Big Chinook 1 fishing the tributaries and streams of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario for trout and salmon fishing near West Amherst and Buffalo New York

About Chuck

Chuck has been Fishing since he was 10 Years old ~ 55 Years to be Exact.

33 Years Fishing Lake Erie & Lake Ontario Tributarys .

Club Affiliations:

Member of-Western New York Trout Unlimited
Niagara River Anglers Assoc .
Lake Ontario Trout & Salmon Assoc .
New York Outdoorsman Central
Life Member of the North American Fishing Club NAFC
National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame
Member of Fish Creek Atlantic Salmon Club
Tamiron Sporting Goods-Pro-Staff
IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame
USF&W Friends of the Lower Great Lakes
AMVEST New York post #14
Member of NYS Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame
Lake Erie Chapter of Federation of Fly Fishers
EZeggs-Pro-Staff
Official Sponsorship of Miller High Life Beer
Venon-Pro-Staff

Awards and Accomplishments:

1963 Seneca Vocational H.S. Buffalo NY~ All High Football Left End .
1964 Seneca Vocational H.S. Buffalo NY~ All High Track Champions & All High in 220 Dash & 880 Relay Team .
1990 Started the Andover Wetlands Restoration Project Group to save a wetlands .
1992 Hosted Steve Bartkowski from the Suzuki Great Outdoors see on ESPN for Three (3) hunting show from Andover NY in Allegany County for the Andover Wetlands Restoration Project .
1990's NYS Hunter Saftey Certification Instructor / Firearms & Archery .
1993 Founder of the Andover Wetlands Restoration Project Kids Fishing Derby .
1994 County Legislators & Supervisors Assoc of New York State Local Government Award for the Andover Wetlands Restoration Project .
1994 Two (2) New York state Proclamtions May & October Both for the Andover Wetlands Restoration Project .
1995 Dewitt Clinton Masonic Award for Community Service for the Andover Wetlands Restoration Project .
1995 Named New York State Volunteer Comservationist of the Year NYS Sportsman's Council for the Andover Wetlands Restoration Project .
1995 US Fish & Wildlife Northeast Regional Wetlands Conservation Award & Runner up for the National Award both awards for the Andover Wetlands Restoration Project .
1998 Completion of the Town of Andover Wetlands Restoration Projert in conjunction with USF&W statred in 1990 .
Three (3) Time Winner of the NAFC Catch & Release Angler of the Year 2000, 2002, 2004 & Second Place in 2001 & 2003 .
58 Catch ~N~ Release Line Class World Records 2002~2012 all caught in WESTERN NEW YORK STATE Tributaies from Niagara County .
Plus 5 Line Class World Records Catch ~N~ Release 2005~2009 for Five (5) other fisherman also from Tributaies in Niagara County .
2001 Featured on Empire Sports Outdoors on Salmon & Trout Tactices .
2002 Induction into the NAFC Catch & Release Hall of Fame .
2005 Interviewed on Country WYRK 106.5 FM by Clay Walker about my C&R World Records .
2010 Interviewed on Fish Bait Radio Show by James Smith about Salmon & Trout Tactices & my C&R World Records .
2011 World Fishing Network Ambassador .
2011 Bryant & Stratton College Amherst NY Campus Distinguished Guest Speaker Forum .

Service To Country:

Veteran of the United States Air Force Sgt Security Police K9 1967~1971 Photo is Chuck taken in 1968
Viet Nam Veteran/Disabled Veteran
Photo to the right is Chuck at 10 years old taken in 1957