Ohio Huskie Muskie Club, Inc

It was quite the cold and windy day, but that didn’t stop 28 hardy souls from entering our IceBreaker tournament at Leesville.  The bite may have been just as cold as the wind for most, but a handful of anglers were able to put some muskies in the net!  A total of 10 muskies were submitted, and Dave White won the first place trophy for his two muskies worth a total of 33 points!  Dave’s 45″ muskie was the biggest catch of the day and earned him the $240 Big Fish Pot!  Dave very generously donated $100 of his winnings back to the Minnow Fund.  Congratulations Dave, and thank you for your donation to the Minnow Fund.  Rick Thorp won the second place trophy for his 39.5″ fish worth 13.5 points.  Last year’s event winner, Colton Harmon, kept his IceBreaker trophy streak alive by winning third place with a 38.75″ muskie worth 12.75 points.  Congrats to all of our winners, and all those who caught fish on this challenging day!

After suffering the cold wind all day, it sure was great to warm up in the cozy Prop & Paddle Tavern inside the South Fork Marina and share a hot meal!  We also gave away some beautiful bucktails from Six2noon and other muskie baits to some lucky winners!  Thank you, Six2Noon Lures for your continued contributions to the club and thank you to Leesville Lake Marinas for once again being such awesome hosts to us!  New time you’re on Leesville Lake, be sure to stop in the South Fork Marina for all the drinks, snacks, lures, and boating supplies needed to have a great day on the water, or take a break from fishing and have a delicious meal and a brew in the Port & Paddle Tavern.

It was great to get back out on the water with those who came out, and we can’t wait to do it again, when it will hopefully be a much nicer day!  Our next event is the May Madness Online Event May 16-18.  We will fill your in on all those details soon.

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate this past muskie season with us at our 2025 OHMC Banquet!  It was a great evening exchanging fish stories over dinner and drinks.  Many plaques were awarded, and everyone took home a brand new muskie bait from Llungen Lures.  Representatives from the Ohio Department of natural Resources spoke on all the measures taken to feed the very hungry muskies raised up in our hatcheries, and the ongoing challenges to sourcing enough forage fish/minnows in a cost effective manner.  The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District spoke on all the ways they provide flood control, conservation, and recreational access throughout the wide ranging Muskingum watershed.  Thank you to the ODNR and the MWCD for keeping us informed and answering our questions!  Congratulations to all of our award recipients who caught 10 or more muskies last season and/or caught three or more Huskie Muskies to earn the Dunmire Award.  Congrats to all our “Royalty” winners who are show in the pictures included in this post.  Our program from the banquet is attached showing all the winners.

2025 Banquet Column Program

Brad Evans H.E. “Pooch” Curry Award

and the Overall Tournament Winner

Addison Davies Queen Royalty Award and Matthew Smith Memorial Award for Junior Girl

Colton Harmon for the Matthew Smith Memorial Award for Junior Boy

Anna Land for Woman of the Year Award

Bob Basic for the Joe Blackwell “Mr. Muskie ” Award

Our 64rd Annual Ohio Huskie Muskie Club business
meeting and awards banquet will be on Saturday, February 15,
2025 at the SYB Party Center located at 4157 Hudson Drive,
Stow, Ohio 44224.
Doors will open at 3:30 pm with the business meeting
starting at 4:00 pm, followed by time to socialize and buy that
lure which will make all the difference in 2025. All members
are urged to attend. During the business meeting, you will be
electing new officers and choosing your 2026 Main Event lake.
You must be a paid up member to vote in the meeting.
The banquet will start at 6:00 pm followed by our dinner
and award presentations. The banquet meal will be $35
per person for adults and $15 for children age 10 and under.

You can register for the banquet at this site:

Banquet Registration

At the site you can register yourself and anyone
attending with you and pay for the meals thru PayPal. This
application has proven successful for our events because it is so easy
to use, so please give it a try.

If you would like to register by mailing the form back, please
make you check payable to “OHMC” and mail to :
OHMC, 69 Outlook Drive, Tallmadge, Ohio  44278
The mail in form can be found here:

OHMC_BanquetForm

Over 30 anglers came out to our LEESVILLE LUNGEFEST to wrap up our 2024 in-person tournament season while remembering our departed brother, Chuck Land. It was a lovely Fall day to be on the water in pursuit of muskies, and a handful were brought to net. We saw nine muskies over 30 inches submitted in this single day tournament. The largest of all was a 47.75 inch beauty caught by Hunter was awarded the $280 Big Fish pot for landing that monster! Hunter also received the first place trophy for scoring two fish worth 31.75 points. Brad continued his great season, collecting another trophy for his second place finish with 28.5 points. Also taking home a trophy, Jason @redfiveomustangplaced third with 14.25 points. Congratulations to our trophy winners, and everyone else who was able to put a fish on the board! Our favorite catch of the day though, was from Chuck Jr, who caught his muskie in honor of his father on this day we came together to remember Chuck Sr. Really awesome catch Chuck Jr!

Fish Submitted:
1. Hunter Miller, 47.75″ 36″, 31.75 Pts
2. Brad Evans, 40.25″ 40.25″, 28.5 Pts
3. Jason Westbrook, 41.25″, 14.25 Pts
4. Cash Naftzger, 39.25″, 13.25 Pts
5. Chuck Land, 38.25″, 12.25 Pts
6. John Ringenbach, 37.5″, 11.5 Pts
7. Chad Harmon, 36.75″, 10.75 Pts

Thank you to @six2noon Lures for donating awesome bucktails for this and all our events this season, and big thanks to the Prop & Paddle Tavern at Leesville Lake for hosting and feeding us so well again! A huge thank you to all of you who joined us, or made donations allowing us to give $2,000 to Anna Land to show support in her time of loss. We will certainly miss fishing with Chuck, and you remain in our thoughts and prayers Anna. This season passed way too fast, but we appreciate all of you who made it such a great one!