They

wanted to eradicate it.

Some of the statements that they've made is so few people participate in muskie fishing.

Well, in this state, it's gotten to be such a big deal.

Here's one of the questions you ask them.

you've got to come back at them on some of the questions that that they say well there's so few people that do it versus a well efficient well granted the numbers aren't the same although the impact on the sport the community tourism is sky high and you tell like in our state we've got we've got big box stores like Mills Fleet Farm and Shields and Gander Mountain and a lot of very strong independents in Minnesota like Reed's and Thorne Brothers and Joe's.

In Wisconsin, you've got Raleigh and Helens Musty.

So if you understand that basic

First of all, how did you end up here

in Brainerd, Minnesota? I've tried to cut to the chase and make it short.

I was living in Hayward, Wisconsin, and I got a call from my mom that I got a letter in the mail, and I had to come back to Chicago and register for the draft.

And Vietnam War was just starting to heat up.

So I went and registered, And I was hanging around the house for three or four days thinking, do I go back to Hayward, Wisconsin, do a little guiding, do a little painting, anything I could do to hustle and make a couple bucks.

I loved it up there.

I was 20 years old, living a pretty simple life.

For what kind of