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First place
in the Youth
Fishing
Contest was
awarded to
Brandon
Chiavelli
who caught
a 28”
channel
catfish
John Mathews on left, Rodney Kooney, Dennis Kooney, (bare back)
and grandson Logan, holding the net. Does anyone not know the imprint
that this young child has while watching these volunteers gather fish for
their display tanks? This memory will live with him forever!
The Hudson River Fisherman’s Association, winners, and volunteers are key to the success of the Croton Yacht Club River Day. The hundreds of
fishing rods, reels, bait, a most importantly, the expertise that this group brings to events such as this is
unprecedented. Each volunteer works with total strangers, usually parents and their children who have never fished before to keep the cild
engaged long enough for them to catch a fish. “Catching a fish” is key to the success of this group and they are experts at it!
A WORD ABOUT THE
CROTON YACHT CLUB
The planning an implimatentation
of a long-range direction for the
Village of Croton waterfront has been
going on for at least fifteen years.
During this time a unique working
relationship developed between the
Village of Croton and Yacht Club
members which has set an example
for the rest of the Hudson River Yacht
Clubs to follow.
Approximately ten years ago,
the Yacht Club began numerous
community outreach programs for
village residents. Among them was
“Hudson River Day” whose mission
is designed to promote interest in
the history and ecology of the river. A
college scholarship program was also
developed for Croton Harmon High
School graduates in order to cultivate
future local
environmental leaders and to
promote, enhance and protect river
related
recreational
resources.
These outreach programs provide
the opportunity to promote the organization and
for the membership to share their river related
knowledge and expertise with the community,
especially the children. The organization realizes
that only through this transfer of knowledge can it
safeguard the future of the river.
This had
to be the
Perfect
Day!