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| February 2008 |
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| Editor's Message Our meeting this month is going to be a terrific one. I was present when Vin Kutty gave this program at the Coast club a few months ago. It is full of really good information on fish photography, and Vin is a great speaker. Dick Stratton is taking down some of his tanks and has donated several to the club. They will be auctioned at this meeting, with all proceeds going to the club. Most are in good shape, tank only, no reflectors. I helped him take them down today, and none of them leaked. The Monthly Bowl show for February is: Betta splendens. Be sure to bring your best bettas to show all of us. Next month is Guppys and Old World Cichlids. We plan to make the guppy show a larger event than normal and to show guppies in classes similar to IFGA rules. Phone me at (619) 267-2236 or email me at prattc@adminoff.com for more information. Plans for the field trip in February to the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA. are being finalized. You will see the basic information below . We are setting up a ridesharing program, so if you either want to drive, or just to ride phone me at (619) 267-2236 or email me at prattc@adminoff.com. Charles Pratt |
Upcoming Events at SDTFS
February
10, 2008 – Monthly membership meeting, Vin
Kutty on Fish Photography. Vin Kutty has been keeping tropical fishes for over
35 years. His focus is primarily South American and Indian cichlids.
He makes annual trips to South America to explore and fish. He is co-owner
of a 3000-acre Amazonian non-profit eco-ranch in Bolivia. He has been
photographing fishes for 15 years and his photos can frequently be seen in
Aquarium Fish Magazine. Come join us as he tells how he does it and how
you can too.
March 9, 2008 – Chris Turk, Fish Nutrition
February 23, 2008 - Field trip to the Monterey Bay
Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940. This is a Saturday, and we will
meet at the museum at 10:00 am. Admission is $25.00 per person.
You will need to arrange your own transportation to get to Monterey,
though there is ride sharing being set up. For more information on the
aquarium visit their web site mbayaq.org. For more information on the trip phone
me at (619) 267-2236 or email me at prattc@adminoff.com.
This Sturgeon is still alive....just worn out
from the fight.
The fish was caught on the Willamette River just below Oregon City in January
2008.
It weighed over 1,000 lbs and measured 11'1". It was 56" around the
girth and it took over six and a half hours and four dozen beers for the four
guys taking turns reeling it in.
Drinking while boating is not a good thing, but they probably were all
stone-cold sober by the time they got done.
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