Minnesota Sportsmen's Show 2010

Well, I guess the next best thing to fishing is talking about fishing.


Jane and I just finished a five day sport show in St. Paul, Minnesota. This was our seventh time attending this show and although the days were long it was still fun to be there. Overall, the traffic was down compared to previous years but there were quite a few major events scheduled at the same time in the same area. There are only so many parking spaces in downtown St. Paul so a sport show tends to lose out on attendance. The Minnesota Wild played hockey the first night, followed by the Swarm, a professional lacrosse team, and what is usually the busiest day of any sport show, Saturday, we were competing with a Brad Paisley concert. The single biggest event that affected the show had nothing to do with parking. It was the playoff football game on Sunday between the Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys. You could pretty much throw a bowling ball down the aisle and not hit a single person. Not much you can do about that but at least the Vikings won.

Jane and I had a great time visiting with quite a few people that have stayed and fished with us in the past. It's always great to relive a person's trip of a lifetime. We also enjoyed visiting with people who are putting together trips of a lifetime and our glad that they are choosing to spend part of their stay with us.

Our next sport show will be in St. Cloud Minnesota on February 12th, 13th, and 14th. If you are interested in attending we have a limited amount of tickets available. Drop us an email and tickets will be given out on a first come first serve basis until they are gone. Hope to see you there!