RE: can i win
You got it easy. I could fish soft plastics year round and win that contest. some form of soft plastics will always catch fish in Wisconsin. you're looking at spawning fish. i'd rather fish in april and hit them in the pre spawn when you can slaughter them. just find the staging areas that lead to the spawning beds and fish both them and the beds. should have a quick limit fishing a tube or lizard, maybe a worm. fish slow, dont go too fast. pitch a jig with pork or a texas rigged tube around the beds and around the staging areas and this should be an easy one to pull off.
slayer