2009 newsletter - Muskie Anglers Circuit

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THE Metro Muskie Tournament JUNE 13, 2009 • 6 am to 3:30 pm OVER $10,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES 100% LIVE RELEASE CONTEST AWARDS CEREMONY Gander Mountain Maple Grove (8030 Wedgewood) 4:30pm ALL MUSKIES CAUGHT QUALIFY for the GRAND PRIZE One week stay for two at CASS LAKE LODGE CASS LAKE, MN Slammer Lure Package Abu Garcia 6500C3 Reel Fenwick Rod Metro Muskie Tournament Entry Form - $35 per angler NAME PHONE NUMBER (10-DIGIT) ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP EMAIL ADDRESS 16 BEST MUSKIE LAKES IN THE TWIN CITY AREA Bald Eagle • Bryant • Cedar (SCOTT COUNTY) Clear Lake • Eagle (HENN. COUNTY) • Elmo Forest • Independence • Johanna • Owasso Pierson • Lake St. Croix • Waconia Wasserman • Weaver • White Bear Largest Tiger Muskie - $500 1 st Prize - $2,000 2 nd Prize - $1,200 3 rd Prize - $600 4 th Prize - $300 5 th Prize - $150 1 st -10 th & Jr. Prize Include Gander Mountain Gift Card Abu Garcia 6500C3 Reel Fenwick Rod Lakewood Muskie Box • Plaque Plus! A trip to one of these top muskie resorts: BAYVIEW LODGE • Lake Vermilion BIRCH VILLA RESORT • Cass Lake EDDY’S LAKE MILLE LACS RESORT HUDDLES RESORT • Leech Lake HUNTERS POINT RESORT • Lake Mille Lacs LOE’S RESORT • Leech Lake LONG LEGGED LAKE RESORT • Ear Falls MCQUOID’S RESORT • Lake Mille Lacs MUSKIE BAY RESORT • Crow Lake PARADISE COVE • Winnipeg River PIKE BAY LODGE • Lake Vermilion SAH-KAH-TAY RESORT • Cass Lake WHISPERING WINDS • Lake Vermilion Please check all that apply: ■ This is new contact information ■ Adult Division ■ Junior Division Age on 6/13/09__________ ■ This is my first MMTT event. I heard about it at: ■ Resort ____________________ ■ Retailer ____________________ ■ Ad in ____________________ ■ MN Muskie Expo ■ www.____________________ ■ Friend Entries must be postmarked by JUNE 2, 2009 and mailed to: MN Muskie Tournaments • 9339 Bataan St NE • Blaine, MN 55449
Muskie Anglers Circuit Announces Merger With Minnesota Muskie Tournament Trail The Muskie Anglers Circuit (MAC) and the Minnesota Muskie Tournament Trail announced on January 11, 2009 that a merger agreement had been reached, ending negotiations beginning in early January. The MAC will absorb several of the MMTT events, scheduling Muskie Anglers Circuit events on waters where the MMTT had planned 2008 events. There will be two additional events run as Muskie Anglers Circuit ‘Hartman Series’ Tournaments, offering larger field sizes than last years MMTT while requiring a lower entry fee than the MAC Circuit events and a chance to fish for higher payouts as a result. The MAC Hartman events will not count toward the MAC Team of the Year Standings, but the data will be merged with MAC data for use in the planned World Muskie Rankings on OutdoorsFIRST Media. The MMTT Metro tournament, an event held exclusively on the muskie waters of the Twin Cities Metro area, will continue unchanged, with the exception that the Metro Event will be held under the MAC umbrella, adding considerable promotional punch. The Metro Event has attracted more than 500 participants in each of the past three years. This tournament has funded and staffed the operation of Paul Hartman’s muskie rearing pond with the assistance of hard working volunteers producing over $50,000 worth of Leech Lake strain muskies to date. These muskies have enhanced the fisheries in Independence, Owasso, and White Bear Lakes. Tuffy Boats, a MAC Title Sponsor, will assist as a major sponsor of the Metro Tournament in 2009, and proceeds will go toward Paul Hartman’s muskie rearing pond. Coverage of the Metro event will be handled by MuskieFIRST. The MMTT has been in operation for 13 years hosting events on 23 of Minnesota’s best muskie waters. MMTT founder Paul Hartman pioneered the now popular Catch, Photo, Release format placing concern for the welfare of the fish first, and allowing teams to immediately release muskies caught during competition by implementing the use of bumpboards and digital cameras to record the catch. CPR registration is now widely viewed as THE method to be used into the future for all muskie tournaments, and has been widely encouraged by fisheries managers across the muskie’s range. “When I heard about the MAC and saw their format and pay structure, I was very excited. They were doing what I had tried to do since my first event - hand a big check to the teams that placed near the top,” says Hartman. “First place with the MAC, even once the partners split their winnings, would pay most folks’ mortgage for the year. I knew that THIS circuit was going to bring muskie tournaments to the next level. MAC’s use of the CPR format enables them to accurately verify each catch while returning the fish to the water quickly (the process takes under 30 seconds) and in good condition. The MAC is focusing on good waters that offer a number of productive patterns for the teams seek out. They have a great staff with hundreds of tournaments’ worth of experience between them. I love that the MAC is not about itself, but about the angler and their sponsor, giving them their chance to share their success and promote their sponsors when they do well on the water. Perhaps most convincing of all for me was the association with www.muskiefirst.com. We have had MuskieFIRST run a live leader board during several of our events and each time it created more excitement and phone calls than everything else the MMTT had done for the year.” “I instantly knew that I wanted to be a part of this; a part of seeing muskie tournaments finally arrive where I had been trying so hard to drive them over the years. This partnership will bring the 100 core teams that have done one or more of the MMTT events for the past three consecutive years together to test skills with some of Wisconsin’s and other states’ most innovative muskie fishing duos. It will be easy to fill the fields with the MMTT teams joining anglers from around the muskie range to compete for some serious cash on great waters. I am delighted to be working with the Muskie Anglers Circuit and Tuffy Boats, a 10 year supporter of the MMTT and major sponsor for the MAC, and look forward to seeing the teams from the MMTT fishing the Minnesota MAC events,” Paul said. “The Muskie Anglers Circuit is quite pleased to be working with Paul,” said Steve Worrall, MAC Public Relations. “Paul’s MMTT events have been innovative, cutting edge, fun to fish, and are a natural for a merger for both parties. The MAC is looking forward to working as a group to improve upon Paul’s considerable efforts, and grow the sport of competitive muskie angling in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and wherever the MAC might schedule future events. Paul and I have worked together on a few MMTT events, and I look forward to working as a team now and into the future.” The complete MAC schedule is now finalized (see front cover) including the MAC Hartman Events. The MAC Metro Hartman Event will proceed as scheduled on Saturday, June 13th, 2009. Participants can register for the Metro Tournament 1) by mailing a registration form and payment by June 2, 2009 to: MMTT, 9339 Bataan St NE, Blaine, MN 55449 or 2) in person at Thorne Bros. in Fridley until June 12th. Registration for all other the new MAC Hartman Series events will immediately shift to the MAC offices in Lake Mills, Wisconsin. Teams may enter a MAC Hartman Series Tournament over the phone, or by completing the current MMTT forms mailed to Muskie Anglers Circuit, PO Box 11, Lake Mills, WI 53551. For more information visit the MAC webpage at www.muskieanglerscircuit.com.
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