Bemidji/Cass Lake Muskies Inc 14th Annual Tournament

[thrax]

The Bemidji/Cass Lake Chapter 46 Muskies Inc tournament will be held on Saturday June 16th. This is a fully CPR tournament (catch/photo/release). We'll have thousands of dollars in prizes to give away via raffle at the tournament awards/feed at the end of the tournament. If you've never been to one of our tournaments they are a great time, family friendly and fishing is allowed on 4 of the best muskie lakes in all of MN. Lakes Bemidji, Plantagenet, Cass and Big are all tournament waters. Fishing begins at 5am and goes until 4pm with the feed/awards beginning at 5pm.

Entry fees are only $45 for adults and $25 for juniors (under 18). There are cash prizes for 1st-4th place and also for the biggest fish for both adults and juniors. We proudly donate a scholarship to the Aquatic Biology program at Bemidji State University each year with tournament proceeds. The feed is put on by the area Boy Scout chapter. Registration is still open. You can register by mail or at the following locations locally.

Bluewater Bait or Gander Mountain (both in Bemidji)

Thursday June 14th and Friday June 15th from 5-8pm at either location. These are the only times/locations for local registration. Bluewater Bait will be offering a 15% discount on all muskie lures to anyone registering there.

Mail in registration and details can be viewed/printed off the chapters HSOforum and all the tournament details are also available there.

http://www.muskiesinc.com/chapters/46/html/tournament_info.html

In addition to tons of local sponsors, we'd like to thank the following Muskie businesses who've contributed to this years event. We're getting more stuff in every day, sponsor list will be updated.

Muskie First, Whispering Winds Resort, Kevin Cochran Guide Service, Aaron Meyer Guide Service, Dave Williamson (Musky Stalker Guide Service), Sportsman's Warehouse, Just Encase, True Glide, Mud Puppy topwaters, Northland Tackle, Dadson Blade Baits, Muskie Mayhem, Badfish Outdoors, Just Big Muskies, Muskie Tackle Online, Stealth Tackle, Tackle Industries, Big Wood Muskie Lures, Bluewater Baits, Bruce Earp, Water Wolf Lures, Steve Fiorio, Big Mama Lures, St Clair Bait Co, Supernatural Big Baits.

Brian Johnson

Secretary, Muskie Inc Chapter 46 Bemidji/Cass Lake.

[thrax]

We've got tons of people signed up, haven't had this many in quite some time. Remember, you DO NOT have to be a contestant to attend the awards presentation and raffle following the tournament, we have over $4000 worth of stuff to raffle off, come and get in on the fun!

[thrax]

A super huge thanks is in order to all the businesses and individuals who donated to todays event, it was a groundbreaker for us and we were able to raise an unprecedented amount for our chapter. We appreciate all that everyone did for our chapter, it really made a difference for us. 68 contestants caught 8 muskies today over 40inches. 3 were 50in or better. All were caught between 5:30am and 11:30am with 4 of them between 5:30am and 6:04am. Any any bite action disappeared around 1pm or so, all the lakes were hit with a thunder/lighting storm and pretty heavy rainfall. Many called it quits, some got back at it after it cleared but no more fish were boated.

Brian Johnson - 51in. 1st place and Big Fish of the Day

Lucas Higginbotham - 50.5in. 2nd place

John Blechinger - 50in. 3rd place

Steven Smith - 45in. 4th place

Hannah Willford - 45in. Junior Division winner

[toddb]

Good job on the 51 Brian! We tried hard to double on the 50 we caught earlier in the day but it wasn't in the cards... That little rain thing did not help our efforts at all. Great tourney and plenty of good prizes, thanks too all who put in tbe huge effort to make it all happen!

Toddb

[cbrooks]

Congrats Thrax