` NOVEMBER 2018 What’s Inside Board - General 2 Save the Date!! Catch a Trophy Winners 3 November Speaker is Sean Berming- ham! 4 2018 Club Outings Multi-Species Standings 5 Members Only Contest Standings 6 From the Member- ship Circle 7 Members photos 8-11 UPCOMING EVENTS November 14th club meeting featuring Sean Bermingham! Last fling to Cave Run Novem- ber 30th- December 2rd. FRV BOD Meeting Wednesday Decem- ber 5th at Cabela’s FRV December 12th club meet- ing featuring Dan Koniewicz! Hello fellow FRV members and welcome to November. Having just returned from a great “Suckerfest Outing” up in St. Germain, I started to reflect on 2018 and how bad of a fishing season it was for many of us. For many of the people I have talked to the Muskie season was no up to normal. But being a lifelong Cubs fan, there is always wait to next year. Regarding the “Suckerfest Outing”, I think that the 9 of us that attended had a great time. Good meals, Drink and comradery. Thanks for Hugh, Rich, Ken, Mike, Frank & Todd for making this outing one of the best of the year. Also a big thank you to our guest / past mem- bers Jim and Mike for attending. Like I eluded to earlier, fishing was not great, but, eight fish were caught. The biggest being a 40.5” caught on Boot Lake. If you have a chance to attend one of our outings next year, please make a point to do so. You will have a good time and will learn something new about Muskie fishing. Our next two speakers are Sean Bermingham in November speaker and myself in December. Please do not bring any tomatoes to the December meeting. At the December meet- ing we will be asking for non-perishable food donations at the door. We give these every year to the Elgin Woman’s Shelter organization. They tru- ly do need the help. Our next outing will be “The Last Fling” Down on Cave Run in Kentucky. The last opportunity to sign up for this outing will be at this upcoming November meeting. See myself at the next meeting for details. Regarding stocking, the chapter did stock 440 12 to 15 inch Wisconsin Strain muskies into the Chain on Monday October 15 th . I apol- ogize that we did not get the word out to the membership. But, this had to be completed quickly without notice do to an expiring permit that we were not aware of when we ordered the fish. Also, our chapter was able to give the Chicagoland Chapter an extra $1,000 to help supplement the Lake Ge- neva stocking that took place in late October. The last note I would like to make is a big congratulations to Terry Magnusson on catching his first Muskie ever on the Popp's Outing. It was a 40 inch fish caught on Cal- dron. Until next month, keep a tight line and catch a big one. Dan Koniewicz November Issue FRV NEWS CAST
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N OV E M B E R 2 018
What’s Inside
Board - General 2
Save the Date!!
Catch a Trophy Winners
3
November Speaker
is Sean Berming-ham!
4
2018 Club Outings
Multi-Species
Standings
5
Members Only
Contest Standings 6
From the Member-
ship Circle 7
Members photos 8-11
U P C O M I N G
E V E N T S
November 14th
club meeting
featuring Sean
Bermingham!
Last fling to
Cave Run Novem-
ber 30th-
December 2rd.
FRV BOD Meeting
Wednesday Decem-
ber 5th at
Cabela’s
FRV December
12th club meet-
ing featuring
Dan Koniewicz!
Hello fellow FRV members and welcome to November. Having just returned from a great “Suckerfest Outing” up in St. Germain, I started to reflect on 2018 and how bad of a fishing season it was for many of us. For many of the people I have talked to the Muskie season was no up to normal. But being a lifelong Cubs fan, there is always wait to next year. Regarding the “Suckerfest Outing”, I think that the 9 of us that attended had a great time. Good meals, Drink and comradery. Thanks for Hugh, Rich, Ken, Mike, Frank & Todd for making this outing
one of the best of the year. Also a big thank you to our guest / past mem-bers Jim and Mike for attending. Like I eluded to earlier, fishing was not great, but, eight fish were caught. The biggest being a 40.5” caught on Boot Lake. If you have a chance to attend one of our outings next year, please make a point to do so. You will have a good time and will learn something new about Muskie fishing. Our next two speakers are Sean Bermingham in November speaker and myself in December. Please do not bring any tomatoes to the December meeting. At the December meet-ing we will be asking for non-perishable food donations at the door. We give these every year to the Elgin Woman’s Shelter organization. They tru-ly do need the help. Our next outing will be “The Last Fling” Down on Cave Run in Kentucky. The last opportunity to sign up for this outing will be at this upcoming November meeting. See myself at the next meeting for details. Regarding stocking, the chapter did stock 440 12 to 15 inch Wisconsin Strain muskies into the Chain on Monday October 15
th. I apol-
ogize that we did not get the word out to the membership. But, this had to be completed quickly without notice do to an expiring permit that we were not aware of when we ordered the fish. Also, our chapter was able to give the Chicagoland Chapter an extra $1,000 to help supplement the Lake Ge-neva stocking that took place in late October. The last note I would like to make is a big congratulations to Terry Magnusson on catching his first Muskie ever on the Popp's Outing. It was a 40 inch fish caught on Cal-dron. Until next month, keep a tight line and catch a big one.
Dan Koniewicz
November Issue
FRV NEWS CAST
GENERAL MEETINGS
7:00 PM @ SCHAUMBURG GOLF
CLUB/CHANDLER’S CHOPHOUSE
401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL.
(847) 885-9009
BOARD MEETINGS
6:00PM at Cabela’s on Wednesdays the
week before our General club meeting. All
members are welcome to attend.
W W W . F R V M U S K I E . C O M
FRV MUSKIES INC. P A G E 2
2018 BOARD MEMBERS
Frank Lucido - Membership Director 847-559-8300 Joe Erkenswick - Media Director Steve Crook Res. & Stocking Dir. Todd Minor Speaker Director/ IMA Dave Klop PR Director Pete Barber IMA Delegate Dan Lamkin Trade Show Director Hugh Flack Chapter Rep. Tim Crews Merchandise Director Rich Gallagher Newsletter Editor Mark Rue ALD Terry Magnusson ALD Steve Behrends ALD Mike Pierce ALD Mike Mark Youth Director Blake Pawlikowski Webmaster
OFFICERS
President Dan Koniewicz Vice President Rich Gallagher Treasurer Pete Barber Secretary Blake Pawlikowski
Apr-18 Ron Haynes Corey Warzyski Charlene Behrends Sue Kroll M Januszwski
May-18 Mike Chisamore Charlene Behrends Judy Schorler Steve Kroll Ed Stogenson
Sep-18 David Moncyzski Ed Stogenson Thomas Smith J. Kroll Steve Walter
Oct-18 Mike Baily Glenn Koniewicz David Moncyzski E. Kroll Steve Kroll
SEPTEMBER 12TH SPEAKER P A G E 4
W W W . F R V M U S K I E . C O M
THE FOX RIVER VALLEY CHAPTER PROUDLY PRESENTS
SEAN BERMINGHAM WENDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14
TH , 2018
AT THE SCHAUMBURG GOLF CLUB Sean Bermingham...Fishing guide, instructor, educator, custom rod builder, Lure maker and fly tire for over 30 years. Sean specializes in “out-of-the-box” lure modifications and presentations. This will include fine tuning your tackle and techniques. In addition, Sean will talk about late fall jerk bait tricks. This is a don’t miss talk. Sean has written for publications such as “In Fisherman” magazine, “The Outdoor Notebook,” “Midwest Outdoors,” and “Musky Notes” magazines. Cur-rently, Sean is cofounder and co-instructor with Chris Taurisano for “The Musky Boot Camp” on Lake of the Woods. Contact Sean at: Email [email protected] Phone: 312-805-8859. Don’t miss this great meeting as our monthly club meetings resume!! Grab a friend and come on out and join us! You’ll be glad you did! Admission is $5.00/person at the door. Hope to see you at the meeting!
Admission is $5.00/person at the door. Our meeting begins at 7:00PM at The Schaumburg Golf Club which is located at 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg, IL.
All meetings are open to the public. Guests are always welcome.
Additional Information: The outing kicks off Thursday November 30th. We will coordinate dinners as group. There are restau-
rants in the area or we will cook at the lodge. Additional coordination and on this event will happen in the fall. A $35.00 deposit is
due by September 12th.
MULTI-SPECIES CONTEST NAME # REL POINTS
MEN'S DIVISION
1 Craig Peterson 4 232.49
2 Craig Thomton 5 187.52
3 Tom Maki 5 177.90
4 Phil Gutmann 3 138.63
5 Gary Quedenfeld 3 136.09
6 Mark Lamont 2 127.22
7 Eugene Gabinski 2 124.73
8 Lou Principata 4 110.64
9 Darren Nixon 2 96.08
10 Joe Kieser 2 91.28
11 Rich Gallagher 3 78.57
12 Steven Hill 1 77.43
13 Steve Walter 2 61.66
14 David Monczynski 2 55.91
MS LUNKER OFTHE MONTH
NAME FISH POINTS
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr Phil Gutmann 1 47.23
May Darren Nixon 1 63.89
Jun Craig Thomton 1 62.67
Jul Robbie Henderson 1 40.23
Aug Steven Hill 1 77.43
Sep Eugene Gabinski 1 79.09
Oct Mark Lamont 1 93.22
BEST OF SPECIES
NAME SPECIES LENGTH
Darren Nixon SM Bass 21"
Robbie Henderson LM Bass 20"
Craig Thomton Pike 44.75"
Phil Gutmann Walleye 30.5"
Mark Lamont Musky 50"
JUNIOR'S DIVISION
1 Robbie Henderson 5 170.68
WOMEN'S DIVISION
1 Carol Nixon 4 134.88
2 Shirley Phillips 2 56
3
4
5
MEMBERS ONLY CONTEST STANDINGS P A G E 6
W W W . F R V M U S K I E . C O M
FRV MUSKIES INC. P A G E 8
W W W . F R V M U S K I E . C O M
FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CORNER… FROM THE MEMBERSHIP CORNER… Some Interesting Historical Trivia!! A name most anglers never came across Onesimus Ustonson, a
London tackle merchant back in 1810 who was the father of the multiplying winch. We now call it a
baitcasting reel. Ustonson artfully crafted his reel from brass more than two hundred years ago. Only
four of his reels are known to exist today worth thousands of dollars. Around the turn of the century a
Dr. James Henshall author of the “Book of Black Bass” insisted that the multiplying reel was an Ameri-
can invention, the creation of a Kentuckian George Sydner. Between 1810 and 1820, Sydner did indeed
produce the nation’s first baitcast reels, but many historian now think Sydner’s reels were patterned
from Ustonson’s design. The story goes on, according to an article that appeared in the “Art of Angling”, a book written by Thom-
as Barker in 1651 (England), describing a reel device attached to a rod used for fishing for pike. Other historians claim the use of
fishing reels in the thirteenth century by the Chinese? Another tidbit, an angler named James Chetham gave the following advice
for preserving worms. Take the sculls of animals, beat them into power, put this power in moss to form a bread for earth worms. “
Morbid Advice”. I hope you found this historical trivia interesting. My further articles will included more of the above. More re-
cent historical trivia, the FRV Chapter was founded in 1981 about 37 years ago in the back room of a bar in Elgin called the Blue
Moon. It is now one of the top four chapters in Muskies, Inc. At this past weekend fishing trip to St. Germain, Wisconsin
(Suckerfest 2018), I had the opportunity to talk with two members of the Headwaters Chapter, the second largest chapter in MI (355
plus members), several of whom have been to FRV monthly meeting and they said “Quote” that (FRV) probably has the best
monthly meetings of any chapter around! That is a nice compliment! SO, it is up to you to keep-up your membership and invites
other to our meetings. Let’s Keep FRV Strong (where have I heard those words?)
