Jim Freeman memorial stocking Part II

Greetings,

Just a quick note. The Consolidated Musky Club, Inc. will be conducting part two of our fall 2010 Musky stocking tomorrow morning at 8AM at the Jim Freeman Memorial landing on the Wisconsin River in Nekoosa WI. 100 Wisconsin strain fingerlings were stocked two weeks ago on another stretch as part one of the project. 350 yearling Leech Lake strain fish ranging from 16" to 20" will be dye marked, PIT tagged, and stocked tomorrow morning.

This stocking will be dedicated to Jim Freeman, the second of that nature at the landing named after him this year. Todd Forcier, conducted the first installment of the memorial Musky stocking a few weeks ago, with funding from his tournament. We thank Todd for his continued dedication, and help as well.

For those that did not know Jim, he helped put Nekoosa on the map in the early 1990's with 'Walleye Days', bringing tourism here that the town of Nekoosa has come to enjoy and rely on each spring. His work and dedication through managing Freemans bait and tackle along with work within the community, local government and sportsmens organizations, helped open many doors for local outdoorsmen and women alike. We will dedicate this stocking and any future stocking that takes place at this landing, in Jims name.

I'd like to personally thank to all who helped fund raise for this event, and also to Wood and Adams County for helping us allocate some of the WIDNR Conservation Aids funding to our conservation projects this year.

Jason D. Schillinger
Secretary/Treasurer
Consolidated Musky CLub, Inc.
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Petenwell Flowage got another boost this past Friday November 12, 2010. As J. Schillinger mentioned in the above post the Consolidated Musky Club along with said sponsors were able to raise a lot of money to purchase some Leech Lake strain muskies. And Friday was the day we place them in the river section of the flowage.

We had about 20 people consisting of club members and about 10 member of our local DNR. Justine Hasz and her team we on hand to record sizes of each fish. All fish received two markings of pink dye under the jaw and the larger fish received a PIT tag. We had two boats on scene and they place about 200 fish in different locations in the river. Our last 100 plus fish were place at the Jim Freeman Memorial Landing.

As Jason said, these fish were place into Petenwell Flowage in memory of a “great man"...Jim Freeman. Jim, you may be gone, but you are NOT forgotten. Thank you for all you have done for these waters.

A sincere “thank you” goes out to the Consolidated Musky Club, Juneau and Adams counties for their dedicated pursuit in managing the mighty Petenwell Flowage. To Justine and Tom our local fisheries biologist and their team, we’d like to say “thank you”, we are very appreciative for your dedication to our waters.

a few more photos...

Thanks so much for your help Todd, and for giving the dedication in my absence. Great photos too!! The flowage, the club, local Musky anglers, and Jim, are all smiling today.