NEXT MEETING
JANUARY 13, 2026
Location: Everett McClay VFW
STUDYING THE MUSKIE POPULATION IN LEECH LAKE
Speakers: Baylor Short and Kristen Patterson
Casual Dinner 5-7 pm - Meeting 7 pm
As Leech Lake is the mother lake to all stocked Minnesota muskies, as well as muskies in many other states, technology allowing targeting of individual fish is entertaining fear that the Leech Lake muskies may be overfished causing the population to decline. At our meeting last April, Kevin Kerkvliet of Frankies's Marine described a study using transmitters to follow movement of individual fish around the lake. Baylor Short of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe will join us to describe the preliminary results of this study. Kristen Patterson of the Minnesota DNR will also join us as she is concurrently using DNA from fin clips to identify individual fish and quantify the entire population of muskies in Leech Lake.
NEW MEETING LOCATION: Everett McClay VFW – 311 W 84th Street, Bloomington. Come around 5 pm and join fellow anglers if you want to enjoy appetizers or a meal beforehand.
To join with Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86212493236
Meeting ID: 862 1249 3236
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In addition to the raffle tables, cash raffles and games, and silent auction, we will have items from Muskies, Inc.'s past as well as a look to the future. Over $20,000 in prizes. More info ►
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FRANK SCHNEIDER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
SEPTEMBER 11, 12, 13, 2026Muskies, Inc.'s oldest fishing contest, covering over 20 lakes in northern Minnesota. More info ►
GEORGE WAHL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
SEPTEMBER 26, 2026100% of the proceeds support muskie resource. Held on 13 metro-area lakes. 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.