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What’s Inside

Board - General 2

Ken Jackson is our November Speak-er!

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FRV Club Raffle Winner

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Members Only Contest Standings

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Membership Corner 6

Rob Hilsabeck is here December 9th! Thanks Jimmy Z!

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Members photos 8-9

Stocking Photos Members Photos

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U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S

November 11th

club meeting @

7:00PM featuring

Ken Jackson!

November 11th

2106 BOD Nomi-

nations!

November 18th

FRV BOD meet-

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@ Cabela’s.

December 9th

Club meeting,

lure swap and

canned food

drive!

November Issue

 We seem to be having a late fall as the trees are just star ng to turn.  I was up in Northern Wisconsin  the beginning of October  and  there was  s ll  a  lot of green.    I spoke with a  friend who said  that  right now  is peak color up north.  Hopefully you have had some  me to get out on your favorite  lake and enjoy the quiet and cooler weather.    I  just got back  from  the Detroit Lakes area of Minnesota with my two sons.  We had a successful trip with six fish averaging 47 inches.  The biggest was 51.5” and the smallest 44.25”.  We experienced a full range of weather condi ons from cold (45°) windy condi ons the first two 

days to 92° on Sunday when we le .  Can you believe it?  Over the past several years I have had consid-erable success up in that area with five fish over 50” and my sons combining for another five giants over 50”.  I bring this up for a reason.  Some of you might have seen some ar cles from Minnesota newspa-pers and guides about a group  in Western Minnesota  that  intends  to  challenge  in  court  the Muskie stocking program  in O er Tail County  lakes such as Pelican, Detroit Lakes, Ba le, Miltona and others.  Minnesota has probably had the most successful Muskie stocking program in the country.  The Pelican Lakes Associa on is spearheading this movement.  Their first argument that the Muskie popula on has hurt walleye and other species in lakes has been proven unfounded by DNR ne ng and studies.  So the new tac c is that Muskies are “endangering public safety” by a acking swimmers and others in the wa-ter and by bi ng them.   They even have a state Senator that  is  indica ng support for a stocking ban.  How Ridiculous!   All of those suppor ng this type of regula on  including the poli cians  fail to under-stand the economic benefits brought to these communi es by the fisherman that come to these areas and buy licenses, purchase lodging, meals and gas and other things that benefit the state and communi-es in which they live. Maybe they don’t care.  However, just ask the resort owners around Mille Lacs 

how they feel these days.     Katee Campion of the Viking Lakes Chapter has asked for our help.    If you wish to voice your concerns over this proposal to the legislator suppor ng this ban, you can write him.  His name is Senator Bill Ingebrigston, 100 Rev. Mar n Luther King Jr. Drive, St. Paul, MN 55155 or email him at sen.bill.bngebrigston@sn.mnd   Please be respec ul in any correspondence to the Senator.  This also highlights the importance of organiza ons like Muskies, Inc.  in educa ng the public and legislators as to the benefits the Muskie fishery has on our lakes and rivers and the economies of the communi es in which we live and fish.   So con nue to support Muskies, Inc.  through your membership and par ci-pa on  in Chapter ac vi es.   Encourage others   with a passion for Muskie fishing to  join   FRV or other chapters and get involved in what we are doing.  We have come a long way in crea ng exci ng and suc-cessful fisheries  throughout  the United States.    It would be a shame  to see  that progress stymied by uneducated, pompous organiza ons like the Pelican Lake Associa on destroying what we have worked so hard to create.  Our guest speaker for November 11th will be Ken Jackson, from the St Germain area.  He  is a guide, resort owner and author.   He will have some  interes ng  informa on and stories on the lakes of northern Wisconsin.    In addi on  to our monthly  speaker  in December, we will be  collec ng canned goods and nonperishable items for the Elgin Women’s Shelter.  Bring some dona ons and your admission  is  free.   We will also be holding a  lure swap.   We have 10  tables available  for $10 a  table.  Contact Jim Ziebka at muskie1211@a .net if you’re interested. Un l next month………. 

Steve Kroll  

FRV NEWS CAST

GENERAL MEETINGS

7:00 PM @ SCHAUMBURG GOLF

CLUB/CHANDLER’S CHOPHOUSE 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL.

(847) 885-9009

BOARD MEETINGS 6:00PM at Cabela’s on Wednesdays

following our General club meeting.

All members are welcome to attend.

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2015 BOARD MEMBERS Frank Lucido - Membership Director 847-559-8300 Mark Lamont - Media Director 847-791-4766 Ryan Underwood Youth Director Steve Crook Res. & Stocking Dir. Todd Minor Speaker Director/ IMA Dave Klop PR Director Jimmy Ziebka Outings Director Pete Barber IMA Delegate Dan Lamkin Trade Show Director Ken Miller Contest Director Hugh Flack Chapter Rep. Tim Crews Merchandise Director Rich Gallagher Newsletter Editor Mark Rue ALD Mike Mark Youth Director Joe Erkenswick ALD

OFFICERS

President Steve Kroll (773) 724-6305       steve.kroll@thealdennetwork.com Vice President Dan Koniewicz Treasurer Pete Barber Secretary Blake Pawlikowski

Our thanks goes out to Chandlers and their fantas c staff for dona ng their banquet rooms to us every month! We can show our apprecia on by a ending the buffet dinners before our mee ngs which begin at 6:00PM whenever possible… This helps to defray the costs for our monthly mee ng charges. Please join us as o en as possible for a great meal and some camara-

derie! Cost is $14.00/Adults, $8.00/Child - does not include beverage!

SALES@3DPICTURESTORE.COM

P.O. BOX 8066 BARTLETT, IL. 60103 347-433-8577

PETER J. BARBER & Associates, Inc. CPA & Consultants Family & Estate

Tax Planning & Preparation Business Accounting & Taxes

(847) 726-7267

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FRV WEBSITE UPDATE The FRV website and forum have had several challenges that are currently being addressed. The main website was hacked and malicious code in-stalled to allow the hackers to redirect our URL to other sites we have no association to. Many times this only affected mobile browsers. Maintaining

any site takes significant time, effort and knowledge, and this past year has been a little more than the BOD can keep up with if these issues continue. Because of this, we decided to move hosting to a managed solution by the company that helped with the redesign of the site previ-ously. They will be in charge of making sure all of the software and other components are kept up to date and that some other security fea-tures are put in place to avoid this going forward. There have also been

issues for some members in the forum (which is a completely different code base from the main site). Reports of having to reload pages multi-ple times, or clicking back and forth between threads before being able to post seem to be the most common issues. The forum software was originally developed quite some time ago. We are going to update this to the latest version, but we also hope the hosting move in general helps this to a certain extent. Otherwise, we are already in the middle of exploring a new forum solution that will likely replace what you see today. We're exploring the ability to transfer everything out of the cur-rent into the new, but might have to do a clean break at some point. We'll keep you posted. Thank you for your patience while we try to get our online communication tools migrated and more stable! Thanks for your patience! Blake Pawlikowski FRV Webmaster

KEN JACKSON ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11TH Ken Jackson is a researcher and writer for Fishing the North Country publications. He and his family own and operate Jackson’s Lakeside Cottages on Vilas County’s Little St. Germain Lake. During the open water season he guides the waters of Northern Wisconsin for muskie, bass, and walleye. A graduate of UW-Stevens Point, Ken has written for such publications as Musky Hunter Magazine, Wisconsin’s Woods and Wa-ters, Wisconsin’s Great Outdoors, Vilas County News Review, and the Lakeland Times. He has also worked as a research writer for Fishing Hot Spots Publications. In June, 2003, he published his first book, "Don't Fish Angry". Since February of 2004, he and Russ Warye have co-authored 8 books on fishing in northern Wisconsin. Ken fishes all throughout the Midwest and Canada and has been fishing Little St. Germain and sur-rounding waters since he was 3 years old. 2015 marks his 27th season as a licensed guide in Wisconsin in pursuit of the elusive muskie. Ken is a 3rd generation guide in the footsteps of his father George and Grandfather Art Jackson. He learned from the "ground up" as he started with crappies and learned his way up to muskies under the supervision of the best outdoorsman, his Dad. He now enjoys sharing this gift to young and old alike when they choose to experience a trip to Northern Wisconsin. Come join us for an evening talking Wisconsin muskies! Admission is $3.00/person at the door. All our meetings are open to the public so grab a friend or two and stop in! If you haven’t been to a meeting in a while, this is a great meeting to come to as Ken will have you laughing and learning! Come catch up with friends and find out what’s been going on local lakes! The buf-fet dinner is from 6:00-7:00PM. Cost is $14.00/adults .COST $14.00/ADULTS. MEETING BEGINS AT 7:00PM.

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Website: laxreproductions.com

Bus Phone: 715-547-3710 Cell Phone: 715-490-3710

Email laxreplicas@hughes.net

GOT PHOTOS?? It can be anything outdoor related, fishing photos, great fish pictures, hunting, scenery, weather, sunsets, wildlife etc…. Any species is OK,

doesn’t have to be just muskies! Please e-mail your photos to Rich Gallagher at rgallagher@awtlabelpack.com and we’ll get it in the upcoming issues for you!

OCTOBER RAFFLE WINNERS!

Our “Catch A Trophy” October raffle winners are John Baumstark $250.00, Ed Levin $100.00, Paul Patrick $75.00, Mark Murphy $50.00, and Mike Chisamore $25.00. If you haven’t bought your tickets yet you still have time; as we will have 2 more monthly drawings in November & December! No matter if you win 1st place or 5th place, your ticket will get put back into the

drum, so it will be possible for you to win multiple times! A booklet of 5 tickets has been mailed to every club member and we ask that each club member either buy the 5 tickets for themselves or sell the 5 tickets to friends, family or co-workers! The monies raised by this raffle will help support the clubs efforts with stocking, conservation and youth pro-grams throughout the year! Tickets are available at the monthly club meetings. As always we appreciate your support! Get out there and sell some tickets and raise some money for your chapter! Good luck and hopefully you or someone you know will cash in November or De-cember!

Steve Kroll FRV President

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Folks, please mark your calendars!!! Here are the dates we have scheduled for our 2016 Youth Outings. Please contact Mike Mark our Youth Out-ings Director if you’d like to help out with any of these events! Please e-mail Mike at: mich-aelmark1213@gmail.com One Hope United Ice Fishing - January 23 One Hope United Kids Outing - June 11 Bartlett Kids Fishing Derby - August 6

WANNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE?? November is the month where be take nominations for new board members? Do you have some extra personal time you’d like to donate to the club? Do you have some skill sets that would help the Chapter? If so, we’d like to get you on the 2016 FRV board of directors. We have 9-10 board meetings each year at the

Cabela’s store in Hoffman Estates, IL. Requirements are that you must make at least 7 of those monthly meetings in a 12-month period. We are looking for an Outings Director, Meeting Director, Assistant Youth Director, Assistant Membership Direc-tor, Assistant PR Director and a Marketing Director. If your skill sets can help with any of the above positions that need to be filled, please contact FRV President Steve Kroll at 312-320-6721 or via e-mail at stevekroll@sbcglobal.net Thanks in ad-vance for your help!!

FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CORNER…

Our current member-ship stands at 268 members which is down from last months tally of 270 members. Our de-cline in membership continues! We’ve also seen a drop off in at-tendance in our monthly

meetings and I’m not sure why this is happen-ing? Could the website problems have contrib-uted to this problem? Do we have issues with our speaker selections not being popular enough to draw a normal crowd? Have you checked out our FRV Facebook page or the FRV Twitter page? If not, then you should! When was the last time you came to a club meeting? We have a lot of the same faces at-tending every monthly club meeting which is great; but I see very few “new faces”. We all have crazy schedules but if you don’t carve out

some time to attend a meeting, you’ll never make one, its that simple. Too much other stuff becomes a priority, & coming to a club meetings takes a back seat! Please support your club by coming to the monthly meetings and buying some raffle tickets; or even treat yourself to din-ner and a few drinks! I’m open to some sug-gestions on how to make the meetings more entertaining! I’m also here to help you renew your membership when the time comes! Let me know how I can help you! Why not invite a friend or a neighbor to tag along to a monthly meeting with you or you could even come to a club sponsored fishing outing? This is a fun ex-perience and a chance to make some new friends. With your help, we can make the FRV Chapter the best chapter the in the country! Bring a friend, neighbor or family member to a club meeting soon and share in the fun! Happy Thanksgiving!! Frank Lucido Membership Director

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MEMBERS WHO DROPPED IN OCTOBER!! PLEASE RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!!!

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS ON THE MUSKIES INC. WEBSITE AT WWW.MUSKIESINC.ORG

IF WE CAN’T REACH YOU VIA E-MAIL NEITHER CAN M.I.!!!

2015-09-13 Underwood Ryan

2015-09-16 Robbins George

2015-10-01 Armitage Luke

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RESERVE YOUR DECEMBER LURE

SWAP TABLE NOW!! Swap Tables will be available at the December 9th club meeting! Only 10 tables will be available on a first come, first served & PAID basis at a cost of $10.00/table with a 1 table limit. Please make checks payable to: Fox River Valley Chapter (ref: swap table on check) and must be received by Dec 1, 2015. Please send to: Jim Zieb-ka 8209 W. Maple Ave. Norridge, IL 60706-4311. If you have any questions please contact Jimmy Z at muskie1211@att.net

Jim “Jimmy Z” Ziebka FRV Outings Director

THANKS JIMMY Z!!! Jimmy “Z” Ziebka, our Outings Director has an-nounced he will be hanging it up at the end of 2015! After 12 + years on the FRV BOD, Jimmy has decided that he will NOT be returning to the board in 2016! Jimmy Z has served as our Out-ings Director and also ran our monthly prize raffles at each monthly club meeting. He also ran the raffle sales at each Annual Spring Fund-raising banquet! Jimmy also re-designed all of

our annual award plaques over the years and has worked closely with the Wayne at the Trophy Store on the redesigns! Jimmy who is now re-tired, said he plans to spend his time with his two boys Jim and Jeff; and their respective families and children! Jimmy is now a proud Grandpa who will be spoiling his Grandkids rotten! Jimmy, all of us here extend our heartfelt THANKS for all that you’ve done for this Chapter through-out the years and for all of the time you’ve donated to help make this a better club! We hope that you’ll continue to be involved in the club ac-tivities and even come to a meeting or two throughout the year. It won’t be the same during the monthly club raffles yelling “shake ‘em up”! Here’s wishing you all the best as the next chapter of your life un-folds! Thanks for being a part of the board and this club!!

Rob Hilsabeck is employed by the Illinois Depart-ment of Natural Resources, serving as a district fish-eries biologist for the last 21 years. Rob has found this position to be extremely rewarding and a “dream” job. His job duties vary from youth educa-tion to lake management which provides ample op-portunities to share fisheries activities with the pub-lic. The fisheries personnel and aquatic resources in Central Illinois have provided Rob knowledgeable ex-perience and memorable experiences in this short

time. Rob has spent each spring from March through April working on Muskie man-agement from hatchery brood collection to lake surveys. Rob has been happily married for 21 years and lives on a retired farm in rural Peoria County. Rob and his wife Lora have three children: Briar 13, Sorin 12 and Kyra 9. The sparkle in their eyes and youthful energy keeps Rob busy all the time! Don’t miss this meeting as Rob will talk Central Illinois Muskies!

Admission is $3.00/person at the door. All our mee ngs are open to the public. A BUFFET DINNER IS SERVED AT 6:00-7:00PM. COST $14.00/ADULTS.

MEETING BEGINS AT 7:00PM.

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