FallEE WallEE 2009
1st Mike Thompson
2nd Lowell Borgan
3rd Dave Maas

Report at Dave Maas’ blog…

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FOM Club: Forest Lake Tournament Results August 15. 2009

With strong breezes, warm air temperatures and warm water (74ºF), the fishing was great and the catching was pretty good considering that all of the ten participating members caught fish. The contest was “One Largest Muskie + Two Largest Northern + Three Largest Walleye + Four Largest Bass + Five Largest Crappie or Sunnies [by length]”

The final results are as follows:

1. Gary Plipsen 108 in. 2 N, 4 B, 5 S $50

2. John Cummins 106 in. 2 N, 4 B, 3 S $30

3. Gordon Merck 83.5 in. 2 N, 1 B, 5 S $20

4. Lowell Borgen 67 in 2 N, 2 B

5. Mike Thompson 57 in. 2 N, 1 B

6. Jim Druk 54.5 in. 1 W, 1 B, 5 S

7. J.R. Anderson 46.5 in. 3 B, 1 S

8. Marsh Crippen 24 in. 3 S

9. Jeff Dadd 24 in. 3 S

10. Art Halverson 16 in. 1 B

N = northern

W = walleye

B = bass

S = crappie or sunnie

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Don’t forget this Saturday is a club fishing tournament.  It will be a multi-species tournament @ Forest Lake and goes from 7AM to 1PM.

If you are interessed contact Lowell Borgan  (See Events for Contact Info)

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FOM Club: Lake Koronis Bass Tournament Results July 18, 2009

The Lake Koronis tourney opened under cloudy skies, moderate northwest winds and water temperatures which had fallen into the mid sixties. The contest was “Four Largest Bass (Largemouth or Smallmouth) [by length]”. Overall the bass bite was tough with only 9 bass recorded among 8 anglers. Several walleyes, northerns, rock bass and perch were also landed.

The final results are as follows:

1. Lowell Borgen 49.5 in 3 smallmouth (15,15,19.5) $40

2. John Cummins 27 in. 2 smallmouth (12,15) $24

3. Jeff Dadd 19 in. 2 bass (10, 9) $16

4. Art Halverson 13 in. 1 largemouth (13)

5. Mike Thompson 12.5 in. 1 bass (12.5)

6. Marsh Crippen 0

7. Gordon Merck 0

8. Clifton Moore 0

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Don’t forget about the upcoming Tournament.

Contact Lowell Borgan 612-306-4722 and he’ll hook you up.

This will be a multi-species tournament.

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For Spring Outing Reports and more pictures check out

Bass Pundit

MT Bucket

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The 1st Minnesota Fishing Challenge for Minnesota Teen Challenge will be held on Gull Lake Saturday May 30th. This will be a multi-species tournament with divisions for Walleye, Bass, Pike, and Panfish. I can’t tell from the rules if there is a combined multi-species division.

Cost is $100 per 2 person team and in addition to that you need to raise a minimum of $500 for Teen Challenge.

Teams have chances for trophies and major prizes, including fishing trips with Al Lindner, a customized Mathews bow, guided fishing trips and more. These major prizes are in addition to the four species category prizes. The top fund raisers sit with Al Lindner at the Rules Meeting banquet Friday night. Al Lindner is the the Honorary Tournament Director.

Full Details @ their website.

Note from Dave Maas: I will not be able to fish this event due to a conflict with the bass fishing club I am in, but I am interested in sponsoring anyone from the Fishers of Men Club that decides to fish this event.  I would hope we will have more than one team involved.   To get sponsor money from me email basspundit@hotmail.com or call me at 320-277-3242.

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Fishers of Men Fishing Club Spring Outing 2009

May 1 – 3, 2009 Camp Wapogasset, Lake Wapogasset, Amery, Wisconsin

The Wisconsin opener is Saturday May 2^nd. In years past we have had very good fishing on Wapo on this opening weekend not only for walleyes and crappies but also northerns and bass. We will have a one-day individual multispecies tournament on Saturday that you may participate in if you wish.

The cost for the Spring outing this year is $96 which includes two nights lodging [Friday and Saturday] plus four meals [breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast on Sunday]. A four-day non-resident Wisconsin fishing license costs $24 and may be obtained ahead of time online at www.dnr.wi.us or at any Gander Mountain store.

A deposit of $50 paid by check payable to Camp Wapogasset must be received by Lowell Borgen no later than April 18^th. Mail checks to Lowell at 7280 Pineview Ln N, Maple Grove, MN 55369. The balance [$46] may be paid to Lowell upon arrival at camp. Please complete the Registration and Medical Form and return it with your deposit.  (Registration and Medical form will be mailed in the April Newsletter and will be available at the April Meeting)

You can check in any time after 3pm on Friday. Remember to bring your own sleeping bag and towels. Supper will be provided by the Club for those guys that arrive by 7 pm. Members are encouraged to invite other men who are not currently members of FOM. If you haven’t been to Camp Wapo before, check out their website at www.campwapo.net. For any further information or questions, contact either Lowell at 612-306-4722 or laborgen@prodigy.net or John Cummins at 612-670-0707 or jccummins@usfamily.net

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Camp Wapo on Lake Wapogasset

738 Hickory Point Lane
Amery, WI  54001
715.268.8434

www.campwapo.net

Directions from Hudson:
94E to 63N (left on Baldwin exit)
To 4 way stop.  Continue North to Amery on 46
West (left) on County Road F in Amery,
North (right) on County Road C,
West (left) on Hickory Point Lane

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February Minutes

John Cummins is still in Florida, so Lowell Borgen got our meeting started with a welcome and a prayer. He led our devotions also this night. The Biggest Fish Story in the Bible was his message for us. This of course is the story of Jonah and the Whale. He read the account of this event from the Bible, that is also a great story of catch and release. He ended his devotions with a powerful prayer called “A Prayer For the Times of Recession.”

Gary Elllis introduced our speaker, Rich Lingren. A champion tournament Bass fisherman. He shared a lot of his tricks and tips that he uses to be a champion. His 7 1/2 foot rods are rigged up with 40 to lb braided line. He uses nothing but tungsten sinkers (lo lead). Rich talked about the jigs and lures he uses and when and why he uses them. After answering all our questions and thanking him for speaking at our meeting we moved on to other business and announcements.

Chris Armstong gave a talk on the Fish Fair that is coming up Feb 28th from 9am to 4pm at New Hope Church.

Dave Lindmark reminded us of the Gem Silent and live Auction April 18th.

Dave Maas said our newsletter will be on the Fishers of Men Blog as long as he is doing it.

We shared some prayer needs, then Vaughn blackburn closed this meeting in prayer.

Submitted by:
Art Halverson

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Come join the Fishers of Men FLW Fantasy Fishing league I have created for the club. I think everyone in the club and their spouses should consider getting in on this fun opportunity. Last year a guy from Minnesota named Mike Thompson won the 1 million dollar grand prize and another guy from Minnesota who knew basically nothing about professional bass fishing won a $100,000. Last year dozens of people from Minnesota won prizes. Check out all the prizes that are available by clicking this sentence. There is no cost to have a shot at these prizes, the game is free. I personally have won prizes several times playing fantasy bass fishing games over the past few year. Unfortunately for me FLW didn’t start awarding such massive prizes until last year.

To enter click on the banner above and register. Once you are registered click on “Join League.” The Fishers of Men club league number is 15156 and the password is: john.

You will be required to field a 10 angler team for the 7 tournament FLW Tour schedule. There are 8 opportunities to win prizes, because in addition to the 7 tournaments they give away some awesome prizes for the top 43 fantasy players at the end of the season.

Do you have to know anything about FLW Professional Bass Fisherman to have a shot at a prize? While knowledge of the anglers certainly helps, many of the winners last year knew next to nothing about FLW Professional Bass Fishermen. I think you can elect to have a 10 angler roster picked for you but I think it is more fun if you do it yourself. For $10 you can sign up for a service called Players Advantage that makes picking a team much easier. I use Players Advantage and recommend it because the prizes you can win are so significant.

The 1st tournament of the year is Feb. 12th at Lake Guntersville, so don’t delay and sign up now.

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Membership Meeting Jan. 2009
Happy New Year Everyone!
 
Vice President Lowell Borgen welcomed us, saying that John is in Florida and will miss a couple of meetings. Also Vaughn Blackburn wants some time off. So Gary Ellis lead our devotions.
 
Gary’s message was about the New Year and what the future holds. This can cause us to worry about jobs, money, our homes etc. Which in turn can stress and drag people down physically and spiritually. Because what we don’t know, scares us. Gary read a short humorous story about worry from a Guide Post book of devotions. Gary closed his devotion with prayer and introduced our speaker Greg Fisher, who is owner of Vadoes Bait located at 7895 Hwy 65.   He brought some of the latest electronic flashers and showed us how each one operates, and all the newest features and capabilities.  He also shared about the newest bait that they carry for the ice fisherman, and passed around these for us to check out. There were Rod holders and Spring Bobbers and new ways to use them. He shared his knowledge of different kinds of minnows, crawlers and the other bait they have. Questions were answered, and we thanked him for coming.
 
We closed the meeting in prayer
 
Respectfully submitted by
Art Halverson

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Board Meeting  January 2009
 
Present: Lowell Borgen, Gary Ellis, Wayne Jacobson, Gordy Merck, Art Halverson, Gary Pflipsen
 
John Cummins is in Florida
 
Lowell said he spoke with John and said they were all invited down to their place for the next meeting bring plenty of sunscreen, bathing suits, fishing tackle and golf clubs. (Just kidding, Art made this up). If you have any stories or reports for the FOM Newsletter send them to Dave Maas for February.
 

John cummins said he will remain president because he now has some help.

Lowell Borgen will be Vice President and Tournament Director.

Gordy will be in charge of Membership and collecting dues.

Gary Ellis is going to be in charge of speakers (suggestions welcome).

Wayne Jacobson is our Club Treasurer, working on grants, and in charge of the Trout Pond at the St. Paul Sports Show. Wayne did a great job of staffing the pond this year, even Mike Cummins was there. We miss you Mike and hope you can come back to the club.

Art Halverson is Club Secretary.

Vaughn Blackburn would like some time off from doing our devotions. It was decided that Board Members will rotate for devos.

Feb.     Lowell Borgen

March   Wayne Jacobson

April     Art Halverson

If you would like to take a month let Lowell know.
 
Wayne went over our treasury report, and talked about grants he is working on.
 
Gary Ellis shared an idea of going down to Iowa to the Berkley Tackle Co. to possibly get them to donate rods and reels for kids to use in the Fishing for Life program.
 
We discussed some recruiting ideas for growing our club membership. Currently at 27.
 
Lowell closed in prayer.
Respectfully submitted by
Art Halverson

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Pete Kemmer and his dog Sandy with some Mille Lacs Walleye

Dave Maas with a Grumpy Old Man Hole “Bullhead.”

Mike Thompson with a fat Grumpy Old Man Hole bass.

John Cummins at a Fishing for Life Event.

Garry Ellis with a Bald Eagle Tournament pike.

Mike Thompson and Wayne Jacobson in the Boundry Waters.

Doug Bartz in the Boundry Waters.

Dave Lindmark in the Boundry Waters.

Lowell Borgan, Dave Lindmark, and Gary Ellis at GEM camp.

Dave Lindmark with a big bass during a GEM camp.

Gary Ellis with a big Fall Outing Mule Lake Smallie.

Art Halverson with a big Fall Outing Town Line Lake pike.

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Note- This month the club meeting will be on January 8th and our speaker will be Greg Fisher of Vados Bait.

Dues for 2009 is $30

Pay Gordy Merck at the January meeting or mail him @

3489 Shoreline Dr.

Spring Park, MN 55384

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