Coming Events - Salmon Unlimited Inc of Illinois | Salmon Fishing

321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103
June 2016
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Coming Events
General Membership Meeting
Tues, June 14th , 7:30 pm
Speaker: Dan Wheeler of
Kingfin Charters will be
sharing his local
knowledge of the lake and
his story of an on the
water accident he
encountered
Upcoming Club Meetings:
July 12–General Membership
August 9 –General
Membership
September 13 – General
Membership
Club Tournaments
June 11 – Club Tournament
June 25&26 – SU IL Pass
the Passion
July 23 – Club Tournament
August 13 – Club
Tournament
Due to a last minute cancellation by the speaker that was scheduled to speak at our May General
Membership meeting, a few of our top tournament performing boat captains presented their findings
on current conditions. Thanks for getting up and sharing some information guys!
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Officers: Jim Nelligan, President; Jim Stepp, Vice President; Bill Meier, Treasurer; Mike Mayworm, Secretary.
Chairman of the Board: Lou Champa
Board Members: Forest Whetstone, Jim & Chris Maechtle, Jerry Taylor, Jack Edens, John Messina, Nick Pataki, Ron Taylor, Joe Huss, Ron
Vallas, Doug McCallister, Tom Smith, Chris Wojtowilz, Herb Vogt, Mark Sandahl
Webmaster: Mike Graziano
Newsletter Editor: Mark Sandahl
Newsletter Email: [email protected]
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Salmon Unlimited Office
General Membership Meetings at
321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103
VFW HALL - 7:30 to 10:00 PM
www.salmonunlimitedinc.com, (773) 736-5757
400 E Devon Ave, Elk Grove Village,
IL
President’s Report
June 4th SU WI Open at Racine Harbor
"The key is not to prioritize what's on your
schedule, but to schedule your priorities." Stephen Covey
June 18 Kenosha Classic at Kenosha Harbor
It’s June and Salmon Unlimited needs you! For
the first time ever, we are hosting the new Pass
the Passion Tournament on June 25 and 26 and
to make this first year a success, we need as
many SU members as possible to fish this
tournament. All surplus proceeds will be going
to sponsor a worthy IL high school fishing
team to help them obtain equipment for what
can be a pricey sport. For more information on
the tournament or to enroll see our web site:
http://www.salmonunlimitedinc.com/#!passthe-passion/zzzvn
Price is $125 for the Amateur tournament and
$600 for Pros.
Everyone is invited, and encouraged, to
support these events if possible.
All the best,
Jim Nelligan
President
Membership
Benefits of Membership:
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Pro rules:
http://media.wix.com/ugd/922c5f_586f9dd690
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Amateur rules:
http://media.wix.com/ugd/922c5f_80848e320f
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We will have free food after Sunday’s weigh in
and raffles at the Skipper Buds building next to
the Tropics. Free slips at Northpoint Marina
are available for any boat that enters. At least
one member for each boat must be present at
the Captains meeting at 7:00 P.M. on Friday
June 23rd for Pros and 7:00 P.M. on Saturday
June 24th for the Amateurs.
All Pro boats must supply an observer for this
event for both days of the tournament.
There are also two other major events in June
at other ports.
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Membership card entitling bearer to all
association benefits.
Embroidered Salmon Unlimited
membership 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 dependent
children of Active Members are eligible to
participate in competitions and other
activities).
Membership Roster - Active Members
receive 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/#!
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Remembering the Past
We were reached out to recently by the family of
one of the original members of Salmon Unlimited
back when the club was originally founded back in
1971 to try and help them sell some of the gear
that their father, Frank Moore left in this life to
take on sportfishing in the next.
Tournament Corner
Frank was an avid Lake Michigan Fisherman and
charter captain pictured with our own, Don Dubin
below.
We held our first Club Tournament of the year,
because the first scheduled tournament was
cancelled due to weather, on May 21st and the
weather was perfect. 1-2 foot waves and no
bugs, can't beat it.
The target fish for this event was Coho Salmon
and the members sure caught a lot of them, 170
to be exact, with 199 fish coming to the scales
from the 21 boats that entered. Good going
ladies and gentleman.
1st Place - Time Off, Captain Doug
McCallister, 53.8 LBS with a Grand Slam
I wanted to take the chance to give our members a 243.8 Pts $105
chance to take a look at a website that Frank's
family put together to list the fishing gear that they 2nd Place - Doctor's Orders, Captain Jim
Maechtle, 56.4 LBS, 206.4 Pts $52.50
have left from when their father passed on 2 yrs
ago. Take a look at the link below:
www.FranksFishing.net
Because Frank's daughters live in Colorado, that is
currently where the gear is located. But I spoke
with one of Frank's daughters the other night and
was told that larger items like downriggers might
be able to be driven back into the area if
purchased, since they still have family in the
Chicago area.
If there is something you see in the broader
pictures that you might like to have a better shot
at, shoot them an email (address on the site, under
"contact us" tab) and put a request in.
2nd Place - Grey Lion, Captain Jim Nelligan,
71.4 LBS, 206.4 Pts $52.50 That's right folks,
we had a tie for 2nd.
Big Target Fish, 8.0 LB Coho, Doctor's Orders,
$84
Big 3 Winner, sponsored by, Thermalcraft Inc,
(Duck Bill Charters, James Maechtle
Decorating and Advanced Automotive of
Palatine) Lester's Dream, Captain Mark
Boothe, 35.8 LBS, $250
Big Fish winner, Lester's Dream, Captain
Mark Boothe, 13.1 LB King Salmon, $210
Top Rookie Boat - Line Breaker, Captain Al
Sahli
We're hoping to give them a chance to clear out a
bit of their dad's gear, while giving our members a
A big thanks to Doug McCallister for obtaining
chance to pick up some trolling items that may
the food for the barbeque and all the guys who
serve very well for today's fishing!
helped out cooking, the food was great!
The next Club event is June 11, 2016, we
hope to see y'all there!
2016 Tournaments
$250 Big 3
For 2016 the $250 Big 3 contest will be awarded to
the team with the 3 largest fish at each tournament
regardless of species. Example, 2 Kings and 1 Lake
Trout. This contest is part of every club
tournament.
Bonus Fish
The 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.
2015 Boat of the Year
2016 Club Tournaments
May 7 (Northpoint) – Time Off
May 21 (Northpoint) – Doin Fine
June 11 (Northpoint) – Doctor's Orders
July 23 (Northpoint) Lor E Lou
August 13 (Northpoint) – Follow Me
August 27 (Northpoint) – Grey Lion
Sept 3 Make-up Date (Northpoint)
Big Tournaments
June 4 – SU WI Open (Racine)
June 18 – Kenosha Classic (Kenosha)
June 25 – 26 – SU IL Pass the Passion (Northpoint)
July 9 – Super Sweepstakes (Racine)
July 10 – Two in the Boat (Racine)
August 6 – Brew City (Milwaukee)
August 20 - SU IL Open (Northpoint)
September 10 – SU Kid’s Fishing Derby (Waukegan)
Club Tournament Awards
Top 3 Boats
The first place boat will be awarded a prize of
$5.00 per boat entered (ie. With 20 boats entered,
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.
Side Bet
There 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 Season
A 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 number of
boats participating.
Rookie Boat of the Year
There 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. Tournaments.
We hope to see everyone participating in our fun
club tournaments in 2016. We will be having our
awesome bbqs again so come out for a fun day with
fellow members.
Captain Jim Nelligan, Tournament Chairman
$250 Big 3 - Sponsored by:
Thermalcraft, James P. Maechtle Decorating,
Advanced Automotive and Duck Bill Charters.
Lake Michigan, A Changing Fishery
By Hall of Famer Don Dubin
The coho and chinook salmon were stocked in Lake Michigan, to
control the alewife population, and it created a world class sport fishery.
The zebra and quagga mussels were introduced into the Great Lakes by
the shipping industry’s dumping of ballast water. This has had a negative
effect on the Lake Michigan fishery. The Lake is no longer able to
maintain the salmon population that it had in the past. The mussels are
consuming the plankton which all young fish need to exist. The lack of
food especially hurts the alewife population which lives in the open
waters of the lake, and are the main forage for the salmon population. In
the past, the fish hatcheries were able to supply the right amount of
salmon to maintain a healthy predator, prey relationship. Today, all of the
juvenile chinook that are stocked in Lake Michigan are marked with a
coded-wire tag and the adipose fin is clipped. This study has shown that
over 50% of the chinook salmon are reproducing naturally in the streams
of Michigan and Lake Huron. In order to make sure the alewife
population does not collapse, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has
adopted a strategy to cut the stocking of chinook by 50% and to bring the
number of predators in line with the available forage. This reduction has
impacted the salmon fishery because the wild salmon leave the southern
part of the lake as adults, and go back to the rivers that they came from,
and this, results in a poor harvest of salmon. The lake trout population is
doing very well and many of the boat fisherman are targeting the lake
trout which fills in for the shortage of salmon.
The harvest of yellow perch hit a record low in 2015, however, the
samplings by the DNR shows that the young of the year perch hit a
record high. This is encouraging, however, will there be enough food for
these young fish to survive and grow to a size that brings back the perch
fishery that we enjoyed in the past?
On the positive side, the round goby is another invasive species that
was also introduced into the Great Lakes. The gobies are able to
consume the mussels, and the population has skyrocketed, and are now
providing a food source for a diverse variety of predators. Because the
gobies inhabit the bottom and nearshore areas of the lake, the lake trout,
steelhead, and brown trout are coming in close to shore to feed, and are
providing great fishing in the harbors and along the concrete break-walls.
The shore fisherman are catching gobies, and using them for bait. The
gobies are very aggressive, and can be easily caught by fishing on the
bottom using a small piece of a worm. Another species that is now being
caught by the shore fisherman are whitefish, and the bait that they are
using are goby heads fished on the bottom.
The mussels have made the Lake much clearer, which promotes
more weed growth. The population of warm water species such as
smallmouth bass, northern pike, and even muskies could expand and
we might have both a warm-water and cold-water fishery in the future.
Our Lake Michigan fishery is definitely changing.
6- Hour On-Water Fishing Seminar
Join Captain Mike Fuys on Manipulator, a 31 Tiara charter and
tournament boat, for a hands-on learning experience.
Sun May 29 2-8 PM
Sun June 5 2-8 PM
$100 per angler
You will see how we rig our boat, equipment choices, knots we use, tactics, and actually get to
set lines and net fish (if you desire).
630-341-0550
www.schooloffishcharters.com
Support the VFW
Elk Grove Village Post No. 9284
400 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 June Special and to
Make reservations (847) 437-3383
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By Salmon Unlimited Members
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321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103
321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103