Latest Club News & Happenings

2025 LOTSA Pen Rearing Close Out.

We are closing out another successful Pen Rearing Season. Monday evening, April 28th we released the salmon and steelhead to 18 Mile Creek in Olcott. Growth rates were good as expected, the salmon averaged 67 fish to the pound and the steelhead averaged 14 fish to the pound. Hazing efforts by USGS/APHIS and a couple of volunteers attributed very few cormorants in the area at the time of release and the following day. With any luck the wind and stained water will give these fish a great
chance for survival.

The pens were removed and cleaned on Wednesday morning and are ready for the 2026 season.

Thank you to all the volunteers that showed up to make this project a success. Thanks to the Town of Newfane and the Town of Newfane Marina for hosting the project.

LOTSA Tournament Participants

The tournament sign up is live and ready to go. We are extending our early bird sign up till the end of February because of some website issues. The early bird sign up will get you a free entry to our tournament if your name gets picked at our May meeting at the back of the boat.

Thanks to Paul DeAngelo the owner of Great Lakes Fish Art. Paul donated a salmon mount to the biggest Salmon in our tournament. The 27.56# king salmon caught by Robert and Team Reel Chaos mount turned out great! The picture doesn’t do justice of the mount.