Upper Mississippi River Rodeo

[Keith_MN]

This year's Upper Mississippi River Rodeo is being planned for Thurs., Aug 9 thru Sun., Aug 12. Last year the rodeo was cancelled due to the low water levels, but we had a successful rodeo in 2005, which drew smallie fisherman from accross the country.

Kevin Turner (aka KT) of RiverPro boats is sponsoring the event again.

Rodeo central will be the River Terrace Park in Monticello, MN. We'll post more details about reserving campsites and the rodeo itself as the event gets closer.

So put the above dates on your calendar and start making plans to attend.

[Cabela10]

And this is a bass tournament, not some event with bull riders, horse people and bull fighting?

[Keith_MN]

Not really a tournament either.

Its just a chance to get together with other folks who enjoy fishing the river for smallies (or for folks who would like to experience fishing the river) and then having some good food and conversation at the end of the day.

In 2005 we had about 30 people join in. Some of the people who attended were from as far away as Pennsylvania and further.

[HawgTide]

We generally meet daily at the campgrounds around 6 or 7am, anyone who wants to put in $5 for the big fish pot can do so, then meet back in the afternoon. Some folks go get the family and come back for eating/hanging at the firepit, Free demo rides on the Riverpros, etc. In '05 we had a BBQ on Friday night, and a fish fry on Saturday night. We had a ton of giveaway door prizes the last time and everyone took something home.