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It is time to catch up on what the Long Lake Chamber is doing for you!
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A Word From the President: Dave Erickson
Long Lake Bait and Tackle
Hi,
Welcome to another fun packed summer season! Hopefully it won't be so hectic all the time so everyone can sit here and there and "smell the roses". Take time to enjoy our beautiful scenery, lakes and wildlife. Please do your part to keep our area beautiful, clean & safe. Have a great summer!
Walleye Hatchery Update
The walleye hatchery on Long Lake was a large success again this year. The hatchery is sponsored by Walleyes for Tomorrow and worked mostly by Long Lake Chamber members. We installed the nets soon after the ice went out and started collecting fish on April 18th. We had some very nice large females in the nets this year and we had all of the jars full of eggs by the 20th. We had approximately 3.5 million eggs that hatched and released the fry on May 5th thru the 10th. Again this year the DNR marked most of the fry with an OTC dye. Hopefully some of them will show up this fall when they do their surveys. I would like to thank everyone that helped and we always need more help especially with the cleaning and maintenance of the hatchery.
Jim Kleven
LONG LAKE ICE FISHING CONTEST INFO
Due to the lack of ice this winter the Annual Ice Fishing Contest was cancelled!
All tickets have been held over for next years contest. We look forward to a
fantastic contest and many great prizes! Updates will be on our Long Lake website:
www.longlake99.cc
A Word From The Long Lake Preservation Association (LLPA)
LLPA Partners with Chamber on Walleye Stocking Project. The Long Lake Preservation Association has established a partnership arrangement with the Long Lake Chamber to work on projects jointly that benefit the Long Lake Watershed. The major example is the Walleye hatchery project in which we raise fry from local stock for release into Long Lake. The portable hatchery is located at Daves outboard. More information can be found in this newsletter.
Additionally, both groups are complimenting each others efforts in the promotion of the outdoor activities for local owners and tourists. The Activities LLPA promotes is offering programs to property owners and users of the Lake, on good stewardship practices to preserve the water quality of Long Lake. The clean air and water is what attracts people to this area. This is why the membership of LLPA is so involved and focused on maintaining the beauty of this area.
The activities that LLPA will be offering this summer season are offered at the Hunt Hill Audubon Camp and are:
Cakes at the Lake: A pancake breakfast is offered for a minimal fee followed by a free presentation on topics that can be enjoyed by all, especially our children and grandchildren. The dates and topics are:
May 13, 2006, Loons
June 24, 2006, Reptiles and Amphibians
July 29, 2006, Bats
August 12, 2006, Birds of Prey
Rain Gardens: Two classes are offered on the installation of rain gardens (infiltration beds) to help prevent runoff of pollutants into our lakes. These flowering gardens provide a beautiful attraction to ones property. The dates are:
Class One, June 17 and 24, 2006
Class Two, July 22 and 29, 2006
More information can be found at our web site, www.longlakellpa.org
Scholarship Awards
This year the Long Lake Chamber provided two scholarships, each in the amount of $500.00. No one provided an application last year so the Chamber decided to move that scholarship forward to this year and provide two scholarships. The scholarships are available to any high school senior attending the Spooner, Birchwood or Rice Lake schools. The applicants must be pursuing a field of study in Conservation, Hotel/Motel Management, Nursing, Travel/Tourism, Business Administration or the Food Service Industry or their related fields. Sadly, only six (6) students applied for the above scholarships. All of the students were from the Rice Lake High School.
This year the scholarship committee will provide a $500.00 scholarship to Jordan Marsh who plans on attending the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point to study Conservation. The remaining $500.00 scholarship will be given to Hannah Marske who plans on attending Winona State University to pursue a nursing degree.
Kim Galan
Scholarship Chairperson
A Warm Welcome to......................
Dari McDonald Runs for 75th State Assembly Seat
My family was one of the logging families that settled in Wisconsin in the mid-1800s. And I was born and raised in Green Bay in this family that honored hard work and old-fashioned values. We, as children, were taught to lead and to always give back to the community and our country. I have tried to ascribe to that teaching my entire life. Asking myself if we were any better off now in this District than twenty ago, confirmed my decision to run for office!
Influential leadership in the Assembly is imperative if we are going to achieve our goals of enhancing small business by creating economic bases, lowering taxes and having a determined focus on the crime and drug problems facing our area.
The 75th District, consisting of nearly all of Barron County, plus nine townships in southern Washburn County, and McKinley, Johnstown, and Beaver townships in Polk County are ready for this change in leadership. We have the ability to redirect the course of this District. Our concerns need to be addressed through our election in November. I ask for your support and vote.
You are welcome to visit my Web site at "http://www.DariMcDonald.com" .
LETTERS FROM THE DNR................................
12/15/05
Technician Kent Bass has finished looking at the walleye fingerlings. It does not appear the marked walleye wagon fry contributed to the great year class we had this year. Because so many of the fry escaped before marking we can't say there was no survival but it could not have been enough to be of biological significance. Last year the fry weren't marked but the fall YOY count was very low. No improvement over what the counts have been the past twelve years without a walleye wagon. In other words, no indication that the walleye wagon has been of any benefit on Long Lake to this point. We still have one trial year to go and DNR will mark the fry again this spring.
1/04/06
I wasn't sure if bass were eating too many walleye fingerlings or just eating the food the walleye needed to thrive. The article found both to be the case but that largemouth were far more efficient at feeding on walleye than I would have thought. Apparently young walleye are relatively easy for largemouth to catch. That may explain why fall fingerling counts kept declining over the last twelve years even while more and more fry and fingerlings were stocked. Once bass populations reach a certain level they potentially can eat all the walleye fingerlings. If you stock more, the bass will just focus on the easy to catch fingerlings over other harder to catch prey until they are pretty much gone. This study also found that muskie and walleye populations interacted in a positive way. Good walleye populations and good muskie populations go together. If taking off the bass size limit works, we will likely see both walleye and muskie populations in Big McKenzie make a comeback. As for the Long Lake Chambers request for muskie, the Department is not going to stock them in Long Lake for now but its not off the table. It may be reconsidered in a few years after we see how the bass size limit thing goes. Muskie survival and growth would likely be a lot better after largemouth population is reduced and walleye population goes up.
LONG LAKE MAPS................................
The new Long Lake Maps are available at all businesses on Long Lake, as well as at most our advertisers. Please stop in and get yours today. It is a great way to get the phone numbers of the businesses on and surrounding the lake. If you have a great picture of a Walleye that you would like to have considered as our "Cover Photo" for the 2007 maps, please drop it off, mail or e-mail to L.L. Map Committee % Sandy Fletcher, Fletch's Reel-Em Inn, N1410 County Hwy MD, Sarona, WI 54870 or e-mail to; "mailto:reelemin@chibardun.net" .
Summer Hours Around the Lake....................
FLETCHS REEL EM INN: 354-3700
FLETCH'S OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK
LOUNGE OPENS AT 4 DAILY
SUN THRU THURSDAY WE SERVE TILL 9:00PM
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UNTIL 10:00PM
HOBOS HIDEOUT: 354-3453
OPEN EVERY DAY 11 AM TO CLOSE
TREATS: 354-9576
SUN THRU SAT - 8:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M.
LINCOLNWOOD RESORT: 354-3533
OPEN EVERY DAY 10 AM TO CLOSE
GRILL OPENS AT 11 AM
ROCKFORD HOUSE: 635-3156
OPEN MON-WED 3PM
OPEN THURS-SUN NOON
LONG LAKE BAIT AND TACKLE: 635-3260
7:00 A.M TO 7:00 P.M. MONDAY -SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 7:00 - 4:00 P.M. FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. THEN IN AUGUST WE ARE BACK TO OUR REGULAR HOURS OF MONDAY - SATURDAY 7:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. AND SUNDAY 7:00 - 1:00 P.M. HOLIDAY HOURS ARE ALSO EXTENDED BUT WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN AT 7:00 A.M.
SPIDER LAKE SALOON: 354-3723
MON-THURS OPEN 10AM, CLOSE 12ISH FRI-OPEN 10AM CLOSE 2:30AM SAT OPEN 9AM CLOSE 2:30AM, SUN OPEN 9AM CLOSE 12ISH. ALSO WE OFFER KARAOKE THROUGH JULY 7TH AND PROBABLY THROUGH THE SUMMER ON FRIDAY NIGHTS THRU LABOR DAY WEEKEND FROM 9PM TO 2AM
PROPS: 354-3515
OPEN 10 AM DAILY
DAVES OUTBOARD: 354-3430
OPEN DAILY 8 AM TO 6 PM, SUNDAYS 9AM TO 6 PM
PIONEER ON LONG LAKE: 354-3500
OPEN DAILY 9 AM, FOOD 11 AM TO 10 PM, PIZZA TILL MIDNIGHT
V AND M: 234-4458
OPEN DAILY 10 AM
MARAWARDEN RESORT: 354-3533
OPEN 8 AM TO 8 PM
DOBIE BWR: 236-3001
CLOSED TUESDAYS, OPEN M,W,TH,FRI NOON TO CLOSE
SAT AND SUN 11AM TO CLOSE
SUNSET RESORT/BAR: 354-3203
9:00 AM TO 10:00 PM EVERYDAY THROUGH OCTOBER
BUTTERNUT HILLS GOLF COURSE: 635-8563
OPEN SUNRISE TO SUNSET
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PLEASE GO TO OUR LONGLAKE CHAMBER WEBSITE: WWW.LONGLAKE99.CC AND CLICK ON UNDERLINED BUSINESSES FOR THEIR OWN WEBSITES!
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE FOR UP AND COMING INFORMATION SUCH AS THE WINTER ICE FISHING CONTEST AND OTHER EXCITING EVENTS!
REMEMBER NO ONE IS TOO SMALL TO JOIN THE CHAMBER! WE LOVE OUR SOCIAL MEMBERS TOO! JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND CLICK ON COUPON AND SIGN UP THROUGH OUR NEW PAY PAL ACCOUNT!
A Word From the President Connie Hagen Spring/Summer 2005
We need you!! The Long Lake Chamber is a great asset to our community. Hundreds of Long Lake maps have been handed out at the 3 Sport Shows: Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Chicago, that we support to promote our area. Walleye restocking is very important to our area to maintain tourism and tourism in our area keeps the economy growing! Our portable hatchery had a very successful first year and our members are excited to operate the hatchery again this year. The Ice Fishing Contest was held on a Saturday
instead of a Sunday this year and was very successful. Everyone is asked to purchase a pontoon raffle ticket from a chamber member to help support the Long Lake Chamber projects for the area. Our meetings are held the 3rd Monday of every month at 8:30 am. Please come to a meeting, have a cup of coffee with us and get involved in your community!! Think Sunny & Warm!
Long Lake Chamber Pontoon Raffle Beth Teasdale
The Long Lake Chamber will be raffling off a 2005 17-Foot Odyssey Pontoon Boat with a 40 HP Evinrude E-Tec Outboard motor. The Drawing will be at Hobo's Hideout September 3 at 3 pm during their annual Corn Feed! The tickets are $100 a piece and only 200 tickets are sold. 1st prize is $1000 and 2nd prize is $500. It will be a fun day please attend!
Scholarship Kim Galan
The Long Lake Chamber is once again offering a $500.00 scholarship to a graduating senior in either the Birchwood, Spooner or Rice Lake school districts. The scholarship is specific to certain vocations. Please check with your schools and be apart of a chance to help you or your child win this opportunity.
Long Lake Sign Restoration Project Jim Kleven
If you would like a sign posted on the various intersections around Long Lake all you need to do is sign up to be a social member and maintain your membership. It is $15 to be a social member and an additional $40 per sign for as many signs as you like. Please contact Butch at Props: 354-3515 OR
if you are a business and would like to get in the Chamber you will receive one free sign as long as you maintain your business membership which is $150 a year on the lake and $75 off the lake.
Need Info? Beth Teasdale
The Chamber meets the 3rd Monday of each month. After much discussion, we have decided to commencerate meetings at 8:30 am. We are hoping for better attendance. Places will vary depending on attendance. You can contact the Long Lake Chamber of Commerce several ways: E-mail: info@longlake99.cc, call Beth, the secretary, at 354-3533 or Write: Long Lake Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 19, Sarona, WI 54870. The Website: www.longlake99.cc Membership information: Business memberships are $150 on the lake and $75 off the lake. A business membership includes a bi-annual newsletter and one free informational sign. (You can purchase extra signs at $40 per sign). And for and additional fee you can take out an ad on the
Long Lake Map. Social Memberships are $15. $5 goes to Walleye stocking. You will also receive a bi-annual newsletter and eligibility for an informational sign for an additional $40 per sign. In order to keep your signs posted you must maintain your memberships.
Website for Chamber Beth Teasdale
Remember if you would like any information about the Long Lake Chamber.let your fingers do the walking and click onto: www.longlake99.cc It contains, a business directory for Chamber Members, Current events, and much, much more. Hope you enjoy it. Email Beth at info@longlake99.cc if you would to add any pictures or local news. Thank you!
2005 Maps for Long Lake Beth Teasdale
The new 2005 Long Lake maps are available at Marawarden Resort, Fletches and other participating Chamber members. Please feel free to pick one up and take a look! Please call Sandy Fletcher at Fletch's Reel 'Em Inn at 354-3700, if you would like to get on the map for 2006.
Fishing Contest Beth Teasdale
The Fishing Contest was held on a Saturday this year, February 19th. We had a fantastic turnout! It was held in front of Fletch's and Dave's Outboard. The weather was warm and the fishing was hot! Here is a list of the following winners: Fishing Package: Suzie Q, $1000: Bob Hurst, $500: Diane Olsen, $250 saving bond: Richard Berg, Gas Grill: Linda Kiehl. A big thank you to Sysco/Baraboo for all their kind donations.
Treats Reopens Mary Kupper
Treats will be opening Sunday May 1st. Our spring hours will be 8 am to 7 pm until Memorial Day weekend. We will then be open 8 am to 9 pm through Labor Day weekend. Looking forward to another great summer-hope to see you soon.
Greetings from the North End Dave and Kathy Erickson
Long Lake Bait & Tackle is located on the north end of Long Lake, on County Highway B, near the Narrows Boat Landing. We carry live bait, a large selection of tackle, gas, sell all types of licenses, ice, propane exchange, batteries, provide prop repair by Walt, beer, liquor, wine, groceries, ice cream, pizza's and our new Long Lake Bait & Tackle clothing items just arrived.
We are open 7 days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday-Sat and 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sunday. Our hours are extended on Holiday's.
Dave is always willing to share his fishing tips and also enjoys hearing about your ideas, so please do stop in to visit or if you want call us our phone number is (715) 635-3260. Also, please check the local newspapers for coupons or information on up coming promotions that we will be having. We truly have appreciated all the support our customers have given us during our first year and we are looking forward to seeing everyone this spring/summer.
Walleye Stocking Program Rich Alvin
The Long Lake Chamber Walleye Committee has had a busy year. Thanks to everyone who is a Chamber member, donator, or has bought a Chamber raffle ticket or participated in the ice-fishing contest. We use a lot of this money on our walleye project. We planted 5000 three to thirteen inch walleye fingerlings into Long Lake last November. Last spring, the Chamber, Walleyes for Tomorrow, and the DNR entered into a cooperative agreement to run a walleye wagon (fish hatchery) on Long Lake. The DNR supplied the nets, personnel and boats to put the nets in and gather the fish to be spawned. Bob Ostenson (retired DNR fisheries biologist) to spawn the fish and fertilize the eggs. The eggs where then placed in jars in the hatchery until they hatched. After hatching, they were placed in portable hatchers and taken out into the lake and released. We released approximately 2,825,000 fry. Estimates are that 1% will survive to four years old. We feel this was a very successful project. Boom shocking results were poor. On March 31st, we held a meeting to get ready for the upcoming walleye spawning season. Larry Dammon, DNR fisheries biologist and DNR warden Brian Knepper met with us to go over the 2005 walleye wagon compact. All permits and paperwork have been signed and approved. The DNR will not be providing any personnel or nets. We can use the Walleye For Tomorrow nets and we have boats lined up to lift the nets. Life jackets have been purchased for the netters. We may use our pontoon as a base for spawning out the fish. Mr. Ostenson has been hired to help with spawning. We will be cleaning and sanitizing the hatchery as soon as the lake opens. We will monitor water temps and then put in the nets and begin spawning out the fish and placing the eggs in the hatchery. Help is needed, particularly monitoring the hatchery 24 hours a day. If you are interested in helping call Rich Alvin at 354-3112. We would also like to thank everyone who drops off their aluminum cans at the Long Lake Town Hall. We collect approximately $800 a year from this project. This money is used to buy walleye fry.
***You can view local business on the internet at these addresses:
Audubon Sanctuary: www.audubon.org/local/sanctuary/hunthill/index.html
Butternut Hills Golf Course: www.butternuthillsgolf.com
Cabins on Long Lake: www.cabinsonlonglake.com
*Daves Outboard: www.davesoutboard.com
Fletchs Reel Em Inn: www.reeleminn.com
*Lincolnwood Resort: www.lincolnwood.cc
Miller's Cheese House, Inc. www.millerscheesehouse.com
The Pioneer on Long Lake www.pioneeronlonglake.com
*Props: www.propsonlonglake.com
Sunset Resort: www.chamber.rice-lake.wi.us/members/sunset.htm
Will Sell Realty: www.bensonthompson.cc
If you would like a reasonable priced website call Beth Teasdale @ 354-3533
Life on Long Lake
Here are the Summer hours for the businesses that belong to the chamber, Hang this on your refrigerator, we appreciate your patronage:
Lincolnwood Resort Pioneer on Long Lake
(715) 354-3533 (715) 354-3500
Resort, Bar, Grill Resort, Bar, Food, Homemade Pizza
And Bait Shop, Gas Open daily 9:00 A.M.
Open 10am daily. Food 11 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Pizza till midnight
Treats On Long Lake
(715) 354-9576 Long Lake Bait and Tackle
Restaurant, Ice cream, (715) 635-3260
Bakery, Specialty coffee Bait, Tackle, Beer, Grocery,
Open 8am to 9pm daily Unleaded Gas sales
Open Mon-Sat 7 am to 5 pm
Sun 7 am to 1 pm with extended
holiday hours.
Roadhouse Saloon V & M BAR
(715) 354-7344 (715) 234-4458
Bar Bar
Open daily 10 A.M. Open daily 10 A.M.
Fletchs Reel Em Inn Daves Outboard
(715) 354-3700 (715) 354-3430
Resort, Bar, Restaurant Gas, Repairs, Sales
Sun-Thursday Open daily 8am to 6pm
Lounge 4pm to Close Sundays 9am to 6pm
Restaurant 5 pm to 9pm
Friday-Saturday
Lounge 4pm to Close
Restaurant 5pm 10 pm
Marawaraden Hobos Hideout
(715) 354-3855 (715) 354-3453
Resort, Convience store, Resort, Full liquor Bar, Pizza
Gas, Bait Open 11am to close
Open daily 9am to 6pm
Closed Wednesdays
Rockford House
(715) 635-3156
Dobie's BWR Bar
(715)236-3001 Open Mon-Wed 3pm
Closed Tuesday's Open Thurs-Sun 12 pm
Open M-Fri noon to close
Sat-Sun 10 am to close
Hunt Hill Sanctuary
(715) 635-6543
Call for scheduled events
Props
(715) 354-3515
Sports Bar, Restaurant, Resort
Open daily at 10 am
Butternut Hills Golf Course
(715) 635-8563
Golf Course
Open daily 6:30 am to 8:30 pm
Varies according to daylight!
Sunset Resort
(715) 354-3203
Resort and Beer Bar
Open 8 am to 11 pm daily
Long Lake Chamber Newsletter Spring/Summer 2004
Long Lake Chamber Pontoon Raffle Beth Teasdale
On June 13th at 1 pm at the V&M Bar we will hold our second annual Pontoon Raffle! The tickets are $100 and only 150 are sold. Grand Prize is a 2003, 19 Foot Odyssey Pontoon with a 25 HP Johnson Outboard. (Over $10,500 value) 1st prize is $1000. 2nd prize is $500. Have a complimentary lunch and play for some door prizes while waiting for the drawing.
So hurry up and get a ticket before they sell out! All proceeds go to Chamber projects to help our lake!
Scholarship Kim Galan
The scholarship deadline is fast approaching. All applications must be postmarked by April 30th or they won't be looked at. The Long Lake Chamber is once again offering a $500.00 scholarship to a graduating senior in either the Birchwood, Spooner or Rice Lake school districts. The scholarship is specific to certain vocations. The winner of the Long Lake Scholarship will be announced in the next newsletter.
Long Lake Sign Restoration Project Jim Kleven
The Business Members of the Long Lake Chamber started on Saturday October 4th a complete sign restoration project around the lake. As any local resident or tourist could see our informational signs at certain intersections looked hideous! For many years the Chamber has been granted permission to keep these posts up and maintain them. Unfortunately it has gotten away from us and private parties have been posting their own signs. The signs are worn and torn, people have moved or passed away so in the last year we have begun this restoration project. They were in desperate need of uniformity. If you had a sign up that you would like back, please contact Butch at Props: 354-3515 OR
if you would like a new sign added to this fresh new line, you must be a social member ($15) of the chamber and the sign will cost $40.
Need Info? Beth Teasdale
The Chamber meets the 3rd Monday of each month. After much discussion, we have decided to commence rate meetings at 8:30 am. We are hoping for better attendance. Places will vary depending on attendance. You can contact the Long Lake Chamber of Commerce several ways: E-mail: info@longlake99.cc, call Beth, the secretary, at 354-3533 or Write: Long Lake Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 19, Sarona, WI 54870. The Website: www.longlake99.cc
Website for Chamber Beth Teasdale
Remember if you would like any information about the Long Lake Chamber.let your fingers do the walking and click onto: www.longlake99.cc
It contains, a business directory for Chamber Members, Current events, and much, much more. Hope you enjoy it. Email Beth at info@longlake99.cc if you would to add any pictures or local news. Thank you!
2004 Maps for Long Lake Roger Jacobs
The new 2004 Long Lake maps are available at Marawarden Resort! Please feel free to pick one up and take a look! Please call Roger Jacobs at
The Pioneer on Long Lake, 354-3500, if you would like to get on the map for 2005.
Fishing Contest Beth Teasdale
Long Lake's Annual Ice Fishing Contest was held on Sunday, February 15th! Top Prize were $1000 cash, 2nd was $500, 3rd was $250 and 4th was the Mystery Prize! ($100 ticket for our Spring Raffle) The contest was held in front of The Pioneer on Long Lake. We had a huge turn out this year, the weather was cold, but the fish were biting! Pictures of the contest can be viewed on the chambers website: www.longlake99.cc under the tab: Calendar of Events. Thanks to Gregg Strohmeyer, who took the time to catch all the action!
The Chamber would like to thank all businesses, especially the volunteer's, and all the wonderful fisher people" who attended and made the event such a wonderful success! See you next year!
New Business Opens on Long LakeKathy Erickson
Greetings,
The Long Lake Bait & Tackle business formerly, Mighty Minnow, located 4
miles east of the Hwy intersection of B & M is officially opening May
1st, 2004. The new owners are Dave & Kathy Erickson of Birchwood.
The new bait shop will carry live bait as well as a full line of tackle.
We will be selling licenses, off sale beer & liquor, ice, pop, snacks,
and dairy products, and we will be adding new products for our
customers. Our hours will be 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 7 days a week.
We look forward to being a part of the Long Lake Chamber and meeting the
Long Lake residents. If you have any questions please feel free to call
us at (715)635-3260.
Treats Reopens Mary Kupper
There is a little quote that seems appropriate for this Spring at Treats: "We have four seasons in our part of the country --Winter, Still Winter, Almost Winter and Road Construction!!" But regardless of the road conditions, Treats will
be open everyday from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. serving breakfast, lunch, dinner and all kinds of tasty options in between.
After listening to your suggestions, again this year we are adding some new menu choices for all three meals. Plus we will be having more choices for those
just wishing to stop in for a "treat" such as pie or coffeecake and coffee, more appetizer/snacks, or a "cold treat". There are some tasty new ice creams this season. Especially for the kids (big and little). Blue Bunny has now joined with Disney in the naming of some of their ice creams. We'll be having ice creams with names like "Monsters Bubble Gum", "Buzz Lightyear Sherbet", "Mickey's Color Magic," and "Princess Cotton Candy". The new Jungle Adventure
flavor for this season is "Elephant Stampede". And of course we'll have our own Wisconsin-made Cedar Crest flavors.
We can't wait to see all our old friends again and to meet new friends. "Make new friends but keep the old - one is silver and the other's gold" seems to be
a good slogan to live by - and we've always been partial to precious metals and friends!!
Walleye Stocking Program Rich Alvin
The Long Lake Chamber purchased 5,000 walleye fingerlings from John Guertner in Nov., 2003. They ranged in size from 3" to 15". We raised funds to purchase walleye fingerlings with proceeds from the Long Lake ice fishing contest, the Chamber pontoon raffle, recycling aluminum cans and from donations from lake residents collected by the Chamber and the LLPA. We wish to thank everyone for their generous support.
All during 2003 and 2004 the Chamber, LLPA, and Walleyes for Tomorrow with the DNR have been working out a Cooperative Agreement for a fish rearing station. Such an agreement was needed to coordinate our activities with the fisheries department of the DNR. Rich Alvin(Chamber) and Wes Mohns (LLPA) are co-chairmen with Jim Kleven crewchief. Roger Nelson, of F &G Products donated a walleye wagon for the group to use. The DNR provided a task schedule and spawning equipment list. We contracted Bob Ostenson (retired DNR fisheries) to spawn the fish and teach us how to. The DNR also provided personnel, boats, and fyke nets . The DNR personnel netted the fish and Mr. Ostenson spawned them. The fertilized eggs were brought back to Dave's Outboard, placed in jars, and put into the hatcher.
April 18th walleye wagon delivered to Dave's Outboard.
April 19th DNR puts nets into Long Lake.
April 20 DNR pulls nets, spawn fish; 1 jar in hatcher.
April 21 Collect 1 plus jar .
April 22 Collect 2 jars
April 23 Collect 2 jars
April 24 collect 5 jars.
April 25 collect 2 jars. Dump 1 jar because it has clumped together. Resort and put eggs into portable floating hatcher. Hatcher is full. Hatcher is monitored every four hours until fry hatch in approximately two weeks.
The advantages of using a portable hatcher: There is limited natural reproduction in most lakes. Genetics come from the lake that the fry will be released into. The open circulation of lake water in the hatcher ensures that the eggs/fry will develop at the same rate as if they had been spanned in the lake. This will time the hatch of the fry to the appearance of plankton in the lake. There is a much smaller cost of production due to volunteer help and no facilities charges. As you can see this is an ongoing project to bring the adult walleye population up. These fry need 4 years to become a legal adult of 15". It is estimated that hatching 3 million fry will produce 15,000 mature walleyes. With our full hatcher, we estimate we have approximately 4 million eggs in the jars.
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Thoughts for 2005.
1. Contract for or purchase a walleye wagon. Larger unit?
2. Need nets and anchor weights. Provided by DNR in 2004 but 2005 we have to supply everything.
3. Boats to do nets.
4. Contract help to spawn fish?
5. Rearing ponds. DNR suggesting putting some of the fry into ponds. Need to identify ponds, evaluate potential.
6. Cost of minnows to feed fry?
7. Use of portable floating hatchers.
8. Personnel to oversee project.
Postnote: On May 16th the last of the Walleye Hatch were released in Long Lake.
The Walleye Workers let go over 3 MILLION!. Our thanks to all the volunteers
Who donated so much time and effort in such a worthwhile project!
If anyone wants more information on the Long Lake Cooperation Agreement, please attend the LLPAs spring meeting. It is on Saturday
May 29thth at 10 am at Camp Tomahawk on East side Rd.
***You can view local business on the internet at these addresses:
At the Lake(private cottage) www.at-the-lake.net
Audubon Sanctuary: www.audubon.org/local/sanctuary/hunthill/index.html
Butternut Hills Golf Course: www.butternuthillsgolf.com
Daves Outboard: www.davesoutboard.com
Fletchs Reel Em Inn: www.reeleminn.com
*Lincolnwood Resort: www.lincolnwood.cc
The Pioneer on Long Lake www.pioneeronlonglake.com
*Props: www.propsonlonglake.com
Sunset Resort: www.chamber.rice-lake.wi.us/members/sunset.htm
If you would like a reasonable priced website call Beth Teasdale @ 354-3533
And look at: www.bsehosting.com *BSE Hostings sites
Life on Long Lake
Here are the Summer hours for the businesses that belong to the chamber, Hang this on your refrigerator, we appreciate your patronage:
Lincolnwood Resort Pioneer on Long Lake
(715) 354-3533 (715) 354-3500
Resort, Bar, Grill Resort, Bar, Food, Homemade Pizza
And Bait Shop, Gas Open daily 9:00 A.M.
Open 10am daily. Food 11 A.M. to 10 P.M.
Bait shop: open 8am Pizza till midnight
May, June and until July 11th
Treats On Long Lake
(715) 354-9576 Long Lake Bait and Tackle
Restaurant, Ice cream, (715) 635-3260
Bakery, Specialty coffee Bait, Tackle, Beer, Grocery
Open 8am to 9pm daily Open 7am to 7pm daily
Roadhouse Saloon V & M BAR
(715) 354-7344 (715) 234-4458
Bar Bar
Open daily 10 A.M. Open daily 10 A.M.
Fetchs Reel Em Inn Daves Outboard
(715) 354-3700 (715) 354-3430
Resort, Bar, Restaurant Gas, Repairs, Sales
Sun-Thursday Open daily 8am to 6pm
Lounge 4pm to Close Sundays 9am to 6pm
Restaurant 5 pm to 9pm
Friday-Saturday
Lounge 4pm to Close
Restaurant 5pm 10 pm
Marawaraden Hobos Hideout
(715) 354-3855 (715) 354-3453
Resort, Convience store, Resort, Full liquor Bar, Pizza
Gas, Bait Open 11am to close
Open daily 9am to 6pm
Closed Wednesdays
Rockford House
Katty Shack (715) 635-3156
(715) 635-8921 Bar
Restaurant Open Mon-Wed 3pm
Open Thurs-Sun 12pm
Vanderhydes
Hunt Hill Sanctuary (715) 469-3210
(715) 635-6543 Bar
Call for scheduled events Open daily 7 A.M.
Closed Sun.
Props
(715) 354-3515
Sports Bar, Restaurant,
Resort
Open daily 10 am Butternut Hills Golf Course
(715) 635-8563
Golf Course
Wolf Marine Open daily 6:30 am to 8:30 pm
(715) 354-7883 Varies according to daylight!
Marina, Repairs
Open 8am-4pm Mon-Sat
Sunset Resort
(715) 354-3203
Resort and Beer Bar
Open 8 am to 11 pm daily
P.O. Box 19
Sarona, WI 54870
Walleye Capital of Wisconsin
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