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Text Box: Past Club Projects Eagle Lake Stocking Project: 200 Tiger Muskie and 500 Yellow Perch $600.00 donation to the Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail to provide prize money for the championship tournament scheduled for 7 - 8 Nov 2009 on Kinkaid Lake. $2,000 donation for 2007 and $2,000 commitment for 2009 & 2011 to go for purchasing Hybrid Muskies to be stocked into Eagle Lake, Illinois. Contributions in the amount of $4,665 toward the purchase of a new boat motor for the Department of Natural Resources. The IMTT assisted us with a $1,000 donation and Chad Cain’s Guide Service donated $230. $1,000 donated to the Illinois Muskie Alliance fundraiser for the ILDNR youth fishing educational trailer. $1,400 donated to the Kinkaid Lake Conservancy for the ILDNR fisheries fund. Over $11,600 donated to the Lacey Graeff Caraway cancer fund. The purchase of $250 worth of Threadfin Shad from Reed’s to be stocked into Kinkaid Lake. Donation in the amount of $250 to the ILDNR for the repair of nets. Donation in the amount of $500 with a matching grant generously provided from Gander Mountain for Southern Illinois University toward the funding of the Telemetry Project in which radio transmitters were placed on 24 selected large fish to track and monitor the habits of the fish in there environment throughout the year. Donation of $500 with a matching grant provided by Muskies Inc. for the rip rap shore line of Kinkaid Lake to help control erosion. $3,100 for pit tag readers & pit tags to mark and identify fish for research Kinkaid Lake. Purchased two trap nets for the ILDNR at a cost of nearly $1,000. Collected 600 cans of food items for the Women’s Crisis Center in Carbondale, IL. Provide local schools with Muskie Inc. Magazines. Annual lake clean-ups have removed tons (literally) of garbage from the lake. Donated nets to the Warsaw Mo. Fish Hatchery. In return, 690 Muskies where donated to the Kinkaid Lake stocking program. $300 donation to the “All Female Muskie” study, Kinkaid Lake. $500 donated for the 2005 Muskie Symposium held in Indianapolis. $100 donated for the Woodrum Lake, West Virginia restocking project. $100 donated to the Nebraska Chapter of Muskies Inc for startup funds. Collected and donated to the Murphysboro Food Pantry, several hundred canned goods and other non perishable food items.

The Shawnee Muskie Hunters sponsored their annual Veterans Day outing again this year on Nov 13. We had a great turnout with about 16 guides and veterans hitting the water. We were faced with cold rainy skies in the morning with crystal clear skies in the afternoon. A few fish were spotted and a couple of small ones boated. It turned out to be pretty tough fishing conditions but everyone had a great time.

A special thank you goes out to the following volunteers that made the event possible and a great success!!!! We had several extremely happy Vets. It was an honor for us to show our appreciation to these guys that have serve there country so proudly.

Another special thanks to Cheryl Ford for providing an excellent meal for all (GREAT JOB). I guarantee you no one walked away hungry with all the fantastic Chille & Tacos she made up.