CHICAGOLAND MUSKIE HUNTERS

CHICAGOLAND
MUSKIE HUNTERS
http://chicagoland.muskiesinc.org
CHAPTER OF MUSKIES, INC.
President’s Line
MARCH/APRIL 2004
SPEAKERS
By Beau Farias
March 2nd
CHIP
PORTER
Chip will give a presentation
on the finer points of fishing
and catching cold water
muskies in rivers and lakes.
7600 KILBOURN AVE.
SKOKIE, IL 60076
April 6th
Ralph Cool 34”
LOW Musky
John Gobbo with a 37” musky
from Eagle Lake, Ont.
Mark Krause42.5”
Eagle Lake musky
Marv is from Beckman Nets
and will talk about the history
of their great nets.
ILLINOIS MUSKIE TOURNAMENT TRAIL 2004 SCHEDULE
MAY 1 & 2- Shawnee Club Tournament, Kinkaid Lake, Gary Dew, 815-529-1150
MAY 8 -Jake Wolf Memorial Tournament, Chain Of Lakes,
Frank Walter, 847-689-2133
MAY 15 -Central Illinois Muskie Hunters, Evergreen Lake,
Bob Kerans, 618-783-3860
MAY 22 -Lake Shelbyville Muskie Club, Eagle Creek Access,
Kevin McGill, 217-863-4012
SEPTEMBER 18 -Lake Shelbyville Muskie Club, Eagle Creek Access,
Kevin McGill, 217-863-4012
SEPTEMBER 25 & 26 -Shawnee Club Tournament, Kinkaid Lake,
Gary Dew, 815-529-1150
OCTOBER 2 & 3 -Director’s Tournament, Lake Shelbyville,
Eagle Creek Access, Richard Glazabrook, 217-756-8260
OCTOBER 16 -Central Illinois Muskie Hunters, Evergreen Lake,
Bob Kerans, 618-783-3860
NOVEMBER 6 & 7 -Illinois State Muskie Championship, Kinkaid Lake,
Bob Kerans, 618-783-3860
SPECIAL MEDIA GUEST TOURNAMENT -October 9 or 10 or 23 or 24 or 30
or 31, 2004. You choose date and times. CONTACT: Bob Jeffries, 12123 S.
73rd Avenue, Palos Heights, IL. 60463, 708-448-4342
AWARDS NIGHT
SWAP MEET &
SPEAKER
MARV CHAIT
MEETINGS
General Meeting
Joe Kalisz with a beautiful
43” Big Sand musky
Jim Breen with a 50-inch musky
from Lac Courte Oreilles
FIRST TUESDAY
7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 2nd
Tuesday, April 6th
PARK RIDGE VFW
10 W. Higgins Ave.
Park Ridge, IL
847-825-4588
(Corner of Higgins & Canfield)
PLEASE BE THERE!!
Board Meeting
Joe Kalisz with a 40-inch Tiger
Musky from Lac Vieux Desert
Martin Gadzinowski Sr. with a
42.5-inch Silver Lake muskie
6:30 p.m.
First Tuesday of each
month. One hour before the
General Meetings.
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT..............BEAU FARIAS
1ST V.P....MARTIN GADZINOWSKI
REGIONAL V.P......KARL SCHERER
SECRETARY.........MARTY LAZARE
TREASURER....STEVE ANDERSON
BOARD MEMBERS
STEVE ANDERSON
GREG DENNY
DON DUBIN
BEAU FARIAS
MARTIN GADZINOWSKI SR.
JIM GALATI
CARY GELFOND
DENNIS JOHNSEN
TOM JOHNSON
NORM KOCH
MARK LAZARE
MARTY LAZARE
DEAN ROSSET
LEAH ROSSET
KARL SCHERER
ALAN WEINBLATT
JOHN WEIRICH
COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSONS
MEMBERSHIP............Norm Koch
(847) 394-4727
OUTINGS................Karl Scherer
(773) 725-4453
MERCHANDISE....Alan Weinblatt
(847) 520-7914
MEMBERS ONLY.....Leah Rosset
(847) 677-0017
NEWSLETTER.......Tom Johnson
(773) 625-5978
ARTICLES...............Beau Farias
(630) 766-8394
PROGRAMS...........Cary Gelfond
(773) 784-7858
ALL ITEMS FOR THE
NEWSLETTER SHOULD BE
SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN
THE 1ST OF THE MONTH.
SEND TO:
Tom Johnson
3517 N. Ottawa Ave.
Chicago, IL 60634
or Call 773-625-5978
muskytom8@yahoo.com
Members
Only
Contest
FINAL POINTS FOR 2003
Name
# Fish Points
Name
# Fish Points
Cathy LaToza
20
Steven Anderson
1
14
Dennis LaToza
19
Jeffery Aromi
57
675
Mike Baratta Jr.
7
119
Marty Lazare
2
Mike Baratta Sr.
2
54
Kevin Lynch
11
John Bilka
1
10
Megan Lynch
1
Earl Blume Jr.
2
*22
Dan Magnus
2
Jim Breen
2
36
Peter Maltese
10
Tim Brunsvold
4
49
Cindy Mastalarz
3
Ralph Cool
2
14
Roger Mastalarz
1
Bill Daum
1
5
Mike McKenna
4
Bill Davis
6
82
Pat McKenna
1
Joe DeCoster
6
59
Tom McKevitt
1
Rob Denkewalter
3
41
Randy Mead
2
Greg Denny
2
12
Richard
Olenoski
3
Mike DeSantis
1
20
Rich Peretti
1
Greg Dryoel
2
29
Dan
Peters
1
Don Dubin
2
16
Harold Peters Jr.
10
Bob Ebert
1
*0
John
Regan
1
Beau Farias
7
90
Mark
Rosenwinkel
2
Mike Fiddick
2
20
Dean Rosset
2
Steve Foster
1
5
Leah
Rosset
2
Marty Gadzinowski
1
17
John Ryan
1
Jim Galati
1
6
Frank Samat
2
John Gobbo
2
18
Karl Scherer
4
Bud Hulet
3
22
Joey Pribyl-Shay
9
Dennis Johnsen
9
*37
Joe Shay
14
Tom Johnson
12
88
Steve Statland
3
Joe Kalisz
9
*37
Pete Kosanovich
2
17
James Valenta
1
Mark Kraus
3
50
Alan Weinblatt
1
To Date: 291 RELEASES and NO KEPT FISH
197
236
14
127
12
16
107
43
4
46
9
14
26
30
12
19
112
9
41
21
14
9
22
46
102
122
14
10
13
* Denotes Late or Non-Witnessed Fish
FINAL LIST MEMBERS ONLY CONTEST 2003 WINNERS
Masters Division
*Men’s Masters
Jeff Aromi
57 Fish
675 Points
Women’s Masters Cathy LaToza
20 Fish
197 Points
Men’s Release Division
*1. Kevin Lynch
11 Fish
127 Points
2. Joe Shay
14 Fish
122 Points
3. Mike Baratta Jr.
7 Fish
119 Points
Woman’s Release Division
*1. Cindy Mastalarz
3 Fish
43 Points
Junior Release Division
*1. Joey Pribyl-Shay
9 Fish
102 Points
2. Megan Lynch
1 Fish
12 Points
Illinois Big Fish*
*Rob Denkewalter
44’’
Loon Lake
Longest Release
*Mike Baratta Sr.
54.5’’
Lac Seul
Lunker of the Month
JUNE (3 way tie) Beau Farias
48’’
Dryberry
Dennis LaToza
48’’
Crow
Harold Peters Jr. 48’’
Crow
JULY
Joe Shay
50’’
Bladder
AUGUST
Mike Baratta Sr.
54.5’’
Lac Seul
SEPTEMBER
Jim Breen
50’’
Lac Courte Oreilles
OCTOBER
Dennis LaToza
50’’
LOW
Outings Winners
Kinkaid
Beau Farias
35’’
LOW Challunge
Karl Scherer
42’’
Silver
Marty Gadzinowski
43’’
*Six anglers will receive awards from Muskies, Inc.
Muskies Matter
By Dean Rosset
As of 1-29-04
Tim Brunsvold-10-/24-29-Eagle River Chain-35, 32, 43, 43.
Greg Dryoel-(from Arlington, Texas!!) 10-/29-30-Eagle River
Chain-39, 42.
Karl Scherer-11-/30-Webster-33.
TOTAL ENTRIES 291 RELEASES-NO KEPT FISH!!!!
Totals by month are shown below.
The contest leaders are similar for the past several years as a few
people are deeply committed to muskie fishing.
The best place to fish is Canada, with 134 entries (46% of total)
and Lake of the Woods with 77 (57% of Canadian). Other lakes are
Dryberry, Crow, “Ontario”, Wabigoon, Indian Chain, and Eagle.
Next best is Wisconsin with 113 fish (38% of total) and Vilas 45
fish (39% of Wisconsin catch).
As in the past several years Illinois has been a poor producer with
the Fox Chain only giving up 10 fish, Loon 1 (first fish in 3 years),
Shabbona 2, and Shelbyville 6. Don’t know what happened to the
Chain as it used to be a “honey hole” for some of our members.
Webster only gave us 14 fish, partly due to decreased output (?)
and mostly because Pat Elza did not fish this year.
Five fish were entered from Cave Run, 4 from Michigan, 2 from
Minnesota, and 1 from Pennsylvania. All in all a fair year, probably a
“C+”. But we had a good year with 40 and 50-inch fish, with 8440” fish entered and 6-50” fish.
The 50” fish were: 50” Joe Shay, 7/14, Bladder, Ont., 50.25”
Mike Baratta Jr., 8/26, Lac Seul; 50.5” Mike Baratta Sr., 8/24, Lac
Seul; 54.5” Jim Breen, 9/12, Lac Courte Oreilles and 50” Dennis
LaToza, 10/1, LOW.
NEW MEMBERS: The club would like to extend a welcome to new
members Dan Burke, Bill Hennek, Monarch Tackle, Linas Butkunas,
John Girten, Dave Graham, Max Lucansky, Kevin Maher, Eric Slese,
John Strauss.
FISH CAUGHT IN 2003
APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV
FISH CAUGHT 7 10 52 42 51 43 78 10
% OF TOTAL 2.4 3.4 18 14 17 15 27 3.4
STORY TO TELL . . . EXPERIENCE TO SHARE . . .
CALL DEAN & LEAH AT (847) 677-0017
ATTENTION MEMBERS!!!
There will be a fish bowl placed on a table at the meeting and we
are asking for DONATIONS from members & guests to help offset
rising cost of speakers and our meeting hall expenses.
This will be separate from the lure raffle and door prizes.
For us to offer quality speakers as well as better door prizes, we
need to do this and we need everyone to support this with whatever you can!
Thanks,
Marty Gadzinowski, VP
CHAPTER
NOTES
UPCOMING
SHOWS
The club is asking for volunteers to work the Fishing
Flea Market, March 13, at
Rolling Meadows High
School and Galyans Fishing
Show, March 12, 13, 14 in
Schaumburg. Call Cary
Gelfond 773-784-7858 for
Gaylans or Jim Galati 708456-3019 for Flea Market.
CLUB OUTINGS
March 27-28, Lake Kinkaid
IL.-April 3, Iceout Challenge,
Lake Webster, IN. $20.-April
17-18, Lake Shelbyville, IL.May 1, Lake Webster, IN.May 15, Silver Lake WI.June 4-5, Lake Webster,
Barbie and Tippy, IN.-June
5-12, Lake Vermillion, MN.July 6 and August 3, on the
water meetings.-August 815, Lake of the Woods
Chapter Challenge.-Sept. 17
-18, Lake Webster, IN.-Oct.
9, Silver Lake, WI.-Oct. 9,
10, Lake Kincaid. See Cary
Gelfond at the meeting or
call him at 773-784-7858.
SEND COMPLETED
MEMBERS RELEASE
FORMS TO:
Leah Rosset
7600 Kilbourn Ave.
Skokie, Il 60076
(847) 677-0017
CHAPTER MAILING
ADDRESS
Chicagoland Muskie Hunters
C/O Dean Rosset
7600 Kilbourn Ave.
Skokie, Il 60076
(847) 677-0017
Web Site:
http://chicagoland.muskiesinc.org