Meetings

Notice: Our meetings are on the first Tuesday of each month at 7pm.

Our next meeting is April 2nd at 7pm

We meet at the Shoreline Community Center:

18560 1st Ave. NE

Shoreline, WA 98155-2148

Dave Steiner will be our speaker at the meeting. Dave is working on plans for a restoration project on the Tolt River watershed and will present his plans for the project. Dave would like to partner with us on this project and could use our help. As you may know, Dave was instrumental in helping us plan and implement our Barr Creek restoration. Lets try to get the word out about this meeting, invite a friend or 2. It will be a good meeting. 

Hope to see you there.

Here is a photo of a recently 17lb hatchery Steelhead 

caught by by Northshore Member Rick Sandstrom.  Wow!

North-shore TU Kids Fishing Clinic 2012

The chapter recently hosted the 2012 Kids fishing clinic at Tracy Owen Station in Kenmore.  The kids were in full force, it was a great day.  We estimated that about 200 kids turned out for the annual event. There were lots of happy faces and everyone seemed to have fun catching the stocked trout.  Thanks to all our volunteers that helped make this years event a success, it was a lot of fun.  Thanks also to the WDFW for suppling the trout, several of the fish were over 5 lbs.  We plan to host the event again next year in early June, check back for announcements.  This is a great event to introduce kids to fishing.
Here are some photos of this years event.
Fish ON!

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