2026 Awards Celebration and Banquet Saturday April 11, 2026

We are breaking some new ground this year by moving our award celebration back to Saturday, April 11th and have the event at Firefly Woods at 4141 Dublin Rd. SW, Bowerston, Ohio right on Leesville Lake.  Plus the club will be providing hamburgers and hot dogs, side dishes and soft drinks for free.  As in the past, each person attending will receive a free lure to help them catch that personal best in 2026.  We will have presentations by the ODNR and MWCD as well as the award celebration.
Doors will open at 4pm and dinner will be at 5:30 pm with the presentations and awards to follow.

 

Here is the link to registration.  Please register so we can know what to plan for the amount of food.  Thanks.

 

Awards Celebration registration

2026 Ice Breaker Event Saturday March 21st at Leesville

Now that we have finally broken free of a long Winter’s icy grip, it’s officially time to kick off our 2026 tournament season with the ICEBREAKER at Leesville!  Those Leesville lunkers will be nicely fattened up ahead of the Spring spawn and now is the perfect time to catch a truly monstrous muskie!  So come join us for the ICEBREAKER on Saturday, March 21st and see if you can put a true giant in the net while helping to raise money for the Minnow Fund.
This is a single day points tournament, (with an optional Big Fish side pot), which will run from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM, Saturday.  All catch entries must be photographed on a bump board with the assigned identifier code visible and turned in to the Tournament Director (TD) by 5:30 PM at the brand new parking lot at the main lake ramp, or via the TD cell phone number(s) that will be provided.  Any fish must measure at least 30″ to be submitted.  Scoring in this points system awards 4 points for a 30″ fish plus 1 point is awarded for each additional inch over 30″.  For example, a 42.5″ fish would earn 4 plus 12.5 points for a total of 16.5 points.  Only your 2 largest fish will count towards your final score, and the angler with the highest point total will be declared the winner.  Trophies and a Six 2 Noon lure will be awarded at our final check-in in the parking lot to our top 3 points earners.  The angler(s) who entered the Big Fish pool, and caught the longest muskie of the tournament, will receive the full amount of the side pot.
Once registered, you may launch from any public launch, but legal fishing does not begin until 7:30 AM and ends at 5:00 PM.  Event entry fee is $25 with a optional Big Fish entry of $10.  Junior registration is $15.

LungeFest at Salt Fork

A beautiful fall day greeted the 13 intrepid angers seeking to win the last event of our season, the LungeFest at Salt Fork lake.  This was a one day tournament where the two top fish caught by an angler would score for the event winner.   Though a beautiful day, only 3 fish were caught.  Tyler Lynn won his second tournament in a row by netting an Ohio Huskie of 43.5″ and a 37.25″ wing man.  Second Place and big fish winner was Scott Donohew with a stout 45.5″ Huskie.  Scott cashed in with a $130 big fish pot and generously donated $55 back to the Minnow Fund.

Our season events are now complete, all that is left is the determination of our Angler of the Year.  Will be a secret to our Awards Banquet but it is a tight competition.

 

 

2025 Battle of Ohio

It was a hard-fought competition, with 37 anglers duking it out in the BATTLE FOR OHIO Online Tournament, and in the end, Troy Oliver emerged victorious! 16 anglers logged at least one muskie over 30 inches, and of the 35 fish submitted, Troy caught the longest at 48 inches and had the highest scoring limit of three fish totaling 56.75 points! Andrew George landed some great fish as well, scoring 53 points to earn a second place finish, and Scott Donohew won third with a 50.5 point limit! Troy, Andrew, and Scott will be presented with their trophies and Six2Noon baits at our awards banquet. Congrats to our winners, and to all who put a muskie on the board in the BATTLE! There were some really nice fish caught in the BATTLE, with 21 of the 35 fish logged measuring 40 inches or better, and 14 of those reaching the 42 inch Huskie mark! Thank you to all BATTLE participants and we look forward to seeing everyone in-person on November 1st for the Lungefest Tournament at Salt Fork.

1. Troy Oliver    56.75 pts

48″ 45″ 41.75″

2. Andrew George   53 pts

47.75″ 42.25″ 41″

3. Scott Donohew   50.5 pts

44.75″ 43.75″ 40″

4. Tommy McCane  48 pts

45.5″ 44.75″ 35.75″

5. Matt Davies  45.25 pts

43″ 41.75″ 38.5″

6. Tom Garrity  37 pts

41″ 37.5″ 36.5″

7. Joe Martinelli  35.5 pts

38.75″ 37.75″ 37″

8. Chris Young   31 pts

41″ 34.5″ 33.5″

9. Derek Halas  29 pts

42″ 39″

9. Steve Randall   29 pts

44.75″ 36.25″

11. Jake Miller  21 pts

47″

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Minnow Fund results from Piedmont

We had 22 anglers test their luck on Piedmont lake in our 13th Annual Minnow Fund Event!  It was a tough day for most, with just five muskies being submitted by the field.  Some anglers reported moving plenty of fish, but bites were hard to come by.  Tyler Lynn was dialed in on this day, though, going two for four and submitting the only limit of the tournament!  Tyler’s two fish earned him 23.25 points and the first place trophy!  Ron Duskey landed the longest muskie of the tournament at 48.5″, which won him the $200 Big Fish pot. and the second place trophy!  Ronald Gutshall earned the third place trophy with a 46.5″ fish good for 20.5 points.  Congrats to our trophy winners, and a huge thanks to @six2noon for again donating some awesome bucktails to our tournament winners!

 

Tyler Lynn 38″, 37.25″, 23.25 points

Ron Duskey. 48.5″ Big Fish. 22.5 points

Ronald Gutshall. 46.5″. 20.5 points

Donald Gutshall. 40.25″. 14.25 points

 

Thank you to all who came out to fish with us while raising money to assist in the muskie stocking efforts in Ohio!  We will be adding the money raised from this event to our contribution to the state’s Minnow Fund!  Your continued support of Ohio Minnow Fund through donations and entering our tournaments is essential to maintaining our thriving muskie populations.  This was another fun outing , and we hope you will join in our next event, the BATTLE FOR OHIO online tournament, October 10th – 12th (more details coming this week)

 

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