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J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7
What’s Inside
Board - General 2
2017 Club Outings Chicago Musky Show Schaumburg Show
3
Tony Grant and
Gregg Thomas 4
2017 Catch A Trophy Raffle!
5
Members Only Con-
test Standings 6
Membership Corner
Chicago Wolves Outing
7
Mark O’Neil The
Sonar Doctor 8
Multi-Species Con-
test Standings 9
Members Photos 10
2017 Speaker Schedule 11
U P C O M I N G
E V E N T S
January 4th club
meeting featuring
Tony Grant and
Gregg Thomas.
January 6th, 7th,
8th Chicago Musky
Show at Pheasant
Run Resort.
January 11th BOD
meeting at
Cabela’s.
January 26-29
Chicagoland Fish-
ing Travel & Out-
door Expo at the
Schaumburg Con-
vention Center
As I write this month’s newsletter, we have about 10 inches of snow on the ground and temps and chill temps are dropping to the sub-zero levels. Winter has arrived with a thud. I hope this isn’t a sign of what the next few months will be. Time to snuggle up under the blankets with your honey, or the next best thing your dog. Have seen pictures on Facebook of guys out in some horrendous weather, but seems like there were some that were rewarded with big muskies. The 2016 sea-
son has come to an end and I hope you had a good one. If you got your per-sonal best, congratulations! Now it’s time to repair and clean the rods, sharp-en he hooks and plan for 2017. With the shows coming up you get your fill of all the latest and greatest baits, technology, knowledge and plan your 2017 season. FRV will start the season off with Tony Grant and Gregg Thomas on Wednesday, January 4 at Chandlers Chop House. We will have booths at both the Chicago Muskie Show and the Schaumburg Show. Stop by and say ”Hi,” renew your membership or sign up for or Spring Tournament on the Fox Chain to get an early start time. On January 21, we are taking the boys of One Hope United for a half day of ice fishing on Deep Lake in Lake Villa, if you can help us out contact Mike Mark at [email protected]. On February 4 the club will be attending a Chicago Wolves/Rockford Ice Hogs (Hawks Affil-iate) game at the All State Arena. We have 30 tickets available for sale at $25 each. They will be available at the January meeting or by contacting Rich Gallagher at [email protected]. Our Annual Banquet is on Saturday, March 11th at Chandlers Chop House. Registration forms will be going out around January 1. We currently have over $18,000 in prizes with more to come. With 2016 now past us, and I must say it’s been a hell of year, it’s time to look ahead. I hope you will make a new year’s resolution to attend more meetings and participate in more club outings and events. We are only as strong as our membership participation. Recruit a friend or fellow fisherman to attend and join the Chapter. The membership fees are more than reasonable at $35 a year. I will be having some plumbing repaired on my heart on December 28th and be out of commission for a month or so. Rich Gallagher and Dan Koniewicz will be running the show in my absence. So keep me in your pray-ers. I wish you all a Health and Happy New Year! One last note, please try to sell your raffle tickets. There was an error in the letter that went out. The ticket stubs and payments should to Dan Koniewicz, 720 Par Drive, Algonquin, Illinois, 60102. There was an error in the mailer that went out. Until Next Month…….Happy New Year & I’ll see you at the Musky Shows!!
Steve Kroll
January 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.
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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 Steve Crook Res. & Stocking Dir. 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 ALD Mike Mark Youth Director Blake Pawlikowski Webmaster Joe Erkenswick Webmaster
OFFICERS
President Steve Kroll (773) 724-6305 [email protected] Vice President Dan Koniewicz Treasurer Pete Barber Secretary Mark Lamont
Our thanks goes out to Chandlers and their fantastic staff for donating their banquet rooms to us every month! We can show our appreciation by attending the buffet dinners before our meetings which begin at 6:00PM whenever possible… This helps to defray the costs for our monthly meeting charges. Please join us as often as possible for a great meal and some camara-
derie! Cost is $16.00/Adults, $8.00/Child - does not include beverage!
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
FRV MUSKIES INC.
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BOOTH DUTY HELP AT CHICAGO MUSKY SHOWBOOTH DUTY HELP AT CHICAGO MUSKY SHOW
There are still some open slots left manning the FRV booth at the Chica-go Musky Show at Pheasant Run in St. Charles! The actual show dates where volunteers are needed to work our booth are: Friday January 6th from 2:00PM-9:00PM, Saturday January 7th from 9:00AM-7:00PM and Sunday January 8th from 9:00AM-3:00PM. We will also need help to set up on Thursday evening and tear down Sunday afternoon. We will also
need about a dozen or more people on Thursday and Friday mornings to help all of the exhibitors move in. Our response last year was great in spite of the terrible weather. Please see me at the January 4th club meeting or email me at [email protected] if you can help move exhibitors in Thursday and Friday or can help man the booth on Friday, Saturday or Sunday.
Many Thanks & Happy New Year! Pete Barber
Come on out to the Chicagoland Fishing
Travel & Outdoor Expo Show January 26th-
29th at the Schaumburg Convention Center!
Show hours are Thursday: 12:00pm-8:00pm,
Friday:12:00pm-8:00pm, Saturday: 10:00am
- 7:00pm and Sunday: 10:00am-5:00pm.
Dan Lamkin our Trade Show Director needs
help manning the FRV booth. E-mail Dan at
[email protected] if you’d like to help at our booth. Minimum commitment is a 3-hour block. It’s a
great way to help the club and get out to this show which is getting bigger and bigger and growing in popu-
larity! Tickets are $12.00 on-line at http://www.sportshows.com/chicago/buy-tickets.html or you can see
Pete Barber our Treasurer at the January 4th club meeting and get them for 50% off ($6.00/person)! He will
have tickets at the January 4th meeting and it is a cash sale only. Hope to see you all there!
2017 CLUB OUTINGS We have some awesome club outings scheduled for 2017!! We will have two summer outings to Lake of the Woods, Lake St. Clair in July, Cedar Lake Ontario in September, Crivitz, WI outing the 2nd weekend in October, Suckerfest 2017 in St. Germaine at Jacksons Resort the 1st weekend in November and an outing at Cave Run Lake in KY in December. These outings will fill up quickly, so if you’re interested in attending one of these awesome
events either by yourself or with a group, see Dan Koniewicz for additional information in exact dates and costs and to get your spots reserved. These outings are a lot of fun, just ask our members who have attended some of them!
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JANUARY SPEAKERS J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 7
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RING IN THE 2017 MUSKY SEASON WITH TONY GRANT AND GREGG THOMAS
ON WEDNESDAY JANUARY 4TH 2017!
Join us on Wednesday January 4th
2017 when Tony Grant & Gregg Thomas will be talking “Musky Fishing Through the Seasons”! Tony & Gregg will cover spring fishing in KY using casting, trolling and jigging techniques! Tony will also talk about summer-time fishing in WI and Gregg will talk summer muskies on Lake St. Clair. Tony will also cover Fall trolling on southern KY lakes and Gregg will cover live bait fishing in north-ern MN! Tony Grant is the owner/operator of Tony Grant Outdoors and Tony has been chasing muskies for over 20 years! He spends nearly 275 days on the water and gives dozens of enlightening seminars each year. Tony also makes the “Rattlin Shad” and the “Fat Belly Rattler” crankbaits. Gregg owns and operates Battle the Beast Guide Service. Gregg has been catching HUGE muskies all over KY, MN and MI. Many FRV members have caught their personal bests while fishing with either Tony or Gregg. Grab a friend & don’t miss this great meeting to kick off your 2017 musky fish-ing season! Note this meeting is being held on Wednesday night!
Don’t miss this meeting as we ring in the NEW YEAR!! Admission is $10.00/person at the door. The buffet dinner runs from 6:00PM-7:00PM and the cost is $16.00/person. The 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, so grab a friend and come on out to see this awesome musky presentation.
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Website: laxreproductions.com
Bus Phone: 715-547-3710
Cell Phone: 715-490-3710 Email [email protected]
GOT PHOTOS?? GOT PHOTOS?? It can be anything outdoor related,
fishing photos, great fish pictures,
hunting, scenery, weather, sun-
sets, wildlife etc…. Any species
is OK, doesn’t have to be just
muskies! Please e-mail your photos to Rich Gal-
lagher at [email protected] and we’ll
get it in the upcoming issues for you!
ABT Electronics
Angle Outpost Resort
Cory Tremaine, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause (CPAs)
Jim Blinka, BDO Seidman (CPAs)
Ben Modica, Musky Fix Guide Service
Blue Chip Casino, Hotel & Spa
Gregg Thomas-Battle the Beast Guide Service
Cabela’s (A year round sponsor)
Chandler’s Chop House & Grille
Chicago Bears
Chicago Bulls
Chicago Cubs
Chicago Fire
Chicago Wolves
Chris Taurisano, T-Bone Guide Service
Cindy Lusignan, Marsh USA
Dave Hanke, Custom Rod Building
Dan Piazza, Creative Benefits Strategies
FLIR Maritime, Inc
Frabill, Inc.
Improv Comedy Club
Joe Foxx Outdoors
Jay Garstecki, Take A Vet Fishing
Just Encase Tackle Box
Kane County Cougars
Ken Jackson’s Lakeside Cottages
Kevin Cooke and Buffalo Wild Wings
Lake of the Torches Casino
Laugh Out Loud Comedy Club
Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants
Lou Malnati’s
MedEx Ambulance Services
Mepps Inc.
Muskie Hunter Magazine
Okuma Tackle Company
Pete Stoltman, Last Cast Guide Service
Port Edwards Restaurant
Rockford Ice Hogs
Rubber Hairy Tackle
Second City Chicago
Staples, Inc.
St Croix
Sunrise Lodge
The Sybaris
The Trophy Shop
Tony Grant Outdoors
Toothy’s Tackle LLC
US Food Service
SUPPORT YOUR CHAPTERSUPPORT YOUR CHAPTER
FRV MONTHLY CLUB RAFFLE!FRV MONTHLY CLUB RAFFLE!
The Catch a Trophy Raffle will begin in March! We are selling monthly raffle tick-ets for $20/each and we will have 9 month-ly drawings! Monthly CA$H prize payouts will be as follows: 1st: $250.00 2nd: $100.00 3rd: $ 75.00 4th: $ 50.00 5th: $ 25.00 The First drawing will be held at our March 11th, 2017 Fundraising Banquet and then every month thereafter. If you win, 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 tick-ets has been mailed to every club member and you should be receiving them soon. We ask that each member either buy the 5 tickets for themselves or sell the 5 tickets to friends, family or co-workers! Monies raised by this raffle will help support the clubs efforts with stocking, conservation and youth programs throughout 2017! Please send your $100.00 check for the 5 tickets to Steve Kroll, 5406 W. Wilson Ave. Chicago, IL 60630. 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 or someone you know will cash in sometime in 2017!! Steve Kroll FRV President
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2017 YOUTH OUTING DATES2017 YOUTH OUTING DATES2017 YOUTH OUTING DATES
Folks, please mark your calendars!!! Here are the dates we have scheduled for our
2017 Youth Outings. Please contact Mike Mark our Youth Outings Director if
you’d like to help out with any of these events! Please e-mail Mike at: mich-
One Hope United Ice Fishing January 21st, 2017 Volunteers needed!
Hoffman Estates Kids Fishing Derby June 3rd, 2017
One Hope United Kids Outing June 10th, 2017
Bartlett Kids Fishing Derby August 5th, 2017
FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CORNER… FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CORNER…
Christmas and New Years have come and gone. The Chicago “Clubs” after 108
years have finally brought home a World Series Title to Chicago. All in all it has it
has been a good year and a special thanks to all of you, who have supported the
FRV Chapter. We are starting the New Year with a double header speaker event
(Tony Grant and Gregg Thomas). How great is that? This is one meeting you can’t
miss and bring a guest along. We are always looking for the possibility of someone
becoming a new member. Remember we need your help to grow. I will have free
handouts for new comers and a nice selection of lures for anyone who joins our
chapter. On the membership front, a very special thanks to those loyal members
who continually attend the monthly meetings (you are our life blood). Hope to see
you all at the January 4th meeting. Below is a reminder list of expiring memberships and “It is a Big One
this time”! Here are the memberships up for renewal: Anderson, Armitage, Black, Cavanaugh, Coscino,
Ellis, Egan, Farris, Fudulov, Gustaferro Jr, Hassenplug, Hlavacek, Hill, Jennings, Jackowski, Kann, Kostus,
Kuhnle, Leopold, Lewen, Lukac, Mark, Martin, Mola, Modica, Murphy,
Monczynski, Murray, Owens Jr, Petersen, Principata, Rice, Signorelli, Sol-
lers, Stadig, Touer, Thomton, Weisneth, Wilke, Zawad, Zimmerman.
Happy New Year To All!
Frank Lucido
Membership Director
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C H I C A G O W O L V E S O U T I N G S A T U R D A Y F E B R U A R Y 4 T H , 2 0 1 7 Join the FRV Chapter on Saturday February 4th, 2017 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont for the Wolves Vs. The Rockford Ice Hogs at 7:00PM! Tickets are in the 1st 5 rows behind the
net and the cost is $24.00/each. See Hugh Flack for your tickets! Hugh can take a check made out to Fox River Valley Chapter for your tickets. Hugh’s mailing ad-dress is 2008 Dakota Ridge in Johnsburg, IL 60051. If you want to drop Hugh an email with a heads up your sending in your money his email address is [email protected] We have 35 tickets and they are being sold on a 1st come 1st served basis. The mailing deadline is January 20th, 2017. We are plan-ning on meeting up for dinner at 5:00PM at Giordano’s Pizza located at 9415 W. Higgins Road in Rosemont (847-292-2600). Hope to see everyone there! It’s going to be a great time for everyone! Bring the whole family!
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For me 2016 was a great year and I look forward to 2017 and beyond. Once through the holiday season, things start right back up again for me with boat shows, seminars and trade shows. I will try and keep my webpage up to date with shows and seminars
at: http://www.structure-fishing.com/Seminars.html What I can tell you is here is my 2017 so-nar seminar & show schedule:
Chicago Boat, RV, & Strictly Sail Show – McCormick Place, Chicago, IL - January 11th-15th - Alumacraft booth. - Cabela’s Powersports Open House – Hoffman Estates – January 21th-22nd. - Fox Valley Area Anglers – Gander Mountain, Geneva, IL – Seminar – January 24th, 7:00PM. - Chicagoland Fishing Travel & Outdoor Expo – Schaumburg, IL – January 26th-29th – Cabela’s/Alumacraft booth - Lowrance University at Cabela’s – Lowrance Basic Class – Cabela’s Hoffman Estates, IL - February 4th, 2017 – 9:30 AM. - Lowrance University at Cabela’s – Lowrance Advanced Class – Cabela’s Hoffman Es-tates, IL - February 18th, 2017 – 9:30AM. So there are many new things coming our way from Lowrance, the first is the addition if Elite-9 Ti and Elite-12 Ti units which are now ship-ping. The Elite Ti family is to put it simply, “the biggest bang for your buck on the market” today, without a doubt. For those of you looking for a larger touch screen without Ethernet capabilities, this is the unit. Same interface as the Gen 3, same processor and such for less money. For more information, go to: http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Products/elite-ti/ In addition, Lowrance will be releasing the Carbon family of products in the February/March window. These will be the most advanced units on the market that offer dual processors, the best touch screens I have seen thus far and other features that are now possible with the increased processing ability. More information on those can be found at: http://www.lowrance.com/en-US/Products/HDS-Carbon/
Good fishing, Mark O'Neill www.Structure-Fishing.com
MULTI-SPECIES CONTEST P A G E 9
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MULTI-SPECIES CONTEST STANDINGS
MEN BEST OF SPECIES ON
LENGTH
NAME REL POINTS NAME SPECIES LENGTH
1 Craig Peterson 5 258.73 Ethan Cain Walleye 28
2 Darren Nixon 5 232.14 Craig Peterson LMB 21.5
3 Craig Thomton 5 194.11 Craig Peterson Pike 44
4 Ethan Cain 5 176.57 Craig Peterson SMB 20
5 Rich Wren 3 162.46
WOMEN LUNKER OF THE MONTH
NAME REL POINTS NAME FISH POINTS
1 Carol Nixon 4 164.96 JAN
2 Cathy Johnson 1 17.92 FEB
3 MARCH Phil Gutman Walleye 37.87
4 APRIL Tom Maki-Rich Wren LMB 32.82
5 MAY
JUNE Craig Peterson 59.57
YOUTH JULY Darren Nixon PIKE 55.6
NAME REL POINTS AUGUST Ethan Cain Walleye 46.46
1 SEPT Mike Chisamore Walleye 58.32
2 OCT Cathy Johnson PIKE 17.92
3 NOV Craig Peterson LMB 47.56
4 DEC
FEBRUARY 8th SPEAKER IS LUKE RONNESTRAND!!!
Come on out and join us on February 8th when our guest speaker will be Luke Ronnestrand who owns and operates Luke Ronnestrand’s Musky Guide Service. Luke is a licensed Captain who’s been chasing and catching HUGE Muskies all over MN! Luke guides on Mille Lacs and is based out on Vermillion Dam Lodge on beautiful Lake Vermillion. During the off season you can find Luke working at Thorne Broth-ers. Luke is an outstanding fisherman whose talents and knowledge rival and in many ways surpass those of his peers. A certifiable big fish junkie, Luke is without a doubt your best chance at a Minnesota monster. He will improve your game and is an absolute delight to share the boat with. There’s a reason he’s difficult to book with. It’s because he’s so good at what he does and his repeat clientele is incredibly high. As another highly reputable guide said about Luke, he’s “The best of the best.” Don’t miss this awesome meeting as Luke covers tactics and strategies for HUGE muskies in Northern MN lakes! Grab a note-pad and a friend and we will see you on February 8th!
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