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Location: oswego, il | The Madison show is an excellent show as well. Huge boat selection and plenty of musky stuff, resort info, it's the size of a big outdoor show but just fishing. Worth it.
Edited by ToddM 12/23/2012 9:41 AM
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Location: Madison | Mendota is the lake closest to the UW.It is an excellent smallmouth fisherie. The closets for Muskies would be Wingra and Waubesa, both within a couple minutes of Campus. |
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Location: Madison | I meant wingra and monona |
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| I was a vendor at both the Chicago and Milwaukee musky shows for many years. I would recommend going to both, there are different things to see at both. Also the seminars are excellent at either show. |
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Location: ladysmith, wi | dont forget the wi musky expo in wausau, great speakers and great venders
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| I like Milwaukee better. More room. And I can see baits I want to buy worked by pros in the tank in a close up side view and they explain how to use them. Its impossible to see the bait good in the pool in chicago your to far away. Food is much better in Milw. also |
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| Goto Milwaukee for sure.i am from Illinois also. 0723 |
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| See the complimentary version of Jan/Feb 2013 MUSKIE for more details about shows, including Chicago, Rockford, Milwaukee, Wausau, & MN!
http://www.muskiesinc.org/indy_files/mimag.html
Kevin, MUSKIE Editor
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| I'm from the Milwaukee area and I've been enjoying both shows for years. It surprises me to read comments that the Milwaukee show is bigger. I've always thought that the Chicago show was in a slightly larger space with more vendors from a larger cross-section of the muskie range and more big named speakers. Milwaukee's vendors and speakers seem to be more local to Wisconsin - which isn't bad, just different - and a good reason to go to both shows. Chicago's seminar area is much bigger/better. In fact, Milwaukee's tiny seminar area was totally lame last year - way way way toooooo small especially for the popular speakers. The Chicago poolside demo has definitely sold me on lures after seeing how they work. The big tank in Milwaukee is great for seeing how lures work up close (and I've bought lures after seeing them demo'd in the big tank). Paying for parking sucks no matter where it is so that part of the Milwaukee show annoys me. If you go to either show, I'll see you there  |
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