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Text Box: Catch - Photo - Release Text Box: Shawnee Muskie Hunters Member Incentive Program The BOD will have final say and all decisions will be by a majority vote. You must be a current member in good standing of Chapter #28 at the time of the drawing. This is an annual contest and it will run from awards banquet to awards banquet. Tickets will be drawn and prizes will be awarded for this year’s contest at the March 2010 awards banquet. Attending any club meeting (except BOD meetings) or event will qualify you to receive one ticket in the drawing. Examples of qualifying events for this year include: Pomme Challunge, Kinkaid Lake Cleanup, Spring Guide for a Day, Kid’s Day, Chapter Challunge, Kaskaskia River Outing, Prairie Lake Outing, Fall Guide for a Day, Take a Veteran Fishing Day, Club Christmas Party, Collinsville Show (2010), St Louis Show (2010) and Awards Banquet (2010). One ticket will be awarded per event attended. If you volunteer to work an event, cooking, guiding or manning a sport show booth for example, you will receive a bonus ticket for the activity. Paid entry into the Lacey Graeff Caraway, Spring Warm Up or Fall Brawl tournaments are each good for one ticket. Entrants into all three tournaments will receive one bonus ticket. A $25 donation earmarked for the Eagle Lake Tiger Muskie stocking project is good for one ticket. Participation in club fundraisers will also be good for tickets. One member incentive program ticket will be awarded for each five Football Frenzy fundraiser tickets sold. Each new member signed up is good for one ticket. Taking a new member (new member = in the club < 1 year) or a junior member fishing is good for one ticket. Prizes will be determined prior to the 2010 awards banquet. Only one prize per member. Ticket for Prize Number 1 will be drawn first, Prize Number 2 second and Prize Number 3 third. Larry Owens will do the record keeping for the contest. The coordinator for each individual event will make a list of the volunteers and attendees and send it to him. Send other ticket requests (donation, signing up new member, taking a new/junior member fishing etc.) to Larry and he will get you counted and entered. The number of tickets awarded will be posted to the club web page from time to time so you can check in and make sure you have been given credit for all of your qualifying activities. To check how you are doing in the contest, click HERE. Text Box: Club News and Announcements Text Box: 2009 Veterans Day Outing The Shawnee Muskies Hunters sponsored their annual Veterans outing on 14 Nov to say thank you to a number of local Veterans for sacrifices made in the service of our country. Roughly 16 people (club members and invited veterans) showed up for a full day of muskie fishing followed by a fine meal of homemade chili, brats and deserts. A great time was had by all. The weather was perfect with temps topping out a close to 70 degrees with partially cloudy skies and winds from the south. The muskies however were hard to come by. A few were sighted during the day. Paul Warren, an Army National Guard veteran, was able to boat a nice 33 incher around 5PM after most of the other attendees called it quits. All agreed that the outing was a success and look forward to next year where we are sure a few nice fish will be boated. Text Box: 2009 Gil Hamm Chapter Challenge The Shawnee Muskie Hunters sent 10 participants to the 2009 Gil Hamm Chapter Challenge hosted by the Grand Vu Lodge, Leech Lake MN from 26 - 28 Aug. Participants arrived on 22 Aug to enjoy a few days of pre-fishing before the tournament kicked off in full swing. Although the fish did not cooperate very well during the tournament, a total of 14 Muskies were caught during the week. - Gary Dew: 25, 28, 36.5 and 53 - Steve Krakowieki: 49.5 - Mike Jacob: 27, 46 - Al Janneke: 32 - Bob Guthrie: 28 - Walt Krause: 37.5 - Cheryl Ford: 27, 30 - Jerry Ford: 50.5 Gary Dew managed to land a monster 53” fishing within minutes of the tournament start on Wednesday. This mark set the stage for the rest of the tournament and earned Gary big fish honors. Cheryl Ford caught her first tournament fish and her first fish casting by landing a nice 30” Leech Lake spotted musky. Jerry Ford caught his personal best by landing a fat 50+ musky pre-fishing before the tournament started. Chapter members Steve Burian and Al Janneke were close by and were kind enough to take plenty of pictures and offer the use of their bump board to accurately measure the fish. Steve Krakowieki and Mike Jacobs both boated fine fish early in the week. Now if we can only boat a few more during the tournament, we might be in the running.

Front:  Ken Ryder and the Grand Vu Lodge Black Lab;   Back: Jerry Ford, Cheryl Ford, Bob Guthrie, Mike Jacob, Steve Krakowieki, Al Jenneke, Walt Krause, and Steve Burian;  Not Present:  Gary Dew
Text Box: 2010 Winter Dinner The Shawnee Muskie Hunters held their annual winter dinner at Bully’s Smokehouse in Edwardsville on 30 January. The event was a complete success with approximately 30 club members and family in attendance. The dinner gave everyone a chance to meet new members and visit with old friends in an effort to ward off the winter blues. A hearty thank-you goes out to Ken “Snagger” Ryder for organizing the dinner. A good time was had by all.