321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103 June 2017 © Copyright 2017 by Salmon Unlimited, Inc. Coming Events General Membership Meeting Tues, June 13th , 7:00 pm Speaker(s): Eric Trempe will be our speaker for the June General Membership meeting. Eric started first mating on charter boats out of Sheboy- gan WI in 1985. He worked for Randy Even, inventor of the Slide Diver for 27 of those years. He purchased the company Jan 1st of 2012 and continues to run the business and bring new and innovative products to market to help us catch more fish. Upcoming Club Meetings: July 11 – General Membership Our speaker for the May General Membership meeting was Rick Battalini, owner of Yel- August 8 – General Membership low Bird products. Rick came out to speak about some of the new products that Yellow Bird is coming out with and how they'll help you put more fish in the boat! Thanks for speaking Rick! Hook’n Line is the official newsletter of Salmon Unlimited, Inc., a non-profit organization, and is published monthly for members. Opinions ex- pressed in this publication are those of the individual authors, and do not necessarily represent the views of Salmon Unlimited, Inc. Officers: Jim Nelligan, President; Jim Stepp, Vice President; Bill Meier, Treasurer; Mike Mayworm, Secretary. Chairman of the Board: Lou Champa Board Members: Jim & Chris Maechtle, Jerry Taylor, Jack Edens, John Messina, Nick Pataki, Ron Taylor, Joe Huss, Ron Vallas, Doug McCallis- ter, Tom Smith, Chris Wojtowilz, Herb Vogt, Mark Sandahl, Jack Olles Webmaster: Mike Graziano Newsletter Editor: Mark Sandahl Newsletter Email: [email protected] We apologize in advance for any typographical errors. We make every effort to ensure correctness. Feel free to let us know if we over-looked something. Please direct any/all correspondence to: Salmon Unlimited Office General Membership Meetings at 321 Railroad Ave, Bartlett, IL 60103 VFW HALL - 7:30 to 10:00 PM www.salmonunlimitedinc.com, (773) 736-5757 400 E Devon Ave, Elk Grove Village, IL President’s Report Lake Trout limit to 5 per angler. We lobbied to raise it, but Illinois seems to follow the lead of Michigan, not "Don't worry about the world coming to an end Wisconsin, so we’ll see how this all plays out? There today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." - definitely are a lot of Lake Trout in the water these Charles Schulz days, especially South. The weather has finally remembered it’s June and Fishing, life’s best distraction, is filled with benefits. warmed up, so get out and fish. These days it’s a break from the nuttiness of the behav- ior of man. It gives us quality time with family or All the best, friends. If something is bothering you, several hours Jim Nelligan out with a good friend to talk to can bring you solace. Many people feel if more people fished, we’d need less President psychiatrists. There is nothing quite like the enthusi- asm of a child at play, and when you’re out fishing, we’re all nine years old again. Do yourself and kid a Membership favor, take a boy or girl fishing, you’ll all be better off and you just get to know people much better out in a Benefits of Membership: boat having fun. Get them kids away from video • Membership card entitling bearer to all associa- games and cell phones for a day and you might just get tion benefits. one to speak to you. LOL • Embroidered Salmon Unlimited membership patch. June 23rd and 24th is our Pass the Passion Tournament • Salmon Unlimited automobile decal. where 10% of the entrance fees go to a needy Illinois • Voting privileges. High School bass fishing team. This year we are re- • Salmon Unlimited Hook 'n Line newsletter, ceiving a donation for several bass fishing rod and reel published 12 times a year, and sent only to Ac- combinations from a group we can include with our tive Members. club donation to the lucky team. Also, this is the first • Fishing seminars covering all aspects of salmon year we are holding this event at Waukegan Harbor as and trout angling. part of their summer music festivals. Many rock and • Participation in all club competitions and activ- roll bands are scheduled to perform from Friday after- ities. noon thru Sunday evening. Even if you’re not fishing it • Family Membership (Spouse and dependent would be a fun family event with many food vendors children of Active Members are eligible to par- scattered throughout the festival ground on the North ticipate in competitions and other activities). side of the harbor area. We certainly hope to see you • Membership Roster - Active Members receive there and why not fish it? This is a Pro/Am tourna- a roster of Active Members. ment, so the Pro boats will be separated from the ama- • Set of distinctive Salmon Unlimited boat decals teur field and everyone has a good chance at winning (A set comes with membership, any additional some money. For more information and the ability to sets are $5.00.). sign up online visit our web site: http://www.salmonunlimitedinc.com/pass-the-passion Join or renew memberships on our website. Our club tournament season will be half-over, come http://www.salmonunlimitedinc.com/#! June 10th and so far, the fishing has been mostly a page3/cee5 catch of coho salmon with a few other species thrown in. There just hasn’t been a lot of Kings or Steelhead around yet, maybe this weekend? Come on out and Tournament Opportunity fish with your fellow members, get to know them bet- Catchem Plenty III is looking for 2 crew members to ter, we don’t bite and we love seeing everyone out fish tournaments for SU and two in a boat tournaments there, plus the barbeques are excellent. The ILDNR has decided not to raise the Lake Trout for 2017 contact Jeff at [email protected] or daily catch limit, unlike Wisconsin, which upped the leave a message at 847 526 7057 2017 Tournaments $350 Big 3 New for 2017 the $350 Big 3 contest will be awarded to the team with the 3 largest fish at each tournament regardless of species. Exam- ple, 2 Kings and 1 Lake Trout. This contest is part of every club tournament. Bonus Fish The largest bonus fish caught will receive $4.00 per boat. In the event no bonus fish is caught, the money will carry over to the next tournament. Side Bet 2016 Boat of the Year There will be a voluntary $10.00 Side Bet for Time Off each tournament. The Side Bet criteria will be determined by the tournament boat prior to 2017 Club Tournaments each contest. May 13 (Northpoint) May 27 (Northpoint) Largest Fish of the Season June 10 (Northpoint) A monetary reward for the largest fish caught July 8 (Northpoint) for the season will also be awarded ($1.00 per July 22 (Northpoint) boat per tournament). August 12 (Northpoint) Sept 2 Make-up Date (Northpoint) *All monetary rewards are based on the num- ber of boats participating. Big Tournaments June 3 – SU WI Open (Racine) Rookie Boat of the Year June 17 – Kenosha Classic (Kenosha) There will be a special end of the year award June 23 – 24 – SU IL Pass the Passion for the Rookie Boat with the most tournament (Waukegan) points at seasons end. Rookie boats are those July 15 – Super Sweepstakes (Racine) that are fishing their first season of S.U. Tour- July 16 – Two in the Boat (Racine) naments. July 29 – Brew City (Milwaukee) August 26 - SU IL Open (Northpoint) We hope to see everyone participating in our September 9 – SU Kid’s Fishing Derby fun club tournaments in 2017. We will be hav- (Waukegan) ing our awesome bbqs again so come out for a fun day with fellow members. Club Tournament Awards Top 3 Boats Captain Jim Nelligan, Tournament Chairman The first place boat will be awarded a prize of $5.00 per boat entered (ie. With 20 boats en- $350 Big 3 - Sponsored by: tered, the first place boat would receive Thermalcraft, James P. Maechtle Decorating, 20 X $5.00 = $100.00). The second place boat Advanced Automotive, Duck Bill Charters. will receive $3.00 per boat. The third place JabberJaws, and Ameriplating boat will receive $2.00 per boat. Tournament Corner th May 13th Tournament May 27 Tournament Our second club tournament was held on a beautiful Our first tournament was a well-attended event with 24 sunny and fairly calm morning and there were plenty boats that showed up for some competition as the of cohos to go around, but not a lot of rainbows, which weather was accommodating, sunny skies and light was the target fish. The 21 boat captains brought 193 winds for most of the morning. fish to the scales and when it was over the family team We did have one little issue that I want to address. One of Steve L' Esperance won the tournament. Congratu- boat called in to enter and then didn't show up at the lation Steve. He nailed the Big 3 cash award too. weigh in which it says in the rules is a big no, no. Also, you can't enter and then not show up to pay for the 1st Place Smokin Fish, Captain Steve L'Esperance, tournament you entered. Please make good on this, you 73.5 LBS for 188.5 Pts - $105 know who you are. The target fish for this tournament was brown trout and 2nd Place Time Off, Captain Doug McCallister, 68.9 we had some caught, but as usual not that many of the LBS for 168.9 Pts - $63 mud dwellers.