im for sundays , especially since i have to work saturdays, im a mailman and im required to work sats cant get out of it.

I was thinking about taking a video of measurement and a girth measurement for tie breakers and as for proof of day of catch day playing card and have it in the pic draw card that morning

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking.  I see no reason to encourage people to keep fish out of the water any longer than to snap a pic and take a quick measurement.  Hopefully everyone is cool about it.

I'm a serious newbie but I'd be down with doing this a few times, if for no other reason than the experience and the camaraderie.  I'll pay for that...

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sounds good.. yea im thinkin it will be just good ole fun,its a good section of river there should be some fish caught plus i think it would be fun just to meet some of the guys thatpursue the ski.

Yeah, and you wouldn't mind taking our money... 

i see your point and its a good point..just for everyone to know this whole thing started out as a little 10 boat tournament to keep from havin to buy a permit, and originally for the locals that fish this area that way everyone is on even keel. i understand ur concerns of not knowin the area and u have guys like myself and mj that fish this area alot and catch alot from here. but like i was sayin it started out as a local tournament with prize money..bein only 20 people gives a 400 dollar pay out to winnin boat, but i would like to do a 1st , 2nd , 3rd pay out and agree to doing that if lot of non locals are gonna participate just doesnt seem like much money to spread out into 3 payouts thats gonna be halfed. not plannin on havin this tourn till end of march so there is plenty of time to try to make it fair for anyone,and if this works out we even plan on doing this at arthur and pymie then i would be at a disadvantage myself bein i only fish those lakes a few times a year. however thanks for your input wally cat.

If you haven't already checked it out here is the permit for tournaments. Not sure if it means 10 people or 10 boats??

http://fishandboat.com/images/pages/forms/pfbc500.pdf

I would say it's better to at least offer a prize to second place as well. I think the Muskies Inc tournaments offer prizes to the top 3. And since Arthur and Pymie was mentioned the Three Rivers club usually hosts tournaments there every year if anyone is interested. Everyone has cell phones and some may have marine radios so maybe somebody can print out a list of cell numbers the night before and if another boat is close they can witness the catch. Photo on a bump board or with tape measure should do though. Pretty easy to get a good pic of that if 2 people are on the boat.

The whole point of doing this is to keep local anglers in it not to go to arthur or pymie and fish a tourny with 50 boats in it keep it small so everyone has a better chance to win

well down here on the southern end of the mon something happened that ive not seen in a few yrs....the river is officially frozen, yuk!!!!!!

i know doesnt happen very often. they will probably have the coast guard tug boat with the big ice breaker on the front of it break it up. just goes to show how cold this winter has been this truley is a rarity.

Sweet

hey you musky guys.... im lookin for a place to cast for some musky this year without a boat, i cant afford a boat and i wouldnt mind hooking into my first musky, if anyone cares to help out please feel free to pm me.... thanks in advance!

Maybe someone else can make a recommendation, but if you dont get one, if i were planning a trip, i think id look around on the net for guides on Lake of the Woods. Seems to be "thee" musky factor of Canada.

Gack...  The cold.  The lake, she is so frozen...

That is unfortunate hey if it comes down to it there is always a spot on my boat for ya just think couple more weeks we will be back out on the hunt for the ever elusive muskelunge can't wait but we do have the butler musky show to look forward to

Who all is going to the Butler show?

I just bought a lure retriever on ebay and the guy emailed me later in the day and offered to bring it to the show to save me shipping cost.  Pretty thoughtful of him...

I've never been to the Butler show (or any show for that matter).  What kind of stuff will they be selling there?  Can a guy buy any combo rods?