With the days getting shorter and the nights getting colder in Weyburn, it won’t be long until waterbodies in southeastern Saskatchewan turn to ice and fishermen will have to stash their boats away for the winter. That’s why the BS Phishing Family are looking to make casts while the sun shines with their 3rd annual League Wind-up Fishing Tournament coming up Saturday, September 27th and Sunday, September 28th.
Taking place at Mainprize Regional Park at the north end of McDonald Lake or Rafferty Reservoir, the weekend will consist of fishing on both the north and south sides of the causeway with the hopes of bringing the biggest and best fish into the boat. With waters providing some of the best walleye fishing in Saskatchewan for the past few years; Kurtis Sanguin, co-founder of the BS Phishing Family, says it’ll be a fun weekend to wet a hook.
“So normally we do a two day (tournament) and it's like usually one at Nickel Lake, one at Mainprize. Last year we did one at Echo Lake and one at Mainprize. This year we're going to do Mainprize both days, but we're going to allow south of the causeway one day and north of the causeway the next. So, it's kind of like two different waters down there anyway. We open it up to whoever; it's been sanctioned. So, it doesn't matter if we have our regular 15, 20 guys or 20 new guys who want to show up, that maybe want to try the league night next year. You know, we always said, there's a bowling league, there’s a baseball league, why can’t we do fishing?”
It’s a picture and release tournament, meaning you quickly weigh take a photo and release the walleye. The cost is $50 per person per day and there’s no limit to how many people you can have on your boat and no restrictions if you only wish to fish the one day. There’s a 100% payout on the day and fishermen will be weighed on the five biggest walleyes brought into the boat.
The BS Phishing league was created by Kurtis Sanguin and Scott Brown to entice folks to enjoy all that Saskatchewan angling has to offer. They’ve had roughly 20-25 people in their league for the three years in action as any more than that has to be sanctioned by the provincial government. Sanguin encourages anyone interested to reach out and join them.
“There's definitely room for guys that they want to start coming out again next year. It's competitive, but it's more (friendly), we share information. We always ask at the end, what'd you catch on? How'd you do it? Where'd you find them? We did it to try to speed up our learning process.”
For more information about the 3rd annual League Wind-up Fishing Tournament or the BS Phishing Family, reach out to Kurtis Sanguin at 306-861-5033, Scott Brown at 306-861-9129, or Curtis Johnston at 306-861-7815 and check out their Facebook page to see what they’ve reeled in.