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Grand Slam Walleye Tournament

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Northlander Grand Master

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No? Well hopefully my net is in the river a lot those 2 days. Man I cant wait! I think this years Grand Slam will see record catches. Fish should be all over the river by then.

Lets see, Jig, Rig, bottom bounce spinners, pull sticks/cranks or hand line? HMM. Maybe we will just have to do it all and hope for the best. No matter what ya like to do there should be plenty of fish to keep ya interested.

Good luck everyone. Even you Cheffrey. tongue.gif

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No Luck Needed Steve!

I just have to be quicker to get off the bucket, and make sure that the livewell is sealed off this year.

Look out, here come's Ballz Draggin!

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Theres some days I wish I was luckier than good. I guess preperation makes luck though.

I may have to take out the Lund and try for some Crappies after work. To nice to not take advantage of it.

Ill hit Park Point and troll for some Coho and see what the water temp is. Still may be too cold for smelt but who knows.

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I saw a post in this thread saying that the mailing address was incorrect on the registration form on the Grand Slam website. Is the form out there correct? Or did I send my check and registration to the wrong place? Just wanted to double-check. Thanks

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Welcome aboard wdslayer. Glad to see you are going to join in. Your entry form will get ther either way. Start to get a good turn out from FM.

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They both are fine I was having my folks take care of registration this year and if they come here I hand deliver them to them. They have the same set up as I do and they do all the stuff at Mr. Ds the night be-for so I thought if I had it mailed to them it would be easier. But they both will work see ya all there for a great fishing should be good fishing this year what team will do well this year smile.gif.

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I was reading the registration form and saw where it says I must maintain a 100,000 dollars of liability insurance on my boat in order to be eligible to fish?

Am I also required to have a partner?

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Wade, This is a team event, Total weigh 4 fish per-day. Wade all Tournaments have this 100,000.00 Liability for the tournament you can call and have them add it for those to days and it is a must to get a permit from the DNR. as a partner goes you need 4 good fish each day and you can only have 2-fish per angler so the math will say yes you do.

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Wade you can only have 2 fish over 20" per day and the rest have to be under. All could be under 20" if needed. You will need 1 big fish to finish in the money usually. Im talking a 28" or a couple nice 26"ers.

Grab a partner and fish it. Its a lot of fun and this year there will be a lot of nice fish caught. That is as long as we keep a decent weather pattern. If its muddy like last year it could be tough. Even then we all seemed to find fish. You and Loonasea should partner up.

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OPk, thanks for those answers. Next question. Whats the damage to the wallet? I can't seem to find a price tag on the website.

Might not be in the cards for this year, but maybe next year.

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Wade it is on the home page? $220.00 per team and in the flyer hope you can see it now grin.gif. Hope to see ya there sharpen those hooks smile.gif.

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Wade 220 for a weekend isnt bad. Thats 110 per person and 55 per day That isnt bad for for a good outing of fun. You never know when the horseshoe will work. Good money to be had. laugh.gif

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Wade if you want to have a chance at winning some $ you have to spend some $. If the Grand Slam is too pricey for you try the Hawg Walleye on Island Lake. Great Tourney and cheap!

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Just not in my budget this year fellas. I will have to give the hog walleye tourney a try this year, then plan for the Grand for next year...Plus that gives me a year to find a partner if Loonasea give up on walleye fishing.

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Hey Wade, I am sure Steve will sponser you this year. Its his year to win, so its just money back in his pocket. Wright Steve???? LOL!!

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Northlander Grand Master

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Crankin you should sponsor him this year with all the cash you won hand lining last year. wink.gif

By the way after the Slam is over we need to hook up and rig my boat with a couple reels. I have a few ideas I would like to try with them Hand Lines.

I saw your boat at RJ's the other day. Way to pretty a boat to be sitting in that lot. frown.gif Any word on it yet?

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Sounds good Steve, Handlining is a great way to catch your smaller fish(under 20.) But your not going to win many tournaments just Handlining. I am more than happy to look at your rig, or if you would like to try it first before you buy, we could arrange something. ITS MIGHT COST YOU!!LOL

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Anything worth having always does ya know. When ya going to have your boat back? Before opener or the GS?

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I should have my boat back today, We have to go test run it for two hours hooked up to the computer. Hope everything works, Or i might be fishing the GS in my duck boat.

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Northlander Grand Master

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Good luck with that man. That was fairly quick. Surprisingly quick if ya know what I mean. wink.gif

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Hey Tom...I heard a rumor way down by me that you were fishing in the GS...I can't believe it. Please advise...

Chris

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GOOD One Chris, I have to work it I can not fish it who will run it if I was fishing confused.gif. Well we will see you soon and thank you for the update that I was fishing it I wish shocked.gif. But I will be close to the scale and the fish smile.gif. " I wish every one good luck"

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So how many guys are "pre-fishing" for this tournament on opening weekend? I'm looking forward to meeting the tournament crew on the water and at Mr. D's. I've probably talked to all of you over smelting or somewhere else fish related. I hope to see you soon.

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Ill be "Prefishing" all week long. I have the 1st 10 days of the season off.

Just so people know to check your landings on the river. A few are low or impossible to use for some boats. Take care out there! Waters way down and it dont look like the rain we get will help much. They usually start opening the dam up more a day or 2 before opener but who knows this year.

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I've heard that the Oliver landing dosen't have enough water to launch unless your going to carry it in. I'm not sure yet where im going to put the boat in on Sat. morning.

Steve, give me a call if you need a boat partner at all during the week after the opener.

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Sounds like the pier at munger wont be in for a while. low is low. Iwonder if we are going to get much rian in the next to weeks.

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But the walleye fishing will be good smile.gif.

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To all that are fishing the river be careful not to mess up you lower unit. Be for the Grand Slam. Good fishing the bite should be great smile.gif.

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