Tournament Details

Here are the details of the tourney. The tourney will take place on April 11, 2010. The general schedule for the outing will be as follows. We will meet up at the Pere Marquette River Lodge (Orvis fly-shop) which is located just south of Baldwin on M-37 on the north side of the Pere Marquette River.

When you arrive there will be a table set up, where you sign up on a sheet of paper and write down what river you want to fish, if you can drive, alumni/student, and what school you’re from. As you sign in you will receive a tourney T-shirt and pay the entry fee ($25=student, $35=alumni). You can fish any river from the Muskegon north as long as someone from a different school is with you. Boats are allowed. When everyone signs up we will figure out who will fish with whom, and where. We are going to have a catered dinner Saturday night, and everyone that has participated in the past knows that the food is amazing! I will pair anglers up with someone from a different school who want to fish the same spots (normally I ask whom you would prefer to fish with, after all the outing’s purpose is to meet with fellow anglers and enjoy each others company). It is your responsibility to discuss driving and departure times with your fishing partners.

The tourney will officially start at 7:00 AM on Sunday morning. You must have an angler from a different school witness the fish legally caught. For your fish to count you must either keep it or have a digital picture containing the fish and a tape measure that we’ll provide (we strongly encourage catch and release), as well as a sticker in the picture that we will provide to anglers upon registration. All fish entries for the tournament must be recieved by 5 p.m.on sunday; entries will be recieved in the dining hall at the Pere Marquette River Lodge. The top two prizes will be biggest fish and most inches caught (3 fish limit). Individual prizes will be separated between alumni and students, but the total inches per school will be combined alumni and students, which will be for bragging rights and a trophy to bring back to the school. After the top anglers get their recognition and sweet prizes everyone else puts their names in a hat and we draw them out to give out the door prizes almost everyone will walk away from the tournament with a prize. Most of the proceeds made from the outing will be donated to non-profit organizations, such as Trout Unlimited, Wolf Lake Fish Hatchery, and River Clean-ups and the rest will be used for future events. It’s mainly just a great chance for everyone to get away from school, work and meet fellow fishermen from other locations and have a little competition while fishing.

If you know anyone else that goes or has gone to college and likes to fish, let them know about the tourney and forward them the attachment. Also if you know anyone that would be interested in sponsoring the tourney let me know as well (we advertise all the sponsors on the tourney T-shirts, our website, and on top of that you gain great publicity from all the participants). If you have anymore questions you can call me at 269.615.5389

There will be space available on the lodge property for camping, but for many of you alumni whose days of sleeping in your cars or on the ground are over, the Pere Marquette River Lodge (www.pmlodge.com) has lodging available with a number of different options from cabins to houses. They have always been strong supporters of the outing as well. The Red Moose Lodge and Baldwin Bait and Tackle also have rooms available. This Spring tournament will most likely be the biggest, and the BEST so far! With the high number of fisherman and friends attending the event, the official policy from this point forward will be for folks to bring their own beverages.

I look forward to seeing all of you at this year's tournament; it is not to be missed!!!