By Susan Thompson | Lake Panorama Times
The 2025 Lake Panorama Fin and Feather fundraising banquet will be Saturday, May 10, the same day as the LPA annual meeting. The event will be held at The Captain’s Pick with social hour beginning at 5 p.m. A dinner and silent/live auctions will follow at 6 p.m. All ages are welcome.
Funds raised at the banquet, plus annual memberships and direct donations, are used to stock fish in Lake Panorama. The group also helps improve fish habitat and sponsors an annual fishing derby for children during Panorama Days.
The cost for fish stocking for 2024 was more than $20,000. Last May, 1,000 smallmouth bass were introduced to the lake. On Nov. 15, a total of 700 walleye were stocked with 200 of those 10 inches or more and 500 in the 6- to 9-inch range. There also were 2,800 yellow perch added, with 2,000 being 4-to-5 inches, and 800 being 6 inches in length. Another 150 smallmouth bass and 1,900 largemouth bass were added in November.
Dinner tickets to the May 10 banquet are $50 each, with children 12 and younger $25. Another option is to join the Big Skipper Club at a cost of $150. This covers two dinner tickets, Big Skipper raffle ticket and an annual family membership. The cost of just an annual family membership is $50.
Supporters can either mail a check or register online at the group’s website: http://panoramafinandfeather.com/banquet/
If payment is made by check, make it payable to Fin & Feather and mail to Doug Hemphill, Farmers State Bank, P.O. Box 110, Yale, Iowa 50277, along with a completed membership application, which is available on the website.
Those unable to attend who want to become members or make a donation can do so on the Fin and Feather website or by mail.
Members who pay in advance for the banquet will have their tickets waiting for them when they arrive. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door for walk-ins.