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NOVEMBER 2017
What’s Inside
Board - General 2
November Speak-
er is Duane Land-
meier & FREE PIZ-
ZA NIGHT!!!
3
December
speaker & Mem-
bership Circle
4-5
December Lure
Swap/Canned
Food drive, But-
ter Braid pick-
ups
6
Members photos 7-10
Contest stand-
ings 11
U P C O M I N G
E V E N T S
Suckerfest
2016 Nov. 3rd-
5th.
November 8th
club meeting
featuring
Duane Landmei-
er!
November 15th
BOD meeting at
6:00PM at
Cabela’s
November is here and in a month the lakes will start to
freeze up and the season will be over for most of us. I
think it was back in April that I told you my goal was to get
to the century mark and needed 23. Despite fishing more
and spending time on different waters, I came up short with
only 11. Always next year! We will be moving in to the
holidays with Thanksgiving just around the corner. It’s a
time to look back and appreciate all of the blessings we have received during
the past year. Certainly health and family come to mind. One day I was out
on the water in St Clair and the fishing was slow. I looked around with the
sun shining on the water and the sparkle that it gave off. There were birds,
sailboats and all kinds of activity around us. At that point I realized how in-
credibly blessed I was to be allowed to experience this moment. I am sure
many of you have felt the same way watching a sunrise or sunset on your fa-
vorite lake. Every time I get stressed or frustrated I recall a moment like this
and it helps to bring me back to an even keel. About 10 or 11 years ago, I ran
in to Mark Rue at a sports store. Mark grew up in our old neighborhood and
knew my sister. He invited me to attend an FRV meeting. I took him up on it
and here I am, “El Presidente.” That chance meeting has resulted in making
new friends, fishing new bodies of water, learning the latest techniques and
meeting some terrific guides and fisherman. Most rewarding has been the
clubs work with kids, stocking and support for other local causes. For this I am
grateful. I want to thank the Board members and club members that have
donated their time throughout the year to make this chapter work. I also want
to thank all of the membership that has supported the chapter financially and
given us the resources needed to operate. Without you we don’t exist! In
that regard we are having a membership appreciation night at our November
9th meeting. We will be serving free pizza and there will be no cover charge.
Bring a friend or family member and get them join FRV & sign them up! In
doing so, each of you will receive a free drink ticket and your guest will get a
free bucktail and FRV cooler bag. Our November 9th guest speaker will be Phil
Piscitello who is familiar with many of the northern and southern Illinois
musky waters. The Free Pizza dinner runs from 6:00 to 7:00 PM and the reg-
ular meeting and speaker will follow. Remember how I started off this news-
letter. A chance meeting with an FRV member and then attending one FRV
meeting led to many benefits and experiences which I will remember forever.
It could happen to anyone! At this time the board and I would like to wish
you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! Take some time to stop and catch
your breath. Look around, then close your eyes and remember all the gifts
that have been given to you.
Until next month, float a sucker!
Steve Kroll
November Issue
FRV NEWS CAST
GENERAL MEETINGS
7:00 PM @ SCHAUMBURG GOLF
CLUB/CHANDLER’S CHOPHOUSE
401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL.
(847) 885-9009
BOARD MEETINGS
6:00PM at Cabela’s on Wednesdays
following our General club meeting.
All members are welcome to attend.
W W W . F R V M U S K I E . C O M
FRV MUSKIES INC. P A G E 2
2017 BOARD MEMBERS
Frank Lucido - Membership Director 847-559-8300 Mark Lamont - Media Director 847-791-4766 Todd Minor Speaker Director/ IMA Dave Klop PR Director Pete Barber IMA Delegate Dan Lamkin Trade Show Director Ken Miller Contest Director Hugh Flack Chapter Rep. Tim Crews Merchandise Director Rich Gallagher Newsletter Editor Mark Rue Membership Director Mike Mark Youth Director Rich Cain IMA/Youth Director Steve Crook IMA Delegate Joe Erkenswick ALD
OFFICERS
President Steve Kroll (773) 724-6305 [email protected] Vice President Dan Koniewicz Treasurer Pete Barber Secretary Blake Pawlikowski
P.O. BOX 8066 BARTLETT, IL. 60103 347-433-8577
PETER J. BARBER & Associates, Inc.
CPA & Consultants
Family & Estate
Tax Planning & Preparation
Business Accounting & Taxes
(847) 726-7267
NOVEMBER SPEAKER P A G E 3
W W W . F R V M U S K I E . C O M
DUANE LANDMEIER ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8TH !
Duane Landmeier is the owner of Mainly Musky Fishing Guide Service. He spends 80-100 days a year on the water chasing a variety of fish. Duane lives in Hinckley with his wife Dana and his two children Lacey & Corbin. His goals are to make our Illi-nois muskie fishery the best that it can be, by working with state and local offi-cials. Duane also teaches both the nov-ice and pro anglers the finer points of musky fishing. Duane guides on the Fox River, Shabbona and Evergreen Lakes. He is also a Professional Mus-kie Tournament Participant (PMTT) and has finished in the top 10 in multiple PMTT tournaments. He is an outdoor writer with articles appearing in Musky Hunter Magazine, Outdoor Notebook, Midwest Outdoors and Muskies, Inc! He has many guest appearances on ra-
dio shows such as Mike Norris Outdoors, Outdoor Notebook Radio, Outdoor Journal and is a reg-ular guest on The Fishing Show with Mike Kusserow! Duane has caught and released well over 150 muskies over 30”! Come on out to see what Duane has to share on these lakes and rivers right here in IL!
Admission is $5.00/person at the door. Dinner is available to anyone arriving before the meet-
ing and wishing to order from the menu. Updates on FRV outings, events, and member fishing reports begin at 7:00PM. The speaker usually begins around 7:30. The Schaumburg Golf Club is located at 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL. All meetings are open to the public, so grab a friend and come on out to see this awesome musky presentation! All our meetings are open to the public. Admission is FREE THIS MONTH!!
MEETING BEGINS AT 7:00PM.
December 13TH IS FREE PIZZA NIGHT!!! The Wednesday December 13th club meeting is free pizza night hosted by the FRV Chap-ter! Bring a friend to the club meeting and sign them up as a new member! The new mem-ber will get a free musky lure and FRV travel mug and for signing up and the FRV chapter will buy you a free beverage of your choice! So grab a friend who’s not already an MI mem-ber and bring them to the meeting! Have them join the FRV chapter for a year, enjoy some free pizza on us and listen to a great presentation by WI musky guide Brad Wirt! It’s a great
night to have a few drinks, eat & enjoy the camaraderie that only FRV can create! Pizza will served from 6:00-7:00PM followed by Brad’s presentation and prize raffle! Hope to see you all there!
DECEMBER SPEAKER P A G E 4
W W W . F R V M U S K I E . C O M
BRAD WIRT IS IN THE HOUSE ON
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 13TH
2017!!
Our speaker on Wednesday December 13th will be Brad
Wirt of Brad’s Guide Service! Brad is a licensed and fully
insured guide in central Wisconsin. He grew up in a small
town right on the Wisconsin River and fished the river
most of his life! These are the waters he loves and spe-
cializes in fishing. Brad will give you an experience that
you won't forget with either a half or full days fishing trip
on the scenic Wisconsin River. He fishes for all species
including, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, and
the mighty Muskellunge. Brad grew up fishing the rivers
and lakes of Central and Northern Wisconsin with his fam-
ily and he enjoys passing the knowledge of those waters
onto his clients and friends. Brad has years of experience
and knowledge of current weather patterns and seasonal
changes. Brad wants his clients to have fun and catch
fish; but he also teaches the Why, What, and Where's of
it all as well. A strong believer of catch and release on
Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass and the large female Walleyes, Brad believes it is the sportsman’s re-
sponsibility to protect the resource. He also advocates taking a few smaller male walleyes for the fry-
ing pan! Brad’s favorite type of fishing in the Fall is using live bait. “There is nothing more exciting
thank seeing a youngster catch a big Musky on a sucker” says Brad. Using live bait, I have had kids as
young as 6 years old hook and land muskies by themselves. Please take some time to check out the
Fishing News, Photo Gallery, and all the other links attached to his website at
www.bradsguideservice.com Hope you can make this meeting and hear what Brad has to say about
Wisconsin River Muskies!
Admission is $3.00/person at the door. Our meeting begins at 7:00PM. The
Schaumburg Golf Club is located at 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL. All meetings are open to the public!
FREE PIZZA NIGHT TO ALL MEEETING ATTENDEES!!!
MEMBERSHIP CIRCLE P A G E 5
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FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CIRCLE… FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CIRCLE…
The upcoming December 13th meeting will be a special event! It is “Member Appreciation Night”,
so invite a friend. The admission fee will be waived and the club is providing free Pizza plus a free
drink for all who attend. Hope you can make the December 13th club meeting! We are starting in
November to kick-off a new member recruitment drive. Our membership is holding in the 250 range
and the club would like to increase this number up to the 300 range. We need your help to accom-
plish this task. So invite a friend or relative to the November meeting and to see what our chapter is
all-about. I will have free handouts for newcomers plus a nice selection of lures for anyone who joins
our chapter. The November 8th guest speaker will be Duane Landmeier. Duane is professional fish-
ing guide, who spends 80 to 100 days a year on the water chasing muskies. Duane fishes primarily
Illinois, Wisconsin and Canada waters. Don’t miss his talk. This is a wonderful time of the year to catch the big fish! Muskies
need to put on body weight before freeze up. “So dangle a sucker in water”. On the membership front, a special thanks to those
you have renewed their membership and their continued support of the FRV Chapter ,also please remember your attendance at
monthly meetings is equally as important. Hope to see you all at the November meeting. Below is a reminder list of expiring
membership: Bautista, Bishop, Cain Ethan, Christie, Cordts, Cushna, Hardy, Johnson-Dale, Leffelamn, Lundgren, Mola, Posdal,
Reibe, Scillufo, Stephans, Testone, Underwood.
F rank Lucido
Membership Director
New Twist to Club Raffles!!!
E ach month in 2016, FRV will be raffling $50 gift cards in addition to
great lures provided by many of the ex-hibitors at the Chicago Muskie Expo, rods, reels and other quality, muskie equip-ment. FRV has the biggest and best monthly club raffle of any MI club in our area. Our monthly raffle prizes now aver-age $400-$500 in value. Come to our October 12th meeting featuring Phil Pis-citello who will be talking southern WI muskies! Enjoy a great Chandler's dinner and win some big prizes. Hope to see you there!
ITS SHOW TIME, ALMOST! The 2018 Chicago Muskie Expo will be held January 5th through Janu-
ary 7th again at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. FRV is once again helping
the exhibitors load their stuff from their trailers into the hall on Thurs-
day, January 4th, 11AM until 5PM and Friday, January 5th, 8AM
until the show opens at 2PM. We need several people to help each of
these days. Each volunteer receives a free pass and the club will get a
free booth in a prime location. Please see Pete Barber at the meeting or
email him at [email protected] or call (847)726-7267. Dam
Lamkin is again handling the FRV booth at the Musky Expo and at the
Schaumburg Fishing Show January 26th through January 29th. To help
man the booth for either show, see Dan at a meeting or email him at
[email protected]. Yourhelp is appreciated.
January Meeting is on Wednesday the 4th, 2017!
E very January we hold our 1st club meeting of the New Year on a Thursday night to accommodate everyone coming in for the Chicago Musky Show. In January 2017,
we have decided to keep the normal meeting night on a Wednesday just like every other month we hold our club meetings! So I know we are throwing you a curve, so please make sure you note your calendars that the January 2017 club meeting will be held at Chandlers
in Schaumburg on Wednesday January 4th, 2017. Our guest speakers will be Gregg Thomas and Tony Grant! If you are going to fish MN, WI or KY in 2017, don’t miss this information packed meeting as Tony & Gregg will cover the top musky lakes in these states in detail. Grab a friend and a notepad and remember the January meeting is moving to Wednesday January 4th!!
MULTI-SPECIES CONTEST STANDINGS P A G E 6
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MENS DIVISION RELEASES POINTS
1 Darren Nixon 5 232.14
2 Craig Thomton 5 194.11
3 Ethan Cain 5 176.57
4 Rich Wren 3 162.46
5 Craig Peterson 3 144.73
BEST OF SPECIES SPECIES LENGTH
1 Ethan Cain Walleye 28"
2 Tom Maki-Rich
Wren Largemouth Bass 19"
3 Crain Peterson Northern Pike 44"
4 Carol Nixon Smallmouth Bass 17.5"
WOMEN'S DIVISION RELEASES POINTS
1 Carol Nixon 4 164.96
2 Cathy Johnson 1 17.92
LUNKER OF THE MONTH SPECIES POINTS
March Phil Gutmann Walleye 37.87
April Tom Maki-Rich Wren Largemouth Bass 32.82
June Crain Peterson Northern Pike 59.57
July Darren Nixon Northern Pike 55.6
August Ethan Cain Walleye 46.46
October Cathy Johnson Northern Pike 17.92
CATCH A TROPHY RAFFLE!
T he “Catch A Trophy” raffle is back for 2017!! The 1st winner will be drawn at the fundraising banquet at Chandlers Chop House on March 11th! We
will have 9 monthly drawings beginning in March! The monthly CA$H payouts will be as follows: 1st place $250.00, 2nd place $100.00, 3rd place $75.00, 4th place $50.00 and 5th place is $25.00. No matter if you win 1st place or 5th place, your ticket will get put back into the drum, so it will be possible for you to win multiple times throughout the year! A booklet of 5 tickets will be mailed to every club mem-ber and we ask that each club member either buy the 5 tickets for themselves or sell the 5 tickets to friends, family or co-workers! The monies raised by this raffle will help support the clubs efforts with stocking, conservation and youth programs throughout the year! Tickets are available at the monthly club meetings. As always we appreciate your support! Get out there and sell some tickets and raise some money for your chapter! Good luck and hopefully you will win some $$$!!! or some-one you know will cash in sometime in 2017!!
WE WANT
YOU!! We are looking for
new board members
for the 2018 FRV
Board of Directors.
Got some new ideas? Want to take the
club in a new direction? Want to make a
difference? Then you should give some
thought to joining the board. Come to one
of our board meetings to see what it’s all
about! Don’t want to commit the time?
That’s OK too! Are you simply willing to
help out with an event or two? How about
assisting with the Challunge on the Chain,
Kids Fishing Derbies, Canned Food Drive,
One Hope United Outing, the list goes
on!! See Steve Kroll and let him know
you’d like to help and we will put you to
work!!
FREE PIZZ NIGHT/CANNED FOOD DRIVE
The December 13th club meeting is the final club meeting of the 2017 calendar year!
This meeting will feature our annual canned food drive for the Elgin Women’s shelter,
and our monthly speaker Brad Wirt. If you bring in a canned good or other non-
perishable items for the Battered Women’s Center in Elgin to the meeting that night FRV
will waive your $3.00 entry fee to the meeting! Make sure you kick off the holiday festiv-
ities by coming to the December 14th club meeting for
some fun and Holiday cheer!!
MEMBERS PHOTOS P A G E 7
W W W . F R V M U S K I E . C O M
Website: laxreproductions.com
Bus Phone: 715-547-3710
Cell Phone: 715-490-3710 Email [email protected]
MEMBERS PHOTOS P A G E 8
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MEMBERS PHOTOS P A G E 9
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MEMBERS PHOTOS P A G E 1 0
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2017 Illinois Muskie Stocking Report
Summarized by Ray Thompson
Note: This article is based, in part, on the 2017 Jake Wolf Hatchery report. It also includes 450-12 to 14 inch Wiscon-sin strain fingerlings purchased by the Fox River Chapter of Muskies, Inc. from the Gollon Fish Farm in Dodgeville, WI. A total of 29 Illinois bodies of water were stocked with 20,814-12”-13” muskie fingerlings, produced at the Jake Wolf Hatchery, by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources in 2017. The hatchery also produced and stocked a total of 360,819 surplus fry (330,104), and under-sized fingerlings (7,580-1.5”), (12,393-3”), and (10,742-5”). On June 22, a total of 26,245 -5” fingerlings were stocked into three rearing ponds. The fry stocked into a rearing pond at Prai-rie Lake will be harvested and stocked later this fall. Table 1 summarizes the pond production, which averaged 79 percent, as compared to almost 84 percent last year. Additionally, 525 fish reached a 13” average while waiting to be harvested from the last pond and were stocked on September 1.
Table 1
Table 2 details the individual lake stockings from all sources.
Table 2
Pond Number
Date Stocked
Number Stocked
Size at Stocking
Date Harvested
Number Harvested
Size at Har-vest
Yield %
20 6/22 8,700
5” 8/24 7,200 11.97 82.8
21 6/22 8,800
5” 8/28 6,572 12.4 74.7
22 6/22 8.745
5” 8/28 6,993 12.5 80.0
Body of Water Number Size Date Remarks
Argyle 93 12.5” 8/31
Canton 255 12.5” 8/31
Canvasback 36 13” 9/1 Pyramid SP
Carlton 77 12.4” 8/30
Double T 66 12.5” 8/29 Fulton Co. Goose Mgt. Area
Eagle 291 13” 9/1 Evergreen 927 12.4 8/30
Fox Chain 10,742 5” 6/29
Fox Chain 2,008 12.4” 8/29
Fox Chain 450 12”-14” 10/6 FRV-WI strain-Gollon Fish Farm
Fulton-#3 90 12.5” 8/31 Fulton Co. Camping & Rec. Area
Fulton-#4 36 12.5” 8/31 Fulton Co. Camping & Rec. Area
George 170 12.4” 8/30
Goldeneye 36 13” 9/1 Pyramid SP
Hennipen-Hopper 194,023 Fry 4/7
Hennipen-Hopper 7,580 1.5” 5/4
Johnson 602 12.4” 8/29 Banner Marsh
Kinkaid 2,008 12” 8/24
Mill Creek 391 12.5” 8/31
Otter 765 12.4” 8/30
Pana 150 12.5” 8/31
CONTEST STANDINGS P A G E 1 1
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Pierce 167 12.4” 8/30
Prairie 51,957 Fry 4/7 (rearing pond)
Shabbona 319 12.4 8/30
Shelbyville 12,393 3” 5/18
Shelbyville 5,192 12” 8/24
Shelbyville 5,923 12.5” 8/29
Shovel 200 12.4” 8/29 Banner Marsh
Spring 279 12.5” 8/31 McDonough Co.
Spring (North) 84,124 Fry 4/8 Tazwell Co.
Staunton 84 12.4” 8/30
Storey 135 12.5” 8/31
Super 162 13” 9/1 Pyramid SP
Wheel 352 12.4” 8/29 Banner Marsh
Fox River Valley Chapter
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Algonquin, IL 60102
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