PMTT LIEF LABS SPRING SHOOTOUT!
CAVE RUN LAKE, KY
APRIL 27th & 28th, 2024
HOSTED BY MOREHEAD KENTUCKY TOURISM
Cave Run Lake, KY is a beautiful place to fish for muskies, especially this early in the year. With its Majestic Hills & Hollers and perfect weather this weekend, what better place to kickoff the 2024 PMTT Season. The Team of Nate Osfar from Marathon, Wisconsin & Brian Krelle Eagle River, Wisconsin took 1st Place with 3 fish a 37.25”, 36” & 34.75”. They were working rocks and wood deep with glide baits and jigs. Nate, who confessed to never having caught a musky before on jig, went to Crash’s Landing, a local bait shop and bought a jig Saturday night, after watching a Bass guy catch a nice musky on a jig, They said pre-fishing helped land their first fish, but then they had to change it up from their comfort zone and adapt to the changing conditions. Nate, who was working his baits aggressively on Saturday, felt the fish were not very active and somewhat lethargic, so on Sunday, after trying out a few other things, he decided why not try the musky jig he purchased the night before and caught a musky after 5 casts, just working it on the bottom and walking down the slope and that was just what they needed to help them secure the win and the $19,600 1stPlace payout.
Rounding out the Top 5 were Jason Summers from Centerville, Minnesota & Dan Wojtusik from Eagle River, Wisconsin in 2nd place with 3 fish also, a 37", 37" & 33.25". In 3rd Place with 2 fish, a 40" & 37" were Garrick Sobeski from Butler, Pennsylvania & Aaron Parise from Creighton, Pennsylvania. In 4th Place with 2 fish, a 39.5" & 37 were Dick Heckle from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin & Rory Tuff from Eagle River, Wisconsin. In 5th Place with 2 fish, a 37" & 36.25" were Robert Ornberg from Winter, Wisconsin & Tanner Rabelhofer from Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
PMTT Tournament Director, Tim Widlacki, acknowledged the Trail’s deep appreciation to our many outstanding Sponsors. For both their continuing support and the important part they have played and are playing now in our growth over the past 26 years as America’s 1st and only truly National Professional Musky Circuit. Leading the way with new, challenging, and innovative formats, featuring many of America’s top musky fishing destinations. Highlighting freshwater’s most elusive and challenging fish and the fast-growing community of extreme adventure anglers who give her chase. Special thanks to our Q-1 Event Sponsor, LIEF LABS and our good friends at MOREHEAD TOURISM. Also, the Official Boat & World Musky Championship Title Sponsor, RECON BOATS of IOLA, WI, MERCURY MARINE, THORNE BROS, MUSKY HUNTER MAGAZINE and to all of our wonderful Hosts and Site Partners for their support , Ligwood LLC, The Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center and The Ramada Resorts, as well as our entire family of Contributing & Associate Sponsors. Please let them know how much you appreciate what they do whenever you get the chance… show them some Musky Love, returning their support when you can… they are a vital part our growing PMTT Family.
UP NEXT – Madison Chain, WI – June 8th & 9th, 2024.
Let’s go Musky Hunting…Wahoooooooooo!
Daily Live Streamed Updates during the Event can be viewed using your Facebook APP or watch the posted Live Stream videos from our Facebook Page.
To obtain more information on becoming a member of the PMTT, or to signup for any PMTT Event, please visit us on the web at www.promusky.com or call the PMTT office at 815-478-4092.
Final Results - 32 Fish caught and released
Day 1 Results - 15 Fish Registered
Day 2 Results - 17 Fish Registered
Musky Hunter Big Fish - 38.5" Scott Flatt & Scott Worthington
Day 1 Big Fish - 41.25 Matthew Mueller & Gary Bowar
Day 2 Big Fish - 40" Garrick Sobeski & Aaron Parise
TTAP Bonus Team - Nate Osfar & Brian Krelle 1st Place
TTAP Bonus Fish - 40.5" Ralph & Matt Bigham
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PMTT MERCURY MARINE SUMMER CHALLENGE!
MADISON CHAIN, WI
JUNE 8th & 19th, 2024
HOSTED BY LIGWOOD, LLC
The Professional Musky Tournament Trail made its second stop of the season with the Mercury Marine Summer Challenge on the Madison Chain of Lakes, Madison, WI. June 8th & 9th. This tournament seen almost 200 of the nation’s top musky anglers from twelve different states converge into the town of Madison to compete in this event. With the early spring and lots of rain, the anglers were hoping the frontal conditions moving in would help turn the musky fishing on from an unusually slow early season action on the chain so far.
Mark Lijewski from Minocqua, WI and Jason Mollen of Lake Tomahawk, WI teamed up for this tournament season and were the only team to double up in the tournament under tough conditions. “It was all kind of crazy, because of the tough fishing we were just fishing for bites. One that might help us qualify for the Recon Boats World Championship” stated Lijewski.
With fronts moving in and out all tournament long, air and water temps around 70 degrees and everything from cloudy drizzle, to bluebird and gusty winds, Lijewski and Mollen were just focusing on getting on the boar . “We literally fished for hours on the first day hoping for a change or a window and the slow fishing to open up,” stated Mullen. Lijewski and Mollen set themselves up to be throwing natural colored soft rubber swim baits off some deep break lines when there was a small pickup in action. We went from having nothing to netting two muskies in under ten minutes and had several others going’” stated Lijewski.
Luckily for Lijewski and Mollen, the fishing got even tougher on day two and their day one lead was enough to give them the win. They not only left town with the first-place hardware, they also captured the Recon Boats $1,000 first place bonus, the Thorne Brothers bonus and the TTAP bonus to take home $20,000 in prize money!
2nd Place: Rob Kahl of Menomonie, WI. and Corey Pederson of Wheeler, WI. had the biggest fish of the tournament coming in at 49.75”. Like most that were successful this past weekend, they were also throwing soft rubber baits off deep break lines when the big fish ate. The big musky kept them in second place and they took home over $6,800 in cash.
3rd Place: Jason Summers of Centerville, MN and Dan Wojtusik of Eagle River, WI were also on the big fish as they boated the top fish of day two at 46”. They were also throwing natural colored soft rubber baits but more so over the main lake basin relating schools of baitfish and took home $4,000 in prize money.
4th Place: Tim Barker and Shazana Hardy both from Maple Grove, MN. took third with a heavy 43” musky they caught trolling windblown shorelines with weighted crank baits. Rounding out the top 5 is the team of Bryan Wiitala of Rib Lake, WI. and Heather Acker of Stetson, WI. They boated a 42.50” musky while trolling crankbaits down wind-blown shorelines just off the breaks.
PMTT Tournament Director, Tim Widlacki, acknowledged the Trail’s deep appreciation to our many outstanding sponsors, for both their continuing support and the important part they have played and are playing now in our growth over the past 26 years as America’s 1st and only; truly National Professional Musky Circuit. Leading the way with new, challenging, and innovative formats, featuring many of America’s top musky fishing destinations. Special thanks to our Q-2 Event Sponsor Mercury Marine and our good friends at Ligwood, LLC for hosting the PMTT in Madison. Also, the Official Boat & World Championship title sponsor Recon Boats, Thorne Brothers, Lief Labs, Sovereign Resources, Musky Hunter and to all of our wonderful Hosts and Site Partners for their support; Morehead Tourism, Ramada Inn, Green Mill, Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce and our entire family of Contributing & Associate Sponsors. Please let them know how much you appreciate what they do whenever you get the chance… show them some Musky Love, returning their support when you can… they are a vital part of our growing PMTT Family.
UP NEXT – Thorne Bros Late Summer Showdown - Lake Minnetonka, MN – August 23rd & 24th, 2024
Let’s go Musky Hunting…Wahoooooooooo!
Daily Live Streamed Updates during the Event can be viewed using your Facebook APP or watch the posted Live Stream videos from our Facebook Page.
To obtain more information on becoming a member of the PMTT, or to signup for any PMTT Event, please visit us on the web at www.promusky.com or call the PMTT office at 815-478-4092.
Final Results - 12 Fish caught and released
Day 1 Results - 9 Fish Registered
Day 2 Results - 3 Fish Registered
Musky Hunter Big Fish - 39.5" Stuart & Sheri Sorenson
Day 1 Big Fish - 49.75" Rob Kahl & Corey Pederson
Day 2 Big Fish - 46" Jason Summers & Dan Wojtusik
TTAP Bonus Team - Mark Lijewski & Jason Mollen 1st Place
TTAP Bonus Fish - 49.75" Rob Kahl & Corey Pederson
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PMTT THORNE BROS LATE SUMMER SHOWDOWN!
LAKE MINNETONKA, MN
AUGUST 23rd & 24th, 2024
HOSTED BY: RAMADA
Let’s go Musky Hunting…Wahoooooooooo!
Daily Live Streamed Updates during the Event can be viewed using your Facebook APP or watch the posted Live Stream videos from our Facebook Page.
To obtain more information on becoming a member of the PMTT, or to signup for any PMTT Event, please visit us on the web at www.promusky.com or call the PMTT office at 815-478-4092.
Final Results - Fish caught and released
Day 1 Results - Fish Registered
Day 2 Results - Fish Registered
Musky Hunter Big Fish -
Day 1 Big Fish -
Day 2 Big Fish -
TTAP Bonus Team -
TTAP Bonus Fish -
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PMTT Recon Boats World Championship
Eagle River Chain, WI
September 27th, 28th & 29th, 2024
Presented by the Eagle River Area Chamber of Commerce
Let’s go Musky HuntinEagle River Area Chamber of Commerceg…Wahoooooooooo!
Daily Live Streamed Updates during the Event can be viewed using your Facebook APP or watch the posted Live Stream videos from our Facebook Page.
Sign up coming soon for the 2023 PMTT Trail and come check us out this winter at your local Musky Sport Show and follow us on our Social Media. For information or to view event photo album, please visit us on the web at www.promusky.com or call the PMTT office at 815-478-4092. Again, thank you everyone for following us through this rough year with the pandemic and all else in the world this year. We all here at the PMTT wish you good health and look forward to hitting the water again in 2023.
Final Results - Fish caught and released
Day 1 Results - Muskies registered
Day 2 Results - Muskies registered
Day 3 Results - Muskies registered
Musky Hunter Big Fish -
TTAP Bonus Team -
TTAP Bonus Fish -
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