Outdoors notes

Organizers are still looking for boat captains for the seventh annual Brainerd Lakes Fishing Has No Boundaries fishing event Aug. 29 on Gull and Sylvan lakes.

A boat captain doesn't need to provide any angling expertise - just a boat and a willingness to spend a day fishing with somebody who doesn't have the opportunity to do so on a regular basis.

Those interested in being a boat captain should contact Bob Slaybaugh at the Confidence Learning Center at (218) 828-2344 or sign up online at www.Brainerd LakesFHNB.org.

RGS fundraiser dinner in Brainerd Aug. 27

The Drumming Log Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society's 23rd annual Sportsmen's Banquet is scheduled Aug. 27 at the Timbermist Banquet Hall, 19624 County Road 3, Brainerd.

The event begins with a reception hour at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 7:30 p.m. A live and silent auction, games, drawings and door prizes will be featured.

According to Mark Haglin, membership and dinner tickets are $50, spouse dinner ticket $25 and youth membership and dinner tickets $25. Banquet, Conservation and Sustaining sponsorship packages also are available at $275, $500 and $1,000, respectively.

Those under 16 who recently took and passed a hunter education course and/or women who have participated in a recent Outdoors Women program will receive a complimentary dinner ticket when accompanied by a paying adult.

Proceeds from the event will be used to restore and protect grouse and woodcock habitat.

For more information on the banquet and/or tickets, contact Haglin at (218) 829-4736 or mark@pineshadows. com.

Delta Waterfowl banquet set Aug. 28

The Brainerd chapter's annual Delta Waterfowl dinner banquet is scheduled Aug. 28 at the Legacy Golf Course.

Tickets for the evening, which starts at 5:30 p.m.: youth, $20; single, $45; couple, $65; sportsman, $100; sponsor, $120; Canvasback, $275; and corporate table, $650. All tickets include dinner and an annual membership to Delta Waterfowl (including magazine subscription). The corporate table includes eight tickets/memberships.

Proceeds from the event go toward waterfowl conservation efforts and associated youth efforts.

For more information, call Taylor Fitterer at 838-7355.

Ben Berghius leads Baxter Bass Snatchers

Youth prevailed at the fourth Baxter Bass Snatchers' tournament of the season as Ben Berghius, 16, bested 22 other anglers recently on Pelican Lake.

Berghius won with a bag of 15 pounds, 7 ounces. Guy Henkensiefken was just an ounce back in second at 15-6. Paul Ruff earned the lunker award with a 3-7 bass. In all, 127 bass were caught and released.