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4608 Tower St.
Edina, MN 55424
(612) 440-7171
tcwalleyes@gmail.com
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Twin Cities Walleyes Unlimited Monthly Newsletter |
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Featuring Robert Cardenas
Thursday February 7, 2019
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TCWU is thrilled to kick off the second half of our club meetings with talented local Professional Robert Cardenas.
Robert finished among the top 5 anglers in his rookie season on the AIM Pro Walleye Series for Angler of the Year, and has been fulfilling his dream to fish for a living ever since. You can currently check him out on Facebook managing his F.IN Outdoors Media Company and out on the Cabelas National Walleye Tour.
Don't miss out on this great opportunity to spend the evening with Robert!
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Special thanks to Thrane Equipment for supporting our club as a Trophy Level Sponsor.
Thrane is leader for supplying Restaurant, Refrigeration and HVAC Equipment.
What separates them from the rest of the grocery and refrigeration equipment refurbish companies is that they have the newest refurbished equipment line, which they can provide at a lower cost, and at quicker turnaround times. They also provide walk-in coolers and freezers, condensing units, evaporator coils, meat/dairy/deli cases, rack systems, rooftop condensers, compressors, under counter, stainless steel, and all other grocery store refrigeration and restaurant equipment.
they are a Licensed and Bonded in the State of Minnesota Refrigeration, HVAC, and Mechanical Contractor in business since 1988.
Thrane Equipment Contact Information
Check out their amazing Photo Gallery on their Website at www.thraneequipment.com
Hours M-F 9 AM - 5:30 PM, Saturday 10 AM - 4:00 PM.
Visit their Shop
6301 W Old Shakopee Rd, Suite B-2, Minneapolis, MN 55438
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Happy New Year
to all my TCWU Friends
As I sit writing this note I find it tough to find a place to begin. January has been quite eventful for the club and the month is flying by too quickly for sure. It has certainly been an unusual winter for us so far, but we do have great ice conditions for those of us that love to fish hard water.
I want to send a big thank you to our January meeting speaker, Tommy Skarlis. He brought a ton of great information for us and his energy and enthusiasm was sure fun to watch. Thanks Tommy!
I am still flying high over the successful ice fishing outing on Lake Independence last weekend. It was great to see so many of our members come out and spend a day on the ice together. Thanks to everyone that helped us set up base camp and pack up afterwards. We had a few hiccups during the day’s events, but we are still learning. Please let me know any suggestions or changes that would be helpful to plug in to future outings.
It was a nice surprise to have Steve Pennaz come out to demonstrate the Garmin electronics with some of our members. Pretty amazing technology for sure. I believe we received a video post from Steve that is on our Facebook and website showing some of the demonstration session. Rusty posted a link in the Club outing re-cap. Thanks again Steve!
Please send in any pictures of videos that you took during the outing or of any of your winter adventures and we will gladly share it with the membership. That is the beauty of our group. We are all in this together!
I am excited for the February 7th meeting. We will hear Robert Cardenas, one of our TCWU members. He promised to tell us every one of his super top-secret walleye hunting tips. Don’t miss this one, folks.
We have formed a committee to work on future club fishing outings and want to get input from our membership on potential lakes to target. Please come talk with us around 6:30-6:45 pm prior to the February meeting. Bring information about the lake you think we should fish (acreage, structure makeup, fish survey info, etc.). We want to plan at least 2 outings this summer and want everyone to have an input in choosing the venue. We hope to have these events planned by the May member meeting. I ask everyone, do your homework and we will see you at the next meeting.
I’m heading to the cabin this afternoon and hope to try out a new ice rod that Santa brought me for Christmas. I was pleased to see it is going to minus double digits temps…….Maybe I’ll build a fire and take a nap? Good luck on the ice and be safe everyone!
Jim "Doc" Wood
President of Twin Cities Walleyes Unlimited
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"Put the Fight back in
Tip-Up Fishing"
I Fish Pro is a valued donor and friend to our club.
They "put the Fight back in Tip-Up Fishing" by creating a Tip-up that uses your favorite ice fishing rod and reel.
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They have taken the standard tip-up to the next level with innovative re-engineering.
- Use your favorite rod and reel rather than trying to fish by hand.
- No more frozen and tangled line spread all over the ice.
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When targeting a different species either – simply change your rod and reel.
- Choose light, medium, or heavy trigger settings to eliminate false-flags.
- The Slip-Stop setup allows you to jig and reset depths
- The adjustable rod holder up to a 42" rod
- Folds and locks in place for compact storage.
- Base is sized to cover up to a 10" hole,
I Fish Pro is based out of of Nisswa Minnesota.
Learn about their products at:
Facebook: Ifishpro Tip Up
Web: www.ifishpro.com
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Special Thanks TROPHY Level Sponsors |
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Minnesota Military Youth Ice Fishing Clinic
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Twin Cities Walleyes Unlimited and the Child and Youth Program of the Minnesota National Guard is hosting the MN Military Youth Ice Fishing Clinic on February 10, 2019.
Location: Disabled Veterans Camp Ground located on Big Marine Lake at
11300 180th St. North Marine on the St Croix, MN 55047.
Event time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Volunteers are asked to arrive at 9:30 a.m. for instruction and set up.
Youth registration: Starts at 10:30. Lunch will be provided including chili and hot dogs, chips, cookies, hot chocolate, Gatorade, and water. (Bring your own coffee.)
* Youth and families from all military branches are invited to attend and participate *
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Our service men and women sacrifice greatly, affording us to live in the “Land of the Free”. However, often overlooked are the families that also pay a huge sacrifice while our service men and women are away from home. We have a unique opportunity to bring some joy to the military youth and pass along some knowledge and skill with respect to ice fishing and hopefully spark and solidify an interest in this great sport to the next generation. During the event kids will be able to fish and be recognized for fish caught with a weight in and certificate of species and weight caught. Merchandise will be given away at 2:00 for the participants and with games during the event. Ice skating is welcomed. (Skates not provided.)
All are welcome to participate and volunteers are in need. With at least 75 youth expected to be at this clinic plus their families, please consider participating and volunteering. Volunteer responsibilities are to help set up and provide basic instructions to the youth on ice fishing, and to establish a fun and safe atmosphere. If you have electronics it would be nice to have to keep the kids involved. Any shelter or supplies needing to be driven on the ice should be done prior to 10:30 with cars and trucks removed to delegated parking areas. However, snowmobiles and quads will be allowed and welcomed. You are welcome to fish once the event is over. MN DNR regulations apply for the event so all persons 16 years and older are required to have a MN fishing license if they plan to fish.
We are fortunate to have valuable partners in this clinic, including…
- Clam Corporation and the ICE Team
- Morries Automotive of Brooklyn Park - Mike Zickermann, Fleet Manager
- Wounded Warrior Project
- Urban Ice Anglers
- Dive Guys Big Fish & Fry
- Old Dutch, Hy-Vee, Cub Foods, Fresh Thyme, Vados Bait and Tackle
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Please contact John Jordan to register as a volunteer or if you have any questions at:
Cell (612) 719-3834
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Thank You LUNKER Sponsors! |
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Guest Speaker Re-cap Tommy Skarlis |
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Special thanks to Tommy Skarlis for coming out and speaking at our January Meeting.
Tommy gave an amazing presentation. Unfortunately technical issues resulted in loosing our meeting re-cap notes. My apologies fishing club friends.
Follow Tommy on Facebook as he prepares for the Crappies Masters and his pursuit of a third consecutive Masters Walleye Title.
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Tommy's Secret Snell Knot
A number of questions came up at the last meeting about how Tommy Skarlis ties his single and tandem snells. Club President Doc Wood demonstrates in the video link to the left.
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Club Outing on Lake Independence |
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Chip Leer kicked off our Hard Water Fishing season as our guest speaker in December. One of his comments was how much fun it is to gather with all your Fishing friends on the ice, "The More The Merrier" he commented. We took his advice and he was right on the spot.
For those of you who couldn't make it we had 40 members and friends turn out along with special appearance from Steve Pennaz. It was awesome to be out with the club members and socialize for the first part of the day. Many of us hung out at our base camp, ate lunch and formulated ice fishing plans. Some of the others were already reeling in fish,which was awesome! Weather was perfect and there wasn't a speck of snow on the ice, ice cleats were a must.
Steve Pennaz arrived with perfect timing to help coordinate some fishing hot spots and to demonstrate the Garmin Panoptix and LiveScope Sonar units. Amazing technology, we drilled a hole and did a 360 scan under the ice and BAM! there were the crappies 75 feet southwest of us. All it took to find the fish was to drill one hole, use the Panoptix and pace off 75 feet. This new tech quickly puts you on the fish and virtually eliminates the need for gas augers. The images these units illuminate were amazing, you could see an entire school of fish individually. Steve was able to do a live feed from his phone on social media, which was amazing and nerve racking as many of us made our first live appearance. Below find a link to the video and the Panoptix in action.
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Below are some pictures of the outing. Please send in any pictures of videos that you took during the outing or of any of your winter adventures and we will gladly share it with the membership. That is the beauty of our group. We are all in this together! |
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Steve Pennaz Introduces the amazing Garmin Panoptix and LiveScope sonar systems. |
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Congrats To Matt Moore and the Williams Family who held the
lucky Tickets!
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Special Episode of Fishing the Midwest |
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Fishing the Midwest is one of the longest running and most popular regional fishing shows in existence, which is hosted by our April Guest Speakers Bob Jensen and Mark Frisch |
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Mike Frisch pictured above and Bob Jensen pictured to the left are the hosts of Fishing The Midwest. |
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On the first weekend of February, a very special and revealing episode of Fishing the Midwest, will air on major cable networks and local affiliates across the Midwest and North America.
Local Broadcast will air on:
FOX SPORTS NORTH at 11:00 am on Saturday February 2nd
Bob Jensen, founder of Fishing the Midwest, recently commented: “I’ve been doing fishing shows for somewhere around 35 years. We’re going to take a look at where Fishing the Midwest has been, and are going to share our plans for the future. We are going to take a special a trip down Memory Lane for our longtime followers."
Jensen continued, “The list of regionally and nationally known anglers that appear on this episode is crazy. We don’t think any fishing show has ever had more well-known fishing and sports personalities from fishing or the sports world than this episode will."
“I haven’t seen the final version of this episode, but if history is any indicator, our producer Brian Dellis will turn out a memorable final product. Brian and his team are responsible for the dozens of awards that we’ve won down through the years."
Fishing the Midwest is recognized as a leader in fishing education and entertainment in the field of outdoor communications. In addition to co-hosting Fishing the Midwest television, Mike Frisch is an outdoor writer, seminar speaker, fishing guide, and the founder of Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s School of Fish. School of Fish is the leader in hands-on fishing instruction focusing on youth. Bob Jensen hosts The Outdoor Minute radio show, has authored 4 books on walleye fishing, writes a syndicated outdoor column, and is a member of the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.
For more information on Fishing the Midwest and to see a listing of times and markets for Fishing the Midwest, go to fishingthemidwest.com.
Russell Nelson
Board Member TCWU
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TCWU invited to promote the club
at the Filson store in the Galleria Edina
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Special offer from Filson
20% off store wide to all club members during the event!
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Newsletters are now available on the website |
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Hey great news members, We have made a few changes to the www.tcwalleyes.com website, which include PDF's of our past newsletters posted to the News and Newsletters tab. If you are looking for those missing Guest speaker fishing tips, well now you got them any time you need. Click on the link below to check it out.
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Click on their logo or go to www.targetwalleye.com to check out
their website and see what its all about.
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Chef Ben's Wildlife Kitchen |
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Welcome to Chef Ben's wildlife kitchen. This month we are serving up Rusty's Lake Independence Chili. Not you traditional chili more of an Iron range vegetable chili. The vegetables especially the peppers add a natural sweetness, which eliminates the need for sugar. You may need to add a little but not much if any.
Bon Appétit!
Chef Ben
Lake Independence Chili
Ingredients:
- 3 lbs ground beef, pork or mixture of both. Can use a lb of Italian Sausage.
- 6 Ribs Celery large dice
- 1 1/2 Onion large dice
- 2 Orange Sweet peppers large dice
- 1 Large Jalapeno pepper Fine dice (Don't Saute add last to finished chili)
- 4 - 6 cans of beans, mix it up to your liking
- 1 large can Petite Diced tomatoes ( add a second small can if needed)
- 1 large can Crushed tomatoes
- 1 Chili starter kit (has Masa Flour to thicken sauce and spicy chili powder)
- 2 Teaspoons Mexican Oregano
- Salt to taste, Add Chili Powder, and Cumin if you need more flavor.
Directions:
1) Mix seasonings except for Mexican Oregano into meat and let set for 30 minutes before cooking.
2) Slowly cook meat, careful not to burn, add a little oil if using Venison as needed
3) Add tomatoes
4) Saute vegetables independently from each other add a little salt to bring out flavor. (Don't Saute diced Jalapeno's add last to finished chili)
5) Add Vegetables to Meat and Tomatoes
6) Add Beans (make sure to rinse unless they are spicy Chili Beans).
7) Add Jalapenos, Mexican Oregano and Masa Flour. Sugar to taste.
8) Cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes, stir up the bottom periodically.
This recipe makes a gallon and a half.
A little Science behind the recipe:
- Sauteing vegetables separately helps them retain their original flavors, which creates a cornucopia of flavors instead of one chili flavor if you cook everything at once.
- Mixing the seasoning into the meat gives the meat a chili flavor and knocks the bland meat flavor out of play.
Ben Roach
Board Member of Twin Cities Walleyes Unlimited
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Thank You KEEPER Sponsors! |
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Thank you VALUED Club Donors |
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TC Walleyes Unlimited, Inc. |
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