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lambeau

Posted 5/18/2006 1:57 PM (#192647)
Subject: Petenwell Musky Challenge -- Results

hey all,
who else is going to be fishing the Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend?
sounds like conditions should be a lot nicer than those faced by the PMTT last week!
stop by and say hi, Friday or Saturday night at the Chalet or else on the water in the green Tuffy.
-m

nwild

Posted 5/18/2006 2:43 PM (#192656 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 1996

Location: Pelican Lake/Three Lakes Chain

I too will be there this weekend.

Ahhhh, Lambeau, you used my line, if you see a green Tuffy on the water, stop and say hi!

PANTLEGGER

Posted 5/18/2006 3:48 PM (#192669 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 176

Location: Tomahawk, WI

i'll be there also. Look forward to checking out the new Tuffy

magnum

Posted 5/18/2006 8:00 PM (#192690 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 256

Location: Janesville

I will also be there this weekend will be in 21foot tracker 275 varado not my boat my partner nice rig can not wiat to use it on leech lake this summer. Matt McCumber. I will be up there early to help todd set up.

Got Esox?

Posted 5/18/2006 10:38 PM (#192719 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 350

Location: WESTERN WI

I will be in attendence as well. For the 2nd year I'll be a "judge boat" to confirm yer big fishies. Probaly hammer some crappies on the Pete, Devils Elbow is where I'll be hanging out, in a Grey Lund. Good luck to all.

river runt

Posted 5/18/2006 10:41 PM (#192720 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 82

Can't wait to see the Tracker, I get the same feeling Homer has looking at a doughnut when I see those Trackers...oggghhh Tracker.

Got Esox?

Posted 5/18/2006 10:46 PM (#192721 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 350

Location: WESTERN WI

Those Trackers are nice. Went fishing a few weeks back with a PWT angler in a 21' Tracker, Tundra. Talk about room, HUGE! I nearly soiled myself with joy when the 225 Merc planed out just under 70 mph. Great rigs!

MuskieMedic

Posted 5/19/2006 2:03 AM (#192726 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 2091

Location: Stevens Point, WI

Unfortunately, I have to work this weekend otherwise I would have fished it.

ESOX Maniac

Posted 5/19/2006 5:01 AM (#192733 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 2754

Location: Mauston, Wisconsin

I'll be there. Will be fishing out of my partner's white ProCraft. See you tonight.

Have fun!
Al

C_Nelson

Posted 5/19/2006 8:25 AM (#192756 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 578

Location: Sheboygan Falls, WI

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Edited by C_Nelson 6/7/2008 2:22 PM

campfire

Posted 5/19/2006 6:34 PM (#192835 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Good luck Matt. One of these years I am going to fish in this one. This weekend the family and I are putting in our garden up at the huntin shack...

bnelson

Posted 5/21/2006 3:40 PM (#192973 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Any results?

lambeau

Posted 5/21/2006 3:57 PM (#192976 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Norm's green Tuffy found the stumps early and often, i cleverly avoided them with mine.

also, the muskies cleverly avoided everyone out there!
only 4 scorable fish caught by 70 boats in two days of cold front city. largest was 43 i believe.
not sure who won, but i think Bryan Schaeffer and Pantlegger (Mike Bruggink) took 3rd place with a 39.

my partner Tim caught a 33 1/4...we just couldn't stretch that last 3/4" out of it.
also late in the day saturday my partner hooked into a very nice fish (mid-40s?) that managed to unhook itself on a deadfall after about 45 seconds of doing what it wanted and ignoring his efforts.
Dave Lutz saw us hook up and started filming...he ended up getting the early release followed by Tim falling down in the boat and me throwing the net overboard. heartbreaker.

i know of a couple other people who lost "money" fish, including Norm and Big Gun. the trick seemed to be to hit them on the head.

aside from the fishing, the event itself was a blast - the best raffles anywhere (i walked away with a bunch of baits, a couple magazine subscriptions, and a new Record reel) with all proceeds going directly to stocking fish back into Petenwell.

THANK YOU Todd Forcier for running such a well organized and hosted tourney, and putting everything back into the fishery!!!

http://www.forciersguideservice.com should have full results and pictures within a day or two.

big gun

Posted 5/22/2006 7:41 AM (#193065 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 462

Location: Madison Wi. Chain

Want to double the thanks to Todd. Great tourney and a lot of fun. Lost the 4,000.00 fish on Sunday. The nightmares have already started. BG

Reef Hawg

Posted 5/22/2006 8:40 AM (#193078 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge this weekend

Posts: 3518

Location: north central wisconsin

Mike Lazers caught a 43.5"er about 50 yards behind us 15 minutes before the tourney ended to win it all. Excitement is an understatement, describing the mood in their boat upon netting that fish. It almost spooked me from my shorts when they hollered, as I did not even know they were back there(they were fishing the opposite side of a point that we were. Kudos Mike, and all who stuck fish. I missed a 34" yesterday and my partner lost one that we didn't see(didn't seem real big though). Great event as always, and thanks to Todd for a great show! Also an even bigger thanks to Todd for half of the proceeds of the tourney coming to our club for stocking this fall. Half of the tourney $$ will go to Kalepps for Greenies, and half will go with our stocking fund to purchase Leechers from MN again. That, in addition to the 2500 fish we will receive in a week or so from Spooner, to raise in our ponds, should make for an exciting year here!

lambeau

Posted 5/22/2006 12:05 PM (#193121 - in reply to #192647)
Subject: RE: Petenwell Musky Challenge -- Results

here are the results from Todd's website: http://www.forciersguideservice.com

DAY 1:
70 boats, 140 contestants started this morning in pursuit of some muskies. Fishing hours were from 7am to 4pm.
Morning water temps were 57.4 degrees, warming to the low 60’s.
Only two fish found the bottom of the net, a 41 ¼ and a 39 ½-incher. Both fish were caught in the river.

DAY 2:
Day two started with sunny skies and water temps around 59-degrees. Sixty 68 teams were looking for their first fish and two teams were looking to add to Saturday’s catch. Fishing hours were 7am to 12pm (noon).

Conditions are tough, the cold fronts going through and the water level receding wasn’t making it easy to provoke these fish into biting.

With 20 minutes left to go in the tournament two fish were caught with in 5 minutes of each other. First report was a 37-incher caught in Devils Elbow and a 43 ½-incher caught in the river.

Three of the four fish were caught on glide baits, working them slow and the fourth fish was caught on a spinner bait. Several reports of fish hooked but lost. One of our lake judges was walleye fishing and commented...all his walleyes were barley hooked. Could this be related to the hook and lost muskies?

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Back at the Chalet Restaurant for the awards ceremony we awarded four teams:
4th Place – Jim & Jiggs Kutschenreuter with a 37-inch musky, 42 points, $800.
3rd Place – Bryan Schaffer & Mike Bruggink with a 39 ½ - inch musky, 52 points, $1300.
2nd Place – Kip Kingsfield & Chad Boivin with a 41 ¼ -inch musky, 59 points, $2500, Saturday big fish
1st Place – Mike Lazers & Mike Young with a 43 ½ -inch musky, 68 points, $4500, Sunday big fish

Since no other fish were caught 5th place money ($500) was decided by the contestants to be used for stocking.

New for this year was the “On the water” raffle. Sponsoring this raffle was T-N-T Tackle Company and Frabill. This raffle was free to the contestants; we picked a number between 1 & 70. Each contestant was presented with: 1- TriKlops, 1- TriGlide and 1- Undertaker to from T-N-T Tackle Company and the team received a Lure retriever from Frabill. Our winning team was boat 69, Dave Reynolds & Eric Millard...congratulations to them and a big "thank you" to our friends at Frabill and T-N-T Tackle Company.

We’d like to acknowledge all our major sponsors: Roberts Outdoors, Inc., Heckel’s Marina, Gander Mtn., Lowe Boats, Keyes Outdoors, St. Croix Rod, Stevens Point Brewery, The Chalet Restaurant and Goal Line Pub & Grill, Pepsi-Cola, Mailboxes & Parcel Dept, PCPOA, WRPCo, Econo Lodge, Quality Inn, AmericInn, Sleep Inn, Customfish.com and Musky 411.com. Also, a big thanks to the rest of our contributing sponsors.

On behalf of Kevin, Rodger and myself we’d like to say “thank you” to all our sponsors and contestants for making this our 10th year a great success.

Here are some of the photos from this past weekend. I’m waiting for some more pictures to come and I’ll post as soon as I get them.

Todd Forcier
http://www.forciersguideservice.com

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