**EXHIBIT 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, MarkR. Baker, President and Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

 

1.               I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Qof Gander Mountain Company;

 

2.               Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain anyuntrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessaryto make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which suchstatements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;

 

3.               Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.               The Company’s other certifying officer and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for theCompany and we have:

 

a)              designed such disclosure controls and procedures, orcaused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Company,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

 

b)             evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of theperiod covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

c)              disclosed in this report any change in the Company’sinternal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and15d-15(f)) that occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter (theCompany’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

5.               The Company’s other certifying officer and I havedisclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of theCompany’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

a)              all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses inthe design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which arereasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)             any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date: December 9,  2005 |                                     |
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|                         | /s/  Mark R. Baker                       |   |
|                         | Mark R.  Baker                           |
|                         | *President and  Chief Executive Officer* |

 

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