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ORGANIZATION

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PAID

EAGLE RIVER, WI

PERMIT NO. 0079 PO Box 652, Eagle River, WI 54521

Muskies Need your Help!! We need your support to promote catch & release and muskie stocking. Re-

source education builds a better fishery.

You Will Receive with Your Membership:

1. International membership card. 2. Muskie Magazine (10 issues)

3. Qualification for International and Headwaters fishing awards. 4. Headwaters Chapter monthly newsletter. 5. Camaraderie of other muskie anglers.

Education Is Our Theme!

Chapter money and member’s efforts have been utilized by doing the following

projects:

Installed Know The Difference and Eurasian Milfoil signs at Vilas and

Oneida County Lakes.

Purchased and distributed 50,000 Know The Difference license holders.

Members trained in boater safety offered classes throughout Vilas and Oneida Counties.

Support Kids Fishing days with money and personnel.

Donated to the Ben Bendricks Scholarship Fund.

Purchased 10 handicap piers for various lakes.

Assisted financially with improvements of boat landings throughout Vilas and Oneida Counties.

Financial support to Three Lakes Fish & Wildlife Improvement Assoc.

Financial support to Trophy Lake Research Project by the DNR

Financial support for stocking bluegills in the Eagle River Chain.

Donated half the cost of publishing Muskies, Inc. History Book.

Stocking of over $50,000 worth of muskies in area lakes

Contributed financially to new park and dock on Yellow birch Lake.

Hosted state and international functions.

Host of the Spring Classic Muskie Tournament on the Eagle River Chain and the Fall Classic Muskie Tournament in Three Lakes.

Sponsor the $1,000 Headwaters Chapter of Muskies Inc. Memorial Schol-arship at the Natural Resources School at UW Stevens Point, WI. The Headwaters Chapter has spent over $1 million in the last several years on the above projects!! The Headwaters Chapter was the recipient of the Wis. Conservation Congress Sports Organization of the Year Award for 2013.

Headwaters Chapter 12

Officers:

Bill Jacobs, President 923 Catfish Lake Dr. Eagle River, WI 54521 715-891-5574 promusky@live.com

Jay Hollnagel, Vice Presi-dent 1801 E. Carpenter Lake Rd. Eagle River, WI 54521 715-891-5627 Scott Samuels, Secretary & P.R./Marketing 5161 Rummels Rd. Conover, WI 54519 715-547-3340 scott6915@hotmail.com

Glenn Matula, Treasurer 5140 Shorewood Acres Dr. Eagle River, WI 54521 Cell 847-989-3825 grm5850@aol.com

Dale Peterson, Fish Registration & Newsletter Editor 8247 Lost Lake Dr. W. St. Germain, WI 54558 715-542-2012 muskypete@frontiernet.net

Steve Budnik, Chapter 12 Representative 8666 W. Rock Lake Rd. Winchester, WI 54557-9422 715-686-7852 skbudnik@centurytel.net Past Presidents: Stan Casey 1979 Randy Riley 1980 Dick Moore 1981 Chet Meyers 1982-83 Dennis Rushlow 1984-85 Ralph Rosinski 1986 John Bishop 1987 Mike Gajewski 1988-1989 Bill Marsh 1990-91 Jeff Miller 1992-93 Duke Verkuilen 1994-95 Elmer Jensen 1996-98 Allen Schroeder 1999 Paul Hansen 2000-02 Bill Jacobs 2003-14 Headwaters Chapter Web Site: www.headwatersmuskies.com Web site managers: Jerry and Margie Hollnagel decoys@mwwb.net

Headwaters Highlights

August 2014—Issue #227

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Special points of

interest:

2014 Calendar of Events,

Local Chapter Events

Bill’s 2 cents worth

NorthWaters Chapter

Challunge Sept 27 sign up

Inside this issue:

President’s Message &

Bill’s 2 Cents Worth–

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August minutes 3

Fish Report, new mem-

bers, Chapter events

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Youth Application & Ole 5

Fish Photos

& Chapter Challunge

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Advertisers &

2014 Calendar of Events

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Advertisers

Fish Photos

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Headwaters Chapter August Newsletter

President’s Message August 6, 2014:

Our free trout fishing pond at Trees for Tomorrow’s Forest Fest, was a huge success. Big thanks to Bob Jacobs who set the trout pond up with the help from Eagle Rivers fire dept., and to Jim and Carol Heffner for helping Bob with the event.

Jay Hollnagel, our Gil Hamm Tournament chairman has everything ready to go

We will be leaving shortly for our Annual outing on Lake of the Woods. August 30 to September 6. If you are attending please let me know. If you have never attended one of our outings and need some help, I would be happy to mark your map, take you out to get you accustomed to the lake, or whatever is necessary to make your trip a success.

New this year is our Northern Waters Chapter Challunge with the Northwood’s Chapter. This is a one day event held here on the Eagle River Chain on September 27th. Get a partner and sign up. We want to make this an annual event.

Time to start talking about our most attended and most fun outing, the Enduro. It will be held on October 25th. This is held like all our other outings, fish anywhere from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and will meet at the Ea-gle River Inn around 6:00 pm. This being our largest outing has the most raffle prizes. More information will be in next month’s newsletter.

Get the Net!!! Bill Jacobs

My 2 Cents: On the upper hook on your (Double Cowgirls) baits that have Flashabou or other types of material that gets caught between the treble’s three hooks at its base. I have been applying an epoxy to the middle of the hook, where they come together to keep this material from getting caught. This will also help baits that have grubs added to them for added attraction.

Bill Jacob’s 2 cents worth

Epoxy

3 Minutes for Headwaters Directors Meeting, August 6th, 2014

Meeting was called to order by President Bill Jacobs at

7:05 pm

Minutes: Motion to approve minutes 1st Jim Heffner 2nd Dale Peter-

son Motion Carried

Treasurers Report: Income $496 Expenses $2,284.42 Balance

$22,263.54 Motion to approve 1st Jim Heffner 2nd Elmer Jensen Mo-

tion Carried

RVP Report: Jeff Miller reported Muskies Inc. has their Non-profit

status back. They did not have a June or July finance meeting. The

Spring meeting will be held at Green Bay. Date to be determined. Re-

gion 2 Fall meeting will be held in Milwaukee on Saturday, November

8th.

Alliance Report: Jim Heffner reminded us of the upcoming Alliance

Tournament. Jim Chamberlin stated all time slots for working at the

fair are filled.

Membership Report: Jim Chamberlin reported we have 348 members

with 6 drops.

Fish Report: Dale Peterson stated when registering your fish you need

to state the lake name and not just Vilas County lake. Muskies, Inc. will

no longer count fish registrations not naming the lake.

Newsletter Report: Dale P. reported Newsletter is ready to go. Re-

minder of Chapter Challenge with Northwoods Chapter on Sept. 27th.

Correspondence: President Bill Jacobs informed us he received a letter

from the Conservation Congress in regards to his resolution for

positional fishing. Bill will be going to a hearing which is being held at

Milladore, WI.

Youth Committee Report: Jim Heffner reported there is one session

left of Kids Fishing Tips. However, attendance overall has been down

this year. Bob Jacobs, Jim and Carol Heffner operated the Trout Pond at

Forest Fest located at Trees for Tomorrow on Saturday, August 2nd.

They had quite a few kids trying to catch a trout. A special thank you to

the Fire Dept. for setting up the tank and filling it for us.

Scholarship Report: No Report

Docks/Boat Landings: Bob Jacobs stated the ramp is ready to go.

Banquet Report: Joe Koschnik reported he talked with Kim Emerson

and the Silver Blades Show will be April 18th and 19th . Possible dates

for the banquet are April 11th or April 25th .

Spring Classic Report: President Bill Jacobs reported Scott Samuels

has formed a new Spring Classic committee. The members are Dale

Peterson, John Schmidt, Glenn Matula, and Bill Jacobs. Scott has ap-

plied for the 2015 Spring Classic Tournament permit. There will be a

meeting for the SC committee at 6:30 pm on Sept. 10th before the regu-

lar club meeting. Scott is planning on sending out a questionnaire to

contestants of the SC seeking input from them. Possible questions may

be: allow trolling in the tournament, stay with the 30" size limit, num-

bers on engines to identify boats. Committee members please come

with ideas for questions on the survey. Dale Peterson added that he has

the new fish registration forms. They are carbonless copies which will

be filled out for registering the fish. He also has small dry erase boards

which the judges will have to write the team's number on to identify the

team in the fish pictures.

Muskies Inc. Magazine Report: No report

Spring Sports Show Report: No report

Chapter Challenges: Gil Hamm August 20, 21, 22 LOTW Jay

Hollnagel is in charge of the roster for the Gil Hamm. As of now, we

have 3 teams going.

Member Outings: LOTW August 30 - Sept. 6th Wrap up will be on

Friday at noon

Old Business: Fred Brogle reported on the Pit Tag reading on Kentuck

Lake. There were 204 fish tagged over a period of five to seven days.

There were very few fish large than 48". There are several possibilities

for this result: fish are dying, being kept, speared, larger fish were al-

ready in and out of the area or did not come into the area yet. One of

the days when the DNR was out on the lake, the Tribe was out there

too. Three of the fish they had were tagged fish. Fred was on Kentuck

about a week and a half after spawn. He saw three or four dead mus-

kies. Possible explanation for the dead muskies was that during spawn

they received battle scars which are actually open wounds. The water

temperatures rose so quickly in post spawn the fish died from bacterial

infection. Fred showed us the pit tag reader and demonstrated how to

use it. The pit tag is near the dorsal fin. Fish which are tagged also have

the right pectoral fin clipped. The process seems quite easy to do. You

can read the pit tag while you have it on the bump board. Turn on the

pit tag reader, a quick scan of the back, and the pit tag number displays

on the screen. The device shuts off automatically. When you catch a

musky and it has a pit tag, there is a card to be filled out about the fish

and the person catching it. On the backside of the card is a drawing of

the lake. Mark an X on the part of the lake where you caught the tagged

fish. The unit is rechargeable and is on loan from the DNR. See Fred

Brogle if you are interested in going to Kentuck Lake and assisting with

the pit tag readings. Once we receive our own pit tag reader, R & M

will keep it at their shop. Fred also discussed how the lake goes in cy-

cles in regards to the abundance of population of fish in the lake. In

2008 there were 14.5 walleye per acre and in 2010 there were only 1.4

walleye per acre. The species go in cycles. Now the target area is for

muskies. He fears we will see a decline in the population size of the

musky.

New Business: Dale Peterson reminded the club of the Chapter Chal-

lenge on Saturday, September 27th with the Northwoods Chapter from

Minocqua. It will be held on the Eagle River Chain for members only.

Live bait will be allowed. It will be on the honor system. Wrap up will

be at 12 Pines. There will be a Big Fish Pot as well as raffles available.

During the time of Sept. 15- Sept. 23 Spring Bay at Vermillion is offer-

ing a discount with a minimum of six people.

President Bill Jacobs reminded the club our next club outing will be

Wednesday, August 13th at 12 Pines. Meet at 6 and eat around 6:30.

Joe Koschnik stated he will be at the Flea Market again on Monday,

August 11th . We have a great site there. If you have any items you

want to get rid of, contact Joe. Glenn Matula stated we have not been

paying for our site as we are a non-profit organization. Glenn made a

motion to donate $100 to the St. Germain Fire Dept. Second by Jim

Heffner. Motion Carried.

Meeting Date: Sep 10 Oct 1 Nov 5 Dec 3

Motion to Adjourn: 1st Dale Peterson 2nd by Jim Edwards Meeting

adjourned at 8:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted by Acting Secretary,

Carol Heffner

Carol, Thanks for a great job!!!

Scott

4 FISH REPORT August 6th, 2014

NorthWaters Chapter Challunge: September 27th on the Eagle River Chain. The Headwaters Chapter is hosting

the 1st annual Chapter Challunge with the Northwoods Chapter from Minocqua. Details and sign up form are on

page 7.

As of Aug. 6th we have 378 fish registered. 47 in May, 155 in June, 171 in July and 5 so far in August. Jim Brunch

informed me that he will no longer accept fish that are listed as caught in “Vilas county Lake”. Put down a lake name.

The Eagle River or Three Lakes Chain are always good lakes to use, ha, ha.

Turn in your Boat Raffle Tickets and Money!!!

Turn in your Ranger Boat Raffle Tickets and Money to Jim Chamberlin before the Alliance outing Aug. 16-17th. Head-

waters Chapter will have a booth at the Vilas Co. Fair Aug. 8-10 if you want to drop them off then. DO NOT TURN

THEM INTO THE ALLIANCE AT THE OUTING AS WE WILL NOT GET CREDIT FOR THEM!!!

Pit Tag Scanner for Kentuck Lake

The DNR implanted 209 Musky with Pit Tags on Kentuck Lake. Fred Brogle has a scanner that you can get from him

to check musky caught on Kentuck. If you are heading to Kentuck and want to check out the scanner, give Fred a call

at 715-617-5873. Fred will show you how to use it.

For Sale

Like new Genesis Trolling Motor, must see. Call Louie Dreger for details. 715-891-2997.

Jeff Miller with a nice 48” musky caught in

July, on Lake of the Woods.

John Schmidt with another nice fish, 41.25”

caught on Long lake July 28th.

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YOUTH APPLICATION-TOM BOTTEN PROGRAM

This program is for a free (1) one year membership to the Headwaters Chapter of Muskies Inc. It includes: Membership

in Muskies Inc., Muskies Inc. monthly magazine, Headwaters monthly newsletter, and participation in all our monthly &

annual events. This is a value for “our young people are our future”.

Qualifications: Youth between the ages of 10 and 17 years old. You must complete all of the information listed below

and send to the address at the bottom of the form.

Name:___________________________________ Birth Date:________________________

Patent/Guardian name:_______________________________________

Street:____________________________________________________

City:______________________________________________ State_______________ Zip:__________________

Return to: Headwaters Chapter Muskies Inc., P.O. Box 652, Eagle River, WI 54521

Youth Application, Clip and send in today.

Ole’s Joke Corner One day two Minnesotans, Ole and Sven, found themselves adrift in a lifeboat on Lake Superior. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, Ole stumbled across an old lamp. He rubbed the lamp vigorously and suddenly, a genie came forth.

This Genie, however, stated that he could only deliver one wish, not the standard three. Without thinking, or consulting Sven, Ole immediately blurted out, 'turn the entire Lake into Schmidt beer.' The genie clapped his hands with a deafening sound,

and immediately Lake Superior turned into Schmidt beer and just as quickly the genie vanished. Now only the gentle lapping of beer on the hull broke the stillness as the two men considered their new circumstances. Sven looked disgustedly at Ole

whose wish had been granted, and after a long tension-filled moment, Sven said, "Nice going Ole! Now we're going to have to pee in the boat."

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hat, if this is my 4th plate

full???

Members Fish Photos!!

Headwaters Clothing & Merchandise Special Prices as Listed *NOTE* All clothing is a pure cost.

Three-Season Jacket with Quilted Lining & Hood $96.00 (These are awesome jackets)

Short Sleeve Shirts with Logo & Name $92.00 Long sleeve Shirt with Logo and Name $94

Laser Engraved Magnet with Logo, Practice CPR & Support our Troops $2.00 each

Note 70% of the cost is the embroidery

Please contact: John Schmidt at (715) 546-2383

Bumper Stickers——$2.00

Bill McMahon with a beautiful 52”

Musky caught in June. Again, a fill

flash would have really helped to fill

in the face and fish colors.

J ohn Schmidt with a gorgeous 38.5” Tiger Musky caught

July 13th. A really nice photo with face lit up and great

colors on the fish. Good job John!!!

Musky Pete enjoying a nice evening sunset and again NO musky.

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“WISCONSIN NORTHWATERS CHAPTER CHALLUNGE”

When: Saturday Sept. 27th, 2014 Where: Eagle River Chain, Eagle River, Wis. Time: 7 am – 5 pm

Entry Fee: NONE, FREE Fishing open to: Members of Headwaters or Northwoods Chapters ONLY

Teams: One team consists of 3 boats with 2 fishermen or 2 boats with 3 fishermen each, may be less, but not more

Fish verification: Honor system, Photos would be nice but not necessary Live bait is allowed

Registration slips: Must be turned in before 6 pm, available at the awards after fishing,

Winner: Same point system as Monday Night Musky League. 8 pts. for a Musky 30” or over and 1 pt. for each 1/2 “ over 30”. Team

with the most points wins, that is the total of all 3 boats.

Fish raffle: For every musky you catch 30” or over, your name goes in the hat for the fish raffle drawing, 3 prizes.

Raffle: Separate raffle for Musky stuff, number of items depends on how many fishermen we have.

Next year’s host chapter: The host chapter will switch between chapters each year. Northwoods Chapter hosts it next year

Awards: 12 Pines, Hwy 70 E. just before bridge on Hwy. 70 over Catfish Lake, take a Right

Meal: Pizza at 12 Pines courtesy of Headwaters Chapter

Big Fish Pot: $10 per boat (2 fishermen) Separate rules apply (Photo of fish on a bump board or verification by another boat re-

quired, longest fish wins, must be 30” or over, in case of a tie, 1st fish caught wins, if no fish caught, drawing will determine winners.

Lunch: If anyone is interested, meet on the Cranberry Island around noon and share some fish stories and

have lunch. You must supply your own lunch.

Sign up your team today and send to Musky Pete, 8247 Lost Lake Dr. W., St. Germain, WI 54558 or Brent Kiedrowski,

8218 Cty. O, Eagle River, WI 54521. Team consists of 6 persons or less. A team could be 1 to 3 boats. Even if you only

have 1 or 2 people, sign up and we will try to get you hooked up with 2 other boats for a full team.

Fishermen: Name Chapter_____________________________

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_____________________________________ Big Fish Pot? Yes No (Circle one)

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_____________________________________ Big Fish Pot? Yes No (Circle one)

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_____________________________________ Big Fish Pot? Yes No (Circle one)

Pay for Big Fish Pot ($10/boat) at 12 Pines before awards but you must circle YES above to be in.

1st Annual Northwaters Chapter Challunge—Headwaters vs. Norhtwoods.

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2014 Calendar of Events

August 13th – 3rd Club Outing. 12 Pines

August 15th - 17th – Musky Clubs Alliance National Championship

Fishing Tournament, Eagle River. August 20th - 22nd - Gil Hamm Challenge (www.gilhamm.com),

Lake of the Woods, Canada (Red Wing Lodge) hosted by Star of the

North Chapter. Contact Bill Jacobs (715) 891-5574.

Aug. 30-Sept. 6: Canada Club Outing at Buena Vista Resort

on LOTW . Contact Bill Jacobs (715) 891-5574. September 18th - 21st – 2014 Youth Muskie Hunt Event,

(www.muskiesinc.org/indy_files/youth.html) – Contact Muskies,

Inc.’s National Fishing Youth Director Kevin Busnick, (kbushnick@theyca.org).

Sept. 27th: NorthWaters Chapter Challunge, Eagle River Chain.

Headwaters Chapter vs. Northwoods Chapter. Awards and lunch at

12 Pines in Eagle River. Call Musky Pete for more info,

715-542-2012

October 1st – Regular Meeting.

October 25th – ENDURO Club Outing, Eagle River Inn,

contact Bill Jacobs (715) 891-5574.

November 5th – Regular Meeting. December 3rd – Regular Meeting.

Jan. 3rd 2015: Christmas Party

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2014 Calendar of Events!!

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If you want to make any changes to your ad, please contact me and I get make the changes: Dale Peterson,

8247 Lost Lake Dr. West, St. Germain 54558 muskypete@frontiernet.net

THANKS TO OUR ADVERTISERS!!!

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10 Our Advertisers. THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!

Place your ad here!!!

Contact Jim Chamberlin

for more information,

715-479-2655.

11 Our Advertisers—-Thank You!!!

Steve Amundson, 3045 Vermilion Dr.,

Cook, MN 55723 218-666-5607

12 Headwaters MeMber’s FisH PHotos.

Letter from Jim Korducki of Ducktail Lures:

Hi Scott,

Enclosed are some Ducktail Lures as a donation for both Headwaters MI and the Chain Pounders Musky League. If you look at the baits, you’ll see they all have either Headwaters MI or Chain Pounders written on them. Please divide them up accordingly. You can give the Pounder’s baits to Matt. Both organizations can use them however you see fit, raffle, door prizes, etc. I hope we can get together and fish sometime this year. I used to get up to Eagle River area more often than I do now. I hope to be up that way last weekend in July and second and third weekends in August and in September sometime. Let’s try and get together.

Thanks, Jim

Mike Kijowski takes over 1st place for big fish in the

Sayner/St. Germain Thurs. Night Musky League with this

nice 44” Musky caught July 17th on the Jaz-Ma-Taz buck-

tail on Found Lake. Great net job by Musky Pete!!

Thanks Musky Pete for

sharpening my hooks

Jeff Mathwig with a nice 46” Musky caught

July 16th.

Mike Wix with a beautiful 37.75” Tiger Musky

caught June 11th.

Nice fish from the Spring Classic, June 14th.