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Kawartha Lakes ChapterWho We Are We are the luckiest chapter of Muskies Canada. Lucky because we are the 13th Chapter to be operating in 2008. Situated in the heart of the Kawartha's, what better name to obtain than Kawartha Lakes.
Our main objective for starting in this area is for the concern of Northern Pike making their way into the Kawartha Lakes region. This is a large concern for all Muskie anglers that enjoy the quantity and quality Muskie fishery we have at the present time. Installation of Know the Difference (KTD) signs on concerned lakes will also be one of our projects to help educate anglers in the area lakes. We want to be the most informative Chapter of the "What's going on in the Kawartha's" so look at our web page often. Starting January 2009, there will be regular updates to our page. If you are interested in meeting new people, having a great time, participating in various meetings and outings, and above all, learning about these fantastic fish, then please contact any one of people below. We would enjoy having you as our guest at any one of our meetings.
There will be monthly reminders sent out via email, if you wish to be added to this list, please send your name and email address to Mike DeGrace Meeting LocationRiley's Olde Towne Pub
2nd Floor
251 George Street North,
Peterborough, ON K9J 3G9 MAP Past Kawartha Lakes Chapter Meetings- August 10, 2010** Actual date T.B.A. ** Possible On The Water Gathering
- July 08, 2010No Meeting This Month
- June 08, 2010 Dr. Sean Landsmen from Carleton University will be speaking about his research study on catch and release mortality in muskie fishing 'PROJECT NOBLE BEAST'. You don't want to miss this one!
- May 11, 2010 Dr. Chris Wilson from Trent University will be speaking about his research on Muskies Genetics. What he has found will astound!
- April 13, 2010 Mike Benner from the OPP S.A.V.E. team (snowmobile, atv, vessel, enforcement) will give us a presentation and answer questions regarding cold water immersion and the perils that we as boaters and fishermen may find ourselves in.
- March 09, 2010 Guest Speaker will be Mike Nabulsi from Waterwolf Lures
- February 09, 2010Shawn Maher of Hose baits will be our guest speaker giving us some info on the making of his lures as well as a talk on fishing muskies on Georgian Bay.
- January 12, 2010 For this upcoming meeting we will be having a guest speaker from www.wellworthproducts.com to speak to us about the many additives and also detailing products but they have just manufactured a new product to combat Ethanol. This has yet to be introduced in Canada. The speaker is a Tech for Well Worth and is willing to give us his ideas and his opinions on Ethanol and its carnage it can do to any motor. They also want to essentially introduce this product to us as one of the first people in Ontario. He has been with the company for 10 years starting as a mechanic and risen through the ranks to become a tech with this company targeting problems and issues with Fuels.
If you go their website and check out the news and updates you will see the Fuel Fix RX which was just released.
Hope to see you all there. - December 08, 2009 Our December 8th meeting is as with all our monthly meetings, open to ALL MCI members for our first annual Christmas Bash. Bring a lure of a minimum value of $20.00 and you will be eligible to win not one but one of TWO muskie rods! One rod is a brand new St. Croix 8ft trolling rod and the other is a slightly used but in excellent condition St. Croix casting rod. All the lures brought in for the draw will also be raffled off that evening. We are also going to have "Wings and Things" just to say "Thanks for your support".
Don't forget your release logs as this is the last chance to get in on the draw for the Hose Bait.
- November 11, 2009Due to Riley's doing a renovation upstairs we had to reschedule our monthly meeting to Wednesday November 11th
- October 13, 2009 Our guest speaker will be Angelo Didomizio with a discussion on fishing tactics for Stony Lake. This is just in time for our Kawartha Classic which is on the 16 - 18 of this month.
Some finalizing for the Outing, updates to the KTD signs along with updates on the Pike Project.Please bring release log sheets, don't forget your name tags.
If anyone is interested in helping a little more with MCI, elections will be coming up, here are the details from the Constitution.
"ARTICLE 14: ELECTIONS - Section 1 Every year an election of officers shall take place among the general membership of each Chapter.
- Section 2 Nominations will take place at the meetings in September and October.
- Section 3 All nominees will have the opportunity to express their platform and qualifications for a length of 8 minutes at the nomination meeting held in September and October.
- Section 4 Elections will take place at the November meeting of the Chapter.
- Section 5 The nominee receiving a majority of votes shall be deemed the winner.
- Section 6 The newly elected Executive Committee may appoint any vacancy due to insufficient nominations.
- Section 7 All election votes shall be conducted by secret vote.
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We are also looking for ideas for new guest speakers, if you have a topic or a person that you think would be interesting and entertaining, please forward your suggestions to us.
See you there! - August 15, 2009Greetings All, Once again we are having another 'On the Water Meeting'. This meeting will be held on Balsam Lake at the Rosedale Launch Ramp. We are going to have a sign installation day around all of Balsam Lake. There will be 11 signs that will be installed at various launch ramps and resorts that are already predetermined. Directions to locations will be available that morning.
If you have any tools such as a drill, socket set, wrenches and a step ladder, please bring it along. Majority of the signs will be installed on buildings and existing post. We only require 3 post to be installed. Tom McCutcheon has one post pounder and I will pick up 2 more.
Afterwards we will fish for the day on Balsam and meet back up at Sunny Acres for a BBQ afterwards.
So the long story short:
- Contact phone number:(905)373-9591 for the day
- Date: August 15th
- Meeting place: Rosedale Launch ramp
- Starting Time: 7:00 AM
- Bring along if you have:
- Lawn chair
- beverage
- 7 ft. step ladder
- drill
- wrenchs or socket set.
- #2 (red robertson screwdriver)
- Finish time: Sunny Acres Resort at 5:00 PM for BBQ
- For this meeting, we will NOT draw names for partners.
Please Contact Ron at ths following e-mail addy if interested, kawarthalakes@muskiescanada.ca - July 11, 2009 On the water meeting/Random fishing partner day on the tri-Lakes. Bring a boat if you have one. We will be drawing names for partners. BBQ afterwards. More information to follow on location
- June 09, 2009 Well there has been a change in plans for the June meeting. Shimano will not be making this meeting. We now have Jocelyn Leung from Angling Outfitters who is renowned for setting up Fish finders, particularly Lowrance. The whole meeting will end up being at Riley's starting at 7 pm. We will also be discussing updates on the outing and KTD sign
- May 12, 2009 Robert Stirling of St._Croix_Rods will be showing us a display of the new line up of poles (sorry Bob, just had to) St. Croix now has on the market. Afterwards, we will be raffling a St. Croix rod. In order to get a raffle ticket for the rod, you have to bring a new muskie lure of approximate value of $20.00. In turn, all the lures submitted towards the rod raffle, will be set up on the table where you in turn can purchase tickets at 3 for 5 dollars. This will give you a great opportunity to win a new Premiere 8 ft. rod of approximate value of $180.00 and walk away with a great selection of lures off the prize table.
- April 14, 2009 Jeff and Geoff demonstrate how to tie a bucktail and build Cowboy spinners.
- March 10, 2009 Wow another meeting gone by. Just unreal on how many members and guests are showing up. I believe we had one more new guy join tonight. With 38 people filling the room, it was a unanimous decision to move to a new location. We are just waiting for confirmation of our new location before we advertise it. We will miss Rickys All Day Grille, it was a great facility, too bad we out grew it. I will be sure to post the new location here. Who ever would have thought standing room only at a Muskies Canada meeting???
Special thanks to Glen Hales from Castaway Flyfishing Guide service, awesome presentation of Muskie on the fly rod. I hope this has intrigued a few guys to give it a try. Thanks so much for your presentation.
We are one step closer to finalizing a chapter logo, hope to have it nailed down at our next meeting. The KTD sign project is coming along nicely. We hope to put in our first order of signs by next month. One hurdle we are working on is the approval from the municipalities to post the signs.
The prize table, well lets just say we need a bigger table too! Thanks to all of you who supported us to get this chapter up and running. I look forward to the day of helping out the next new Chapter! The rest of the meeting???, well we have to save some of it for the RJ. - February 10, 2009Dan Taillon from OMNR - Presentation of the new FMZ 17 strategy, geared towards our Muskie Fishery. This will be one of Dan's first announcements pertaining to public input.
SHOW UPCOMING MEETINGS>> Upcoming Kawartha Lakes Chapter Outings/Events- Friday October 15, 2010 to Sunday October 17, 2010 - The Kawartha 2010 Classic
 - Location: Pine Vista Resort View Map
- Details: Join us on Stony Lake in the Heart of the Kawarthas on October 15 and 16. This is your chance to Catch and Release a beautiful Stony Lake Muskie and take home the Swan Moving trophy.
Kawartha Lakes Chapter Friends, Supporters, and SponsorsWe would like to thank all of our sponsors for their support. View All MCI Sponsors Chapter Executives |
