2025 IMTT State Championship @ Kinkaid Lake

The IMTT closed out the 2025 season with our State Championship Tournament on Kinkaid Lake this past weekend, November 1st & 2nd. There was not much of any wind to speak of on wither Saturday or Sunday, but Saturday was spent under very cloudy skies with on/off light rain and Sunday went back and forth from clear to cloudy and back to clear. Water temperatures were hovering right around 59% for the two days of the event.

There were a total of 16 muskies recorded (9 on Saturday and 7 on Sunday) that reached the 30″ minimum, but 10 of those fish were recorded by just two of the boats we had in attendance. The top teams at the event left the majority of the competition in the dust. At the end of the event, it took more than a few minutes to sort through all of the fish points to calculate our end of the year standings for Angler of the Year and Team of the Year.

Final 2025 IMTT State Championship Results:

1st Place – Phil Gutman & Ron Haynes. Phil boated a 31.5″, 33.5″, 39″ & 39.5″. Ron boated a 40″.

2nd Place – Mike Jacob & Jim Beaty. Mike boated a 34.75″, 37″, & 38.5″. Jim boated a 34″ & 35″.

3rd Place – Duane Landmeier & Victor Fox. Duane boated a 35.25″ & 35.75″. Victor boated a 34.25″

Other registered fish were caught by:

Brian Von Bruechenhein – 38″

Q Carlson – 35.5″

Tanner Boyle – 30″

Ron Haynes took home the Big Fish pot for the event with his 40″ fish.

To close out the 2025 season, we also handed out our end of the year awards.

2025 Angler of the Year – Phil Gutman w/ 84.25pts

2025 Angler of the Year Runner-up – Mike Jacob w/ 70.25pts

2025 Team of the Year – Q. Carlson & Brian Von Bruechenhein w/127.5pts

2025 Big Fish of the Year – Mike Jacob – 44″ caught on Evergreen Lake. Mike won a $250 Bass Pro Gift Card for this catch.

We would like to extend our gratitude to the Elks Lodge in Murphysboro for allowing us to host our Saturday evening dinner and raffle. We are also grateful to our anglers who donated food items or cash to the Murphsyboro Food Pantry.

We appreciate each and every angler that joined us at any of our events this year. We are looking forward to the 2026 IMTT season. We will share details and dates on next season once they are known.