4th Annual Mayfield Open - Tiger Musky Tournament

[Rich McVey]

4th Annual Mayfield Open - Washington's largest musky tournament.

Host Marina: Mayfield Resort & Marina. This year again they are offering a 20% discount off winter rates. Check out the link and make your reservations now. http://www.lakemayfield.com/tournament.htm

Two day tourney. Total inches.

Cash pay out (This Year) for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th place.
$10.00 Double & Triple Option.
Also, over $4000.00 in raffle prizes. Check out our sponsors!

5am "MANDATORY'' Contestant's meeting Saturday morning, Sep 12th. 6:30 am blast off.

First come, first serve. Open to the first 25 teams to register.
Fishing, Fun & Camaraderie galore. This is the most fun you can have on & off the water.
Contact me or one of the Cascade Musky Association board members to register.
Any questions? Don't hesitate to contact me.
You don't want to miss this one folks.

http://cascademuskyassociation.com/Mayfieldopen.html

[kevinb]

I may have a few more sponsors to toss in the mix.
See you folks there.

[MaxExp82]

How exactly do you determine the winner since muskies are not retained?

[Rich McVey]

How exactly do you determine the winner since muskies are not retained?

Theres usually a JUDGE that verifies the fish. In other cases a ruler placed next to he fish and a picture of the entire fish and your participant card would be needed. The rules differ.

Take a look at the TOURNEY RULES. I'll be glad to answer any questions.

Rich McVey

[Misselley]

I hear this tourny is filling up fast. Based on the big number of fish caught at the last CMA tournament at Mayfield this looks like the tourny to hit. Got my reservations already, looking forward to it.

[Misselley]

Bump

[Rich McVey]

Only two weeks away.

If your interested in joining us for some Musky Tournament Action, Get in contact with Mark 253-841-0171 or deadeyemark@comcast.net

"Yes sir folks, here it is. Cascade Musky Association 4th Annual Mayfield Open Tiger Musky Tournament! http://cascademuskyassociation.com/Mayfieldopen.html

Washington's largest musky tournament.

This event is open to anyone. No membership required!

Host Marina: Mayfield Resort & Marina. This year again they are offering a 20% discount off winter rates. Check out the link and make your reservations now. http://www.lakemayfield.com/tournament.htm

Pay Back Money Increased This Year to 1st - 5th Places.

Two day tourney. Total inches.
$2000.00 cash pay out for 1st, 2nd, 3rd(added this year) 4th & 5th place.
$10.00 Double & Triple Option.
Also, $100.00 added money for largest overall musky of the tournament.
Also, over $4000.00 in raffle prizes. Check out our sponsors!

5am "MANDATORY'' Contestant's meeting Saturday morning, Sep 12th. 6:30 am blast off.

First come, first serve. Open to the first 25 teams to register.
Fishing, Fun & Camaraderie galore. This is the most fun you can have on & off the water.
Contact one of the Cascade Musky Association board members to register.
Any questions? Don't hesitate to contact them.
You don't want to miss this one folks."

[Misselley]

Looking forward to the tournament. Got some new ducktail lures ordered for the event. This event will also have event t-shirts available for sale, $15 a piece. First come first serve, get your shirt before they are gone. There will be only one printing of these shirts.

[Rich McVey]

:bounce: Shirts are ready!:bounce:

[Misselley]

Here is a preview, hot off the press.

[Rich McVey]

This tourney is gonna be a great way to top off the summer and start gearing up for some fall action. :dj:

The weather is supposed to be pretty nice, 81 on Saturday.

I look forward to seeing ya there.

[kevinb]

The shirts and weather look great.
See you folks there!!!

[Misselley]

Woo hoo, one more day. I blew out my knee but still plan on fishing.

[Rich McVey]

Good Luck this weekend everybody! See ya there.

[kevinb]

Don't forget about the huge raffle on Sunday. That is also "Open" and you don't have
to be in the tournament to participate. We have tons of raffle items such as tackle and trips.
Fisherman's Cove at Lake Curlew and Mar Don's Resort at Potholes have also added to the raffle
collection.

[Rich McVey]

TOURNEY RESULTS



"
A beautiful weekend weather wise and it appeared that all twelve teams had a good time.
I know I enjoyed BS'n with all of them. Even learned a new trick from a possible new member I'll have to try next trip.

Fishing was tough to say the least as Mayfield went from full pool Friday evening to two feet low by Sat morning blast off. Needless to say, falling water in Mayfield puts the fish OFF! About a foot of new water coming in from Riffe cooled things down Sat afternoon to make the situation even tougher. Daylight Sun morning revealed at least another foot lower lake levels and still falling to basically shut the fishery completely down.

With the lake down 3-4', it was even dangerous in areas as many stumps and snags were very near the surface. Much of the standard musky areas didn't have enough water to hold fish.

Even with these tough conditions a musky was registered and by a CMA member to boot. CMA's own webmaster, Craig Bukowski caught and released a fat, healthy 34"er on Sat morning to win the total purse.

1st place goes to Craig Bukowski.

Craig also won a $50 gift card compliments of Auburn Sports and Marine for the first musky registered Sat morning.

Craig also won a $100 check for the largest musky of the tournament compliments of Mostly Muskies Charters.

Congratulations Craig!!!

Craig: I hope you've got a good pic of that first musky ever measured on the new CMA bump board? If so, post it ol buddy.

The second Auburn Sports gift card was raffled off.

The double and triple option money was also raffled off but only amongst the teams that played these options.

As usual, the raffle at this event was second to none as the many merchandise prizes provided by our many sponsors went quickly.

A big thank you to our sponsors. Check out the link below for a list of sponsors.
http://cascademuskyassociation.com/Mayfieldopen.html

There was also a great home cooked meal put together by CMA's own secretary, Gayle Reis. Thanx Gayle. Darn good supper.

Another thank you to my right hand man for this event: My wife Lori. Couldn't do it without ya babe. You're always there.

Another thanx to MissElley for her help with the raffle and the cool 2009
T-shirts.

Some more thanx to those that helped set up and clean up. I won't list any names since I'd miss someone.

A big thanx goes out to our vigilant and patient judge, Jack Tipping.
Thanx for your time all day Saturday and Sunday. It IS appreciated.
Thanx to all the participants. Don't get discouraged. The conditions you all fished in this past weekend are by far the toughest conditions I've personally ever experienced musky fishing Mayfield Lk. Hang in there. It's only going to get better.

Mark "

[Misselley]

There are a few tourny shirts still left. I have several large and one medium. Shirts are $15 and benefit Cascade Musky Association. If you would like to purchase one of these shirts you can PM me. There will be no further printing of these shirts so get them while supplies still last.