SUNDAY, MAY 5
7:30-8:30: Breakfast Buffet, Niagara Events Center (Sponsored by Athens Co.CVB-2014 Host)
8:30-9:30: Board of Trustees Meeting and Check-Out/Departure Begins (Cab Provided)
10:00-3:00: Optional Perch Fishing Trip aboard Tibbel’s Marina Head Boat (Sponsor-WBSA)
SATURDAY, MAY 4
7:30-8:30: Breakfast Buffet, Niagara Events Center (Sponsor TBA)
8:30-9:30: Past Presidents Meeting 9:00: Spice-S. Bass Lighthouse Meeting & Tours
10:00: OWO: Business meeting, DNAP Update, Supporting Member Product Features
12:00: Lunch, TJ’s Smokehouse (Sponsored by Pheasants Forever)
1:00-2:30: OWO: Craft Improvement/Presentations Spice: Perry’s Cave Entertainment Center
2:30: Bus to Perry’s Monument Updates/Bicentennial Plans/Tour Spice: Fudge Fix, Shopping
4:00: OWO: Bus to S. Bass Is. State Park, Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center Tour
5:45-9:30: Social hour, OWO Awards Banquet, Record Fish & Raffles (Sponsor-First Energy)
FRIDAY, MAY 3
7:30-8:30: Breakfast, Frosty’s Pizza (Sponsored)
10 am: OWO tours begin-Kayak at the Bay, Inc., Put-in-Bay Historic Fish Hatchery, and GIB Is.
10:15am: Spice- transport to Gibraltar Island for tour of Island and Cooke Castle
11:30am: OWO: GIB Tour Spice: Stone Lab Cafeteria for lunch (Sponsor-Ohio Sea Grant)
12:00pm: OWO: Lunch provided Stone Lab Cafeteria (Sponsor-Ohio Sea Grant)
12:30-5:00pm: Spice- Transport to South Bass for afternoon tours
12:45-2:00pm: OWO: Lake Erie Updates, Dr. Jeffrey Reutter, Director
2:00-5:15pm: OWO: Science Cruise aboard OSU research boats and researcher presentations
6:30-8:30: Dinner Surf & Turf at The Boardwalk Upper Deck (Sponsor-Ottawa Co. & P-I-B)
THURSDAY, MAY 2
10 am-2 pm: Optional Activity: Jig Fishing for Walleyes, Maumee Bay and the Reefs. Marina locations vary and will be provided to registered participants in advance of their trip (L.E.C.B.A.)
4:00-6:30pm: Walk-on ferry service provided for all registrants to South Bass Island (Put-in-Bay) via Miller Boat Line from Catawba Point, with complimentary cab ride to the Islander Inn. (For anyone who wishes to have help getting their luggage transported, John Hageman will have his white Ford cargo van available to load for the 4pm trip-License plate “ICEGDE”). Other vehicles to South Bass Island at members expense ($30 RT)
4:00-7:00pm: Check-In Islander Inn Hotel, Pick up information packets at front desk
5:00 pm: O.W.O. Board of Trustees Meeting
7:00 pm: Dinner