The Frontenac Sportsman’s Club Presents……….

The Frontenac Sportsman’s Club, in conjunction with Four Seasons Sports of Red Wing, are pleased to announce THE MISSISSIPPI GOLD TEAM TOURNAMENT, a tournament for walleye tournament enthusiasts which will be held in Lake City Minnesota on September 25-26, 2004. The entry fee will be $310 per team with $10 of the entry being donated to the local fisheries department for research and/or habitat improvement. Pools 3 and 4 of the Mississippi River are the boundaries with a best 5 of 7 fish (15″ minimum) to weigh in each day. We are allowing up to 200 boats in this tournament with $10,200 1st place award with a full field. This will be an 85% payback tournament with 15% of the field receiving monetary prizes. We will begin a mass mailing to all the past Lake Pepin MWC participants and past Frontenac Sportsman’s Club Walleye & Sauger Classic participants the week of July 26th. You can contact myself, Jimmy Siewert during the week of July 26th at (651)345-5035 or Eric at Four Seasons Sports (651)388-7999 for additional information or to receive and official entry. form. Day one flighting will be determined by reception of your entry form and payment, so do not hesitate to get it in fast as word is already spreading on this tournament!!!

Respectfully,

Jimmy Siewert

I was wondering will there be entry forms availible at the GOM tourney. Sounds like a great way to bring in the fall

I will make sure there are some at the Grumpy Old Men Tournament. Wish I could fish it myself, but I will have somebody bring some to the orientation meeting. I will also get some for our August 14th tournament there.

Jimmy Siewert

Just an FYI that we are currently stuffing envelopes, so most of you should be expecting information and entry forms within the week. If you are interested, I can send you entry’s also. Just call me at 651-345-5035. There has been a lot of talk about this tournament already, so get your entry’s in soon!

Jimmy Siewert

Entries are filtering in for this tournament. To all teams whom already sent in their entry, I will be sending you verification letters within the week. Remember everyone we will not accept ANY entries later than the September 20th cut-off date, so don’t procrastinate too long! Anyone interested, feel free to drop me a line at 651-345-5035 and I can send you an entry.

Jimmy Siewert

WOW not many Tournaments With that kind of payout!!

How many people are signed up???

You bet it is a heck of a pay-out. Now we need to get all the teams signed up. We are currently in the high 20’s. We know we are not going to fill out, but the hoping for 50 plus boats. Heck, even with 50 plus boats, first place will be around $6000, so still a heck of a pay-out.

We will continue building this tournament in future years, but join us for our first year also!!

You can call me at (651)345-5035 if you need a flyer or additional information. I will be fishing Leech Sept. 14-19, so contact me soon! Anyone have some good pointers for Leech?!?!?!

Jimmy Siewert

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How many other site users are fishing this tourney? My partner & I are signed up. Sounds like it should be a fun tournament. The Frontenac Sportsman’s Club always puts on a great tournament.

You bet Coot we are going to have a good tournament. We need to get more people signed up and it is going to be a great time. I will be at Leech Lake till next Monday, but please leave a message for me via phone or this page and I will get back to you.

Jimmy Siewert

How many teams did you guys get Jim?

We ended up with 24 teams. We knew it was going to be tough this year with the MWC the week before and the RCL championship the week after. Next year we will be doing some planning around these two events. However, payout is going to be great. Here is the breakdown.

1st – $2400
2nd – $1500
3rd – $1150
4th – $800

Not too bad for 24 teams!!!

Jim

The top 4 teams today [Day One] were:

1st. Aaron Mathes and Paul Conway 19.65 lbs.

2nd. Dan McGuire and Luke Kersten 17.75 lbs.

3rd. Blake Rathgarn and Harold Rye 17.15 lbs.

4th. Paul Kennbeck and Seth Huntoon 16.95 lbs.

Big fish for the day was 9.70 lbs. caught by the team in 2nd place for day one.

The final weigh in will be 3:00 Sunday at the Park at the Sailboat Marina in Lake City, Mn.

Thanks, Bill

This fish was held up for display.

The Final Top Four Teams:

1st. Aaron Mathes and Paul Conway Total 2 Day weight 40 lbs
2nd. Blake Rothgarn and Harold Rye Total weight 32.95 lbs
3rd. Paul Kennebbeck and Seth Huntoon Total weight 32.35 lbs
4th. Mitch Jerowski and Scott Jerowski Total Weight 32.30 lbs

Harold Rye [2nd place top team] with a fish at weigh in on Sunday

Big Fish Team Day One Dan McGuire and Luke Kersten

Big Fish Day Two Dan Ranthun and Ralph Deircks

Congrats guys!!! And congrats to all who fished. Very good tournament. Weather was great too which doesn’t happen too often. After that last pic my camera batteries went dead so unfortunately thats all I was able to get for pics.

Thanks, Bill

Thanks Bill for the coverage. You were right, the weather was perfect and there was some awesome fish brought to the scale. Day 2 was a little tougher for most, but the most consistent pattern was the wingdams down by Wabasha. the Frontenac Sportsman’s Club would like to thank all of the participants that competed this year. For next year we are going to strive to make this tournament bigger and better, and most importantly, get an earlier September weekend set and get the flyers and entry letters out by May of 2005. Thanks again all!!

Below you will find the final results of the tournament

1st – Aaron Mathees & Paul Conway, 10 fish – 40.00lbs
2nd – Blake Rothgarn & Harold Rye, 10 fish – 32.95lbs
3rd – Paul Kennebeck & Seth Huntoon, 10 fish – 32.35lbs
4th – Mitch & Scott Jerowski, 9 fish – 32.30lbs
5th – Brian & Jerry Ernat, 10 fish – 27.25lbs
6th – Eric Eichorn & Dan Felber, 10 fish – 26.95lbs
7th – Todd Peterson & Nate Cadwell 9 fish – 21.65lbs
8th – Ralph Diercks & Dan Ramthun 8 fish – 21.15lbs
9th – Brent Rothgarn & Dale Sogla 7 fish – 20.55lbs
10th – Jeff & Mary Harcey, 6 fish – 19.45lbs
11th – Dan McGuire & Luke Kersten, 5 fish – 17.75lbs
12th – Ryan & Cory Wright, 8 fish – 17.05lbs
13th – Scott Carlson & Steve Franzen 5 fish – 14.75lbs
14th – Dan Prokosch & Heidi Peterson, 4 fish – 13.65lbs
15th – D.J. Siewert & Tommy Diercks, 5 fish – 13.60lbs
16th – Brian Sylveste & Dave Grabau, 5 fish – 12.40lbs
17th – Steve Gnotke & Tom Olson, 5 fish – 11.35lbs
18th – Mike & Jason Schommer, 5 fish – 6.65lbs
19th – Jon Klohs & Rick Gifford, 3 fish – 5.55lbs
20th – Tracy Peterson & Danny Knowlton 1 fish – 1.45lbs
21st – Tim & Steve Fields 0 fish – 0.00lbs
21st – Tom Sather & Kurt Anderson 0 fish – 0.00lbs
21st – Brent Hughley & Mike Enlund 0 fish – 0.00lbs
21st – Justin Denzer & Dylan Schroeder 0 fish – 0.00lbs

Statistics 135 fish – 388.80lbs
2.88lb. average

Winning Pattern was hitting various wingdams utilizing willowcats in the Wabasha Area

Payout
1st Aaron Mathees & Paul Conway $2,300.00
2nd Harold Rye & Blake Rothgarn $1,400.00
3rd Paul Kennebeck & Seth Huntoon $1,150.00
4th Scott & Mitch Jerowski $750.00

Day 1 Big Fish:
Luke Kersten & Dan McGuire, 9.70lb Hawg!! $180.00

Day 2 Big Fish:
Ralph Diercks & Dan Ramthun, 6.10 Waldo!! $180.00

I forgot an important note in regards to this tournament. $10.00 from each paid entry fee went into a conservation fund, which was donated to the Lake City Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Headquarters for habitat reconstruction and/or research on the Mighty Mississippi. With a big “Thanks” to all the participants this year, $230.00 was donated to the DNR.

To date, the Frontenac Sportsman’s Club has donated around $750,000.00, that’s right, $750,000.00 towards our outdoor heritages, such has land acuisitions, habitat improvements, scholarships and many, many more types of conservation activities. The Frontenac Sportsman’s Club and our 300 plus members are proud to continue this fine tradition. Feel free to contact me if anyone is interested in joining the Frontenac Sportsman’s Club.

Jimmy Siewert