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Lake Minnetonka - Bassmasters Weekend Series Tournament #5 - Sept 27-28th, 2008
Well the final two day event of the MN Bassmaster Weekend Series was finally upon us.  I was able to get out on the lake one last time the Wednesday before for about 7 hours.  Spent most of that time check some deeper rock areas and a few weedlines and flipping milfoil, none of which... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Gopher Bassmasters Fall Classic - Lake Waconia - September 21, 2008
Saturday I was out on Minnetonka again, trying to get dialed in for the Weekend Series tourney this weekend.  I cannot say that I found anything that great, guess I have a couple 3-4 new areas that have some 3lbs plus potential, and I will need plenty of those for this 2 day tournament format. ... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Tonka practice update
I did get out to Lake Minnetonka on Saturday this past weekend with fellow Gopher Bassmaster Dave Cindrich.  We were greeted with mostly cool air, wind and drizzling rain all day.  Spent a little time fishing some old areas and looked for some new stuff.We only got one decent bite fishing... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

ABA Announces 2009 Bassmaster Weekend Series Schedule
Breaking NewsABA Announces 2009 Weekend Series Schedule Thursday, September 11, 2008 Photo: ABAAmerican Bass Anglers (ABA) today announced the 2009 Bassmaster Weekend Series schedule with 21 divisions for 2009. Here's an overview. Four of the current divisions will be... Read more...
Published a month ago

Randy Wieczorek edges out Andy Nitchals to become the Minnesota Bass Federation Nation State Champion 2008
Randy Wieczorek edges out Andy Nitchals to become the Minnesota Bass Federation Nation State Champion 2008Wabasha, MNRandy Wieczorek wins 2008 Minnesota B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship, September 4-5, 2008 on Pools 4 & 5 of the Mississippi River.Minnesota’s best amateur bass anglers... Read more...
Published a month ago

MN Bass Federation Nation TOC - Mississippi River Day 2 - September 5, 2008
Well, my partner for Day 2 was Paul Perovich and he was able to utilize a Skeeter iClass 20 footer with a 250VMAX, so we had the means to run the lake and that was the plan.  Paul had weighed 2 fish the day before, so he said we could fish my fish.  We had some intense fog on day 2 and did not... Read more...
Published a month ago

MN Bass Federation Nation TOC - Mississippi River Day 1 - September 4, 2008
Per the usual the pairings meeting occurred the night before day 1 of the tournament.  We had a nice meeting, dinner and raffle to raise some money for the local food shelf of Wabasha.  I even won two spools of 17lb Vicious Fluorocarbon, which is a line I use all the time!  My day 1 partner... Read more...
Published a month ago

Mississippi River MNBF TOC Practice Aug 30-Sept 1, 2008
It would take too long to break down every day of practice in to a separate entry.  So I will bundle all the practice into one entry and then each tournament day will get their own entry.Day 1:I left my house in Lakeville at 5:30am and met fellow club member John Fairbanks in Lake City.  I... Read more...
Published a month ago

Interesting Bass Fishing Videos
Ran across a few video news stories that I though were kind of cool, so I though I would share.This first one is an interview with FLW champion Michael Bennet The next one is an interview with $1million Fantasy Fishing Champ Michael Thompson Feel free to grab & embed these videos for your... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Minnesota’s best amateur bass anglers set to tackle the Mississippi River
 Minneapolis, MN â€" August 28, 2008 â€" Minnesota’s best amateur bass anglers set sights on Mississippi River On Saturday, August 30th, approximately 200 anglers will arrive in the Wabasha, MN area to practice and prepare for the Minnesota Bass Federation Nation Tournament of Champions on... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Lake Vermillion - Bassmasters Weekend Series Tournament #4 - August 23, 2008
Well I arrived at the Fortune Bay Casino RV Park around 4:30pm, just enough time to tie up some last minute stuff and walk down to the dock for a few minutes before it was time to head to the pre-tournament meeting.  The meeting was at BayView Lodge and it was packed with anglers for the... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

BASS Federation Nation Northern Divisional - Winneconne Chain - Tournament Day 3 Final
Day 3, my partner convinced me it would be to both of our benefits to use his boat, as he had a ton of waypoints for good smallies out on Winnebago.  It took some convincing and some considerable thought on my part before I gave in.  We discussed, that we would go back and forth on our water... Read more...
Published 2 months ago