Save Our Native Species Inc.
S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie Fishing Club
(A 501 C (3) not for profit organiz

Old News

S.O.N.S. Pres. and VP Named Sportsmen of the Year

S.O.N.S. President, Jerry Skrypzak and Vice President Ed Kissell were presented the “Sportsman of the Year Award” by the Northwestern Pennsylvania Sportsman’s Coalition. The presentation was made by Coalition President, Ron Dombrowiak, on April 23, 2009 at the Regional PFBC informational meeting, which was held at the Hirt Auditorium.

S.O.N.S. MOVED TO A NEW MEETING PLACE

Due to recent remodeling at the Moniusczko Club we were forced to find a new place to hold our general membership meetings. The Polish Falcon’s Club at 431 East Third St will host our general membership meetings. All General Meetingsmeeting will be held there at 7:30 PM. There are two parking lots available, one alongside and at the rear of the club and the other is located across the street. We are grateful to the Polish Falcon’s Club board of directors for agreeing to host our meetings. The meetings are held on the fourth Monday of the month except when the date conflicts with a national holiday or the first day of dear season. There are no meetings in June, July or August.

THE S.O.N.S. HATCHERY HAS 25^th ANNIVERSARY  

 Earl Myers (ctr) Head of the PFBC's Cooperative Nursery Division presented a 25 year participation certificate to SONS President Jerry Skrypzak and SONS Director and Hatchery Manager Bob Zawadzki. The certificate marks our club’s 25year affiliation with the PFBC’s cooperative program. In 25 years our hatchery has produced over 25,000,000 walleye, 30,000,000 perch and over 1,000,000 steelhead fry. The certificate was presented at the March 14^th Commission’s biennial cooperative nursery meeting in Oil City.

THE FRIENDS OF FISH FOUNDATION AWARDS ANOTHER GRANT TO THE S.O.N.S.

For the third year in a row the Friends of Fish Foundation has bestowed a generous and substantial gift to the S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie. The Friends of Fish Foundation is headquartered in Philadelphia. The foundation’s goals parallel those of the S.O.N.S. that is, to enhance fishing and the fishery. The 2007 grant will be applied to our 2008 projects. We are currently working with the Erie Western Pennsylvania Port Authority in planning a fishing pier on the North end of Liberty Pier in Presque Isle Bay. Other projects include the installation of web cams on the Bicentennial Tower, installation of a wind warning light at Shade's Beach, a litter boom at the mouth of Mill Creek. Other projects will be studied as they are proposed.

We are extremely grateful for the grant and we will put it to good use.