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Come out and test your skills and luck landing the Big One this weekend (Saturday, July 3rd) at the annual Charles Kelley Fishing Derby.

Things are a little different this year, the Registration and Weighing/Counting will take place at the Beckwith’s Dock. (hopefully you all know where that is). The Derby will go from 9:00am until 12:00pm.

Trophies will be awarded for Youth: Largest Fish; Most Fish Caught; Adults: Largest Fish

We love to see photos of all the fun. If you would like us to share them, please feel free to email them to Contact@lakegerry.com

Have a safe and fun weekend everyone! Fish-On!

Charles Kelley Fishing derby Saturday July 3, 2021. 9am to 12pm. Registration at Beckwiths dock and fish weighing/counting at Beckwiths dock. Trophies in Adult and Youth categories.

Sunday June 27th, join your friends and neighbors at the Chaz. Kelley Pavilion for our 2nd Coffee Clutch Sunday.

Please click the button below to see a proposal for changes in the Lake Gerry By-Laws to address Short Term Rentals on properties owned by Lake Gerry Association members. Please keep in mind, these are just proposals and not binding. In the effort to maximize transparency among the LGA Board and LGA Members we encourage you to read this submission by LGA Member: Matt and should you have any questions or comments please direct them to our email address at: Contact@lakegerry.com

Thank you Matt for your contributions and providing us with some constructive ideas on the matter.

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Click the link below to see the NY-DEC 2021 Lily Pad Treatment Plan Application for Lake Gerry 2021. Similar to the treatment performed in the Summer of 2020, SOLitude Lake Management will apply a topical herbicide to the lily pads on the lake. For this treatment to be most effective with the least amount of herbicide, it is important to perform the treatment during peak-lily pad levels. This typically occurs in July to August.

This year the treatment will be performed from an air-boat which will help maximize the herbicide coverage by allowing the application team to access areas of the lake that are difficult to navigate due to muck and other underwater debris.

While this herbicide is safe for use, we advise you to not swim in, or drink from the lake during application. As the date of application grows closer and is set, we will notify the lake community with signs around the lake and will post the date here on the website.

SOLitude Lake Management visited Lake Gerry on June 13th, 2022 to evaluate the success of our restoration efforts and to perform a Lake Muck Treatment. 

We discussed the muck treatments, lily pad spraying and additional methods to improve the lake's ecosystem.   We are also working on a proposal to remove the floating islands of muck and lily pads that are appearing. 

Due to some unfortunate medical issues, Erich K. has officially stepped down as President of the Lake Gerry Association. To meet the Lake Gerry Association Board obligations, Pauline S. as vice-president, has assumed the role of acting President of the Lake Gerry Association.

We want to take a moment to thank Erich for his hard work and dedication to making Lake Gerry a better place. We wish him a speedy recovery and look forward to seeing him soon.

Adopt-a-GrassCarp

2021 - Adopt-a-Carp Program

Grass Carp are used in Lake Gerry to help us control the vegetation that grows in the lake. Our grass carp are specially bred and unable to reproduce in a lake such as Lake Gerry. Grass carp will consume up to 3 times their body weight in vegetation a day. The grass carp are being added to Lake Gerry based on our lake quality assessments and recommendations from our lake management service.

The average life-span of a grass carp is between 8 to 10 years with some living up to 20 in optimal conditions. It takes a year or so for a grass carp to reach its consumption potential. It is important that we stock Lake Gerry gradually with grass carp over the next few years and create a long-term management plan for them and weed control in the lake to help prevent it from becoming overgrown again.

Thank you for the very generous contributions made this year to our " adopt a grass carp " program. Marc was able to get a better price on the grass carp- allowing us to purchase six additional fish. A total of 47 grass carp will be introduced to Lake Gerry this year. Thank you Marc and all contributors.

Greetings Lake Gerry Association!

It is with great anticipation that we greet our 2022 season. We had a productive and positive 2021 season! Thank you to all that gave and volunteered. We accomplished so many great things.  2022 is already shaping up to be another fruitful year.

Be sure to read all the new updates and information regarding Solitude. We are in such a good place with all we have done. We should be able to enjoy the ever-evolving quality of our lake. We will be addressing next steps at our meetings. 

Please be sure to keep checking our website for all news and information. This last year our meeting attendance was remarkable. Many great ideas and opinions were expressed and helped to shape what turned out to be a most productive season.

It is with great sadness that we must acknowledge those who have left us this past year, Olga Hover, Leo Leonhard and John Beebe. On June 19th there will be a Celebration of Life for John Beebe from 1pm to 3pm at the Charles Kelley Pavilion. They will be greatly missed. In addition, Paul Dropp has left the fold. He now resides at the Oxford Vets Home. We wish him well and his presence will be missed.

We have many events planned for this season please stay tuned!  Meetings, Raffles, Picnics will all be listed on the website and on our bulletin board at the pavilion!  Let’s make this our best season ever! Go LGA!

- Pauline

Newsletters and the Annual Membership packets have been mailed to all past-members. If you did not receive one, please find the new 2021 Membership form on this website, print, fill it out and return it. Return your membership application by April 30th and be entered to win a free-membership.

Along with your membership, please consider adding a little extra for the Lake Preservation Fund, Pavilion Fund, Fish Fund or the General fund to help with expenses this year and into the future. We have some great projects planned and we can only do them with your continued support.

Thank you!

In order to save on postage and printing, the Lake Gerry Association is now offering digital/online versions of many of the membership documents including membership applications and newsletters. 

The application can be found on our new Lake Gerry website