we can make the club work better for everyone involved.
We discussed meeting time and location. We voted to change our meeting day to the last Thursday of the month, same time and same location. It has been discussed with management at Cleveland Heights and is acceptable for them. Our next meeting will be Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 1930 hours at Cleveland Heights CC. Please plan to attend. We will be planning our next social in detail.
July club trip will be to Sebastian River in Saturday, July 24. Plan to meet at Micco Marina on the Sebastian River at 0600. It is located on Main Street, on the north side of the river just west of US 1. (Best route appears to be Highway 60 to SR512 and then through Sebastian to US 1.Turn left or north on US 1 across the river to Main Street then left to the marina…estimate two hour drive from Lakeland) Jon Bull will be fishing the river that day and knows the area well. He indicates fishing is usually pretty good until early afternoon.
Speakers
Our speakers were Dick Littrell and Harold Barker of the Lakeland Sail and Power Squadron (local chapter of the United States Power Squadron). They gave a very excellent overview of nautical charts and how to read them. Even for those of us who are primarily inshore, flats, and backcountry, understanding how to read the charts is a great tool to help in our fishing as well as our safe boating. Thanks to Dick and Harold for a very educational talk.
Boating Safety Tip: Every boat that goes out into open water or into the remote back country should be equipped with a marine VHF radio. Not only does it provide weather updates and advisories, it also gives the ability to broadcast a distress call to multiple receivers at once. A cell phone only allows one contact and may not reach out. Remember, the club operates on 68 when on the water but you should always monitor 16.