Minnesota Tournament Results

Minnesota winners, winning weights and the five-bass average by water.

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At a glance

Minnesota tournament results

Minnesota results on this page: 88 winners on 14 waters from the 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 seasons, each linked to the organizer page or newspaper that printed it.

Among Minnesota five-bass wins, the top day-average is 24.91 pounds, from 2024 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Leech Lake on Leech Lake (2024).

88results

2waters averaged

21five-bass wins

4seasons

Average winning weight

Average winning weight per day by Minnesota water

Bass events with five-fish limits only; Minnesota walleye team and catch-record-release events are scored differently and stay out.

Leech Lake22.41 lb

Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)19.19 lb

Leech Lake22.41 lb a day across 2 results
Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)19.19 lb a day across 19 results

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Every result

All published Minnesota results

Date	Event	Water	Winner	Winning weight	Per day (lb)	Big fish	County
2026-09-18	2026 Masters Walleye Circuit at Cass Lake	Cass Lake	Michael Juelson and Trenten Juelson	38 lb 15 oz		Juelsons, 7 lb 10 oz (day 1); Christenson/Kvalevog 7 lb 14 oz (day 2)	Cass County
2026-08-20	2026 Strike King Bassmaster College Championship	Leech Lake	Brody Robison and Peyton Sorrow (University of Montevallo)	61 lb 3 oz			Cass County
2026-07-19	2026 AIM Warrior Boats/Musky House Open July 19th, 2026 Leech Lake MN	Leech Lake	George Broberg and Dominic Broberg	36.77 lb (total weight as posted)
2026-06-20	2026 AIM The Garmin Open June 20, 2026 Genoa, WI Pools 8-9	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Ben Baker and Nick Baker	42.45 lb (total weight as posted)			Genoa, WI
2026-06-18	2026 Turtlebox Bassmaster Open at Upper Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Michael Harlin (Osage Beach, Mo.)	47 lb 1 oz	15.69		La Crosse, WI
2026-06-07	2026 AIM Warrior Boats/Hwy 3 Marine Open June 7, 2026 Lake Mille Lacs	Mille Lacs Lake	Logan Peterson and Jake Larson	42.64 lb (total weight as posted)			Mille Lacs County
2026-05-17	2026 AIM Warrior Boats/Lake of the Woods Marine Open May 17th, 2026 Lake Winnebigoshish	Lake Winnibigoshish	Philip Ballard and Richard Graf	29.89 lb (total weight as posted)			Cass County
2026-05-16	2026 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – May	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Cade Laufenberg (Onalaska, Wis.)	19 lb 0 oz	19		La Crosse, WI
2026-05-08	2026 Masters Walleye Circuit at Mississippi River (Red Wing)	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	David Kolb and Scott Geitgey	36 lb 13 oz (won on tie-breaker)			Goodhue County
2026-05-08	2026 Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation at Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Tom Monsoor (La Crosse, Wis.)	54 lb (won sudden-death tie-breaker over Justin Yenter)	18		La Crosse, WI
2026-04-18	2026 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – April	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Mike Brueggen (La Crosse, Wis.)	21 lb 5 oz	21.31		La Crosse, WI
2026-04-12	2026 AIM Warrior Boats/The Boat Center Open April 12, 2026 Hager City, WI Pools 3/4/5	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	Matt Thompson and Bradley Seidel	30.94 lb (total weight as posted)			Hager City, WI
2026-01-31	2026 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza (36th)	Gull Lake	Thomas Johnson (Brainerd, Minn.)	5.63 lb walleye			Crow Wing County
2025-10-22	2025 Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Championship at Upper Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Nick Trim (Galesville, Wis.)	77 lb (20 bass)	19.25		La Crosse, WI
2025-10-09	2025 MWC World Walleye Championship (Le Homme Dieu Chain)	Le Homme Dieu Chain of Lakes (Alexandria)	Chaz Dobias (Nevis, Minn.) and Corbin Hime (Bemidji, Minn.)	56 lb 6 oz			Douglas County
2025-09-13	2025 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – September	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Clayton Weber (West Salem, Wis.)	37 lb 1 oz	18.53		La Crosse, WI
2025-09-12	2025 Masters Walleye Circuit at Cass Lake	Cass Lake	David Zothman and James Foehrenbacher	39 lb 0 oz			Cass County
2025-09-05	2025 AIM Mercury Marine Minnesota State Championship Cass Lake in Cass Lake, MN September 5th and 6th 2025	Cass Lake	Dave Hernesman and Sean Colter	54.13 lb (total weight as posted)			Cass County
2025-09-05	2025 Tackle Warehouse Invitationals Championship at Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Steve Lopez (Oconomowoc, Wis.)	48 lb 15 oz	16.31		La Crosse, WI
2025-08-21	2025 Pro-Guide Batteries Bassmaster Elite at Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Pat Schlapper (Eleva, Wis.)	66 lb 5 oz	16.58		La Crosse, WI
2025-08-15	2025 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Leech Lake	Leech Lake	Laker Howell (Guntersville, Ala.)	39 lb 13 oz	19.91		Cass County
2025-08-10	2025 AIM Warrior Boats Open Lake Vermillion Tower, MN August 10th 2025	Vermilion Lake	Jordyn Miller and Dave Wagner	39.89 lb (total weight as posted)			St. Louis County
2025-07-20	2025 AIM Warrior Boats Open Ottertail Lake in Battle Lake, MN July 20th 2025	Otter Tail Lake	Ryan Klein and Michael Juelson	25.08 lb (total weight as posted)			Otter Tail County
2025-07-19	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Leech Lake July 19	Leech Lake	REMINGTON MOREN and CALEB GAROUTTE	39.72 lb
2025-07-18	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Leech Lake July 18	Leech Lake	Aaron Schmitz and Tony Klaers	37.87 lb
2025-07-11	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Lake of the Woods July 11	Lake of the Woods and Rainy River	BOB NITTI and BRYAN DUNAISKI	55.05 lb
2025-07-10	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Lake of the Woods July 10	Lake of the Woods and Rainy River	STEPHEN ROLLER and Pat McSharry	56.42 lb
2025-06-27	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake June 27-28	Mille Lacs Lake	Scott Hansen and Taylor Patnode	63.76 lb
2025-06-15	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake June 15	Mille Lacs Lake	TONY NITTI and Devyn Nitti	39.25 lb
2025-06-14	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake June 14	Mille Lacs Lake	Evan Rosemore and Dennis Erickson	35.7 lb
2025-06-08	2025 AIM Warrior Boats Open Lake Mille Lacs Isle, MN June 8th 2025	Mille Lacs Lake	Dylan Maki and Joe Bricko	36.55 lb (total weight as posted)			Mille Lacs County
2025-06-01	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake June 1	Mille Lacs Lake	John Wessel and TROY RAHN	38.62 lb
2025-05-31	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake May 31	Mille Lacs Lake	SCOTT HANSEN and TAYLOR PATNODE	36.62 lb
2025-05-22	2025 National Walleye Tour – Mississippi River (La Crosse)	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	JJ Debernardi (Illinois)	34 lb 8 oz			La Crosse, WI
2025-05-18	2025 AIM Warrior Boats Open Leech Lake Walker, MN May 18th 2025	Leech Lake	Tyler Wolden and Nate Leininger	40.63 lb (total weight as posted)			Cass County
2025-05-18	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Lake Winnibigoshish May 18	Lake Winnibigoshish	Larry Kortuem and Jason Ness	32.33 lb
2025-05-17	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Lake Winnibigoshish May 17	Lake Winnibigoshish	JEFF BRUSKA and JIMMY SWAGGERT	31.55 lb
2025-05-17	2025 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – May	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Cade Laufenberg (Onalaska, Wis.)	20 lb 1 oz	20.06		La Crosse, WI
2025-05-10	2025 AIM AWWS Open Mississippi River Pools 8 and 9 Genoa, WI May 10th 2025	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Chance Zimpel and Kyle Lund	38.43 lb (total weight as posted)			Genoa, WI
2025-05-03	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mississippi River May 3-4	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	Hunter Nitti and Charlie McGivern	73.54 lb
2025-04-26	2025 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – April	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Mike Feldermann (Galena, Ill.)	22 lb 13 oz	22.81		La Crosse, WI
2025-04-13	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mississippi River April 13	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	Mike Schommer Sr and Mike Schommer Jr	28.25 lb
2025-04-12	2025 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mississippi River April 12	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	BOB Nitti and Hunter Nitti	23.81 lb
2025-02-01	2025 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza (35th)	Gull Lake	Siera Romine (Carver, Minn.)	5.85 lb walleye			Crow Wing County
2024-10-05	2024 AIM AWWS Open Rivers Division Championship Mississippi River Pools 3 and 4 Hager City, WI October 5th and 6th 2024	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	Joe Newcomb and Kyle Brantner	40.22 lb (total weight as posted)			Hager City, WI
2024-10-04	2024 AIM AWWS Open Mississippi River Pools 2 and 3 and the St. Croix Hastings, MN October 4th 2024	Mississippi River Pools 2 and 3 and the St. Croix (Hastings)	Joe Okada and Jake Hendrickson	25 lb (total weight as posted)			Dakota County
2024-09-21	2024 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division Super Tournament at Mississippi River (La Crosse)	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Kevin Ruh (Onalaska, Wis.)	40 lb 7 oz	20.22		La Crosse, WI
2024-09-13	2024 Masters Walleye Circuit at Cass Lake	Cass Lake	Dave Zothman (La Porte, Minn.) and James Foehrenbacher (Bemidji, Minn.)				Cass County
2024-09-12	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Championship, Lake of the Woods	Lake of the Woods and Rainy River	JAKE CAUGHEY and JARED ERICKSON	96.75 lb
2024-09-12	2024 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Cody Stahl (Barnesville, Ga.)	53 lb 1 oz	17.69		La Crosse, WI
2024-08-23	2024 AIM Mercury Marine Minnesota State Championship Lake of the Woods Baudette, MN August 23/24th 2024	Lake of the Woods and Rainy River	Dylan Maki and Joe Bricko	106.24 lb (total weight as posted)			Lake of the Woods County
2024-08-23	2024 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Leech Lake	Leech Lake	Easton Fothergill (Grand Rapids, Minn.)	49 lb 13 oz (10 bass)	24.91		Cass County
2024-07-28	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Lake Winnibigoshish July 28	Lake Winnibigoshish	Ryan Klein and Michael Juelson	36.75 lb
2024-07-27	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Lake Winnibigoshish July 27	Lake Winnibigoshish	Bob Nitti and Brian Dunaiski	28.05 lb
2024-07-14	2024 AIM Warrior Boats Open Leech Lake Walker, MN July 14th 2024	Leech Lake	Dylan Maki and Joe Bricko	43.4 lb (total weight as posted)			Cass County
2024-06-21	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake June 21 – June 22	Mille Lacs Lake	RYAN HANSON and JEFF JOHNSON	66.6 lb
2024-06-16	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Lake Winnibigoshish June 16	Lake Winnibigoshish	Scott Hansen and Taylor Patnode	30.55 lb
2024-06-15	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Lake Winnbigoshish June 15	Lake Winnibigoshish	Randy Topper and Lindsey Topper	31.1 lb
2024-06-09	2024 AIM Warrior Boats Open Lake Mille Lacs Isle, MN June 9th 2024	Mille Lacs Lake	Evan Rosemore and Steven Rosemore	41.02 lb (total weight as posted)			Mille Lacs County
2024-06-02	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake June 2	Mille Lacs Lake	James Koecher and Adam Koecher	33.35 lb
2024-06-01	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake June 1	Mille Lacs Lake	Bob Nitti and Brian Dunaiski	31.25 lb
2024-05-23	2024 National Walleye Tour – Mississippi River (Red Wing)	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	Mike Schommer Jr. (Prescott, Wis.)	28 lb 8 oz			Goodhue County
2024-05-19	2024 AIM Warrior Boats Open Big Stone Lake Ortonville, MN May 19th 2024	Big Stone Lake	Nate Gilkey and Shawn Flemming	28.89 lb (total weight as posted)			Big Stone County
2024-05-19	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake May 19	Mille Lacs Lake	Ryan Wellcom and Dan Pfeifer	34.75 lb
2024-05-18	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Mille Lacs Lake May 18	Mille Lacs Lake	Jeff Bruska and James Swaggert	30.8 lb
2024-05-18	2024 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – May	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Nick Trim (Galesville, Wis.)	20 lb 6 oz	20.38		La Crosse, WI
2024-05-08	2024 Mercury B.A.S.S. Nation Qualifier at Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Nick Trim (Galesville, Wis.)	65 lb 4 oz	21.75		La Crosse, WI
2024-05-05	2024 AIM AWWS Open Mississippi River Pools 8 and 9 Genoa, WI May 5th 2024	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Joe Newcomb and Kyle Brantner	25.26 lb (total weight as posted)			Genoa, WI
2024-05-05	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Big Stone Lake May 5	Big Stone Lake	Stacy Homan and Cory Kaassebe	33 lb
2024-05-04	2024 Minnesota Tournament Trail – Big Stone Lake May 4	Big Stone Lake	Robert Nitti and Hunter Nitti	34.15 lb
2024-04-27	2024 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – April	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Mike Feldermann (Galena, Ill.)	23 lb 0 oz	23		La Crosse, WI
2024-04-14	2024 AIM Warrior Boats Open Mississippi River Hager City, WI April 14th 2024	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	Dylan Maki and Joe Bricko	28.08 lb (total weight as posted)			Hager City, WI
2024-02-03	2024 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza (hybrid)	Pelican Lake (hybrid event, anglers chose their lake)	Dustin Erickson (Merrifield, Minn.)	25.5 in walleye
2023-09-16	2023 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division Super Tournament at Mississippi River (La Crosse)	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Dan Mohn (Lansing, Iowa)	37 lb 4 oz	18.62		La Crosse, WI
2023-09-15	2023 Masters Walleye Circuit at Cass Lake	Cass Lake	Dylan Maki (Cohasset, Minn.) and Joe Bricko (Woodbury, Minn.)	40 lb 3 oz			Cass County
2023-08-18	2023 AIM Mercury Marine Minnesota State Championship Lake Winnibigoshish, Bena, MN August 18th/19th 2023	Lake Winnibigoshish	Tyler Wolden and Nate Leininger	77.77 lb (total weight as posted)			Cass County
2023-07-30	2023 AIM Warrior Boats Open Ottertail Lake , Perham MN July 30th 2023	Otter Tail Lake	Kyle Manteuffel and Sean Nelson	40.33 lb (total weight as posted)			Otter Tail County
2023-07-25	2023 MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitational Mercury Stop 6 at the Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Matthew Stefan (Junction City, Wis.)	48 lb 6 oz (15 bass)	16.12		La Crosse, WI
2023-07-09	2023 AIM Warrior Boats Open Mississippi River Pools 3-4 Hager City, WI July 9th, 2023	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	Evan Rosemore and Steven Rosemore	47.39 lb (total weight as posted)			Hager City, WI
2023-07-08	2023 Yamaha Rightwaters Bassmaster Kayak Series at Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Tyler Cole (Delaware, Iowa)	178.5 in (two-day length total)			La Crosse, WI
2023-06-21	2023 High School Fishing National Championship (MLF/SAF) on the Mississippi River	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Cambridge-Isanti Blue Jackets (Zachary Piescher and Cole Semler, Minn.)	32 lb 7 oz (9 bass)			La Crosse, WI
2023-06-11	2023 AIM AWWS Open Mississippi River Pools 3, 4, 5 Hager City, WI June 11th 2023	Mississippi River Pools 3 to 5 and Lake Pepin	Robert Lampman and Tom Beck	41.88 lb (total weight as posted)			Hager City, WI
2023-06-11	2023 AIM Warrior Boats Open Lake Mille Lacs Isle, MN June 11th 2023	Mille Lacs Lake	Chad Bleeker and Logan Melstrom	34.69 lb (total weight as posted)			Mille Lacs County
2023-05-21	2023 AIM Warrior Boats Open Leech lake Walker, MN May 21st 2023	Leech Lake	Tyler Wolden and Nate Leininger	47.97 lb (total weight as posted)			Cass County
2023-05-21	2023 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – event 2	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Nick Trim (Galesville, Wis.)	19 lb 1 oz	19.06		La Crosse, WI
2023-05-20	2023 Phoenix BFL Great Lakes Division at Mississippi River (La Crosse) – event 1	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Cade Laufenberg (Onalaska, Wis.)	20 lb 2 oz	20.12		La Crosse, WI
2023-04-16	2023 AIM AWWS Open Mississippi River Pools 8, 9, 10 Genoa, WI April 16th 2023	Mississippi River Pools 7 to 9 (La Crosse area)	Marty Berns and Jason Hancock	25.16 lb (total weight as posted)			Genoa, WI
2023-01-28	2023 Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza (33rd)	Gull Lake	Zac Padrnos, 13 (Hutchinson, Minn.)	9.45 lb walleye			Crow Wing County

Minnesota results from organizer and news pages only, each linked; undated entries stay out.

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Answers

Minnesota results, asked and answered

Which Minnesota lake takes the most weight to win?

Leech Lake, at 22.41 pounds a day on average.

How many results does the Minnesota list hold?

88 Minnesota results spanning 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

How is the Minnesota five-bass average figured?

Each winning five-bass total is split by its days, then averaged per water.

Why are Minnesota walleye events left out of the average?

Walleye team, catch-record-release, ice and big-fish events use other scoring, so they would distort a five-bass figure.

What is the heaviest winning day in Minnesota?

A day-average of 24.91 pounds at 2024 St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Leech Lake.

Where are the Minnesota results from?

AIM, Minnesota Tournament Trail, Masters Walleye Circuit, MLF, B.A.S.S. and newspaper recaps, each row linked.

How often do Minnesota results get added?

A weekly check adds Minnesota results once organizers print them.

Can I send in a Minnesota result?

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