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Text Box: Monthly News Letter February 3, 2010 To the Members of Muskies Inc. I will assume you have that cabin fever from the very cold weather we have had so far in this New Year. You can not wait to get out and get your first musky or try out your new gear from Christmas. I will remind you to dress for the weather. It might be 40 degrees but it is a different 40 degrees on the water. Heavy cloths, boots, gloves and head gear is a must to fish in the cold weather. You can always take cloths off but you can not add if you do not have it with you. I have fished and hunted in very cold weather before and it can be very miserable if you are not dressed for it. I put my boat in the lake on January 22nd. A couple of duck hunters had broken through the ice in the afternoon the day before and had a path to open water. Colby and I fished that day. We were the only boat trying to fish. The other two boats were duck hunters. The water temperature was 37 degrees and the main basin was off colored and was dirty from the bluffs toward Ava. All the coves were iced in. We trolled, vertical jigged and cast various lures. Colby had one follow from a mid 30 inch musky on a Schoolin Shad spinner bait. That fish came from under the ice at the mouth of a cove. Water temperature was 36 degrees when we were close to the ice. I would like to thank all the members that helped out at the Collinsville and St Charles sport shows in January. We had a lot of traffic at the Collinsville show and lighter traffic at the St Charles show. We did pick up 5 new members from the two shows and a lot of interest in our guide for the day program. We had quite a few past guide for the day participants sign up to go out again. I would like to welcome all the new members from the shows and those that have transferred their membership from the Bloomington chapter. We invite all of you to all our club functions and hope you stay with the club for many years to come. Mike Jacob and Steve Krackowiecki will be the chairmen of the challenge for 2010. They are taking over for Steve Burian. The challenge for 2010 will be held on Lake Vermilion in August. Mike has a cabin reserved for the challenge and you may want to think about making plans. I think it is filling up fast. We had 10 members at the challenge this past year and we caught 14 muskies. Gary Dew caught the big fish with a whopping 53 inch fish that I saw hit his lure and then I got to netted it. This is a good time to get to know members and catch some big fish. Just ask any one who has gone on the challenges before. I have been on four challenges and enjoyed them all. We are again raffling off a trip to Young’s Wilderness Camp on Lake of the Woods. The winner will be drawn at our Spring warm up Tournament in May. Tickets are $10 each or 6 for $50. This is an all inclusive week with meals, boat, gas and lodging for two. This is an $1800 dollar value. While I am on this subject, Craig Moser is setting up a trip to Young’s Wilderness Camp from September 4th to 11th. If you want more information on this trip you can contact Craig for details. His e-mail is: craig.moser@charter.net I had a request from Kemal Zuko, he is looking for a partner with a boat to fish the March 13th and 14th IMTT Tournament. If you would like to fish the tournament and want a very good partner contact Kemal at: Kemalzuko@yahoo.com As you look at the up coming events, you will notice a lot going on in February and March. This is your club and you only get out of it what you put in. Come to the functions and get to meet other members that have the same interest as you. You may even learn to put one more fish in the boat in 2010. We do have some very good musky fisherman in our club that you can learn from. I have news for those that fish the IMTT circuit. New for 2010 is that you will have to be a member of the IMTT to fish the trail. The membership dues are $25 dollars. The circuit is the six IMTT sponsored tournaments and the affiliated club tournaments. The points earned at the club tournaments for the Point Champion and toward the Championship Tournament Qualifier, will only be counted if you are a member. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE IMTT TO FISH OUR TWO TOURNAMENTS. I wanted to make that clear. If you want more information on the IMTT or want to become a member of the IMTT, call me at (618) 972-5584 February 13th & 14th we will have a table at the Hazelwood Cabela's store to hand out information about our club and activities. I will also be giving seminars at the store on musky fishing for Cabela’s. Look in the store’s Spring Fishing Flier for times of the seminars in your mail and at the store. February 20th Meeting at the Hazelwood Cabela’s store at 5:00 PM March 13th & 14th IMTT tournament on Kinkaid Lake. Contact Walt Krause or Bob Jeffries. Bob Jeffries is taking the entry forms and IMTT membership forms. His Address is: Bob Jeffries, 12123 73rd Ave, Palos Hgts, IL, 60463 March 20th Border Wars Tournament with Pomme De Terre Chapter on Kinkaid. Come an in joy the fun. Contact Manuel March 31st Dead line for Early Bird Registration for Spring Warm up Tournament contact Manuel April 17th Annual Lake Clean up on Kinkaid Lake at 8 am to noon and the Shawnee Muskie Hunters awards dinner at the Mississippi Flyway at 6 pm in Carbondale. April 24th meeting and lure assembly at Dan Johnson’s house. I think that is it for this month. I hope to see you on the water this spring. I am looking for a very good bite on the lake in 2010. If you ever want to know about the fishing conditions on Kinkaid, you can always call me on my cell and I will give you what I know. Remember I’m in the other Lund. Walt Krause

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