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2012 PRO-MAC™ and Muskie Country Tournament Circuit™
With the introduction of the Professional Muskie Angler Circuit™ (Pro-MAC™) in 2011, the WMT Series™ is poised to fulfill our original dream of making a world class muskie tournament series comparable to any of the larger Bass or Walleye circuits that are so widely popular. As was announced before, we are entering in to the 2012 season with the intent to pay-out a whopping $100,000.00 to the first place finishers at our season ending Championship with a purse of $160,000.00.
To attain our goal, we will continue the Pro-MAC™ in 2012 but also introduce a second tournament circuit the "Muskie Country Tournament Circuit"™ (MCTC™) that is separate from the Pro-MAC™ (as we will once again place the WMT™ on hiatus in 2012, cancelling the WMT™ 2012 season). The Pro-MAC™ format will be changed slightly in 2012, limiting the series to just six tournaments (two-day events) with the Champions being crowned by virtue of the team with the most points at the conclusion of the sixth qualifier. The MCTC™ will consist of fourteen one-day events that will be held two at a time, back to back, on the same weekend and again the Champions will be crowned by virtue of the team with the most points at the conclusion of the fourteenth qualifier.
The World Muskie Tournament Series™ Championship in essence is the World Series of Muskie Fishing™ with the top 50 teams from the Pro-MAC™ and the top 50 teams from the MCTC™ coming together for the season ending Championship to compete for muskie tournament's top prize of $100,000.00.
Unfortunately for the 2012 season, we will have to drop the transport method (temporarily for with hopes of obtaining a variance from the state in the future) to allow muskies 34 inches or better to be registered in all Pro-MAC™ and MCTC™ events (including LVD) and the Championship. We will be utilizing a combination of witness, photograph, judges at times, and the use of voice stress test to further verify the legitimacy of each registered muskie during the 2012 season to allow us to use the "immediate release format" and measure any muskie 34 inches or better. We will allow, as usual, only two muskies per day per team.
We realize that most teams will not be able to compete in all of the qualifiers in both circuits (if you can god love ya and thanks much), however we think it might be easier qualifying…for example, a team now can fish all, or most, of the six Pro-MAC™ events, concentrating their efforts on one circuit to qualify, and compete in some of the MCTC™ events that are "their waters" gaining more points overall or even qualifying from the secondary circuit in case they failed to qualify with their main choice of the Pro-MAC™…or vice versa.
Yes, we have increased the entry amount of each qualifying tournament from $330.00 to $370.00 but the end results is an increase in the pay-out amount for each Pro-MAC™ and MCTC™ event's total purse. More importantly, this small increase in the qualifying tournaments entry fee has allowed us to increase the pay-out from the 2011 Championship's $55,000.00 purse and 174% pay back, to a whopping $160,000.00 purse and a 410% pay back at the Championship instead. Even though there is a $40.00 increase in the entry fee this year, most anglers will not see an increase in how much they spend at the tournaments over last year because the usual $40.00 that most teams spent on the "Big Fish-First Fish" side bets, will not be in effect this year due to the new format that we have had to adopt in 2012. The "Big Fish-First Fish" side bets are a great tradition in muskie tournament fishing and we hate to see it go, but rest assure that the extra $40.00 that goes towards increasing the qualifying tournaments pay-outs and the huge purse increase at the Championship will be greatly appreciated by all of the participants.
All of our additions and changes are sure to make for a great season for the tournaments of the World Muskie Tournament Series™. We hope you will join in on the fun and the excitement.