321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103

April 2017

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Our speakers for the March meeting were club members Rich & Rich Mathews. Father andSon duo have been fishing Lake Michigan for a number of years and have spent the last few years developing technique and tackle for running meat rigs. They came in to share some of their knowledge on tricks and tactics to running meat rigs for big kings!

Hook’n Line is the official newsletter of Salmon Unlimited, Inc., a non-profit organization, and is published monthly for members. Opinions ex-pressed in this publication are those of the individual authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of Salmon Unlimited, Inc. Officers: Jim Nelligan, President; Jim Stepp, Vice President; Bill Meier, Treasurer; Mike Mayworm, Secretary.Chairman of the Board: Lou ChampaBoard Members: Jim & Chris Maechtle, Jerry Taylor, Jack Edens, John Messina, Nick Pataki, Ron Taylor, Joe Huss, Ron Vallas, Doug McCallis-ter, Tom Smith, Chris Wojtowilz, Herb Vogt, Mark Sandahl, Jack OllesWebmaster: Mike GrazianoNewsletter Editor: Mark SandahlNewsletter Email: salmonunlimitednews@yahoo.comWe apologize in advance for any typographical errors. We make every effort to ensure correctness. Feel free to let us know if we over-looked something. Please direct any/all correspondence to: Salmon Unlimited Office General Membership Meetings at 321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103 VFW HALL - 7:30 to 10:00 PMwww.salmonunlimitedinc.com, (773) 736-5757 400 E Devon Ave, Elk Grove Village, IL

Coming Events

General Membership MeetingTues, April 11th , 7:00 pm

Speaker: Dave Engel

Dave will be speaking at our Annual New Member Pizza Party.

He has become a staple speak-er at this event and will bediscussing all things LakeMichigan. Bring your ques-tions and get answers from thecaptain of the most successful tournament boat on the lake.

Dave typically brings some sponsor goodies along with him, so come out for a chance at some great gear!

Upcoming Club Meetings:

May 9 – General Membership

June13 – General Membership

President’s Report

"Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds." - Alexander Graham Bell

Hey, this is the month we’ve been waiting for! Hope springs eternal, it’s time to launch the boat and begin our boating and fishing season. If you’relike me you’ve been getting your boat and fishing equipment ready for a while. If you’re a procrastinator, get busy. Excited?

Our annual spring pizza party is only a few days away, I hope to see everyone there. We usually have about 125 folks show up at this meeting, amazing how free pizza is such an allure. Dave Engle from Best Chance is our speaker again this year, thanks Dave! You won’t find a better speakeron fishing Lake Michigan and I’m sure Dave will talk about the forecast for this year’s fishing and state of the lake from his Michigan perspective.

The coho season is off and running in Indiana waters and after last year’s epic rainbow trout fishing on our side of the lake I’m hopeful we see something similar this year, but only the good Lord knows.

Our Pass the Passion Tournament now has a $7500first place guarantee. You really need to make this year’s tourney part of your summer plans. Free slips await every boat who enters should you want one. Waukegan has some great bands scheduled to perform all 3 days of the festival and this looks to be our best run tournament yet, please come out and be part of the fun. http://www.salmonunlimitedinc.com/pass-the-passion

Unfortunately, there is a new $10 fee this year to launch your boat at Northpoint Marina. I guess thiswas inevitable, but disappointing to many I’m sure. Still cheaper than Waukegan.

Westrec is well underway at sprucing up the landscaping at Northpoint and fixing the long list of maintenance items at the marina that have needed attention for some time. We at Salmon Unlimited applaud their efforts and wish them wellin their new management function at the harbor.

All the best,

Jim Nelligan

President

MembershipBenefits of Membership:

• Membership card entitling bearer to all as-sociation benefits.

• Embroidered Salmon Unlimited member-ship patch.

• Salmon Unlimited automobile decal.• Voting privileges.• Salmon Unlimited Hook 'n Line newsletter,

published 12 times a year, and sent only to Active Members.

• Fishing seminars covering all aspects of salmon and trout angling.

• Participation in all club competitions and activities.

• Family Membership (Spouse and dependentchildren of Active Members are eligible to participate in competitions and other activi-ties).

• Membership Roster - Active Members re-ceive a roster of Active Members.

• Set of distinctive Salmon Unlimited boat decals (A set comes with membership, any additional sets are $5.00.).

Join or renew memberships on our website.

http://www.salmonunlimitedinc.com/#!page3/cee5

Tournament OpportunityCatchem Plenty III is looking for 2 crew members to

fish tournaments for su an two in a boat tournaments

for 2017 contact Jeff at ayeskij7057@yahoo.com or

leave a message at 847 526 7057

2017 Tournaments

2016 Boat of the YearTime Off

2017 Club TournamentsMay 13 (Northpoint) May 27 (Northpoint) June 10 (Northpoint) July 8 (Northpoint) July 22 (Northpoint)

August 12 (Northpoint) Sept 2 Make-up Date (Northpoint)

Big TournamentsJune 3 – SU WI Open (Racine)

June 17 – Kenosha Classic (Kenosha)June 23 – 24 – SU IL Pass the Passion

(Waukegan)July 15 – Super Sweepstakes (Racine)

July 16 – Two in the Boat (Racine)July 29 – Brew City (Milwaukee)

August 26 - SU IL Open (Northpoint)September 9 – SU Kid’s Fishing Derby

(Waukegan)

Club Tournament AwardsTop 3 BoatsThe first place boat will be awarded a prize of $5.00 per boat entered (ie. With 20 boats en-tered, the first place boat would receive 20 X $5.00 = $100.00). The second place boat will receive $3.00 per boat. The third place boat will receive $2.00 per boat.

$350 Big 3New for 2017 the $350 Big 3 contest will be awarded to the team with the 3 largest fish at each tournament regardless of species. Exam-ple, 2 Kings and 1 Lake Trout. This contest is part of every club tournament.

Bonus FishThe largest bonus fish caught will receive $4.00 per boat. In the event no bonus fish is caught, the money will carry over to the next tournament.

Side BetThere will be a voluntary $10.00 Side Bet for each tournament. The Side Bet criteria will be determined by the tournament boat prior to each contest.

Largest Fish of the SeasonA monetary reward for the largest fish caught for the season will also be awarded ($1.00 per boat per tournament).

*All monetary rewards are based on the num-ber of boats participating.

Rookie Boat of the YearThere will be a special end of the year award for the Rookie Boat with the most tournament points at seasons end. Rookie boats are those that are fishing their first season of S.U. Tour-naments.

We hope to see everyone participating in our fun club tournaments in 2017. We will be hav-ing our awesome bbqs again so come out for a fun day with fellow members.

Captain Jim Nelligan, Tournament Chairman

$350 Big 3 - Sponsored by: Thermalcraft, James P. Maechtle Decorating,Advanced Automotive, Duck Bill Charters. JabberJaws, and Ameriplating

Northern Ice Fishing Adventure

Donna and I recently went on another ice fishing adventure in the SnoBear with our friend Steve.This time we went to the Northwest Angle and stayed at a place called Flag Island resort. The island is located in Minnesota however we had to cross the Canadian border to get to it. We crossed the border andtraveled another 100 miles to get back in the U.S/ Minnesota. The Northwest angle is the northernmost part of the United States. It is incredible up there! The scenery was awesome and the fishing was even more incredible than we anticipated.

The first day we decided to target walleye and sauger. The trails were marked by fence stakes on the ice. Every resort has their own fence post color which made it very easy to find our way. The area is so vast that one needs to stick to the ice roads to get around safely. The Lake of the Woods has 14,522 islands. Withplenty of ice, 30” or so, we were pretty sure we would be safe to travel, there were open waters in various ar-eas though. On the first day we left the cabin around 7:30 am, but really didn't know where to go so we stopped at the lodge and asked for some help. Boy, wasthat the right thing to do. The owners, Andrea and Chuck, were busy at the bar serving breakfast and making sure all their clients had everything they need-ed for the day.They also run agreat guide ser-vice with allkinds of trackedvehicles includ-ing snowmo-biles, Tahoes andBombardiers.They take theirclients out to theresort's perma-nent fish houseswhich are al-

ready set up in their favorite fishing spots. Chuck showed me on the map where to fish and what areas to avoid. He also said if we want to catch walleye, we should follow their guides who were heading to the promised land, so we loaded up and off we went.

We traveled 14 miles on the marked ice road until we got to where the permanent shanties were. We stayed far enough away from the permanent shacks and set up on a nice spot and, whammo! Before we knew it we had our limits of walleye and sauger, all within a couple of hours. We also caught some nice eelpout and some jumbo perch. We left before the group did, but with all the great trail markers, we didn't need help to get back to our cabin. The next day we had re-served a guide for the day. We were heading into Cana-dian waters and didn't know exactly what to expect or how to get into Canada, but more importantly how to get back in the states. We figured a guide for the day would be beneficial. The guides had the procedure all figured out and yes, you must call & check into Cana-da and let them know where you are going and what you are doing.

We wanted to go to Canada for the day because everyone was talking about how great the crappie fish-ing was up there. After seeing the size of the crappies in the nice warm fish cleaning facility, we couldn't waitto see for ourselves. We traveled around 18 miles to getthere, with some of the most beautiful scenery I've everseen in the northwoods in the winter. We set up on mudflats 34 feet deep. We were only allowed 10 crappie each and since we were fishing so deep, we had to keep the crappies because they would not survive the trip back down the fishing hole. It didn't take us long tocatch our limit. Our guide for the day was Dan Schmidt. Dan has been guiding the area for 40 years. He was a wealth of information. He was not shy on an-swering every question we threw out. After we were done with our crappies, he set us up on a nice point. We only needed 8 walleye to get back to our limit since we ate 8 walleye the night before.

We fished for about 2 hours and we were done. I also caught two 4 lb smallies. I have been ice fishing my entire life from the days of having a lump of coal in a coffee can and an auger, that after cutting one hole you were completely worn out for the day. Boy, have things changed with today's technology and ice augers.Normally in the winter, fish are very lethargic but up inthe angle, these fish were hungry. Most fish usually come and sniff your bait but not up there. The fish were there for one reason, to eat and to their surprise that's what I was there to do as well. The crappies aver-aged 13 inches with an occasional 15 incher. We did not catch any monster walleye or crappie, but we sure had a great time! We will definitely be going back!

I would just like to give a big shout out to An-drea and Chuck Haggenmiller, the owners of the Flag Island Resort. They purchased the resort a year ago andare doing an amazing job. Keep up the good work guys! We noticed and appreciated all your hard work and it really showed. The resort was very clean and theentire staff was very friendly and accommodating. The cabins were clean and nicely equipped with everythingwe needed and, on occasion when we did need some-

thing, Chuck and the staff were always there to help. Even when we needed extra groceries and more cham-pagne! No trip is complete without some bubbly! Don-na is convinced the bubbly helps catch the fish/get their attention. That's what she says. Haha! The food inthe restaurant was incredible. Thanks to Kiok, the cook. Thanks again to all! We plan on heading back upthere in the fall. We were told that the open water fish-ing up there was nothing short of awesome. We spoke to many visitors, many of who were repeat customers, and everyone was very happy with the service and the staff and, of course,... the fishing! The only thing that would have made the trip perfect was if we saw the northern lights. Unfortunately, we were a few days too late. A few days prior to our arrival, they saw spectacu-lar northern lights display. Bummer! Anyhow, it's greatto see there are places you can travel to and not have toworry about anything... just relax and have a great time. Until the next adventure....Jawzon!!

Donna & Jim Stepp

Pizza Night!

This coming Tuesday, April 11th is the annual kick off meeting... Also referred to as the PIZZA PARTY!!!

Come out and take part of the biggest meeting of the year, listen to a great speaker that is likely to bring some goodies, check out some vendors selling tackle around the edge of the room, and of course enjoy somepizze while we all talk fishing! The meeting will be starting around 7pm! With the awards for last seasons tournament series starting around 7:30, and our speaker, Dave Engel will begin his talk after that.

***$7500 Guarantee for 1st Place – PRO Side***

Support the VFW

Elk Grove Village Post No. 9284400 East Devon Avenue

Elk Grove Village, IL 60007(847) 439-9284

Thank you Elk Grove VFW for your continued generosity and for supporting our club by

supplying such a great meeting place!

Call for April Specials and to

Make reservations (847) 437-3383

VFW Announcement!!!

Post 9284 is going to construct a much needed elevator and CASTLE Cheverolet hasdonated a 2017 Corvette to the VFW to be raffled off in mid summer (2017) in order tohelp offset the cost of the installation. Raffle tickets can be purchased at the bar on the

lower level of the VFW. Let's all help by purchasing a couple tickets. The VFW hasalways supported SU, so let's help return the favor and support this cause,,, and

potentially win a BRAND NEW CAR!!!

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321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103