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Location: Clintonville, WI | We have 10/13 and 10/23 semi-finals. Items will be sent the day before each match. |
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| Im thinking about joining this as well. I havent seen any teams from PA this shocks Me...Ill try and get signed up for this real soon...
Thanks guys this sounds like a lot of fun |
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| Just realized this was for this season that is about over... When will sign ups be for 2017 season I would love to join in |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | First Semi-Final...........Bateski vs Beef Supreme............tomorrow!
Photo item choices are: block of cheese, watermelon, $20 bill |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | First, we have to make the following presumptions: 1) that I am available to do this again 2) that MuskieFirst will accept me doing this again 3) there is a sponsor(s) willing to be involved
Given those things and no other wrenches in the works, I would project organizing 2017 MatchFishing in March.
Go back to the original post of this thread for a good reference of the rules and expectations. There are usually some tweaks and updates year over year but the basics have been consistent over many years. If you have any questions, you can use this thread or PM me. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Blanked for Bateski. So much for my "numbers" spot. Didn't even raise one! |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Not even a sniff on the magic river for Bateski?!
Now, the question is how the Beef boys did.............stay tuned.
Will a rematch be required or is MatchFishing guaranteed a new champ this year? |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Just heard from Beef Supreme.
There is still a shot for a back-to-back champ. Bateski blanked and was in danger of bowing out. But, he has new life with the Beef boys blanking as well.
Get the rematch on the calendar as soon as a common date can be found. |
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Rematch of the semi-final agreed upon. October 29th.
Thanks BigMo!
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Location: Pittsburgh, pa | I am a pa guy,fished in this year and made the final 6 as a 5 seed... i won it in 2009 also.. Pa Posse !! |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Both semi-finals were double blanks. So, 10/29 is a BIG day as both rematches are set for this coming Saturday.
I am not traveling or fishing so expect to have items sent out to all teams on Friday. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Semi-Final rematch tomorrow...Defending Champ Bateski versus Beef Supreme!
Your photo item choices are: paper plate, dish soap, any Little Debbie brand snack
The other semi-final rematch was moved from tomorrow to Monday. Photo items to be posted Sunday. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | We have a winner from the Tretsven vs. Fargo Yacht Club Semi-Final.........Fargo Yacht Club stuck a 45 incher to take the win. Congrats to Fargo YC for advancing to the final match-up. Congrats on another good season to Tretsven.
Tretsven has caught a LOT of MatchFishing fish over the past two seasons but has just stalled out in the playoffs. I look forward to seeing what he can do next season!
Fargo YC will meet the winner of the Beef Supreme vs. Bateski match taking place this coming Saturday 11/5.
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Location: Alex or Alek? | Tretsven, good matches, I honestly didn't think we stood a chance against you guys. Looking forward to playing you guys next year. |
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| Thanks guys it has been fun! I will be back next year, problem is I catch all my fish before the late playoff rounds. Good luck Fargo! |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Semi-Final rematch of Bateski vs. Beef Supreme tomorrow.
Photo item choices for tomorrow are: a beer pitcher, dental floss, frying pan.
Fargo Yacht Club awaits. |
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Location: Central IA | Fargo Yacht Club, are you up for a Saturday 11/12/16 match with Beef Supreme? As the elder statesman on team Beef Supreme, I would love to see a conclusion before my reels start icing up. Thanks to Bateski for a tough semi final round where the fishing was tough for both teams. Thanks Mo for all the work keeping this going. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | An official confirmation here.......our final match has been set.
Beef Supreme (4 seed) vs. Fargo Yacht Club (6 seed)
Beef Supreme squeaked out a 37.5" to beat Bateski's 36". MatchFishing will have a new champion this year. Pretty good title defense by Bateski going to a two match semi-final, if you ask me.
11/12/16 is on the board by the Beefers as a potential final match date.
Finalists have until 11:59 pm on 11/30/16 to complete a match with a winner. If there is no winner by then, the champ will be decided as follows:
If neither team is able to win a match on or before November 30, total Fish Points from all qualified matches will determine the winner. If total fish points are a tie, the largest fish caught during all rounds determines the winner.
Edited by BigMo 11/7/2016 9:07 AM
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Thank you, all. Another great year of Matchfishing in the books for Bateski.
Stupid fish don't know they're supposed to stay hooked for a photo op?!?! |
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Location: Alex or Alek? | We are open on the 12th to fish! I don't think we'll have ice until January at this rate!!! Good luck to you. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | The 12th it is for our final!
Photo items will be sent via text and posted here on Friday the 11th. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Beef Supreme versus Fargo Yacht Club for the 2016 title belt 11/12/16.
Your photo item choices for tomorrow are: Jumper cables, bottle of Jagermeister, sticky note(s).
Good luck!!
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Location: North St. Paul, MN | Champs???? |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Double blank for our finalists on Saturday.......rematch already set for 11/26/16.
I will send photo items on 11/25. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | Finals, match 2 tomorrow.....Fargo Yacht Club vs. Beef Supreme
Photo item choices are: a bottle of 5 Hour Energy, Ziploc baggie, Ace of spades
Sending good mojo to both teams. If either team is willing, text me updates during the day if you are catching fish. I can try give updates to both teams and on here periodically. I'd love to see a plentiful fish final go down to the wire. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | We have a winner, determined by a fish caught, not via tiebreaker.
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Location: Clintonville, WI | 2016 MuskieFirst MatchFishing Champ: Beef Supreme
Beef Supreme, aka Colin Jones and Doug Jones, stuck a nice 43" this past Saturday when all the chips were in the middle of the table. Congratulations! Iowa representation is now in the record books.
They beat a game Fargo Yacht Club team, aka Tyler Wenner and Ryan Hoefs, who ended up blanking for the day. They had one shot but a sucker pick up didn't make it into the net.
For their victory, Beef Supreme has earned a Tackle Industries rod and a 10 pack of Tackle Industries lures. Thank you very much to James, owner of Tackle Industries, for his sponsorship this year. James is VERY generous when it comes to product support for many things muskie related. We are thankful for his involvement.
For their terrific season/competition, the Fargo Yacht Club guys will each get a MuskieFirst t-shirt from the magic prize vault.
I will be in touch with both teams to make prize arrangements.
For those of you still fishing, good luck and be safe. For those of you finished for the year, have a great off-season. I expect to be at a couple of the shows this winter, Milwaukee and Wausau most likely, perhaps Chicago......the MuskieFirst swap meets in particular. Those are great opportunities to stay connected. Hope to see some of you there. |
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Location: Clintonville, WI | 2016 MuskieFirst MatchFishing Champ: Beef Supreme
Beef Supreme, aka Colin Jones and Doug Jones, stuck a nice 43" this past Saturday when all the chips were in the middle of the table. Congratulations! Iowa representation is now in the record books.
They beat a game Fargo Yacht Club team, aka Tyler Wenner and Ryan Hoefs, who ended up blanking for the day. They had one shot but a sucker pick up didn't make it into the net.
For their victory, Beef Supreme has earned a Tackle Industries rod and a 10 pack of Tackle Industries lures. Thank you very much to James, owner of Tackle Industries, for his sponsorship this year. James is VERY generous when it comes to product support for many things muskie related. We are thankful for his involvement.
For their terrific season/competition, the Fargo Yacht Club guys will each get a MuskieFirst t-shirt from the magic prize vault.
I will be in touch with both teams to make prize arrangements.
For those of you still fishing, good luck and be safe. For those of you finished for the year, have a great off-season. I expect to be at a couple of the shows this winter, Milwaukee and Wausau most likely, perhaps Chicago......the MuskieFirst swap meets in particular. Those are great opportunities to stay connected. Hope to see some of you there.
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Location: Alex or Alek? | Thanks for the great seasons everyone and congrats to Beef Supreme! If I remember correctly they also had big fish of the season? We are still new to sucker fishing and couldn't get the hooks to stick.
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