The Follow Up- November 2014 First Wisconsin Chapter of Muskies, Inc. Chapter Website: http://firstwimuskiesinc.org Editor: Paul Gottwald 715-839-9248 pjgecwi@gmail.com Dates to Remember November 3- General Meeting 7:00 speaker to be Kevin Stahl www.rfrgoutdoors.com Green Bay area muskie fishing Nov10- Tournament Wrap- up meeting 6:30pm Fill Inn Station Nov17- Board meeting 6:30pm open to all members VFW Starr Ave. Eau Claire December1- General Meeting 7:00 speaker to be Kurt Schultz www.kurtsguiding.net on Wisconsin River and flowages in Wausau area. Dec 15- Board meeting 6:30pm open to all members VFW Starr Ave. Eau Claire January 24, 2015- Chapter Awards Banquet at the Fill Inn Station, Chippewa Falls General Meetings Our winter general meetings are held at The Fill Inn Station 104 W. Columbia St, in Chippewa Falls. We start with a short meeting at 7:00 and then have a speaker. There is a raffle table drawing before the speaker starts. The meetings are usually done by 9:30. The Fill Inn Station has a good deal on pizza till 6:00 and a lot of members are there early to eat first. These meetings are free and open to the public, invite your friends along to hear the seminars. 38 th Annual Tournament There will be a Wrap-UP meeting Nov 10 at 6:30pm at the Fill Inn Station. Current committee members and any who would like to provide ideas to improve for the 39 th tournament are urged to attend. Lunker of the Month August Lunker goes to Don Maves for a 49.25 caught 8/75 on Eagle Lake, Ontario. Unofficial Septembert Lunker is a 49. 5 released by Tim Hillary during the tournament 50 Club We try to recognize members who break the 50 mark in the Follow Up. Please provide me with a picture of your 50 + fish so it can be in the Follow Up. Wednesday Night Fishing League Jason Smith had the longest release of 45.5 during the Wednesday Night League
MOFC as of 10/24 Mens Masters Division for 2014 Members Name ChNum City State Muskies Points Avg 1 Harold Hall 6 Cornell WI 54 521 36 2 Brett Olson 6 Altoona WI 30 300 36 3 Jim Coffin 6 Menomonie WI 32 277 35 4 Jason D Smith 6 Chippewa Falls WI 19 204 37 5 Leonard J Rubesch Jr 6 Eau Claire WI 7 81 38 6 Jeffrey Bunch 6 Rochester MN 8 71 35 7 Richard Mechelke 6 Chippewa Falls WI 2 20 36 8 Bob Neidhold 6 Chippewa Falls WI 1 5 31 Mens Division for 2014 Member Name ChNum City State Muskies Points Avg 1 Ace Sommerfeld 6 Eau Claire WI 52 586 37 2 Rick Hall 6 Weyerhaeuser WI 47 489 36 3 Matt Rokus 6 Eau Claire WI 41 437 37 4 Todd Carlson 6 Hudson WI 15 214 40 5 Dan Klein 6 Mondovi WI 14 173 38 6 Tom Riedel 6 Eau Claire WI 12 155 39 7 Dan C. Hanson 6 New Auburn WI 11 149 39 8 Casey Johnson 6 Eau Claire WI 9 142 42 9 Dan Husby 6 Chanhassen MN 11 112 36 10 Tyler Scott 6 Chippewa Falls WI 9 111 38 11 Don Maves 6 Menomonie WI 8 108 39 12 Vern W Weeks 6 Cadott WI 7 100 40 13 Clint Keuler 6 Fox Lake WI 5 99 46 14 Bruce Scott 6 Amery WI 5 85 43 15 Tim Hillery 6 Eau Claire WI 5 84 42 16 Michael Milz 6 Eau Claire WI 5 79 42 17 Bill Brunstad 6 Chippewa Falls WI 4 72 44 18 David Jann 6 Fall Creek WI 5 71 40 19 Chris Hostak 6 Rochester MN 4 60 41 20 Mickey Allen 6 Cumberland WI 4 57 40 21 Nickolas Brenner 6 Eau Claire WI 5 57 37 22 John K Imm 6 Altoona WI 4 53 39 23 Alex Swanson 6 Chippewa Falls WI 4 48 38 24 Joseph Heil Sr 6 Eau Claire WI 3 42 40 25 Jason P Emerson 6 Chippewa falls WI 2 31 42 26 Bill Schmidtke 6 Weyerhaeuser WI 3 24 34 27 Scott T Smith 6 Eleva WI 2 22 37 28 Martin Ursin 6 Chippewa Falls WI 1 19 45 29 Steve Weyers 6 Eau Claire WI 1 19 45 30 Scott Jerrie 6 Wheeler WI 1 19 45 31 Jim E Everett 6 Birchwood WI 1 18 44 32 Andrew Adams 6 Eau Claire WI 1 17 43 33 Jack Gerlach 6 Chippewa Falls WI 1 13 39 34 Paul Gottwald 6 Eau Claire WI 1 8 34 35 Mitchell J Gibson 6 Elk Mound WI 1 8 34 36 David Taylor 6 Chippewa Falls WI 1 6 32 Womens Division for 2014
Member Name ChNum City State Muskies Points Avg 1 Kirsten Spletter 6 Chippewa Falls WI 3 37 38 2 Susan Roytek 6 Chippewa Falls WI 2 23 38 3 Lesa Allen 6 Cumberland WI 1 18 44 4 Loretta Carter 6 Fall Creek WI 1 16 42 5 Elizabeth Bunch 6 Rochester MN 1 8 34 Juniors Division for 2014 Member Name ChNum City State Muskies Points Avg 1 Max Gibson 6 Elk Mound WI 5 97 45 2 Sam Hall 6 Weyerhaeuser WI 6 69 37 3 Cortland Spletter 6 Cornell WI 5 62 38 4 Austin C. Smith 6 Chippewa Falls WI 8 32 35 5 Fischer Smith 6 Chippewa Falls WI 2 9 31 6 Seirra Smith 6 Chippewa Falls WI 1 4 28 In the Muskies Inc MOFC Top 25 Mens Division Ace Sommerfeld is 13th with 54 muskies and 623 points. Harold Hall is 17th with 55 muskies and 532 points. Rick Hall is 20 th with with 47 releases and 489 points In the Top 25 of the Juniors Division Max Gibson is 14th with 5 Muskies and 97 points. Sam Hall is 18th with 6 for 69 Points. Cortland Spletter is 23rdt with 5 for 62 Points Congratulations to our members in the top 25 of the Muskies Inc standings. 2015 Gil Hamm The 2015 Gil Hamm Memorial Chapter Challunge will hosted by the Fargo- Moorhead Chapter. It will be held August 26-28 on Leech Lake MN. Headquarters will be Horseshoe Bay Lodge. More info at November 3 rd meeting. Board Nominations Do you want more say in your club? Consider joining board of directors! Nominations will be taken and voted on at the December general meeting. Membership You can renew your membership on line at http://www.muskiesinc.org by clicking on the JOIN button at the top of the screen. There is also and option to download and print the membership application form if you prefer to mail it in. If your membership expires you do not have access to the member section of the Muskies Inc. website until you renew. Reminder if you have any changes regarding address, phone #, or e-mail address, you will need to update your MI Profile on the website to be sure you do not miss any mailings. If questions contact... Joe Heil, 715-839-7089 or 715-559-2945 muskyjoe13@yahoo.com mailto:muskyjoe13@yahoo.com
Fall Meltdown Was held on a windy Lake Holcombe Saturday October 25. It was won by Rick Mechelke and Kirby Spletter with a 38 fish. Another 30 muskie was caught by Don Maves nephew Rusty. Paul Gottwald caught a 28 walleye on a muskie sucker. Other anglers were Jason Smith, Casey Johnson, Jim Bunch, Dave Jann, Alex Swanson Don Maves, Scott Jerrie, Chuck and Cortland Spletter. Merchandise Don has some Throw Back apparel with our old silk-screen logo. He will have chapter merchandise available at the General Meetings. Contact him if you would like to order any custom items. He can have your favorite lucky shirt, jacket or whatever embroidered with club logo! Don Maves 715-563-2134 don@redcedarconstruction.com
Chapter Youth Program Our chapter has 20 fishing rods suitable for grade school age and up. These were purchased with a grant from the Hugh Becker Fund last year. If you know of a group (scouts, church, workplace, neighborhood, friends or family) that would benefit from a fishing outing contact our Youth Director Russ Gilbert at russ@wickedswildbaits.com 715-703-3403 Favorite Apps for Fishing What Apps do you use to improve your fishing? Please share what is out there, both good and worthless. I ll include info in up coming Follow Ups. Paul Gottwald pjgecwi@gmail.com Advertising in the Follow Up You ll notice that we are selling advertising in the Follow Up. Ad sizes are full page, half page 1/4 page, 1/8 page, or business card. Please support our sponsors by mentioning that you saw their add on our advertising page. Contact John Imm for information and rates. 715-797-7006 huntingnut@charter.net Want to save money on insurance or have investment needs? Contact Geoff at Clearwater Insurance Agency for a free quote. Geoff will donate $15 to First Wisconsin Muskies, Inc. for anyone who transfers their insurance or investments to Clearwater. If your batteries aren t holding up this season contact Jeff at Steve s alternator and get a Deka marine battery for $10 over cost. $95 for a standard and $135 for a tournament series.
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