April 1st 2017
One Hundredth and Twenty Second Edition
Next Meeting is April 11th, 7 PM at Mr. D’s
These businesses support our
chapter, please support them!
April’s Speaker is Bill Shumway
Bill “Fuzzy” Shumway has guided professionally in Northwest
Wisconsin counties since 1985. He specializes in fishing for musky,
walleye, smallmouth bass, and northern pike. He is the innovator
and manufacturer of the “Fuzzy Duzzit ” lure, and “Fuzzy’s Clip N
Go” live bait harness.
Bill has been featured on The Outdoor Notebook, TV 13 Outdoors,
and Midwest Outdoors TV programs, as well as the following
magazine publications,In Fisherman, Midwest Outdoors, The
Wisconsin Outdoor Journal, and The Outdoor Notebook.
Bill’s first love is guiding fisherman to their first Musky or first
trophy one. Whether a seasoned musky angler or new to the sport ,
Bill will provide you with the tools, skills, and knowledge for a great
Musky trip. Top quality St. Croix rods, St. Croix reels, and lures are
included for your success.
Bill fishes Musky from the May opener until the November close of
season.
The Banquet Committee would like to thank everyone
that helped make the Banquet the GREAT SUCCESS that it
was this year!
Monaco Air
Ferguson Companys
Total Tool
Cold One
L&M
Lemon Tree Liquor
Terry DeMenge
Minnesota Twins
Legendary Waters Casino
Fortune Bay Casino
LCO Casino
Lac Du Flambeau Casino
Eric and Selma Maley
Ed Forrestal
$400 gift card from R.J’s, Deep Cycle battery from Interstate
Batteries, Cirrus plane ride and Cirrus shirt from Monaco Air,
Blue Bird Houses from Eric Maley
Helix 5 portable depth finder, Marine General, Musky
Innovations, Assorted casino stays, Trolling Boards from
Offshore Tackle, Yeti rambler and extension cords Ferguson,
Milwaukee Hack z all from Goodin,
Walleye rod/reel
combo from Marine General, Trolling rod/reel combo from
Marine General, Jason Smith guide trip, Dustin Carlson guide trip,
Luke Ronnestrand guide trip for use in 2018, Shimano Curado EJ
musky reel
Marine General, Stewart Nelson
Print, Dewalt 20 volt impact driver kit from Total Tool, Apache
Bucktails from Nick Eddy for youth, Fire ring from Jamar (expo
use and banquet), Assorted lures from Ed Forrestal,
Bump board, Wine package from various,
$20.00 gift card from Premier Theatres,
Shimano
Tranx 400 Hg for raffle at expo and banquet from Marine
General,2 Baby Beaver lures Donation from Baby Beaver, 3
Kramer Bros. Revolution from Kramer Brothers, 3 night stay at
Spring Bay Resort, 2 night stay at Whispering Pines Resort,
Squirko’s lures, Apache bucktail’s from Nick Eddy, H2o Lures,
Drifter tackle, Ghostail’s buck tails,Musky Mahem bucktail’s,
Rubber Hairy tackle, Phantom, Reeds, Free entry into Larry
Ramsell event Donated from Vermillion Dam, Lake X lures,
$20.00 Super One Liquor card, 2 Musky Mayhem bucktails
Donation from L and M.
IMPORTANT FISHERY INFORMATION
If you have not heard by now the DNR will be doing a MAJOR MUSKIE
ASSESSMENT on the St. Louis River this spring. The plan is to set 30 Large
Trap Nets thorough the Estuary and use 2 boats to check the traps daily.
This will require a lot of manpower and our chapter has offered to assist
with the assessment. Depending on the weather the assessment could
start by mid-April.
Dustin has taken the lead on getting together a list of Chapter Members
that are interested in helping. Please give him a call at 218-464-2379 or
drop him an email [email protected] Dustin will need your
email address and phone number so he can create a master list of
volunteers to work from.
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If anyone interested in joining the Fisheries Committee please contact
Dustin 218-464-2379 218-464-2379 [email protected]
Thanks
Dustin
Board Members
President
Curt Ellestad
Curt.ellestad@jamarcompany.
us
Vice President
Brandon Stall
[email protected]
218-464-2547
Secretary
Peter Krause
[email protected]
218-349-2486
Treasurer
Candy Ellestad
[email protected]
Membership Director
Release Chair
Chapter Representative
Terry DeMenge
[email protected]
218-879-2712
Check out our website www.LakeSuperiorMuskies.com
********Catch********release**** ******Repeat******
Hello to all members of Chapter Thirty Three. First off would like to
welcome our members. Wow what a banquet food was great got to see
members I haven’t seen in a while and it look like everyone had a good
time. Now it’s time to start to focus on the on the upcoming year. New
this year for our annual membership drive we’ve change up a few things
first off. For every member you sign up your name will go into a hat for a
drawing of $50.00 please notify membership director within 30 days of
signing up the person. All new members name will be in a drawing for
$50.00.Everyone who renew this year will be put I a drawing for $25.00, 1
chance per family renewal.
Newsletter Editor
Keith Okeson
[email protected]
218-273-6389
Fisheries Chair
Program Director
Dustin Carlson
[email protected]
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218-464-2379
Vet’s Day Chair
John Ellestad
[email protected]
Youth Director
Conner Suliin
[email protected]
Board Members At Large
Bob Busche
[email protected]
218-728-2092
Current active members- 111
*Remember To Renew Your Membership before Your*
Final 30 Day Notice or You Will Be Dropped and Not
Get MUSKIE Mag. or Be Eligible For Chapter Programs.
*** Renew **** Renew**** Renew***** Renew******
*Renewals are easier now than ever….renew at chapter
Meeting, on chapter brochure, chapter website, form in
Muskie Magazine, or renew on line @ www.muskiesinc.org
Or call Terry@218-391-2699 or Email [email protected]
If you have any questions about your membership give me a call@218391-2699 or e-mail me [email protected]
Check out our website www.LakeSuperiorMuskies.com
Anything you would like to see new on the web site drop me a note.
LOTW FISH
Eric 41 inches
Tony 43 inches
Tony 44.25 inches
Eric 43.25 inches
Presidents Report
Presidents message,
First off I want to thank everybody that either attended, volunteered to help or just simply bought raffle tickets and returned them to me. This
year’s banquet was the most successful one that I have been involved with and we owe it all to the members that helped make it that way. After
all expenses were paid, we were able to put almost $6000.00 dollars into our chapter account. This amount of money will enable us to pay for our
share of the St. Louis River isotope study which will be $4000.00 dollars. The banquet is our main source of money for all of our chapter functions
and without it we wouldn’t be able to do as much as we do as far chapter events, support for the MMPA and the assistance we give to the local
DNR. Our next banquet will be Saturday March 17, 2018. I encourage members to step up and join the committee and let’s make next year’s
banquet more successful than this years.
The spring assessment on the St. Louis is approaching fast. Dustin Carlson will be starting to take names and making out work schedules. I
encourage anybody interested to sign up as soon as possible so you’re able to participate in this important research.
As some of you already know, we are bringing back the chapter musky tourney. The flyer is included in this month’s newsletter as is the
registration form. We will start accepting registration forms at the April meeting. Please consider fishing this tourney as it is an important first step
in raising dedicated funds for fisheries. The tourney is limited to 25 boats and we anticipate it filling quickly. If anybody has any questions please
feel free to call me at 218-390-8888.
One last item to touch on is the fisheries committee. As you can see in the newsletter there is a need for members to join this important
committee. We need people to help come up with fundraising ideas, action plans and help appropriate funds when the time comes to do so.
Please consider joining. It doesn’t matter if you’ve only been a member for a year or even less. All chapter voices matter and new opinions help
keep us all striving to make the best decisions.
Hopefully I’ll see you all the next chapter meeting.
Curt
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April-
Sturgeon fishing outing
St. Louis River
This event will happen depending on if Mother Nature will allow the river to be open. More info on this event in the coming months
May 9th-
Annual lure auction
Mr. D’s
After the board meeting
Please plan on attending this fun event that raises funds for the youth program. Plenty of deals to be had and our last scheduled meeting before
summer begins.
June 3rd-
MN. High school qualifier
7 till 1
St. Louis River
If you have a child in high school please think about letting him attend this event. The top 2 finishers get to compete in the state
tournament. Participants must be Minnesota residents. More information will follow.
July-
Take a kid fishing
Fish Lake
Date TBD
Please consider donating your time and boat use for this event. This year we will be trying to take out 12 kids from the Boys and Girls club who
might never have a chance to go fishing otherwise. More info to follow.
August 19th-
Chapter picnic
Park Point
7 till 1 fishing contest
1 till 2 picnic and games
Please on planning to attend our annual chapter fishing contest/picnic. This is a good time to get together with fellow members. Last year several
nice fish were caught and good times were had by all that attended.
September 23rd- Vets day event
Barkers Island
7 till 1 vets fishing contest
1 till 2 Lunch
More info to follow closer to the event.
Also this year we are planning on bringing back the Chapter Musky tournament on the river. Many details still need to be worked out but we
anticipate being able to bring this event back to life. Stay tuned to our newsletters and Facebook page for more info as it becomes available.