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Text Box: Monthly News Letter Aug, 2010 To the Members of Muskies Inc. I hope every one is staying cool. It is hot, hot, and hot. Did I say it was hot? All the rain seems to be staying north of Kinkaid. The lake is one foot low. There has been very little rain in the area. My tomato plants look forward to me watering them when I go down to cut weeds. If you look at Shelbyville, it is 6.5 feet above summer pool and rising. This is of July 25th. They have increased the flow even more to try to get the water level down on the lake. The flow has been heavy again this year. This is the third year in a row that the flow all summer long has been very heavy. I am thinking of selling my 14 foot boat that I use on the river. If any one is interested, I am asking $400. This includes boat, trailer, electric motor, battery and depth finder. Water temps on Kinkaid have gone down some from the 93 degrees it was earlier. I have seen water temperatures around 84 early in the morning and warming to 88 to 89 degrees in the afternoon. Cat fish seem to be the only fish that are active. I have caught a lot of channel cats and a big flat head this summer on small crank baits. The outing at Eagle was a very good event. The food was very good and John Write did a very good job cooking the burgers and dogs. The lure demo was a big hit and a few lures changed hands. Jim Beaty decided to keep one he was going to part with after learning how to make the lure come alive. Jim the lure I got from you is working fine after changing to a different split ring that was hindering the action. The clear water was a big help in seeing the lures work in the water. We will have to do it again next year. There is only 3 weeks left before we head to Vermilion Lake. If you are planning on attending this event and not contacted Mike, please do so soon. Mike has two cabin reserved for the challenge and they are filling up fast. Mike told me we have room for 12. We had 10 members at the challenge last 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. Contact Mike soon. The last I heard, we had 10 ready to do battle with the Vermilion muskies. The cost of the lodging will be about $200 a person and add about $75 for food and that is a very good price for a week of muskie fishing on a very good big fish lake. Mike can be reached at (618) 304 7436. Jim Beaty is heading up another weekend outing at Panther Creek (Prairie Lake). This time it is a tent camping weekend. The cabins were all full for the weekend of September 10th. 11th and 12th. As you recall, Jim caught three very nice muskie at the lake in June. The largest was 48 inches. Look for more information in the next newsletter and our web sight Shawnee muskie hunters. As you look at the up coming events, you will notice we have a lot going on. 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 muskie fisherman in our club that you can learn from August 21st to 28th the Gill Hamm Chapter Challenge on Lake Vermilion, Min. September 4th to 11th Shawnee Muskie Hunters week on Lake of the Woods. Contact Craig Moser for more information. September 10th & 11th and 12th Prairie Lake Outing September 23rd Dead line for early bird sign up for the Fall Brawl on Kinkaid Lake September 25th IMTT Youth Muskie Tournament on Kinkaid, This Tournament is Free to Youth that are still in school and of school age. If you want more information on this tournament you can contact me at (618)972-5584 or contact Dan & Renee Johnson at (618) 655-0640. Entries to participate must be received prior to the actual tournament day. October 2nd and 3rd Fall Classic at Lake Shelbyville. This is an IMTT event. You must be a member of the IMTT to fish this tournament. You can get an entry form and membership form from the IMTT web sight. October 16th Guide for the Day Event and Member Outing. We are inviting all our members to attend this event even if you do not take any non members out for the day. All the non-members (clients) and guides will get their steaks with no charge. Members that want to attend and fish the day and stay for the cook out will be ask for a small fee to cover the expense of the steak. This has been a fun event every time we hold it. October 23rd and 24th is our Fall Brawl on Kinkaid. We will have Bob Mehsikomer and his film crew filming and fishing in this event for his Simply Fishing TV Show. This is the next to last qualifying tournament before the State Championship for those that want to qualify for the State Tournament. The IMTT State Championship Tournament will be held on Kinkaid November 6th and 7th. You do not need to be a member of the IMTT to fish this event. I think that is it for this month. I hope to see you on the water. 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.

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