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Fox Chain Traveling Trophy 2009
Standings As of August Outing
Place	Name	Points
1	Ryan Stochl	24
2	Emily Olson	22
3	Joe Laubinger	19.5
4	Nick Olson	14
5	Martin Fudulov	12
6	John Splitt	12
7	Scott Bjornson	11.5
8	Natalie Olson	11
9	Tom Olson	11
10	Len Sculz	10
11	Nick Cammarata	8
12	Frank Walter	8

The SOB's have been tearing up the PMTT tournament trail in 2009. SOB father son team Ron & Rich Weidner are currently the PMTT Top Gun Team going into the PMTT Ranger Boats World Championship on the Madison Chain along with SOB teammates Bob Matusek & Rob Frechette who are currently in second place in the Top Gun standings. These two SOB teams are the only PMTT teams who have placed in 3 out of the 4 qualifying events so far this year. Also making the PMTT Ranger Boats World Championship are SOB teammates Nick Cammarta & Tom Olson who are currently in 5th place. Lets wish them all some good SOB luck in the Championship.

Ron & Rich have placed 16th in the PMTT Cave Run, 8th in the PMTT Fox Chain & 7th in the PMTT St. Croix events. Bob & Rob have placed 9th in the PMTT Fox Chain, 20th in the PMTT Eagle River & 8th in the PMTT St. Croix events. Nick & Tom have placed 2nd in the PMTT Eagle River & 9th in the PMTT St. Croix events.

Below are some of the fish they have caught in the PMTT events so far this year, including a nice 50" caught by Bob Matusek, his first 50" and a 49.5" caught by Tom Olson.

We have some new changes to go over for 2009. First, we are breaking the fish submission releases into two main categories. Local & Non-Local, the Non-Local category will be apprised of any of our members who reside more than 100 miles driving distance from Antioch, IL. This new division will not be subdivided into other divisions, such as Juniors, Womens, Mens & Masters, it will just be categorized by the members name & fish caught by each member, also this new division will not be part of our clubs Release Contest. The reason for this also has to do with our next change. Plaques for our Release Contest will only be given out for the Local section and then only if you attend or make arrangements to have someone attend in your place at our Annual Awards Ceremony, which is held on the third Wednesday in April every year. Any member who will be awarded a plaque for that year’s Release Contest will be sent a letter in January informing them of the plaque they will be receiving that April. They will then have two weeks to contact the release chairman and let them know if they will be attending or will have someone attend in their place at the Awards Ceremony in order to receive their plaque. Anyone who does not respond will not receive their plaque. There are a couple reasons for these new changes. First is the cost of having the plaques made and then, if they are not picked up, having to mail them out or the hassle of arranging to drop them off, the other is out of fairness to the other club members who come to this Ceremony to show their support for the club. These new changes will begin with the 2009 Release Contest, but if you are going to be receiving a plaque for 2008, please show your support for the club and come to the Ceremony this April to receive your plaque in person. All old plaques will be mailed out or given to those members as time allows. These new changes do not affect Patches and Annual or Individual Certificates or for Muskies Inc. International fish submissions; they only apply to 1st thru 3rd place for Juniors, Womens, Mens & Masters Divisions along with Lunker of the Month & Fox Chain Lunker plaques for our own club Release Contest.