Terry Dodge

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I’m kicking this back up.

I have contact the KREP president and am now in the loop. I’ll be attending their nest meeting on the afternoon of March 3. They were glad to hear from me and have said that they appreciate the work that the ISA has done and are happy to hear of my getting involved. I’ll keep you updated. Now stop what you’re doing and buy some Bronzeback Blowout tickets! 😁 https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/BRXug6W

Hey Folks, I recently watched the below video from Kishwaukee River Ecosystem Partnership. They have an EPA staff member go over the new site. Looks good. Enjoy... https://mywaterway.epa.gov

You should be good up to the night before. Please try not to do that though. Now, of course I must mention, purchasing your tickets as soon as possible is a great help in our planning for this event. Time and Space are running out. Get your 2023 Bronzeback Blowout tickets now while you can.

Uh-oh! I opened my mouth. Check it out this weekend… https://dewittdailynews.com/community/centralillinoisoutdoors?mibextid=Zxz2cZhttps://dewittdailynews.com/community/centralillinoisoutdoors?mibextid=Zxz2cZ

Hey Dudes of the Northwest Region, We will be Yellow Sign planting on Saturday, March 25. 9am. Meet for breakfast at Cherry Valley Cafe before heading out. Plan to try and hit the Belvidere area. Stick a Post-A-Note on your wife’s forehead so you won’t forget. Who all's coming?

System Failure

Hey Folks, I’ll touch base on the latest info on my dump creek, Kilbuck. Where things stand with the creek going forward along with “how to” and “what to expect” when reporting stream pollution. Hope to see you on the Zoom

Yes the Bronzeback Blowout is open to public. You can catch me on Central Illinois Outdoors coming soon. I’m doing a taping this Friday. Not sure when it will air? Stay tuned. https://dewittdailynews.com/community/centralillinoisoutdoors

Would adding any easy access connection buttons to certain river gages be useful?

Enjoy…

I I’m out! 😁

No worries. From my records I would say that membership has gone up 30 to 40 people over the last year. Which I’m pretty happy with. I have followed many Smallmouth Alliance fishing groups over the past few years along with other fishing groups. I would say that about 95.99% of the ones that fold are because they fell into the situation whereas one person was responsible for everything and when that one person decides to move on and there’s no one there to carry on then the club folds. I believe that is what happened with Indiana Smallmouth Alliance and Ohio Smallmouth Alliance. Their Illinois Smallmouth Alliance has carried on because of our team of ISA Offers that we have had over the years and still today. Over the last 3 years we have been challenged with the pandemic scare, and the retirement of Scott, who did so so much for the ISA. It takes a team to move forward and as long as we keep a leadership team in place the future looks bright.

We do have this link to our promotional enewsletter that can be saved to your Reading List or a File on your phone and then Shared streamside with other anglers. Or try this QR Code https://myemail.constantcontact.com/The-latest-news-for-you.html?soid=1101955433105&aid=gwJmTVpYDjA

Hey, I do the ISA Facebook page! Ha! Yeah that FB isn’t all that much. Our YouTube station is looking nice but that’s about it for my abilities in the social meadow world. I know those other platforms are much more popular but I just don’t have any interest in learning Ckik-Clak, or Golden Grams, at this point in my life. You an English teacher by chance? 😬

Buy your tickets now while supplies last. 😁 https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/BRXug6W

Wow! Looks nice!! Didn’t The Flash wear red?

They’re out there. They care and I can tell you, just off the top of my head, that The ISA has added in upwards of 10 new members in the last year at or below the age of 35. I think conducting some type of seminar to local high school fishing teams showing them what the ISA is about, what we do, the fish we catch, and the care we give in handling them and the care we give to our waterways. I would think many of them young lads would be interested in being active members. I’m pretty sure I can guarantee that their mouths will hit the floor when they see the kind of fish, not just smallmouth, that our rivers have to offer. It’ll probably be awhile before any of them can afford a bass boat. There’s somewhat of a dead area there, in between graduation and buying your own bass boat, maybe that’s something we should try to pounce on? I am still to this day absolutely impressed with the high quality fisherman in the ISA. None better that I know of. Not only the fishing part but then we have some pretty damn talented fly tiers and fly fisher also. Some of who are almost famous. Ha! I know a few of the younger new members came over from my Smallmouth Hunter Mobile App and Site. They’re great guys and I am looking forward to getting out this early Spring for some Yellow Sign posting, river clean up and, of course, some smallmouth fishing with these guys. It’s gonna be a fun year. I can feel it!

Hey Folks, I will also be discussing my experiences in reporting my over 10 year (on going) battle for Kilbuck Creek, Any tools we should add? https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/cu/5Og5vG2/stmpol

I also have Feb. 8th. locked up for a Zoom Toolbox Meeting. Rich needs to get a hold of Bart and set up a date and time.