Have Done And Are Going To Do Page

What I would like is that some of you "older guys" that have been around for a while
reflect back in time and remember some of the other things we have done.

 

This is what the Chapter does.

We were named Conservation Organization Of The Year by the Mo Dept of Conservation and the CFM both in the same year. 

Brush projects in the spring of 2004 & 2005 years and a few years prior that I can't remember
 
Kid's Day every year.
 
Fall tournament every year in which more than 50% of the participants are non-members, the one in 2008 will be our 34th annual.

Spring Tournament for the past 5-6 years that is growing every year.
 
Nets for the hatchery this year. Several years ago we also did nets over the pools.
Many years ago we also bought fiche nets for capturing fish.  Our Chapter this year,2008, has pledged approximately $1200 for this project.

Work sports shows every year to spread the word, promoting not only our Chapter but the Pomme de Terre Lake area
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Put on seminars every year also do at least two Pomme De Tours every year, the tours usually last at least 6 hours and is a freebe to Chapter Members.
 
Gave money to West Virginia in 2006 to help restock muskies when they lost a lake.
 
Vegetation project 2004-2008 and it looks like they are growing.  Last year, 2007, with high water some of the plants, smartweed, did not do so well but the water lilys and spatterdock are doing great.

Currently involved with the MDC is getting a Handicap Dock at the Bolivar Landing of Lake Pomme de Terre.  Our chapter has pledged $3500 for this project.
 

 
 

This is some of the stuff that the Muskies, Inc organization is doing

 
 

Muskies, Inc is actively pursuing a number of research projects. Our research committee is continually collecting and analyzing data as it applies to muskellunge propagation and management. The following projects are examples of committee activities:

Muskie Tagging Programs - In cooperation with many state DNRs muskies have

been tagged. By tabulating information on where the tagged fish have been sighted or recaptured, a better knowledge of the survival rate, growth and movement of these fish is determined.

Telemetry Study - Muskies, Inc. has supported radio telemetry studies conducted in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota lakes. Knowledge of habits, movement and behavior of the muskies greatly increased from the information supplied by this research.

Muskies, Inc. chapters have made significant financial contributions to a joint study being made by the DNR’s of Wisconsin and Minnesota to determine the genetic differences between the Shoepac and Mississippi strains of the Muskellunge. This study is expected to result in more efficient stocking and may answer the question of why some lakes are populated with stunted muskies.

Muskellunge Symposium - In 1984 Muskies, Inc. in cooperation with the American Fisheries Society conducted its largest project yet-A Symposium on Muskellunge in North America. The largest gathering of Muskie experts ever assembled participated in this scientific adventure in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. This was the most significant exchange of scientific data ever assembled on the Muskie and its management by scientists, biologists, and layman. The proceedings are published in the form of video tapes and a book (Managing Muskies) which has become the How to Manual for a strong Muskie program. The Symposium was truly a quality project that will directly benefit Muskie propagation for many years in the future.

LUMNAR Muskellunge Project - This project has received broad support from parties interested in the future of the trophy muskellunge fishery of Lac Suel, in Ontario Canada. The main objective of the LUMNAR Muskellunge Project is to ascertain age-at-length data for the Lac Suel muskellunge fishery. This age-at-length, will give us a growth rate model for this fishery which may then be compared with other fisheries (e.g. southern Ontario and northern Minnesota) to help us determine its relative status. In 1993 Muskies, Inc. approved a donation of $5,000.00 to the Ontario Ministry for this research study. A donation of $3,000.00 was again requested and approved in 1994 and $5,000.00 in 1995.
 

The American Fisheries Society request for $7,000.00 funding for publication of the one-day symposium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin December 8, 1997. Strategies for Muskellunge Management published as a special edition of the North American Journal of Fisheries Management. Volume 19, Number 1, February 1999

Dr.Casselman/Chris Robinson Project This project was approved at the April
5, 1997 board meeting. The title of this study is "Factors Affecting Growth
Potential, Year-class Strength, and Abundance of Muskellunge- 1950's to
1990's." The objectives of the research project were threefold: 1) To develop mathematical techniques to refine age and growth data from the Cleithrum Project muskellunge samples; 2) To use the data to determine growth, abundance, and year-class