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Shawnee Muskie Hunters
Chapter of Muskies,Inc
January 2022 Chapter Newsletter
Muskies Inc, Chapter #28- Shawnee Muskie Hunters
This Month’s activities:
January 7, 8, 9 Let’s Go Fishing Show Collinsville, IL.
January 7, 8, 9 Chicago Muskie Show
January TBD, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Winter Meeting, Virtual, Zoom
Next Month’s activities:
February 11,12,13 Milwaukie Muskie Expo
February 19, SMH Annual Awards Banquet, 5:00 PM Swansea Government
Center
Don’t forget to log fish from last year: Due by January 10, 2022, to be
included in the awards banquet for the year!
https://ifishillinois.org/science/muskie_survey.php
Our chapter is supporting Shawn Hirst with purchasing 1,000 floy tags
These are the external tags I use so anglers can report their catch
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Trip Report: If you would like to submit a trip report email Shannon Beaty- Dingus (shannonb@certapro.com) Webster IN Lakes Trip – June 2022: This is an invitation for musky enthusiasts heading to the finest lakes of Kosciusko County, Indiana June10-13, 2022. Please RSVP to Travis Smith if you would like to go siuforests@yahoo.com Located in North Webster, IN., roughly 40 miles West of Fort Wayne, Lake Webster, Lake Tippecanoe, James Lake, and the Barbee Chain are home to arguably the best musky fishing in the state of Indiana.
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Of course, some of you may want to stay through the 16th, just let me know what dates you are wanting to go and we will get you hooked up with other members with similar dates. As of right now we have contacted a local resort with no returned call. We have already started to look for other lodging and found a 4- bedroom house on the lake. Airbnb: Vacation Rentals, Cabins, Beach Houses, Unique Homes & Experiences Please let me know as soon as you know you will be joining in with a simple reply to this email, include number of people in your group and who's boat you will be in along with dates you will be fishing with us. We can then help find additional lodging for everyone if needed. Tight lines and Happy New Year, Travis Smith SMH 2022 Activity Calendar – Rev 12-13-2021 January 7, 8, 9 Let’s Go Fishing Show Collinsville, IL. January 7, 8, 9 Chicago Muskie Show January TBD, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Winter Meeting, Virtual, Zoom February 11,12,13 Milwaukie Muskie Expo February 19, SMH Annual Awards Banquet, 5:00 PM Swansea Government Center March 12 & 13, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Spring Fling Tournament, Kinkaid Lake March 26 18thh Annual Kinkaid Lake Cleanup 8:00 AM – Noon March 26 Shawnee Muskie Hunters Crappie Outing after Lake Cleanup (Fish Fry @ Shannon’s house) April 16 – Spring Classic – IMTT - Spring Lake North April 17, Easter April 23 & 24 Shawnee Muskie Hunters Spring Guide for Day, Kinkaid Lake April 30, 9th Annual IL Scholastic Muskie Tournament, Mill Creek May 1, Chapter Outing Mill Creek May 8, Mother’s Day May 21 & 22 – Jake Wolf Memorial Tournament – IMTT - Banner Marsh (Split Tournament w/Johnson & Wheel Lake)
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc June 4, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Kid's Fishing Day, Murphysboro Lake (rain day 6-11) June 4 & 5 - Summer Classic – IMTT - Mill Creek Lake June 11 – Mike Sule Memorial Tournament – IMTT — Fox Chain of Lakes June 19 Father’s Day June 10-13 Chapter Outing, (Northern Indiana) Randy Hilger and Travis Smith are working together on outing – see note in this newsletter August 27, (TBD) VETS DAY, St Louis, MO. (MO Veterans Home) Gil Hamm Memorial Challenge – Green Bay (? TBD) September (TBD) Zoom meeting (TBD) September 24 or October 1– Greg Tichacek Memorial Tournament – IMTT — Lake McMaster October 7, Shawnee Muskie Hunters 2021 Zoom Planning Meeting 7:00 PM October 8 & 9 - Shawnee Muskie Hunters Fall Guide for Day, Kinkaid Lake October 8, 9, 10 Youth Deer Season October 15 & 16, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Fall Brawl Tournament, Kinkaid Lake October 22 & 23 – Fall Classic – IMTT - Prairie Lake November 5 & 6 - IMTT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT – Kinkaid Lake November 18, 19, 20 First Deer Season November 24 Thanksgiving November 25 & 26 Trolling outing on Kinkaid December 1, 2, 3, 4 Second Deer Season December 25 Christmas
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Message from the President: Welcome to 2022 and new challunges. I want to congratulate Walt Krause for doing the almost impossible and catching a muskie in every month of the year. Way to go Walt! Please read the long version of the report in the IMA newsletter went out earlier this month. We are fortunate to be able to help Shawn Hirst, ILDNR Biologist for Kinkaid Lake and other Southern IL lakes, with the purchase of the 1,000 Floy Tags at a purchase price of $920.00. Earlier in 2021 we purchased air stones for Jake Wolf Hatchery that are used for the transportation of muskies to our lakes in IL. We do that thru our Guide for Day and Tounament Fundraisers. Please plan on helping us out again in 2022.
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Did you see in the calendar that our first Muskie Tournament is in March? What a chance to catch a nice fat muskie like the one in the picture I caught in December on Kinkaid Lake. Come join us if you can. We are working to help get the Eagle Lake in New Athens spillway repair on the ILDNR list for 2022. In early December I submitted a letter to Colleen Callahan, Director of ILDNR with copies to Representative David Friess and Senator Terri Bryant. An additional letter was submitted to ILDNR with the help of Randy Hilger to ILDNR Parks Administration to waive the permit fees for tournaments on Kinkaid Lake. ILDNR started a new 10% fee on all tournaments in 2022 on ramps they manage to help improve the docks and facilities they manage. We will keep you posted on both of these letters. Hope to see you at the Let’s Go Fishing Show, at the Annual Awards Banquet or on the water. My last trip in 2021 will be Thursday, December 30th on Kinkaid Lake. Be safe. Jim “Lucky” Beaty President, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter From the Desk of Walt Krause:
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc It’s hard to believe that we are now in the year 2022. The last two years we have struggled through the covid 19 and it looks like we have to start the year again with the threat of it continuing. I am glad to see that a lot of restrictions have been lifted and our events will continue as planned. We should come to grips that this covid 19 will be with us forever. It is not going away. We have to continue with our lives and just let the chips fall and hope for the best. Now that the year 2021 is past, I have not heard of any one completing the challenge that I put out at the beginning of this past year. I will inform you that I did complete the year with fulfilling at least 1 muskie in every month of 2021. I caught my December muskie on December 20th and followed it with two more on December 21. It is not an easy task. You have to be very lucky and everything has to fall into place. I was without a boat for almost 4 months this past year. Boat dealers are in no hurry to get you back on the water. There are a lot of part shortages that have increased the delays any way that their excuse. My boat will be ready for 2022 when I recover from my knee surgery. I finally got my new hummingbird that was on order since March and my new motor was delivered and finally installed. Look out 2022. I will put the challenge out to you again in 2022. The Collinsville “Let’s Go Fishing Show” will be January 7 to the 9th. We will again have a booth at the show. It’s booth 31. This is the first time since the show started that I will not be in attendance. If everything goes well with my surgery I should be getting home on the 6th. Jim Beaty is going to take my place giving the 2 seminars at the show. Come out and support him and give him some friendly faces in the audience. We need of a Chapter representative. Our past rep has decided to move on. This is our representative to Muskies, Inc. There is one meeting that is required to attend and information to and from MI and our Club is passed through this person. If you are interested, you can call me, text me or e-mail me for details. I am the SR for our Region 4 and on the board of MI. I think that is it for this month Stay safe and hang in there. Walt Krause Muskie People in the news
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Jim Beaty Kinkaid Lake on December 12, 2021, a 48 X 20
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Tom Kelly 39” on Green River Lake in Ky. Larry Owens 35” on Green River Lake in Ky.
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Joke of the Month: Submited by Submitted by If you have a good fishing joke you think the rest of the Chapter would enjoy send them to Shannon Beaty-Dingus at shannonb@certapro.com Welcome to our chapter:
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Member Profile: If you know anyone interested or would like to volunteer to share your member profile in next month's newsletter. We would like to know how you first became interested in Muskie fishing and a few facts about yourself and your interests. Send your information to Shannon Beaty-Dingus (shannonb@certapro.com Website: Do not forget, our website is: http://www.shawneemuskiehunters.org Like us on facebook: Shawnee Muskie Hunters | Facebook Free weekly musky fishing publication delivered to our subscribers by email from: Josh Borovsky www.promuskieguide.com On a side note, I also started Musky Insider with Nick Lindner about a year ago. If you have not seen it yet, it is a 100% free weekly musky fishing publication delivered to our subscribers by email (or folks can go directly to www.muskyinsider.com and view the current newsletter there as well.) Please feel free to pass on the Musky Insider info to your members as it is a great free source of information and entertainment for musky nuts, especially ones stuck inside under COVID-19 restrictions! Chapter Website: http://www.shawneemuskiehunters.org There is a lot of good information there. If you have not checked out the Members Only section, you should. If you do not have a username and password for the Members Only section, contact Renee at renee.g.johnson@gmail.com and she will hook you up.
Shawnee Muskie Hunters
Chapter of Muskies,Inc
Looking for someone to fix reels:
New Lunge Log Entry System is now available! (Please see attached PDF)
Members will see the link on the MI Home page for the new login. The current
entry system and reports are of course still available by logging into the current
MI system. If you or anyone in your chapter has any questions or problems,
please email me at webmaster@muskiesinc.org and I will respond as quickly as
possible
2022 Officers:
President Jim Beaty (618) 971-7806 jbeaty@certapro.com
Vice President Randy Hilger (314) 378-7046 rahilger@msn.com
Treasurer Carrie Owens (812) 430-7200 carrie.owens@twc.com
Secretary Shannon Beaty-Dingus (618) 531-7631 shannonb@certapro.com
Newsletter Editor
Magazine Reporter Walt Krause (618) 972-5584 krausewalter@att.net
Youth Director
Membership Director Mike Hopkins (630) 301-4328 hopmusky23@gmail.com
Chapter #4
OPEN
Representative
IMA Representative Mike Hopkins (630) 301-4328 hopmusky23@gmail.com
Jim Beaty (618) 971-7806 jbeaty@certapro.com
Habitat Directors
Walt Krause (618) 972-5584 krausewalter@att.net
Web Master
Renee Johnson (618) 655-0640 renee.g.johnson@gmail.com
Media DirectorShawnee Muskie Hunters
Chapter of Muskies,Inc
Jim Beaty
Fundraising (618) 971-7806 jbeaty@certapro.comShawnee Muskie Hunters
Chapter of Muskies,Inc
2022 Committees
Tournaments Jim Beaty (chair) (618) 971-7806 jbeaty@certapro.com
Tournaments Jim Frohlich
Tournaments Mike Jacob
Tournaments Larry Owens
Region 4 Tournament Walt Krause (chair) (618) 972-5584 krausewalter@att.net
Region 4 Tournament Ken Ryder 618 525-5768 Ryderen1@gmail.com
Guide for Day Jim Beaty (chair) (618) 971-7806 jbeaty@certapro.com
Guide for Day Jim Frohlich
Kid's Day Walt Krause (chair) (618) 972-5584 krausewalter@att.net
Kid's Day Shannon Beaty-Dingus
Kid's Day Ray Wheelock
Kid's Day Kate Wheelock
Kid's Day Renee Johnson
Kid's Day Dan Johnson
IL Scholastic Tournament Jim Beaty (chair) (618) 971-7806 jbeaty@certapro.com
IL Scholastic Tournament Shannon Beaty-Dingus
Disabled Vet's Day James Dingus (chair) (618) 409-6299 jamesdingus2176@gmail.com
Disabled Vet's Day Ray Wheelock
Disabled Vet's Day Kate Wheelock
Disabled Vet's Day Jim Beaty
Jim Beaty (co-chair) (618) 971-7806 jbeaty@certapro.com
Lake Cleanup
Walt Krause (co-chair) (618) 972-5584 krausewalter@att.net
Renee Johnson (co-
(618) 655-0640 renee.g.johnson@gmail.com
chair)
Social Events Shannon Beaty-Dingus
(618) 531-7631 shannonb@certapro.com
(co-chair)
Randy Hilger (co-chair)
Chapter Outings (314) 378-7046 rajilger@msn.com
Travis Smith (co-chair)Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc Chapter Outings Jim Beaty Sport Shows Walt Krause (618) 972-5584 krausewalter@att.net Sport Shows Ken Ryder SMH 2022 Activity Calendar – Rev 12-13-2021 January 7, 8, 9 Let’s Go Fishing Show Collinsville, IL. January 7, 8, 9 Chicago Muskie Show January TBD, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Winter Meeting, Virtual, Zoom February 11,12,13 Milwaukie Muskie Expo February 19, SMH Annual Awards Banquet, 5:00 PM Swansea Government Center March 12 & 13, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Spring Fling Tournament, Kinkaid Lake March 26 18thh Annual Kinkaid Lake Cleanup 8:00 AM – Noon March 26 Shawnee Muskie Hunters Crappie Outing after Lake Cleanup (Fish Fry @ Shannon’s house) April 16 – Spring Classic – IMTT - Spring Lake North April 17, Easter April 23 & 24 Shawnee Muskie Hunters Spring Guide for Day, Kinkaid Lake April 30, 9th Annual IL Scholastic Muskie Tournament, Mill Creek May 1, Chapter Outing Mill Creek May 8, Mother’s Day May 21 & 22 – Jake Wolf Memorial Tournament – IMTT - Banner Marsh (Split Tournament w/Johnson & Wheel Lake) June 4, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Kid's Fishing Day, Murphysboro Lake (rain day 6-11) June 4 & 5 - Summer Classic – IMTT - Mill Creek Lake June 11 – Mike Sule Memorial Tournament – IMTT — Fox Chain of Lakes June 19 Father’s Day June (TBD) Chapter Outing, (Iowa, Northern Indiana) Randy and Travis are working together on outing August 27, (TBD) VETS DAY, St Louis, MO. (MO Veterans Home) Gil Hamm Memorial Challenge – Green Bay (? TBD) September (TBD) Zoom meeting (TBD) September 24 or October 1– Greg Tichacek Memorial Tournament – IMTT — Lake McMaster
Shawnee Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskies,Inc October 7, Shawnee Muskie Hunters 2021 Zoom Planning Meeting 7:00 PM October 8 & 9 - Shawnee Muskie Hunters Fall Guide for Day, Kinkaid Lake October 8, 9, 10 Youth Deer Season October 15 & 16, Shawnee Muskie Hunters Fall Brawl Tournament, Kinkaid Lake October 22 & 23 – Fall Classic – IMTT - Prairie Lake November 5 & 6 - IMTT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT – Kinkaid Lake November 18, 19, 20 First Deer Season November 24 Thanksgiving November 25 & 26 Trolling outing on Kinkaid December 1, 2, 3, 4 Second Deer Season December 25 Christmas
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