December 2014 - Capital City Muskies Inc

Volume 31, Issue 12
December 2014
Prez Sez
December Meeting
If you attended the last CCMI membership meeting, you
know that new officers were elected for 2015. After
serving as your President for four years, I am stepping
down and current board member, Luke Vike, will take over
the duties of President beginning January 1, 2015. While it
might seem like a cliché, it truly has been an honor and a
privilege to serve as your President. I have really enjoyed
meeting more of you, fishing with more of you, and talking
about fishing with all of you. The Capital City Chapter of
Muskies, Inc. is a great club and it has been a lot of fun for
me to be able to participate in a leadership role. Thank you
very much for your support. I am not dropping out entirely.
I will continue to participate on the board as a past
president, along with Geoff Crandall, Steve Reinstra, and
Jim Olson.
Congratulations to all of next year’s officers. As noted
above, Luke Vike was elected President. Winston
Hopkins was elected Vice President after serving as
Secretary this last year. Gary Hoffman was elected as the
club’s new Secretary, Tom Penniston was re-elected
Chapter Representative to Muskies, Inc., and Matt
Newman was re-elected as Treasurer. Thank you, Dale
Anderson, who is also stepping down after being a very
successful Vice President the last couple of years. I urge
you to give your full support to next year’s officers. And,
as always, I encourage you to become involved in your
club. For CCMI to continue to be the success that it is,
members need to continue to step up and contribute, take
on assignments and participate in its events. It takes many
people to do all that we do and your involvement is crucial
to the continued success of CCMI.
Its December and the cold weather has set in. If we
don’t get a warming spell, we will likely have to drill
a hole to fish. In December, we elect the At-Larger
Directors to the Cap City board. We also have a
very special featured speaker in Joel Michel of Joel
Michel’s Guide Service.
(http://www.joelmichel.com/) and he guides the
lakes of Southeast Wiscionsin. His talk will be
“Spring Muskies, Top to Bottom”. The meeting
will be held at the 5100 Bar in McFarland
(http://5100bar.com/) on Monday, December 8th at
7pm. Come early and enjoy some fine food and
spirits as well as some muskie chatter. All general
meeting are free and open to the public. Bring
friends and family for a great evening.
Thank you! I hope to see you on the water. Catch a big
one – Catch many big ones.
Lee
Bartolini - President
Joel Michels a top notch SE WI muskie guide
will be Dec featured speaker
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AdamO With A Pair Of Giants
Election Results
At the November meeting elections were held for
the Executive Board positions. The positions to
be elected were President, Vice-President,
Chapter Representative, Treasurer and Secretary.
Doing the duties of running the elections was
Chapter Board Member and Muskies, Inc
Parliamentarian, Henry Hempe. The results are
as follows;
President
- Luke Vike
Vice-Pres
- Winston Hopkins
Regional Rep - Tom Penniston
Treasurer
- Matt Newman
Secretary
- Gary Hoffman
Congratulations to the winners and a big thanks to
those that have given time to help run the Chapter
over the past year. And special thanks goes to
outgoing President, Lee Bartolini for a great rein
in your leadership, leading this chapter in
continuing stocking for the Chip/Leech study on
Lake Monona. We are also glad that Lee will be
involved in the future. We also thank outgoing
VP Dale Anderson as he will soon be spending
more time in the northwoods fishing and teaching
others to fish, which is a dream come true for
many of us. We hope he does well up there and
I’m sure he will help out the chapter as time will
allow.
At the December meeting will be holding
elections for At-Large Directors (ALD) and if you
would like to run for a position as ALD, contact
Lee Bartolini. We need a new and exciting ALDs
to keep this chapter vibrant.
Pictured are two 53 inch muskies from a Minnesota
trip Adam Oberfoell took in November. The one
above ate the lure after going around on a figure-8
multiple times. The one below is taken after dark
and not only stretch the tape 53 inches, but also
stretch it in the girth department at 25 inch. Those
are sure super nice fish!
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Link - http://madisonmuskyguide.com/
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MEMBERSHIP REPORT
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By Gerard Hellenbrand
822 S Gammon Rd #1, Madison, WI, 53719
608) 669 – 5046 E-mail gerardh@charter.net
Hi members, what a cold spell we have going. Many of the lakes have skim ice and it won’t be long to walk
on it. With that, it looks like the show season is drawing near. The Chicago venue has changed and is a
bigger event. Milwaukee is a continuing good draw in both vendors and crowds, so it looks like it shaping
up to be a good show season.
Looking at the new members we have signed over the last month, we had a couple. We have Joe Mueting of
McFarland and a family membership for Mark Andrews & his daughter, Olivia and they are from
Middleton. Welcome all!!
I know many around Christmas time, some get new computers and possibly new Internet Service Providers
(ISP) and a new email address, if that’s the case, also
go to www.muskiesinc.org and change your email
address on your profile. I use that information to email
members telling them when the newsletter is posted at
the www.capitalcitymuskiesinc.org web site. Please
keep your profile current.
Till next month………….
Link - http://www.dsbait.com
D&S Bait, Tackle &
Archery, LLC
Winter 2014 Fishing Seminar Schedule
Email link - fatmuzkey@yahoo.com
DATE | SPEAKER | TOPIC
December 2014
12/04 | Pat Klingelhoets | Nearby Panfish Hotspots
12/11 | Mike Michaels | The Hunt for Gamefish
12/18 | Roy Vivian | Panfish Tactics
For those of you new to this, we offer these FREE
fishing clinics right here at our store, given by local
area fishermen, about our local waters. We are
fortunate to have many local fishermen donate
their time & talent to give these seminars & to
share their knowledge of our lakes. So stop by &
hear what they have to say!
Link – www.leetauchen.com
ALL TOPICS & SPEAKERS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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2015 Muskie Shows
Jan 9th – 11th - Chicago Muskie EXPO at Sears
Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, IL.
http://www.muskieexpo.com/
Feb 13th – 15th - Milwaukee Muskie EXPO at
WI State Fair Park in West Allis, WI
http://www.muskieexpo.com/
Feb 27th – Mar 1st - Madison Fishing EXPO at
the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, WI
http://www.madfishexpo.com/
Mar 6th – 8th - Wisconsin Muskie EXPO at
Central Wisconsin Convention & Expo Center
(formerly The Patriot Center) in Wausau, WI
http://www.wimuskyexpo.com/
Apr 10th – 12th - Minnesota Muskie EXPO at
Ganglehoff Center in Concordia University in St
Paul, MN
http://www.minnesotamuskieexpo.com/
Dec 8
General Meeting @ 5100 Bar featured
speaker Joel Michel, a SE WI Guide
Jan 12
General Meeting @ 5100 Bar featured
speaker Gregg Thomas, a KY & MN
Muskie Guide
Awards Night @ 5100 Bar
General Meeting @ 5100 Bar featured
speaker Jeff Van Mortel, a N WI
Muskie Guide
Feb 9
Mar 9
More complete details at
http://www.capitalcitymuskiesinc.org
Link - www.lawtonandcates.com/
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RELEASE REPORT
By Michael Winther mike@winthernet.net 608) 844 – 1382
With the cold snap in mid-November, area lakes are starting to ice up and the snow has landings getting
treacherous. This has many muskie anglers putting their boats into storage and turning their focus to deer
hunting. Please think safety first if you’re one of the die-hards still out there or even getting on the early ice.
With the season open until December 31st in southern Wisconsin, how many muskies will be caught on tipups this year?
The deadline for entries in the Muskies Inc Lunge Log is 30 days after the date of the catch. However,
entries from fish caught in December are due by January 15th.
Also be sure to email me a picture of your catches of 45” and longer to be entered in our annual replica
contests. If you still have some potential entries from earlier this summer, it’s not too late to send in those
pictures.
A few notable muskies were caught over the past 30 days...all from the same water!
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Chad Niday, 45” from Lake St. Clair
Dan Okray, 45.5” from Lake St. Clair
Steve Reinstra, 49” from Lake St. Clair
Here are the CCMI release contest leaders as of 11/25/14. Complete standings at
http://www.capitalcitymuskiesinc.org/
Release Standing
(As of Nov. 25, 2014)
Mens Division
Peter Kangas
Trevor Hamann
Don Varese
Dan Moats
Dan Okray
Lee Bartolini
Matt DeVos
Michael Winther
Brian Wienski
Steve Reinstra
Paul Myren
Nick Foulk
Adam Bergendahl
Gerry Frantz
Shane Nesheim
Mark McCumber
John Eversoll
Timothy Voeck
Jeff Hellenbrand
Louie Lunn
M J Johnson
Karl Voeck
Muskies
87
70
46
23
27
33
24
19
25
19
20
17
23
17
14
12
12
13
9
7
11
10
Points
935
712
503
353
317
312
295
285
265
251
230
223
215
192
167
145
144
138
136
128
126
121
Ave
37
36
37
41
38
35
38
41
37
39
37
39
35
37
38
38
38
36
41
44
37
38
Link - www.getthenetmuskyguide.com
Link - http://www.muskie.com/
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Release Standings
Masters Division
Jeff Hanson*
Leif Spilde
Andy Schutz
Troy Schoonover
Matt Hill
Joe Aldworth
Brad Nelson
Craig Eversoll
Matt McCumber
Muskies
175
70
69
47
17
14
6
2
2
Points
2,216
965
859
578
206
187
133
44
21
Ave
39
40
38
38
38
39
48
48
36
Womens Division
Beth McCumber
Emely Hamann
Muskies
4
6
Points
67
51
Ave
43
34
Juniors Division
Seth Niday
Robbie Jarnigo
Brett Schulze
Nathan Varese
Abraham Ruiz
Carter Soma
Nicole Varese
Muskies
36
15
5
3
1
1
1
Points
469
173
49
39
20
20
13
Ave
39
38
36
39
46
46
39
*-Distinguish Master
Link - http://www.wildernessfishgame.com
Available at Dorn’s @ Midvale and D&S Bait
Links - www.grandmalures.com or www.spankybaits.com
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2014 Cap City Leech Lake Strain Stocking
Olin Launch Lake Monona – On November 5, 2014 the Capital City Chapter of Muskies, Inc. took delivery on
a shipment of muskies from the Minnesota Muskie Farm. These muskies were the strain from Leech Lake,
Minnesota and they will become part of the ongoing study on Lake Monona which pits the growth rates of the
Chippewa River strain vs the Leech Lake strain. To keep track of these fish, they are implanted with Passive
Integrated Transponders (PIT) tags that can be read with a wand or reader when recaptured. In order to place
the PIT tags into the fish the WDNR personal needed to anesthetize the fish to fin clip, tag, and measure the
fish. The personal in charge of doing the delicate procedures were Dave Rowe, Jody Derks, Doug Lubke,
Kim Kuber, Lori Tate, and Mike Rennicke. After they are drugged, they can be safely handled during the
various steps of the operation and after all that, they are place into a recover tank. Due to the water temps being
in the 40s it took a little longer for them to recover again. From there they are placed into a stock tank in the
WDNR boat driven by Richard Brandt and two volunteers from the club and placed into the weed beds in
various areas of the lake. In the end the operation tagged 287 muskies and they averaged 9 – 10 inches in
length. The Cap City wanted 500 muskies for the study and has inquired about getting more of them, but no
more were available for purchase from the MN Muskie Farm. A great project well done by the great members
of the Capital City Chapter of Muskeis, Inc.
PIT Tagging Process
 - After being drugged, the
muskie is finned clipped, this year
they got the left vent fin clipped,
using left side for all Leech Lake
strain and alternating the vent and
pectoral fin every other year. 
- WDNR Tech Dave Rowe inserts
the PIT tag on the left side, near
the dorsal fin.  Then they are
measured, the tag is read, data is
entered into the computer, and are
placed into a recovery tank.  Cap City members Gary Hoffman
(L) & Lee Bartolini (R) dipping
the upright and alert muskies to be
placed into the stock boat, then
transported to the weedbeds in the
lake . More pics next page.
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More Club Photos
Once finding a suitable place the muskies are dropping into the
lake. Here Prez Lee Bartolini drops them in as the boat slowly
moves over the weed cover.
Richard Brandt (left) motors the stocking
boat out to a weedbed for the placement
of the muskies as Prez Lee Bartolini
awaits the time to drop them in.
Steve Reintra
with a late
season muskie
from Lake St
C;air while
fishing with
Capt. Matt
Firestein. The
muskie was 49
inches and
caught casting a
Medusa.
Capital City Charter member Gary “Garbo”
Mahr gets this 44 inch muskie on a late
October outing on Lake Waubesa.
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official Facebook web site. Cap City link is
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2015 Capital City Muskies, Inc Outings
Outings for next year, mark your calendars
April 25: Iowa Hawg Hunt – Pleasant Creek, IA
May 16: Madison Chain Outing – Lakes Monona and
Waubesa (and in between)
June 13: Wisconsin Youth Muskie Championship – Lake
Waubesa
June 20: Bill Wood Memorial Outing - Sawyer Cnty WI
Aug. 15 – Aug. 22: Lake of the Woods Outing – Mylie’s
Place Resort
Aug. 21 – Aug. 23: WI Muskie Alliance Musky
Championship – Eagle River, WI
August 26 – 28: 2015 Gil Hamm Challunge
Leech Lake, MN @ Horseshoe Bay Lodge hosted by
Fargo-Morehead Chapter
September 26: CCMI Fall PIT-TAG Challunge – Lake
Monona
October 9 &10: Vilas County Outing
One outing date not yet known at this time is the State MI Larry
Kleeba Challunge hosted by Hayward Lakes. Details will get
posted as soon as they are available.
Link – www.ballweg.com
Link – www.monsterlures.net
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PRESIDENT
Lee Bartolini
713 S 2nd St
Mt Horeb, WI 53572
608) 437 - 6177
lbartolini8475@charter.net
TREASURER
Matt Newman
614 Bartels Unit # B
Madison, WI 53716
262) 903 – 2635
matthewnewm@gmail.com
VICE- PRESIDENT
Dale Anderson
PO Box 8862
Madison, WI 53708
608) 825 – 3080
digo51@charter.net
RVP
Tom Penniston
PO Box 985
New Glarus, WI 53574
608) 558 – 9657
pennistn@wekz.net
SECRETARY
Winston Hopkins
504 Greenwood St
Madison WI 53716
608) 577 –3184
winstonkarelyn@charter.net
Board of Directors Term Exp
Todd Berge 660) 441 – 0129
`15
Tony&Dawn Enger 228 – 5594 `15
Gerard Hellenbrand
`15
Henry Hempe 233 – 3331
`14
Gary Hoffman 698- 5388
`15
Don&Liz Hollatz 222 – 5631 `15
Rick Lane 873-5228
`15
Mike Milia 467 – 7552
`14
Karen Phillips 692 – 6880
`15
Dan Reim 512 - 9561
`15
Andy Schutz 235 – 1352
`14
Luke Vike 576 - 0697
`15
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Michael Winther
844 - 1382
`14
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Submissions due by the 15th
Gerard Hellenbrand
608) 669 - 5046
822 S Gammon Rd #1
Madison, WI 53719
gerardh@charter.net
Past Presidents
Bill Wood
Don Borchert
Gil Nimm
Steve Budnik
Kevin Wegner
Gary Greene
Brian Walsh
Fred Bachmann
Kevin Black
Norm Vike
Craig Eversoll
Geoff
Page Crandall
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Steve Reinstra
Jim Olson