Congratulations Tyler Mohr 2017 Minnesota Bowfin Club Grand Champion!!!

27.5" Jerkbait

This big barker allowed Tyler Mohr to win the 2017 Minnesota Bowfin Club Grand Championship.  I believe it was caught in a backwater somewhere on the Mississippi River.

23.5" Swim Jig

2nd Place went to Chuck Fields for a 23 incher caught out of Gull Lake.

21.5" Mad Maxx Frog

3rd Place went to Dave Maas  with a 21.5" fish caught out of the Platte River on a frog.

21" Spinnerbait

Honorable Mention goes to Jim Svenningson for this fish caught in Long Lake in Isanti County on a yellow spinnerbait.

2015 Grand Champion is Chuck Steinbauer

Congratulations Chuck Steinbauer 
2015 Grand Champion!

Chuck with a 27 incher from 2011

Chuck Steinbauer caught a 26 inch fish on Bay Lake on a bladed jig while pre-fishing for the Bass Snatcher tournament on Bay Lake in late May.  That fish was good enough to take the Grand Championship this year and that makes Chuck our fourth two time Grand Champion. Chuck previously won the Grand Championship in 2007.

For the second year in a row two time Grand Champion Chuck Fields came in 2nd place.  This year it was with a 24 1/2" fish from the Whitefish Chain caught on a tube on June 1st.

And for the second year in a row two time Grand Champion Dave Maas came in 3rd Place.  His fish was a  23 incher caught from Bulldog Lake on a Lunkerhunt Lunker Frog in the"Croaker" color.

5th Fish For Me

23" Lunkerhunt Lunker Frog color Croaker

I got my 5th fin of the year on May 28th at Bulldog Lake.  I know 23" isn't big enough as Chuck Steinbauer has one that is bigger.

4th Fin Of the Year for Me

20" Stanley Phantom topwater lure

Just a little guy and my first ever out of Bulldog Lake.  1st one that counts for the Grand Championship this year.  I don't think 20 inches is gonna hold.

Dave Maas 1st Two Fins of the Year

I think it's a fin.

Yep, it's a bowfin!

About 27" Caught on a Custom Jigs and Spins Glow Demon with a stickleback minnow at about 2:30AM on April 29th at Sullivan Lake 

On the next night I had to two dogfish on, but due to the difficultly of landing them on rip rap I only got 1 of the two in.  I actually had my claw grippers on the first fish a couple of times, but as soon as I touched him, it went berserk.  I ended up breaking that fish off.  It was slightly bigger than the one I did catch on the 30th.

Dogfish Selfie

23" on a Glow Demon and crappie minnow

Stripped the glow right off of the Glow Demon

Seeing as how they were caught with live bait, these bowfin aren't eligible for this years Grand Championship.

The warm weather is definitely getting the bow wow's active.  This first weekend in May just may be your best shot at getting a Grand Championship winning fish.

Please remember to release your bowfin alive so someone else can enjoy the fight.

Got My 3rd Of the Year

23" hit on a green pumpkin Texas rigged craw tube on June 24th

Joe Torbert is the 2014 Minnesota Bowfin Club Grand Champion

Joe Torbert caught a 30" bowfin on June 14th, while fishing a tournament on Fishtrap Lake. Unfortunately he didn't get a picture of the fish.  It totally destroyed the Rapala DT3 he caught it on.

Congratulations to Joe on being the 2014 Club Grand Champion!!!

2nd Place went to 2 Time Grand Champion Chuck Fields with a 23" Fin caught on a swim jig on Gull Lake on May 27th.

3rd Place went to Club President and 2 Time Grand Champion yours truly Dave Maas with a 22" doggy caught in Platte Lake June 5th on a River 2 Sea Yabbie.

Adam Henkensiefken Is The 2013 Minnesota Bowfin Club Grand Champion

We now have our first father son tandem of MBC Grand Champion's.  Adam joins his dad Guy, who was our Champion in back in 2001.  Adam caught his 24.5 inch Bowfin on Mission Lake with a pumpkin seed craw tube.

2nd Place went to 2004 & 2006 Grand Champion Dave Maas for the bigger of his two 23" fish, both of those came from Platte Lake.

3rd Place went to 2000 & 2010 Grand Champion Chuck Fields for a 21.5" fin caught out of the Whitefish Chain.

First Fin of the Year for Me

I had been hearing reports of people catching them at the "Grumpy Old Man Hole" and today  I got me this little one on a parrot X-Rap.  I don't think it will win me the Grand Championship this year but you never know.  Anyone else getting any fins.  If you are I would love to put a pic or you and your fish on the blog.

Landed a Beauty- But It's Ineligible for the Championship

27+ inches

She was three to four inches past my 24 inch board.  Hit on just a little piece of torn up minnow I was using to catch sunfish and crappie with at Platte/Sullivan Lakes.  Fought for about 10 minutes on 4lb Fireline.  Because the minnow is dead bait it's not allowed for the Grand Championship Tournament.  It was released of course.