Members


Below is a brief profile of all members with 5 or more years service.


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Peter Kooy

Peter's first fly-in was to Porter Lake in 1983. He has been on every fishing trip since then, including the trip in 1995. (Similar to Baseball, we had one year, 1996, with no season.) Peter has been on the last twenty five consecutive trips from 1997 to 2021. That makes Peter senior member with 38 years seniority. That's right, well over a third of a century.

Peter won the trophy for Northern Pike at Oliver Lake in 1989 and at Steephill Lake in 1993. He won the Northern Pike trophy and the Angler of the Year Buckle at Hepburn Lake in 2000, and again at Mirond Lake in 2011. Peter also won the largest "other" trophy at Mirond in 2011 with a sucker fish. He won the Walleye trophy and Angler of the Year Buckle at Kipahigan Lake in 2015. He tied for the Trophy for Walleye at Flanigan Lake in 2017. Peter won the Walleye trophy, Northern Pike trophy and the Angler of the Year Buckle at Golden Lake in 2020. He is one of the Lithuanian Fish Mongers that was in the plane that crashed while attempting to land at Mawdsley Lake in 1987. He was the only one to miss the first day's fishing due to his injuries. Peter was the former Treasurer for the Lithuanian Fish Mongers for many years.

Peter was one of the many former Northern Telecom employed Lithuanian Fish Mongers during his earlier fishing trips. Peter currently lives in Saskatoon. You can reach Peter by eMail at peter.kooy@lfm.fishing

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Neil Sadler

Like Peter Kooy, Neil's first fly-in was to Porter Lake in 1983. He was on 5 consecutive trips from 1983 to 1987. However, his fly-in trip in 1987 was to Lac du Malle in Quebec. Neil was one of three Lithuanian Fish Mongers transferred to Montreal in 1986 by Northern Telecom. Neil was transferred back to Saskatoon in 1988 and was on 6 more consecutive trips, from 1989 to 1994. However, as he was transferred back to Montreal in 1992, he had to fly into Saskatchewan for the 1993 and 1994 trips. Neil has attended consecutive trips from 1997 to 2000 and also attended from 2002 to 2021. All told Neil has 35 years seniority.

Neil won the Walleye trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle at Forbes Lake in 1999, and won both of them again at Chitek Lake in 2002. He also won the largest "other" fish species trophy for his rainbow trout at Mirond Lake in 2004 and tied for largest Northern Pike trophy and Angler of the Year buckle at Mirond in 2005. He won largest Northern Pike trophy and Angler of the Year buckle again at Laurie Lake in 2012. Neil won the Lake Trout trophy at Flanagan in 2013 and won the Northern Pike trophy at Tomahawk Lake in 2014. He also won the largest "other" fish species trophy for his perch at Kipahigan Lake in 2016. Neil won the Walleye trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle at Kipahigan Lake in 2019. He won largest Northern Pike trophy and Angler of the Year buckle again at Golden Lake in 2021.

Neil returned to Saskatoon in 1996, where he now lives with his wife Holly. He has a daughter Laura, and son Kelsey. They are both living and working in Saskatoon. Neil is the secretary for the Lithuanian Fish Mongers. He has been the secretary since 1989, except for the years that he worked in Montreal. During that time Ed Dyna was secretary. Neil is currently retired and you can reach Neil by eMail at neil.sadler@lfm.fishing

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Gedi Eimantas

Gedi's first fly-in as a Lithuanian Fish Monger was to Mawdsley Lake in 1986. He has been on 10 consecutive trips from 1986 to 1995. There was no trip in 1996. He also attended consecutive trips from 1997 to 2003 and attended again from 2005 to 2015, and again in 2017 to 2021. Gedi has 34 years seniority. Oh yes, Gedi is of Lithuanian ancestry.

Gedi won the Lake Trout trophy at Oliver Lake in 1989. He won the Walleye trophy at Otter Lake in 1990. He won both the Northern Pike and Walleye trophies at Porter Lake in 1991. He won the Lake Trout trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle at Lac La Ronge in 1992. He won the Northern Pike trophy, the Walleye trophy, the Lake Trout trophy, the Other Species trophy, and the Angler of the Year buckle at Theriau Lake in 1994. He won the Northern Pike trophy at Thompson Lake in 1997, and the Walleye trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle there in 1998, and won the Walleye trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle at Thompson again in 2008 . He won the Lake Trout trophy at Forbes Lake in 1999. He won the Lake Trout trophy at Flanagan Lake in 2006. He won the Northern Pike trophy and Angler of the Year buckle at Triveet Lake in 2009 and the "other" trophy for a perch, the Walleye trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle there in 2010. Gedi won the Walleye trophy at Mirond Lake in 2011, and also at Laurie in 2012. He won the biggest "Other" trophy at Flanagan Lake in 2013 and tied for the biggest "Other" trophy at Tomahawk Lake in 2014. He won the Northern Pike trophy and the biggest "Other" trophy with a Perch at Kipahigan Lake in 2015. Gedi again won the biggest "Other" trophy with a Perch at Golden Lake in 2021. He is also one of the Lithuanian Fish Mongers that was in the plane that crashed while attempting to land at Mawdsley Lake in 1987.

Gedi was also a former Northern Telecom employed Lithuanian Fish Monger during his earlier fishing trips. They sold their Cable Division to Corning Cable Systems formerly Siecor Corporation, in 1994. Gedi is now retired and lives in Saskatoon with his wife Sheelagh. You can reach Gedi by eMail at gedi@sasktel.net

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Ed Dyna

Ed first joined the Lithuanian Fish Mongers in 1991 on the trip into Porter Lake. He was on 5 consecutive fishing trips, from 1991 to 1995. Ed also attended in 1998 and 1999, and again in 2001 and at his own cabin at Chitek Lake in 2002. He also made the trips from 2003 to 2006, and again from 2008 to 2019, and attended again in 2021. Math calculations show Ed has 28 years seniority.

Ed was secretary of the Lithuanian Fish Mongers from 1993 to 1995, and is currently the treasurer. He won the Northern Pike trophy at Thompson Lake in 1998 and won the Northern Pike trophy again at Triveet Lake in 2010 and at Kipahigan Lake in 2016. He won the Walleye trophy and Angler of the Year buckle at Flanigan Lake in 2018. Like Gedi, Ed was a former Northern Telecom employee who became a Siecor Corporation now Corning Cable Systems employee. He now works for Cameco , and lives in Saskatoon with his wife Debra. You can reach Ed by eMail at ed.dyna@lfm.fishing

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Pete Cosh

Pete Cosh is the third member to start his fly-ins at Porter Lake in 1983. It was there that he was nicknamed "Tugum" for trying to set the hook in an Arctic Grayling and ripping it's lips off. He was on 4 consecutive trips from 1985 to 1988. Pete's next three trips were in 1990, 1991, and 1992. Pete donated the Angler of the Year buckle in 1991 when he owned Horseman's Supply. He currently has 17 years seniority including consecutive years from 1997 to 2002 and again in 2004 & 2005.

Pete won the Lake Trout trophy at Porter Lake in 1991. He won the Walleye trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle at Thompson Lake in 1997. He won the Northern Pike trophy at Forbes Lake in 1999, and again at Chitek Lake in 2002. He also caught a 19 lb. Northern Pike at Mawdsley Lake in 1986, before trophies were given. Pete is the younger of the Cosh brothers, or "Cosh the Younger". He is also one of the Lithuanian Fish Mongers that was in the plane that crashed while attempting to land at Mawdsley Lake in 1987.

Pete resides near Saskatoon with his wife Debbie. He never did work for Northern Telecom but really, really wanted to. Pete now works for Valerin Process Equipment and you can reach him by eMail at pcosh@valerin.ca

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Fred Millar

Fred's first trip with the LFM was to Wathaman Lake in 2007. He then attended in 2008 and 2009, missed 2010 and attended from 2011 and 2015. He was on the trips again from 2017 to 2021. He has 13 years seniority.

Fred won the Trophy for Northern Pike and the Angler of the Year Buckle in 2007 at Wathaman Lake, he won the Northern Pike Trophy in 2008 at Thompson Lake, and biggest Other Trophy with a Perch at Triveet Lake in 2009. He won the Northern Pike trophy and Lake Trout trophy at Flanagan Lake in 2018.

Fred lives in Saskatoon. He currently works for UPS and can be reached by eMail at fwmillar@sasktel.net

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Mac Cosh

Mac is one of the 4 founding members who went on the first fly-in to Porter Lake, Saskatchewan in 1981. He was on 8 consecutive trips from 1981 to 1988. Mac missed the trip in 1989 as he was on a romp through Paris, Monaco, and parts of Germany. He did however receive a copy of the minutes of the meeting held during his European trip. We faxed a copy to his hotel room!

Mac's next three trips were from 1990 to 1992. He also attended Hepburn Lake in 2000. He won the trophy for Arctic Grayling and the Angler of the Year buckle at Porter Lake in 1991 and the Lake Trout trophy at Hepburn Lake in 2000 . He currently has 12 years seniority. Mac is the elder of the Cosh brothers, or "Cosh the Elder." He is also one of the Lithuanian Fish Mongers that was in the plane that crashed while attempting to land at Mawdsley Lake in 1987.

Mac was transferred by Northern Telecom to Chicago in 1992. He left that company in 1994 and joined Corning Cable Systems formerly Siecor Corporation, moving to Hickory, NC. He currently resides near Hickory. Unfortunately, due to timing and the distances involved, Mac has been unable to attend most of the recent fishing trips. It was nice to have Mac attend in 2000 after a 7 year absence. You can reach Mac by eMail at bigmac.cda@gmail.com

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Geoff Grodecki

Geoff's first trip with the Lithuanian Fish Mongers was the houseboat trip in 1992 into Lac La Ronge. Then he was out of province for a while but after returning attended again in 2001 and had five consecutive trips from 2003 to 2007. His next trips were in 2014 & 2015. He attended agagin in 2017. Geoff has 10 years seniority.

Geoff won the Northern Pike trophy at Lac La Ronge in 1992 and at Mirond Lake in 2004. He won the Walleye trophy at Mirond Lake in 2003 and tied for the trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle in 2005. He also won the largest "other" trophy for a 21" white fish in 2005. Geoff tied for the Walleye trophy and won the Northern Pike trophy and the Angler of the Year buckle at Flanigan Lake in 2006. He won the Lake Trout trophy at Wathaman Lake in 2007, and tied for the the largest "other" trophy for a 18" white fish in at Tomahawk Lake 2014. He won the Lake Trout trophy at Flanigan Lake in 2017.

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Wayne Reed

Wayne's first trips was to Otter Lake in 1990. His next trip was in 1992 and then he didn't attended again until 2013. Wayne's next 3 trips were from 2015 to 2018. Wayne has 9 years seniority.

Wayne won the Trophy for Northern Pike at Otter Lake in 1990, he won the Trophy for Walleye and the Angler of the Year Buckle in 2016 at Kipahigan Lake. He tied for the Trophy for Walleye and won the Trophy for Northern Pike and the Angler of the Year Buckle in 2017 at Flanagan Lake He won the trophy for Biggest Other with a Perch at Flanagan Lake in 2018.

He recently retired from Spiritwood Credit Union, and lives with his wife Rhonda near Spiritwood. Wayne can be reached by eMail at wdreed.55@gmail.com

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Doug Van Dijk

Doug's first trip with the LFM was to Laurie Lake in 2012 where he caught the first fish. Although Doug has fished for a lot of years this was his first fly in fishing trip. He was on 3 consecutive trips from 2013 to 2015 and helped host the LFM ice fishing trip at Chitek in 2016. He was with the crew again in 2017 & 2018. Doug has 9 years seniority.

Doug won the trophy for Lake Trout at Laurie Lake in 2012. He won the Norm Award at Flanigan Lake in 2017.

Doug lives in Battleford with his wife, Donna. He has just recently retired from a career as a self-employed Plumbing contractor. They enjoy their cottage at Chitek Lake next to Ed & Deb Dyna. Doug can be reached by eMail at dougvandijk@sasktel.net

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Terry Taylor

Terry is also one of the 4 founding members who went on the first fly-in to Porter Lake, Saskatchewan in 1981. He was on 7 consecutive trips from 1981 to 1987. However, like Neil his fly-in trip in 1987 was to Lac du Malle in Quebec. Terry was one of the three Lithuanian Fish Mongers transferred to Montreal in 1986 by Northern Telecom. He has 7 years seniority.

Although Terry quit fishing in Saskatchewan before trophies were given, he did catch a 26 lb Lake Trout in Porter Lake in 1982. Due to distances and costs, Terry hasn't fished with the L.F.M. since being sent to Montreal.

While still working for Northern Telecom Terry was transferred to Richardson, Texas in 1997. He has since retired and now lives at Sharbot Lake, Ontario with his wife Lynne. Terry can be reached by eMail at lynneterry1313@hotmail.com

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Len Zoratti

Len's first fly-in was to Porter Lake in 1982. He was on 6 consecutive trips from 1982 to 1987. However, his fly-in trip in 1987 was to Lac du Malle in Quebec. Len was the third Lithuanian Fish Monger transferred to Montreal in 1986 by Northern Telecom.

Len's last trip with the Lithuanian Fish Mongers was to Oliver Lake in 1989. He had to fly into Saskatchewan for this trip, as he was still working in Montreal. Len has 7 years seniority.

Len worked for Northern Telecom for an untold number of years, lastly at Richardson, Texas. He now lives near Edmonton, AB with his wife Samara. Len can be reached by eMail at lzoratti1@shaw.ca

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J.R. Bradley

No one knows J.R.s real name, he has just been J.R. His first trip was to Reindeer Lake in 1984. J.R. was on 6 consecutive trips from 1984 to 1989. He is also one of the Lithuanian Fish Mongers that was in the plane that crashed while attempting to land at Mawdsley Lake in 1987. J.R. has 6 years seniority.

J.R. left Northern Telecom in 1995 and moved to Hawkstone, Ontario where he lives with his wife Ann Sutton.

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Kelly Mudrey

Kelly's first trip was to Pita Lake in 2001 where he won the Angler of the Year Buckle. He was on 3 consecutive trips from 2004 to 2006 and attended again in 2011 and 2013. Kelly has 6 years seniority.

Kelly won the Angler of the Year Buckle at Pita Lake in 2001, he won the Trophy for Northern Pike and the Angler of the Year Buckle in 2013 at Flanigan Lake.

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Chris Woodland

Chris had his first trip with the Lithuanian Fish Mongers in 1988 into Oliver Lake. He went again in 1989 and had two more trips in 1993 and 1994. Including the Regina Beach Ice Fishing Contest in March of 1998, Chris has 5 years seniority.

Chris was, like so many before him, a former Northern Telecom employee. In 1994 Chris left to study Law at the University of Saskatchewan. Chris is currently works for Leland Kimpinski LLP. Chris lives in Saskatoon with his wife Shirley. You can reach Chris by eMail at cwoodland@lelandlaw.ca

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