Mad River Club

Rip Doug, you will be missed!

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May 22, 8 am. Work day opportunity at the club house. Working on front sign by the road.

Reminder- General Membership meeting tonight at 8 pm at the clubhouse. Please make sure you leave parking spots open near the front of the club house/ramp for handicap accessible parking.

Trout stocking 2021 was a huge success!!! Thanks to Tina and Dave O'Neil for the pictures!!

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION will be held JUNE 5TH, 2021 Starting at 8am at the Clubhouse, 941 County Route 15 Lacona, NY for coffee/snacks and going over the rules and Club facilities. Bring your ATVs because from the club house we will head to the little John property for an ATV familiarization group ride and lunch at a campsite to follow. Nice day of getting to know the club and meeting other members. The board strongly recommends new members to attend. Please RSVP To Lou Mcnett at 315-387-5339.

NYS FREE FISHING WEEKEND FEBRUARY 13-14, 2021. The requirement for a fishing license is waived during this period. This is a great opportunity to try ice fishing for the first time or for experienced anglers to take friends ice fishing for the first time. Beginning ice anglers are encouraged to download the Ice Fishing Chapter (PDF) of DEC's I FISH NY Beginners Guide to Freshwater Fishing (PDF, 16 MB) for information on how to get started ice fishing. Additional information, including a list of waters open to ice fishing, can be found on the DEC ice fishing webpage and the Public Lakes and Ponds maps. https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/fish_marine_pdf/gsfishing9.pdf

Montague trails were groomed last evening and reported to be in excellent condition. Continue to watch for tree limbs and fallen trees.

Stay on the trails or stay home.

Due to COVID, there is a delay getting 2021 pins. As soon as they are received, they will be going out in the mail. We will also hole pick up times at the clubhouse for anyone that didn’t opt to have it mailed. Dates will be posted once pins have arrived.

Our trails are now open but please be cautious. Williamstown area received about 3 inches of new snow last night. We are supposed to get another 6 Inches tod...ay. We do not plan to groom trails today as there is little snow to work with and could damage the trails. The ground is not frozen and there are some wet spots on C5 north of County Route 30 and Redfield Reservoir. If going north, recommend C4 out of Williamstown to Redfield. We do plan to groom as soon as we get additional snow & colder temps. Weather next week looks great! We do not plan to groom today. If you decide to ride our trails, please respect our landowners and stay on trails. Do not throttle down and rip up the trails on our landowners fields! We do not want any more trail closures! SnoPacker. See more

https://mailchi.mp/0e8184/mad-river-club-january-newsletter

Reminder- no meeting tonight. Dues are payable by 12/31/2020 to avoid a 10% late fee. Dues can be mailed to POBox 171 Pulaski 13142 or through Square at http://Mad-river-club.square.site

This year the MRC bow shoots are scheduled for July 24-25 and August 28-29th. Last year we weren’t able to have them due to COVID. Mark your calendar’s for this event. Bill Will need a lot of help organizing and running this event. Stay tuned for more information

All members. Please go to our website to review the updated camping policy which now includes the Abare camp site #20 that is now a MRC campsite. We will be tak...ing bids on an annual basis for members or a group of members to have the use of the campsite on an annual basis. All bids must be submitted to the boardbof directs by April 1st. Minimum bid is $300. This site is a landmark on the club that was graciously donated by John Abare. Highest bid will get the site for one season. Money will cover the $200 hard sided camp fee plus maintenance of the campsite. Please review police online. See more

http://www.winonaforest.com/trail-conditions.html

Dues have been emailed for those that have an email address on file. If you have an email address and did not receive a dues notice, please contact Rachel at [email protected] If you were charged a work day and feel that this is in error, please contact your work day chair who must verify it through Kamarie Perkins, workday chair. New this year, payments can be accepted through Square. Link on invoices. ... Anyone receiving a hard copy should receive one by end of week. Sorry if you received 2 dues notices.

Mad river club members start checking your Email. Yearly dues are going out now...Mad river club members start checking your Email. Yearly dues are going out now...

December meeting for membership is cancelled due to COVID. The board meeting will take place via Zoom meeting. Stay safe everyone and happy holidays. Don’t forget dues payments in December

How are our hunters doing? Let’s see some pictures of successful hunts on MRC properties. Also please don’t forget to report your harvest to our president Gary Crawford. Just need which property your harvest came from and it will be kept anonymous.