 Minnesota fishing at its best. Minnesota Multispecies Tournament Angler, John Durward with a nice St. Louis River walleye while fishing in Duluth Minnesota.  St. Louis River Minnesota smallmouth bass, Duluth Area Bass Tournament Director O.Carson, while fishing in Duluth Minnesota.
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Night 5, June 18 was a tough night of fishing and lowest scoring event, in a LONG time. Bad weather, higher water levels, dirty water, colder water temps and we started right behind a bad storm front. These are the nights that test all our fishing skills.
First place went to the Old Farts, Rick Olson and Mark Jukich, with a 4-species bag with 5 bonus crappies, a few rock bass, perch, and a nice walleye for a score of 99 points.
Second went to Team Patience, Steve Ondrus and Dan Roach, with the only other multispecies bag - 3 species bag including rock bass, catfish and a pike. Third tonight went to Team TGIF, Ed Forrestal and Doug Pirila. The big fish for the night was walleye and Team Old Farts won that, with a respectable 18.75 inch walleye. The wildcard was for 8th and went to Team Frustrated. Congrats to everyone for a good time on a tough night of fishing.
Minnesota Multispecies fishing staff
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Night 4, June 11 was a high scoring event. Good weather for a change, but Island Lake is always a tough egg to crack. But teams are figuring it out.
First place went to Team TGIF with a 4-species bag with limits of northerns and smallmouth bass, including lots of bonus fish and a few rock bass and perch, for a score of 210 points.
Second went to the Scared Fishless with a 6 six species bag including bluegills, perch, rock bass, crappie, smallmouth bass and a pike. Third tonight was the Old Farts, again, with another five species bag. The big fish for the night was smallmouth bass and Team Old Farts won that with a respectable 18 inch smallmouth bass. The wildcard was for 4th and went to Team Patience. Congrats to everyone for another great night.
Fishers of Men took a strong 6th place finish and keeps the run for rookie of the year heating. The Team Lucky not Good scored another three species bag and is keeping the bar high. Keep up the great work and good luck to everyone.
Minnesota Multispecies fishing staff
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With Smithville off the schedule, we are alternating all river nights between Boy Scout and Garfield ramps. So this upcoming Monday we are out of the Boy Scout ramp in Gary New Duluth.
Minnesota Multispecies Fishing Staff
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Night 3, June 4 was another tough night. Bad weather all week, cold fronts, tough bites. Still our teams got the job done.
First place went to Team TGIF with a 3-species bag with limits of walleyes and bonus crappies upto 12.5 inches long, along with a pike for a 127 points.
Second went to the good guys from Team Patience, with a three species bag including three big walleyes, perch and a pike. Third tonight was the Old Farts with another three species bag. The big fish for the night was northern pike and Team Gone Postal won that with a respectable 32 inch pike. They also won the wildcard for the night ending up in 6th place. Congrats to everyone for another great night.
Team Better Lucky than Good is setting the pace for the rookie teams this year, consistently getting a fish to score. Keep up the great work and good luck to everyone.
Minnesota Multispecies fishing staff
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Night 2 on Fish Lake had us in bad weather again. But this year, no hail. Still everyone caught fish and lots of them.
Congratulations to Choppers for winning with a 6 species bag including a limit of rock bass and bluegills, and a huge pike. Great job guys.
Second went to Team TGIF with 5 species and 3 limits. Third went to the Old Farts with 5 species including 2 limits and many bonus crappies.
Our big fish of the night was crappie and Team Gone Postal won that with a 13 inch crappie, picking up the Pat Cooke Agency (Farmers) Big Fish Prize. And the wildcard winner was 8th place, Team Barley Afloat winning the Mr. D's certificates.
Other highlights including 4 largemouth bass caught by Team Patience and 4 nice walleyes caught by Team Iron River Sports. Great job..
Thanks everyone for another great day..
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Our first night was on the St. Louis River. The weather was terrible and water levels were still very low. Even with everything looking bad some fish were brought in.
Congratulations to Team Gone Postal for pulling it out with the only 4 species bag including rock bass, crappies, a catfish and the only limit of northerns. Great job guys.
Second went to last years rookies of the year, Team Barley Afloat. They had 3 bonus walleyes 18.5", 22.5" and 23", plus a rock bass. Third went to Scared Fishless with a 3 species bag of catfish, crappies, and perch.
Our big fish of the night was walleyes and Team Barley Afloat won that, picking up the Pat Cooke Agency (Farmers) Big Fish Prize. And the wildcard winner was 7th place, Team Fish Tales and they win the Mr. D's certificates.
One rookie team, Team Lucky Not Good, pulled off 4th place with 3 bonus walleyes and a northern. Great job..
Thanks everyone for a great start to the year.
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We want to say "Thanks" to our many sponsors: the Little Stores, Marine General, RJ Sport & Cycle, Pat Cooke Agency, Fisherman's Corner, and our many other sponsors.
This year our new sponsor, Pat Cooke Agency, Farmers Insurance, will be sponsoring a big fish winner each night. Approximately $20 in certificates and/or fishing gear per night to the biggest fish for that night. Chub Lake will be pike, Big Lake will be Largemouth Bass, Island Lake north will be Smallmouth Bass, etc. Thanks Pat for the great idea and support.
Minnesota multispecies fishing staff
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We'll have your cards from the Little Stores tonight at our meeting. Since we have been moving our website, this is the first time we could post it.
See ya at Mr. D's tonight, Monday, Apr. 30, at 7:00pm. This is not a manudatory meeting and we are mainly asking the teams not paid in, to pay and getting the Little Store cards out. If you have a team or two that wants in, the time is getting short.
Minnesota multispecies fishing staff
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If you want to fish 5 days of the summer, every Monday, or just some bigger tournaments, we have something for you.
We have groups in both Cloquet and Duluth that will fish only 5 nights of the summer. Or join the MMTS and fish their best 10 of 13 nights. Or try an Ultimate Angler Tournament or all five Ultimate Angler events.
Or start your own fishing league, we can help and you still can send your champions to the end of year MMTS Classic Tournament.
Just contact us at doug@multispecies.com OR call 218-390-9973.
Multispecies Fishing Staff
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If you need a little help getting a kid or group of kids out fishing, please contact us. You can email dpirila@yahoo.com or call Doug at 218-390-9973.
We'll do what we can to help.
VOLUNTEERS please contact us and let us know if you are interested in helping also.
Thanks and remember to get a kid out fishing, they love it and it is good for our sport and it's future.
Minnesota Multispecies Fishing Staff
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