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  2. Volunteers Needed for Schaumburg Fishing Show.

    in Conservation & Volunteer Opportunities

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    We are looking for a few members to man the ISA booth at the Chicagoland Fishing, Travel and Outdoor Expo in Schaumburg, January 25-28, 2018. The purpose of the booth is to inform show goers of the ISA, connect with current and former members, and sell new memberships. I'd like to have 2 members in the booth at all times. Parking is already free and booth workers will get in for free as long as they sign up for a 4 hour minimum shift. Aside from the normal show hours, we also need to set up the booth on Wednesday.  I will update the schedule below as we get volunteers. 

    The show hours are;

    Thursday 1/25  12pm to 8pm

    12-4  Ed Buric  John Loebach

    4-8  Gordon Patriarca     ____________________

    Friday 1/26 12pm to 8pm

    12-4  Scott Ferguson.  Bill Kreznor 

    4-8.  Scott Ferguson    Kip Olson

    Saturday 1/27 10am to 7pm

    10-3 Scott Ferguson         Forrest Miller

    3-7  Scott Ferguson           Frank Briggs      

    Sunday 1/28 10am to 5pm

    10-2  Scott Ferguson         Forrest Miller

    2-5  Scott Ferguson            Ron Kurasz

  4. Flasher Help

    in Gear & Techniques

    Posted

    The amp output available does not matter. Your flasher will only draw as much as it needs. Batteries that will start a car are the same size as those used in boats that run all the electronics.  You should also have a fuse in the power wire that will protect your flasher. 

  5. Flasher Help

    in Gear & Techniques

    Posted

    If the battery is several years old, it’s probably dead. I had the exact same thing happen with mine. Newer depth finders just shut off or won’t turn on if the voltage is even just a little low.  The big battery on my boat started the engine just fine but my depth finders would shut off every time I started the motor until I replaced the battery.  Batteries Plus has a great selection of SLA batteries.  They can probably test your old one for you as well. 

  7. Some Sad News

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    Long time ISA Member Norm Minas, has been dealing with cancer for a while now. Recently, his wife posted this update on Norm's health.

    "This is so hard. This is Norm's wife....winner of all arguements and the one that gets sh*t done. Unfortunately Norm's cancer has spread to his lung. Had it not been for me argueing with the docs, they would not have sent him to the hospital. There they discovered he had pnuemnia blood clots and fluid surronding his lung. That's when the found the cancer has spread. He is now in a nursing home being made comfortable. And if that wasn't bad enough, he is suffering from dementia. That came out of nowhere. So in a matter of 3 yes 3 weeks he has gone from the love of my life to a bag of bones who doesn't remember his children and me occasionally. Now we just wait until his body has no fight left. Soon he'll be catching all the smallies he ever wanted"

    Our thought's and prayers go out to Norm and his family.

  11. Upgraded Forums

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    24 minutes ago, Ed B said:

    Right now I can't figure out how to sign out or is it not now necessary

    It really isn't necessary, but if you want to, click on your name in the upper right hand corner of the page and a drop down menu will give you the choice to sign out. 

  12. Upgraded Forums

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    As you can see, we have new, a different looking forum. The software that we had been using was obsolete and no longer supported by the hosting company so we had to do an upgrade. As of right now, none of us has any ideas what changes we will find but we will find out together. 

    Another note, you can now upload photos again.

  13. Bronzeback Newsletter

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    The last 2 issues of the newsletter contained an article telling everyone about the changes to the newsletter. We sent out emails to everyone to be sure we had up to date email address and we asked everyone who did NOT get the emails to contact us. Most everyone complied so the data base is almost up to date. So far, it appears we have about the same amount of issues we have when the post office failed to deliver the hard copy.

    For the time being, we will be alternating between the e-version and the hard copy. The next issue, due out in February, will be mailed.

    Thanks everyone for your understanding.

  20. The Early Show - 11/12/17

    in Event Announcements & Follow-up

    Posted

    Don't thank me. I was just a worker bee. John did all the heavy lifting. I just sat there and took money from people. I hope all the fly fishermen in the area appreciate all the work John did putting this event on. I dont even fly fish but I understand what it takes to do this so I had to be there to help in any way that I could. Thanks John.

  21. ISA Road Trip 2018.

    in Event Announcements & Follow-up

    Posted

    I sent Karen Prange, the owner of the Tinkers Dam cabin a copy of the newsletter that contained the recap of this years trip. Today, I got a response.

     

    Hi Scott,

    Thanks for sending us your magazine with the write up about the Menominee River and Tinker's Dam. It made our day to see the article, it was great to read how much you and the group enjoy spending time up north on the river. See you next year!

    Greg.

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