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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Yeah, I do. He and I tried already. Best payout ever, and we got dragged behind the virtual bus for the effort. |
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| If $2500 is too rich, fish with some else's money. Find yourself a sponsor to put up your cash. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I talked with Paul Hartman about this a couple days ago. He said he has had the 'same 12 guys' say they would love to have the trail back, but that doesn't come even close to filling a field. Any new event from that quarter would be Paul and me running the events.
I don't have the time or patience; my memory of the last time we offered excellent payouts and venues over there is still pretty sharp.
Nothing for 2016. |
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| musky3535 - 1/14/2015 12:16 PM
50 teams $1500 = 75k. 15k off of top
1st - 20k
2nd - 15k
3rd - 10k
4th - 7k
5th - 5k
1,500 both days for big fish
I think a bunch of guys walk away at end happy with there payout. I think this format could fill easy in either WI or MN
I really think one big money tournament would be awesome! Please someone get this together |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | 'Someone' already did. Thanks to some wonderful folks and the bad economy at the time the entire concept was dumped. Don't need to be openly attacked by the very folks we were trying to offer a payout to that allowed up to $30K first, all cash. You would have thought we were trying to kidnap someone's baby.
Bob M also did this, offering an $80K top prize. He lost money after one venture and quit. I was there, the event was well run despite the horrible weather one day, and everyone seemed pretty happy, yet he took no end of abuse. The competitive muskie angling world isn't 'ready' for a big money trail, and may never be, which is fine.
The PMTT does a fine job offering a national trail, and there you have it. |
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Location: Elko - Lake Vermilion | Tim, from the PMTT takes all kinds of stupid crap from people.
He has some really thick skin....With that said, I really don't understand why people bash and try to tear down the guys that try to put Tournaments on.
It's really sad how muskie fishermen treat people who try to put a lot of their life's into starting a Tournament trial/event.
Wish I had thicker skin.
G=Rome |
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| I fished the Mega on Vermilion and had a great time. I'm not sure what you Steve had cooking with Hartman, but I would love to see another mega event. But if all you do is get harassed it's not worth your time or sanity!
It should would be nice to see though. Mille Lacs is having a Bassmaster's even in September for crying out loud. If that can handle the Bassmasters, MN can handle another Mega Musky  |
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Location: MN | Catching smallmouth in Mille Lacs right now is a whole lot easier than catching muskies. Last pmtt event there year before last I believe there were only 5 fish caught I think, albeit a couple giants |
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Location: Otsego, MN | I fished Hartman's and they were awesome and well run. Out of curiosity what kind of crap or what is it that people keep complaining about when people are trying to put tournaments together? It seems simple to me that if you don't like them for some reason just shut your mouth and don't fish them. |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Pedro - 5/31/2016 9:48 PM
I fished Hartman's and they were awesome and well run. Out of curiosity what kind of crap or what is it that people keep complaining about when people are trying to put tournaments together? It seems simple to me that if you don't like them for some reason just shut your mouth and don't fish them.
I agree with you that if you do not like it keep your mouth shut and just don't join.
That said, it seems today no matter what a person does someone has to complain. Impossible to keep everyone happy... |
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| Talk to these type of people all time here,,they complain tournament's use the resource to make money,then when you point out to them that guides and resorts also make money off resource they look at you like a person on a witness stand who just got asked an incriminating question "HUH"
Most of these people don't like competitive sports which is fine no problem BUT they don't like you doing them either for fear their missing out. |
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