NEXT MEETING
NOVEMBER 11, 2025
"Winter is Coming"
Casual Dinner 5-7 pm - Meeting 7 pm
Nick Poppler's seminar is a preparation for winter ice fishing. Nick fishes Whitefish Bay and Crow Lake for summer muskies, and returns to those lakes for Lake Trout fishing through the ice in the winter. If you don't travel to Canada, Nick has many Lake Trout opportunities in Minnesota. Did you know ice fishing for suckers and tullibee is a thing? Minnesota laws have changed and formerly illegal gear is now legal. Nick will bring examples. Nick does occasionally catch a muskie through the ice, but will answer soft-water muskie questions after the ice fishing presentation.
We will also have an update on stocking progress. TCMI has dedicated over $75,000 to stocking muskies this year, and DNR quotas for both 2025 and 2026 tiger muskie stocking have already been met.
We will be meeting at Sweeney's Saloon, 96 Dale Street North, St. Paul. Come around 5 pm and join fellow anglers in Ashland Room next to the bar if you want to enjoy appetizers or a meal beforehand.
Congratulations to Kanyon Fellers and Steve Agrimson who each caught a muskie at the October meeting outing.
GEORGE WAHL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
SEPTEMBER 27, 2025100% of the proceeds support muskie resource. Held on 13 metro-area lakes. More info ►
LINK TO SCHNEIDER TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD
FRANK SCHNEIDER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
SEPTEMBER 5, 6, 7, 2025Muskies, Inc.'s oldest fishing contest, covering over 20 lakes in northern Minnesota. More info ►
About Muskies, Inc.
Muskies, Inc. is an active, service-oriented 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for men, women and children working toward continual improvement of the muskie resource through stocking efforts and sound conservation practices.
Muskies, Inc. has over 6,000 members and 50 independent local chapters throughout the country. We are a national voice of the protection of the Muskie species. Muskies, Inc. is widely recognized as the first organized group of anglers to espouse the “Catch And Release” practice now embraced by many conservation-minded groups throughout North America.
Muskies, Inc. focuses on three critical areas: Fisheries, Research and Youth.
Fisheries – Muskies, Inc. works to conserve, protect and restore North America’s muskie fisheries. Areas of concern include habitat preservation, water quality, water management policies, and the development/maintaining of self-sustaining fish populations.
Research – Muskies, Inc. continues to seek out, elevate and fund research for local projects and activities that involve improving Muskie fisheries.
Youth – Muskies, Inc. provides guidelines and suggestions for quality programs and activities to educate our young members and, where possible, youth in general, to ensure the future of the fishery.
Purpose
- To support selected conservation practices based on scientific merit and carried out by authorized federal and state agencies.
- To promote muskellunge research.
- To establish hatcheries and rearing ponds and introduce the species into suitable waters.
- To support the abatement of water pollution.
- To maintain records of habits, growth, and range of species.
- To disseminate muskellunge information.
- To promote good fellowship and sportsmanship among men, women, and children.
- To promote a high quality muskellunge sport fishery.