Last Friday I had the opportunity to be a boat captain for the Minnesota Jr tournament. This tournament is for the youth of Minnesota to get together and compete for a chance to fish with the adults at the next level at divisionals. This years tournament took place on Waconia lake in the south west metro. I drew a young person from both the younger and older age groups. Both kids were capable anglers and ran the boat all day while I caught up on a little reading (Bass Times, Field and Stream, etc.). Boat captains are not allowed to help the kids. We basically can step in for fish care and run our boats to keep them out of harm. Otherwise the kids are supposed to make all the fishing decisions. This can be extremely tough on an avid angler like myself. I wanted to pick up a rod several times.

All in all it was a pretty good day. I think all the kids caught at least one fish and the wining bags were in the mid to high teens. I added a few pics of the boys from my boat below. After the smoke cleared, the Gopher Jr team was announced as the winning team for the event (the Juniors from our club). Congrats guys!