Flatlander's Tails
Meetings: 7:30 p.m. ~ Fourth Thursday ~ Loves Park VFW ~ 2018 Windsor Rd ~ Loves Park Illinois
We are selling tickets at this month’s meeting for an 8 ½-foot Bulldawg rod
with a Penn reel. $10 a chance; 75 chances max. We’ll draw when all tickets are sold.
Annual Fundraiser
You should have received your tickets for our annual fundraiser. Maybe you’ve even
sold a few already. We get the majority of the money we need to operate the club
through those raffle tickets. Keep selling and you could win a 7-6 St. Croix rod,
which is this year’s incentive prize. Amy Shackleton is running the fundraiser again.
Please thank her. This is a huge job and Amy does it very well. If you need more
tickets, and we hope you do, call her at 608-295-1175.
Awards Banquet
The annual awards banquet is scheduled for March 27 at Lino’s. Please let us know
whether you will attend. The banquet signup form was included in last month’s newsletter.
The deadline for plaques for 40-inch or bigger fish has passed. Sorry.
Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail
The Illinois Muskie Tournament Trail is back again for 2010. Tournaments run from
March 13th & 14th through November. Lakes include Kincaid, Spring Lake North,
Fox Chain, Shelbyville, and Evergreen. If you are interested please contact Steve Ruhmann
at 815-389-4622 to get a registration form.
March Speaker
Next month's speaker will be Captain Tanner Wildes. Tanner is a full-time
fishing guide in Hayward, Wis. He mainly guides on the Chippewa Flowage
and St. Louis River. Tanner also manufactures the Rabid Squirrel line of bucktails
and spinnerbaits. He recently released his own DVD, “River Muskies.” Tanner's
presentation will be on fishing rivers. Whether you have never fished a river and
want to try it or you are a seasoned river rat, there will be something in his seminar
for you. He will be discussing all types of rivers and how to catch the mighty muskellunge
that are swimming in them. Cost is a $7 donation at the door for his seminar.
No Challunge
The Flatlanders, led by Jeff Blanck, who were going to participate in the Gill Hamm
Chapter Challunge will not be able to compete. There still may be a trip to
Lake Vermilion in the works. Stay tuned.
Madison Muskie School
The Capital City of Muskies Inc. will host its Muskie School on March 20. It will be
held at Waunakee High School. Cost is $29 if you pay by March 15. After March 15,
it’s $39. The fee covers the costs of the classes as well as lunch. They are offering
several classes including Spring Fishing Muskie Techniques, GPS systems, Rod building,
sucker fishing and quickset rigs, patterning big muskies, trolling both row and motor
and several others along with poolside demos. These classes are a great place to
learn many muskie fishing techniques. If you are interested, please contact
Steve Ruhmann at 815-389-4622. I have some early sign up forms.
Get a discount
You may have noticed a new advertiser in last month’s newsletter. Flatlander
Kevin Stenzel, an award-winning taxidermist, runs Artistic Creations. Kevin is
willing to offer a 20 percent discount to any Flatlander good through the end of
February 2010. His Web site is www.stenzelfish.com and his e-mail address
is kevin@stenzelfish.com.
Russ and Mary Hoernecke didn’t let the winter weather stop them from fishing. They went to North Carolina
where they caught stripers like the 40-incher, picture in newsletter.
Flatlanders Point Standings as of December 8, 2009
Masters 400
1) Mark Carlson (63) 40, 40, 42, 58.25, 38, 48, 38, 42, 45, 45, 38, 57, 54.5,
52, 45.5, 45, 47.5, 38, 46.5, 38, 50, 47, 45, 40, 57.5, 46, 51, 48, 44, 42,
45, 47, 42, 35, 42, 44, 50, 42.5, 49, 43, 42.5, 48.5, 43, 46, 45, 49, 49.75, 53,
46.5, 43, 43, 43, 45, 48, 45, 48, 43, 42, 47, 53, 45, 43, 47 -- (1233)
2) Jerry Oesreich (55) 41, 38.5, 40, 35, 39.5, 38, 37, 40, 40.5, 37, 43.5,
38, 38, 36, 36, 35, 38.5, 42, 37, 44, 41, 38, 42, 40, 47.4, 40, 38, 43, 43.5, 40, 38.5, 39, 45,
44, 48.5, 36.5, 41.5, 38.5, 34, 38, 37, 43, 39, 40, 42, 43, 39.5, 35, 40.5, 36.5, 31, 38, 39.5,
37, 33 -- (742)
3) Steve Ruhmann (30) 37, 37.5, 34, 38.5, 32, 41.5, 34.5, 35, 47, 43, 40,
37, 42.5, 38, 34.5, 35.5, 41, 38.5, 40.5, 36, 40, 38.5, 36.5, 36,40, 36.5, 34, 35.5, 35,
36 -- (357)
4) Russ Hoenecke (28) 37, 45, 33, 39, 31, 40, 44, 31, 35, 37, 36,
36, 36, 44, 42, 38, 45, 31, 35, 34, 35, 34, 35, 31, 32, 34, 38, 37 -- (297)
5) Derek Ward (24) 43.5, 39.25, 39, 42, 34, 36.5, 42.5, 34.5, 36, 41, 32,
31, 31, 36, 36, 34, 30, 31, 34, 42, 37, 31, 48, 33.25 -- (262)
Mens Masters
1) Mike Leombruni (67) 33.5, 37.5, 34.5, 33, 32, 36, 38.5, 39.5, 32.5, 36.5, 43.75, 31, 42,
36.5, 37.5, 46, 37.5, 34.5, 39, 36, 45, 38.5, 41.5, 30.5, 35.75, 38, 35.5, 34.5, 43, 36, 38,
35.5, 38.5, 40.5, 36, 37.5, 40, 42, 39.5, 37.5, 40.5, 43.5, 34, 40.5, 39, 36, 40.75, 38,
39.5, 35.5, 39.25, 39, 35.5, 37.5, 43.5, 40.5, 37.5, 42.5, 40.5, 40, 41, 39.75, 41, 36.5,
40.5, 36, 38 -- (833)
2) Mike Bowers (27) 35, 41, 35, 42.75, 38, 38.75, 36, 34, 40, 37, 38, 33.5,
38.5, 33, 35, 35, 35, 35.5, 32, 36, 39.5, 36, 42, 36, 44, 44, 41 -- (312)
3) Duane Nichols (18) 44.5, 34, 40.25, 43.5, 35, 42, 37.75, 33, 39, 43,
38, 46.5, 45, 40, 41.5, 41.5, 43.5, 44.25 -- (265)
4) Jeff Blanck (9) 43.5, 35.5, 46.5, 36.5, 35.5, 34, 42, 40, 33.5 (116)
5) Mike McClammer (12) 34,30,30,39,30,39,33,40,39.5,37,30,36 -- (96)
6) Craig Born (4) 46, 36, 44, 47 (69)
7) John Pfaff (5) 40, 37, 34.5, 33.5, 33 -- (49)
6) Jim Lavern (2) 49, 40 -- (37)
Mens
1) Mike Kanaval (23) 37, 35, 37, 37, 38, 41, 39, 46, 38.5, 38, 37.5, 37, 40, 39.5, 38.5, 37, 37, 39.5, 35, 36, 37, 38, 48.5 (292)
2) Dick Estes (22) 33, 41, 34, 38.5, 39, 40, 41, 44, 40, 34, 38.5, 39, 40.5, 35.5, 39.5, 35, 36, 34, 38.5, 41, 37.5, 37 -- (268)
3) Scott Grabow (20) 37, 33, 36.5, 31, 46.5, 37, 38, 34.5, 39, 37, 31.5, 35, 33, 43.5, 41, 36.5, 37, 43, 37, 35.5 -- (226)
4) Stu Adrain (18) 35, 34, 37.5, 45.5, 35, 38, 43, 39, 36, 38, 40.5, 42, 36.5, 35, 35, 37, 44.5, 36.5 -- (223)
5) Jerry Larson (17) 38, 36, 35, 37, 40, 38, 35, 34, 38, 30, 41, 40, 39, 32.5, 33.5, 35.5, 36.5 -- (176)
6) Tom Pellant (11) 31, 47.5, 45.5, 37, 40.5, 41, 44.5, 45, 32, 35, 44 -- (158)
7) Allen Tracy (15) 31, 34.5, 34, 33.5, 38, 33, 37, 36, 31, 45.5, 36.5, 36, 36, 39,32 -- (145)
8) Harvey Gustafson (9) 36.5, 36, 31.5, 40, 50, 41, 51, 46, 40 -- (139)
9) Jeff Gayhart (7) 35, 39, 37, 44, 46, 49, 49 -- (117)
10) Jon Trent (8) 39, 37, 47, 30, 37, 51, 36, 38 -- (107)
11) Terry Reints (8) 35, 32, 40, 36, 44, 42, 45, 37.5 -- (104)
12) Gene Seuring (6) 43, 41, 38, 51, 32, 46 -- (95)
13) Tim Scruggs (7) 35, 33, 41, 43, 41, 37, 34 -- (82)
14) Wally Haas (7) 38, 32, 40, 36, 42,36, 34 -- (76)
15) Steve Bourbon (7) 38, 34, 36.5, 34, 37, 40.5, 36 -- (75)
16) Jason Penticoff (7) 47.5, 31, 35, 32, 37.5, 36, 34.5 -- (72)
17) Frank Wilary (6) 43.25, 45.5, 34, 37, 42 -- (72)
18) Dave Reed (6) 34, 35, 33, 30, 44, 49 -- (69)
19) Gary Severson (5) 38, 34, 32, 48, 38 -- (60)
20) Eric Johnson (4) 45, 38, 39.5, 40 -- (59)
21) Chuck Heidt (7) 32, 33, 30, 30, 39, 38, 34 -- (54)
22) Bob Bunch (7) 35, 32.5, 32.5, 32.5, 33, 33, 34.5 -- (53)
23) Kevin Bunch (5) 44, 33, 37, 36, 31 -- (51)
24) Charlie Wihelmson (3) 45.5, 37, 45.5 -- (51)
25) Richard Holz (5) 33, 38, 38, 35, 35.5 -- (50)
26) Les Edgcomb (3) 46, 41, 40 -- (49)
27) Jack Pertz (3) 43, 38, 43 -- (46)
28) Dave Jack (4) 33, 33, 38.5, 39 -- (40)
29) Larry Ohda (3) 37, 45, 35 -- (39)
30) Kyle Scruggs (2) 42, 36 -- (26)
31) David Estes (1) 46 -- (20)
32) Dean Stoehr (1) 44 -- (18)
33) Pat Brugman (2) 31.5, 36.5 -- (17)
34) Curt Daniels (2) 30, 39 -- (17)
35) Michael Tronc (1) 38 -- (12)
36) Denny Heaberlin (1) 35.5 -- (10)
37) Dick Alton (1) 35 -- (9)
38) Jason Brugman (1) 34 -- (8)
39) Dean Rahn (1) 32.5 -- (7)
Juniors Division
1) Matt Pfaff (6) 33, 36, 35, 38, 34.5, 33.5 -- (57)
2) Logan Tracy (4) 31, 36, 40, 32 -- (35)
3) Alex Ruhmann (1) 39.5 -- (14)
4) Cody Ruhmann (1) 38 -- (12)
Womens Masters
1) Mary Hoernecke (21) 40, 31, 35, 33, 37, 31, 43, 41, 36, 36, 36, 34,
35, 51, 30, 34, 38, 43, 40, 44, 30 -- (234)
Womens Division
1) Kris Lamendola (4) 38, 30, 30, 41 -- (35)
Total # of Fish
647
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