🎟️ Fishing Tickets $20.00 per ticket Maximum of 5 tickets per participant A valid fishing ticket is required to participate

🎣 Each ticket allows you to enter one fish into the tournament  

💰 Bonus Drawing Every ticket purchased is automatically entered into a $1,000 drawing The drawing will take place at the end of the tournament 

🎫 Lanyards Required Fishing tickets will be issued with lanyards (laynards) Lanyards can be picked up at the event tent

  ⚠️ You must have your lanyard with attached tickets:  To weigh in fish To participate in tent events and activities

 📢 Important Notes Fishing prize information is subject to change All participants must follow ticket and lanyard procedures

 🎯 Quick Reminder  🎣 No ticket = no fishing, no weigh-in  Be sure to grab your tickets and lanyard before heading out on the ice!

Catfish and the Richmond Horseshoe (Sauk River) Chain of Lakes information

  Catfish were stocked into Horseshoe and Cedar Island lakes within the Sauk River chain from 1976 to 1988 to create angling opportunities and to help reduce the number of bullheads. By 1990, channel catfish were becoming abundant and by the mid-1990s they were very abundant in the chain of lakes. Channel catfish were first sampled in Long Lake in 1990 and have since migrated further upstream into North Brown’s, Eden, and Mud lakes

Tournament Times and Days:

Start: February 13th, 2026, 3:00PM thru  February 14th 2026, 3:00PM

Onsite and online tickets for the tournament are sold until Saturday 12:00PM 

Weighing In is ONLY available during these times

 Friday 3:00pm till 8:00pm

 Saturday 8:00am till 3:00pm

• Tournament fishing ticket required to fish tournament. Must have before fishing. 
• Get your Fishing ticket, then get your lanyard at the tent. Have them on your person. 
• NEW will need lanyard to get into the tent. Kids6 and under in free.
• Saturday 12:00 noon on, no lanyard needed.
• Channel Catfish ONLY
• Fish houses are allowed - all types & brands welcome.
• No ticket refunds.
• Most importantly HAVE FUN!
• Please respect the 3:00pm start time, 3;00pm end time, rules and the lakes.
• No start or end time whistle/horn, Lake fishing are too large. Respect it
• May fish part of the multi day tournament or all of it.
• Please be fair. It is expected each participant will respect the honor system.
• Sportsmanship conduct, respect fellow participants and follow all fishing rules and regulations and respect the lakes.
• Please be kind and pick-up and cleanup your fishing area when done.
• Note- DNR regulation for littering, garbage, etc of any kind.

•  Weighed in fish will become fish of Richmond Firefighters Relief Association, to be cleaned and cooked or disposed of.  Option to have your caught fish released.
• Tournament ticket required to fish and to weigh in fish.
• Weigh in will occur on Friday 3:00pm-8:00pm, and Saturday 8:00am-3:00p
• Cutoff for weighing in fish is 3:00PM on Saturday.
• Weigh-In Tent is located on Cedar Island (or East Lake it is sometimes called), access it from the county 71 Landing or highway 22 landing.

See the rules page for our tournament rules.

It is your responsibility to know the Minnesota DNR lake rules for the lakes you are fishing on.

You are expected to follow all rules.

Please help protect our lakes by following the rules and picking up after yourself.

Bathrooms are available by the weigh in tent

Fishing Tournament Prizes

             Prizes for 1st thru 25th places.

              Addition prizes for 50th, 75th, 100th and every 25th spot including 400th place and smallest fish.

• Fishing Tournament prize places are based on the heaviest fish that   are weighed in. 
• Prizes and their value are scattered throughout all the places. 
• Fishing tournament prizes are based on fish that are weighed in.  
• Even a small fish can win a big prize!
• Need not be present for fishing prizes.
•  Prize list is for each turned in weighing ticket (based on weight). 
• Tickets not turned in are ineligible for prize drawing. 

Note: there may be more prizes for fish weighed in up to including the day of the tournament. Check the website for newest information on fishing tournament prizes and other information on the tournament.

• Tickets are $20.00 each, may purchase up to 5 fishing tickets
• Must have a valid fishing ticket to fish tournament
• You may be asked to show ticket at any time you are fishing the tournament.
• Ticket sales end at 12:00PM Saturday
• Must have fishing ticket in hand at time of weigh in 
• No refunds, returns or exchanges
• Get your fishing ticket, then get your lanyard. Lanyards at tent.

Tickets are at Channel Marine, Brinky's Liqour, and Jacks in Richmond. 

for 2026 event

Minnesota DNR Fishing Regulations

Sauk River Chain of Lakes Association

Where to buy a license