BLC June 2011 Newsletter

Monthly Meetings are the second Tuesday on the month at the Waterfall Inn - 7pm start time
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June 2011 Edition
Brainerd Lakes Chapter Newsletter

Greetings!

Welcome to this month's newsletter!

This month's meeting our guest speaker is Paul Schlagel of Enduro Guide Service.

Paul has over 20 years of experience chasing muskies. Paul spends his time on Mille Lacs and will be offering up his tips and tricks on putting more muskies in your boat from the Pond.

Hope to see you all there!

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Youth Event to Bring the Kids!

Lakeshore Conservation Club Youth Expo, Saturday, June 11th. Starts at 10am.

This event sees about the same amount of kids as the Parks and Rec event. This event gives the kids the opportunity to shoot shotguns, muzzleloaders and bows. Other stations include: fishing station with casting contest, wood duck house building, duck/goose calling and much more. Prizes, fun and food!

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Minnesota Muskie and Pike Alliance is on Facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Minnesota-Muskie-Alliance/340864160658

Also check out the new website

http://www.mnmuskie.org/index.php

Check it out for all the latest info!

2011 Release Rules and Replica Eligibility

It's FINALLY here! Muskie season!

With that being said, here's the rules for this year's Chapter release format and Replica eligibility.

* Your release form must be turned in within 30 days of your release. It can be turned in to our Release Chairman Dusty at the monthly meeting or emailed to him. Another way is to submit the form on the Muskies Inc website. Dusty will be able to record the release off of the MI site.

* We highly urge people to turn in a photo with the release. This way we can have the picture submitted right away to the Year in Review DVD.

* On the Release form there will be a checkbox for people to select either "Yes" or "No". Checking "No" will have your release only submitted to the Chapter contest. Checking "Yes" your release will be submitted to the MI Lunge Log and it will be required that the form be filled out accurately.

* New... the 50" rule! All releases 50" or over will require a photo to be eligible for the Replica. To make things very interesting and mysterious, people that turn in a 50" or larger muskie release form will have their name added to the Replica finalist section. The exact length WILL NOT be listed. Just stated that the person has a 50" or larger release to his credit. The Replica winner will be announced at our annual Banquet. Our Release Chairman will be the only person that will know who is in the lead or won the Replica. Of course it's hard to keep a biggie and secret between friends so we'll see...

* Replica eligibilty will require attending at least 4 monthly meetings and at least 1 Muskie Hunter of the Year outing.

* There is a 10 year waiting list for people that have already won the Replica.

* The largest muskie by length will win the Replica. If by chance there is a tie, the tiebreaker will be the muskie that was caught first.