Kids Fish-In 2012

Our annual Kids Fish-In is on Saturday June 2nd, 2012, from 8am to 12am.  The event is sponsored by our chapter and has been a annual event for over 25 years.  The chapter will provide all the fishing gear, bait and fish, we just need to you to bring the kids (ages 4-12) to attend.  The event is held at the Tracy Owen station in Kenmore WA, and is free and open to the public.  This is an event for the kids, we encourage the parents to help the kids but please remember that it is for the kids, let them handle the poles and catch the fish.  The chapter will also provide prizes for the children and have some food at the end of the event.  We would like to thank WDFW for their generous donation of the trout for this years events, as well as all of our Trout Unlimited volunteers from the North-Shore chapter.  We will post photos from the event on our Blog, be sure to check back later.
Fish On Kids!

Directions to the park:
Tracy Owen Station at Log Boom Park
61st Ave NE & NE 175th St
Kenmore, WA 98028
Tracy Owen Station

Earth Day Tree planting at Barr Creek on 4-22-12

Our Earth-Day tree planting outing this year was a big success.  We had over 20 volunteers come out to Barr Creek to participate.  A total of 160 native potted plants were planted as well as over 300 live stakes of Willow and Cottonwood. The chapter received a matching grant from the Washington State council of Trout Unlimited for the purchase of the plants and materials for this years work.  Trout Unlimited members, family and friends helped to plant the trees and other plants, cut back the blackberries, install anti-beaver fencing, and pound in the live stakes.  It was a hot sunny day and everyone seemed to have a good time getting involved.  The kids got involved too, it was great to see the interest that they shared for helping our environment. The North-Shore chapter has been working to restore Barr and Kissey creeks for over 15 years now and the project is really paying off.  Some of the trees are getting over 40 feet high and the area is really blossoming up with the native plants. There were lots of baby Coho and other fish swimming around as we worked.  Thank you to all our hard working volunteers for making this years planting a great event.  We will be continuing the work again this fall and next year.
Thanks everyone!

Chris Tompkins

Map to Barr Creek

Solduc Outing 2012

The chapter hosted a Steelhead outing on the beautiful Solduc river near Beaver Washington in February 2012.  We had 12 members participate with 4 boats floating the river, one group fished the Bogachel.  The weather was good this year and just about everyone hooked or caught a Steelhead, most were wild fish and released carefully, one fish was a hatchery fish which went was kept.  We camped on the upper river and had a big social pot luck on Saturday night, the food was great, lots of meat and good eats.  This is annual event and we also do a Salmon outing in the fall each year on "the Duc".  Good times for all that came!  Thank you to Ron T. for providing us a great spot to camp on the river.