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Perch America

P.O. Box 2563

Hammond, IN 46323

 

 

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Perch America is a politically active conservation club, dedicated to the protection and development of the Lake Michigan and neighboring fisheries.

We have been instrumental in the stocking of walleye in Wolf Lake over the last few years and would like to continue that program, as well as other stocking programs. We need your help.  

We try to keep our members informed, as well as the general public, as to what is happening with our natural heritage, Lake Michigan, and our other lakes and streams in the Calumet area.

Perch America addresses many problems pertaining to the Great Lakes Fishery (mainly the southern tip of Lake Michigan) Including, but not limited to:

Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin waters, shorelines, tributaries, and streams that feed into Lake Michigan.

Wolf Lake, Powder Horn  and other small inland lakes in our area of Cook County IL. and Lake County / Porter County IN.

We are also involved with stocking programs and other environmental issues that encompass our smaller inland lakes in southern Cook County and Lake County Indiana. 

We are an investigative type of organization, that has the character and will power,  to stand up to politicians and their lobbyists,  bureaucrats, and regulatory organizations that sit by and do nothing to prevent the decline of our sport fishery.

The club has had a great impact on stopping the devastating depletion of the perch in Lake Michigan ( Indiana and Illinois ) from the over-harvesting by commercial fisherman, who over the years have been abusing that fishery with little to no regulatory control, and protected by political lobbyists, with their own agenda, that had little regard for the sport fisherman, who consequently pay many more thousands of dollars for individual fishing licenses, than all of the commercial fisherman use to pay combined.

This is a brief overview of our goals and objectives

bulletRegulate the commercial fishing, until the perch population can make a substantial return, if that is possible.
bulletContinue to develop and implement stocking programs
bulletAssess the regulations for shore fisherman, and the seasons involved and determine the best course of action
bulletTry to get the States of Indiana and Illinois to work together on the problems with Lake Michigan with similar goals, rules and regulations
bulletWe believe that the decline of the perch population is directly related to the introduction of the Zebra Mussel, the Round Goby, the Ruffe, and other various invaders to our Great Lakes that have been brought here from over seas in the ballast waters of cargo ships. Perch America would like to see more investigative work done by our federal government to curtail the transfer of more of these exotic / foreign species, and address the problem of what do we do now to control the aggressive "invaders" that are already here feeding on our Lakes plankton and devouring perch eggs or any other species that gets in the way.
bulletImplement stocking programs for Lake Michigan that will help this cause and start stocking fish for all the fisherman, shore as well as boaters.
bulletThe natural predators for the Round Goby should be considered to help curtail that problem.
bulletFind affordable solutions to the decontamination of the ballast water that remains in the ships below the pump levels so that when they perform a ballast exchange per regulations before entering the Great Lakes it actually does something. Lets look into to it !  Chlorination should be considered as well as ultra violet light decontamination.
bulletOrganize more fishing outings for our kids to try and bring back the interest and excitement that we all enjoyed as children.

Any donations to help our club would be greatly appreciated.

We are a non-profit organization and depend on club membership, dues and donations.  Thank You

We are always open for suggestions from our members and associate members.

Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every Month at the Pastrick Marina in East Chicago, IN at 7 PM

Membership Meeting Dates

Click here for map and directions.

Join today to help preserve our future fisheries  

Click here for membership form to print out 

Club Officers

Vice President: John Hindahl  219-845-1124 

President: Bruce Caruso  219-836-1764  

Treasurer: Jack Vadas  773-734-6720
Secretary:

Board of Directors

Membership: Ken Schneider  773-478-1847

Public Info: Lloyd DeGrane  773-233-6864 

Conservation: Open

Environmental:  Ed Landmichl Sr.  708-379-0673

William Meyer 1-219-844-4268

Al Lesniewski  219-397-2578

Carl Vizzone

Fax:  219-923-4265

Publisher / Editor of our News Letter " The Waters Edge"

John Greven 'The Waters Edge'
 

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