Large cranes will be lowering boat docks into the water around Cleveland’s Voinovich Park this week for the 12th North Coast Harbor Boating & Fishing Fest on June 11-12.
The North Coast Harbor Boating & Fishing Fest has powerboat and sailboat rides, fishing trips and more. Large cranes will be lowering boat docks into the water around Cleveland’s Voinovich Park this week for the 12th North Coast Harbor Boating & Fishing Fest on June 11-12.
The free exhibition next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has powerboat and sailboat rides, fishing trips, and the chance to help paddle a 48-foot Dragon Boat.
“If people want to try boating, or just have some fun on the water, it’s the best weekend of the year,” said Mike DiLorenzo of the Lake Erie Marine Trades Association. “It’s all free, and we’ll be giving away life jackets and fishing tackle to the youngsters.
“The Cleveland Dragon Boat Association handles about 20 people per trip on the Dragon Boat, a very stable way to try paddling,” DiLorenzo said. “To try sailing, B-About Sail Ministries is taking groups around the harbor aboard Journey, a 65-foot steel schooner. Ivancic Marine on Whiskey Island has powerboat rides.”
Live music and Captain Willie, the Great Lakes pirate, will entertain.
The Holiday party boat will ferry families to fish, with kids allowed to keep yellow perch. Wildlife officers and volunteers will teach new anglers to cast and catch perch and sheepshead. For a small- boat fishing experience, Bob Davis of the North Coast Black Bass Anglers Association will take out two or three anglers at a time to cast for smallmouth and largemouth bass.
Boaters can ride a boat on land, boarding the National Water Safety Congress’ new Boating Safety Simulator.
Out and about: Wildwood Marina is holding its 10th annual Battle of Lake Erie Perch Tournament on Saturday and Sunday for adults and kids, with entry fees of $20 and $10 at the marina. . . . The Irish Heritage Center and the local Elks 1350 are hosting an annual fishing contest Saturday at the IHC pond, 726 Avon Belden Road (Ohio 83) in Avon Lake from noon to 3 p.m., with bait provided. . . . The Kids Fishing Derby for anglers 12 and younger at the Eastlake Seawall at the north end of Erie Road is 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday, with lunch and prizes to follow at the Chagrin River Salmon Association’s clubhouse. . . . Quail Hollow Pond, a small fishing hole in Quail Hollow State Park near Hartville, is being stocked today with 300 catchable channel catfish.
Hailers have DU picnic: Frog legs, venison, duck breasts, perch and draft beer are featured at the annual Cleveland Hailers Family Fish Fry and Game Dinner on June 25. Dave and April Blaylock and the Cleveland Hailers Chapter host the annual Ducks Unlimited event at the Blaylocks’ home in Cleveland from 1 to 6 p.m. Tickets are $30, $50 per couple, and bring swimsuits. Also, the chapter has a small Texas Hold’em Tournament at 11 a.m.
Rocky River sweep: Volunteers with boots and gloves will prowl the Rocky River and its tributaries Saturday to clean up the area’s most popular fishing stream. Trash bags are provided for the stream sweeps.
The main gathering is at 9 a.m. at the Scenic Park Picnic Area next to the Emerald Necklace Marina on the lower river. Groups also gather at Coe Lake Pavilion behind Berea City Hall to tackle Baldwin Creek, the East Branch of the Rocky River and Coe Lake; and at the Susan Hambley Brunswick Nature Center for a sweep of Plum Creek.
At 10 a.m., crews meet at Joe Konery Park off Leslie Drive in Brook Park for a cleanup on Abram Creek; and at Roscoe Ewing Park in Medina for a tour of Champion Creek.
Mosquito, Magee changes: The application period for the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s controlled waterfowl and deer hunts is open through July 31, but with fewer hunts in 2011.
The regular-season waterfowl hunts won’t be held at Magee Marsh Wildlife Area in northwest Ohio and officials are cutting waterfowl hunting opportunities at the Mosquito Creek Wildlife Area and Refuge in Trumbull County.
Mosquito goose blinds will only be assigned by lottery, stopping the practice of allowing hunters to fill vacant blinds on the morning of the hunts. The daily drawings for waterfowl hunts will switch to Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, dropping one day each week from the rotation.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: degan@plaind.com, 216-999-5158
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2011/06/boating_fishing_fest_returns_j.html
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