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Here is what you can expect this Saturday at Thorne Bros

Win valuable prizes, get priceless tips at Thorne Bros. event, Sept. 28

Combined value of the MarCum flasher and StrikeMaster auger you could win at the 9th Annual Thorne Bros Portable Modification Get Together? About $750.

The ice-fishing tips Tony Roach and Brad Hawthorne will share at the event? Priceless!

Visit Thorne Bros ( 10091 Central Ave NE , in Blaine) on Saturday, Sept. 28, to register for valuable prizes, meet and learn from ICE FORCE pro-staffers Roach and Hawthorne, and tour the annual display of modified portable fish houses of every shape, size and color. You can bring your own portable mod and enter for a chance at a prize. The event is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The store opens at 8 a.m.

“As in years past, we will be doing some huge giveaways for the best modified portables, as well as some raffle prizes given throughout the day and around seminar times,” says Thorne Bros Office Manager and Pro-Staffer Katie Lynch “Many of our companies have been extremely generous this year and some of the big prizes are incredible!”

Included in the batch of big prizes are a MarCum VX-1 Pro Flasher ($299.99 value) and a StrikeMaster 8-inch Lazer Mag power auger ($449.99 value).

“And there will be more goodies announced on the day of the event!” Lynch says. “Spread the word, this is always such a fun event. Anyone who has been to one in the past will agree, it’s a fun-filled day and everyone goes home happy.”

Additional highlights of the event will include:

· Discounts on everything in the Thorne Bros store

· Free ICE FORCE beanies for the first 50 customers that make an ICE FORCE brand purchase of $10 or more.

· Ice fishing talk in the ICE FORCE tent with fellow anglers, pro-staffers and factory reps from Otter, MarCum and StrikeMaster

· Ice-drilling demonstrations with StrikeMaster augers in the ICE FORCE tent

· See the custom-wrapped ICE FORCE Polaris INDY Voyager 550 (Register to win it online here!) [https://www.facebook.com/ICEFORCEUSA/app_137541772984354 ]

· Free ICE FORCE decals (while supplies last)

· Food and snacks will be available for sale

Roach’s presentation, “ Secrets to Icing More Walleyes,” is set for 10-11 a.m. Hawthorne’s s eminar, “Rippin’ Red Lake Walleye,” is set for 2-3 p.m. Q & A sessions will follow.

Walleye ‘Secrets’ Seminar Sneak Peek

Roach shared this exclusive sneak peek at his seminar, in which he will share secrets to icing more walleyes:

“Half the challenge for ice anglers is finding fish – especially when it pertains to walleye fishing,” he says. “A lot guys know how to deploy techniques, like spoon fishing and Jigging Raps, and things like that, but when it comes to actually breaking down good spots to look for, early season mid season and late, it’s more of a challenge.”

Attend Roach’s seminar and he’ll offer proven ice-trolling techniques to overcome that challenge.

“What I do with Ice trolling is lot different than simply ‘hole hoping,’” he explains. “It’s a pretty strategic way I go about looking for fish. It’s not just grabbing my StrikeMaster and drilling a bunch of random holes.”

He will discuss also the different techniques he uses based on what he sees on his MarCum sonar unit.

“Based on how I’m seeing the fish on structure and how they’re located in the water column, I’ll determine how to keep the fish biting all day,” Roach says. “Because that’ the other challenge that walleye anglers face – they might have a great morning bite and a great evening bite, but during the day, their bite slows down.”

He will share tips for “triggering those finicky fish all day long and all season long.”

Rippin’ Red ‘Eyes Seminar Sneak Peek

Hawthorne shared this exclusive sneak peek at his seminar, in which he will give tips for targeting Upper Red Lake walleyes through the ice with a Rapala Rippin’ Rap:

“You can send that thing flying down the hole and a lot of time, those fish are going to grab it before it hits the bottom, because its so loud,” he says.

Hawthorne began targeting walleyes through the ice with Rippin’ Raps – traditionally an open-water bait – last winter on Mille Lacs. He explained how to get on that bite in this ICE FORCE blog post. [http://blog.iceforce.com/products/winter-deep-water-tactics-with-the-rapala-rippin-rap/ ]

But what worked on Mille Lacs was less effective on Upper Red Lake. In fact, almost the exact opposite approach was effective!

“Instead of just shaking it slightly, like when you get their attention on Mille Lacs, up on Red, you can let it rocket down the hole and make a racket,” Hawthorne explains.

And the tactic yields different classes of fish on Upper Red than it does on Mille Lacs.

“On Upper Red Lake, you’ll smoke huge slot-fish with this technique – magnum, 15- to 20-inch slot fish,” Hawthorne says. “On Mille Lacs, it’s a big-fish-targeting technique.”

In the seminar, Hawthorne will expand more on different ways to use the Rippin’ Rap on Upper Red Lake when “the fish are aggressive, when they’re a little neutral and when you’re trying to get a reaction.”

For more information about the event or Thorne Brothers, visit http://www.thornebros.com . Click the following highlighted text for links to more information about ICE FORCE, the MarCum VX-1 Pro Flasher [http://www.rapala.com/VX-1P/VX-1P,default,pd.html?start=6&cgid=marCum-sonar ], the StrikeMaster 8-inch Lazer Mag power auger [http://www.rapala.com/Lazer-Mag/Lazer%20Mag,default,pd.html?start=3&cgid=strikemaster-power-gas ], and the Rapala Rippin’ Rap [http://www.rapala.com/Rippin-Rap/Rippin%20Rap,default,pd.html?start=1&q=Rippin%27%20Rap ].