Jocassee Trout Club Meeting Minutes
Thursday, August 9th
7pm – 9pm FATZ Café in Easley
- Jimmy Williams opened the meeting.
- Jimmy presented information about the JTC’s DNR committee meeting with Dan Rankin.
- Dan Rankin’s biggest request is for fishing reports from JTC members. Dan specifically wants to know if the fleshy fin at the top rear of the trout has been clipped. Additionally, Dan wants to know lengths and weights of the trout down to the tenths of an inch and tenth
of a pound. This information will help the DNR determine how fast the stocked trout are growing. The catch form is going to be redone in order to allow fishermen to capture this information. Additionally Bill Reid needs a good picture of trout with this fin removed.
He would like it with a white background. He will post the picture on
the JTC website.
- Dan Rankin suggested that more trout could be stocked away from the ramps if another boat with a stocking tank
could be made available by the JTC. Ken Sloan stated that the Jocassee
Outdoor Center has an old pontoon
boat that he could donate for the cause. The JTC would have to fund the tank
and a motor. It was also mentioned that in lieu of a motor this boat could possibly
be towed.
- Dan Rankin is interested in hearing from fishermen about their thoughts on limit changes for trout on Lake Jocassee. He stated that the lake can be managed for numbers of fish or size of fish. In other words the lake can have lots of small fish or a few large fish.
- Dan Rankin presented the JTC with some trout and lake studies.
Bill Reid is going to try to post these studies on the JTC website.
- The interview with Dan Rankin is posted on the JTC website. Members
need to read the interview and put any comments on the JTC board.
- Scott Bullions presented a thank you note from the Red Cross for the cookout the JTC provided to
the Search and Recovery workers looking for Joshua on Lake Jocassee in June.
- Bill Reid asked that any suggestions for changes to the website be sent to him.
- Jimmy Williams presented a slide show of his fishing trip to Canada. There were many pictures of
large fish that he caught, but few pictures of him with the fish. Jimmy stated
that this was because the guide had trouble working his camera.
- The meeting was then adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Scott A. Bullions
Treasurer, Jocassee Trout Club
