12th Annual Minnow Fund Outing Results

October 4, 2024 David Simmons

34 anglers enter our 12th Annual Minnow Fund Outing held on West Branch and Milton. We host this event every year to raise money for the Minnow Fund, which supports Muskie stocking efforts in Ohio. 30 fish were submitted in the tournament, with 10 of them being Huskie Muskies, 42 inches or longer, and one elusive Ohio 50 incher!

As we shared pizza and fish stories, trophies were awarded at our check-in to each of our top three points earners. The Big Fish cash pot was won by Alex Turner who landed a giant 50 incher! Alex very generously donated all the $320 cash winnings back to the Minnow Fund! Several lucky attendees took home new Muskie lures from our free bait drawing, and bait board raffle, including some beautiful bucktails from Six2noon Lures. We held a 50/50 raffle as well that was won by Mark Herring. Mark could’ve walked away with some extra cash in his pocket, but he gave it all back to the Minnow Fund! So awesome to see all the people who came together, or donated to the Minnow Fund to help sustain the great Muskie fishery we have here!

Through our events like this, the Ohio Muskie Guide Service raffle (that just brought in an additional $1,225), contributions from our great sponsors, and your donations, we were able to send a check for $4,600 to the Minnow Fund to help raise up future Huskie Muskies! Thank you to all of you for your continued support of the Minnow Fund.

Congrats to our trophy winners, and all who were able to put a Muskie on the board! Here are the final rankings from the tournament:

Justin Harbin 170 Points. 49.5″, 44.5″, 43.5″, 43″, 42.25″, 41.75″, 40.25″, 38.25″, 38.25″, 38″, 36.75″

Alex Turner *Big Fish Pot Winner * 70 Points. 50″, 41.5″, 38″, 36″, 34.5″

Austin Blauser 30 Points. 44″, 38″

Joe Martinelli 29.75 Points. 43.75″, 38″

Sean McCloskey 28 Points. 41.75″, 38.25″

Mark Herring 25.5 Points. 39.5″, 38″

Chuck Land 22 Points. 39.5″, 34.5″

Rick Thorp 19 Points. 45″

Daniel Burant 16 Points. 42″

Matt Davies 11.5 Points. 37.5″

Gary Andreis 11.25 Points. 37.25″