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| Who's fishing the Metro tourney on Sat???
I'm betting with the big heat increase we see some fish caught big time,,the capable partners outing was just held and out of ten boats 8 fish were caught,,percentage wise that means there should be about 167 fish caught in tourney LOL!!!
but I bet we see some good numbers,,,still get tickets.
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Location: Metro, MN | Ill be out on Tonka. I think it will be the biggest output of fish caught ever. |
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| Going to be a warm one. Sure hope this heat is heating the bite up. Ill be out sweating somewhere, haven't decided where yet. Good luck to all. |
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| Can't wait! Good luck everybody! |
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Location: Coon Rapids, MN | Anyone know what the final results were? |
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| heard this second hand but 28 fish over 40" and 52" out of Indy was the biggest. |
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Location: MN | That's correct. Here's what I remember:
525 entrants
28 over 40"
10th place was 45.5" or 46"
1st was 46" & 44", Minnetonka
3 doubles in top 10
8 out of top 12 were Minnetonka
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Location: MN | nar160 - 6/12/2016 10:22 AM
That's correct. Here's what I remember:
525 entrants
28 over 40"
10th place was 45.5" or 46"
1st was 46" & 49", Minnetonka
3 doubles in top 10
8 out of top 12 were Minnetonka
46 and 44 winner |
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Location: MN | ^ Thanks and pardon the misinformation :S
Edited by nar160 6/12/2016 10:48 AM
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| John Hoyer won with two fish from Tonka on a bait we can't get locally
Tonka was THE lake to be on big water looked to be better,,we had a short day so we went to Harriet and it was mirror calm,,only heard of a 41 caught there.
Josh Stevenson got a 51 on St Croix but said the boat traffic was beyond belief with pleasure craft.
Somebody reeled in a Sony boombox, radio,CD,, technically I think that would have qualified has a hybrid but they didn't get a good picture.
527 entrants was the second most ever. |
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| Sounds like a really tough bite. It looks like being on Tonka was the critical factor. Oh yeah, it would have helped to be a guide with a secret bait as well. |
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Location: MN | Cfollow - 6/13/2016 9:32 AM
Sounds like a really tough bite. It looks like being on Tonka was the critical factor. Oh yeah, it would have helped to be a guide with a secret bait as well.
Not secret, just hard to come by. Pretty backed up |
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| Actually over a year wait right now,,tried to get one after tourney |
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Location: Twin Cities | Cfollow - 6/13/2016 9:32 AM
Sounds like a really tough bite. It looks like being on Tonka was the critical factor. Oh yeah, it would have helped to be a guide with a secret bait as well.
Yeah to me its pretty lame that a guide would even enter the tournament. |
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| Why is that lame, just because he won? Guides fish that tournament every year. |
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Location: Ashland WI | happy hooker - 6/13/2016 11:59 AM
Actually over a year wait right now,,tried to get one after tourney
What lure is it? |
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Location: Twin Cities | Lure is a barfighter
No it's just lame any guide would enter because they have an obvious advantage over everyone. Leave it to us amatures to try and win |
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| Sure our local guides are some of the best in the business and should win on paper. But I just think that since the tourney is such a short window and covers so many different lakes, literally everyone in the field has a shot. You get two bites, you have a legit shot at winning it.
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| John Hoyer works a full time job,,,I know doctors and lawyers, teachers off for the summer and self employed people who spend more time on the water then guides do,,should they not enter.
We're talking about a tournament that costs little to enter and no humongous payout,,not a Toyota angler of the year event
The season was ONE week old when this tournament was done I think everybody is on a pretty level field.
Without googling it can you name last year's winner ???? Winning this does not allow you to retire or seal a tv show deal.
It's a small tourney with the emphasis on fun with a random pretty good grand prize that anybody can win even if their not in the top ten. |
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Location: MN | Well said Hooker. He probably thinks only amateurs should enter PMTT events as well |
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| Completely agree |
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Location: Twin Cities | happy hooker - 6/13/2016 2:49 PM
John Hoyer works a full time job,,,I know doctors and lawyers, teachers off for the summer and self employed people who spend more time on the water then guides do,,should they not enter.
We're talking about a tournament that costs little to enter and no humongous payout,,not a Toyota angler of the year event
The season was ONE week old when this tournament was done I think everybody is on a pretty level field.
Without googling it can you name last year's winner ???? Winning this does not allow you to retire or seal a tv show deal.
It's a small tourney with the emphasis on fun with a random pretty good grand prize that anybody can win even if their not in the top ten.
Lol you mad bro? Was just voicing my opinion, nothing else |
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| No emotion,,just statin not hatin,,,these are just the obvious |
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Location: Bloomington, MN | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_bCctPQzqo#t=72
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Location: MN | I think its fine for guides to enter... most guides aren't rolling in cash... I would guess its a hard way to make a living I know I couldn't do it. I'm also guessing theirs a chance that these local guides book clients for the day, if so their out their fishing might as well enter. The other fact is that season is like 7 days old at the time of the tournament which really levels the playing field. Great win by what I have seen is a great guy. Plus it appears he could do no wrong based on that video, the Muskie Gods wanted him to win. |
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Location: Otsego, MN | Better start a poll if guides should be allowed to fish tournaments 
I fished it and while the weather was hot the fishing was not! We were on Tonka and put a little guy in the net and raised 4 others. One fish was a big beautiful blonde (>50 easily) and swiped at a bait but wouldn't follow again. Had a blast and look forward to next year! |
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| Guide no guide who cares everyone has a shot winning this tournament I think it's great Hoyer won Josh Stevenson placed also
both of these guys do a ton for our sport don't hate appreciate |
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Location: MN | BLIZZAK - 6/13/2016 8:26 PM
Guide no guide who cares everyone has a shot winning this tournament I think it's great Hoyer won Josh Stevenson placed also
both of these guys do a ton for our sport don't hate appreciate
Another great point. It's open to everyone cannot remember the last time a guide won this if ever. |
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| According to Mr. Hoyer this is the tenth year he has fished the event. Not exactly domination in my eyes. Not to mention the sense of pride one might get by beating some of the best around.
First time fishing the tourney for myself and brother. Fished on Tonka. Had one upper 40s follow and missed a 40 incher that bit in the eight.
So who broke off the big white rubber bait on a Muskie on Minnetonka? Saw the fish swimming around and the bait hanging out of its mouth. Few hours later saw him again and he had successfully spit the bait. Can't say for certain it was the same fish, but the mouth was pretty beat up. |
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| NathanH - 6/13/2016 8:39 PM
BLIZZAK - 6/13/2016 8:26 PM
Guide no guide who cares everyone has a shot winning this tournament I think it's great Hoyer won Josh Stevenson placed also
both of these guys do a ton for our sport don't hate appreciate
Another great point. It's open to everyone cannot remember the last time a guide won this if ever.[/QUOTE
Dan Altman won a few years ago and hangs his shingle out as a guide. Ryan McMahon guided a woman to a very high finish last year or a couple of years ago. Luke Ronestrand was guided to a very high finish or a win a number of years ago. It was a much more fun event before it was tied to the MN tournament trail for a number of years and before all the guides started entering. It's still muskie fishing and everyone has a chance bug to say guides don't have an advantage, c'mon man! |
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