Wounded Warriors Guide Service

🇺🇸🎣 WWGS 5th Annual Crappie Fishing Event 🎣🇺🇸

We’re excited to announce our 5th Annual Crappie Fishing Event happening April 22nd – 26th, 2026 in the beautiful Lake of the Ozarks region, Missouri (fishing days are April 23rd–25th)!

This year, we’re taking it up a notch…
🔥 Crappie fishing
🔥 Paddlefish snagging
🔥 Catfish jugging

We will be selecting 6 Veterans to join us for this unforgettable experience. Selected participants will be notified shortly after applications close.
👉 If you do not receive a call, text, or email within a few days after the deadline, you were not selected.

What’s Included:
✔️ Meals
✔️ Lodging
✔️ Fishing equipment
✔️ Licenses
✔️ Transportation for Veterans in/around Minnesota (from a TBD meeting location)

Please Note:
Veterans outside the Minnesota area will need to provide their own transportation to the event.

This event is about more than fishing — it’s about connection, camaraderie, and honoring those who served 🇺🇸

📝 Register or apply here:
www.wwgsmn.org

⏰ Deadline to register: March 21, 2026

Spots are limited — don’t miss your chance!

Our hearts are filled with pride and reverence as we stand united with the families of these six Americans who selflessly served our nation in the armed forces.
Of themselves, they demanded greatness, they devoted themselves to the noble profession of arms, and they courageously accepted the ultimate test of military service.
They are now home and in the loving care of our Lord God Almighty who bestows upon them eternal peace and tranquility.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.

Major Jeffrey O’Brien
Captain Cody Khork
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Marzan
Sergeant First Class Nicole Amor
Sergeant First Class Noah Tietjens
Sergeant Declan Coady

This year's annual Take a Vet Fishing

event will occur on June 13th

at Trapper's Landing Lodge on Leech Lake near Walker, Minnesota.

Wounded Warriors Guide Service, Reed's Family Outdoor Outfitters, Trapper’s Landing Lodge, along with local guides and boat captains, will provide a day on the lake for 💯 Veterans.

A fish dinner and raffle will follow the day of fishing.

To register, contact Jackie Nieland by sending an email to [email protected].

For additional information call Jackie at (612)247-4533.

This event is limited to 💯 Veterans.

All travel, lodging, licenses, etc. are your responsibility.

Please don't register if you aren't dedicated to attending since you will, potentially, be taking a spot from another deserving Veteran.

The entry deadline is June 6th.

🎉 WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT! 🎉
The Wounded Warrior Guide Service – Winter Waffle winners are officially in! 🏆🇺🇸
A HUGE thank-you to everyone who bought tickets and supported our mission — y’all are the real MVPs 🫶
🏅 PewPew WINNERS 🏅
1️⃣ SCT Viking 5.56 – Michelle Berg
2️⃣ GLF AR10 .300 Win Mag – Justin Lightfoot
3️⃣ SCT Armed Forces 5.56 – Jenna Lightfoot
4️⃣ R***r SFAR 7.62 NATO – Tom Nielson
5️⃣ Diamondback DB15 .300 Blackout – Don Kinslow
6️⃣ Mossberg Patriot 7MM PRC – Joni Johnston
7️⃣ R***r 10/22 “We The People” .22 LR – Dale Woollett
8️⃣ Kel-Tec KSG .410 – Roy Nielsen
9️⃣ R***r American Gen II .22 ARC – Sam Zender
🔟 ATI Cavalry SX DU 12 Gauge – Roy Nielsen
💸 CASH PRIZE WINNERS 💸
1️⃣1️⃣ $500 – Tony Strauss
1️⃣2️⃣ $250 – Diane Donley
1️⃣3️⃣ $250 – Darin Itzen
1️⃣4️⃣ $250 – Justin Lightfoot
1️⃣5️⃣ $250 – Roy Nielsen
1️⃣6️⃣ $250 – Todd Grewe
📩 Winners will be contacted directly with pickup details.
Huge shoutout to VFW Post 1676 Detroit Lakes MN for hosting us and supporting Wounded Warrior Guide Service during our waffle drawing. We truly appreciate everything you do for our veterans 🇺🇸❤️
Thank you again for supporting Wounded Warrior Guide Service — your support truly makes a difference 🇺🇸❤️
CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!

“Now it is pleasant to hunt something that you want very much over a long period of time, being outwitted, out-maneuvered and failing at the end of each day, but having the hunt and knowing every time you are out that, sooner or later, your luck will change and that you will get the chance that you are seeking." - Ernest Hemingway

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