The 2009 Gopher Bassmasters Schedule has recently been set, I plan to fish all the events this year on top of my Bassmaster Weekend Series tournaments, the BFN Northern Divisional, MNBFN TOC and maybe a BFL or 2.  Looks like a fun schedule, few bodies I have never fished and a couple that I am pretty familiar with.  If you are thinking about joining a bass club, Gopher Bassmasters is taking new members for this year yet, check out their website.

Mississippi River – Pool 2
Cottage Grove, MN
May 17, 2009

North & South Center Lakes
Center City, MN
June 13, 2009

Chisago & Lindstrom Lakes Chain
Chisago, MN
June 14, 2009

Knife Lake
Mora, MN
July 11, 2009     

East & West Rush Lakes
Rush City, MN
July 12, 2009

2009 State Tournament Waters 
Day 1
TBD, MN
August 29, 2009

Day 2
TBD, MN
August 30, 2009

My synopsis of the events:
Mississippi River – Pool 2
This should be an interesting early season event.  Only a few guys in our club have been on this water and not necessarily at this time of year.  We chose this because its catch & release all year and we will be doing paper tournament, where your partner will verify the length of your catch and convert to pounds.  It offers both smallmouth & largemouth.  We usually drive to WI in May for our first tourneys, so this will be a new body of water for most and save expenses this year.

North & South Center Lakes / Chisago & Lindstrom Lakes Chain
June can be a very good bite or finicky bite on these lakes based on what stage of Post Spawn we are likely in at this point.  Should be a mixture of deep fish and fish that are still raiding bluegill beds on these lakes.  Should take some solid weights on both, Chisago will also be a paper tournament

Knife Lake / East & West Rush Lakes
Knife Lake I know nothing about and I think only one or two members have been on the lake, I am guessing it will fish strong.  Rush lakes maybe hitting their full algae bloom at this time, which may trip up a few anglers on this body of water, but it has big fish if you can find them in the summer.

The TOC waters will likely be one of the large chains of water like Gull or Whitefish, but we will not know until April.  That is all for now, watch my website for my official tournament schedule very soon!

Rich
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