Bemidji/Cass Lake Muskies Inc 15th Annual Tournament

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The Bemidji/Cass Lake Chapter 46 Muskies Inc tournament will be held on Saturday June 15th. This is a fully CPR tournament (catch/photo/release). We'll have thousands of dollars in prizes to give away via raffle at the tournament awards/feed at the end of the tournament. As of now we’ve got 9 guide trips to give away also! If you've never been to one of our tournaments they are a great time, family friendly and fishing is allowed on 4 of the best muskie lakes in all of MN. Lakes Bemidji, Plantagenet, Cass and Big are all tournament waters. Fishing begins at 5am and goes until 4pm with the feed/awards beginning at 5pm.

Entry fees are only $45 for adults and $25 for juniors (under 18) for entries received by June 1st. After June 1st the entry fee go up $5 respectively. This year we’re proud to announce we have ONLINE tournament registration and payment. This is pretty cool and we’re not sure that anyone else has this! There are cash prizes for 1st-4th place and also for the biggest fish for both adults and juniors. We proudly donate a scholarship to the Aquatic Biology program at Bemidji State University each year with tournament proceeds. This year’s minimum scholarship donation will be $1000, with that amount increased by funds generated through our “Chapter Challenge” feature. The after tournament feed is put on by the area Boy Scout chapter. Registration is still open. You can register by mail or at the following locations locally (in addition to the online registration).

Gander Mountain (in Bemidji) or Reeds Sporting Goods (in Walker)

Thursday June 13th and Friday June 14th from 5-8pm at Gander Mountain or from 3pm-6pm at Reeds in Walker. These are the only times/locations for local registration.

Mail in registration, Tournament Rules and details can be viewed/printed off the chapters website listed below.

www.bemidjicassmuskies.org – click on the Tournament Info button on the left. If you have issues with Internet Explorer with the page loading please try another browser like Firefox or call for assistance.

In addition to tons of local sponsors, we'd like to thank the following Muskie businesses who've contributed to this year’s event. We're getting more stuff in every day, sponsor list will be updated.

Musky Innovations, Big Mama Tackle, Naze Baits, Monster Lures, Venom Outdoors, Kevin Cochran, Tuscarora Tackle, Suick Lures, Kramer Bros Tackle, Supernatural Big Baits, Musky Mayhem, Custom X Lures, Blue Water Baits, Venon Tackle, Fudally Tackle, TrueGlide Baits, Rad Dog Lures, Keyes Outdoors, A Team Tackle, Coot Lures, Mud Puppy Lures, Northland Tackle and the MMPA.

Guide trips provided by Kevin Cochran, Jeff Anderson, Aaron Meyer, Brian Truax, Drake Herd, Mike Crawford, Mike Kramer, Jerry Sondag and Matt Breuer. These are all top notch guys who provide quality trips.

Brian Johnson

Secretary, Muskie Inc Chapter 46 Bemidji/Cass Lake.

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Only 2 days left to get in on the early bird rates for signing up, its very quick, easy and secure to register for the tournament and pay online!

www.bemidjicassmuskies.org

We've added another guide trip from Bemidji Area Lakes Guide Service courtesy of Chris Haley to the pool of trips available and a bunch more muskie stuff from Reed's Sporting Goods along with more local donations! You're going to want to be here!

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Down to the last couple days guys and gals! Still lots of time to get signed up online quickly, safely and securely! Or we'd be glad to see you at Gander Mtn in Bemidji or Reeds in Walker Thursday or Friday! Going to be a great event.

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Tough bite is right! Weather changed, wind was low, sun was bright, but it was still a fun day! 74 contestants caught only 3 qualifying fish, the winner came from Lake Bemidji and was a 52.5 monster caught by Kyle Knock of Big Wood Musky Lures. His partner and captain Duff Thury caught a 40.5, their boat got 2 of the 3 qualifying fish, trolling Supernatural baits. Duff's fish was good for third place. Adam Manz, a very nice young man also caught a 52 while casting on Plantagenet. No fish were registered from Big or Cass Lakes. Lots of anglers had hookups and lost fish and followers were out there, just not able to convert them to biters. Thanks to all who came and fished the tourmament, we hope to have you back again next year.