Extreme Muskie Show Cancelled???????

[minnesotamusky]

I just checked their HSOforum and it says No 2008 Show. [PoorWordUsage?????? Can anyone confirm that it has been cancelled???

[porterhouse]

Lonewolf,

It is cancelled for this year. It might be back next year.

Brian

[minnesotamusky]

Thanks Brian. Do you know why it was cancelled?

[Musky_Madness]

Probably because the one in Blaine is 10x the size

[cjac]

It was a nice show because of the small size, it gave us everyday Joes a great chance to spend some time talking to guys in the industry. That said, I think we didn't spend enough $$$ to cover the overhead of the show for an exbibitor paying for a booth, travel/lodging, etc. I was talking to Josh Roundsley at Thorne just before the Chicago show, and a TON of work goes into getting ready, he was tired even before hitting the road.

Time and money is better spent on shows like Chicago, Milwaukee, Blaine, etc. Looking forward to the Blaine show, should be fun, and based on what I heard from Chicago, good deals, good times, and lots of new stuff. Some of the FMers will be there, RK with EA, KT Pro Edge has a new cork material he's excited about called Syncork, MuskieMojo has new baits for '08, and Steve Jonesi I believe as well.

Good times come early March!

Chris

[TECK]

The CHI show was great! Can't wait for the Blaine show.

[porterhouse]

Lonewolf,

I heard that the Extreme show got sold.

Brian

[Giant_Jackpot]

It was nice to have the show in Medina to help break the winter muskie blues. Too bad it got canceled

If you are looking for something “muskie” to do before the Blaine show, check out the North Metro MI banquet. Pete Maina is the speaker. Check out the post in the Tournament/League forum

[bassNspear]

to bad there not having it. Somethings just dont work out i guess.

[Muskiefool]

It was in a sense the black sheep of MN Muskie shows if you know what I mean, I always had a good time there, especially 3 years ago, last year was slow,I hope another comes along, I think there's plenty of room for it in MN.

[Random guy]

To bad, it was nice with the smaller size. A guy could actaully talk with some of the companies and not get run over.

[minnesotamusky]

Here's a email that I received from the guy that runs the show. Maybe it will be back next year......I hope.

Todd,

Sorry, there will be no shows this winter. The shows were in the processes of being sold to a group that was going to incorporate them with a walleye show, but at the last minute they ended up losing their venue and backed out of the deal for 2008 and because we thought they were going to buy the shows we didn't resign with our venue for 2008. So hopefully, we will be back in 2009 either combined with the walleye show, or as we were before.

James Stella

JDS Enterprises, Inc.

Extreme Muskie Expo

Event Director

PH: 847-392-9718

Cell: 847-343-7221

FX: 847-392-9779

[email protected]

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