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NAIFC (IceMen Show) is coming to Pelican!

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Looks like Pelican is on the Tournament trail for this season!

January 21-23 with events Friday Sat and Tourney Sunday. Show will Air 2 weeks after on Versus Network. more info on the NAIFC HSOforum (I won't post it but you can google it)

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Looks like Pelican is on the Tournament trail for this season!

January 21-23 with events Friday Sat and Tourney Sunday. Show will Air 2 weeks after on Versus Network. more info on the NAIFC HSOforum (I won't post it but you can google it)

Where do you see this? I don't see anything on Pelican...only WI, SD and Winnipeg.

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Have any of you guys participated in these qualifiers? Looks pretty cool.

tsande, I fished the Osakis qualifier and last years championship. They are a blast and it is definitly the best ice fishing tournament format out there. To fish it, it is definetly a learning curve to be able to compete at this level. Last years championship was one of the toughest bites I have ever seen and the team that won it drilled an est. 500 holes per day just to find fish. You'll see the ultimate in portable ice fishing using all of todays best eletronics. I have learned so much in two tournaments about truely being portable. I encourage everyone to signup as it's a true ice fishing tournament and nothing like a derby!!

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I will disagree with anyone that has a preception that these tournaments hurt a fishery. The Osakis quailifer was two winters ago and we continue to catch more and bigger gills since the tournament. Lake like these specially one like Pelican hold thousands if not millions of panfish and in no way would a one day quailier put a dent into the fishery. It will profile the lake more, well by the looks of it last spring I think enough people already know about the lake and also the in-fisherman arcitle wouldn't help that cause, also. Besides by profiling the lake and having the quailifer here would help out local business. A lake like Pelican produces big panfish and will continue to produce big panfish (as long as DNR doesn't drain it) no matter what the fishing pressure is without it being netted. Just my 2 cents.

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With the amount of people that will already be out there and the additional amount the tournament will bring there wont be anywhere to get away from the crowds. The lake does not need the extra attention the average size is already decending, but there is no future for the lake anyway, it is what it is..

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[sande, I fished the Osakis qualifier and last years championship. They are a blast and it is definitly the best ice fishing tournament format out there. To fish it, it is definetly a learning curve to be able to compete at this level. Last years championship was one of the toughest bites I have ever seen and the team that won it drilled an est. 500 holes per day just to find fish. You'll see the ultimate in portable ice fishing using all of todays best eletronics. I have learned so much in two tournaments about truely being portable. I encourage everyone to signup as it's a true ice fishing tournament and nothing like a derby!!

Agreed. I did promotional photography at the Rhinelander, Wis., event last year for NAIFC and the Ice Men Reality TV series. Definitely a fine and classy set of lads, and they work their arses off to find fish. Doesn't matter if hawgs are no longer present in any numbers in the fishery they're on. They're competing against each other, not some mythical fish size.

The wore me out after a day's fishing, and I wasn't even fishing! grin

Top notch group! smile

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What a shame. The bite window there is already small. Non-existant after something like that.

Really please provide your study and experience with this knowledge you have. Believe me this tournament will not effect the bite or numbers of fish in Pelican Lake. I have fished the tournament lakes before, during and after it has no effect on a fishery. If anything you attend the seminars and the event you'll learn more about this fishery and will be able to catch more and bigger fish daily after this tournament.

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Pelican is a fun lake to fish but it gets pounded so hard lately that it isn't going to sustain whether they drain it or not. On with the tourny! From what I gather, the tournament turn out will probably be less than an average day's fishing turn out on Pelican anyways!

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i think its the fact they are bringing more publicity to pelican, everyone knows its gets fished to death but the in-fisherman article and now this just brings more and more attention to this lake that is getting fished to death

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