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$12,000.00 Guaranteed
1st Place for 2010
Register Now for 2011 Tournament
The headline is correct. The 2010 Midwest Open Ice Fishing Tournament on January 31st is now $12,000.00 to win. On January 31, 2010 there will be up to 150 - 2 man teams, fishing for 8 Bluegills and 8 Crappies on Wamplers Lake in Brooklyn, MI. All competing to win $12,000.00.
As you look through the site you will find this tournament is about the fishermen, not only will we be giving away $12,000.00 to the winning team, but cash prizes will be paid out to the top 20 teams with merchandise prizes given to teams 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, and 150. Last year teams that finished 50th and 100th place each received a pair of Humminbird Fish finders. With its low entry fee of $120.00 per team it makes this tournament very affordable especially with the very large pay-outs.
The very first tournament was held January 15th 2000, when Mark Rosencrans brought a few of the top Ice fishermen in the nation, like Dave Genz, to fish Devils Lake in the Irish Hills of Michigan. The first 2 events were single man events. Those fishermen became hooked on the ice fishing in this area. In 2001 Ice Team Organized a series of qualifying events with the top qualifiers from each event to meet in Alexandria, MN in December that year to Crown the first National Champion. In 2001 we moved the event to Wamplers Lake near Brooklyn, MI. Each year until 2008 when Ice Team ended it support of the tournament series, we held a qualifying event for the National Championships. In January 2008 immediately after Ice Teams ending of its support of the series we started the “Midwest Open Ice Fishing Tournament” as we wanted to continue our great Ice fishing Tournament. With little time to organize we put on a tournament with 63 teams with a top payout of $2,451.00 for the winning team and a total payout of $8,854.25, not counting the merchandise prizes given by all of our great sponsors.
With 12 months to prepare, we went looking for sponsors for the 2009 event and we found them. With help from the Jackson County Convention and Visitors Bureau, Subway of Brooklyn, and many other sponsors which you can find under 2009 event heading, we were able to guarantee $10,000.00 to win. This brought 139 teams to fish Devils Lake in the 2009 event. We were able to draw teams from 7 different states. The total cash payout in 2009 was $18,850.00, again not counting the value of the merchandise given to the finishers back in the pack.
This event is top class with an indoor heated weigh in at the Columbia Central High School Gymnasium, which draws many spectators from the area to view the excitement. On Saturday night January 30th we have a rules meeting to go over all of the rules for the event, you can find a copy of the rules on this site as well as maps to the lake and all events with times and dates.
So what are you waiting for find a partner, click the button below and sign up fast as we are sure we will sell out the 150 spots very early. We know you will have a great weekend, who knows what you might win or learn, but one thing for certain is you will enjoy your time fishing with some of the top Ice fishermen in the United States.
For more information contact Tom at midwestopen@gmail.com. We also are Midwest Open Ice Fishing Tournament on Facebook and Midwestopen on Twitter to make any updates easy as we get closer to the event. Here is to early ice and a great Ice Fishing Season.
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