Fish Tales from Your President’s Perspective.
I will be glad to say goodbye to May Grey and to welcome June Gloom. I am not so sure June will be that gloomy with all the activities we have going on for the month.
Well, May was a much different month than I expected it to be. I want to thank Al Wilson for a fantastic job running the monthly meeting for me. As you may know I got called out to Alaska as part of a disaster recovery effort. I and one other person from San Diego were sent to the northern wilds of Alaska to do damage assessment on a couple of villages on the Bering Sea. It was difficult terrain and the weather was in the 20’s when we started but got up to 42 degrees one day before I left. The strange thing is I was colder when it was 42 degrees because of a 30-45 mile an hour wind than when it was 20 degrees. Another strange thing was that I got to walk on the Bering Sea. It was frozen over but it was a little un-nerving when the ice made noises when I walked on it and it moved. I was there for 10 days and never had any time to try to ice fish or get king crab. I will be returning with some construction teams in August and they should have some Salmon and open water by then. Hopefully I will get a chance then.
Speaking of open water, our first saltwater charter is this month. Plus, I am so excited for our BBQ at Lake Dixon. It sounds delicious and it looks like we are going to have a great showing. I really want to thank Hank Skaja and John Jessop for their efforts for the Escondido Street Festival. It’s always great to be able to show off the club to others. And I wanted to thank our friends at Kiwanis for letting us share their booth.
I understand the trip to Cuyamaca was a good success and after the first day a few fish were caught. I am sorry I missed that trip because it is always one of my favorites.
It’s so nice to know this club will help out when they are needed. That sense of community or family or whatever is what makes this club so special. See you all at the Picnic, the Meeting, and fishing
Paul Lorson
President