1 00:00:01,83 --> 00:00:06,19 On the line and thank you for joining us today your thoughts are all things local 2 00:00:06,85 --> 00:00:11,13 fun things coming up here this winter I'm your host and limit housekeep we've got 3 00:00:11,14 --> 00:00:13,62 a great show lined up for you today and we're going to go ahead and dive in with 4 00:00:13,63 --> 00:00:18,99 our first guest if you live anywhere near our. Chances are you've heard of the 5 00:00:19,00 --> 00:00:23,23 otter street fishing club and one of their most famous events is coming up this 6 00:00:23,24 --> 00:00:27,08 February and we have Scott Engle from the outer St fishing club here to tell us all 7 00:00:27,09 --> 00:00:31,84 about it so welcome Scott thank you thank you so much for coming now what exactly 8 00:00:31,85 --> 00:00:36,29 is coming up here in February it's February sixth what's going on well February 9 00:00:36,30 --> 00:00:41,71 sixth kicks off with Brandon's Bash we have the band road trip planned that night 10 00:00:42,20 --> 00:00:46,33 and he did tell him to which that's first thing people like to hear and he did you 11 00:00:46,34 --> 00:00:51,08 know we've had a few years old there where it's been twenty below zero and we put 12 00:00:51,09 --> 00:00:55,86 a lot of work into trying to get the tent at least up to fifty five sixty degrees 13 00:00:55,87 --> 00:01:01,48 so. You can enjoy and the band the Friday night we roll into Saturday with 14 00:01:01,49 --> 00:01:06,58 a traditional fishery that we've been doing for fifty plus years now. That's held 15 00:01:06,59 --> 00:01:10,35 right there in Millers Bay of Manami park the tent is right in the parking lot 16 00:01:10,36 --> 00:01:15,53 there we do have extra parking on the ice and Miller's B We also have Reese's with 17 00:01:16,33 --> 00:01:17,90 water cycle A.T.V. 18 00:01:17,91 --> 00:01:20,22 Races and it's it's it's 19 00:01:20,23 --> 00:01:23,80 a social event yet fishery and it's just one of those things in the middle of 20 00:01:23,81 --> 00:01:27,47 winter when you're cooped up you're just looking for something to get out and see 21 00:01:27,48 --> 00:01:29,44 some friends and you know we all get 22 00:01:29,45 --> 00:01:33,22 a little cabin fever that oh yeah and what better way to do it than to have 23 00:01:33,50 --> 00:01:35,21 a fishery now actually if you want to give us 24 00:01:35,22 --> 00:01:37,42 a little background on what exactly is a fishery is that 25 00:01:37,43 --> 00:01:38,69 a fishing contest or is it just 26 00:01:38,70 --> 00:01:43,58 a day that everyone's fission all together what you know are cases the fishing 27 00:01:43,59 --> 00:01:45,62 portion of it we're going to we're going to put 28 00:01:45,63 --> 00:01:50,91 a little twist on their traditional part of the fishing format but overall I like 29 00:01:50,92 --> 00:01:51,54 to say it's more of 30 00:01:51,55 --> 00:01:56,19 a social event where people get all out and you know whether they're watching the 31 00:01:56,20 --> 00:02:00,66 races just come in to see the raffle we have over ten thousand dollars. On the mean 32 00:02:00,67 --> 00:02:04,48 Board of prizes the grand prize is three thousand dollars cash and in 33 00:02:04,49 --> 00:02:06,97 a rabble to get only cost two dollars as far as 34 00:02:06,98 --> 00:02:10,52 a fishing goes. You have to buy ten dollars 35 00:02:10,53 --> 00:02:13,94 a ticket this year away offish and that's something different from the fifty years 36 00:02:13,95 --> 00:02:18,03 before you just said bring a raffle ticket stub in but we're charging ten dollars 37 00:02:18,04 --> 00:02:19,18 a fisherman to weigh 38 00:02:19,19 --> 00:02:24,64 a fish. We pale and in four categories which is northern walleye white bass and 39 00:02:24,65 --> 00:02:28,58 perch and the kicker this year is anybody that weighs 40 00:02:28,59 --> 00:02:34,19 a fish and drops their stump in that barrel after the way their fish at the end of 41 00:02:34,20 --> 00:02:37,31 registration we're going to pull one of those stubs ult for 42 00:02:37,32 --> 00:02:41,43 a thousand dollars cash Wow So it could be a half pound perch it could be 43 00:02:41,44 --> 00:02:45,80 a half pound white bass it doesn't have to be that ten Paul Wall I mean anybody 44 00:02:45,81 --> 00:02:46,86 that participates has 45 00:02:46,87 --> 00:02:50,79 a chance that's great and that's that's so fun too that outside of the other 46 00:02:50,80 --> 00:02:54,92 drawings the fish the fisherman who are catching the best also are involved in the 47 00:02:54,93 --> 00:02:57,30 right when what we call the fishery you like to see 48 00:02:57,31 --> 00:03:00,73 a few more fishing in there and you know again I said 49 00:03:00,74 --> 00:03:05,20 a lot of people come just for the the entertainment and get no it's the people and 50 00:03:05,38 --> 00:03:06,49 you know there actually are 51 00:03:06,53 --> 00:03:11,15 a few people like to go fishing out there and bring bring fish and to show off yes 52 00:03:11,16 --> 00:03:12,57 or people like me who is not 53 00:03:12,58 --> 00:03:17,19 a nice fish I can come in and join the band on Friday night absolutely the band is 54 00:03:17,55 --> 00:03:21,19 you know that's something that we this is our fifth year doing it and unfortunately 55 00:03:21,20 --> 00:03:23,31 one of our younger club members passed away in 56 00:03:23,32 --> 00:03:29,39 a construction accident about four years ago and it was one of his ideas before he 57 00:03:29,40 --> 00:03:32,99 passed it was to have a Friday bando out there and you know it took 58 00:03:33,00 --> 00:03:34,19 a lot more volunteers 59 00:03:34,20 --> 00:03:39,08 a lot more work to to pull off the extra day and you know run run this event but. 60 00:03:40,29 --> 00:03:42,69 It unfortunately took him passing for 61 00:03:42,70 --> 00:03:46,79 a lot of people to come out and say I'll do this I'll volunteer my time for that 62 00:03:47,11 --> 00:03:49,35 and it took off from there and really trip does 63 00:03:49,36 --> 00:03:54,10 a phenomenal job it and locals around here know that they're one of the best area 64 00:03:54,42 --> 00:03:56,22 bands your own years oh yeah and what 65 00:03:56,23 --> 00:03:59,64 a what better way to kick off the fishery itself to settlement it was 66 00:03:59,73 --> 00:04:03,85 a big party on Friday night in and you know you talked about some of the drawings 67 00:04:03,86 --> 00:04:07,63 and different things can you tell us more about the prizes and sure that kind of 68 00:04:07,67 --> 00:04:12,58 thank you and I get all the prizes we typically end up giving between two hundred 69 00:04:12,59 --> 00:04:18,14 fifty to three hundred total prizes and. You know the majority of those we go 70 00:04:18,15 --> 00:04:21,48 around the local businesses that support our club and they may give us 71 00:04:21,49 --> 00:04:25,26 a ten dollars gift certificate for the Roxy or Primo or different restaurants 72 00:04:25,27 --> 00:04:30,34 around town and that's so much appreciated then there's there's bigger items were 73 00:04:30,61 --> 00:04:31,29 born Elam gives 74 00:04:31,30 --> 00:04:37,31 a pizza oven or than our main board is there's thirty thirty major prizes that come 75 00:04:37,32 --> 00:04:41,20 to about ten thousand dollars like I said before the first prize is three thousand 76 00:04:41,21 --> 00:04:44,66 and we have a. Forty six inch T.V. 77 00:04:44,70 --> 00:04:44,96 We have 78 00:04:44,97 --> 00:04:51,29 a trip to Vegas for two with hotel airfare also some really nice prizes in there 79 00:04:51,33 --> 00:04:53,29 for a two dollar ticket yeah and 80 00:04:53,30 --> 00:04:57,64 a lot of chances to win too I mean you said there are thirty major prizes and again 81 00:04:57,65 --> 00:05:01,85 we start with the smaller things as I spoke of before and when we get to that mean 82 00:05:01,86 --> 00:05:05,15 board all the tickets that were drawn from the school back into the drum so they 83 00:05:05,16 --> 00:05:05,47 still have 84 00:05:05,48 --> 00:05:09,41 a chance for all those major prizes Yes And how do you know if you want when are 85 00:05:09,42 --> 00:05:10,88 you trying the tickets and you have to be in 86 00:05:10,89 --> 00:05:15,94 a certain spot for that you know we all those stubs Anyway we mail all the 87 00:05:15,95 --> 00:05:17,54 addresses are on the subs we Mail-O. 88 00:05:17,55 --> 00:05:19,59 It a letter saying congratulations you're 89 00:05:19,60 --> 00:05:23,50 a winner where to pick up your prize some of the things we can mail radio to him 90 00:05:24,40 --> 00:05:31,15 other things we do post it on our website in Facebook the entire list of winners 91 00:05:31,16 --> 00:05:35,31 from you know all three hundred winners so you can look on Facebook under the other 92 00:05:35,32 --> 00:05:41,63 three fishing club or our website which is the sea. Dot Net sent 93 00:05:41,64 --> 00:05:45,07 a lot of ways to find out if you you've won one of those awesome prizes or one of 94 00:05:45,08 --> 00:05:49,29 the smaller ones they sound great you know the rights to to restaurants and that's 95 00:05:49,30 --> 00:05:52,17 not the only contest at the fishery there are 96 00:05:52,18 --> 00:05:55,11 a lot of other different things going on like some races and you can tell us about 97 00:05:55,12 --> 00:05:58,65 that yeah races typically we hire to make 98 00:05:58,66 --> 00:06:04,89 a donation to their clubs to come over to raise. Water cycles and A.T.V.'s and it's 99 00:06:04,90 --> 00:06:09,12 incredible to watch he sings all slow and on the ice it sixty seventy miles an hour 100 00:06:09,13 --> 00:06:15,29 and there's studded tires and everything but it's crazy to watch these guys. 101 00:06:17,05 --> 00:06:21,03 I die and I cried out on the ice like that mean I'm watching the video that's 102 00:06:21,07 --> 00:06:25,25 amazing that they can do that and yet you know I and over all the years that I've 103 00:06:25,26 --> 00:06:29,78 been involved with the club I basically only seen one or two where they had to call 104 00:06:29,79 --> 00:06:33,64 it you know emergency medical and some of these guys are really going to what they 105 00:06:33,65 --> 00:06:37,40 do you have you're going to have an accident here and there was stuff but nothing 106 00:06:37,41 --> 00:06:41,62 ever major either of these guys have all the gear and all the protective gear and 107 00:06:42,07 --> 00:06:47,56 that is going into Grenell and on the road on the lead. And what we want to talk 108 00:06:47,57 --> 00:06:51,12 about too is where all the proceeds are going there going to the Odyssey fishing 109 00:06:51,13 --> 00:06:57,64 club What's the the main goal here OK by law say that we all are proceeds go to the 110 00:06:57,65 --> 00:07:01,73 betterment of fishing and conservation Lake Winnebago in the Winnebago chain so 111 00:07:01,74 --> 00:07:05,76 we've done you know a lot of things in conjunction with the D.N.R. 112 00:07:05,77 --> 00:07:09,91 As far as you know trying to bring the Sauder population back that was almost as 113 00:07:09,96 --> 00:07:14,39 extinct fish in our lake and we at least got them that was 114 00:07:14,40 --> 00:07:19,73 a very expensive project that we worked on for ten fifteen years we've donated 115 00:07:19,90 --> 00:07:21,74 shocking boats to the D.N.R. 116 00:07:22,10 --> 00:07:25,57 Thirty five thousand dollars shock and want to help them with their studies of the 117 00:07:25,58 --> 00:07:30,83 fish and and anything they need to know was in that in that way we've done things 118 00:07:30,84 --> 00:07:35,59 are as recently as what's within the last five ten years we put 119 00:07:35,60 --> 00:07:40,74 a thirty five thousand dollars fishing pier in the north end of Manami park lot of 120 00:07:40,75 --> 00:07:45,32 things along with the that that go with down the the Fox River we've put in fishing 121 00:07:45,33 --> 00:07:50,76 piers and and bowl launches and things of that sort you guys have a lot going on 122 00:07:50,77 --> 00:07:54,82 a lot of projects and it's all great things that are you know for the betterment of 123 00:07:55,11 --> 00:07:59,02 cash right when you and we all know right now with the cutbacks in dollars are on 124 00:07:59,03 --> 00:08:05,98 there's that the city has to pinch more pennies to try to to hit. To hit their 125 00:08:05,99 --> 00:08:10,58 budget and clubs like ours or other clubs that help all the community can be proud 126 00:08:10,59 --> 00:08:15,04 to try to help whichever way they can and have awesome fun events like this is you 127 00:08:15,05 --> 00:08:16,76 know you can't ask for better we have 128 00:08:16,77 --> 00:08:20,44 a great time and do some good at the same time yes and one last time if you want to 129 00:08:20,45 --> 00:08:26,38 just recap the dates and times for us again would be Friday Feb sixth Miller's 130 00:08:26,39 --> 00:08:31,58 payment on the park ten to opens at six o'clock or triple the start rocking the 131 00:08:31,59 --> 00:08:35,79 tent about seven o'clock and will go until ten thirty and we start all over again 132 00:08:35,80 --> 00:08:40,73 Saturday at ten am and we go till five o'clock that afternoon wonderful and for 133 00:08:40,74 --> 00:08:42,53 more information we can just go to the website or have 134 00:08:42,54 --> 00:08:48,27 a great fishing or great fishing Facebook pages the Facebook page and the website 135 00:08:48,42 --> 00:08:53,90 again the. Net and you can even call Jerry's bar for any other information which is 136 00:08:53,91 --> 00:08:57,78 two three one seventy three eighty wonderful really looking forward to the event 137 00:08:57,79 --> 00:09:01,27 and I will make sure I bundle up and get out there at some point that will end the 138 00:09:01,28 --> 00:09:03,01 danger much for coming and I thank you.