Musky Mania 58, June 2017

Matt Reiter wins Musky Mania 58 with a 38 ½
Matt Reiter wins Musky Mania 58 with a 38 ½" fish

Tournament Winners

  1. Matt Reiter, 38 ½", 6/3/17, South Twin, Buck tail
  2. Mark Koenig, 38", 6/3/17, White Sand, Believer
  3. Dave Nickel, 37 ½", 6/3/17,  North Twin, Jig N Pig
  4. Wes Leiphart, 35", 6/3/17, North Twin, Jig N Pig
  5. Musky Pete, 27 ½", 6/3/17, North Twin, Cow Pie Buck tail
  6. Stephen Fredrick, 25", 6/3/17, Boot, Spinner bait
  7. Stephen Fredrick, 25", 6/4/17, Snipe, Buck tail
  8. Wayne Beyer, 25", 6/4/17, North Twin, Buck tail
  9. Gordie Shaw, 22 ½", 6/4/17, Kentuck, Baby Bulldawg
​A bit of a rocky, stormy Saturday afternoon, but MM58 folks endured with a total of 9 fish registered and many more sightings and follows for folks. Another positive was five of the nine fish were caught on North and South Twin.

Matt Reiter took first place with a 38 ½ incher on South Twin on a buck tail, Mark Koenig took second with a 38 incher on a Believer, and Dave Nickel took 3rd place with a 37 ½ incher on North Twin on a “Jig and Pig”. Congratulations to the winners and to all who caught fish.

A special thanks to Mark Mellius for his custom buck tail, Musky Pete for his custom spinning rod, Tom Meal for various items from Shadows on the Wolf, and Alain Houle from Alco Web Design for his continued great work on the Musky Mania website. We very much appreciate all the donations for prizes.

​Also a special thanks to Marti and Jen from North Twin Lodge for their hospitality and the two night stay for a raffle prize. Congrats to Paul Koenig; lucky, lucky, lucky, good luck with those new rods.
Gary and I stayed on until Tuesday and we moved some fish, but no eaters. Gary started out the season on a very positive note when he and I fished before the outing on Wednesday and Thursday with one fish boated Wednesday and three on Thursday, a great way to kick off the season.

Mark your calendars for MM59 scheduled for October 14th and 15th. We will reach another milestone for Musky Mania comes next spring with our 60th outing. Give some thought to something special we might want to do and send me your thoughts so we can plan accordingly.
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Thanks to all for attending MM58 and making it a success and looking forward to Musky Mania 59. Good luck to all in your musky hunting this summer and have a safe summer.