First night meeting of the Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee draws new voices

View from above of the first night meeting of the Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee on April 20 at the Northerly Island Visitor Center. (Dale Bowman)

Carl Pickett clutched a slip of paper with questions. Mike Jarvis, Wayne Hankins, Dale Rehus and Ryan Whitacre came with questions filling their heads.

The Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee, started in 1996 as Mayor Daley’s Fishing Advisory Committee, held its first night meeting on April 20. Mammatus clouds sweeping past at sunset, vivid through the glass of the Northerly Island Visitor Center, made it more memorable.