Updates From Steve
 

Elections:
Chapter elections will be held in November so if you are interested in a position see Dave Griffin or call him at 304-676-3256.

We Need Your Vote!
No, not Bush, not Kerry, but Frederick Chapter #22 MSSA needs your vote for new officers and directors at the November 10th Meeting. Come early, enjoy a home cooked dinner by Tod, peruse the custom made fishing rods which will are offered for sale by "The Rod Man" himself, Eric Kellner, and vote early and often for new officers and directors.

Volunteer for Office:
This is your last chance to qualify as a candidate for officers or directors positions. Five (5) officers & nine (9) directors will be elected at the November meeting. If you are interested, phone Dave Griffin (304-676-3256) or Chuck Mullaney (301-831-6810) for further details.

January Dinner Meeting:
RESERVE YOUR SEAT TODAY FOR THE JANUARY DINNER MEETING
The Frederick Chapter #22 MSSA annual January 12th dinner meeting will be held at the newly renovated banquet hall at "Martin's at Walkersville", in the banquet hall at the Walkersville Fire Station. The all you can eat menu includes: Crab Soup (a Martin's specialty), Seafood Newburg with rice, fried chicken, BBQ pork ribs, Chef Carved London Broil, & much more, including flaming strawberry jubilee for dessert. Cocktails start at 6:30 P.M., & a buffet dinner will be served at 7:15 P.M. This meeting promises to be a great evening, which even your wife will enjoy. So bring your wife, girlfriend, or significant other to meet the people you hang you with on weekends and the second Wednesday of each month. We were able to keep the cost at $27.00 per person, & this year offer better & more menu offerings!
Martins has requested that we confirm the total number of persons attending the dinner be submitted to them by January 3rd. Please have your reservations and payment in to us by that time. You can pay with cash or check at the November or December meeting. See Chuck Mullaney at the meeting or you can mail your check to: Chuck Mullaney 2904 Lochhaven Court, Ijamsville, MD 21754 (301-831-6810). Make checks payable to Frederick MSSA. Remember, all family members and children are welcome. Children under 5 years old are free and 5-12 years old are ½ price.

The Scholarship Foundation needs a volunteer so if you are interested call the office for details at 410-255-5535.
 
MSSA Lifetime Memberships
are available for $500, payable in four installments; and, you will receive an MSSA Captain's jacket, MSSA license plate and a print suitable for framing.

Chincoteague Island, VA
Fishing Report by Charlie Koski
 

Stripers are starting to show around the bridge pilings and in the surf. Casting 1-2 oz. bucktails adorned with white or chartreuse shad or white curly tail grubs are catching the most fish near the pilings of Black Narrows and Queen Sound Bridges. Black Narrows is only accessible for smaller boats that can navigate under the structure to the north side. I am sure that if you troll off the beach they are out there also. They are being brought in at high tide in the suds at Assateague Island. Commercial Flounder season opened October 1 here and the draggers are here cleaning them up again. Weather has been too bad to fish for flounder in the inlets the past few weeks.

Well I just read Al Ristori's column in this weeks Fisherman Magazine and the 50-50 cut for the flounder quota vote was 9-9, a tie, which means it, will probably stay at 60-40. Recreational fishermen need to make their comments heard.

You can send your comments to: Mr. Jack Travelstead,
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 144 Eye Street NW, 6th floor, Washington, DC 20005 or email him at:


The more anglers who write their concerns and send them in the more hope we have to get them to ease up on the regulations and get us more fish in the freezer to eat.

Have Yu Sent Your Comment In Yet? Remember our MSSA motto No Unity No Voice No Fish.
In last months report I noted the offshore bite would be hot until the end of October. Well here it is the end of October and it is 75 degrees today. The tuna bite is still going on at the canyons with large Yellowfin being caught and 150+ lb Bluefin being brought in also. Limit is still one Bluefin per vessel. Longfin Tuna are also abundant with Wahoo and Dolphin rounding out the catch. Good Fishing to all.

 
Alltackle.Com:
The online resource for fishing gear at alltackle.com has agreed to give Frederick Chapter Members discounts on their already low prices. Call them at 888-810-7283 from 9am-9pm and tell them you are with the Frederick MSSA to get special pricing, no shipping & no sales tax. We hope to have them at the July meeting as well.