The Northwest Sportshow kicks off a four-day run at the Minneapolis Convention Center on Thursday with various exhibitors offering steep discounts on the show's opening evening.
From 5-9 p.m. Thursday only — a period show organizers are calling Super Thursday — many exhibitors will offer product and trip markdowns, including:
• Select Loomis and other name-brand fishing rods at 40 percent off and select reels at 30 percent off, from Capra's Sporting Goods.
• Alaska's Nushagak River Lodge is giving 25 percent off booking prices to military veterans and law enforcement personnel, and their guests get 10 percent off.
• Pike Bay Lodge on Lake Vermilion is giving 10 percent off weekly cabin and boat rentals.
• Separation Lake Camp in Ontario is offering 10 percent off open housekeeping cabins and 20 percent off American plan cabins.
• And Vermilion Dam Lodge is offering two spots for one to its fall walleye and electronics school, a $1,300 value for $650.
Show features this year include a shark tank, with daily education sessions, a basic how-to-fish course offered daily, fishing and casting demonstrations at the 5,000-gallon Hawg Trough and free boat and outboard motor maintenance and repair seminars.
