| 2002 First WI Chapter of Muskies Inc. Annual Muskie Tournament Summary
It was another great year for the First WI Chapter Annual Muskie Tournament.
First WI Board Member, Bob Shakal, took top honors with four fish out of the Chippewa River - 43", 40", 39", 37.5" - for a total of 55.5 points. Fine job, Bob.
89 fish were caught by 68 anglers.
Big fish honors went to Lee Luther who caught a 50" beauty out of Dairyland Flowage. It was Lee's first Muskie ever and to catch it in a tournament no less…way to go Lee!
Other big fish for the tournament included a 49.25" out of Holcombe Flowage by First WI President Joe Heil and 48"ers by First WI board members Len Rubesch (Holcombe Flowage) and Rick Mechelke (Chippewa River). Congrats to all of you.
There were 277 contestants in this year's event.
First WI would like to thank our sponsors and contestants for supporting this event. It is our chapter's most significant source of revenue and gives us the ability to provide fish for stocking into our area waters.
Hats off to Bob Neidhold for a great job as Tournament Chair.
If you have any questions about this tournament or the First WI chapter in general, please contact me.
Thanks,
Jon Olstadt
Secretary - First WI Chapter of Muskies, Inc.
[email protected]
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First WI Chapter of Muskies Inc. 2002 Tournament Results Summary
89 fish caught by 68 anglers
277 contestants entered in the tournament
Top Ten Finishers (angler - fish - water)
1. Bob Shakal - 43", 40", 39", 37.5" - Chippewa River
2. Jim Unser - 42", 37", 36" - Holcombe Flowage
3. Fred Johnson - 46", 38.5" - Old Abe Flowage
4. Rick Mechelke - 48", 36" - Chippewa River
5. James Zillmer - 37.25", 36", 34" - Lake Amacoy
6. Rusty Lee - 41.5", 38.5" - Holcombe Flowage
7. Dan Strangstalien - 42", 37" - Holcombe Flowage
8. Kurt Falk - 38.5", 38.5" - Lake Wissota
9. (Tie)
Brad Brogan - 42", 34" - Island Lake Chain/Dairyland Flowage
Lee Luther - 50" - Dairyland Flowage
10. Joseph Heil Sr. - 49.25" - Holcombe Flowage.
Largest Releases by Body of Water (water - angler - fish - total registered by all contestants on that lake)
Amacoy Lake - Jason Nelson - 43" - 5
Chippewa River - Rick Mechelke - 48" - 9
Cornell Flowage - Steve McMahan - 45.5" - 4
Dairyland Flowage - Lee Luther - 50" - 8
Fireside Lake - Darren Engstrom - 38" - 2
Flambeau River - Joe Revak - 36" - 1
Island Lake Chain - Brad Brogan - 42" - 8
Lake Holcombe - Joseph Heil Sr. - 49.25" - 33
Lake Wissota - Robert Bunch - 39" - 12
Lower Long - Jeff Zwiefelhofer - 37.25" - 1
Old Abe Flowage - Fred Johnson - 46" - 3
Potato Lake - Tony Rust - 38" - 2
Sand Lake - Sheri Wallace - 36" - 1
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