Hi Guys and Gals! Please don't forget that our annual Christmas party is today!!! There will be a buffet and an awesome raffle table. Also, if you choose to do so, I will be collecting donations for the Food Bank of WNY. And if you're feeling like baking, a dessert to pass is always appreciated. I can't wait to see everyone later today!!!

Scott and I are on our way from our marina to the River and there is a huge barge and crane that appears to be dredging in the River entrance to the canal in front of the gas dock at Rich Marine. Anybody have any ideas about what they're doing there? I took pictures and will post them later.

Excellent NMA Picnic today!!! I had a great time and I hope everyone else did as well. Many thanks to Jojo for feeding us and also to Al Hoerl for assisting on the grill, Great job guys! Thanks to everyone who brought a dish to pass, they were all yummy! Thanks to Mike and Jamie Fortunate for purchasing and organizing all the raffle prizes, awesome job! Thanks to the entire Kitchen family for selling raffle tickets. By the way... Scott Kitchen won the Monster Box (woo-hoo!) and decided to take… Read More

Scott and I went on an adventure placing stickers on our existing know the difference signs to update the new 54" size limit and our contact information. We managed to get stickers on signs at Dick's Sporting Goods both Maple and Transit locations, Griffon Park, Niawanda Park, Sheridan Boat Launch, East River Marsh, Big 6 Marina and Beaver Isl. Marina. We also discovered quite a few locations that either didn't have signs or or the signs were missing or removed. We will need volunteers to go… Read More

A BIG thank you to everyone who came out to tonight's banquet. I know I had a great time and from what I saw and heard so did everyone else. Congratulations to our top ten winners. Also, congratulations to John Jaroz winner of the Bill Mendel president's award, Carl Schenk winner of the Tim Wittek president's award and Mike Fortunate winner of the NMA memorial award. Very well deserved gentlemen. Thank you for your many contributions to our club.

Today I acquired gift certificate donations from Salvatore's, Russell's Steakhouse, Natalie's Mediterranean Eatery and Antoinette's Chocolates. This raffle is going to be amazing!!!

The Western New York Sport and Travel show is over! (Phew!) As far as I know we did not sign up any new members this year but, I know we had some interest in the club today and I am hopeful that we will see some new faces at upcoming meetings.

I want to say THANK YOU to Scott Kitchen, John Pensyl, Josh Kane, Mark Wozniak, Tony Scime, Mike Fortunate, Jerry Miller, John Jaroz, Dan Scheda, Scott McKee, Tom Page and Andrew Buxton for working our booth.  I also want to thank Scott Kitchen…

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Okay, Ladies and Gents….

It’s that time of year again. For we musky anglers this has many meanings. Firstly, it is the best time of year to catch a giant, we all know this. Secondly, there are only nine days left in the season. Nine DAYS!?!?!?!? Yep, nine days!!! Thirdly, we are approaching our famous (at least a little bit (Scott says it used to be infamous)) Christmas Party!!!! Not only do we get an amazing buffet dinner at a majorly discounted price of $7 a head, but we also get to…

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I just wanted to take the time to thank everyone who attended the Christmas party this evening.  I also wanted to thank everyone who brought desserts, they were super yummy!!!! How awesome was the Musky cake that the Kempfs brought?!?!?!  Also, I forgot to thank everyone at the meeting (I was too busy talking sorry!) but I wanted to make sure to thank everyone for not being Scrooge (isn't that how Frank put it?) and for being extra generous with the food donations for the food bank of WNY. …

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Scott asked me tonight, “After your 40 what is your next Musky fishing goal?”  “Ummmm…”  I had to think, my primary goal was 40” since I hadn’t hit that mark yet, but what was next?  My immediate (kind-of) response was 45”, well maybe 42”.  (I don’t want to appear over-confident; the Musky-gods hate that!)  I feel that I have no right to hope for anything more considering I have had the best season I ever had (number of fish, and largest.)  Scott shared that his goals at the beginning of…

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Does everyone remember the postcards we filled out last year urging congress to take action on the Asian Carp issue?  A couple of days ago I received an e-mail update from Freshwater Future (some of you may have also received this e-mail):

Congress included a measure in the latest highway funding bill to order the Army Corps of…

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