P. O. Box 492 Bremerton, WA 98337 www.kitsappoggieclub.com

Poggie Club Officers Poggie Club Board Members Chief Poggie: Norm Reinhardt 360 871-4216 Patrick Perry 360 850 8000 Elected 2021 Vice President: Troy Hatler 360 792-2628 Art Bruner 360 598-5776 Appointed Secretary: Nick Blickhan 360 731-3659 Ray Frederick 360 692-2287 Elected 2020 Treasurer: Louie Morton 360 689-0118 Oscar Hyman 360 394-3892 Elected 2020 Game Warden: Randy Fox 360 519 9941 Ron Kirkland 360 373-2088 Elected 2021 Bill Mars 360 692-3668 Elected 2019 John Morton 360 813-5581 Elected 2019 Andrew Wright 360-801 3721 Appointed Editor: Ron Kirkland 360 373 2088 rgseahorse@aol.com

General Meeting: January general meeting will be at 6:30 PM January 9th at the Sheridan

Center 680 Lebo Blvd, East Bremerton. The meeting will feature pizza, salad, and good conversation. Guest speaker is at present TBD. BOARD Meeting: The Board meets 7PM Tuesday January 15th, at the Windermere Real Estate Office, 9939 Mickelberry Rd. in Silverdale.

Black Mouth Salmon Derby: This member only derby is being chaired by our derby

chairman Randy Fox. Date is set for February 9th 2019. Entry is $10 and tickets are available at Aqua-Tech, January Meeting, or by contacting Randy Fox. Weigh in is at Brownsville Marina by 2PM followed shortly by the awards ceremony. Must be a Poggie member in the boat. Taking Care of Chico inlet Fishing: In addition to providing a sani-can porto pot and garbage cans the Poggie Club has partnered with Bremerton Parks to place doggy bags and remove the garbage. This is vital to ensuring public use of this tribal leased area where they raise shellfish. To do this we have a rotating sign-up of Poggies to check the area and take the garbage to the dumpsters behind Sportsman’s Wearhouse. Poggie Jay Sager is on duty for January February 2019. Poggie Ron Kirkland is on duty for March April 2019 Poggie Bill Mars is on duty for May June 2019 Classes: Fly Tying Jan 22nd to March 5th 7 to 9 PM Tuesdays see last page of Newsletter. Rod Building Jan 10th to March 28th 6 to 9 PM Thursdays see last page of Newsletter The Modern Fish Act: This long sought piece of legislation passed both houses of congress on December 19, 2018 and went to the President for signature. This is a big deal for recreational fishing, for more info google modern fish act or go to www.nmma.org.

Poggie Club Newsletter January 2019

Published Monthly Issue 1

Gorst Poggie Work Team This Crew of Poggies Joined together on December 13

th to clean and

prepare the Gorst Facility for the 2019 crop of Chinook Fry. Membership Contest: We will raise the bar again because 17 in 17 as well as 18 in 18 were successful new member recruiting programs. For 2019 we will look for 19 in 19 to produce a qualifying 19 new members to create a minimum $100 prize pot. In addition to recruiting 2019 will feature recognition awards for areas of volunteerism by club members.

Summer Picnic 2019: We need clams for next year. It is clam season. We need 140 to 180.

The Chief Poggie will clean, vacu-seal, and store the clams you donate. No, he won’t eat them they will reappear for the 2019 picnic. A 2-fer you get the fun digging them and enjoy the summer picnic. Good digging.

Question: You need to shorten a rope or a line therefore you need a shorting knot. What is the name of this knot? Bonus what are other names of this knot?

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