Join us for the 38th Annual
Catfish Derby Days
July
26, 27, 28, 2013
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2013 Catfish Days Events (Subject to Change):
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*Fishing Contest: begins at 3:00 p.m. on Friday
and closes at noon on Sunday. Must register at the Community Building
before fishing. No early registration!
Contest is DNR approved. Trophies and cash prizes for channel and
flathead catfish. Contest fees: $10 for adults, $5 for children
under 10 years. Contact Brian Pederson at 507-557-2756. ***New Rules – see
below.
§ Street Dances: Live Bands-Friday
evening (to be announced); Saturday Evening:
Hicktown Mafia
§ Sunday Parades: Kiddie
Parade at 1:00p.m. Contact Doreen Serbus at 507-557-2345 or jdserb@means.net ; Grand Parade at 1:30,
Contact Joe or April Sullivan at 507-557-3265.
§ Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament: (to be announced)
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Men's Softball Tournament: Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday. Contact Brent Sandmann at 507-430-0221or docsandmann8@yahoo.com
§ Men’s Softball Homerun Derby: Friday, 8:00 p.m. Contact Brent Sandmann
at 507-557-3014 or 507-430-0221 or docsandmann8@yahoo.com
§ Queen Contest/Variety Show: Friday 7:30 p.m.
Contact Jan Alvig at 507-430-4260.
§ Chess Tournament: Friday and Saturday:
Friday Open Tournament with Registration at 10:00 a.m., start
at 10:30 a.m. Contact James Kanne at 507-557-8334 or 507-557-8364.
§ Fire Department Water Ball: Saturday, 1:00 p.m.
in front of the ballpark. Contact Bill
Wiese at 507-829-3953.
§ Bean Bag Tourney: Saturday by the ballpark, noon
registration, 1:00 p.m. start. Contact Katie Madsen at 507-430-2913.
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Kiss the Catfish Contest: Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Donations accepted throughout town. Who will kiss the catfish this year: Jeremy Schultz, Bill Wiese, or Father Jeff Horasji??? Contact
Sheila Robinson at 507-557-2233.
§ CMC-Football Player Auction: Need an indentured
servant??? Buy a guy on Saturday at 8:30
p.m., Contact Brian Pederson at 507-557-2756.
§ Flea Market: Saturday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Sunday, noon – 5:00 p.m.
Contact Vince Ewers at 507-430-3835.
§ 
Horseshoe Tourney: Friday, 6:00 p.m.-2nd
Annual Al Bock Memorial Horseshoe Tournament.
Contact Dean Bock at 507-430-2609.
§ Music at the
Park: Saturday and Sunday
after the parade, by DJ Butler.
§ Rock
Climbing Wall: (to be announced)
§ Kids Pedal
Pull: Sanctioned tournament held on Sunday after the
parade, approximately 3 p.m. Contact Linda Harmoning at 507-557-2820.
§ Kids Waterball:
Sunday after the parade on the street by the ballpark, approximately 3
p.m.
§ Raffle: Sponsored by the Franklin Community
Development Corporation...1st Prize - $500, 2nd Prize - $300, 3rd/4th Prizes
$100 each. Tickets available at area businesses and from Development
Corporation Members. Drawing at 3:30 p.m. Sunday-you do not need to be
present to win.
§ Church Services: Sunday, 9:00 a.m. at St. Luke's Lutheran; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Souvenirs and raffle
tickets available at City Hall before and during Catfish Days:
T-Shirts, Sleeveless T’s, Caps, Pins, Can
Coolers, Key Chains
~ Food Stands ~ Beer Wagons ~ Soft
Drinks ~ Souvenirs ~
Thank you for supporting
the local organizations and businesses!
2012 Catfish Days Results:
Miss Franklin: Kalley Koupal
Kiss the Catfish: Sheila Robinson (Sugar Lips Sheila), $783.46
Dev. Corp. Raffle:
$500
Daylen Weber
$300
Jordan Serbus
$100
Jody Wertish
$100
Cody Serbus
Softball
1st Right on Target
2nd Peter’s Signs
3rd Triple L
Construction
Hard Luck Choppers
Home Run
Derby AJ Hadley, Peter’s Signs
Co-Ed Volleyball: (16 Teams for
2012)
“A”
Division: 1st Nicole
Reed-Joost
2nd Lee
Steffensmeier
3rd
Chris
Hacker-WOAKA
“B” Division 1st Jon
Dallenbach Const.
2nd Brent Ness – Volley Lamas
3rd Josh
Hoffmann-Tom Ochs Const.
4th
Julie Serbus-Puke & Rally
5th Dylan Dahmes-A.M.
Luber’s Dirty Half Dozen
FRANKLIN LIONS FISHING CONTEST
1st Place, $100 –
Lions. Trophy: Golden
Living Center, Franklin
Winner: Madison Whitcomb, Litchfield 24#, 7 oz.
2nd Place, $50 –
Lions. Trophy:
Franklin BP
Winner: Mike Wibbon, Little
Rock, IA 22#, 11 oz.
3rd Place, $25 –
Lions. Trophy: Morton BP
Winner: Jason Nelson, Morton 20#, 14 oz.
4th Place, $25 –
Lions. Trophy: City of Franklin
Winner: Ethan Bock, Franklin 11#, 0 oz.
Ladies, $10 – Lions. Trophy: Palmyra Farmers Mutual Insurance
Winner: Ariel Scheer,
Redwood Falls, MN 8#, 11 oz.
Junior (under
16) $10 – Lions. Trophy: South Central Grain & Energy
Winner: Jordan Alt, Jordan 13#, 2 oz.
Boys (Under
10) $10 – Lions. Trophy: MN Valley Telephone Co
Winner: Lance Scheer,
Redwood Falls 9#, 6
oz.
Girls (Under
10) $10 – Lions. Trophy: Franklin State Bank
Winner: Jayden Hoehn, Kasota 4#,
2 oz.
Largest
Channel Cat $10 – Lions. Trophy: Meadowland Farmers Coop.
Winner: Nate Hillmann,
Watertown 16#, 8
oz.
Number of Registered
Fishermen: 253
Number of Registered Fish: 16
Trivia ~ The
largest tournament fish was 49 lbs., 13 oz. caught in 2006 by Adam Kindler
LARGEST
CATFISH CAUGHT IN THE CATFISH DAYS FISHING CONTEST:
1976 William Bielke Morgan 28 lb., 4 oz.
1977 Dave Mude Morton 9 lb., 4 oz.
1978 Bob Headstrom Morgan 30 lb., 0oz.
1979 John Sperl Morton 11
lb., 2oz.
1980 Richard
Peterman Sleepy Eye 11.43 lb.
1981 Steve Hjulberg Franklin 24lb., 12oz.
1982 Reginald Wood Franklin 15
lb., 5 oz.
1983 Ed
Dagner New
Ulm 23 lb., 9oz.
1984 Randy
Tetrick Redwood
Falls 27 lb., 0 oz.
1985 Joe
Warner Redwood Falls 28 lb., 0 oz.
1986 Ed
Dagner New
Ulm 30 lb., 0 oz.
1987 Les Peterson Fremont, CA 23
lb., 4oz.
1988 Brian
Guess Emmetsburg,
IA 29 lb., 0 oz.
1989 Bob
Reeves Winthrop 38 lb., 0 oz.
1990 Bob Headstrom Morgan 37 lb., 9 oz.
1991 Terry
Johnson New Hope 39 lb., 8 oz.
1992 Jason Johnson Eagan 39
lb., 2 oz.
1993 Terry
Johnson New Hope 34 lb., 4 oz.
1994 Dean Scheer No. Redwood 37 lb., 0 oz.
1995 Ryan
Lawrenz Sleepy
Eye 29 lb., 2 oz.
1996 Keith Grunke Franklin 44 lb., 0 oz.
Brent
Koch Franklin
1997 Dean Scheer No. Redwood 33 lb., 14 oz
Mike
Huston Granite Falls
1998 Mike
Bratsch Redwood
Falls 42 lb., 8 oz.
1999 Doug
Marshall Bloomington 43 lb., 2 oz.
2000 David Bawden Morton 47 lb., 0 oz.
2001 Aaron Hyatt Milford, IA 46 lb., 8 oz.
2002 Levi Niswander Ocheyeden, IA 41
lb., 13 oz.
2003 Charles Scheer Redwood
Falls 42 lb., 11 oz.
2004 Michelle
Newburs Willmar 48 lb., 8 oz.
2005 Brian Schwarting Harris,
IA 41 lb., 11 oz.
2006 Adam
Kindler Redwood Falls 49 lb., 13 oz.
2007 Dave Tribble Redwood
Falls 46 lb., 8 oz.
2008 Gordie Mach Zimmerman 47 lb., 0 oz.
2009 Tyler
Stage Redwood Falls 49 lb., 0 oz.
2010 Adam Chmelar Redwood Falls 44 lbs., 3 oz.
2011 David Bawden Redwood Falls 44 lbs., 5 oz.
2012 Madison Whitcomb Litchfield 24 lbs., 7 oz.
2011 D & S Kids Pedal
Pull:
Age 4
1st
Hope
Markgraf, Hector
2nd
Grace Sullivan, Franklin
3rd Nevyn Hengel, Gibbon
Age 5
1st Antonio
Ruiz, Jr., Sleepy Eye
2nd Haylee Kopel, Fairfax
3rd Kaylee Varner, Morton
Age 6
1st Landon
Tauber, Buffalo Lake
2nd
Garrett Cramer, Orient S.B.
3rd Luke
Guggisberg, Northfield
Age 7
1st Colton
Dauer, Morgan
2nd
Kendalyn
Schmidt, Hutchinson
3rd Anisa Ahrens, Morgan
Age 8
1st Damen Wise, Franklin
2nd Teralyn
Cramer, Orient S.B.
3rd
Justin Grosam,
Fairfax
Age 9
1st Isabella
Harmoning, Franklin
2nd Adrianna Guggisberg,
Morgan
3rd Sam Sullivan, Franklin
Age 10
1st
Katrina Vogel, Morgan
2nd Lydia
Sullivan, Franklin
3rd
Jonathan Varner, Morton
Age 11
1st
Justin Lumbar, Franklin
2nd
Brian Bucholz,
Franklin
3rd
Dominic Jacobson, Sleepy Eye
Total Entries: 111
Bean Bag:
1st & 2nd Split: Adam
Kerkhoff & Eric Steffl
Pete Nez & RJ Goodthunder
3rd
Larry
Hoff &
Randy Waite
Firemen’s Waterball:
1st Franklin
2nd Morgan
3rd Sacred Heart
Catfish Days 2012
Chess Tournament Winners
1st Place 3 way tie $385
each Matt Dahl, Nolan Hendricson, & Nathan Hoover
4th
Place part of 5 way tie $69 Robert Plunkett
Top Expert:
$60 Jon Heyer
Top Class A & share of 4th place tie $69 Sean Tuff, Michael Dokken & John Thomson
Top
Class B 3 way tie $65 John Loftus, Ray Bagley, & Lormy
Arvidson Top Class C $165 Sam Smith
Top Class D & share of 4th place Eddie Wasserman
Top
Class E 4 way tie $34 Allen Tuff, Jodene Kruse, Steve
Heinisch, & J.P. Wagle Top
Class F,G & unr 2 way tie Siddharth
Gupta & Sophia Rolfson
Trophy winners: Open Matt Dahl, U-2100
Sean Tuff, U-1850 Eddie Wasserman, U-1600 Sam Smith, U- 1350 Jackson Hicks,
U-1100 Allen Tuff
5 year Horsehead
winners: Daniel Voje, Roger Hale, Steven Duesterhoeft & Tate Simmons
10
year Clock winners: Sam Smith & Michael Trettel
There were 57
players, 27 took home some prize. Everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather and
the Friday potluck dinner. This is the 21St year of the Catfish Chess Tournaments,
it has become a top chess
tournament and the summer tournament to go to. This years trophies were made by Marilyn Kanne, they were very nice chess totes that the
players can use to haul around their chess stuff.
The horse heads are
made by Wayne Miller of Franklin. Thank you to Morgan Grain & Feed for their support in paying for the trophies. The entry fees are all returned
in the cash prizes.
Matt Dahl
Edina MN, Nolan Hendrickson Mpls MN, Nathan Hoover
Columbia Heights MN Robert Plunkett Finlayson
MN
Jon Heyer Bloomington MN
Sean Tuff Apple Valley MN, Michael Dokken Lakeville MN, John Thomson Burnsville MN John Loftus
Richfield MN, Ray Bagley St. Cloud MN, Lonney Arvidson St. Joseph MN Sam Smith
Jackson MN
Eddie Wasserman Plymouth MN
Allen Tuff Apple Valley MN, Jodene Kruse Sibley IA, Steven Heinisch Shakopee MN J.P. Wagle Apple Valley MN
Siddharth Gupta Edan Prairie MN, Sophia Rolfson
Edina MN Jackson Hicks Mpls
MN
Daniel Voje St. Paul MN, Roger
Hale Mpls MN, Steven Duesterhoeft
Dasssel MN, Tate
Simmons Chanhassen MN
Michael Trettel
Bowlus MN
***2013 Catfish Days
Fishing
Contest Rules
No dead fish will be accepted.
Official determination is to be made by the tournament director.
Fishing hours are from 3:00 pm Friday through 12:00 noon on Sunday.
Weigh-in is in Franklin from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm Saturday and from 8:00 am to
12:00 noon on Sunday.
Landmarks: East or downstream of
Franklin to State Highway 4 Bridge (RM 177.6) and West or upstream of Franklin
to Renville County Park #1 (RM 237.5).
It is unlawful for catfish to be transported in water taken from the
Minnesota River. Catfish must be
transported in prepared tap or well water and in containers with flow-through
or aeration systems capable of accommodating the number and size of catfish
transported.
Tournament entrants will be given the attached Instructions for Preparing, Changing,
and Transporting Water and Catfish with their tournament registration number
written on top. This must accompany any
catfish transported to the weigh-in site and will act as the anglers
"permit" to transport catfish to the weigh-in site.
Boat anglers shall observe a no wake rule where bank anglers are fishing
Culling - once a limit of fish has been reduced to possession, no culling
or live well/stringer sorting is permitted.
Fish released by individual anglers must be capable of holding
themselves upright in the water and have a high probability of survival. Under no circumstances will a fish of
questionable statue, likely to succumb to post-release mortality, be released
(M.S. 6212.2600, Subd. 2)
Minnesota Statute, Chapter 84D prohibits:
Transportation of aquatic plants and prohibited invasive species such as
zebra mussel, on any public roadway
The placement of any watercraft or trailer into State waters that has any
aquatic vegetation, zebra mussels, or prohibited invasive species attached
Minnesota Statutes 84D.10:
Subdivision 4(a) states, “a person leaving waters of the state must
drain boat related equipment holding water and live wells and bilges by
removing the drain plug before transporting the watercraft and associated
equipment on public roads.”
Under Minnesota Rules 6216, Water must also be drained from bait containers
at infested waters. The drain plug and
other water draining devices must be removed or open while on a public road.
*Tournament sponsors will require inspections of all watercraft when
entering or leaving tournament waters.
Inspectors will require a thorough search, inside and out, for the
presence of any aquatic vegetation, and prohibited invasive species, including
zebra mussels.
*No boat may be launched when entering tournament waters until all aquatic
plant material, prohibited invasive species (e.g. zebra mussels), and regulated
invasive species (e.g. spiny waterfleas), and
unlisted invasive species (e.g. faucet snails) have been removed and properly
disposed of and until all live wells and bilges have been drained.
*Participants must drain boat related equipment holding water and live
wells and bilges by removing the drain plug before transporting the watercraft
from tournament waters.
*Unwanted live bait may not be released into the water or dumped on
shore. It must be disposed of in the
trash.
