Gallery: Noah Goodrich, 9, of Minnetonka, held up a fish he caught while fishing off the docks at Lord Fletcher's, in the Minnesota Bound's Crappie Contest on Lake Minnetonka. Under sponsorship by Ron Schara's Minnesota Bound television show, the contest pre-registered over 1000 anglers for the event.
Gallery: Darren Heimbuch, Mary Heimbuch, 6, Katherin Heimbuch, 9, and Barry Heimbuch (grandfather), from Dubuque, Iowa, fished in Seaton Lake/Lake Minnetonka in the Minnesota Bound's Crappie Contest. The family is formerly from Minnesota and and fished in the contest the past 30 years.
Gallery: Noah Goodrich, 9, from Minnetonka, dug deep in the bucket to get just the right minnow as he fished off the docks at Lord Fletcher's in the Minnesota Bound's Crappie Contest on Lake Minnetonka.
Gallery: Misty Poppe of Minneapolis held up several crappies caught by her son, Emilio, 9, during the Minnesota Bound's Crappie Contest on Lake Minnetonka.
Gallery: Tim Berthiaume from Ramsey and Curt LaClaire from New Brighton fished in Seaton Lake/Lake Minnetonka during the Minnesota Bound's Crappie Contest on Lake Minnetonka.
Gallery: Aaron Petrie, 10, of Plymouth, held up the fish he caught off the docks at Lord Fletcher's, during the Minnesota Bound's Crappie Contest on Lake Minnetonka.
Gallery: Ron Schara joked with Shawn Walton of Columbia Heights as he weighed in his fish in the Minnesota Bound's Crappie Contest on Lake Minnetonka.
About 1,000 anglers young and old gathered at Lake Minnetonka Saturday, each attempting to catch the biggest crappie of the day while also benefiting two charities.
Headquartered at Lord Fletcher's, the Minnesota Bound Crappie Contest is the latest version of an early-season crappie fishing tournament that began on Minnetonka more than 40 years ago.
The biggest crappie of the competition weighed nearly 2 pounds -- 1.93, to be exact.
Perhaps luckiest among all anglers was Brent Peterjus of Mound, whose name was drawn from all who fished in the contest. Peterjus went home with a new boat, motor and trailer.
Most crappies caught were in shallow water, often 5 feet deep or less.
Proceeds from the contest will be awarded to Minnesota Teen Challenge, which helps teens and adults with drug and other issues, and Fishing for Life, which uses fishing to reach out to metro-area youth.
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