2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
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Posted 2/14/2012 8:40 PM (#538815) Subject: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
2012 World's Champions Muskie Lures
First Place Amateur/Topwater, Phil Urbanski • Entry 002 • Wakemaker First Place Amateur/Crankbait, Mark Wright • Entry 006 • Just Wright First Place Professional/Basement/Crankbait, John Eversoll • Entry 007 • Betsy Bait First Place Amateur/Glide/Jerkbait, Ed Kott • Entry 012 • Muskies For Life 11” Walleye First Place Manufacturers/Glide/Jerbait, Jeff Prust • Entry 013 • Musky Chew First Place Professional/Basement/Glide/Jerkbait, Steve Pray • Entry 018 • Belly Up Sucker First Place Manufacturers/Crankbait, Drifter Tackle • Entry 019 • Slime Dragon 13” Beleiver First Place Professional/Basement/Topwater, Greg Nimmer • Entry 020 • The Alpha & Omega
Congratulations All, well deserved.
Next year's date for the World's Championship Handcrafted Muskie Lure Contest will be February 15, 16, 17, 2013 with an Auction on February 17, 2013. Start making your lures now for this growing event.
Posted 2/14/2012 11:26 PM (#538845 - in reply to #538815) Subject: RE: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
Posts: 238
Nice job with the lure contest - some very sweet submissions. Is there a way to contact the lure builders. I'd like to connect with John Eversoll - I think that's the guy who built that neat little muskie crankbait with the open mouth that incorporated the lure's diving paddle as the lower jaw. PM me with his contact info or send him mine. Thanks again!
Dave Dawson
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Posted 2/15/2012 5:42 AM (#538854 - in reply to #538815) Subject: RE: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
Let me add one BIG item. A well deserved thank you goes to John Breivogel, he champion this great event for this World Championship Handcrafted Muskie Lure Contest. John poured alot of time and energy into this project and I want to make sure he gets the attention he deserves. I know John is already working on 2013 as I am assure you will see many many more entries pouring in with this great new adventure of Handcrafted Muskie Lures.
Job well done John, Thank You,
Doug
www.muskieexpo.com
Posted 2/15/2012 1:45 PM (#538952 - in reply to #538815) Subject: Re: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
Posts: 225
Location: Nordeast Minneapolis
I'd love to see some photos, as well... were photos of the individual lures taken? I tried to watch the videos, but got frustrated by the focusing, and movement through all of them. I love the idea of the contest, and hope to enter someday as I get better at my craft. But if it's going to continue, I think greater exposure of individual entries would increase future involvement.
If there weren't photos taken at the show, did any of those participating take a shot of their submission?
Posted 2/15/2012 7:54 PM (#539013 - in reply to #538815) Subject: Re: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
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color is a perch i'd dang sure use hahahaha nice bait Mark!
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Posted 2/16/2012 4:28 AM (#539066 - in reply to #538815) Subject: RE: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
Worrall shot some excellent video of each lure that was entered. Here is the link just incase anyone missed it. 2013 World Championship Handcrafted Lure Contest will be even BIGGER. John is already working on this and its growing so fast that we are looking for some help.
Posted 2/16/2012 6:24 AM (#539073 - in reply to #538815) Subject: Re: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
Location: Illinois
Still photographs preferred for next year- it would do the baits much more justice IMHO, hopefully next year this is taken into account. You could even allow internet voting.
Posted 2/17/2012 7:48 PM (#539453 - in reply to #538815) Subject: Re: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
Posts: 225
Location: Nordeast Minneapolis
....... So I probably shouldn't have looked at these right before I was going to crawl into the basement and work on some lures. But I guess I know what I have to aspire to! Goal for next year: have something to submit that I won't be embarrassed by.
Thanks for posting the photos, Steve! And Mark, that thing is beautiful. I know it gets said pretty regularly in the Basement section, but I'd be scared to throw that thing, for fear of all the tooth-damage it would suffer.
Posted 2/19/2012 10:33 PM (#539831 - in reply to #539453) Subject: Re: 2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
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Don't sweat it, just do what you want. Remember, after all the flash and flair, when the gills and eyes fade, a black Suick will outcatch them all.
I'm very happy with what I made, in fact I paid $100 to have the right to fish with it, and I'll proudly post the pictures of the fish that I catch with it. So too the small Perch Crank I bought. This was for charity, there are no winners or losers. Wish more people would have treated it like an auction.....let's remember that next year. Let me enter 10 lures so there is more money for charity. Let everyone enter as many lures as they want, maybe that way I can get a genuine "Snow" lure.
Beaver
2012 World's Champions of Handcrafted Muskie Lures
