Puget Sound Anglers – Gig Harbor & Tacoma

Presidents message from Gig Harbor PSA for October 2023

President:  Art Tachell

Our guest speaker for our September 13^th general club meeting was Duane Inglin of Fish Hunt Northwest and he gave a fantastic presentation in detail on fishing for Coho in Grays Harbor.

This fishery opens September 15^th and provides a great shallow water opportunity to catch some quality Coho.

Our speaker for our October 11th general meeting will be a representative from Scotty Downriggers and Products. He or she will discuss maintenance, repairs, new products and how to get the best performance from their products.

The club member that was drawn during our membership cash drawing was not present so next month’s drawing will be $260.00. We would like to once again thank John Hagar of Southworth and Lighthouse Marine for sponsoring the drawing.

Our club activity for September was a club Coho derby which was one by Pete Pittman with a 7.87lb. Coho congratulations Pete. It was a gorgeous day on the water, and I do believe all entrants had their limits of Coho.

Our next project partnering with the Auburn chapter will be nutrient enhancement in the upper watershed of the Puyallup River by placing spawned carcasses of chinook and coho salmon from Voights Creek Hatchery into the feeder streams. This is a great opportunity to see wildlife like deer, elk, bear and great views. This project will be every Wednesday for the next six weeks if you would like to get involved call Art Tachell 253-691-0811 for more info.

The club delivered 440 lbs. of surplus fish food to the Puyallup Historical Hatchery.

Founding member Mark Connot”s estate donated fishing gear to be sold at our annual swap meet to benefit the club.

Member Dave Morgan passed recently and will be greatly missed.

Our general club meeting is the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00PM and is located at Tower Lanes 6323 6^th Ave. Tacoma, Wash.

All are welcome to attend our club meetings so if you are interested, please come out.

 President: Art Tachell

253-691-0811

plugkut@aol.com Vice President: Pat Leahy

September Presidents Message for Gig Harbor PSA

President: Art Tachell

Our club meeting on August 9th was mostly centered around our 27^th annual salmon derby which was held on August 12^th despite the early closure of MA11 which is our usual marine area to fish, which created a lively discussion as you would imagine we were able to fish MA13. Club president Art Tachell gave a brief discussion on areas to fish, gear, etc. for marine area 13.

Although the salmon fishing was a little slow and there were some pretty good tidal swings, we did have 43 salmon entered in the derby. The weather was great and 200+participants had a great time on the water. Every participant went home with a prize thanks to 40 donors that were very generous.

A special thank you to the Buchannan family of SMI/BEAUMAC, King Salmon Marine, Cressy door, SPORTCO and so many others.

The PSA Gig Harber club members did a great job putting the whole thing together. Many thanks to former president Frank Baker we could have not pulled this off without you. Thank you.

Adult derby winners.

1^st place Jim Lyle 19.02lbs. $3000.00 winner.

2^nd place Darren Rose 17.85lbs. $1,500.00

3^rd place Casey Kuper 17.35lbs 3.5 hrs. new outboard motor.

Youth winners.

1^st place Ellis Kuper 12.05lbs

2^nd place Nathan Wolff 10.73lbs

3^rd place Marcus Randel 10.31lbs

The winner of our membership drawing was Bill Macaras for $260.00 sponsored by Southworth Marines John Hagar of Port Orchard. Thank you, John. Next month’s drawing will be $150.00.

At our next general club meeting the one and only Duane Inglin of Fish Hunt Northwest will be our guest speaker Duane will give us some tips on fishing Willapa Harbor.

We will be having a club only Coho salmon derby on September 9^th from daylight till 11 AM then meet at the North End on Pearl for the presentation of cash to the winner and then lunch and fishing stories of course.

Also, somewhere between Sept. 15^th and the end of September we will start our nutrient enhancement project in the upper watershed of the Puyallup River, if you would like to help just call or email Art Tachell.

Our club board meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at Club House Grill 6501 6^th Ave Tacoma Wash.

Our general club meeting is the 2^nd Wednesday of the month at Tower Lanes 6323 6^th Ave Tacoma Wash.

If you are interested, please come to our general club meeting and check our chapter out.

President: Art Tachell

253-691-0811

plugkut@aol.com

Vice President: Pat Leahy

253-680-9603

Patleahy71@gmail.com

Treasurer Ron Hunt

Secretary Scott Douglas

Membership Derrick Wallace Raffle Jeff Stockman

August Presidents message for the Gig Harbor chapter of PSA

President Art Tachell

Our guest speaker was Blake Smith, a seasoned fisheries biologist with the Puyallup Tribe. Blake gave us an overview of all the fisheries facilities and programs in the Puyallup River watershed. Blake showed us where their facilities were located and explained what their functions were. There are conventional hatchery facilities, naturalized freshwater acclimation ponds and fresh and saltwater net pens.

Blake also covered the many barriers that salmon and steelhead had to overcome since 1906 like dams, gravel mining, effects of logging, culverts, development, etc. Blake mentioned the many habitat restoration projects that have been done that are going on now and some future projects in the works. The species Blake covered were Steelhead, Chum salmon, pink salmon, Coho salmon and Chinook salmon. Blake’s presentation was very informative and enjoyed by all. Thank you, Blake.

Our membership cash award drawing sponsored by John Hagar of Southworth Marine of Port Orchard was not claimed by member #315 so the cash award for our drawing next month will be $260.00. Thank you, John.

Our club received our permit from WDFW for up to 4000 salmon carcasses to use for nutrient enhancement in the watershed of the Puyallup River. Volunteers would be appreciated, just contact Art Tachell or Frank Baker.

Our annual all public salmon derby will keep us busy from now through August; the date is August 12, 2023.

We will be having a club only Coho salmon derby on September 9, 2023.

I would like to thank all of our volunteer members for their passion and dedication to protecting our habitat, environment and our fisheries.

President: Art Tachell

253-691-0811 plugkut@aol.com

Vice President: Pat Leahy

253-680-9603

Patleahy712gmail.com

Treasurer: Ron Hunt

Secretary: Scott Douglas

Membership: Derrick Wallace

Raffle: Jeff Stockman

July Presidents message for The Gig Harbor chapter of The Puget Sound Anglers

President: Art Tachell

Our guest speaker for the June general club meeting was Bob Buchanan of SMI/BEAUMAC.Bob is a great advocate for the recreational fishing community and gave a talk about crab fishing. Bob covered gear, baits, tides, weather and habits of these tasty shellfish.The presentation was very informative and enjoyed by all.

The winner of our membership drawing was Scott Smith who took home $150.00.  John Hager of Southworth Marine in Port Orchard sponsors our membership drawing, thank you John. 

On June 21^st at 6:00 PM we will be releasing the 120,000 + Chinook smolt that we have been caring for the last couple of months and all are invited, the location is at one of the transient floats closest to Anthony’s restaurant at the Pt. Defiance Marina 5912 N Waterfront Dr. Tacoma Wash. 98407. The following day, June 22^nd we will be disassembling the pens and putting away for the year.

Puyallup Tribal biologist Blake Smith will be our guest speaker for our July 12^th general club meeting. Blake is a seasoned fisheries biologist, and this should be very informative for our club members.

Our board meeting is on the first Tuesday of the month at 6PM at the Club House Grill, 6501 6^th Ave. Tacoma Wash.

Our general club meeting is on the 2^nd Wednesday of the month at Tower Lanes, 6323 6^th Ave. Tacoma Wash.

All are invited so come check us out.

President: Art Tachell  253-691-0811  plugkut@aol.com

Vice President: Pat Leahy also Derby Chairman 253-680-9603 patleahy71@gmail.com

Treasurer: Ron Hunt

Secretary: Scott Douglas

Membership: Derrick Wallace

Raffle: Jeff Stockman

Puget Sound Anglers Gig Harbor Chapter

President:  Art Tachell

Presidents Message for June 2023

Our speaker for our May 10^th club meeting was club member Larry Philips, former WDFW employee who is now employed by the America Sportfishing Association as the Pacific Fisheries Policy Director for the West Coast.

Larry discussed in some detail what the ASA is and does for the Recreational community and the businesses that that support Americas favorite recreation. Larry also discussed some of WDFW policies and a wide variety of topics guiding decisions regarding our fishing opportunities in the salt water. His input was very informative, and we are grateful for his knowledge and support of the recreational fishing community.

In the first week of May Puyallup Tribal biologists weighed and measured the chinook smolt that they supplied for our saltwater acclimation pen which they do about every two weeks the salmon started out at about 90 to the pound and are now at 64 to the pound and are doing great. Thank you to all the volunteers that support this project.

In the next couple of weeks, we will be building our second pen and taking delivery of about 55,000 baby chinook from WDFW’S Voight Creek hatchery.

If you are interested in feeding the salmon which id done three times a day, go to the Gig Harbor PSA site and click on the fish feeding tab scroll down a little and click on the proper month and fill in your name in a open slot. Thank you.

Vice President and August salmon derby chair Pat Leahy gave us a derby update. If anyone is interested, we would appreciate any donations of Cash, Merchandise, or services to award at the August 12^th Derby.

We had an update on current saltwater fishing opportunities and upcoming opportunities.

Our speaker for our June club meeting will be Bob Buchannan of Beaumac he will be doing a presentation on crab fishing, etc. Bob, his family and business are great advocates for the fishing community.

Pat Leahy #168 won our monthly cash membership drawing for $260.00 so next month’s drawing will be $150.00. A special thank you to John Hager of Southworth Marine in Port Orchard Wash.

Our club board meeting will be the first Tuesday of the month at Club House Grill 6501 6^th Ave. Tacoma Wash. At 6PM

The general club meeting will be the second Wednesday of the month at Tower Lanes 6323 6^th Ave. Tacoma Wash. At 7 PM.

Please come and join us.

President: Art Tachell 253-691-0811