Board of Directors
Taylor ingraham, president
Taylor was introduced to fishing by his dad before he can remember. The early mornings chasing striped bass and bluefish in Long Island Sound and Block Island made a profound and lasting impression, and he has spent his life furthering his knowledge of all fish species and ways to observe and catch them. Read more
matthew frasca
Matt has been fishing the local waters of Western LIS since his dad and grandpa introduced him to the sport over 30 years ago. Read More
david ingraham
Dave has enjoyed fishing ever since he was a young adolescent. He started a fly fishing focused mentoring program for underprivileged children in New York while in high school called the Aspiring Anglers Project (AAP) and continued it in Ohio while attending Denison college. He has recently re-established AAP in Connecticut where he lives with his wife and son. Read more
william ingraham
Will has fished the North East Coastline his entire life; he grew up on Long Island Sound and also spent 6 seasons fishing off of Block Island, RI. Focusing mainly on Stripers and hard tails for over twenty years, he has seen the vast ecosystem changes that have occurred in the area and has joined the conservation fight with his fellow anglers. Read more
Corporate Officers
Eric Bonach, secretary
Eric grew up fishing for walleye and northern pike in and around the boundary waters of Northern Minnesota with his father and grandfather. Read more
lee scholtz, treasurer
Lee has been fishing since he could barely hold a fishing rod. What started out with bobbers and worms in small ponds behind his house quickly turned to biking with friends to larger ponds and throwing artificial bait for largemouth bass. Read more
Associate Directors
chase freiman
Chase has been fishing Eastern Long Island Sound his entire life. Over the past four falls, he has fished Newport, Rhode Island's coast while studying financial management and accounting at Salve Regina University. Read more
Arek zenel-walasek
Arek was introduced to fishing when he was just four years old by his mom. Ever since catching those small snappers from the dock, he’s been obsessed with fishing. Read more