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That's first class all the way, congradulations everyone!! That's wonderfull to see so many people contributing so much to the future of musky fishing and improving the fishery. 🙂

Looking at the pic on the front cover and all I can say is "Future Muskie Hunter". That's awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The kids at the show really, really enjoyed the demo fish and the tank. Every time I asked a kid if they wanted to hold the fish, they couldn't believe that they were aloud too. They would reply with "I'm not supposed to touch anything". What a bunch of great kids. So it was all smiles ;D once they had it in their little hands. Just had to share this. Man,....... someone has to find my camera with all those pics on it. :'( Later

Worm- I hope your camera does show up! I was thinking about what you said about the guy who spears muskies. I wish I could have told him the story about when I was a young boy and a squirrel bit me. The "attack" was provoked by the bag of peanuts I was holding. For months I maimed every squirrel I saw with my BB gun. But then I grew up and realized that it was a wild animal and that is what wild animals do. Maybe we should just knock off every animal that has a mouth because at some point they are going to "attack" a human.

I heard on the Discovery channel that 3 million sharks are killed by humans for every one human that is killed by a shark. Ironically, I have never heard of a muskie killing a human 😛 Sounds to me that he was trying to make up for his "little spear". What a jack bag! [[^] -Eric

Just an idea, we did awesome in 4 days at a little show,....right? Well....... What if we did that at a big show that draws in more people, like 100 x more and goes for 9 days? I'm talking about Harrisburgs "Eastern Sportsmens Show". We could crush any goal number we would set. We're raffle ticket, t-shirt, sweetshirt and Hook Pick sellin' machines!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like you guys said, "Start at the fish pond and push this way". And push that way we did. There was only a hand full or so that actually didn't want to hear it but the rest were open and gladly would make at least a 5 dollar donation. Just smile and wave boys..........smile and wave!!! In two shows we could get our goal and cruise to 1,000 or 2 <<<<><<< for the year. Or more. I don't know, maybe I'm flying by the seat of my pants. ::)
Love ya Tommy boy. :-* But yeh Eric that Scubba-dubba- dude was a real tool. My neighbors have pitt bulls that putt up a good front and that's a breed of dog that has killed people so ............ maybe I'll get a spear gun to protect myself too!!!!! You got to remember your going into "Their World" so don't expect the top preditor of the river to just back off and not investigate alittle. It's not like he was a damn inspector and had to get to a certain spot in the river. He was just shooting because it scared the crap out of him. {{#%}}
And that's all I have to say about that.

It is alot, new member or not. This years show wouldn't work. Need more time. I personally would take a weeks vacation and stay out there insead of driving. We could do more then we ever thought possible. As long as we have good stuff for the raffle it's easy to do.
The guided trips we had at the show sold themselves. We could take a 55 gallon tank instead of 30, get Erics mount and Arches, get some other lures to sell besides the Beast Teasers, alot of people were looking for some kind of muskie stickers, (thats easy and cheap).
Get some speacial little lady to be Miss Muskie :o. We did good at the last show but I'm trying to think even bigger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like what was said at the show, "We want to make Marsh Creek the premier muskie lake in eastern pa". If we keep on track, we should be able to make Marsh and another lake premier muskie waters. I think we should try at least. We have plenty of time till next year.
Maybe I'm riding the high from the show yet, but lets try. We could inform alot of people out there. The energy we had at the show people couldn't help but to check us out. Ring that bell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Harrisburg is a great idea! I've hit that show numerous times, never seen Chapter 16 represented but it sounds like that is part of our territory anyway. This show always gets a huge draw, weekends its shoulder to shoulder walking around. Commitment from guys will be the biggest thing as previously mentioned. I wish I could have worked the VF show more then the one night I did this go around but work is always an issue. I'm sure we could get away with less guys each day if they could do open to close given the travel distance out there. 9 days will be tough to cover but less guys working the booth for a longer shift could work.

I agree with the discount for seminars. They have value to the host and therefore a discount should be considered.

Since there is only two MI chapters that represent PA I think that pretty much divides the State into East and West. That means that H'burg would be in the Eastern part of the State and therefore our territory. I'm not sure if Steve Warner is still a member of Ch. 50, but he is out that way, and Penguins06 I think is from the Halifax area just north of H'burg, so we do have members out that way. That means there are potentially others.

With regard to the Demographics..... well, the next thing I am going to say might upset a few of our mid State anglers, but I have found this to be true.....there are a lot more keep your catch fisherman the further West you travel. I have seen it while fishing and I've heard it while talking to other fisherman from that part of the State. I'm not saying all or even a majority, but there is certainly more than in our area. Just ask a local- have you ever tried a Smallmouth? Have you ever tried a Muskie? You will be shocked at how many say heck yeah- they taste great. I personally don't know a local fisherman in my area that has tried either. I also know of four, yes four muskies taken from the Juniata River last year that ended up on the dinner table. One was 44" and all of them were taken by the same guy. He is a very nice man who would do anything for you, but there is NO WAY you could ever convince him not to keep these fish. After all, his daddy did it that way and he paid for his fishing license. He is ONE guy in a factory that employs over 250 people. Everyone that works there hunts and fishes and keep almost everything because that's what their Daddy's did. They even close for a week during deer season and the opening day of Smallmouth. My point is that the fisherman that might care about pures being stocked might be the ones we really would prefer don't know at all. Does anyone remember the Curwensville Lake slaughter? Once word got out that the State pulled out a really big fish that died from exhaustion from being hooked by light tackle it was a mad muskie hunt for a wall hanger and/or a meal.

Because of this, I would have to say that I am skeptical of the pros outweighing the cons with this show. Maybe I am way off here, but this may be a case of bigger isn't always better. We would have to really think hard about this one. -Eric

Hey,

Just a thought or two. We would, I'm sure, have to pay alot more for a booth at the Harrisburg show than at the Valley Forge show. That and, at the Valley Forge show, we're a relatively big fish in a small pond and therefore a crowd drawer. However, at the Harrisburg show we'd be a small fish in a much larger pond and with the attractions, and sheer size of the show, make somewhat less of an impression. Ultimately, my question is, would it be cost effective?

DL

What If we start out by a bunch of us going out to the show? I mean I go every year. It sounds like some have never been there.
Lets go out and evaluate the compition. See how much booths are. Its mostly guide services out there. They need some muskie nuts
having a good time. That's what draws the attention. I like what lehigh was saying about the video. We could even bring a TV instead of alittle monitor. We can come up with some great ideas. And at the Harrisburg show there are beer venders everywhere!! [&]]
But yeh, we should go out as a group. We could all pile in and go on a road trip.

Eric,
The Juniata River has always had a bunch of locals,mostly in the perry and juniata county sections of the river that are of the kill everthing mentallity.Fifteen years ago I recall two brothers from around the Millerstown area that caught and killed 6 muskies in one weekend,it was just the way they were brought up.Some people you can change and some people you can't,unfortunatly until that generation of fisherman die off,this is still going to happen.

Hey Guys,

I have no problem with someone keeping fish..muskies or whatever, as long as its legal. It's everyones choice, I prefer to release all my muskies, but it's up to the individual. But what about people keeping fish illegally? I keep the DEC phone number programed in my phone up here in NY 607-652-7366, haven't reported any illegal activity yet, but I will if I see someone keeping muskies under the limit. Question? who would you call in PA to report somoene illegally keeping muskies. Please post the phone number is anyone knows it, thanks.

Tim

Hey Guys,

My fault for getting this thread "off topic". Congrats to the club on a great job!! [&]]

Tim