Pipe Fishing Club Yearly Newsletter

    The 2012 Ice fishing season was memorable or perhaps one to forget. With questionable ice conditions for safe truck/car travel along with poor visibility many anglers decided not to venture out on the ice. As many of you did not travel on the lake with your vehicles nor did the Pipe Fishing Club as we didn’t have any snow to plow and did not feel that we should risk any of the club members’ safety or the possibility of vehicle damage or loss. This kept our cost down along with the number of road passes sold. We did run a line of trees this year and posted the ice conditions on our Facebook page and the Fond-du-lac Outdoors web page (www.fonddulacoutdoors.com), to help anglers make good decisions on how they planned to travel on the lake. The tree line was put in by John Jenkins, J.J. Jenkins, Jim Dehn, Rich Hodoff, Steve Smith, and Jason Goeglein this was all done with their personal equipment. Thank You Guys. This tree line brought much criticism as many anglers feel that the tree line should not be put out until the ice is safe for vehicle traffic. The Pipe Fishing Club however since being established in 2005 has maintained that the tree line is for all anglers if they are walking or are using any type of motorized vehicle to get out on the ice. We received many compliments as well from anglers that were fishing as they did use the tree line to find their way on their four wheelers and snowmobiles as many of them do not have a hand held GPS unit.

       The Pipe Fishing Club will be trying something different this year for a summer fundraiser August 4^TH.  It will be similar to the popular TV show the Amazing Race. Participants will travel a set route and will perform challenges at many different stops and must be completed prior to moving onto the next stop. This will require teams of two and a car/truck and an entry fee of $100.00 per team, 50 car minimum, with a 75% pay out to the top 5 finishers. Please contact Steve Morgen at (920-898-4593) or Neil Groeschel at (920-795-1166) if interested in participating. We will have posters hanging at many of the local business and will have it posted on our Facebook page along with it being posted on our link on the Fond-Du-Lac Outdoors Website (www.fonddulacoutdoors.com). As always we are looking for volunteers to help out with all of our activities if any one wishing to be an active member please get a hold of one of the current directors.

                                  Thank You for your continued support.

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   Co Presidents      Neil Groeschel       and                        Stephen Morgen     

Board Members

Neil Groeschel                     920-795-1166       

Dan Groeschel                    920-923-1077

John Jenkins                                    920-795-4755

Jim Gravelle

Willard Jenkins                    Unfortunately, Bill Jenkins passed away on May 6^th, 2012. Bill was one of our founding members and generously donated a truck and a plow so the club could get a start. Bill will be greatly missed.

Meeting Dates

All meetings with the exception of the annual meeting held in December will be help at Jim and Linda’s Lakeview Supper Club at 7:00pm

6/20/2012        Summer fundraising meeting 7:00pm

7/24/2012        Final meeting before summer fundraiser meeting 7:00pm

9/13/2012         Meeting 7:00pm

11/08/2012       Meeting 7:00pm

12/06/2012       Annual Meeting at Malone Museum 6:00pm. Speakers to be

                              determined

12/13/2012       Regular Meeting and Final Dinner Planning Meeting  7:00pm

Memberships

Single membership will stand at $20.00 per year, which includes a road pass and newsletter.

*Husband and wife single membership will be $30.00, which includes road passes and newsletter.

Golden Membership will stand at $100.00, which includes a donation, three year road pass, and newsletter.

Lifetime Membership will stand at $500.00 for members under 55 years old and $300.00 for members over 55 years old and both include a yearly road pass and newsletter.

*Any lifetime member can donate an additional $100.00 and their spouse will become a lifetime member as well.

*Any golden member who wants to upgrade to a lifetime membership can do so and will be credited for what is already paid in and has the choice to pay in one lump sum or a minimum of $100.00 a year.

*Anyone who wants to become a lifetime member can do so and can pay in one lump sum or pay a minimum of $100.00 per year.

5th Fundraiser Dinner at Jim and Linda’s Lakeview Supper Club

January 09, 2013

Cocktails   5:00pm to 6:30pm

Dinner 6:30pm

Dinner ticket is $50.00. Dinner ticket included meal, door prize and donation to the Pipe Fishing Club. Only 110 tickets are available.

If you are interested please mail back the slip and the tickets will be mailed to you. Any one purchasing their ticket prior to 12-1-2012 will be eligible for a $100.00 early bird drawing.

Baiting and feeding banned in Polk, Burnett, Washburn and Barron counties as of May 10

MADISON – A ban on baiting and feeding white-tailed deer in Barron, Burnett, Polk and Washburn counties will go into effect on May 10, 2012.

The Department of Natural Resources is taking the action, in accordance with existing state law, due to the discovery on private land in Washburn County of a wild white-tailed deer that tested positive for chronic wasting disease. Both state and federal veterinary laboratories confirmed the finding. Later DNA testing confirmed that the deer is from the area.

Barron, Burnett and Polk counties are within a 10-mile radius of the location of the Washburn County property on which this CWD-positive deer was found. State law requires that counties or portions of counties within a 10-mile radius of a game farm or free-ranging CWD-positive are included in the baiting and feeding prohibition. With the addition of these four counties, baiting and feeding of deer is banned in 32 Wisconsin counties.

“While we lament this news, we welcome the positive response we’ve heard from area deer hunters,” said DNR Secretary Cathy Stepp. “We held an informational meeting with local citizens and nearly 200 showed up and stayed for hours asking good questions of our wildlife, law enforcement and wildlife health staff. In the end, my executive assistant Scott Gunderson asked the crowd how they felt about an immediate baiting and feeding ban and it was overwhelmingly supported.”

No changes are planned for the 2012 deer hunting season rules in the affected counties other than the ban on baiting and feeding, said Tom Hauge, director of the DNR Bureau of Wildlife Management. Hunters will be asked to provide tissue samples from deer killed within a 10-mile radius of the CWD positive doe for further surveillance testing. Samples will also be collected from road kills and possibly taxidermists and meat processors. Details of the sampling and testing program will be shared widely in subsequent news releases and on the DNR website dnr.wil.gov keyword CWD, as the details are finalized.

“Baiting and feeding of deer unnecessarily increases the risk of spreading CWD and other diseases,” Hauge said. “Animal health is important to preserving our great hunting tradition and is a foundation of tourism and vital to local businesses.”

Baiting and feeding increase risks of spreading communicable diseases, like CWD, by concentrating deer in one spot. Deer using one spot are more at risk for spreading a disease.

Individuals can still feed birds and small mammals provided the feeding devices are at a sufficient height or design to prevent access by deer and the feeding device is within 50 yards of a human dwelling. This ban does not affect the use of bait for hunting bear or training bear dogs.

Learn more about CWD at knowcwd.com (exit DNR) or go to the DNR website and search “CWD.”

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Zeckmeister, DNR northern region wildlife supervisor – 715-635-4090; Dave Zebro, DNR northern region law enforcement leader– 715-635-4093; or Bob Manwell, DNR Office of Communications – 608-264-9248