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The next meeting for the St Kitts Game and Fish is this Monday April 23rd at 7:30 pm at the clubhouse on Lighthouse Rd. The guest speakers name is Vince Kerrio. Vince will talk about the history of the club and why it is important for you guys to speak your minds, back a club and what it was like as Minister of Natural Resources. And now here's a little history on Vince. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Vincent Kerrio) Vince George Kerrio (born February 5, 1924 in Niagara Falls, Ontario) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1975 to 1990, and was a cabinet minister in the government of David Peterson. Kerrio's grandfather, also named Vincent, emigrated from Italy to Canada at the start of the twentieth century. Kerrio was educated at Niagara Falls College, and was the owner of the engineering business Kerrio Ltd. before entering political life. He was also the president of the Niagara Falls Curling Club. He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1975 provincial election, defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative John Clement by 172 votes in the Niagara Falls constituency. He was re-elected by greater margins in the elections of 1977 and 1981. The Ontario Liberal Party, which had been out of office since 1943, formed a minority government after the 1985 provincial election. Kerrio, easily returned in Niagara Falls, was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Minister of Energy on June 26, 1985. He was retained in the former portfolio after the 1987 provincial election. In 1988, Kerrio prohibited mineral exploration and mining activities in Ontario provincial parks. He also banned large-scale water exports from Ontario in 1989. Kerrio left cabinet on August 2, 1989, and did not run for re-election in 1990. Kerrio was the first Italian-Canadian to serve as a cabinet minister in Ontario. He remains a leading figure in Niagara Falls's Italian community. In addition to Kerrio Ltd., his family now runs Car-Mar Manufacturing and Niagara Hospitality Inns. His son, Vincent Anthony Kerrio, is a municipal politician in Niagara Falls.

Well I met up with a Muskies Canada member today at the St Catharines Game and Fish and presented him with a cheque for $157 for the signs. Dax Jacklin will probably pick up a sign over the next couple of days and replace the one at Nicholls marine. Thank you to all who donated. I don't like to thank myself but here's the list of guys who put in for this important conservation project. Thank you for your generousity and I hope you inspire others to follow suit when they see something like this needs doing. Charlie “D” – Fishin Niagara Forum Chris Gill – Fishin Niagara Forum Denis Kreze – Fishin Niagara Tackle Darryl Cronzy – Going Fishing Show Dan Andrews – Fort Erie Conservation Club Trustee. chilli

LEE, Pil Woo: At the Greater Niagara General Hospital on Friday, april 20, 2007 at the age of 44 years. Husband of Hee-Jung . Father of Elizabeth. Mr. Lee is at the NIAGARA ST. CHAPEL of BUTLER FUNERAL HOME, 424 Niagara St. (south of Scott) where a Korean Service wil be held on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Visitation will be held on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. Funeral Liturgy will take place at St. Mary's of the Assumption Church, 169 St. Paul Cres., St. Catharines on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Interment at Pleasantview Memorial Gardens, Fonthill, ON. BUTLER (905) 646-6322.

It is with great displeasure to bring you this news. Peter Lee, the owner of Peter's Tackle in St Catharines has passed away. I do not have all the details yet but I know it was way too soon. Peter was a terrific person and business man and person and he leaves behind a beautiful family. I will miss him greatly. Funeral Arrangements are being made at Butlers Funeral Home 905-646-6322. There may be a viewing tonight I'm really not sure. Rest in Peace Peter Lee

Thank you guys for your help. Total tally is $157. We should be able to do 3 signs with that. Dax can you PM me your contact info. My window for hooking up with MCI is small. Dan

I've never caught a musky. Imagine that, I Live in Fort Erie and not a one. This summer will change I've got $132 so far. I'll call Denis near closing Tuesday and get the tally but Nicholls is first. We definately have enough for the Niagara Parks as well. Does anyone know exactly where the old sign was? I couldn't even locate the rod like the one at Frenchmans. Hope no one is stealing them That white one at Nicholls was beautifull the year before last. Amazing how fast it faded. Good thing the new ones have a U.V. protection. Dan

Not sure Main street Chippawa needs a sign. Is this an access to the Upper Niagara? Dan

I can see your lips moving but can't hear what the heck your saying When Musky are in season I fully intend to target one. Maybe 2 if it fights real good. Right now the season is closed. When the pike are done their thing the musky will try to do the same thing. They can't do it if some honky thinks he's making it a nice pike dinner. All I'm saying is they are out of season, their numbers are dropping and they are getting mixed up with the more plentifull pike. Lets fix the sun bleached signs and educate the ignorant. This is one small step in protecting the resource. Fish for Musky? Of coarse! Allow people to kill them because they don't know any better? Hell no I wish those kind of people would stick to gobies. Dan

Thanks for the kind words Charlie As for Doug I don't really know you guys and that kind of talk like Charlie said is the norm here so I appologise if I didn't reckognise the humour. Imagine that. A musky fishery like the Upper Niagara and the common attitude around here is an ignorant (kill em all) one. Go to the Odyssey tomorrow and learn a little. Ask questions and find out how much of an impact these fish have on our sport fish. You just might find out they are important. Dan

Well Denis is closed on Mondays so I'll cut it off on Tuesday the 17th. Thank you to anyone who helps. Dan

Our local Muskies Canada chapter does want to replace these signs. I am proposing to buy them for Muskies Canada. It would be a charitable donation and hopefully speed up the replacement. As for not knowing the difference, you gotta start somewhere. I'd like to see more people enjoying our sport but doing it informed. I don't think people shouldn't be able to fish if they don't know it all. There's allot to learn and not all of us had angling Parents.. Tourists don't know either but want to enjoy fishing the big River. i just want to make sure they know the difference before they hit the water. Doug, that was awfull. The people killing muskies because they think they just eat sport fish is just another example of ignorance. We've got a problem here in the Upper with sensless killing of muskies. Bounce em off the bow release I've been told. Why would you want to harm our fishery that you enjoy? I've got Muskies Canada coming to our club in Fort Erie to educate us in October. Read up, there's really allot to learn. Too many closed minded anglers don't help our cause. Thanks for all your replies. Dan

There are Out Of Season musky being kept in the Upper Niagara River by ignorant anglers. They just really don't know the difference between musky and pike. I have begun a collection on Denis' board to replace the "Know the Difference" sign across from his store. I was told by Muskies Canada that the orriginal sign didn't have a U.V. protective coating and now they are completely bleached. The cost of a new sign is between $50 and $70 dollars. I was told $70 was unlikely but prices change. Please if your in the Fort Erie area, drop into Denis' store and offer to donate. Right now with 3 guys we're looking at $23.33 for the first sign. If you want to help, please check out this thread http://www.fishinniagara.com/phpBB2/viewto...php?p=4361#4361 and PM me here if you don't have an account on the fishin niagara board. Give Denis your donation in an envelope with your name and phone number on it. If the cost is less we'll designate funds to the next sign or donate the extra to Muskies Canada. These signs are at boat launches down the river which just happen to be in strategic shore angling locations. There have been a few arguments already this year but the signs weren't available for proof. The musky numbers in the Upper Niagara are a concern right now and the muskies seen kept so far this year have all been under the minimum size. Yes MNR should be called immediately but that is little help for a musky in a trunk already. Thanks Dan Hopefully Muskies Inc won't mind me borrowing this image without permission.

Join a club Do an anual cleanup Educate the public (schools) Kick some backside if you see it happen This is about the best you can do. Humans are filthy so try not to go off on a rant like I usually do because it won't help a thing. Get involved, teach your kids and others and hope it catches on some day.

Thanks guys. The ignitor was pooched. $200 with everything included and I didn't destroy anything poking around

Clean filter 2002 (Dec) Varified path clear from pump to condenser trap. Light blow bubbled trap no problem but leaves a rubber stain on lips LED sequence indicates ignition lockout. Guess it's time to pull out the credit card. 55 degrees and the Wife looks frisky.

removed hose and blew. Could hear a damper but line seemed clear.

Seeing as you got help can I add to your NF post. My high efficiency furnace just puked. Runs but doesn't ignite so it shuts down. getting cold in here. Turned the power off to reset it but still won't ignite. What do I do before calling a technician? Dan

You may be back in business Steve. Taken From: OFAH WEBSITE New Measures to Control Spread of Fish Virus Author: N/A Source: Ministry of Natural Resources March 30, 2007 New Measures to Control Spread of Fish Virus Strategy Aims to Control Virus While Allowing Spawning TORONTO — The Ontario government is taking further action to control the spread of a new fish virus in Ontario, Natural Resources Minister David Ramsay announced today. “We are taking additional steps to control the spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia while allowing natural spawning runs to continue this spring, including the operation of fishways and people moving fish over dams and barriers, to maintain important stocks of fish,” said Ramsay. “The measures are part of Ontario’s comprehensive, ecologically based response to this new fish disease.” Last week, ministry staff and partners were asked to delay any planned actions in virus-positive waters, particularly the opening of fishways, fish transfers and spawn collection, in rivers and streams flowing into the lower Great Lakes until a decision was reached on a one-year management strategy. New measures under the one-year strategy include: * Broadening the definition of virus-positive waters to include lakes Ontario, Erie and Huron (including Georgian Bay) and their connecting waterways and tributaries up to the first impassable barrier, excluding fishways * Operating all fishways and allowing existing manual transfers of fish over barriers into the same watershed * Requiring salmon spawn and trout spawn from virus-positive waters to be disinfected according to the MNR protocol or transferred only to a facility in virus-positive waters * Allowing walleye spawn collection from virus-positive waters only if the fish are stocked into virus-positive waters and the receiving fish culture facility is located in a virus-positive zone * Allowing eggs, or fish cultured from eggs, collected from virus-positive waters to be stocked outside of virus-positive waters only if the facility can be certified virus-free. In January 2007, the ministry announced measures to control the harvest and transport of live bait used by anglers while ice fishing across Ontario. These measures are being modified in response to new information about the distribution of the virus, and to allow bait harvesters and dealers in the virus-positive zone to resume limited operation. Viral hemorrhagic septicemia was first identified in 2005 after a die-off of fish in the Bay of Quinte in Lake Ontario. The virus has now been found in 16 species of fish in the lower Great Lakes, including walleye and chinook salmon. There could be serious ecological, social and economic impacts if the virus continues to spread to Ontario’s inland waters. −30 – Contacts: Media Calls Only Anne-Marie Flanagan Minister’s Office 416-327-0654 / 416-268-3690 (Cell) Jolanta Kowalski Communications Services Branch 416-314-2106 NEW MEASURES TO CONTROL VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA IN ONTARIO Viral hemorrhagic septicemia is a viral disease previously found in several species of freshwater and saltwater fish in Europe, Japan, and the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, that has recently been discovered in fish in the lower Great Lakes. It does not pose a threat to human health but it does pose a threat to Ontario’s fish stocks. Fish with the virus are safe to eat. Ontario has developed a comprehensive, ecologically based response to the virus. Under the new one-year management strategy, the following measures are effective immediately: Definition of Virus-positive Waters: * The definition of virus-positive waters now includes lakes Ontario, Erie and Huron (including Georgian Bay) and their connecting waterways and tributaries up to the first impassable barrier, excluding fishways. Fishways and Fish Transfers Over Barriers * All fishways will be operated and existing manual transfers of fish over barriers into the same watershed will continue for 2007. Wild Spawn Collection – Salmon and Trout Species * Eggs from virus-positive waters may be collected if all the eggs are disinfected according to the ministry’s protocol. * All other spawn collection from virus-positive waters will only be allowed if the eggs go to a facility in virus-positive waters and all fish in the facility are stocked back into virus-positive waters. Wild Spawn Collection – Walleye * There is currently no approved disinfection process for walleye eggs. * Walleye spawn may only be collected from virus-positive waters if the fish are stocked into virus-positive waters and the receiving fish culture facility is located in a virus-positive zone. * The ministry will work to supply virus-free walleye eggs to partner non-profit groups. Fish Stocking and Transfers * Any eggs, or fish cultured from eggs, collected from virus-positive waters will be allowed to be stocked outside of virus-positive waters only if the facility can be certified virus-free. This does not apply to fish already in the hatcheries from collections made last spring. Commercial Bait Fish Harvest and Transfers * In early January 2007, the ministry announced measures to control the harvest and transport of live bait used by anglers while ice fishing across Ontario. * These measures are being modified in response to new information about the distribution of the virus, and to allow bait harvesters and dealers in the virus-positive zone to resume limited operation. -30- Contact: John Cooper Lake Erie Management Unit Ministry of Natural Resources 519-873-4613 This article has been viewed 27 times Articles posted on media watch may not always reflect the policies or positions of the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. Please direct questions or comments to O.F.A.H. via our online contact form.

Be very carefull! I bought the "cool white" bulbs because they seem more like natural light and a 9w of the cool white lights up the same space a 23 w of soft white will. On the package it said not to dispose of in the garbage as it contained mercury and should be disposed of at a faciltity equipped to deal with mercury" NICE. So much for "greener" bulbs.

Thank you so very much for the announcement and efforts. I believe the anglers from various boards made allot of noise also. I'm betting they were shocked at the backlash and are reconsidering anymore suspicious moves. I think everyone who made the phone call or sent the email should give themselves a hand Dan

Good news I guess. The commercial fisheries quotas have been cut back this year significantly. Check it out. http://home.cogeco.ca/~chilli/LEC%20news%2...0letterhead.pdf Dan

No need to pick on flip. He's self explanatory. Hey flip have you ever seen Denis Leary's video called the AH song? It sounds just like your first post. Now go buy an old cadillac and throw your garbage out the window while driving 80km in the fast lane Hey thanks for the link. I've been absorbed by the GW theory and although this alternate theory makes sense, it is of no comfort to know why humans are doomed. Too many humans coupled with a regular cycle of depression in the economy will eventually trigger the lemming effect. Lets hope the survivors have fish and game to gather The latest I've heard that tweeked my brain is there are ice caps on mars that are shrinking near the same rate of ours. That proves the solar theory. Buy the CFL's anyway. The smog is causing health problems and polluting the environment. If the heat doesn't kill us, the man made chemicals and fliptheslobs will Flip you pulled the trigger. Except the recoil dude. Reload and repeat. It's nothing personal.

I heard that there is now proof that VHS has been here since 98. Fish will start to die off at 4'C. They've already said it only effects the outer membranes of the eggs and the regular disinfecting proceedures are all it takes. Why then are they stopping egg collection? Seems like another knee jerk reaction by the MNR with no science to back it. It's all ready been found in Huron in American waters and the only reason they haven't found it in Simcoe and Nip is because they haven't tested there yet. Talked to a bait dealer on the upper Niagara. He said that out of the (something like 10) bait dealers in the area, he's the only one who filed a protest to the harvest ban. If he had not done that it wouldn't be going to a hearing next week. Take it seriously Boys and clean your bilge and don't transfer bait or dump it in bodies of water from where it came. That's our part. Lets show the MNR that we've got more common sense than they do. Who knows, maybe it will catch on to them. Dan

Sorry guys try this: http://www.scgameandfish.net/home.html You have to find the "Enter Site" on the front page. Guess I'll have to make it larger or clean up the clutter a bit. The news letter is on the left under "newsletters" Dan

Just called the Mayor back and straightened something out. There is one angler that inspired this bi law. They created this to appease one Town resident and possibly the Mayor himself. This will be a private little fishing area for residents only because one guy said he's fished there for years and shouldn't have to stop for vandals and litterbugs. I got a name and told the Mayor I'll have the OFAH contact this guy to let him know what is actually being done to allow him his honey hole until the Ferry purchases the property. The law is necessary in the towns eyes in the event that the Ferry deal falls through. Hopefully when this guy realizes the can of worms the Town is opening for him, he'll understand. Still the issue will be there. Imagine that! One guy puts up a fuss so instead of closing off the whole area like they were planning, they create this permit system for residents only Dan