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WALLEYES
FOREVER E-NEWSLETTER No. 6: 2-6-07 Some big winter
walleyes being caught at Fort Peck
Walleyes Forever member Kate Bahr, of Great Falls, caught this 16.2-pound walleye while fishing with her husband,
Bob, at Fourchette Bay on Fort Peck on Dec. 30. Here’s the e-mail that came with
the photo of Kate’s huge walleye:
Eric Hoggarth, of Hecla,
N.D., caught this 14-pound walleye on the night of Jan. 27 while
fishing out of Hell Creek on Fort Peck.
You got your vehicle
recovery plans covered? There are all kinds of ice safety reminders that Fish
and Game agencies send out throughout the winter months, hoping that ice
fishermen remember to be safe when they head out onto lakes and reservoirs. But South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department
Hunting and Boating Safety Coordinator Curt Robertson add one more little
reminder to the bottom of his press release.
It had to do with the vehicles you use. Robertson notes that
an often overlooked aspect of winter recreation is auto insurance coverage in
the event of an accident on the ice. He urges drivers to ask these questions: $$ Does your automobile insurance cover your loss when you go
through the ice? $$ Does your automobile insurance
cover removal or salvage of the vehicle from the lake? $$ If not, do you have $2,000 to
$3,000 (or more) available to cover the cost of removing the vehicle? $$ Will your banker forgive your auto
loan if your vehicle is at the bottom of the lake? _________________ Walleyes Forever plans
ice fishing clinic at Lake Elmo Walleyes
Forever will hold its first annual “Hole Truth About Ice Fishing Clinic” from
1 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10, at Lake Elmo State Park in Billings. Montana
Fish, Wildlife and Parks wardens will be on hand to talk about Ice Awareness
Safety at 1 p.m. After that, anyone
who wants to get a look at or try their hand at ice fishing will be able to
do so with Walleyes Forever members. FWP
removed all fishing license requirements for Lake Elmo during the hours of
the clinic. Hot coffee, hot chocolate
and cookies will be served. The event
is free and open to the public. _________________ ‘Ice Fishing – Then
And Now’ at Feb. 8 WF meeting Jerry Richardson and Mark Henckel will present a program
on “Ice Fishing – Then and Now” at the monthly meeting of Walleyes Forever at
7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8 at the Elks Club in Billings. Richardson will talk about ice fishing gear today while
Henckel will talk about the way it was when he started ice fishing with his
dad back in the 1950s. Kathy O’Neal will also talk to the club about the Billings
area’s Habitat for Humanity program which helps provide housing for those in
need. WF is looking at Habitat for
Humanity and other charitable projects to help. The meeting is open to the public. _________________ WF ice fishing fun day at Petrolia Thirty-six
Walleyes Forever members of all sizes from the very young to the…..um, well……..not-so-very
young, attended a family fun ice fishing day at Petrolia Reservoir on Sunday,
Jan. 28. The
temperatures were relatively warm, but the wind was howling – blowing hard
enough that the kids had chair and bucket races as the wind scooted them
across the ice. No trophy fish were
caught, but with a burger cookout and enough small ones to provide some
action for the kids, it was a good day of ice fishing. To see
the photo gallery, go to: http://www.walleyesforever.com/gallery/2007wfpetrolia.html. _________________ FWP seeks boating advisory committee members Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana
Fish, Wildlife & Parks is seeking volunteers to serve on its statewide
boating advisory committee. Committee
members are needed to represent northwestern Montana, the Billings area, and
eastern Montana. The
boating advisory committee assists FWP in allocating funding to improve city,
county, and FWP managed motorboat facilities. The funding, about $450,000
every two years, comes from motorboat registration fees paid at the county
level. Prospective
advisory committee members should have an interest in boating activities and
the improvement of Montana’s public motorboat facilities. Meetings are usually held once a year,
typically in Lewistown. Applicants
should submit their name and describe their interest in serving on the
committee to: Tom Reilly, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Boating
Advisory Committee, P.O. Box 200701, Helena, MT 59620-0701.
Applications will be accepted through March 2. For more information call: 444-3752. _________________ A mid-winter look at ice fishing
in North Dakota North Dakota Game
and Fish This
week’s North Dakota Game and Fish Department webcast,
Outdoors Online, is now online at http://www.gf.nd.gov/ndoutdoors/webcast-new.html. The
program features fisheries chief Greg Power with a mid-winter outlook on ice fishing across the state. _________________ Top 10 boater’s
resolutions for 2007 Boat Owners Association of The
United States (Editor’s
note: BoatUS came up with this list of New Year’s
resolutions for 2007 that’s worth sharing.
With many BoatUS members running big ocean
boats, some may sound a little foreign to inland boaters. But when you read them, you’ll get the idea
about what they’re referring to.)
________________ 2007 Montana fishing banquet dates March 31: Walleyes Forever Banquet, Elks Club,
Billings, contact Linda Granholm at 652-2605 for ticket info. February 24: Montana PikeMasters Banquet, Elks Club, Billings,
contact Joe Stenglein
for ticket info. February 24: Upper Yellowstone WU Chapter Banquet, Park County
Fairgrounds, Livingston, contact Darren Raney for ticket info. Feb.
24:
Great Falls WU Chapter Banquet, Great Falls Convention Center, Call John
Miller at 965-2259 for ticket info. March 10: Gallatin/Madison WU Chapter Banquet, MSU SUB Ballroom, Bozeman,
contact Sherry Hoekema
at 586-7425 or Marvin Hansen at 388-9780 for
ticket info. To add your fishing banquet date
to the list, just e-mail us at walleyes@walleyesforever.com _________________ And, finally…….. Where y’all from? The
cowboy groaned, but didn't budge. The usher became more impatient: "Sir,
if you don't get up from there I'm going to have to all the manager." Once
again, the cowboy just groaned. The usher marched briskly back up the aisle, and in a moment
he returned with the manager.
Together the two of them tried repeatedly to move the cowboy, but with
no success. Finally
they summoned the police. The Texas Ranger surveyed the situation briefly
then asked, "All right buddy what's your name?" "Sam,"
the cowboy moaned. "Where
y'all from, Sam?" asked the Ranger. With
terrible pain in his voice, and without moving a muscle, Sam replied,
"the balcony."
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