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| For the third consecutive year, the Wisconsin Musky Expo is coming to the Patriot Center in Wausau, WI February 28th, March 1st and 2nd.
The Patriot Center is located in Rothschild, a suburb just south of Wausau, first exit off of Hwy 51, the main highway going north.
Show hours are Friday, February 28th, 2pm. to 9 pm., Saturday March 1st, 9 am to 6 pm, and Sunday, March 2nd, 9 am to 3:30 pm. Daily admission is $10.00, a two-day-pass is $15.00 and a three-day pass is $20.00
On Friday, the first 200 people with a paid admission receive a free muskie lure. Saturday is Chaos Tackle Kids Day, and on Sunday the first 100 kids 12 and under receive a free rod and reel or a NPAA t-shirt. This is made possible through the National Professional Anglers Association.
Everyone who comes to the show can register for a chance to win a four-day/three-night stay at Lakewoods Resort on Lake Namakagon. This includes two meals and a half-day guide trip with Hayward guide, Pete Rich.
The seminar line-up is different from other muskie shows because the usual names are not present. When asked why, show organizer Rich Reinert explained, "The other shows have the same speakers year after year. There are a lot of very successful muskie guides (fishermen) who don't get the press others do, but are every bit as good as the people you always hear about."
The seminar line-up opens on Friday with long-time muskie guide and co-founder of Muskies First, Steve Worrall, with successful tournament muskie angler, Brandon Dunbar, and Pewaukee Lake muskie guide, Joel Walczak rounding out the day.
Saturday, Hall of Fame guide Russ "Smitty" Smith and his son, Minocqua area guide Jake Smith, will open the show. Chippewa Flowage muskie guide and author John Dettloff, Green Bay muskie guide, Eric Larsen, Hayward muskie guide Pete Rich, and all-time muskie great, Bob Mehsikomer will speak throughout the day.
Sunday, Bayfield County and small river muskie guide, Adam Glickman, Lac Du Flambeau chain guide Rick Domini, Wisconsin River guide Brad Wirt, and Oneida Co. muskie guide, Norm Wild, will finish the line-up.
Legendary Hall of Fame muskie guide and author, Tony Rizzo, will be at the show all three days to visit and talk muskie. Tony also has a new book and would be glad to personally autograph copies for attendees.
There will also be three seminars given by the Wisconsin DNR featuring the Wisconsin River Systems, Chippewa Flowage and Vilas County.
Besides the seminars for the muskie angler, there will be a kids seminar on Sunday given by Greg Karch from the National Professional Anglers Association, teaching kids the basics. There will also be an area called Kids Corner with Paul Hartman that will teach the kids how to tie bucktail jigs.
After the show on Saturday evening, there will be a lure swap at the Grand Lodge sponsored by Muskies First. There will be a cash bar and the public is welcome.
Over 130 booths will fill the aisles of the convention center with muskie stuff-everything from muskie-shaped cookie cutters to custom, hard-to-find baits and the latest new colors on the hottest baits from the bigger companies, plus the latest in rods and reels.
Bring a picture in of your largest muskie and register for a chance to win a free replica with LaX Reproductions.
Bring in your old muskie lures and have them appraised by lure collector, Al Soczka.
Retailers like Ross's Sport Shop of Phillips, Tadpoles in Eagle River, Blue Ribbon Bait & Tackle from Minnesota and Turtle River Trading Co. from Mercer will be at the show as well.
Door prizes take place every half-hour each day of the show for all paid attendees.
Kids 15 years old and under are free.
Come for the day or stay the weekend. There's plenty to do and plenty of people to talk muskie with at the Wisconsin Muskie Expo in Wausau.
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| Can't wait! Its going to be a great show. I look forward to this show all winter long! Tons of great vendors and awesome seminars! Hope to see you all there!
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Location: Land of the Musky | Great looking website! http://www.wimuskyexpo.com/
Tackle Industries will be there with some great specials on rods and lures and all of our NEW custom color Reg and Mag SuperD lures. Also FREE $12 musky lures for kids. Youth rods are also on special for $50 vs retail of $80 at the show. We will also have our Veterans lures available for $15 suggested donation (Camo-D SuperD color). Stop by and say hello.
If you have a special order as a Guide or musky club please check out our website if you need to pre-order. www.tackleindustries.com Just email me and I will get everything boxed up for you.
James
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PS-Not really musky lures but we will also have our new Super Slicer blade baits at the show. $3 or buy 3 get one free. Good for pike, bass, walleye, and big crappie, etc.
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Location: Kronenwetter, WI | Awesome show I go each year and each year it gets better. This show is going to continue to grow...great facilities plenty of hotels and food in walking distance and a short drive for most. |
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Location: ladysmith, wi | been waiting for this show all winter, am really looking forward to steve's seminar |
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| Thanks for the post will have to get to this as I missed Milwaukee!!!
WME - 2/19/2014 10:28 PM
For the third consecutive year, the Wisconsin Musky Expo is coming to the Patriot Center in Wausau, WI February 28th, March 1st and 2nd.
The Patriot Center is located in Rothschild, a suburb just south of Wausau, first exit off of Hwy 51, the main highway going north.
Show hours are Friday, February 28th, 2pm. to 9 pm., Saturday March 1st, 9 am to 6 pm, and Sunday, March 2nd, 9 am to 3:30 pm. Daily admission is $10.00, a two-day-pass is $15.00 and a three-day pass is $20.00
On Friday, the first 200 people with a paid admission receive a free muskie lure. Saturday is Chaos Tackle Kids Day, and on Sunday the first 100 kids 12 and under receive a free rod and reel or a NPAA t-shirt. This is made possible through the National Professional Anglers Association.
Everyone who comes to the show can register for a chance to win a four-day/three-night stay at Lakewoods Resort on Lake Namakagon. This includes two meals and a half-day guide trip with Hayward guide, Pete Rich.
The seminar line-up is different from other muskie shows because the usual names are not present. When asked why, show organizer Rich Reinert explained, "The other shows have the same speakers year after year. There are a lot of very successful muskie guides (fishermen) who don't get the press others do, but are every bit as good as the people you always hear about."
The seminar line-up opens on Friday with long-time muskie guide and co-founder of Muskies First, Steve Worrall, with successful tournament muskie angler, Brandon Dunbar, and Pewaukee Lake muskie guide, Joel Walczak rounding out the day.
Saturday, Hall of Fame guide Russ "Smitty" Smith and his son, Minocqua area guide Jake Smith, will open the show. Chippewa Flowage muskie guide and author John Dettloff, Green Bay muskie guide, Eric Larsen, Hayward muskie guide Pete Rich, and all-time muskie great, Bob Mehsikomer will speak throughout the day.
Sunday, Bayfield County and small river muskie guide, Adam Glickman, Lac Du Flambeau chain guide Rick Domini, Wisconsin River guide Brad Wirt, and Oneida Co. muskie guide, Norm Wild, will finish the line-up.
Legendary Hall of Fame muskie guide and author, Tony Rizzo, will be at the show all three days to visit and talk muskie. Tony also has a new book and would be glad to personally autograph copies for attendees.
There will also be three seminars given by the Wisconsin DNR featuring the Wisconsin River Systems, Chippewa Flowage and Vilas County.
Besides the seminars for the muskie angler, there will be a kids seminar on Sunday given by Greg Karch from the National Professional Anglers Association, teaching kids the basics. There will also be an area called Kids Corner with Paul Hartman that will teach the kids how to tie bucktail jigs.
After the show on Saturday evening, there will be a lure swap at the Grand Lodge sponsored by Muskies First. There will be a cash bar and the public is welcome.
Over 130 booths will fill the aisles of the convention center with muskie stuff-everything from muskie-shaped cookie cutters to custom, hard-to-find baits and the latest new colors on the hottest baits from the bigger companies, plus the latest in rods and reels.
Bring a picture in of your largest muskie and register for a chance to win a free replica with LaX Reproductions.
Bring in your old muskie lures and have them appraised by lure collector, Al Soczka.
Retailers like Ross's Sport Shop of Phillips, Tadpoles in Eagle River, Blue Ribbon Bait & Tackle from Minnesota and Turtle River Trading Co. from Mercer will be at the show as well.
Door prizes take place every half-hour each day of the show for all paid attendees.
Kids 15 years old and under are free.
Come for the day or stay the weekend. There's plenty to do and plenty of people to talk muskie with at the Wisconsin Muskie Expo in Wausau.
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Location: Price County WI | Ross's Sport Shop will be back again this year with 5 booth spaces. We have brought back our popular custom color Phantoms from last year, we also will have the new Lake X Lures Cannonball and Cannonball JR, Big Tooth Tackle's Klack, Bucher Tackle's Glide Raider, Daiwa 400's, St Croix's new 9' 2 pc rods, and more.
Support the Wisconsin Veterans Fishing Camp by buying a Camo Super D for $15 with all the money going to sending a VET on fully paid 3 day guided fishing event in Phillips WI.
Also new for this year is the Baby Beaver, we have been getting a lot of calls and emails about this lure since we first showed it in December. See the Baby Beaver for the first time at the Wisconsin Musky Expo only in the Ross's Sport Shop Booth.
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| Custom X Lures and Rods will be at the Expo next weekend. We missed last year because of family obligations but we are very excited to see everyone again. Make sure to stop by the booth for some deals and new show colors.
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| Will Tony Rizzo be at the show even though I dont see him on the speaker list?
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Location: Eagle River | Mat's Reel Repair will be down at the show, we can't wait to see everyone. We will be collecting reels at the show for service back at the shop. Plus we will have some great show specials and our reel handle display. Stop by and say hello. |
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Location: Price County WI | I ordered some Rizzo's earlier in the week for the store and it sounded like Tony planned on being at the show all 3 days this year.
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| Thanks, guess I should have read the first post more thorough. Sounds line a great show!
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| That's ok Mr. Musky, Tony Rizzo was scheduled to speak on Sunday morning but due to a change in Tony's life, he didn't feel he was up to speaking this year. Tony will have a booth with a multitude of colors of Rizzo Wiz, his new tinsel Wiz and Tony has some of his new limited edition books that he would be glad to individually sign. Tony will be there all three days so stop by and see him and talk muskies. Take some time to talk talk to a true Legend in the musky world! |
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| Sorry to hear Tony is not up to speaking a true Legend |
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Location: Price County WI | New for Lake X Lures this year is the Dr. Evil and Fat B's 2 bigger brothers the Cannonball and Cannonball JR. Check them out in the Ross's Sport Shop booth!!!!!
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| Hirsch's Ghosttails will be there with a complete line up of all our sizes and colors. Make sure to stop on by and say hello. We love to talk fishing. |
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| Yes...Tony Rizzo is a true legend. Tony doesn't get on a computer so he did ask us to let everyone know that he will be more than ready to talk muskies with everyone. He is anxious for the three days fishing talk and would love for you to stop by his booth. He is bringing his new tinsel wiz. |
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| ATTENTION!! SLITHER MUSKY TACKLE (formerly VENOM TACKLE/MARV'S) will again be at the WISCONSIN MUSKIE EXPO, Feb. 28th-March 2nd. Just for the record, we have changed our company name and logo in an effort to distinguish our company from ANY others with similar name(s). After changing to VENOM TACKLE, we discovered that there were several other fishing related companies and many non-fishing related products and companies with the "venom" tag and we want to avoid being mistaken with them. The ONLY thing that has changed is our name and logo. Everything else (HIGH QUALITY, INNOVATIVE, custom crafted Musky Lures and owners) is the same. We apologize for any confusion and we can be reached through our website: www.slithertackle.com or the old domain name: www.venomtackle.com. THANKS and see you at the SHOW!! Jeff & Tina Frick
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| Yes... Tony Rizzo is a true legend. Tony doesn't get on a computer so he did ask us to let everyone know that he will be more then ready to talk muskies with everyone. He is anxious for the three days of fishing talk and would love for you to stop in his booth. He is bringing with him the new Tinsel Wiz.
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Location: nationwide | Ross's Sport Shop will have Flowage Boa's in their booth. All the standard colors and the customs shown below. Other than within a mile of the Chippewa Flowage this is the only place to find them.
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Location: ladysmith, wi | the cannonballs look awesome |
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Location: Price County WI | When you see it in person you will know why it got it's name!!!!
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Location: Price County WI | Ross's Sport Shop will have the New 10" Suick HI in our booth as well as the Bigtooth Klack!!! Also new for us at the show this year will be ST Croix Rods including the new 9' 2 piece.
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Location: ladysmith, wi | john, how many of the beavers will you have at your booth? |
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| Love this show. Keeps getting better every year.
Big Wood Musky Lures will have a limited supply of 10" Headlocks, 12" Headlocks and Big Wood Supernaturals. A few Hosebaits and Pearson Plugs, Lucky 13's will also be available.
As always we will have a variety of Shadzilla's, Tubes and Shadzilla X's too!
If you have not made it to this particular show yet, it is a great venue and worth going to. |
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| Tamarack Island will be there again too. Looking forward to it.
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Location: WESTERN WI | Is SHIMANO doing just a retail booth or will they assist in cleaning and replacing parts as they have done in the MN Show? |
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Location: Price County WI | Over 200 Baby Beaver and Baby Beaver XL's will be in the booth!!!! |
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Location: Price County WI | We will have some of the new Bucher Tackle lures in the booth including Glide Raiders!!!!
We will also have the St Croix Jerk rod with the Palm Reel Seat.
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Location: ladysmith, wi | went to show last year and it was awesome, cant wait till this weekend |
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| new to musky fishing so i will probally be going broke this weekend at the show |
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Location: Wakefield, MI | I'll probably take a run down Saturday. |
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Location: Victoria,MN | Big Mama Lures will be there with our full line of top waters including a fresh supply of Twis'td Sister Clickers, some pretty sweet show colors, and of course Big Mama apparel
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| I will be at show this weekend across from Ross's Sports Shop. If you're looking for a musky print to adorn your mancave, all of mine will be there and available. I'm also bringing several original pieces this year.
If you have any desire to preserve a memory of your giant catch with a painting, stop by the booth and let me know what you are thinking. This is one of my favorite things to do.
You can see several examples of pieces I've done for people by clicking on the "Original Works" link on my webpage. The "Custom Originals" link will take you through the entire process.
Garett Shipman
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Location: Medford, WI | Anyone interested, or that's even had the thought about a custom painting, I highly recommend talking to Garett. My fiance surprised me with a painting, "Wake Up Call," for Christmas a couple years ago. There's a long story behind the painting that she discussed with Garett several times and he captured the memory perfectly. So much so that the painting is now in our living room!
You can see the painting at http://www.garettshipman.com/original.htm on the very bottom. Knowing Garett personally, he cares about every single one of his painting and works hard to capture exactly what you want. |
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Location: Appleton,WI | Rubberhairy tackle will have custom colored twinkiees! |
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Location: Merrill, Wisconsin | muskymeyer - 2/24/2014 8:23 AM
Ross's Sport Shop will have Flowage Boa's in their booth. All the standard colors and the customs shown below. Other than within a mile of the Chippewa Flowage this is the only place to find them.
Corey Meyer
Awesome baits!!! Mr Meyer makes awesome quality baits, and man do they move fish. Great guy to work with and definitly will need a few more of his baits! |
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| Medford Fisher - 2/26/2014 12:05 PM
Anyone interested, or that's even had the thought about a custom painting, I highly recommend talking to Garett. My fiance surprised me with a painting, "Wake Up Call," for Christmas a couple years ago. There's a long story behind the painting that she discussed with Garett several times and he captured the memory perfectly. So much so that the painting is now in our living room!
You can see the painting at http://www.garettshipman.com/original.htm on the very bottom. Knowing Garett personally, he cares about every single one of his painting and works hard to capture exactly what you want.
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Garett did an original for my wife and me. It was a wedding gift from my in-laws. My in-laws were happy with the process and my wife and I love the painting.
http://www.garettshipman.com/images/Netboy%20001_1000.jpg
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| Didn't want to post this until I had the baits in hand. But today, I'm packing the truck with a limited run of Magnum Shadzilla's bound for the WI Musky Expo.
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| I wonder if there'll be a special anywhere on a 400d or a Tranx PG. I want one of each for this season! |
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Location: Cave Run Lake KY. | milje - 2/25/2014 6:14 PM
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Location: McGuire AFB, NJ | Llungen Lures will have a full line up of customs, hybrids, and our newest spinnerbait the Nutbuster Jr. We also have a limited number of our Keep Calm and Cast On shirts! Stop by and say hi!!!
Chris, Cari, & Matt
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | See everyone there..... |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Here right now and the shows looks incredible! TONS of booths. Lots of competition  but it looks like it will be a great show for everyone!!
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | See you tomorrow, James! |
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