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PO Box 652, Eagle River, WI 54521 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID EAGLE RIVER, WI PERMIT NO. 0079 Headwaters Newsletter February 2017 Issue #257 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 2013. Headwaters Chapter 12 Officers: Bill Jacobs, President 923 Catfish Lake Dr. Eagle River, WI 54521 715-891-5574 promusky@live.com Andy Hendrickson, Vice President 5480 Lake Julia Rd. Rhinelander, WI 54501 715-401-0475 hendosanglingexpeditions @outlook.com Scott Samuels, Secretary & P.R./Marketing 5161 Rummels Rd. Conover, WI 54519 715-547-3340 scott6915@hotmail.com Glenn Matula, Treasurer 5140 Shorewood Acres Dr. Eagle River, WI 54521 Cell 847-989-3825 grm5850@aol.com Dale Peterson, Fish Registration & Newsletter Editor 8247 Lost Lake Dr. W. St. Germain, WI 54558 715-542-2012 muskypete@frontiernet.net Elmer Jensen Chapter 12 Representative 1406 Lincoln Dr Eagle River, WI 54521 715-479-9228 ejguides@charter.net Headwaters Chapter Web Site: www.headwatersmuskies.com Web site managers: Jerry and Margie Hollnagel decoys@mwwb.net Past Presidents: Stan Casey 1979 Randy Riley 1980 Dick Moore 1981 Chet Meyers 1982-83 Dennis Rushlow 1984-85 Ralph Rosinski 1986 John Bishop 1987 Mike Gajewski 1988-1989 Bill Marsh 1990-91 Jeff Miller 1992-93 Duke Verkuilen 1994-95 Elmer Jensen 1996-98 Allen Schroeder 1999 Paul Hansen 2000-02 Bill Jacobs 2003-17

THE WET NET 2 Special points of interest: 2017 Calendar of Events Fish Photos Membership form Director Tim Muench Inside this issue: President s Message 2 Feb. minutes 3 Point Winners, Big Fish, and Lunker of the Month Winners LOTW Fall Outing 5 Century Club Members Tim Muench & Membership form Advertisers & 2017 Calendar of Events Advertisers Christmas Party Photos 4 6 7 8 9-11 12 NEXT MEETING: March 1, 6:30 banquet meeting, 7:00 pm Regular Meeting; Eagle River Inn, Eagle River President s Message Feb. 1, 2017 On January 22, 2017 we lost Tim Muench. Tim was a fellow director, Tuesday night musky league and Thurs. night Sayner/ST. Germain team partner and good friend. Our condolences go out to his family. Our annual Christmas party at Eagle Waters Resort had 61 members attend. Thanks to Eagle Waters for a wonderful meal and to Dan Pudlo and Andy Hendrickson, who teamed with their fun ideas to make this event a great success. Our scholarship committee under the leadership of Louie Dreger has selected Kaitlyn Duhm for our 2017, $1,000 Headwaters Chapter Scholarship. Kaitlyn has a 3.6 GPA and is currently in her junior year majoring in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Her home town is Bonduel, Wisconsin. Our chapter will once again have a booth in the Wisconsin Musky Expo March 3rd, 4 th and 5 th, at the Patriot Center, Wausau. This is the fifth year for this Expo and I can recommend it to all. For more information on the Expo please visit: www.wisconsinmuskyexpo.com Please plan on attending our Annual Banquet April 8th at a NEW location; the White Tail 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. 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 or an application. All applications post marked by April 20 th will be in our drawing for their starting positions. 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. The Northwood s Chapter of Muskies Inc will host the 2017 Larry Kleeba Challunge the weekend of 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. 2017 Gil Hamm Challunge Muskies Inc. s Chapter s Challunge Lake of the Woods Canada Place: Red Wing Lodge 1-888-488-5601and 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. For more information contact me at promusky@live.com or 715-891-5574 2017 Chapter LOTW Canada Outing September 2 nd -9 th For more information about this outing please contact Glenn Matula 847-989-3825 grm5850@aol.com Get the Net! Bill Jacobs

Minutes from Feb. 1st Directors Meeting 3 Meeting was called to order by President Bill Jacobs at 7:07 pm Opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Minutes: Motion to approve minutes Jim Heffner 2 nd Bob Jacobs Motion Carried Treasurer s Report: President Bill Jacobs presented the Treasurer s Report Income $2,145.00 Expenses $5,070.23 Balance $29,158.74 Motion to approve Jeff Miller 2 nd Jim Heffner Motion Carried RVP Report: Elmer Jensen reported MI Region 2 meeting on February 11 th at Washington County Fair Park. President Bill Jacobs will be attending. Jeff Miller added to the report that Ellen Wells is resigning her position of Secretary. Robert Petzke will be the new Secretary. The Gil Hamm Fund has been paid for the years 2008 2013; still owe for 2014, 2015, and 2016. The amount owed is approximately $9,000. Hope to get it all paid this year. Muskies Inc. (National) has their Nonprofit standing, New Vice President of Youth is Cadin Ramsell. We should submit information of what we do for youth activities to him. New Vice President of Fisheries and Research is Jim Moore. There is approximately $16,000 available. Jeff will submit bill from the Pit Tag Readers to see if we can get some money for them. The Annual Board meeting is scheduled during the first week of March in Pittsburgh. They need to have 12 attend to have a quorum. There will be a lot of changes coming. Alliance Report: Jim Heffner reported he received an email from Dave Allen in regards to the DNR seeking funds from Alliance clubs for a donation to purchase a generator for their shocking boat. The total cost for the generator is $3,300. Motion by Elmer Jensen for our club to donate $300 for the generator. 2 nd Jeff Miller Motion Carried. Raffle Tickets for the Alliance boat will be available for pick up at the Milwaukee Musky Expo. President Bill Jacobs will pick them up. Motion by Jim Heffner for our chapter to donate $100 to the Musky Clubs Alliance of Wisconsin to help purchase lures for kids fishing the Alliance. 2 nd Elmer Jensen Motion Carried. Spring Classic Report: Andy Hendrickson received a report from Scott Samuels. We have 1,000 brochures printed up. 360 have been mailed out. Please take some to distribute to other locations or hand out to people interested in signing up for the Classic. Thank you to Fred Brogle for checking into the money available from the bed tax. Dan Pudlo is in charge of the Raffles. Carol Heffner will be in charge of the Registration Table. Glenn Matula is in charge of the Judges. If you are able to help with any of these areas, please contact the person in charge. Dale Peterson will be running an ad in the Muskies, Inc. magazine. Thanks to all of you for your help. Our booth area is all set for both the Milwaukee Musky Show and the Wausau Musky Expo. We will be giving a free entry into Paul s Pro Am for each sport show. Posters are printed for the Spring Classic. Elmer Jensen draws the numbers for the starting positions. Thanks, Elmer! Dan Wojtusik presented the Champions of the Chain idea. Lionel Kliss, Scott Samuels and Dan have been working on it. A team would fish the Spring Classic and/or Paul s Pro Am and the Fall Classic to be eligible for the Champions of the Chain. Points from each tournament will be added together. The idea is to create a series, where eventually all three tournaments will have a full field. The Fall Classic is trying to find a sponsor. Motion by Jim Edwards, in the event a sponsor cannot be found, our club will donate $400 for the Series, $200 for the Spring Classic and $200 for Paul s Pro Am for the Champion of the Chain 2 nd Bob Jacobs Motion Carried More details to be worked out in regards to contestant rules and scoring. The award will be presented at the Fall Classic. Magazine Report: Article submitted. Dale Peterson will have an ad for the Spring Classic in it. Spring Sports Show Report: Milwaukee Expo Feb. 10 12 th Wausau Musky Expo March 3 5 th Chapter Challenges: Kleeba is June 17 th and 18 th Jerry Hollnagel is in charge of our members for the Kleeba. E-mail Jerry. Gil Hamm August 17 th, 18 th and 19 th LOTW Contact Bill Jacobs for the Gil Hamm. Northwoods Challunge Membership: Jim Chamberlin reported we have 340 members. We had 1 drop. Fish Report: Dale Peterson will have final report in the newsletter. Newsletter Report: No Report Correspondence: President Bill Jacobs reported none received. Andy Hendrickson sent a great Thank You letter to Outdoors Insight, Inc. for their donation of the Aqua View II for our Christmas party. Andy informed them of all the activities and projects we complete throughout the year. He thanked them for their generous donation. Youth Report: Jim Heffner had no report. Motion by President Bill Jacobs for our club to set aside $1,200 to purchase rod and reel combos for youth. 2 nd Dan Pudlo Motion Carried. Scholarship Report: Louie Dreger reported they have selected a recipient of our scholarship. This year s recipient is Kaitlyn Duhm. She is a Sophomore, majoring in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Docks/Landings: Bob Jacobs reported Frozen. Banquet Report: President Bill Jacobs presented the report for Joe Koschnik. All the sponsors have been notified. We will have three different meal choices. People will have name tags to show what meal they chose. We will have a banquet meeting at 6:30 prior to our regular meeting on March 1 st. Member Outings: LOTW Sept 2 nd to 9 th. Old Business: Jeff Miller is getting information put together to make a presentation to the Chamber for the Chamber Bed Tax monies. New Business: Bob Jacobs needs assistance with the Outdoor Pursuit with high school students on Tuesday, Feb. 7 th and Tuesday, Feb. 14 th. Motion by Elmer Jenson for our chapter to pay for bait up to $60 for the Outdoor Pursuit fishing. 2 nd Jeff Miller Motion Carried. Jeff Miller pointed out we need to update our chair persons in the chapter. President Bill Jacobs stated our next meeting is March 1 st. He has Muskies, Inc. calendars for sale. Posters for the Spring Classic are available for distribution. Jim Heffner requested a Moment of Silence for our passed member Tim Muench. Motion to Adjourn: Dan Pudlo 2 nd Louie Dreger Meeting adjourned at 8:24 pm Motion Carried Respectfully submitted by Acting Secretary, Carol Heffner

End of Year Fish Report 4 Headwaters Chapter Members Only Fishing Contest 2016 Big Fish of the Year: Men's Charles Schauer 52 Women's Margie Hollnagel 51.5 Junior's Sean Scheuers 48.25 Lax mounts go to: Dan Pudlo 51.25, Pattie Miller 51, and Sean Scheuers 48.25. Lunker of the Month May: Men's Masters - Charles Schauer 43 Mens Tony Piantek 43.5 Women's Masters - Womens Juniors - June: Men's Masters - Bob Jacobs 47.5 Men's Kevin Pepin 49.25 Women's Masters - Pattie Miller 46 Womens - Juniors - Alex Pellowski 47 July: Men's Masters Charles Schauer 52 Men's Brian Karau 50 Women's Masters Margie Hollnagel 51.5 Womens- Juniors Sean Scheuers 48.25 August: Men's Masters - Bill Jacobs 49.5 Men's Tony Piantek 47.5 Women's Masters Barb Neddo 46 Womens- Juniors Adam Piantek 44.25 September: Men's Masters - Bill Jacobs 50 Men's Dan Pudlo 51.25 Women's Masters Pattie Miller 51 Womens- 2016 Point Winners in Bold Juniors - October: Men's Masters Glenn Matula 44 Men's - Jim Korducki 49.5 Women's Masters - Womens- Juniors - November: Men's Masters - Gary Myshak 47 Men's - Mike Lazers 46.5 Women's Masters - Womens- Juniors - December: Men's Masters - Men's - Austin Lipinski 49 Women's Masters - Womens- Juniors - Mens Mens Masters Juniors 1 Tony Piantek 686 Gary Myshak 882 (3) JJ Albee 132 (3) 2 Dan Pudlo 377 Bill Jacobs 350 Adam Piantek 112 3 Ed Martens 353 Jeff Aromi 329 Alex Pellowski 73 4 Austin Lipinski 281 Kip Coach Cramer 315 Sean Scheuers 49 5 Tom Ralf 280 Andy Hendrickson 306 Zach Scheuers 33 6 Tom Neddo Jr. 272 Tom Ralf 280 Rian Stanffacher 24 7 Fred Brogle 213 Bob Jacobs 274 8 Scott Bugalski 212 Glenn Matula 163 Womens Masters 9 Kevin Pepin 197 Jeff Mathwig 78 Barb Neddo 103 10 Brian Karau 173 Carol Heffner 22 11 Jim Korducki 168 Summer Hendrickson 11 12 Jay Hollnagel 166 13 Tony Adler 140 Womans HOF 14 Tim McMahon 127 Pattie Miller 138 15 Bill McMahon 126 Margie Hollnagel 96 16 Adam Bricco 125 Mens HOF Linda Jacobs 15 17 Louie Dreger 120 Charles Schauers 1296 18 Mike Lazer 111 Jeff Miller 447 19 Joe Koschnik 101 20 Jim Edwards 99 Womens 21 Carl Tenner 60 Jesi Klabak 4 22 Gary Jacobs 61 23 Gordie Shaw 45 24 Gary Borkowski 37 25 Mark Gee 36 Congratulations to all the winners. Gary Myshak and JJ Albee each won their division for the 3rd time and move into the Hall of Fame category for 2017, WAY TO GO GUYS.

Lake of the Woods fall outing Canada Club Trip 2017 Headwater Members, I m pleased to announce our fall LOTW Canada trip will Hey, be held Scott Sept. do I get 2 thru half Sept. 9-2017. Our Fall Outing on Lake of the Woods will be at the Red Wing Lodge the big our fish host pot, Please. site from last year. Our 2016 trip was a great success, great fishing (over 60 fish caught) and accommodations. The hospitality from Mike, Ann, and staff and their assistance made a very memberable trip by all. They are on Sabaskon Bay, making it much easier to get out to fish in windier conditions. You can place your deposit for the 2017 trip of $50.00 by calling Mike or Ann at Red Wing Lodge 1-888-488-5601. Mention that you are with the headwaters Chapter for our package arrangement. Send deposit to: Red Wing Lodge, Box 1008, Baudette, MN. 56623. The package arrangement is $50.00 per night /person based on the cabin capacity. No charge for boat launch, dockage fee, daily ice per boat, two meals etc. Then Email Glenn Matula at grm5850@aol.com or Bill Jacobs promusky@live.com so that we can add you to the list. The website for Red Wing Lodge is www.redwinglodge.net. Their website has valuable information as well as a webcam which operates 24/7 on line to see the weather conditions on the lake. If you have any additional questions I can be reached at 847-989-3825. Glenn Matula, Treasurer Congratulations Elmer Jensen Greetings Muskie Chal-Lunge Friends! Look, The I finally Never Forgotten Honor Flight Program flies American Vets to our nation's capital all expenses paid. This weekend, one of our WWIA Muskie Chal-Lunge sponsors - Elmer Jensen - won something, was awarded a certificate for the trip! ha, ha. Elmer, a Vietnam Vet, is President of the Eagle River Guides Assn which is one of our Team Sponsors. He is, third from the left, receiving his certificate. As you can see on the certificate, a big thank you goes out to the Tiny Tap of Eagle River for raising the funds to send these Vets on the trip. Congratulations to Elmer, and a big thank you to the Tiny Tap!! Also, a big thank you to Sarah Simac. Sarah is the Eagle River representative for the Honor Flight Program, and her organization - All American Kids Club - is another one of our cool sponsors! 5

2016 Century club members 1 Schauer, Charles Wisconsin Rapids WI 2,410 2 Aromi, Jeffrey Laona WI 902 3 Ludke, Bruce A Wrightstown WI 643 4 Jacobs, Robert Eagle River WI 543 5 Miller, Jeff Eagle River WI 500 6 Jacobs, William Eagle River WI 484 7 Edwards, Jim T. St. Germain Wi 428 8 Myshak, Gary Eagle River WI 413 9 Amstadt, Philip Rhinelander WI 372 10 Schmoeker, Clay Conover WI 368 11 Anderson, Art Eagle River WI 362 12 Mc Mahon, Tim Hartford WI 360 13 Luedtke, Todd Eagle River WI 356 14 Spoerl, Ed Stevens Point WI 346 15 Mathwig, Jeff West Allis WI 320 16 Dreger, Louis M Eagle River WI 312 17 Hansen, Paul Eagle River WI 297 18 Kurek, George Arbor Vitae WI 249 19 Martens, Edward Three Lakes WI 228 20 Mc Mahon, Bill Hartford WI 228 21 Cramer, Kip Grafton WI 224 22 Hawley, Charles Green Bay WI 217 23 Peterson, Marvin J Conover WI 211 24 Klein, Jack Minocqua WI 194 25 Matula, Glenn Eagle River WI 191 26 Owen, George Green Bay WI 188 27 Tynan, Patrick L Menasha WI 187 28 Jensen, Elmer Eagle River WI 177 29 Helm, Dallas Park Falls WI 171 30 Hollnagel, Jay Eagle River WI 170 31 Leahy, Michael Minocqua WI 170 32 Curtis, Gene Phleps WI 162 33 Schroeder, Allen E Eagle River WI 162 34 Kliss, Gregory J Three Lakes WI 159 35 Neddo Jr, Tom Eagle River WI 148 36 Jacobs, Gary L Lomira WI 145 37 Brogle, Fred E Eagle River WI 144 38 Lazers, Mike Del Rio TX 143 39 Karau, Brian Mosinee WI 142 40 Miller, Pattie Eagle River WI 142 41 Adler, Troy Rhinelander WI 140 42 Augustine, John Appleton WI 140 43 Rahlf, Tom Merrill WI 140 44 Biscobing, Scott Rhinelander WI 134 45 Hustins, John Westtown NY 128 46 Gee, Mark Oostburg WI 125 47 Hendrickson, Andy Rhinelander WI 121 48 Tenner, Carl E Rockford IL 113 49 Bessett, Rollie Minocqua WI 109 50 Barber, Jeremy Eagle River WI 107 51 Bassler, Steve J Northfield IL 102 52 Koschnik, Joe St Germain WI 102 53 Bassler Jr, Stephen Madison WI 101 Upcoming Event: Titletown Banquet: Fri. March 17th 6 Stadium View Banquet Hall, Green Bay, WI Tickets: $30 adult or $50/couple, kids 15 and under $15 Contact: Bill Gerndt 920-606-1210 or billg@kaydist.com

7 Tim Muench, RIP We lost one of our directors and a great person in every respect of the word, Tim Muench. Tim lost his battle with cancer on Sunday Jan. 22nd. He was such a good friend and fishing partner. He was always ready to help. He fished in the Tues. Night Musky League in Eagle River and also the Thurs. Night Sayner/St. Germain Musky League. He invented and caught most of his fish on his Cow Pie bucktail. We will all miss him dearly, your editor Dale Peterson. 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. $47.50 2 yr. $90 3 yr. $132.50 $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 #: E-mail address: Payment enclosed Credit Card Credit card #: Exp. Date / Visa/MC/AMEX/Discover (circle one) Family Membership: Spouse: Child: D.O.B. Child: D.O.B. Child: D.O.B. Child: D.O.B. Tim Muench with a nice 45 Musky. Make check out to Muskies Inc. and Mail to: Headwaters Chapter of Muskies Inc. P. O. Box 652, Eagle River, WI 54521 July Sunset fishing a top water Bob Jacob s booze bottle baits. I ll bet the bottles are empty, Ha, Ha. Harvey Sadler with a nice 46 Musky caught on Eagle Lake in Canada.

2017 Calendar of Events!! 8 2017 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. Feb. 24-26: Madison Fishing Expo March 1: Directors Meeting March 3-5: Wausau Musky Expo 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 715-547-3340 scott6915@hotmail.com June 17 & 18: Kleeba Challunge, Northwoods Chap. July 5: Directors Meeting July 15: TBD 2nd Club outing 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. 23-25: 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: 715-547-3340 October TBD: 4th Annual NorthWaters Challunge hosted by the Northwoods Chapter October 4: Directors Meeting October 28: ENDURO outing, Whitetail Inn, St. Germain November 1: Directors Meeting December 6: Directors Meeting January 6, 2018: Christmas Party Club outing dates & host sites TBD.

THANKS TO OUR ADVERTISERS!!! 9 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 54558 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 www.bucktale.com 715-479-7182 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 54521 E-mail: sales @northwoodsfurniture.com www.northwoodsfurniture.com OUTLET 1171 Twilite Lane, Hwy 70 W. Eagle River, WI 54521 Phone: (715) 479-3971 Fax: (715) 479-6513

Our Advertisers. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR SUPPORT!! 10 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 54521 715-479-2000

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Christmas Party Photos 12 Christmas Party Jan. 14th at Eagle Waters Resort. Bill Jacobs receives some nice pink musky markers so he knows where he spotted the big ones!!! Jim Chamberlin wins a vacuum sealer for his Musky fillets. Now, I can see the fish even if I can not catch them. Fred and Carol Janick. Fred gets the rod and reel fly swatter for the Lake of the Woods Outing. Right: Steve Budnik wins an Aqua-Vu at the Christmas Party.