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| A 2023 crisp salute!
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 13th. Guides did some pre-fishing to see if they could find a pattern. Organizers, well…we organized. All twelve Vets showed up on the afternoon of the 14th 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 and off they went. On the first spot Veteran Scott Farrar got a pretty 31” muskie, his first ever. There were other muskies saw that first day, but none boated. The northerns were hungry as always. Day two was windy, but the Vets pushed through it. Some muskies were lost, and many saw, including a giant that followed Vets Aaron and James both three casts in a row, but wouldn’t eat. The life of muskie fishing. Lots of hungry pike were caught, if only the muskies would have bitten like the northers! The last day of fishing saw more of the same. Plenty of action, but not a much cooperation. That is until mitch Norling caught a beautiful 47 ¾”. He caught it on the figure 8, tried his best to lose it, but in the end it was in the net! Not a bad fish to start your muskie fishing career with! 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 and thus to our country’s Vets. They include: JEFF WIEGAND and GREG GOAR with AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE, BAKER LURES, BEAVER BAITS, BIG GAME TACKLE, BIG GUY BAITS, BOMB SQUAD BAITS, BRAINERD LAKES MUSKIES INC., BRIAN SKINNER, BRIAN AND JEN GROSKOPF, CAMBRIDGE WALMART, CAPITAL CITY CHAPTER MUSKIES INC, CAROL NASCENE, CHAD WYSS, COCA COLA IN HARRIS MN, CORNER STORE, RYAN CROSBY with CROSBY GUIDE SERVICE, CD LURES, KEN MEULENERS with CUB FOODS, DARLA JOCOBS, DRUE GLAZE, D-SKI CUSTOM BAITS, DELONG LURES, DUKE CANNON, FARGO- MOORHEAD MUSKIE INC, FIBERTECH PRODUCTIONS, FRITO LAY, FULL STRINGER TACKLE, GARY SCHWARTZ, GHOST TAIL BUCKTAILS, , ANDERSONS GRAND VU LODGE, HARVEY BAITS, HIGHLAND MONEY MANANGEMENT, HUGH BECKER FOUNDATION, ISANTI LIONS, JAMES GETTY, JIM FILKENS, JOHN CARLSON, LIVE ACTION GUIDE SERVICE, KRAMER BROS TACKLE, LAKEWOOD PRODUCTS, LEE LURES, LLUNGEN LURES, MICHAEL ELIAS, MISTRESS MUSKIE LURES, MITCH AND RONDA NORLING, MUSKY INNOVATIONS, MUSKY MADNESS BAITS, MUSKY SAFARI TACKLE, MUSKY TACKLE ONLINE, NAZE BAITS, NOAH BINSFELD with GET THE NET GUIDE SERVICE, ODIE NORBERG, ONYX, 2P'S CUSTOM TROLLING BAITS, THE MN MUSKIE EXPO, PRO 24 CONTRACTING, RAPID BREWING COMPANY, RED TAILTACKLE, ROSS'S SPORTSHOP, RUFF TACKLE, ANDY RUNZA, SARGES SPORTING GOODS, SCOTT BLASKOWSKI, SNARKY LOON, SHAUN SYNDER at SS LURES, STEALH TACKLE, STEVE SWORRALL, BEN OLSON WITH TAKE A VET FISHING, TEAM MULLET GUIDE SERVICE, TERI BORKOWSKI, THORNE BROS, TNA BAITS, STEVE SCEPANCIAK with PREDATOR GUIDE SERVICE, SUPERNATURAL BAITS, TERI BORKOWSKI, THOMAS BOGENHAGEN, TODD FORCIER with FORCIERS FISHING GUIDE SERVICE, TRAVIS LUBRANT, WOUNDED WARRIOR GUIDE SERVICE, and finally ZILLA BAITS!
Another special thank you to this year’s guides: Will Walkoviak, Joe Davis, Nate Reiley, Gary Dew, Doug Malsom and Randy Meyer. These guys are awesome and work so hard to put our Vets on fish.
God bless our troops and see you on the water!
Musky Mission Complete
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