As has been noted in the last two AZ Federation meeting minutes, BASS has given us $1000 to spend on conservation. The board is looking for ideas to spend the money.

I suggest we donate the $1000 to AZ Game & Fish to be used for Smallmouth stocking program at Apache lake. In addition, I would ask the board to match the amount given by BASS and ask member clubs to donate what they can as well.

Joe Michels - Web Site Coordinator

I am a biologist and co-owner of Sure-Life Labs, the company that developed and manufactures the livewell products, Please Release Me and Catch And Release. Both formulas are changing and by early next year, the change will be complete on the store shelves. The formula in Please Release Me has been scientifically tested since 1982, when my husband developed the first livewell formula. You will not be overmedicating the fish if you follow dosage rates listed on the label. We have started to utilize a new sedative that is derived from a plant. The natural sedative has been used in dental medicine for decades. Please Release me stops the release of deadly cortisols in the bloodstream of the fish. Cortisols have been linked to delayed mortality in fish, and disease in humans. When these stress hormones are released they shut down the immune system. If levels remain high, fish will die within 30 days after release. The highest mortality is usually between day 3 to 10 post release. Read More...

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Arizona Game and Fish Department  NEWS RELEASE Feb. 23, 2007

Two new invaders found in Arizona lakes.
State biologists plead for public's help

PHOENIX - In the light of two more discoveries of invasive species in Arizona lakes - gizzard shad in Roosevelt Lake and bighead carp in Kennedy Arizona Game and Fish Department biologists are pleading for the public to help prevent such invasions from continuing.

"These latest discoveries of invasive species in our lakes should serve as loud warning bells to water recreationists, especially anglers and boaters, to take simple, but necessary precautions to help prevent the spread of aquatic hitchhikers," says Larry Riley, fisheries chief for the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

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