New Mexico Muskies Inc. is dedicated to youth, fisheries, research & education!
MEMBERS ONLY OFFER
The NM Muskies Inc Member who catches and releases the first 50" tiger muskie from New Mexico waters will be rewarded with an amazing prize! Dave Thornburg of Dave's Wildlife Studios is going to make a replica mount of your catch for free!! That's right absolutely free, a fish over 50" is valued at ~$750 to replicate!! Be sure to make sure your Membership stays valid so you don't miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime!! Thanks a million for the generosity Dave!
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3rd Annual Fall Fishing Clinic
After registration the kids made their way to each educational booth we setup. They made earrings out of spinner blades, learned how to tie knots, how to identify baits and lures, how to identify fish species by painting them. They also made their own mini spinner baits, then tied their first fly, before fishing they each took part in a casting lesson and then they were off!
It didn't take long before the screams started and fish were coming in left and right. The kids really got a kick out of fishing the clear water and being able to see the fish bite and fight as they reeled them in.
Thanks to Tingley Beach for having us, Charlies Sporting Goods for donating all the goodies for the kids, and Ti Piper for helping us gather the materials necessary to operate the educational booths. A huge thanks to the Chapter Members that came down to help! You guys are awesome and we couldn't have done it without you. The kids had a blast, I'm not sure who's more excited about next years event; us or them? Photos will be posted in the Photogallery soon.
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This year we are excited to announce a “Challunge” amongst Club Members… The angler that has the most accumulative inches in the Lunge Log at the end of the year will win NMMI Angler of the Year! We're also going to announce a NMMI Big Fish of the Year to the Chapter member that catches and releases the Biggest Fish of 2011. Prizes will be a nice plaque with the MI logo, your name, and "Angler of the year" title, recognized as a “Master Angler” in the Lunge Log database… and of course bragging rights for a year!
As of November 1st the Angler of the Year Chapter Challunge Leaders are:
Angler of the Year-Tom Jones with 24 tigers=800" caught and released so far in 2011 alone!
Biggest Fish of 2011-Matt Pelletier 42.5
No Youth or Female Anglers have reported any catches this year. Get out there and fish before the lakes freeze over!
Support NM Tiger Muskie fisheries by following the link below and joining today!
Look what you'll see next time you go to Bluewater & Quemado Lakes
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New 2010 Fishing Regulations pertain to Muskie Anglers
http://wildlife.state.nm.us:80/documents/fishingrules.html
A 1 fish per day, 40" minimum harvest will be allowed beginning the 2010 fishing season (April 1st). Our Chapter is now going to refocus our attention to this matter on trying to create a required-free "muskie permit" so the state can have a better idea what the number of anglers targeting these trophy fish in NM are, how often, etc..
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