{"id":2781,"date":"2023-08-18T13:47:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/?p=2781"},"modified":"2023-08-18T13:47:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T17:47:19","slug":"11th-annual-minnow-fund-event-at-leesville-lake-september-9th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/?p=2781","title":{"rendered":"11th Annual Minnow Fund Event at Leesville Lake September 9th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Minnow-Fund.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2780\" src=\"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Minnow-Fund-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Minnow-Fund-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ohmci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Minnow-Fund-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ohmci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Minnow-Fund-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ohmci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Minnow-Fund.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that Fall is just around the corner, so is our 11th Annual Minnow Fund event held at Leesville Lake on Saturday, September 9th.\u00a0 Leesville Lake is the home of Ohio&#8217;s muskellunge broodstock from which eggs are collected every Spring to be raised in our hatcheries until they are ready to be stocked back into the 9 muskie program lakes throughout the state.\u00a0 We invite you to join us on this beautiful lake for a fun day of muskie fishing while raising money to help feed all the future giants in our hatcheries.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s better than a day filled with muskie fishing, warm food, and great conversation?!\u00a0 Keith from South Fork Marina has generously offered to keep the restaurant open for our fish check-in.\u00a0 OHMC would also like to offer each registered angler a $5 credit towards any food purchase.\u00a0 So, please join us and support our awesome sponsor, South Fork Marina, and share some fish stories with other like-minded anglers.<\/p>\n<p>This is a single day event which will run from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday.\u00a0 The angler who submits the longest musky of the tournament will be declared the winner.\u00a0 The 1st place winner and any ties will receive trophies at our 2024 Banquet. \u00a0The winner of the Big Fish pool will be based on the largest fish turned in amongst all Big Fish pool entrants and will receive all Big Fish pool money.\u00a0 Ties will not be broken; the prize pot will be split evenly amongst tied entrants. \u00a0All fish must be submitted to the Tournament Director by 6:00 pm at the South Fork Marina Restaurant Deck or via the cell phone number provided the night before the event.<\/p>\n<p>You can register for the event 1 of 3 ways:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Register online at\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2023MinnowFund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register Here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The online registration includes payment thru PayPal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Via postal mail\n<ul>\n<li>OHMC, 17712 Edgewater, Lakewood, Ohio 44107<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>In person\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday morning from 6:00 am to 6:30 am at the South Fork Marina Public Launch parking lot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once registered, you can launch from any public launch.<\/p>\n<p>The entry fee will be $20 with an optional $5 Big Fish entry pool.\u00a0 All proceeds of this event will help fund the OHMC\u2019s contribution to the Minnow Fund and any extra donations are welcomed!\u00a0 The statewide Minnow Fund is an integral part of the overall success of Ohio\u2019s Muskie program.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you all there!<\/p>\n<p>Here are the rules for the event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Minnow_Fund_2023_Rules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minnow Fund Rules and Regulations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>New for 2023 and going forward:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ALL fish mush be photographed on a bump board.<\/li>\n<li>A to-be-determined identifier released the night before the start of the event must also be present in each photo. It will be found on our social media so be sure to follow us on Facebook (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OHMCI?mibextid=LQQJ4d\">Ohio Huskie Muskie Club Inc<\/a>) and on Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/ohiohuskiemuskieclub?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\">@ohiohuskiemuskieclub<\/a>). The identifier must be printed off or handwritten. No fish submissions with a virtual identifier will be accepted (i.e., cell phone image of identifier, edited images overlaying identifier, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>Fish submissions not on a bump board or without the correct event identifier present in the picture will be disqualified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that Fall is just around the corner, so is our 11th Annual Minnow Fund event held at Leesville Lake on Saturday, September 9th.\u00a0 Leesville Lake is the home of Ohio&#8217;s muskellunge broodstock from which eggs are collected every Spring to be raised in our hatcheries until they are ready to be stocked back into the 9 muskie program lakes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88893,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outings","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2781"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2783,"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2781\/revisions\/2783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohmci.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}