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Greetings and Happy New Year to all our guests of 2004!

How quickly the season sped by!  Notice, we didn't mention the word "summer," and for good reason.  Except for a few short days, we did not celebrate summer this year.  The ever-changing weather caused by rapidly moving fronts was the pattern all season long and woe to the fisherman who neglected to take along good quality raingear.

Our May weather in Red Lake was unseasonably colder than usual and the Spring thaw later than hoped for.  To top it all off, a late snow storm on May 11th dropped almost a foot of snow on some of our locations.  We were at Monroe Lake opening the cabin and getting the boats ready to go when the few snowflakes started.  All of a sudden, the sky looked dark and menacing and we realized we had to quickly leave for the short flight to town.  We beat the storm by minutes.  The next day was very cold and our bay in Red Lake froze over again trapping the plane.  We had to break ice on the 13th to fly to Unnamed Lake to ready the cabin there.   For a few days we stayed at home in Red Lake,  hoping for warmer weather to take the ice out of Goose Lake, our next destination.  Finally, on May 18th we were able to land at Goose Lake and taxi to the dock.  Much of the eastern part lake was still ice covered but there was enough of an opening to get in.  We had along our annual Spring helper, Dave Knox and we hit the ground running!  The next day we flew to Cherrington Lake to find it mostly solid with ice.  We were able to land in the "Z" and taxi to the dock.  After several hours, we were ready to leave but the changing wind had pushed ice against the plane effectively trapping it.  Ice breaking began again and we were able to taxi to the "Z" and take off.  While we were at Cherrington, a strong south wind had taken the ice out of Goose Lake - what a welcome sight!  The next couple of days we were able to get to both Poirier and Whitelaw to get them ready for the first fishermen and then all the outposts were done.  The cabins at Goose Lake next commanded our attention.  The very cold weather did not make Bill's job easier and there were unexpected snags to contend with.  It took awhile to get the water system going as the ground was still frozen and there were snowdrifts here and there too.  Finally, after finding and fixing a broken water line, all systems were go.  As always, Dave, we couldn't have done it without you, thank you so much!

The summer of 2004 was certainly the soggiest we can ever remember.  The bugs were fierce too and we observed that nature's pattens were a good 3 weeks off with mayflies hatching in mid July and flowers blooming long after their usual time.  The cooler weather kept the lake water colder and the Northerns were active all summer long.  Walleye fishing, as usual, was outstanding with many, many large fish caught and released.

One of the many thunderstorms fried an inverter on July 15th.  This is the second time this has happened and we now shut down the inverters during lightning storms.   There was some good news though, with all the wet weather there were no threatening forest fires..

We began construction of the new service building in mid August and things were proceeding well until rain brought sheeting the roof to a halt.  Bill and the guys waited for 2 days for drier weather and then gave up and finished sheeting and then shingling in the rain.  A good idea as it turned out because once the roof was on, it REALLY started to rain and did not let up.  We even saw snow on August 18th.

The first flight of Sandhill Cranes on August 29th had us asking, "but what about summer?"  The first flock of Canada Geese on September 5th announced that Fall was defititely coming.  The rain kept falling all September and the lakes kept rising to peak on September 20th.  Water levels were the highest we have ever seen and Woman Falls was something to behold.  The water was 10 1/2 inches deep on the dock and Bill's temporary ramp was underwater too.  Fishing at Nechigona lake was downright dangerous as the water was spilling down the portage as well as Whitedog Falls.  No one made the portage for obvious reasons. Sadly, the wild rice crop was totally drowned out and our feathered frends went hungry this year.

Our intention was to stay until the last board on the new building was painted or varnished but really cold weather and snow made being at camp uncomfortable and no longer productive.  We flew home to Red Lake on October 3rd knowing that the work would still be waiting for us come Spring.


      


  Tad Allen with a 27 inch Goose Lake Walleye

2004 IMPROVEMENTS:


PLANNED FOR 2005:


Louise's Chatter

*  On the whole, the weather co-operated this season and changeovers went smoothly.  The only exception was for the Bernth party who had to spend an extra night at Cherrington in June.
*  For Merle Cash and Brian Ramaker, the trip to Red Lake from Winnipeg proved to be lengthy as an accident on highway 17 added several hours to their trip because of diverted traffic.
*  We noticed a mystery bird nest close to our cabin at Goose Lake when we first arrived in the Spring.  The birds were of the hawk/merlin/kestral family.  Before I could get the bird book out and locate the binoculars, ravens raided the nest and the mystery birds left.  Hopefully they will use the nest again next year.
*  This was the year of east winds as many fronts passed through.  Bill even had to pump water into the floats to stop the plane from bobbing in high waves.
*  Many guests have Elmer Trueblood to thank for the strategically placed marker at the far end of South Bay on Goose Lake.  Elmer, you made fishing easy.
*  This year, we welcomed guests from such far off places as England, Japan and Switzerland.
*  There were some notable doubles this season.  Kay and Bruce Bertzyk caught the same 34 inch Northern at the same time.  Also, Don and Zach Slone caught the same 24 inch Walleye at the same time.
*  There was a rich variety of wildlife sightings in 2004.  In addition to all the animals that we come to expect like moose, bears, beavers and caribou, there were some new ones.  There were many moose sightings at all locations but Bruce and Kay Bertzyk saw the most - 3 moose in one day.  Otters were seen by the Geest party, Martin and Maribeth Mahoney and Scott Bittner and Duke Strever.  Bill and I saw trumpeter swans, a special treat.  Bill also saw pelicans once when he made the daily fish entrail run out to the seagull rocks.  Swimming lynx were seen by Don and Amy Kyle at Unnamed and Mike Musclow and Len Bryan at Goose.  At Poirier, Mike Hubbard observed a wolf standing on the shoreline.  Jeff Magee reported seeing 3 whitetail deer at Nechigona and Bill Lecos saw a beaver as "big as a golden retriever".  Could it have been the scotch?
*  Bill Eusebio and Gary Nelson were startled while sitting at the Whitelaw kitchen table when a partridge flew into the window and killed itself.  Guess what was on the menu for supper that day?
*  11 year old Zach Slone showed that he could fish with the best of them.  He caught 150 fish in one day and had an impressive 29 inch Walleye and 35 and 39 inch Northerns to his credit.
*  Brittany Hancock found that fishing off the dock at Monroe Lake produced many nice walleyes.
*  Thanks to Tom and John Butcher for helping out with a mass mailing.
*  Tim Collins had a very productive afternoon fishing at Gas Can Island on Goose Lake.  While the rest of his party napped on a rainy afternoon, he chalked up 25, 26.5 and 28 inch Walleyes.  Just goes to show that the old saying has merit,  "you snooze, you lose"!
*  Some fishing wisdom to pass along from Keith Beauchamp...you've heard it before and it always applies.  "Fish the wind".
*  We thought we would make it through June without seeing broken rods, but the last days of the month produced a couple.  We have noticed that rods are stronger than they were several years ago when it was common to see several broken rods a week.
*  Max Barnes caught 15 fish on 1 minnow, can anyone top that?
*  A chance to have a meal with our guests is a welcome treat - thank you to the Scott Barnes group for sharing their dinner with us.
*  Thank you to Walter Belau's group for making us aware we could see the space station go overhead.  We checked out the  recommended website and were able to observe it go right over the camp while we were star gazing on the dock throughout the summer.
*  While entering addresses in our date base, I am puzzled to see that the majority of entries are for the north side of cities and towns.  Don't people living on the south side of town fish?
*  Stringers were the most forgotten item again this summer.
*  A big thank you to Paul Horban and Tony Baliant for helping Bill put down the floor for the new building.
*  Ken Smithson's group of 16 showed up with clicker/counters in August so we knew they expected to catch a lot of fish.  Goose Lake did not disappoint...over 5000 fish in 5 days!
*  "Believe it or not",  Tad Allen caught a sunken minnow bucket lost the previous month by Brad Wade's party, friends from home.  The minnows were still alive.
*  Bret Ford introduced us to to sport of geocaching.  He hid an item on Goose Lake that will hopefully be found in the future by fellow enthusiatists.  Check it out at www.geocaching.com
*  Bill's Father Syd and his English cousin Pat arrived for a visit in mid August.  They managed to hit a very rainy, windy week.  We waited a  few days for the weather to improve to no avail.  When Pat broke her wrist in a freak fall and had to be flown out for medical attention, they decided the weather would not improve and they should just travel back to Fort Frances.  To add insult to injury, they did not get to fish once.
*  We spent many happy hours getting up close and personal with wildlife this summer.  We learned that woodchucks climb small trees.  (Yes they can!)  We saw our camp resident "Chuck" climb a young mountain ash tree 3 feet to get at the uppermost leaves.
*  In early September, we were awed by the appearance of an immature Bald Eagle sitting on the ground behind the parked airplane.  It looked very wet and tired and we thought it had perhaps washed ashore in an overnight storm.  We fed it fish entrails for a few days and it became stronger and more alert.  We thought it might have a damaged wing as it walked or hopped everywhere.  One morning, we observed 2 mature Bald Eagles sitting in nearby trees and there was much communication between the 3 birds.  The mature birds did not stay at the camp but at the island across from the camp.  A steady supply of fish entrails by Fall fishermen lured other eagles and one morning there was another immature eagle sitting beside "Ernesto".  Over the next few days we were astonished to see more immature eagles show up for a grand total of 5.  Eagles have a pecking order we learned and we were surprised to see how often they wash.  The day "Ernesto" flew was a memorable one as we were starting to worry about what would happen to him once we left.  As it turned out, the eagles seemed to sense that the last group of departing fishermen meant that the free lunch was over and they all left.  We are curious to see if "Ernesto" remembers us next year.
*  A Bald Eagle's nest close to the Poirier cabin provided much entertainment over the summer for our guests.   It was better than television!
*  We receive many gifts over the summer and are most grateful to you for thinking of us.  Will Frank and Larry Erickson, the chocolates were a real treat!  Bud Renkoski baked us an incredible strawberry rhubarb pie.  Fresh produce is an especially welcome treat and we thank Mike Hubbard for the Vadalia onions and Iowa sweet corn.  Ed and Pauline Bisson, Paul and Norma Horban, Tony Baliant, Terry and Brenda Cummings, Steve and Nina Milliner, Howard Eads - the garden veggies were much appreciated. The Bennett family brought Michigan maple syrup and preserves and Larry Bonds Sr. brought granulated garlic from his county in California.  Thanks to Don and Lynn Pieper for the specialty coffee and tea.  Chuck Thomas brought t-shirts, hats and a knife.  Frank Chornak, the gloves and hats will keep us warm in the winter. ( I like the loon rug too)!  The pistachios from New Mexico are yummy, thanks Stan Kosiewicz and Amy Anderson.  Jim Pruitt, many thanks for all the homemade preserves.  The gourmet treats are most appreciated Scott Bittner.  Thanks for the chocolates, condiments and key to the city of Springfield, Ohio, Martin and Maribeth Mahoney!   I appreciate the recommended reading list, Lynn and Jody Vorbrich.
*  A special treat was the surprise cake on my "40th" birthday.  Thanks to Ken Smithson's group for thinking of me and to Tom Sweeney, cake baker and decorator.  The wine was great!
*  This year, we are especially thankful for all the help with unloading building materials here at Goose Lake.  The Bill Lecos/Burke Samuels group, Scott Geest's crew, Scott Zuniga and Judy Rheinschmidt, the Welch party, Scott Barnes' guys, Brad Wade's men, Dean Allen's foursome, Brad Knoll's guys, Kyle Visker's party, Scott Bittner and Duke Strever all helped unload lumber, cement and assorted other building supplies for the new building.  Ken Smithson's big group along with Terry and Brenda Cummings helped when the logs came in.  Ken Smithson got to do it twice because he brought 2 groups of fishermen!
*  We appreciate all the help given by outpost guests with loading and unloading propane cylinders, gas drums and other freight.  The Falconer party at Cherrington helped with unloading the new gas tank and pulling it into place.  Thanks to the Shave group at Unnamed, the Huber party at Monroe and to Bob Hutton at Goose for helping Bill maneouvre the new tanks off the plane and into place.
*  The last group at Goose Lake in late September -  Dave Bethien, Todd Schwebke and Stephen Brass helped out by picking up reef markers.  Thanks guys!

The winner of the Free trip draw for 2004 was  please send in a picture to qualify for the 2004 draw.

For a handy length to weight converter please click here

Thank you for taking the time to enter your catch on the bragging boards.  We enjoy reading about your success and often feel we were in the boat with you!  We can imagine the thrill of catching these fish and the satisfied feeling of releasing them so they can swim away unharmed.

GOOSE LAKE
 

Name
From
Date
Species
Length
Sean Mullen
WI 
May
 Northern
 34
Jason Bollenbeck
VA
 May
 Walleye
 25 3/8
Tom Samuels
MD
 May
 Walleye
 23.5 (2)
Burke Samuels
VA
 May
 Walleye
 23.5
Burke Samuels
 VA
 May
 Northern
 32
Scott Geest
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 25
Tom Samuels
 MD
 June
 Northern
 23 7/8, 26, 28 5/8
Pat Knowles/Todd Conway
 CA/IA
 June
 Walleye
 27 in 2 hours
Brian Borland
 VA
 June
 Northern
 26, 38.5
Paul Weatherholtz
 VA
 June
 Northern
 34
Mark Johnson
 VA
 June
 Walleye
 25.5
Bruce Bertzyk
 FL
 June
 Walleye
 28
Bruce/Kay Bertzyk
 FL
 June
 Northern
 34
Don/Zach Slone
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 24
Zach Slone
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 25, 29
Elmer Trueblood
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 22, 27.25
Elmer Trueblood
 IL
 June
 Northern
 34
Zach Slone
 MO
 June
 Northern
 35, 39
Chris Burgener
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 24, 25, 26, 28
Bud Stocks
 IL
 June
 Northern
 28, 29, 31
Bud Stocks
 IL
 June
Walleye
 23
Leo Steffen
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 24
Bud Stocks/Elmer Trueblood
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 lots of 20
Andrew Mock
 IN
 June
 Northern
 40
Rob McKibben
 IN
 June
 Northern
 43
Larry Bonds Sr.
 CA
 June
 Walleye
 30
Chuck Martin
 CA
 June
 Northern
 34, 35.5, 37.5
Cody Martin
 CA
 June
 Walleye
 25, 26
Michael Kerby
 IN
 June
 Walleye 25, 31
Larry Bonds Jr.
 CA
 June
 Northern
 42
Keith Beauchamp
 MO
 June
 Northern
 38.25
Chris Collins
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 23
Bill Furling
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 25
Tim Collins
 IL
 June
 Northern
 32
Dewayne Collins
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 29
Trey Furling
 IL
 June
 Northern
 37
Keith Beauchamp
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 24(2), 29.25
Rich Waller
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 24, 26
Trent Timson
 KS
 June
 Walleye
 24, 25
Cody Baker
 MN
 June
 Walleye
 27
Trent Timson
 KS
 June
 Northern
 32.5
Tim Collins
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 25, 26.5, 28, 30.5
Bill Furling
 IL
 June
 Northern
 39.5
Daniel Waller
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 26.5
Andrew Beauchamp
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 26
Wendell Brubaker
 IN
 June
 Walleye
 25, 29
Wendell Brubaker
 IN
 June
 Northern
 26
Bill Keller
 IN
 June
 Northern
 41.5
Bill Keller
 IN
 June
 Walleye
 26
Drew Thurston
 IN
 June
 Northern
 29
Drew Thurston
 IN
 June
 Walleye
 26
Tom Heilman
 IN
 June
 Northern
 36
Mike Hubbard
 IA
 June
 Walleye
 30
Jack Sande
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 26.75
Max Barnes
 WI
 July
 Burbot
 8
Scott Zuniga
 WI
 July
 Northern
 38
Max Barnes
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 25(2), 27
Scott Barnes
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 27(3), 29.5
Jack Sande
 WI
 July
 Northern
 41.5
Jerry Sande
 MN
 July
 Walleye
 27.5
Judy Rheinschmidt
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 29
Chris Olson
 IL
 July
 Walleye
 25.5
Chris Olson
 IL
 July
 Northern
 35.5, 40
Andy Marchant/Stefan Roney
 TX/IN
 July
 Northern
 33
Mike/ Daniel Schmoller
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 22. 24, 25
Paul Horban
 MAN
 July
 Walleye
 23
Walt Longo
 IL
 August
 Walleye
 28
Anthony Parkin
 IL
 August
 Walleye
 26
Jim Prough
 IL
 August
 Walleye
 24, 25
Brad Wessel
 IL
 August
 Northern
 34
Brad Wessel
 IL
 August
 Walleye
 24
Matt Roberts
 SC
 August
 Walleye
 28
Joe Kuykendall
 IL
 August
 Northern
 29.5, 32
Marvin Volentine
 IL
 August
 Northern
 30
Mike Brooks
 IL
 August
 Northern
 31
Tad Allen
 IL
 August
 Walleye
 23, 24, 27
Tad Allen
 IL
 August
 Northern
 40+
Gary Peterson
 WI
 August
 Walleye
 20, 22.5, 28.25
Tom Steepy
 NC
 August
 Walleye
 23
Ken Smithson
 IL
 August
 Walleye
 23
Kent Schneider
 IL
 August
 Walleye
 23(2), 24, 25
Kent Schneider
 IL
 August
 Northern
 35
Todd Anderson
 WI
 August
 Walleye
 27
Terry Gerber
 WI
 August
 Walleye
 29.5
Rick Kendall
 NE
 August
 Walleye
 25.5
Bonnie Kendall
 IA
 August
 Walleye
 23(2)
Jean Kendall
 NE
 August
 Walleye
 22.5
John Mclees
 WI
 September
 Walleye
 23(2)
Jared Visker
 WI
 September
 Walleye
 24
Kyle Visker
 WI
 September
 Northern
 30, 37
Lee Visker
 MN
 September
 Walleye
 23.5
Scott Stouffer
 IA
 September
 Northern
 32
Roger Hutchinson
 IL
 September
 Northern
 42
Roger Hutchinson
 IL
 September
 Walleye
 24.5
Sherm Sweeney
 IL
 September
 Northern
 38



.Mike Hubbard with one of many 30+ inch Walleyes at Goose Lake this season.

MONROE LAKE

Name
 From
 Date
 Species
 Length
Scott Gaines
 MI
 May
Northern
 38
Troy Peschke
 MI
 May
Northern
30+(5)
George Kalilikane
 NV
 May
Turtle
 10
Mark Digue
 MI
 May
 Walleye
 100+
Richard Hancock
 IL
 May
 Northern
 44
Greg Hancock
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 25
Will Frank
 WI
 June
 Northern
 43
Scott Bowen
 WI
 June
 Walleye
 23.5
Scott Bowen
 WI
 June
 Northern
 32.5
Darriel Kumbier
 WI
 June
 Northern
 32(2)
Jay Lang
 KS
 June
 Northern
 42.5
Charlie Lang
 KS
 June
 Northern
 40
Aaron Todd
 KS
 June
 Northern
 34
Ron Mason
 KS
 June
 Northern
 38
Keith Oxford
 IL
 July
 Northern
 32
Warren Douglas
 IL
 July
 Northern
 36, 40
Warren Douglas
 IL
 July
 Walleye
 22(18),24(6),26,26.5
Warren Douglas
 IL
 July
 Walleye
 549
Frank Chornak
 IL
 July
 Walleye
 22(lots), 23.5
Collin Chornak
 IL
 July
 Walleye
 22(lots), 23(2)
Mike Chornak
 IL
 July
 Northern
 32(2)
Mike Chornak
 IL
 July
 Walleye
 23
Roy Bauer
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 24, 28
Joe Amberg
 WI
 July
 Northern
 36
Joe Amberg
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 23
Keith Amberg
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 22
Rosemary Wilson
 NE
 August
 Northern
 41
Jon Pounds
 NE
 August
 Walleye
 20-22.5 (many)
Jon Pounds
 NE
 August
 Northern
 32
Hayden Huber
 VA
 August
 Northern
 36
Mark Wenzel
 CO
 August
 Northern
 33, 34
Rick Ramsay  D.C.
 August
 Northern
 34
Rick Ramsay
  D.C.
 August
 Walleye
 21
Jeff Dewane
 CA
 September
 Walleye
 24
Jeff Dewane
 CA
 September
 Northern
 35
Jerry Dewane
 WI
 September
 Northern
 34


 

Will Frank at Monroe Lake. A nice Northern to commemorate his twentieth year with us.

CHERRINGTON LAKE
 

J
Name
From
Date
Species
Length
John Eschner
 WI
 May
 Northern
 13 pounds 4 oz.
Jim Eschner
 AZ
 May
 Whitefish
 18inch(2)
Dennis Freischmidt
 WI
 May
 Walleye
 24-25(3)
Dennis Freischmidt
 WI
 May
 Lake Trout
 5 pounds
Jim and John Eschner
 AZ/WI
 May
 Walleye
 23-26(23)
Jim and John Eschner
 AZ/WI
 May
 Lake Trout
 2,5,10 pounds
Dennis Freischmidt
 WI
 May
 Northern
 35
Chuck Eschner
 WI
 May
 Walleye
 26
Jim and John Eschner
 AZ/WI
 May
 Walleye
 24-25(25)
Chuck Eschner
 WI
 May
 Lake Trout
 30
Jim Eschner
 AZ
 May
 Northern
 9, 10 pounds
John Eschner
 WI
 May
 Northern
 34(3),35, 36,37,38
John Eschner
 WI
 May
 Lake Trout
 28
Jim and John Eschner
 AZ/WI
 May
 Northern
 33-36(many)
Don Marshall
 CA
 June
 Lake Trout
 24-28.5(8)
Jim Rose
ENG
 June
 Lake Trout
 23-27(6)
Jim Rose
 ENG
 June
 Northen
 39
Jim Rose
 ENG
 June
 Walleye
 27.5
Don Rose
 IL
 June
 Lake Trout
 25,27,28.5,29.5
Don Rose
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 25.5
Brian Rose
 ENG
 June
 Lake Trout
 22,25,26.5,27
Brian Rose
 ENG
 June
 Whitefish
 21
Bob Rose
 JPN
 June
 Lake Trout
 23, 24, 28.5
Bob Rose
 JPN
 June
 Northern
 38
Brandon Rose
 ENG
 June
 Lake Trout
 23, 26.5
Brandon Rose
 ENG
 June
 Walleye
 25.5
Brandon Rose
 ENG
 June
 Northern
 36.5
Jim Schuppel
 WI
 June
 Northern
 37
Jim Schuppel
 WI
 June
 Walleye
 26.5
Jim Schuppel
 WI
 June
 Lake Trout
 24
Al Olsen
 WI
 June
 Lake Trout
 25(2)
Al Olsen
 WI
 June
 Walleye
 28.5
Dave Olsen
 WI
 June
 Walleye
 25
Dave Olsen
 WI
 June
 Lake Trout
 26.5, 28.5
Dave Olsen
 WI
 June
 Northern
 39, 40
Randy Schmidt
 TX
 June
 Northern
 34
Randy Schmidt
 TX
 June
 Walleye
 24
Scott Wilson
 WI
 June
 Northern
 37.5
Scott Wilson
 WI
 June
 Lake Trout
 27.5
Tony Engel
 WI
 June
 Lake Trout
 25, 26.5
Todd Fleming
 PA
 June
 Walleye
 24.5
Todd Fleming
 PA
 June
 Northern
 32
Don Fleming
 NE
 June
 Walleye
 24.5
Curt Fleming
 PA
 June
 Northern
 35
Curt Fleming
 PA
 June
 Walleye
 23
Jim Vincent
 NE
 June
 Northern
 41
Lon Bernth
 NE
 June
 Walleye
 22, 23.5, 24
Nick Novak
 NE
 June
 Walleye
 24, 24.5
Lon Bernth
 NE
 June
 Lake Trout
 23.5(2)
Ron Bernth
 WI
 June
 Northern
 33
Nick Novak
 NE
 June
 Lake Trout
 26.25
Mike Hubbard
 IA
 June
 Walleye
 26.5
Skip Rambo
 WI
 July
 Northern
 40
Dick Palmersheim
 WI
 July
 Lake Trout
 28
Joe Janik
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 26
Skip Rambo
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 25

 
 


Great Walleye fishing for the Eschner crew at Cherrington once the ice left.
Unnamed Lake
 
Name
From
Date
Species
Length
James Van Pelt
 TX
 May
 Northern
 38.75
Ron Huffman
 TX
 May
 Northern
 37
Bill Alcorn
 TX
 May
 Northern
 9 over 30, 36.25
Jim Lockefeer
 IL
 May
 Walleye
 24
Jimmy Lockefeer
 IL
 May
 Walleye
 20.25, 22
Jimmy Lockefeer
 IL
 May
 Northern
 30, 31.5, 33
John Lockefeer
 IL
 May
 Northern
 40
Augie Lockefeer IL
 May
 Northern
 10 over 30, 36.5,37
Jim Bell
 KS
 June
 Walleye
 22, 24, 26
Mitch Kniss
 KS
 June
 Walleye
 22, 26, 28
Mitch Kniss
 KS
 June
 Northern
 35
Lee Wright
 MA
 June
 Northern
 28, 30, 32.5, 35
Lee Wright
 MA
 June
 Walleye
 Lots
Tony Gabis
 MA
 June
 Northern
 28, 30, 32, 35.5
Tony Gabis
 MA
 June
 Walleye
 17-23(6)
Phil Goodwin
 MA
 June
 Northern
 30-33
Phil Goodwin
 MA
 June
 Walleye
 15-22
Liz Renkoski
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 23, 26
Bart Renkoski
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 23, 24
Lloyd Ceselski
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 24.5
Bud Renkoski
 MO
 June
 Walleye
 22.75, 26
Dave Miller
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 27
John Schmidt
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 26
Dave Schmidt
 IA
 June
 Walleye
 25
Adam King
 IL
 July
 Northern
 32.5
Mike Hubbard
 IA
 July
 Walleye
 19, 23, 26
Scott Seifert
 VA
 July
 Northern
 30
John Dieter
 OR
 July
 Northern
 30
John Dieter
 OR
 July
 Walleye
 28
Scott Dieter
 TN
 July
 Northen
 30.5
Scott Dieter
 TN
 July
 Walleye
 20, 21
Mike McCann
 SD
 August
 Northern
 31
Ron Shave
 AR
 August
 Northern
 30
Ven Lengkeek
 MI
 August
 Northern
 30
John Parsons
 AR
 August
 Walleye
 20



  Mitch Kniss with another great Unnamed Lake Walleye 

WHITELAW LAKE
 

Name
 From
 Date
 Species
 Length/Weight
Eusebio/Nelson
 WI
 June
 Walleye
 30
Dave Girrell
 OH
 June
 Northern
 26, 33
Casey Wray
 OH
 June
 Northern
 26.5
Girrell/Tucker/Wray
 OH?MI/OH
 June
 Walleye
 1200+ up to 24
Max Scharmach
 WI
 June
 Walleye
 23
Cibik,Schupp,Haase, Litzaw,Scharmach
 WI/CA
 June
 Walleye
 825
Russ Saueressig
 WI
 June
 Walleye
 18.5(2), 19.25, 19.5
Carl Tendolle
 WI
 June
 Northern
 32.5
Art Dulmes
 WI
 June
 Perch
 9.5- 12.5
Russ Sauerssig
 WI
 June
 Walleye
 16-19.5(86)
Bob Van Stedum
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 30
Ed Bisson
 ONT
 July
 Northern
 2
Pauline Bisson
 ONT
 July
 Perch
 2
Ed/Pauline Bisson
 ONT
 July
 Walleye
 lots
Mark Kelley/Rob Schmocker
 MN/WI
 August
 Walleye
 100's, 25 largest
Dan Rauenhorst
 MN
 August
 Walleye
 29
Cheryl Rauenhorst
 MN
 August
 Walleye
 19
Dan/Cheryl Rauenhorst
 MN
 August
 Walleye
 lots

 

Garry Nelson with a new Whitelaw lake record size Walleye, thirty inches


POIRIER LAKE
 

Name
From
Date
Species
Length
Brian Ramaker
 TX
 May
 Northern
 45(2)
Merle Cash
 TN
 May
 Northern
 35
Merle Cash
 TN
 May
 Walleye
 24(5)
Clint Mote
 IA June
 Northern
 40
Clint Mote
 IA
 June
 Walleye
 25, 25.5
Gale Mote
 IA
 June
 Northern
 35
Gale Mote
 IA
 June
 Walleye
 24
John Butcher
 MN
 June
 Northern
 38.5
Tom Butcher
 IN
 June
 Walleye
 27
Doug/Jack Greenfield
 VA/FL
 June
 Walleye
 22-24(many), 27
Doug/Jack Greenfield
 VA/FL
 June
 Northen
 37
Dave/Bill Wall
 IL
 June
 Walleye
 24(5), 20-21(40+)
The Bennetts
 MI
 July
 Northern
 27, 20-24(most)
The Bennetts
 MI
 July
 Walleye
 18-23(lots), 25
The Bennetts
 MI
 July
 Burbot
 28, 34.5
Ric Miller
 WI
 July
 Northern
 30
Judy Miller
 WI
 July
 Walleye
 26
Bob Rupel
 IL
 July
 Walleye
 25, 26(2), 27
Steve Milliner
 IL
 July
 Walleye
 23,25,26(2),28,28.5
Amy Anderson
 NM
 August
 Walleye
 24, 25(2)
Stan Kosiewicz
 NM
 August
 Northern
 29
Bruce Firchau
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