An Anglers Round Table was held at the Arizona Game and Fish Department Mesa Office last night, from 6 pm until 9:45 pm. 18 anglers and 8 AGFD employees participated. We are working up the summary notes, and as soon as possible I will post them here and distribute them via e-mail to everyone on my Round Table Mailing List. For now, I just want to say many, many thanks to the anglers and AGFD employees who participated: Anglers -- Jack Selleh, Sherman Hamlett, Chuck Blakesslee, Rick Ross, Bill Warman, Jerry Nelson, Ron Casner, Chuck Howey, Denny Anderson, Ron Robinson, Houston Rankin, Ken Levy, Darren Wilson, Allen Moser, Steve Bozek, Dick Kennedy, Del Wilcox, J.D. Hillis; AGFD employees – Larry Riley and Kirk Young (Fisheries Branch), Jim Warnecke and Ty Gray (Region 6), Scott Bryan and his sidekick (Research), and Rob Bettaso and Scott Gurtin (Nongame Branch).
The agenda and the meeting were long. My apologies for both. However, every angler present joined in the discussion and asked good questions and/or offered good comments. It is very rare that we have full participation in a public meeting – our hats are off to all of you. The discussion was serious, generally well focused, always in good humor, and we covered lots of ground (water). My personal favorite was the discussion of state records, and what to do about angler access to certified scales, but you’ll see more about that later when I post the notes. For now, sincere thanks from AGFD for attending, especially considering the fact that you could have gone to the Night Fishing Workshop at Waterdog Willy’s. I hope we see all of you, and some other anglers, too, at the next Round Table, on August 12, at a Mid-Town or West Side location yet to be selected. Until then, good fishing to all, Samario (Terry B. Johnson; [email protected]).
The agenda and the meeting were long. My apologies for both. However, every angler present joined in the discussion and asked good questions and/or offered good comments. It is very rare that we have full participation in a public meeting – our hats are off to all of you. The discussion was serious, generally well focused, always in good humor, and we covered lots of ground (water). My personal favorite was the discussion of state records, and what to do about angler access to certified scales, but you’ll see more about that later when I post the notes. For now, sincere thanks from AGFD for attending, especially considering the fact that you could have gone to the Night Fishing Workshop at Waterdog Willy’s. I hope we see all of you, and some other anglers, too, at the next Round Table, on August 12, at a Mid-Town or West Side location yet to be selected. Until then, good fishing to all, Samario (Terry B. Johnson; [email protected]).
