Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Annual Fishing Tournament News

2008

Economic situation affecting the tournaments.

I’m sure I don’t have to explain to you how bad the economy is right now but the tournaments have seen a major downturn which is probably due in large part to the economic situation in our country. In the Chicago area we have many carpenters out of work and most of our other areas are in the same situation. The last thing on many carpenter’s minds right now is fishing. Hopefully after a positive election things will loosen up to the point that work will start picking up to where carpenters will have some extra cash to be able to fish again. However based upon the amount of participants we must scale back the tournaments. We need about 70 boats each tournament to be able to have the same quality tournaments we have had in the past. This year we averaged 50 boats per tournament. The money is barely there to continue. As you can tell by this newsletter we have decided to print them ourselves thereby saving some money to be used other places. I am always looking for new ideas to help get us through this hard time and not have to eliminate the tournaments. If you have some ideas please let me know. I want to maintain payout to 15 places as well as dinner and prizes but everything is going to be based on how many participants and sponsors we are able to get. Please bring up the idea of becoming a possible sponsor at your local meeting to help keep the tournaments alive.

The walleye tournament in March was a day to day question this year. There was ice at our launch ramp and river conditions were not favorable just before our tournament. Thank God, prayers do work. The conditions did improve somewhat and some fish were weighed-in. Congratulations to Dave Janssen and Henry Marbold from local # 16 who caught the only 6 fish limit and won the tournament.

The bass tournament in September I have to say was one of our best as far as action goes. Although the lake was 4 feet above normal pool the action was great. I know many fishermen tell tales but we actually caught a lot of fish even though most were just under the 14 inch limit. It was good to see that 30 out of 50 boats weighed-in fish. I have to congratulate our Regional Council’s President/ EST Marty Umlauf and his partner Tony Ballay for placing 9th this year. Marty will be retiring and we wish him many years of good fishing. Thanks for keeping our tournaments going. I have a funny idea that we should look for Marty to place even higher in the future since he will have more time to fish. Also congratulations to our winners Chris Rettmuller and Peter Gunther from local # 1185. I know work must be slow because they sure can fish. Hope to see you at the tournaments in 2009 and happy fishing to all.

Just a final note, I want to welcome our new Chicago Regional Council’s President/EST Frank Libby who also is a pretty good fisherman. We wish him many years of great success in his new position.

Thank You Friendly Sponsors

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Thank You Weekend Warrior Sponsor

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Chicago Regional Council of CarpentersDedicated to building partnerships and improving the lives of working men & women

Is Proud to Sponsor theCarpenters Annual Fishing Tournaments

Special Thanksto all those who participateand organize these events

Wishing you continued Success Frank T. Libby, President/Executive Secretary-Treasurer

Jeffrey Isaacson, First Vice PresidentGary Perinar Jr., Second Vice President

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state of Illinois.

CRCC Walleye Tournament Illinois River at Spring Valley, IL.Saturday March 21, 2009Take-off from Barto’s landing 7:00 A.M.

CRCC Bass TournamentLake Shelbyville-Sullivan, IL. Saturday September 12, 2009Take-off from Eagle Creek 6:30 A.M.

2009 - Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Tournament Schedule

Walleye Fisherman! If you are looking for more hot walleye action, don’t forget to check out the tournament run by Bob Kidd of Prairieland Eyes. Bob Kidd and his staff from Prairieland Eyes run a full schedule of year round walleye tournaments throughout the state. You can check the upcoming tournament schedule at www.prairielandeyes.com.

Bob Kidd will be hosting a Walleye tournament the Sunday after our tournament. If you are feeling lucky and think you found the fish plan on spending an extra day fishing both tournaments. If you have any questions Bob will be at our dinner Friday night. Show your support of Bob and his tournaments because they do a great job with our tournament and we would not be as professional without Bob and his family.

Prairieland Eyes Tournament Sunday, March 22, 2009 Spring Valley, IL. Illinois River - Barto’s landing www.prairielandeyes.com

2008 Walleye Winners March 15, 2008

1st Place – 8.64 lbs. Dave Janssen- Local # 16 Henry Marbold- Local # 16

Big Walleye – 3.25 lbs. Pat Carr- Local # 1185

3rd Place – 5.99 lbs. Jeff Lund- Local # 558Chris Nowak- Local # 58

2nd Place – 6.48 lbs. Mike Carr- Local # 1185Pat Carr- Local # 1185

2008 Walleye Tournament Results

Big Fish WeightPlace Team # Names # Fish Lbs. Oz. Lbs. Oz.

1 27 Dave Janssen / Henry Marbold 6 1.81 8.642 34 Mike Carr / Pat Carr 3 3.25 6.483 25 Jeff Lund / Christopher Nowak 4 2.52 5.994 28 Jim Vlcek / Tom Sperling 4 1.55 5.575 11 John Perez / Chris Perez 4 1.95 5.556 36 Billy Adcock / Bill Adcock 3 2.57 4.917 40 Mike Osterholt / Ron Brake 4 1.09 4.678 1 Florio Picchietti / Jim Vodicka 3 1.5 3.779 7 Cliff Banks / Ron Urnikis 2 1.5 3.0510 10 James Yard / William Kjellesvik 2 1.62 2.9111 14 Steven Hunter / Donald Johnson 2 1.16 2.412 30 David Foy / Karl Kost 2 1.09 2.3513 9 Bob Horvath / Mike Thomas 2 1.4 2.2814 45 Richard Westbrook / Joe Heilgeist 1 1.72 1.7215 44 Justin Mucci / Brian Roe 1 1.19 1.19

Totals 43 25.92 61.48

Big Fish - Pat Carr / Local # 1185 / 3.25lbs.

Volunteers Needed!

The tournaments are in need of volunteers to help with many areas. It takes a lot of time to run the tournaments and volunteers are needed to help with check-in, stuffing bags, mailings and contacting sponsors. If you helped in the past I thank you and ask for your continued support but we need new volunteers to also aid in the many tasks. The future will depend on you getting involved with helping the tournaments. Without you there is no tournament.

2008 Bass Winners September 13, 2008

1st Place – 11.63 lbs. Chris Rettmuller- Local # 1185 Peter Gunther- Local # 1185

Big Bass – 5.40 lbs. Chris Rettmuller- Local # 1185

3rd Place – 7.84 lbs. Owen McGlasson- Local # 16 Ron Smith- Local # 16

2nd Place – 9.91 lbs. Eugene Perez- Local # 1185Randy DeCoste- Local # 1185

2008 BASS Tournament Results

Big Fish WeightPlace Team # Names # Fish Lbs. Oz. Lbs. Oz.

1 13 Chris Rettmuller / Peter Gunther 4 5.4 11.632 23 Eugene Perez / Randy DeCoste 4 3.86 9.913 40 Owen McGlasson / Ron Smith 3 3.4 7.844 19 Norm Weck / Brian Rice 2 5.01 6.955 29 Steve Felbinger / John Gipson 3 2.9 6.576 42 Bruce Schmidt / Rodney Goss 3 6.077 36 Mark Howe / Russell Heusmann 1 4.79 4.798 27 Mark Maher / Chuck Foland 2 3.25 4.749 32 Tony Ballay / Martin Umlauf 2 2.33 4.74

10 10 Jorge Carmona / Adolfo Orozco 2 2.19 4.3511 5 John Horak / John Voeller 2 2.35 3.9712 3 Myron Matwichuk / Florio Picchietti 2 2 3.6413 15 Bob Gumbel / Jim Bray 1 3.61 3.6114 8 Scott Dellamano / Willaim Giovanetti 2 2.32 3.5715 35 John Rosa Jr. / Sean O'Donell 2 3.516 38 Jeff Brooks / Brad Land 2 1.77 3.2417 31 Jim Holtrop / Larry Woodward 1 3.05 3.0518 18 Jody Snow / Scott Snow 1 2.92 2.9219 14 James Oesterle / Tim Drake 1 2.58 2.5720 44 Hans Liebmann / Chris Cardelli 1 2.23 2.2321 2 Don Johnson / Steve Hunter 1 2 222 4 Ray Rodway / Darren Rodway 1 1.93 1.9323 11 Mike Viano / Terry Viano 1 1.91 1.9124 21 Larry Perez / Bill Koeller 1 1.86 1.8625 43 Bruce DeYoung / Eugene Collins 1 1.77 1.7726 16 Bill Lichon / Paul Taylor 1 1.75 1.7527 30 Ernie White / Dave Suslee 1 1.74 1.7428 46 Art Anderson / James Mceathron 1 1.56 1.5629 7 John Phillips / Tom Phillips 1 1.54 1.5430 37 Kevin Lejeck / Pete Gerard 1 1.45 1.45

Totals 51 117.4

Big Fish - Chris Rettmuller / Local # 1185 / 5.40 lbs.