http://www.manitobaanglers.com/ en-us Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:55:25 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly www.ManitobaAnglers.com News http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html http://www.manitobaanglers.com/images/blacklogo.gif http://www.manitobaanglers.com/ http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=379.html Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:55:25 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=378.html The 24 hour marathon portion is non competitive but we have a box of smaller prizes we hand out through the night for those catching fish. The competitive portion of the event will be like any other derby with a scale and a number of prizes for largest fish caught. We also have an inexpensive family portion of the event with three family/kids prize baskets for fish caught. There are a number of kids activities , mascots, etc. The best prizes are for pledge earners(after all it is a fundraiser). When you register for the 24 hour event you will be sent a pledge sheet. Your entry of $50 entitles you to a dinner voucher, a breakfast voucher and one ticket towards the pledge earner prizes. For every $25 raised above that you get another ticket. so basically the more you raise,the more chances to win these prizes.You can bring your own shelter or fish in the main event tent. This is a really casual and easy going event and meant to be more fun and camaraderie than competition. We also have a short fish-off for media/celebrity and the winner of this event has their name on a trophy that is kept for a year. Past winners included Gord Leclerc(CKY)/Ryan Johnson, Chris Cvetkovic(Blue Bombers)/ Craig Stapon(CJOB), Jon Lundberg (City TV)/ Todd Longley (Citycats) as well as Lyle Bauer (Blue Bombers). We are still compiling our sponsorships and prize lists so more on that later. Please PM me for more information or visit our website at www.walleyewarriormarathon.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:54:12 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=377.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:41:01 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=376.html Attention All Manitoba Anglers and Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derby Supporters Winnipeg angler, Ledy Pao, showed us all that "Luck Was A Lady" once again at the 3rd Annual Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derby held out of Selkirk Park on the Red River on Saturday, September 26th. After Joan Still of Petersfield weighed-in the biggest walleye last year, a 9.2 lb beauty, we were all happy to see Ledy Pao, also a member of the fairer sex, bring her 1st Place Prize Winning Greenback Walleye up to our scale. Her big fish weighed an enviable 7.7 lbs. Ledy Pao kept everybody in suspense around the weigh scale right until 3:30 p.m. when she and her Hubby Rolly brought their big cooler up to the our "Little Kiosk on the Prairie". Needless to say, Ledy went ballistic when she heard she had weighed-in the biggest walleye of the day. When her big fish swam out of our recovery pen in no time flat Ledy and Rolly both breathed sighs of relief. Ledy received the 1st Place cheque for $2,550, a plaque, and one of those huge souvenir cheques. On a sad note, Dixie Foster of Winnipeg, weighed-in a bigger walleye of 8.75 lbs at around 1:00 p.m. However, it wasn't able to swim out of our recovery pen in the allotted one minute trial period and was thereby disqualified. One of Dixie's boat partners tried for several minutes to revive her big walleye but to no avail. I was told that a live-well problem was possibly responsible for the unfortunate demise of her lunker walleye. Although Dixie didn't win 1st Prize, I just happened to have a small trophy made to award to the person having the "Best Fish Tail" to tell at the prize presentations. Since time constraints didn't allow us to hear anyone's best fish tail, if it's any consolation to you Dixie, please contact me at 668-5831 and then stop by my house and pick up your special trophy in the near future. 2nd Place went to Ryan Rivard of Lockport with a nice 6.7 lb walleye. Ryan received a cheque for $850 and a Prize Voucher for a One Week Stay for 5 People at the Shingwak Resort in Sioux Narrows Ontario in September of 2010 and valued at $1,500. The Resort Owners, Neal and Brenda Larson, have kindly donated a major prize for the second straight year. I have been to their picturesque and well-maintained Resort on Whitefish Bay an arm of Lake of the Woods and highly recommend that everyone receiving this e-mail contact the Larsons at 1-807-226-5630 or by e-mail neal12342005@yahoo.com to make reservations for next year. Prairie Shield Fishing Classics is once again very thankful to Neal and Brenda for their fantastic prize donation. 3rd Place went to Craig Kulchyski of Selkirk with a 6.6 lb walleye. Craig received a cheque for $760 and a Prize Voucher for a 3 Day Stay for 4 People at the Cedar Creek Motel also in Sioux Narrows Ontario. Owner Suzanne Hrynczuk, previously of a resident of Selkirk, is pleased to offer the prize in any season of the year, but before September 1st, 2010. PSFC hopes that everyone receiving this News Release will give Suzanne and Hubby Marc a call ASAP to book a stay at their beautiful motel on Hwy 71 in picturesque Sioux Narrows. Their phone number is 1-877-226-9705 and e-mail address is cedarcreekmotel@bellnet.ca . Nicole Kulchyski caught the 4th biggest walleye of 6.3 lb and won the 4th Place Prize Cheque for $677. Hey, now that's keeping it "All in the Family"! We were very pleased to have Sharon McManus, the Owner of Red Fin in Selkirk, present Ledy Pao with the Myles McManus Memorial Plaque in his honour of service to all the anglers, hunters, and archers in the Interlake area for many years. Ledy's name will go the beautiful plaque and will possibly be on display at either Red Fin in Selkirk or at Starfish Bait and Tackle on Hwy 44 in Lockport in the future. Prairie Shield Fishing Classics will be providing the 245 anglers, that took part in the event and either fishing from one of the 88 boats or from the shore in Selkirk Park, with a comprehensive recap of all the Prize Winners up till 25th Place including the weights of their walleye. In that recap, we will be extending our sincere appreciation to ALL our kind prize donors, supporters, and the volunteer workers from the four groups and organizations that helped make our 3rd Annual Family Derby and Fund-Raiser Event a resounding success once again. The derby organizers want everyone who was a part of this big annual sportfishing event put on by Prairie Shield Fishing Classics to know that this event would not have been as successful as it was once again if it were not for the great support of the City of Selkirk Council and Parks and Recreation Managers and Staff. The use of the Park Rotary Shelter for our Selkirk Cubs and Scouts Food Concession, our little weigh-in kiosk, the volunteers' stop signs, their safety vests, their hot orange flags, the installation of the prize presentation stage, the locating of the park tables, the campground golf cart for our shuttle service throughout the day, and the advertisement on the Big City Entry Sign on Hwy 9 are all the things that have annually made our Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derbies a resounding success. Thank you City of Selkirk Council, Parks and Recreation Staff, and Campground Staff for "coming through" once again! I think we were all impressed with the fantastic volunteer job Coach Heather Senderewich's Manitoba Women's Junior Team Handball Athletes did directing traffic in the morning darkness, checking everybody's live-wells, handing out derby information envelopes, recording fish weights in our weigh-in kiosk all day long, driving our shuttle golf cart, and carrying the big heavy water coolers with fish up and down from the river. We also thank the volunteers from Nova House in Selkirk who came out to help on Saturday. Although, Henry and Larry, our two St. John Ambulance volunteers, only had to patch up one minor "boo-boo" on one entrant's finger, we all saw these two dedicated gentlemen help us out at our fish recovery pen, with the installation of our several derby signs and banner, with many other necessary derby tasks all day long. "Thanks a Million" St. Johns volunteers! I will be thanking many more people, volunteers, and prize donors in my more comprehensive Derby Wrap-up soon to follow. Also, as is necessary with all groups or organizations holding sportfishing derbies and tournaments, I will be providing Water Stewardship and Fisheries Branch with all the necessary Derby Statistics which must be provided after every competitive angling event held in Manitoba. It has been my extreme pleasure to do so over the past 25 years putting on over 40 competitive sportfishing events. Well, that's enough of my long-windedness for now guys, but if anybody wants more derby information before I publish my Final Report including how much money PSFC will be presenting to our worthy charities and groups please feel free to contact me or Co-Director Pat Sernyk at 1-204-668-5831 or by e-mail at anglerdan@mts.net. Before I forget, please be informed that PSFC Inc. has booked Selkirk Park for Saturday, September 25th, 2010, to hold our 4th Annual Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derby. We hope you all can attend that fun event again and that we can increase our number of entries to over 100 Boats with many more people fishing off the shore in Selkirk Park. This News Release is also being attached to the Website of ManitobaAnglers.com, a very kind supporter and promoter of all Prairie Shield Fishing Classics Derbies and Tournaments. In the future the Directors of Prairie Shield Fishing Classics look forward to partnering with ManitobaAnglers.com to promote fishing and hunting to all Manitoba's Outdoors Enthusiasts. Best fishes to all this fall, Dan Sernyk for Pat Sernyk, Co-Directors of Prairie Shield Fishing Classics, Inc. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:00:08 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=375.html City's waste strategy not enough: province By: Mary Agnes Welch The city's original plan to clean up its waste water simply won't help heal Lake Winnipeg, and it's worth spending millions more to do it right, the province said Thursday."We haven't asked the city to do anything we're not willing to help pay for," said Conservation Minister Stan Struthers. A case study on the so-called nitrogen versus phosphorus debate prepared by a city engineer suggests that it would cost Winnipeg taxpayers $750 million more over 20 years to remove both kinds of nutrients from sewage at the North End treatment plant. If the city tackled only phosphorus, as a gaggle of scientists has recommended and as the city has long preferred to do, Winnipeggers could avoid sewer rate hikes and Lake Winnipeg might actually get cleaner faster, the city argued. But the province says the city's figures and logic are flawed. The $750 million, which covers mostly debt cost, is a highly questionable figure that doesn't appear to include the millions the province has already committed. And the new equipment the city wants to install simply isn't good enough to meet reasonable targets. Only a two-step process called biological nutrient reduction will be guaranteed to remove enough ammonia and other nitrates. And, it allows the leftover phosphorus to be turned into fertilizer instead of dumped in the landfill at a time when phosphorus is a shrinking commodity. Struthers said it's vital that Winnipeg has state-of-the-art treatment plants. Calgary has plans to meet the same or even tougher targets as Manitoba and Regina has just committed to adding nitrogen removal from its already-advanced plants. The debate, which bloomed anew this week, is moot because the Clean Environment Commission has already recommended that the city go whole hog and remove both nitrogen and phosphorus from its waste water. And the work to do that is already well underway. Last year, after pressure from scientists and city councillors, the NDP asked the CEC to have another look at the nutrient issue. But this spring, the CEC reaffirmed its 2003 recommendation -- the one that has saddled the city with a $1.8-billion bill to upgrade the sewage plants and pipes. The city must spend millions removing both nitrogen and phosphorus from its waste water in order to combat damaging algae blooms on Lake Winnipeg. "Excess reactive nitrogen in the environment contributes to eutrophication (oxygen depletion), loss of biodiversity, global warming, pollution of drinking water, fish kills, acid rain, and ozone depletion. There exists a strong scientific case for limiting the nitrogen load in City of Winnipeg waste water," wrote the CEC. "In our view to not do so would be irresponsible, leaving an unhealthy environmental legacy to our children and grandchildren." Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/lake-cleanup-plan-panned-61437337.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:03:57 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=374.html By: Larry Kusch Manitoba's two largest marshes are sick after a decades-long invasion from harmful fish and plant species and pollutants, but the province promised Thursday to take measures to turn things around.The Netley-Libau Marsh on Lake Winnipeg and the Delta Marsh on Lake Manitoba are the two largest in Canada. Such wetlands act as natural filters, preventing nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from entering Lake Winnipeg and others lakes. But in recent years, they've lost much of their effectiveness. On Thursday, the province said it would spend $1 million to protect and restore Manitoba wetlands, especially the two large marshes. Christine Melnick, the water stewardship minister, said the money would be used to provide incentives to farmers to restore lost wetlands, reduce damage to Delta Marsh caused by the common carp, and to develop new policies and other protection measures. Melnick said studies have shown that by restoring Netley-Libau Marsh, nutrient loading in Lake Winnipeg could be reduced by as much as six per cent. "Lake Winnipeg's Netley-Libau Marsh has declined in size, has lost many of its normal marsh plants, and sediment levels have increased significantly in the marsh waters," she told reporters Thursday. "The restoration of Netley-Libau and Delta marshes recognizes the enormous value that wetlands have in biodiversity, retaining nutrients and for reducing greenhouse gas emissions," Melnick said. Lake Manitoba's Delta Marsh suffers mainly from damage caused by the common carp, a species introduced from Europe by early settlers that destroys underwater plants critical to the marsh's function. Gordon Goldsborough, a university professor and director of the U of M field station at Delta Marsh, welcomed the funding and the partnerships the province has formed with such groups as Ducks Unlimited, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and the Nature Conservancy of Canada to carry out the wetlands rejuvenation work. Goldsborough said he toured the Netley-Libau Marsh on Wednesday and was reminded of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring, which warned of a looming ecological disaster over the misuse of pesticides. "Visitors to this marsh decades ago would have witnessed, at this time of year, vast numbers of ducks and geese, and yet I was struck by the fact that I saw and heard none," he said. Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/province-to-spend-1-million-in-effort-to-restore-wetlands-61437467.html Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:01:37 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=373.html Posted By Donna Delaurier For the fifth straight year, a group of fishermen scored big time for Lac du Bonnet minor hockey. The annual fishing derby in support of minor hockey was held last Saturday and attracted 140 fishers of all ages. Lisa Thomas, fundraising chair for LdB minor hockey, said the favourable weather – about 23 C – was perfect for a day of fishing. “There were a lot of happy kids out there with sunburnt faces,” Thomas said. A total of 220 fish were caught on the day, and the top prize of a 14-foot aluminum Lund boat, Mercury motor and a trailer was won by Randy Hale. Hale’s 31 cm walleye was pulled from the water at 10:43 a.m. and put him first in the hidden time and length competition. The largest fish of the day was caught by Carl Nilsson, who hauled in a whopper – a 96 cm pike. Thomas says the catch-and-release derby was run on the honour system and she was impressed with everyone’s honesty. The event was held during Family Fun Fishing Weekend, so a fishing licence wasn’t required. Thomas, who will step down as organizer once this year’s all wrapped up, says they raised about $2,500 for minor hockey. She says they couldn’t have done it without the approximately 10 people who volunteered during the day, and the local businesses who supported them. And, she says, Lund’s contribution of the winning prize was great. “It was a wonderful donation from Lund.” And it was a perfect day for the kids, and adults, who got to spend the day fishing. “The kids had a great time. It was just so much fun,” Thomas said. Source: http://www.lacdubonnetleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1629828 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:33:38 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=372.html Mandatory operator cards expected to increase safety on waterways By: Geoff Kirbyson DAVID LIPNOWSKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Bud Simmons says the new operator cards are long overdue. Boating enthusiasts are optimistic the implementation of mandatory operator cards next week will make provincial waterways a safer place to be. They also say it's about time because lakes and rivers throughout Manitoba have become increasingly treacherous as the number of inexperienced boaters continues to increase. Effective next Tuesday, boaters without a Pleasure Craft Operator Card, or PCOC, will be hit with a fine of up to $250. Melanie Orlowski, spokeswoman for Transport Canada, which oversees the country's waterways, said the card will be issued upon the completion of a safe boating course and a written exam. (Experienced boaters can avoid the course if they successfully complete the exam, which can be written online.) "Safety is the driving reason behind this regulation. We want to reduce the number and severity of boating-related accidents and fatalities. We want to create a culture where safety is the norm on our waterways," she said, noting historically, there have been no licensing requirements to get behind the wheel of a boat. Orlowski said RCMP, provincial police and Winnipeg police will enforce the regulation, which affects operators of motorboats, houseboats and personal watercraft. "Anyone in a canoe is fine," she said. Bud Simmons, a manager at Splash Dash Tours at The Forks, said the operator cards are long overdue because there are far too many drivers, particularly those at the helm of larger boats, that simply don't respect smaller craft. "On a busy weekend you really have to watch out. When you pass a boat, you want to do it at a safe distance. The wake created behind the boat rocks you all over the place and can damage the boat," he said. Simmons noted Splash Dash's booth has a megaphone, which gets used regularly to warn boaters to watch their speed as they zip in and out of the marina. "We often get ignored or we're given the (middle finger) signal," he said. "Some people just don't understand what they're operating. All they know is they can haul six people on a tube." Chris Van Bastelaere, who bought a 17-foot fishing boat last month, agrees. He said the mandatory operator cards are a "great" idea. "I've been cruising up and down the river lately and there are buffoons out there. There are people driving on the wrong side of the river or they'll cut people off. They have no idea what to do when they see another boat," he said. "I was surprised by that. It doesn't get much simpler than boating on the river." Navigating around the Whiteshell, on the other hand, can be considerably more difficult because of underwater reefs and rock structures and a variety of traffic signs. "You want to be certain you're doing the right thing because some of the signs seem counterintuitive (at first)," he said. But not everybody thinks the requirements for getting an operator card are tough enough. Mike Waite, president of Safety Services Manitoba, said just because you can pass a written test doesn't mean you won't be a hazard on the water. "Operating a boat in the water requires some real skill. There are no checks and balances with a written test. I'm not a big fan of it at all," he said. Waite said with boat traffic increasing on lakes and rivers throughout the province, the absence of an on-the-water test -- which would be no different than getting a driver's licence for a vehicle or motorcycle -- will likely mean an increase in the number of boating accidents. Get educated As of Tuesday, if you're behind the wheel of a motorized boat or personal watercraft and don't have a Pleasure Craft Operator Card, or PCOC, you can be given a fine of up to $250. Here are some facts on the new regulation: You can take the course online (see Transport Canada's website, www.tc.gc.ca for details) or after taking a boating safety course. The course covers minimum safety requirements on your boat; the Canadian buoy system; a review of all pertinent regulations; and how to respond in an emergency situation. According to Transport Canada, the course is available from Rivercity OSH Training & Consulting/Red River College. See www.rrc.mb.ca for details. Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/you-got-a-licence-to-drive-that-boat-58913877.html Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:28:41 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=371.html WINNIPEG -- Environment Canada would like to present for your outdoor enjoyment and pleasure: Summer. Today will be sunny with a high of 26 C, with winds becoming south at 20 km/h early in the afternoon. The rest of the week and through the long weekend will be a virtual carbon copy with nary a cloud in the sky and highs ranging from 26 C to 28 C from Wednesday to Monday. Source: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Winnipeggers-to-enjoy-warm-sunny-start-to-September--56577312.html Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:34:56 GMT http://www.manitobaanglers.com/News/article/sid=370.html Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:19:00 GMT