NEXT MEETING
SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
ON THE WATER OUTING
Lake Minnetonka - 5-8:30 pm
This is also a TCMI Fishing League event. Submit a photo on a measuring board with front page of September 8 StarTribune or Pioneer Press in the photo. Alternatively you may submit a photo with a playing card in the photo. We will post the designated card at 3 pm on the TCMI website. Email photos to tcmi.fish@gmail.com.
Meet at the Narrows Saloon in Navarre at 9 pm. Tuesday is taco night with the kitchen open until 9. We will provide some free tacos. Largest fish over 45 inches will receive a $50 Thorne's gift card.
League days are Wednesdays starting at 5 pm and some Saturdays. Most weeks have a choice of 2 lakes, east or west metro. We will gather in the parking lot or another designated location after fishing hours. More info ►
METRO TIGER DERBY
The Twin Cities Metro Tiger Derby is one way anglers can help ensure there will be tigers in the metro lakes in the future. The MN DNR will not be stocking tigers this year. All proceeds from the Derby go to the metro tiger stocking fund sponsored by Thorne Bros. and both Twin Cities Muskies, Inc. chapters.
The Derby is open to anyone who wants to join. Fish can be caught fishing from shore, from a fishing pier, or from a boat. Prizes will be awarded for the most total inches caught during the season and the longest tiger. More info ►
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.