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Tomahawk Lake Association Executive Director Ned Greedy shares news and thoughts about our efforts and living on Tomahawk Lake.

Spring Greetings!

So there he was, standing before a great crowd of on-lookers, all of whom were staring at him as if he was their last chance for a lifetime of happiness. It was his own fault, for he had let himself be put in this position over and over again. It wasn’t their fault that they had placed him high up on a pedestal. He had allowed it to happen. He even relished in it. The lights! The cameras! He loved it. It was his one claim to fame, and he played it for all it was worth. He would be splashed all over the 6 o’clock news, from coast to coast. His picture would adorn the front page of every major newspaper across the free world. All he had to do was stand there and let it happen. Everyone was waiting on him. Their anticipation had grown to a frenzy. They had to have his answer….

A Year in Review

Hello good friends and welcome to the cooling and colorful north woods! It is fall and the idyllic, sunny summer days have turned cold and snowy. The weather was fickle this year – May and June were record cold months, and the really fine summer weather didn’t show up until August and September.

The Tomahawk Lake Association had a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type summer as well. As the spring of 2009 rolled in, our hopes were high that the 2008 successes in controlling Eurasian Water Milfoil (EWM) had helped us turn a corner. We were optimistic we would be able to duplicate our success for a second straight year. In reality, we lost some ground to EWM.

Fishery Report: The More That I Know, The More Confused I Get!

If you ask 100 people their opinion on any given subject you will get 100 answers, and most of them will be different. If you told all of those 100 people the five most important rock solid facts about the subject, they would give you 100 opinions and most would be different.  If you asked [...]

Clean Boats, Clean Waters

“The fisherman placed the truck into reverse and began to back the trailer down the ramp, just as he had done a hundred times before. Only last night he had pulled his 18 foot Lund “fisherman” out at Green Bay, and began the long journey northward in search of Oneida County walleyes. But now, as [...]

Tomahawk Lake Is What Binds Us

Welcome to the first installment of the “Executive Director’s Blog.” I’m excited about the opportunity to bring my thoughts about our wonderful Tomahawk Lake to you, and I hope to hear back from you as well. Things are constantly happening on the lake, and sometimes it’s a good idea to slow down and reflect [...]