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1 PO Box 652, Eagle River, WI NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID EAGLE RIVER, WI PERMIT NO Headwaters Newsletter March 2017 Issue #258 Muskies Need your Help!! We need your support to promote catch & release and muskie stocking. Resource education builds a better fishery. You Will Receive with Your Membership: 1. International membership card. 2. Muskie Magazine (10 issues) 3. Qualification for International and Headwaters fishing awards. 4. Headwaters Chapter monthly newsletter. 5. Camaraderie of other muskie anglers. Education Is Our Theme. Chapter money and member s efforts have been utilized by doing the following projects: Donated $6,000 towards the new restroom on Eagle Lake. Installed Know The Difference and Eurasian Milfoil signs at Vilas and Oneida County Lakes. Purchased and distributed 50,000 Know The Difference license holders. Members trained in boater safety offered classes throughout Vilas and Oneida Counties. Support Kids Fishing days with money and personnel. Donated to the Ben Bendricks Scholarship Fund. Purchased 10 handicap piers for various lakes. Assisted financially with improvements of boat landings throughout Vilas and Oneida Counties. Financial support to Three Lakes Fish & Wildlife Improvement Assoc. Financial support to Trophy Lake Research Project by the DNR Financial support for stocking bluegills in the Eagle River Chain. Donated half the cost of publishing Muskies, Inc. History Book. Stocking of over $50,000 worth of muskies in area lakes Contributed financially to new park and dock on Yellow birch Lake. Hosted state and international functions. Host of the Spring Classic Muskie Tournament on the Eagle River Chain and the Fall Classic Muskie Tournament in Three Lakes. Sponsor the $1,000 Headwaters Chapter of Muskies Inc. Memorial Scholarship at the Natural Resources School at UW Stevens Point, WI. The Headwaters Chapter has spent over $1 million in the last several years on the above projects!! The Headwaters Chapter was the recipient of the Wis. Conservation Congress Sports Organization of the Year Award for Headwaters Chapter 12 Officers: Bill Jacobs, President 923 Catfish Lake Dr. Eagle River, WI promusky@live.com Andy Hendrickson, Vice President 5480 Lake Julia Rd. Rhinelander, WI Scott Samuels, Secretary & P.R./Marketing 5161 Rummels Rd. Conover, WI scott6915@hotmail.com Glenn Matula, Treasurer 5140 Shorewood Acres Dr. Eagle River, WI Cell grm5850@aol.com Dale Peterson, Fish Registration & Newsletter Editor 8247 Lost Lake Dr. W. St. Germain, WI muskypete@frontiernet.net Elmer Jensen Chapter 12 Representative 1406 Lincoln Dr Eagle River, WI ejguides@charter.net Headwaters Chapter Web Site: Web site managers: Jerry and Margie Hollnagel decoys@mwwb.net Past Presidents: Stan Casey 1979 Randy Riley 1980 Dick Moore 1981 Chet Meyers Dennis Rushlow Ralph Rosinski 1986 John Bishop 1987 Mike Gajewski Bill Marsh Jeff Miller Duke Verkuilen Elmer Jensen Allen Schroeder 1999 Paul Hansen Bill Jacobs

2 THE WET NET 2 Special points of interest: 2017 Calendar of Events Spring Classic Membership form Ranger Boat 4 sale Banquet Form Inside this issue: President s Message 2 March minutes 3 Ranger boat for sale & Fish Report Banquet sign up 5 Spring Classic 6 & 7 Membership form 2017 Calendar of Events Advertisers NEXT MEETING: April 5, 5:30 banquet meeting, 6:00 pm Regular Meeting; 7:00 DNR Presentation. Eagle River Inn, Eagle River President s Message March 1, 2017 Our chapter s booth at the Wisconsin Musky Expo was a big hit as we had the only booth in the main entrance. Lots of great vendors with new and beautiful artistry painted baits that would have a Musky wondering if they were real. I would like to thank Dan Lulloff, Joe Van Fossen, Gary Jacobs, Kip (Coach) Cramer, Tim Sykora, and Scott Samuels for helping to staff our booth. Jim and Carol Heffner submitted a proposal to Muskies Inc. Youth Grant in the amount of $1,000. Our grant has been accepted and we are waiting to see the amount they have approved. Well done Jim and Carol. Please plan on attending our Annual Banquet April 8th at a NEW location; the White Tale Inn, St.Germain. Best bang for your buck is to purchase the $150 worth of raffle tickets for only $100.This has to be done before the event. I am happy to announce this year s chapter award recipients: Sponsor of the year: Tom Neddo Jr. Tom is a long time member and past director who owned Miller Distributing of the North. His company has been a long time sponsor of trophies for our Spring Classic and the Members release awards. Presidents Award: Tim Muench. This is awarded to him posthumously. Tim was on many of our committees and an intricate member of our Monday Flea market team. Tim had the remarkable ability to warm every conversation; most importantly his evening fish follows made him special. Mr.& Mrs. Musky: Harvey & Mary Sadler. They have been a main contributor and instructors to our Kids Fishing Tips as well as our banquets. The 2017 Spring Classic brochures have been mailed. If you are in interested in fishing our tournament contact our tournament director Scott Samuels for information. All applications post marked by April 20 th will be in our drawing for their starting positions. All checks will be deposited on April 22. It is my opinion that this will fill either by the drawing date or right after. So if you want to get in, act now Larry Kleeba Challunge Dates: June 17 th & 18 th. The official lake groups are: *Group 1: Minocqua Chain: Minocqua Lake, Kawaguesaga Lake, Mid Lake, Tomahawk & Little Tomahawk Lake. * Group 2: Big Arbor Vitae Lake, Little Arbor Lake, * Group 3: Clear Lake, Madeline Lake, Carroll Lake, Sweeney Lake, Gilmore Lake * Group 4: Shishebogama Lake, Gunlock Lake, Squirrel Lake * Group 5: Brandy Lake, Arrowhead Lake, Johnson Lake * Group 6: Big Saint Germain Lake, Little Saint Germain Lake Pick your 6 person team, or if you are looking to get on a team please contact Jerry Hollnagel at decoys@mweb.net Gil Hamm Challunge Muskies Inc. s Chapter s Challunge Lake of the Woods Canada Place: Red Wing Lodge Dates: August 23-25, 2017 Teams consist of 6 persons or less. If interested in joining me and other members, reserve your cabin ASAP as they will fill fast. Pick your team or let me know you will be attending and I will put you on a team. For more information contact me at promusky@live.com or Chapter LOTW Canada Outing September 2 nd -9 th For more information about this outing please contact Glenn Matula grm5850@aol.com Our 4 th Annual NorthWaters Chapter Challunge (Headwaters & Northwood s Chapter Event) will be held on October 21 st. The Northwood s Chapter will be hosting it this year. Mark the date and pick your 6 person team. We will pass on more information as soon as we receive it. Sharpen those hooks! Bill Jacobs

3 Minutes from March 1st Directors Meeting 3 Motion to approve February Minutes: Jim H. 2 nd Carol H. Treasurer s Report. Glenn filed the report from his table at an overpriced tourist bar in Florida. He sent it to Bill who handed it out to everyone and reviewed some of the expenses. BMO Checking Account Opening Balance: $29, Income: 0 Expenses: $5, Balance: $24, Motion to approve Treasurer s Report: Jim H. 2 nd : Bob J. Regional Vice President Report. Elmer J gave report. There was an RVP Meeting 2/11 in Milwaukee. Only 4 chapters were present so there was not a quorum. Several guests gave presentations, including the M.I. VP of Int l Affairs who discussed the nonprofit status of the organization and how that status relates to the individual chapters. They also discussed the youth programs, and how there is a budget of $10,000 for these programs. During the meeting, they discussed how our area will be restructured. Our chapter is in Region 2. They are shifting the chapters around. As a result, Region 2 will include only Wisconsin chapters. Greg also explained funding for the Keyes advertising program. They are requesting more funds from the chapters to help pay for the advertising for the final year. They need about 12K. Fred B. made a motion that our chapter contribute $1,000 towards the program. Fred J. 2 nd. The motion was voted on and it passed. Alliance No report Membership Jim C says we have 347 active members. Fish Report. None Newsletter. It is ready to go out. Just waiting for the minutes. Correspondence. The Chapter received a thank you letter and framed print from the Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation. We are a Team Sponsor for the Eagle River Muskie-Chal-Lunge, a WWIA event that takes place in Eagle River each year. We also received a nice thank you letter from the DNR for the $300 we gave them to get a new generator. Youth Committee. Jim H. said that we requested funds from MI to help with our youth program, and they are in the final stages of the approval process. Jim and Carol are visiting various sports shops to try and get the best deals on rods and reels for the kids this year. Kids Fishing Day is going to be on July 13 th. We need volunteers. If you have a boat, please join us and take some kids fishing! You do not have to be a guide. Scholarship. No report Docks and Landings. No report Sport Shows. We had our booth at the Milwaukee Muskie Show where we promoted the Spring Classic and Paul s Pro Am. We will also have our booth at the Wausau Muskie Expo this weekend. Spring Classic. Team registrations are far ahead of last year at this time. Teams are strongly encouraged to get their applications in as early as possible to make sure they get in. They only need to send in a $100 deposit with their applications. We can mail you an application, or you can print it off our website Scott S. needs volunteers to help with the Classic. Whether you are fishing it or not, there are things you or your spouse can do to help! Please contact Scott at springclassic@outlook.com Spring Banquet. We had a meeting just prior to our regular meeting and everything is going well. We discussed the various Chapter awards and who will be receiving them. Come to the banquet and see who the winners are! M.I. Magazine. We are working on our article for the next edition. Larry Kleeba Challunge is June Hosted by Northwoods Chapter. Margie and Jerry H. are in charge of our team. If you would like to fish this fun outing, contact Margie and Jerry at decoys@mwwb.net. or text to (920) Outings. August 23 rd - 25 th - Gil Hamm Memorial Chapter Challunge ( Lake of the Woods hosted by the Red Wing Lodge. To fish this, contact Bill Jacobs promusky@live.com September 2 nd - 9 th Our Chapter Canadian Outing at Red Wing Lodge, Lake of the Woods. Contact Glenn Matula (847) Fall Chapter Challenge is on October 21. This is a friendly outing we have with the Northwoods Chapter. For our April meeting, we will have a special guest from the DNR. This is always an interesting presentation and all are encouraged to attend. That presentation begins at 7:00, so we will have our regular business meeting at 6:00. Prior to the business meeting, our Banquet meeting will begin at 5:30. Note: Please bring your list of banquet donations to this meeting so you can give it to Joe K. Motion to adjourn: Bob J. 2 nd : Fred J. Respectfully submitted: Scott Samuels, Secretary. Bill Jacobs: Andy Hendrickson: Glenn Matula: President Vice President Secretary Volunteers needed for the following jobs at the Spring Classic, call Scott if you can help Raffle ticket sales Friday night and or Sunday afternoon. Banquet ticket collection Sunday afternoon Room set up Friday late afternoon. Registration table Friday Coffee and donuts Saturday and Sunday mornings. Help with the Fish scoreboard on Sunday. Can we mail you a poster to put up in a local business? Can we mail you a few brochures to hand out?

4 Members only fishing contest rules Ranger Boat for Sale Ranger 621VS, 2011 Ranger Trailer, 300 HP Yamaha 4 stroke motor, 9.9 HP Yamaha stroke kicker motor Lowrance HDS 8 and 10 mounted on bow and dash Sonar/GPS/Graph, Lowrance 2-way radio, AM/FM/Sat radio Minnkota EM101 36v trolling motor on back, Minnkota v Fortrex on bow trolling motor, Ranger custom cover Mary Bonte Spath, Ph Cell Fax Boat was purchased from a semi-pro fisherman in Michigan. He did not use the boat for about 2 years due to his purchase of another insurance agency. He is more than happy to talk to a potential purchaser to answer any questions for me. We bought the boat on May 28, Asking $54,000 Mary s husband passed away Labor Day and that is why she is selling the boat. Members Only Fishing Contest Some things to remember about our Members Only Fishing contest: Musky must be at least 40 to qualify for Lunker of the Month awards for Mens and Womens Divisions, and any length for Juniors. I need a photo of the fish before the end of Jan. of Photos can be ed to me at: muskypete@frontiernet.net. There are 8 divisions for Lunker of the Month: Mens, Mens Masters, Mens Hall of Fame, Womens, Womens Masters, Womens Hall of Fame, Juniors, and Juniors Hall of Fame. Once you win a division 3 times you move into the Hall of Fame. You may be in the Masters Division in Muskies Inc. but not in the Headwaters Masters because you need to win the Mens or Womens division in our chapter to move into the Masters Division. In Muskies Inc. you need to register 250 fish for Mens or 100 for Womens to be in the MI Masters. Big Fish of the Year awards go to the longest Musky in each of the 3 divisions, Mens, Womens, and Juniors. The free replicate goes to the person catching the longest musky in each division that has not won the award before. Photos needed. Fish must be registered with Muskies Inc. within 30 days of the fish being caught. If you can not register your fish on line, then you can send me your fish registration slip and I will register for you. Dale Peterson, 8247 Lost Lake Dr. W., St. Germain, WI Fish must be caught by legal means and during a legitimate Musky Season. Only released fish will be considered for the contest. Fish must be held in a horizontal position for photos to be included in the newsletter. A rod and reel is given away to some lucky angler that registered their fish. We do a drawing at the end of the year with all the fish registered for that year. Last year we had 813 fish registered and Troy Adler was the lucky angler with his 34 Musky, number 637 registered fish.

5 Headwaters 39th Annual Banquet Date: Saturday, April 8th, Where: Whitetail Inn, 9038 Hwy 70W, St. Germain. Special room rates of (Queen) $85/night or (King) $95/night at Whitetail Lodge, 8918 Hwy 70W. book at Whitetail Lodge ( or ) mention Headwaters Chapter M.I. Time: Food: Cost: Cocktails - 5:30pm / Dinner - 6:30 pm Plated dinner: you must choose your entrée below Adults - $30 per person Youth 16 years of age & under $15.00 each free youth raffle, each gets a special prize AGAIN THIS YEAR: Bring a new adult guest (has not attended in the past year) each of you will get $20 worth of free raffle tickets that can be used on any raffle. Food Pantry Raffle: For each nonperishable food item you bring to the banquet, you get 1 raffle ticket. Winner gets $100 worth of raffle tickets for our other raffles. Food items go to our local Eagle River Food Pantry. Help out the needy!!! Early bird raffle must be purchased by 4/3/17: $5.00 each. Winner gets $200 worth of raffle tickets!!! GET $150 WORTH OF RAFFLE TICKETS FOR ONLY $100!!!!! For more information or if you would like to make a donation call Bill at Dinner options: you must choose one below Only 200 tickets available so gets yours early. 1. Chicken Alfredo, Grilled Chicken over Alfredo Pasta topped with parmesan cheese 2. Parmesan Encrusted Baked Cod Filet 3. ½ Rack of our award winning Baby Back Ribs Name: meal New guest: meal Name: meal Name: meal *please list all names* Name: meal Address: (City, State, Zip) How many adults: X $30 each = How many youth: X $15 each = How many early bird: X $5 each = (Not available night of banquet must be purchased by (4/3/17) $150 worth of raffle tickets for $100 = TOTAL: All Tickets will be held at the door under your name (dinner, early bird and $150 raffle cards) this will save postage and you don t have to worry where you put your tickets 5 minutes before the banquet. Send reservation form along with your check made out to Headwaters Muskies, Inc. to: Headwaters Muskies, Inc. Bill Jacobs 923 Catfish Lake Dr. Eagle River, WI 54521

6 37th Annual Spring Classic Musky Tournament 6 Now, I can see the fish even if I can not catch them. Like" & Share Facebook Spring Classic page Scott Samuels, Tournament Director: springclassic@outlook.com

7 37th Spring Classic entry form Spring Classic of Champions Winners

8 8 Speiser Ryan Join Muskies, Inc. Chapter #12 Headwaters Regular Membership: 1 yr. $35 2 yr. $65 3 yr. $95 $20 Regular Junior (under 18 yrs. old), paid for by the Headwaters chapter Family Membership 1 yr. $ yr. $90 3 yr. $ $15 Associate Member, Must be a MI Member $25 Regular Web only, No magazine $30 1 yr. active military, Must use APO/ Installation address Sponsor: Renewal: (member #) New Name: Address: City: State ZIP Phone #: address: Payment enclosed Credit Card Credit card #: Exp. Date / Visa/MC/AMEX/Discover (circle one) Bill Jacobs mans the Headwaters Booth at the Milwaukee Musky Expo Feb. 11th. Check out the new Headwaters Banners in the background. Family Membership: Spouse: Child: D.O.B. Child: D.O.B. Child: D.O.B. Child: D.O.B. Make check out to Muskies Inc. and Mail to: Headwaters Chapter of Muskies Inc. P. O. Box 652, Eagle River, WI Musky Pete and brother-in-law Darrell Clough with some of the fish the dolphins or sharks didn t get off Panama City, Florida. A couple 20# Amberjack, some white snapper and a bunch of Squirrel fish, which is what we used for bait for the Amberjack. Fishing in of water mainly on the bottom. A great fishing day with light winds and temps. in the low 70s. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Scott Kellogg, July Phelps: Sunset Kaleb fish-camposing a top Milton, water Ryan Speiser, Slinger, and Paul Speiser, Hartford, all Wisconsin. Our Green Bay: Desirae Fikar, St. Germain, Eric Borgerding, Verona, Jeff Adee, meetings are open to everyone so if that interests you, come to one and see what it s like. 1st Wed. of each month at the Eagle River Inn, Eagle River starting at 7 PM.

9 2017 Calendar of Events!! Calendar of Events CLIP & SAVE All regular meetings are held at the Eagle River Inn the 1st Wed. of the month starting at 7pm, Everyone is welcome. All club outing are from 7am-5pm,fish any lake you like and be at the host site to register fish caught by 6pm. Open to all members and their guests, guests pay $5 for the lunch. April 5: Directors Meeting April 8: 39th Annual Headwaters Banquet, Whitetail Inn, St. Germain. April 10: Spring Conservation Hearings May 3: Directors Meeting May 27: Musky season opens state wide, 1st Club fishing outing, Oneida Village Inn, 3 Lakes. June 7: Directors meeting June 10th & 11th: 37th Annual Spring Classic, Contact Scott Samuels scott6915@hotmail.com June 17 & 18: Kleeba Challunge, Northwoods Chap. July 1: 2nd Club outing, VFW Eagle River. July 5: Directors Meeting July 13th: Kids Fishing Day August 2: Directors Meeting August 16: 3rd Club Outing, Gordo s Eagle River August 18-20: Musky clubs Alliance National Championship Tourn. In Eagle River Aug : Gil Hamm outing LOTW Red Wing Lodge Sept. 2-9: Lake of the Woods outing, Red Wing Lodge Sept. 13: Directors Meeting Sept. 16th & 17th: Headwaters Chapter 41 st Annual Paul s Pro Am, Contact Scott Samuels: October TBD: 4th Annual NorthWaters Challunge hosted by the Northwoods Chapter October 4: Directors Meeting October 21: NorthWaters Chapter Challunge sponsored by the Northwoods Chapter, Minocqua. October 28: ENDURO outing, Whitetail Inn, St. Germain November 1: Directors Meeting December 6: Directors Meeting January 6, 2018: Christmas Party

10 THANKS TO OUR ADVERTISERS!!! 10 If you want to make any changes to your ad, please contact me and I get make the changes: Dale Peterson, 8247 Lost Lake Dr. West, St. Germain muskypete@frontiernet.net Bucktale Inn Open Tues. Sat. Where good Friends Meet at 4 p.m. BEST EVER BBQ RIBS Fishing & Hunting tales appreciated. Share yours here. Even a little tale is better than no tale at all. Sandwiches Seafood Charbroiled Fish & Steak Nightly Hwy. 70 West of Eagle River 2 miles, then South on Hwy. H 1/4 mile Northwoods Furniture The area s finest furniture ALLEN & KAREN JUNG, Owners Gallery 630 U. S. Hwy 45 So. Eagle River, WI OUTLET 1171 Twilite Lane, Hwy 70 W. Eagle River, WI Phone: (715) Fax: (715)

11 Our Advertisers. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR SUPPORT!! 11 You are always welcome after a day of fishing. Join us for a cocktail or dinner. Arrive by car or boat. Eagle River Inn & Condominium Resort 5260 Hwy. 70 W. Eagle River, WI

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