Lupient Buick/Pontiac/GMC has been selected to provide the “Official Truck of Muskie Mania 2008”.
Lupient Group has been serving the Area for over 30 years and has a long heritage of involvement in numerous Community Activities. Currently they are supporting local high schools by helping them promote school activities.
“Committed to excellence and dedicated to Caring, this opportunity with Muskies, Inc. will give us an opportunity to help the Minnesota Fishery and DNR while supporting another 41 year old, local non-profit”, said Rob Stewart, Lupient General Manager”. more....
Ron Schara, an award-winning outdoor columnist for the Minneapolis Star-Tribune and host of Minnesota Bound on KARE-11 TV, will be the Honorary Grand Marshall and Celebrity MC of the 41st Annual Frank Schneider, Jr. Memorial Muskie Tournament.
The 2008 event will take place on 21 lakes in the Bemidji-Cass-Walker-Longville area of northern Minnesota on September 5, 6, and 7, 2008.
The tournament is themed “Muskie Mania 2008” borrowed from a book of the same title published by Ron in 1977!
Inspired while once again reading Muskie Mania and realizing the tremendous improvements in the Minnesota muskie fishery ...more
Nothing fancy yet but the standings are posted on the results page. Photos of fish, closing ceremonies along with all the details should be up by Friday September 14.

Christina Smith with her 50.5 inch muskie caught on Big Lake. Christina is 12 years old and won the junior division along with first place in the Mary Villnoa award.

Jeff Anderson is the guest speaker for May.Jeff is a guide for Bemidji-area lakes. He is a past winner of our chapter’s Frank Schneider Jr. Memorial Tournament.
Come learn tips and tactics and about fishing lakes in that area.
Meetings start at 7pm and are held at the Knights of Columbus in Bloomington.[map]
Coming in June members of the
Minnesota DNR will share information
about the long-range plan for
muskies.