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Wolf River Walleye Ice Breaker
Bean City Bar & Ballroom - south of New London on Bean City Road
11AM to 5PM - March 11th, 2006
An informal event to discuss and share information on the Wolf River and Winnebago system.
FREE ADMISSION
Walleye Boats under the Mercury tent
Local guides, tournament anglers, resort owners and outdoor writers to answer your questions.
MEET AND DISCUSS WINNEBAGO SYSTEM WALLEYE WITH GARY GRAY!
Plus other local tournament anglers!!
ALSO, Chad Cook Basin Educator from the UW Extension located at DNR Oshkosh
We will also have Kendall Kampke's Power Point presentation on the system, (and hopefully Kendall himself, waiting for confirmation)
Representatives will be there for
The Lake Poygan Sportsman's Club
Fremont Chamber of Commerce
The Power Boat Association
MORE ON TAP, WAITING CONFIRMATION
Some tackle, jigs and few other things for sale too
Talk Long lining with Don Cashmore from Cashes in New London
Mike Remme, from Ma's Bait and Mike's Taxidermy, will be bringing some replica fish mounts
Demonstrations on fishing with streemer flies and more!
FREE ADMISSION
Hosted By Denny Fox From Fort Fremont Marine
and Joel "Doc" Kunz
Map to location and up to date list of happenings at http://www.wolfrivercountry.com/ice_breaker.htm
Hope to see you there.
Edited by Joel "Doc" Kunz 2/3/2006 12:01 PM
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Location: Combined Locks, WI | Joel, I would be carefull doing fly demonstrations. I have a few seminars scheduled and there seems to be quite a few angry people with me for talking about flies. |
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| Well then they will be able to discuss that with you directly March 11th won't they 
See you there. |
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Location: Combined Locks, WI | They certainly will, and I encourage all protesters of me doing these seminars to step up and come talk to me direct on why they oppose of me giving seminars on streamer flies. |
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Location: Freedom, WI | I can't wait to learn a little about flyin' the river! See ya there  |
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| I also want to encourage ANY Winnebago system guide, fly tier, jig or lure maker, club, organization or business owner who wants to represent himself/herself to contact me. You are free to join any panel discussions formed and we will provide a table for you to display any information. There is no cost to exibit.
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| See ya there Doc, looking forward to it!
Good Luck
Tyee |
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Location: upper michigan | I hope to make it but wont know till closer tot he time. There are a couple systems in the U.P. that I think would be prime for flies but I havent figured out how to get them buggers to bite on a fly. This should be great. |
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| Just got notice of some very nice door prizes. We will be having a free drawing for a 46# thrust Motorguide Thruster, some Mercury oil and Cowling cleaner. Looking for more, will post if I get anything special. Hope to see some of you there!! |
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| Got notice that a representative from the Sheboygan Walleye Club will have a table there and also guide, Capt. Aaron Crist. I've known Aaron since he was a kid working in Tuffy's. Nice guy, knows the river and I'm happy to have news of both participants. Should any other club or organization like to join us, it IS free.
More as I get news. |
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| Looking to add some new things this week and get some more free stuff to give away, will keep you up to date on what we get.
Also talked with Gary Gray about the "Ice Braker" today. With other activity in the area, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't keeping him from an opportunity to get paid, as ours is a free event. A laugh I've gotten to know let me know.
Hope to see you there |
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Location: Menasha, WI | Doc,
I know you're still putting things together but could you post a schedule of events as March 11 draws closer? I'm planning on coming but won't be able to hang out all day and it would be helpful to plan for the "good stuff" |
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| It'll be the same from start to finish, shouldn't matter when you get there. Room will be circled by tables "staffed" with different people talking about different things regarding the Wolf River. There will be panel discussions organized on the stage to accent the information gathering. These will be on-going so you don't have to make it at a certain time to get the information you are looking for. We'll have some new boats to look at from Tuffy and Triton for sure. Also looks like we will have a Crestliner there and hopefully a new Lund too, all under the Mercury tent. All you have to do is get there and ask questions. There should be a number of good fishermen in the room who know the Winnebago and Wolf River system. Make sure to register for the free drawing, you don't have to hang around until the end to win.
Thanks for asking. |
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| Just added Jim Coon from the MWS and system guide and tournament angler Captain Greg Karch to the line up. More as I get it. Hope to see you there, it's free. |
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| Going to have walleye boats form Tracker, Lund, Crestliner, Tuffy & Triton available to look at under the Mercury tents. If any pro staff member of any other boat company wants to display their Mercury powered boat, please feel free to contact me so that I can arrange tent space. There is also still a little room for any local guides or business owners to participate. There is no cost to display a boat or have a table.
Hope to see you there!! |
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| I hope to be there, Doc. I will try to remember that blade, too. |
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Location: Greenville Wi | Just wondering if there is a schudule of when things are happening mainly the fly seminar? Thanks |
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Location: Combined Locks, WI | everything is an open forum. Come anytime that fits your schedule. There will be several people there including myself to answer questions on a lot of topics including flies. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Just my luck! I will be returning from Illinois on Saturday afternoon and going to a WTU banquet at 5:30. Sure wish I could make it. Have fun all. |
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Location: Fremont, Wisconsin | Hey guys, Don't forget about this one, its looking to be a good time. It will be raining and there wont be anything else to do anyhow. Just to let ya know we will have tents set up from Mercury marine covering the boats so you will still be able to view them, rain or shine. Come on out!! |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | Joel always has something up his sleeve. I stopped by yesterday to drop off a my Triton and could not believe my eyes, Joel had actually worked up a sweat setting up the tents and everything. This will be worth the ride out there just to talk fishing and see some different stuff. I will be there all day. Capt. Doug |
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Location: Oshkosh | Thanks to Doc and Denny!!!
We had a great turnout with at least 170 people attending throughout the day. Johnny Rocket put on a great show with the flys as well as the few other discussions that were held up on the stage. The DNR Report had the people glued to the displays and the faces on some of the people watching the graphs really showed the concern on the fishery. very interesting stuff that we will have up on the web very soon. Thanks to everyone that made this possible and to everyone that attended. Next years event is already in discussion but you can mark it on the calendar for the same weekend according to Doc. Here are a few pictures from today.
Troy
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Location: Oshkosh, Wisconsin | Joel had a great time at the Ice Breaker event. Had the pleasure to talk to Shep, Denny, Aaron, Mike, Troy, Doug, Jon and many others. Also had the pleasure of meeting many new people and talk fishing. What a great turn out for the first Ice Breaker event. Enjoyed the panel discussions, trawler information and Jon's presentation on flies.
Joel thanks for grabbing the bull by the horns and setting up the event. Look forward to future events.
Hopefully it will not be to long and we will be open water jigging in the river.
WalleyeX - Greg Karch |
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Location: Combined Locks, WI | I want to thank everyone that came out. I really liked the panel disscussion after my seminar. I think this would be a great tool for other topics and speakers also. I enjoyed seeing some old friends and meeting new people including Doc, Denny, Greg, Mr. Bluegill, Capt. Doug, Tyee, Shep, and the list goes on. I am excited for next years event already.
Denny, if you can email me some of the pictures you took or post them here, I can save them to my computer.
Thanks again Joel, Denny and everyone that attended. |
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| The ONE thing that the event proved was that Tyee and I could be in the same room for 6 hours and get along the entire time. All kidding aside, it was an excellent chance to meet and talk walleyes. THANKS to everyone that was there, presenters, and guests. Well over 200 people attended and 176 people registered for the drawing, I'll post the winners names tomorrow. There WILL be a second event, plans for the weekend before St. Patrick's Day. Looks like Fremont is the destination for Ice Breaker 2.
Thanks again Gary Gray, Troy Peterson, Greg Karch, Tyee, Jon Piette, Jim Coon, the Sheboygan Walleye Club, DENNY, Mike and Kelly Remme, the Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Chad Cook from the UW Extension, Kendall for the power point presentation, Doug Schreiber, Mike Moon and all the sponsors who helped these people "bring it on". This was just the tip of the ice berg. (sorry for the pun)
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