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Bass Pursuit Fishing League


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BASS PURSUIT FISHING LEAGUE

We would like to invite you to the inaugural season of the Bass Pursuit Fishing league. We have been in weeknight fishing leagues for the better part of 4 years. Though we have always thoroughly enjoyed each season, the difficulties of weekday fishing has spurred some new ideas for our own fishing league. Weekday fishing leagues are usually tough because of the rush to get to the lake on time, fighting traffic, and then only left with 3 hours of fishing and then driving home after dark only to have to get up within hours to go back to work the next day. Participating in saturday tournaments all year as an only alternative can prove to be very costly with entry fees.

The Bass Pursuit fishing league will provide the following benefits:

A sunday morning fishing time schedule. Fishing times will be from sun-up to 11:30 am. This will allow us to get a more peaceful time on the water before most of the pleasure boaters will consume the lake. We will skip the major travel holidays to allow for family business. Tentatively the following dates are on our schedule.

June 5th

June 19th

July 10th

July 24th

August 7th

August 21st

Sept. 11th

Sept. 25th reserved for makeup date or final championship.

We would like to focus on the south metro lakes as they provide an excellent fishery.

Lake Marion

Crystal Lake

O'Dowd

Cedar Lake(scott cty)

Waconia

Prior Lake

Medicine? or Minnetonka? or Shields?

To keep costs down but make it competitive enough, the entry fee will be $200 per boat/team for the year. $150 of that would be going to the weekly payout and $50 going to the end of the year champions. Example: 15 boat league weekly payout:1st place $175 2nd $100 Big Bass $45

End of year champs: 1st $350 2nd $ 200 3rd $125 4th $75

I will also look into getting sponsors. Just like softball leagues, places are willing to sponsor events and leagues as long as we come and spend some money at their establishment.

This will be a 5 fish bag limit with an emphasis on releasing the fish alive and healthy. Most of the rules will be standard tournament rules that will be discussed before our first league outing.

If this is a league that would interest you, please contact us at the following:

Chris Potratz

[email protected]

952-201-6937

Jeremy Pries

[email protected]

952-210-2263

We will also have a website with all the latest news and standings.

We hope to hear from you soon so we can set up the league and have a preseason meeting to discuss all facets of the league. Thank you and Good bassin'.

Chris Potratz

Jeremy Pries

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Didn't seeing it mention but sounds like a team can consist of either 1 or 2 man team, correct?

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Yes, it can be one or two man teams. It's something we can discuss at our preseason meeting. I will get a date settled on sometime this week. Everyone is invited to talk about the league and just fishing in general. 13 more days till we can bass fish in WI at least.

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The preseason meeting is set up for next Wednesday, May 4th at 6:30 pm at Carbonne's restaurant and bar in Burnsville. The address is 251 W Burnsville Pkwy (It is the old Benchwarmer Bob's off 35W.)

We will go over any questions or suggestions for the league including rules and format. We look forward to meeting everyone and talking about fishing.

We do have some spots available. If you are still thinking about joining and would like some input into the league, this is your chance. We just want to provide an opportunity and format for some fun competitive fishing for everyone.

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