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UPCOMING EVENTS JANUARY 2012 Jan 12th — Chapter Meeting featuring Pete Maina! Jan 13th-15th Chicago Muskie Show — Harper College Feb 8th — Chapter Meeting Tony Grant Feb 25th — FRV Fundraiser & Banquet Mar 14th Chapter Meeting Ty Sennett What’s Inside FRV Board Feb Meeting Tony Grant 2 Jan Meeting Pete Maina 3 FRV Decals Musky Show 4 Feb 2012 FRV Banquet 5 2012 Outings 6 Membership Pics 7 From The Front Deck ` Happy New Year to everyone! I hope your Holidays were great and that Santa got you everything you asked for to help make your 2012 fishing season a success. There are some great new products out there this year, not only for open water fishing but also for the hard water fanatics as well! New cranking reels, new fishing sticks, propane powered ice augers, new Vexilar’s with built in underwater cameras……the list goes on & on! Hopefully Santa dropped one or two of those items under your tree for you this Christmas! Speaking of “hard water”, as we ring in the New Year we are missing that familiar blanket of white which normally covers everything in site. Our area lakes are still open and geese are hanging around wondering “when’s the ice coming?” Kids who are off for their Christmas break have had to endure the lack of snow and ice and have opted for other indoor activities to pass the time instead of going tubing, snowboarding & ice fishing! My snow blower is poised and ready to go, sitting in my garage waiting for that 1st measurable snowfall so it can be put to good use! For those of us “chomping at the bit” to get out on the hard water and do some ice fishing; we’ll have to settle for traveling up North for the time being. That is until Mother Nature decides to send that cold Arctic air mass our way! Normally by this time we’d have had at least 2 weeks of early ice fishing and the panfish bite was always fast & furious on the t-channels……but not this year! Crazy as it sounds, I know some club members who are still fishing open water in their boats and they are cleaning up on a fantastic “late season” musky bite! Unfortunately, many of us have winterized and stored our boats in anticipation of the “deep freeze” and we missed out on some late season musky action. Lot’s of club stuff going on as usual with the on-set of the New Year! On Thursday January 12th, 2012 our 1st speaker of the 2012 season will be the legendary Pete Maina!! Pete is North America’s number one authority on Muskie and Pike fishing. He is internationally known for his prowess with muskie & northern pike. He is an entrepreneur, an accomplished author, a professional photographer, TV show host, speaker and OWAA member (Outdoor Writers Association of America). Pete currently has two BOOKS published on muskie fishing and we will be raffling off some signed copies at the meeting! Admission will be $10.00/person at the door and seating will be limited to 150 seats, so get there early to kick off your 2012 musky season in style!! We will have an “all you can eat” German buffet for $13.00/person that evening. Food will be served starting at 6:00PM and the meeting will begin promptly at 7:00PM. The Chicago Musky Show will run January 13th-15th at Harper College in Palatine. Everything you could possibly want will be at this show. Whether you need to fill your musky box with some new tackle, plan a musky trip or just attend some great seminars, it’s all available right at this show. For those who look forward to the annual Lure Swap on Saturday night following the closing of the Musky Show, it will once again be held at Official’s Time Out upstairs in the Poplar Creek Bowling Alley off Higgins Road in Hoffman Estates. See the FRV website for additional details at www.frvmuskie.com Our chapter will have a booth at the show and we’ll be selling raffle tickets for a great musky rod & reel combo. Stop by our booth and say hello & purchase some tickets! The winning ticket will be drawn at the conclusion of the show on Sunday. All proceeds will go to funding the FRV Chapter programs and as always we appreciate your support. I’d like to thank everyone who donated canned & dry goods at our December meeting for the Elgin Community Crisis Center. They were overwhelmed at the amount of food I dropped off to them and they were very appreciative; as this year’s donations are down significantly from the previous year! Thanks to all of you for your kindness and generosity! Finally, I am excited to begin the New Year as your club President for the final leg of my 2-year term. I do so with some fresh new faces & ideas seated on the FRV board. We have a lot of work to do in 2012 and I am confident that with the people and processes we have in place, we can achieve the goals of growing our Research, Stocking and Youth programs in 2012. I hope everyone has a prosperous 2012 and may this be the year that you catch the fish of a lifetime! May your 2012 be filled with many great memories! Here’s to your continued health and happiness in the coming New Year! Until next month………ice a few slabs! Rich Gallagher PAGE 2 GENERAL MEETINGS 7:00 PM SCHAUMBURG GOLF CLUB/CHANDLER’S CHOPHOUSE 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL. (847) 885-9009 BOARD MEETINGS 7:00 PM. Cabelas, on Tuesday following the General meeting. All members are welcome to attend. FRV MUSKIES INC. JANUARY 2012 THANK YOU CHANDLERS – Thanks goes to Chandlers for helping FRV promote monthly meeting attendance and dinners. Chandlers has graciously donated eight $25 Dinner for two Gift Certificates. Four remain available. Each person who buys dinner at the January or February meeting will receive a chance for the gift certificates. Two certificates will be given away at each meeting... www.chandlerschophouse.com Thursday January 12th Meeting Menu for Pete Maina Night is German Buffet featuring : Beef Goulash, Chicken Schnitzel, German Potato Salad, Potato Pancakes, Spaetzle, & Braised Red Cabbage... Cost is $13.00/Adults, $8.00/Children & does not include beverage... OFFICERS President Rich Gallagher 847-741-9771 VP of Operations Steve Crook (IMA Delegate) Regional VP Dan Koniewicz Treasurer Steve Kroll Secretary Dave Hebeda 2012 BOARD MEMBERS Frank Lucido - Membership Director 847-559-8300 Dave VanDoorn - Youth Director Hugh Flack - Youth Director Dan Lamkin - Show Coordinator FRV Welcomes Tony Grant as our Feb 8 Speaker Tony Grant has been chasing muskies for nearly 20 years. His career started on Kentucky’s Cave Run Lake, & now expanded his guiding to the waters of Wisconsin and Minnesota, due to the dangerously hot summer water temps down South. He spends nearly 275 days on the water every year… Tony is an 11 time PMTT Ranger Boats Championship qualifier - which is the most ever. He has numerous top 10 finishes. Tony has been nominated at least (4) times for the PMTT Team of the Year Award. He has articles published in Mid West Outdoors, Outdoor Notebook, The Southern Sporting Journal, and is also a contributing writer for Musky Hunter Magazine. Tony also specializes in guiding for mid-summer Tiger Muskies,,, Mark Lamont - Media 847-791-4766 Ken Miller - Contests Todd Minor - Speakers (IMA Delegate) John Deutinger - Website Jim “Jimmy Z” Ziebka - Outings/ Raffles Ken Sponseller - Stocking/Research (IMA Delegate) Mark Rue - General Meetings Tim Crews - Merchandise Dave Lukac - Newsletter www.muskieswearboots@att.net Mel Wagner - At Large Blake Pawlikowski - At Large Pete Barber - IMA Delegate WWW.FRVMUSKIE.COM PAGE 3 FRV MUSKIES INC. JANUARY 2012 The MAINA Event… Thursday, January 12th; at 7:00 p.m. - preceding Chicago Musky Show Schaumburg Golf Club / Chandler’s Chop House 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL. (847) 885-9009 FRV Musky proudly presents Musky Angling Legend Pete Maina… A co-star of acclaimed TV Fishing Show “the Next Bite”, Pete is also a frequent Guest Host on “Wisconsin Waters & Woods.” Pete was original founder of Musky Mania Tackle, makers of famous Musky Lures such as the Jake, Ernie, & Burt… He is now the Prime Spokesman for Sebile Lures, has his own line of Musky Rods & Reels at Bass Pro, etc. In addition, Pete volunteers as a guide for Operation Musky, where US Veterans are guided for musky as complimentary guests, on the famous Lake of the Woods... He has published several Musky Angling Books, and the list just goes on from there… So be like Pete, & grab your fuzzy pink hat, your compression socks, & attend this only one of its kind personal presentation… As in past years, the January Chapter Keynote Meeting will be moved from Wednesday to Thursday, January 12th; at 7:00 p.m. - the night before the Chicago Muskie Show. In addition to Pete’s Presentation, there will be a question and answer session. Several Chicago Musky Show Vendors will be also be attending… Tickets are $10, and will be sold at the door only - 1st come, 1st serve… Doors will open at 5:30. Dinner at 6:00. See the FRV FORUM for updates & details… http://www.frvmuskie.com/ WWW.FRVMUSKIE.COM JANUARY 2012 FRV MUSKIES INC. PAGE 4 FRV Muskies 30th Anniversary Decals "30th Anniversary Decals" $3.50 each or (3) for $10 Only 80 remain!!! Please see Jim "Jimmy Z" Ziebka at the raffle table at meetings. Jan 13, 14, 15, 2012 FRV Muskies will once again have a booth at the Chicago Musky Show at Harper College in Palatine. We will be selling Raffle Tickets for a great Musky Rod & Reel Combo. So stop by our booth to visit, & purchase some raffle tickets!! The winning ticket will be drawn at the conclusion of the Sunday show. All proceeds will go to the FRV Chapter Programs, & as always we appreciate your support… For more information : chicagomuskieshow.com “LURE SWAP MEETS” Highly Suggested, by Todd Minor After the holidays, one of the things I really look forward to are the upcoming muskie shows. Seeing what is new in the musky world, catching up with friends you may only see at the shows, good seminars, and pool demos too. Another thing I really look forward to are the lure swap meets. If you have not been to one, I highly suggest it. Most of the Musky shows have them and I always go to the Chicago and Milwaukee show swap meets. They are always held on a Saturday evening and draw in hundreds of people from all over the United States and Canada. They usually start around 7pm but I like to get there earlier to see what everybody is setting up and getting the "pick" of the crop can net you an almost new to very used lure at a discount price. There is a lot of great stuff at these swaps, not just lures, rods reels, electronics, if it can be carried in, you may find it at the swap meet. Then there are the people, lots of them. This is a good thing as they come from all over, many with vast experience. What a great place to network and learn! Alcohol is served at these events, and as the evening wears on; you can make better deals and learn new things that perhaps could not have been done at the beginning of the evening! The Chicago Swap meet is hosted by muskiefirst.com and they are doing a canned food drive which will put you in a raffle for some great prizes. It is located at Officials Time Out in Hoffman Estates. It is in the shopping center on the corner of Moon Lake Drive and Higgins Rd, 10 minutes from the musky show... The Milwaukee swap is located at the Midway Motel on Mooreland Rd and I-94 in Brookfield WI. In the past, they have used this event to raise funds for Operation Muskie... See you there! WWW.FRVMUSKIE.COM PAGE 5 FRV MUSKIES INC. JANUARY 2012 FRV Annual Winter Awards and Fundraiser Banquet Saturday, Feb 25th, 2012 Would you like to in a $1,000 in cash? Or how about a pair of 1 Carat diamond earrings with a retail value of $3,000? How about a freezer of meat and seafood? Then the FRV Awards banquet on Saturday, February 25th is where you want to be! The banquet is located at Chandlers Chophouse Grill located at 401 N. Roselle Rd in Schaumburg, Illinois. Doors open at 5:00 PM. This event honors the top fisherman in our chapter during 2011, and highlights contributions that our organization has made to the community through stocking, equipment donations, as well as numerous activities with young people throughout the year. It also serves as a major fundraiser to finance our activities in the coming year. Last year over $22,000 in prizes were won by attendees and we are looking to make this year’s event even bigger. There will be silent auction items as well as bucket drops. In addition to the above, we will have numerous tickets to sporting events including Blackhawks and Cubs. Also autographed jerseys and pictures of Chicago sport stars including Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull, and Devin Hester. Over $22,000 in Auction & Raffle Prizes We will have special ice fishing and youth fishing packages. The youth package includes a kayak. In addition, we will have rods, reels and an assortment of baits and tackle. For the non-fisherman, we will have an assortment of household gadgets, artwork, electronics, gift cards to restaurants and other entertainment venues. In addition, there will be more surprises as we get closer to the date. The prize list will be updated on the website as new information becomes available. This year we have initiated a new tiered pricing structure. The structure will offer an early reward to those who purchase tickets early. The tiered pricing is as follows: $35 pre-purchase includes the price of the meal plus 10 one dollar raffle tickets. $50 pre-purchase includes the price of the meal plus 35 one dollar raffle tickets $100 pre-purchase includes the price of the meal plus 100 one dollar raffle tickets Tickets purchased at the door will cost $40 and not include any raffle tickets Dollar tickets cannot be used for any silent auction or special raffle items. Hundreds of Raffle Prizes Tickets can be ordered on line through the club website. Credit cards are accepted. Space is limited to 225 and last years event sold out. Get you orders in soon! If you need to reserve a table, please email Steve Kroll at stevekrollcpa@sbcglobal.net. We look forward to seeing you all there! $1,900 Diamond Earring Winner WWW.FRVMUSKIE.COM PAGE 6 FRV MUSKIES INC. JANUARY 2012 2012 FRV “Last Fling” Outing Location?? LAKE ST. CLAIR Wins Pole … B Based on your input, our FRV Outings Director Jim “Jimmy Z” Ziebka has selected the Madison, WI area for our “Spring Fling” Club Trip… The Madison Chain includes renowned lakes such as Mendota, Menona, & Waubesa. With healthy Musky Populations, these waters are well known producers of muskies up to & above 50”… Due to a conflict with a Jake Wolf Tournament, the original outing dates of June 8-10 must be rescheduled. The actual May or June dates for the FRV “Spring Fling” are TBD… Y Based on popular input, Jim has selected Lake St. Clair… Based on the stellar year of musky angling which took place on LSC in 2011, many members are expressing that they want a shot at this golden pond. This MI lake has wonderful weed beds at perfect depth, which stretch longer than the Detroit 8 Mile!! Not only a numbers lake, St Clair produces a tremendous density of PHAT 50 inch plus fish. Many members have hooked up with their p.b.’s from these waters… k Jimmy Z will be coordinating the trip based on input from previous FRV Guest Speaker, and acclaimed LSC Guide, Chae Dolsen. The late summer or fall dates for the FRV “Last Fling” are also “TBD”... k Outing Dates will be published on the FRV Website & Newsletter as soon as available… Biggest Fish Winner for an Outing will get their name added to our Perpetual FRV Plaque, and the winner will get their choice of a trophy or 8x11 pictorial of their fish. You MUST be a current FRV Member to be eligible. Tournament rules apply - picture & witness are needed. The Motley Crew of the FRV “Spring Fling” Oconomowoc, WI Outing May 20 - 22, 2011 with Dennis Radloff (Rear) Make “FRV Club Outings” your 2012 News Years Resolution!!! 2012 is right around the corner, and we want to ramp up member participation in Our Club Outings next year. Outings are a great way to meet fellow club members & share stories. In addition, a well known Musky Guide - who specializes on the local lakes will usually join the group for dinner on the 1st evening - to share his tips… Thank you all for your suggestions... WWW.FRVMUSKIE.COM JANUARY FRV MUSKIES INC. 2012 PAGE 7 FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CORNER… Our Chapter Membership now stands at 310. This puts FRV in third place in the Country. Guest Speakers cost the club $200 to $500 per meeting, so you can understand the need to keep the membership numbers high. We want to continue to provide interesting speakers and fun events. However, we have approx 1/3 of our members in total who are up for renewal within the next couple of months. You can help by - keeping up your membership! In an effort to make membership renewals painless and rewarding, stop by and see me at the membership table. I will process your application, and you will receive a 2-Blade Spinner Bait handmade by FRV Club & Board Member Todd Minor. Best Regards, Frank Lucido / FRV Membership Director Lamont !! You no Dummy... Now get da net sometime this year!! That’s Fred “G.” Sanford… The G is for “Gator Getter” PETER J. BARBER & Associates, Inc. CPA & Consultants Family & Estate Tax Planning & Preparation Business Accounting & Taxes (847) 726-7267 LAX REPRODUCTIONS Rick Lax Website: laxreproductions.com Bus Phone: 715-547-3710 WWW.FRVMUSKIE.COM Fox River Valley Chapter P.O. Box 7613 Algonquin, IL 60102 Coming Attractions… Jan 12 - Club Mtg - Pete Mania! With Q&A, Musky Show Vendors Jan 13-15 - Chicago Muskie Show Harper College Feb 8 - Club Mtg - Tony Grant Feb 25 - FRV Fundraiser & Banquet Mar 14 - Club Mtg - Ty Sennet FIRST CLASS US Postage PAID Permit No. 320 Palatine P&DC IL Interested in sponsorship for a tournament or advertising in a newsletter? Please contact the FRV Board members via email at: info@frvmuskies.com
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