Walleye Pirate

2008 Schedule

                              may 15th-Rice Lake.

                              may 22-Island lake (by damn)

                              may 29th-st.louis river – Boy Scout.

                              june 5th-off.

                              june 12th Fish lake. (High Banks)

                              june 19th-off.

                              june 26th Island Lake (by damn)..(This might change)

                              july 3rd off.

                              july 10th St.louis river – Clyde Ave.

                              july 17th Grand lake. (either landing, measure by island)

                              july 24 off.

                              july 31st-Chub.

                              aug 7th off.

                              aug 14th Caribou.

                              aug 21st Pike.

                              aug 22nd Party at Wicklund Estate

Fisherman's Corner League is also on Island Lake on June 26th, so we may need to trade lakes.

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Welcome to our 10th season. (Can you believe it?)

After our meeting on April 15th, 2008, we voted in some significant changes for this year.

Fish limits have all been changed/reduced from 6 to 4 (except muskies - 2 max).

(This will reduce the number of fish in the livewells, and will speed up scoring.)

A 6 species bonus has been added, and that will be worth 60 points.

Use of camera to verify bonus fish for release has been approved for all nights.

This is to be reserved for bonus sized fish only, and should be done only if you cannot see another      boat that is close enough to verify the fish.

Finally, to keep up with changing muskie rules each year, we will simply state that any legal muskie is now worth 50 points, regardless of size. A max of 2 muskies can be scored on a given night.

Good luck, and we'll see you on the water!

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Final Results for 2007

1. Swinger's: 836 pts.

2. Big Dog's: 799 pts.

3. Nuclear Manhattan's: 716 pts.

4. Walleye Pirates: 704 pts.

5. Master Baiter's: 582 pts.

6. MinnowEtte: 430 pts.

7. Size-Matters: 415 pts.

8. Grumpy Old Men tied with Pentinen Bros: 342 pts. each

10. Nurse Sharks: 289 pts.

2007 Schedule

May 17th - Rice Lake

May 24th - St.Louis River (Boy Scout)

May 31st - Fish Lake (HighBanks)

June 7th - Island Lake (Dam)

June 21st - Fish Lake (HighBanks)

June 28th - St.Louis River (High Bridge)

July 12th - Grand (McGregor Landing)

July 26th - Chub

August 9th - Caribou

August 16th - Pike

August 17th - Party at Wicklund's

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Results from Pike Lake – August 16^th, 2007

Big Dogs: 138pts. (B18,B16.25,B15,B14,B14,B13, C14.C12.5,C12.5,C10,C8,C8, 6 perch, 4 sunnies, MSB)

Walleye Pirates: 128 pts. (W24,W21,W16, C12, 8” perch x6, 3 sunnies, MSB)

Master Baiter’s: 106 pts. (W15.5,W15.5, B16x2,B13x4, 7” sunnie x 6. )

Swinger’s: 94 pts. (B15,B14.5,B14,B12.5,B12, C8, 6 perch, 6 sunnies, MSB)

Minnow-Ette: 69 pts. (B12.5, C10, 6 perch, S9, S8x5, MSB)

Nuclear Manhattan’s: (C12.5, P10.5,P8x3, 6 sunnies)

Pentinen Bros.: 21 pts. (C13.75,C12,C8, P8x2)

Size Matter’s: 19 pts. (B14, P9,P8.5, S7,S7)

Grumpy Old Men: 18 pts. (1 Crappie, 5 sunnies)

Nurse Sharks: 3 pts (3 beers?)

Wow, what a finish! Lot’s of fish caught, and lot’s of fun.

Great job guys. And congratulations to the Swinger’s for a solid performance throughout the season. (Wish I could say the same for myself!)

Thanks for all the great sportsmanship displayed this year. It’s nice to have a quality group of guys that you can trust, and will lend a helping hand when you need it.

Preliminary plans for next year would be to meet at Sammy’s Pizza, in West Duluth, on April 15^th, 2008.

Have a great winter!!!

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Current Standings as of Week #9 – 2007

1. Swinger’s: 742 pts.

2. Nuclear Manhattan’s: 680 pts.

3. Big Dogs: 661 pts.

4. Walleye Pirates: 576 pts.

5. Master Baiter’s: 476 pts.

6. Size Matters: 396 pts.

7. Minnow-Ette: 361 pts.

8. Grumpy Old Men: 324 pts.

9. Pentinen Bros.: 321 pts.

10. Nurse Sharks: 286 pts.

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Results from Caribou Lake August 9th, 2007

1. Walleye Pirates: 113 pts. (N22,N22,N21, B17,B15,B13,B13, C10,C9x3,S8x2,S7x3,MSB)

2. Big Dogs: 89 pts. (N21,N20, B17,B15, C9x3,C8x3, S7x3, MSB)

3. Swinger's: 48 pts. (N21,N20, B17,B14.5, S8,S7)

4. Minnow-Ette: 35 pts. (B12.5,B12, C9, S8x4,S7x2)

4. Pentinen Bros.: 35 pts. (B13,B12, C8, S8,S7x5)

6. Size Matters: 33 pts. (N20,N20, B13, C11.5)

7. Nuclear Manhattan's: 25 pts. (B15, C10,S8x2,S7x3)

8. Nurse Sharks: 21 pts. (C9.5, S7.5x6)

9. Master Baiter's: 17 pts. (B12,B12, C9.5)

10. Grumpy Old Men: 16 pts. (B14.5, C10.5,C8.5, S7)

Not much wind, or clouds. Water temps in the 74 degree range. Lot’s of weeds.

Regarding the party at Wicklund’s next week…

Please bring a dish or snack to share, and meat for the grill. Perhaps someone could bring some supplies, like cups, paper plates, plastic silverware, paper towels, garbage bags, etc. We shouldn’t expect Mike to supply everything. Thanks Mike, for hosting the party!!!

See you on Pike!!! Be respectful at the landing, and park parallel on Midway road, to the north of Martin, if the lot is full!

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Results from Chub Lake – July 26^th, 2007

Big Dogs: 187 pts.
Nuclear Manhattan’s: 157 pts.
Walleye Pirates 141 pts.
Swingers: 139 pts.
Grumpy Old Men: 123 pts.
Nurse Sharks: 92 pts.
Minno-Ette: 74 pts.
Master Baiters: 69 pts.
Pentinen Bros.: 57 pts.
Size Matters: 50 pts.

It was a big night for the league! Looks like the final scores from our 1999 season.

The rain fizzled as we started, and gave us a nice window to fish in between storms.

I don’t ever remember 8 teams getting a Multi-Species Bonus. Good job gang!

Big Dogs: N34,N23,N24,N24,N22,N21, B19,B19,B14,B14,B14,B14, C11,C9,C9,C9,C9,C9, S7,S7,S7,S7,S7,S7, MSB

Nuclear Manhattan: N32.5,N24,N20.5,N20,N20,N20, B19.25,B18,B12.5, C10,C10,C8,C8, S7,S7,S7,S7,S7,S7, MSB

Walleye Pirates: N28,N23,N22,N22,N20,N20, B17, C12,C9,C9,C9,C8, S7,S7,S7,S7,S7,S7, MSB

Swingers: N22,N21, B18,B17,B16,B15.5,B15.5,B13.75, C11.75,C9.5,C9, S7,S7,S7,S7,S7,S7, MSB

Grumpy Old Men: W19, N24,N20.5, B19,B14, C10.5,C10,C9,C9,C9,C9, S9,S7,S7,S7,S7, MSBx2

Nurse Sharks: N27.25,N20, B14.5,B14,B13,B12, C9,C8.5, S7,S7,S7,S7,S7,S7, MSB

Minno-Ette: N28.5, B14, C9,C9,C8.5,C8, S7,S7,S7,S7,S7, MSB

Master Baiters: N20, B18,B17.25, C8, S7,S7, MSB

Pentinen Bros: N21, B18,B14,B12, S7,S7,S7,S7,S7,S7

Size Matters: B16,B15.5,B14.5,B14.5,B14.5, B13.5

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Results from Week #7 Grand July 12^th, 2007

Swingers: 123pts. (N23.5,N22,N20.5,B17,B16.5,B15.5,B13.5x3,C10x2,C9,S7x3,msb)
Walleye Pirates: 111pts (W14.5,N21,B16.5x2,C8.5,P9,S7x6,msbx2)
Nuclear Manhattan’s: 94pts (N20.5,B16,B15,B14x3,C12,C9,S7x4,msb)
Minnow-Ette: 90pts (W20.5,N20,C11.25,C9x2,C8x2,S8x4,msb)
Big Dogs: 83pts. (N21,B17,B16,B15,B14,C9x2,S7,msb)
Master Baiter’s: 64pts. (B19.25,B15.5,B15,B14.75,B13.75,S7x4)
Pentinen Bros.: 54pts. (N20,C8.5,P8.5,S7x6,msb)
Grumpy Old Men: 42pts. (Walleye 25”, P10.5,S7x3)
Nurse Sharks: 28pts (N21, S7x6)
Size Matters: 27pts. (N20.5,N22,B13)

Lot’s of fish, and lots of points. Wind shift to the north was interesting.

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Results from St.Louis River – June 28^th, 2007

Size Matters: 90pts. (W-21.75,W-21.5,W-17.5,W-15.75)
Walleye Pirates: 60pts (W-23, C-11.5,C-11.5,C-11,C-11,C-10.5,C-10)
Master Baiter’s: 55pts (N-30, N-24,N-24,B-20)
Swinger’s: 35pts (N-23.75,N-20, B-17.75)
Nuclear Manhattan’s: 15pts (W-19.75)
Nurse Sharks: 15pts (W-17.5)
Pentinen Bros.: 15pts (P-11,P-8,P-8,P-8)
Big Dog’s: 3pts (C-8)
Minnow-Ette & Grumpy Old Men: 0

Cold weather, and cold results on the walleyes, except for the new team! Way to go Size Matters.

Also, looks like the new bar has been set for the big fish of the year, so far...

Next week, we are at the McGregor landing on Grand. (Turn left at Twig, go 2 miles west on #7, Left on McGregor.

Park north of the road by the landing, on the East side, facing North. Leave the south bound side open for traffic. Don’t park next to the garage or house right next to the landing. THANKS! If you want to pre-fish the night before, and leave your boat at one of my docks overnight, let me know. Good Luck!

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Results from Fish Lake (Round #2) on June 21^st, 2007

Swingers: 126 pts. (N28.5,26.5,B15,14.5,C8.x2,P8x6,S7x6,MSB)
Minnow-Ette: 86 pts. (W15,N22,C9,P8x3,S9,S8,MSBx2)
Grumpy Old Men: 84 pts. (N22,B13,C9x2,S7x6)
Nuclear Manhattan’s: 79 pts. (N27,N26,C8..5,P8x6,S7x6,MSB)
Walleye Pirates: 72 pts. (W-14,C11.5,C9x5, P9x6,S-7x2,MSB)
Master Baiter’s: 69 pts. (N23x2,N21,B13,C9x2,S8x2,MSB)
Big Dog’s: 62 pts. (W17,C10,C9,P8,S8x3,S7x3,MSB)
Nurse Sharks: 49 pts. (W14,N21,P8x2,S8x2,MSB)
Size Matters: 43 pts. (N28.5,N24,N22,S8)
Pentinen Bros.: 22 pts. (N20,C10,S7x3)

Blue sky, and little wind. Lot’s of panfish, a few nice northerns, but the bigger fish were still hard to come by.

Next week, we voted to change the landing from Smithville, to the High Bridge (Garfield Ave). See you on the river!

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Results from Island Lake – June 7^th, 2007

1.Swinger’s:129pts(W16,N26.5,23,22,22,B17.25,16.5,16,B16, B14,B12)

2. Big Dog’s: 93 pts (W-15,N20.5,N20,N20,B16.25,B15,P9,P8,msb

3. Master Baiter’s: 73 pts (N-20x2,5B,6S)

4. Nuclear Manhattan’s: 55 pts(N-27.5,W-15,B-12,P-8,msb)

5. Walleye Pirates: 43 pts (B-19.5,B-14,B-14,B-13,B-13)

6. Minnow-Ette: 38 pts (W-15,B-14.5,B-12.5,Perchx3)

7. Size Matter’s: 18 pts (W-16.25,C-10.75)

7. Pentinen Bros.: 18 pts (C-12,C-11.5,P-8.75,S-8)

9. Nurse Sharks: 0 pts (12 walleyes… all under 13 inches)

10. Grumpy Old Men – Not present

70 mile per hour winds… no problem… thanks to the storm skirting around us just enough to let us keep on fishing.

Good job Shane and Doug! Next week we are off, and we’ll see you in 2 weeks back at Fish Lake.

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Results from Week #3: Fish Lake May 31^st , 2007

1. Nuclear Manhattan’s: 131 pts (W-14, N-26,N-23,N-21,6 crappie,5 perch, 6 sunnies (1 bonus), 5msb

2. Size Matters: 75 pts (W-19.5, 6 Northerns)

3. Big Dogs: 69 pts (N-21,N-21,N-20,C-11,C-10x5, 6 sunnies)

4. Pentinen Bros.: 63 pts (B-17,B-13x3, C-8x3, 6 sunnies)

5. Swingers: 57 pts (N-29.5, N-23, C-9.5,C-8.5, 6 sunnies (1 bonus)

6. Nurse Sharks: 36 pts (C-9, P-8,P-8, S-9,S-9,S-9,S-8,S-8,S-8)

6. Grumpy Old Men: 36 pts (6 perch, 6 sunnies)

6. Walleyepirates: 36 pts (C-9,C-8.5,C-8.5,C-8.5,C-8,C-8,P-8,P-8,P-8,S-8,S-8,S-8,S-8)

9. Master Baiter’s: 34 pts (B-14,C-8,S-9.25,S-9,S-8.5,S-8,S-8,S-8)

10. Minnow-Ette: 32 pts (N-20,N-20,C-8,P-8,P-8,P-8)

Finally… a nice night to be on the water. Blue skies, and the wind sat down. The panfish were snappin’, but the bigger fish were a little harder to come by. I did manage to drop my cell phone in the lake, and actually was able to scoop it up with my landing net. As you may have guessed, the phone remains “belly-up.” Good luck next week on Island Lake. Pay attention to the winning strategies from the ALS tournament held there this weekend.

*************************************************************************** Week #2 Results, St.Louis River (Boy Scout) 5-24-07 1. Master Baiter's: 55 pts. (N-29.75, N-26, N-20, W-15) 2. Nurse Sharks: 45 pts. (W-21, W-17.25) 3. Size Matters: 40 pts. (N-24, W-18, W-17) 4. Nuclear Manhattan's: 18 pts. (W-18.5, P-10) .....and the rest got skunked. Wow!! Can you say, "Tough Bite?" Lot's of mud.

****************************************************************************** Week #1 Results, Rice Lake - 5-17-07 1. Nuclear Manhattan's: 106pts.(W-15, N-24,N-23,N-21,N21,N-20,C-12,S-9,S-8x3,msb) 2. Swinger's: 85 pts. (W-15.5, N-28,N-26.5,N-24.5,N-24,N-21, N-20.5) 3. Big Dogs: 75 pts. N-22x6, S-7x5) 4. Pentinen Bros.: 57 pts. (N-26, N-25,N-20,C-11, S-9.5,S-8,S-7x4) 5. Master Baiter's: 40 pts. (N-25, N-23.5, N-21, N-20) 6. Veteran's: 23 pts.(N-26, N-22, C-9) 7. Size Matters: 20 pts. (N-22,N-20) 8. Minnow-Ette: 6 pts. (P-10,S-7.5) 9. Walleye Pirates: 0 pts. Nurse Sharks: not present: 0 pts. Welcome back to the 2007 season. South winds made it interesting. Several Pike came from a shallow sheltered bay.

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