Greetings!

Welcome to this month's newsletter!

November's meeting: This month's meeting we welcome Jeremy Smith of Lindner Media Productions. Jeremy is an avid muskie fisherman with a wealth of knowledge learned from the famed Lindners'. Jeremy will be sharing some of that knowledge with us. 

The meeting is also Ladies Appreciation night. So guys bring your better half to the meeting for the gals to have a chance to win some very nice prizes just for them! 

We'll also have our final round of nominations for the 2012 BLC Board.

Hope to see you all there!

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Trophy Hunt on Bemidji Results

We had several people show up on a windy and blustery day to fish Round 5 of the Muskie Hunter of the Year on Lake Bemidji. Several fish were raised with Chuck Beasley boating a very healthy 45" to get himself right in the running to win the Hunter Trophy with only 1 more outing left.

Congrats Chuck! 

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2012 Gil Hamm

Star of the North has made their selection. The Hamm is going back to Red Wing Lodge on Lake of the Woods. August 25 - September 1 with the Hamm fishing dates of August 29, 30 and 31. 

Check out www.gilhamm.com for all the info.

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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!

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BLC Banquet Date Set

Saturday, March 3 at the Brainerd Armory. We will be forming a Banquet Committee very soon to start preparations. Tickets will be available for purchase by the November monthly meeting. 

* 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.

* Must be a member in good standing.

* 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.

At Large Director

Cheryl Sande - 820-1887

clscrap@brainerd.net