OTTER LAKE BOOSTER CLUB, INC.

 Next Club Meeting:  TBD 2018  7 pm Colburn Town Hall

Booster Club Projects Report  From President Fritz:

The only funding the Otter Lake Boosters Club Inc receives is from the community, other club donations, our annual chicken dinner, personal donations, and memberships..  

As most everyone knows the club supports the aerators that supply oxygen to the lake during the winter months.  This past year we have done more work on the East side of the lake public access trail and parking area.  We are in the process of working on the West side public access and off road parking now.  We have added gravel to the parking area and opened a temporary walking trail to the lake.  The trail is wide enough to ride a 4 wheeler but it is a rough ride at this time. We will be doing more work on the trail this spring. 

We have made a down payment on a fishing dock that will be placed on the public access property on the East side of the lake.  The dock will be installed this coming spring. 

We are continuing to work with Chippewa County Parks & Facilities on projects to improve the Otter Lake County Day Use Park. We purchased Goose Away machines to help with the goose problem in the swimming and Day Use Park areas. 

We also paid to have the pavilion re-wired. 

The FREE Youth Ice Fishing Contest that we sponsor every February has been a big success with 60 to 140 kids attending each of the last eleven (11) years. Kids range in age from infants to 15 years of age and have to be accompanied by an adult. 

Our club is dedicated to bettering the Otter Lake experience for residents and visitors alike. Thank you for your support.

2018 FREE Youth Ice Fishing Contest

Saturday, February 10, 2018

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ATTENTION:  IMPORTANT LAKE DATA

The following is the letter our President, Gary Fritz received from the DNR regarding the September 26, 2017 Otter Lake Survey. 

Good Morning Gary,

On Tuesday night (the 26^th), we conducted our annual walleye recruitment survey on Otter Lake which consisted of electrofishing the entire shoreline (15 miles).  As expected, we did not see any naturally reproduced walleye.  This is likely due to a lack of suitable spawning habitat and predation of walleye fry by bass and bluegills.  For this survey,  only walleye were collected.  A total of 42 walleye were collected and they ranged from 14.5”-23.4”.   Many of these walleye are likely from the 2013 and 2015 Wisconsin Walleye Initiative stocking events.  The assumed 2015 fish are about 17” and the assumed 2013 fish are about 20”.  These fish will be aged this winter so we can confirm these ages.   As I mentioned last year, the growth rates of these walleye are phenomenal compared to other area lakes likely due to the abundance of forage. 

Otter Lake was stocked with 6,000+ extended growth (6”) walleye late last week as part of the Walleye Initiative.  I expect some of these fish to show up as legal fish as soon as 2019. 

Otter Lake is on rotation this coming spring (2018) for a comprehensive survey.  All fish are collected in a comprehensive survey, so we will have much more data to look at next year. 

Hope this helps,

Joseph

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2017 36th Annual Charcoal Chicken Dinner was a great success again this year.

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2017 Free Youth Ice Fishing Contest was a huge success again this February

Click to see 2017 Contest Poster  

From President Gary Fritz,

 I want to personally thank everyone that helped in any way to make this years Chicken Dinner a BIG SUCCESS!!!!!!  

MEMBERSHIP  NEWS

We generated a mailing recently to let folks know about our Club. A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone that has sent their 2017-2018 membership and/or any donation to Diane.  We love having you all onboard and really appreciate the donations.   

Booster Club Membership List

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FISHING REGULATION UPDATES

 TROLLING ON OTTER LAKE IS BE ALLOWED.

2016 Otter Lake Walleye Regulations

Bag Limit of 3 Walleye per day 15" minimum

No Walleyes between 20" - 24" may be kept

Only 1 Walleye over 24" may be kept  

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 Lake Reports: 

April 17, 2018 26" Ice & 12" Snow - SPRING  ???WHAT????

 Have a great great day on Otter.   Tight Lines & Good Luck.

Email me [otterlakemike@gmail.com] with your fishing report on Otter Lake!  

OtterLakeMike

Upcoming Events: 

NEXT Booster Club Meeting

Pot Luck Tuesday, TBD 2018 @ 7 pm

 @ Colburn Town Hall

Bring a dish to pass

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Officers Elected  

• * President Gary Fritz & Vice President Dany Liske have 2 year terms. Election 2018
• * Secretary Micki Hughes & Treasurer Diane Weggen. Re-Elected for 2 more years. Election 2019

The Board of Directors:

* Herb Jepson 3 Year Term Trustee. Elected until 2018 

• * John Goodman 2 Year Term Trustee. Elected until 2018
• * Terry Hughes 1 Year Term Trustee. Elected until 2018  
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