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| That is what all of us at Musky Mission Complete would like to give our twelve Veterans and all our guides and volunteers. We also would like to salute all who donated items for our annual auction and the main event itself. Finally, a salute to those who bid on auction items whether you won or not. All proceeds go directly to support our selected Veterans at our Main Event on Leech Lake. Just a reminder, we take twelve combat Veterans for a three-day all expenses paid musky fishing trip. We could not do this without all of your support.
To give a brief recap of our event, organizers and guides arrived at Grand Vu Lodge, on Leech Lake on September 14th. Guides did some pre-fishing to see if they could find a pattern. Organizers, well…we organized. Mike King caught an incredible 49 incher; a preview of things to come for one of our Vets. Guide Will Walkoviak scored a 40 and board member Jordan Meuleners caught a 38. So a good start to the event. All twelve Vets showed up on the afternoon of the 15th ready to go. After a brief opening ceremony and distribution of many gifts, guide “Papa Joe” Davis gave a great dockside baitcaster/figure 8 demonstration. The Vets then piled in their boats off they went. While quite a few pike were caught and a few muskies where seen, none were boated. So it goes… The next day Veteran Adam Wander caught an incredible 48.25! His very first musky!!! Now, his life only goes downhill from here. Many more were seen, a few were lost, but a good time was had by all. The last day of fishing saw more of the same. Plenty of action, but not much cooperation. That is until Vet Rich Lane caught a beautiful 33.5 incher. This was very special to Rich and everyone was extremely happy for him. Saturday night saw closing ceremonies and awards. A great time was had by all including the best meal of the outing. Our “last night fish fry” exceeded expectations as always.
We would like to individually recognize our donors here. If you see any of these individuals or companies, thank them for their support and think about using their products or service. We would especially like to thank Steve Worrall. Every year he helps us with this auction and allows us to use this site. Thank you Steve!
The following is our list of everyone who contributed in some way to our organization. They include: JEFF WIEGAND with AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE, BEAVER BAITS, BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND, BRAINERD LAKES MUSKIES INC., BRIAN SKINNER, BULL MOOSE TACKLE COMPANY, CAPITAL CITY CHAPTER MUSKIES INC, CHAD WYSS, JOANNE MEULENER with CREATIVE CONNENCTIONS CHILD CARE, RYAN CROSBY with CROSBY GUIDE SERVICE, KEN MEULENERS with CUB FOODS, LINDERS ANGLING EDGE, DUKE CANNON CO., FARGO- MOORHEAD MUSKIE INC, FRANK & LAURA WALSH, FRITO LAY, FULL STINGER TACKLE, GARY SCHWARTZ, GODFREY'S, ANDERSONS GRAND VU LODGE, HARVEY BAITS, HIGHLAND MONEY MANANGEMENT, HUGH BECKER FOUNDATION, ISANTI MEATS, JESSE NORLING, JIM FILKENS, L &M FLEET, LIVE ACTION GUIDE SERVICE, LLUNGEN LURES, MICHAEL ELIAS, NAZE BAITS, GET THE NET GUIDE SERVICE and TACKLE, NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL, PAUL HARTMAN and the MN MUSKIE EXPO, PRO 24 CONTRACTING INC., REEDS SPORTING GOODS, ANDY RUNZA, SAUK CENTRE LEGION, SHAUN SYNDER, STEVE SCEPANCIAK, SUPERNATURAL BAITS, SS BAITS, TAKE A VET FISHING, TERI BORKOWSKI, THOMAS BOGENHAGEN, TODD FORCIER, TRAVIS LUBRANT, SWANSONS BAIT AND TACKLE, WHALE TAIL BAITS and finally WOUNDED WARRIOR GUIDE SERVICE!
Another special thank you to this year’s guides: Will Walkoviak, Joe Davis, Nate Reiley, Gary Dew and Jason Hanson and Jim Kath.
God bless our troops and see you on the water!
Musky Mission Complete
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