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Matt Johnson Gander Mountain Seminar 1/20/05

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Matt Johnson will be giving a seminar at the Gander Mountain in Mankato, MN at 7pm on Thursday, January 20.

Matt's topic will be Subtle Approaches When Panfish Turn Finicky - Location and Presentation.

He will cover some of the finesse aspects of fishing for panfish during the winter. Learn about different techniques and strategies for catching more panfish through the ice.

Everything from where to find fish all the way to triggering the finicky ones to stop sniffing and strike your presentation.

Matt will also be free to answer questions and talk with people after the seminar as well as show you some of the tools he uses and how he uses them to trigger more panfish when ice fishing.

Mark January 20th on your calendar to visit Gander Mountain in Mankato, MN.

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It was nice meeting you guys at Gander today! I look forward to meeting you again.

Chris

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I also went last night. Got there a little bit late, but it was certainly well worth the time spent. I took several things from the presentation that hopefully will help produce more success on the lake fishing panfish.

You gotta love Matt's enthusiasm. The presentation was very professional and of great quality. Tom simply brings years of putting his time in, and that is invaluable. I think we can all relate to Matt's need to buy fishing jigs. Needless to say, I left $40 at Gander last night on "stuff I dont need". What else is new? That place consistantly takes its toll on my savings account balance!

Thanks go out to the FM Board for getting the message out on here, I would have never known. Great job Matt and Tom and thanks! Now when can you do a more hands on seminar out on the lake?? LOL

It is probably a good idea to post all of Gander's "seminars" on the websight. At least Mankato's please? Any Gander Employees interested in helping out sales?

So now its out to the lake tonight with some new ideas! Thanks again, Jamie

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Jamie,

Tim Cain and myself will be doing several instore seminars. We problably won't do any till soft water fishing rolls around. We talked last night about doing some trolling techniques with planer boards, lead core, making jigs, tying spinners, rigging and so on. When I have done presentations in the past I like to use multi media, (ie. videos I make, slide shows, ect..) I know that they will be posted on ganders website, if Rick doesn't have a problem with it I'll make sure to keep you informed aswell.

Chris

Gander Mountain Pro Staff

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