Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Walleye Tournament News 6/25/2013 - 17 Stories

By MastersWalleyeCircuit.com
The team-format tournament offers two days of competition on the system's incredible walleye fishery, with one day reserved in case of bad weather. With tournament waters including legendary lakes Winnebago, Butte des Morts, Poygan and ...
Masters Walleye Circuit

Evening Observer
Saturday, the Southtowns Walleye Association of Western New York held their awards picnic at their club house located at 5895 Southwestern Blvd. Hamburg. This is the 29th year the club has hosted the Southtowns Walleye Tournament, billed as the ...

Sandusky Register
25 years ago, 1988: Jean Comer showed all the fisherman a thing or two by catching the largest individual catch of the day in the Arthur Smith Walleye Tournament on Lake Erie. The walleye measured 28.8 inches and weighed 6.8 pounds. She caught the ...

Buffalo News
New York Walleye Association 20th Annual AmaraCan Walleye Classic, a team tournament, Chadwick Bay Marina, Dunkirk Harbor, July 13-14. Call 692-7670, 785-8872 or 875-8148. • Southtowns Walleye Association Kids Fishing Derby, Tifft Nature ...

Lakefield Standard
Bob Henderson and Scott Sorenson reeled in three walleye weighing 13.64 pounds to win the 32nd annual Loon Lake Walleye Tournament Saturday. That put the duo nearly four pounds ahead of anyone else in the battle for first place. Henderson and ...

Syracuse.com (blog)
A walleye fishing tournament sponsored by the Oneida Lake Team Walleye Trail on June 9 featured 45, two-person teams. The contest was held out of Oneida Shores Park in Brewerton. According to Alicia Stevens, the tournament director: "We had another ...

Devil's Lake Daily Journal
Mark Zinke brought in this 7.54 lb. walleye to win the “Big Fish” of the weekend. email · print. By Journal photo/Matt Nielsen. Devils Lake Journal - Devils Lake, ND. By Journal photo/Matt Nielsen. Updated Jun. 17, 2013 @ 3:23 pm. none. By Journal ...

Pope County Tribune
In this three-species tournament each team needed to come to the scale with at least one northern, one walleye and one bass, and they could not have more than three of any particular species. It's a fun twist on the standard fishing tournament. All ...

June 29th & 30th are the dates for the Walleye Contest Weekend at Shabbona Lake. Walleye at this time of the year are actively feeding along the weed lines.

Aitkin Independent Age
Mark Ferianeck caught this 6.4 pound, 28-1/4 inch walleye during the Hunters Point Walleye Extravaganza. With this catch he got himself and his teammate Doug McCallun off to a great start for the two-day tournament and they ended up winning second ...

Plain Dealer
Walleye pro Ron Rhodes and amateur Isaac Bower.jpg Pro angler Ron Rhodes of Sheffield Lake (right) and his amateur parter Isaac Bower of Mosinee, Wisc., brought a limit of five Lake Erie walleye to the Cabela's National Walleye Tour scales on Saturday.

Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
DUBUQUE, Iowa --- The past few years, Doug Schumacher and Jamey Streif have watched from afar as anglers like Maury Schmerbach, Rob Lampman and Tommy Skarlis won every major title in tournament walleye fishing. Now, following a great morning of ...

Toledo Blade
PORT CLINTON – A brisk southwest wind flirting with 20 knots produced three-foot waves here early Sunday morning and forced the cancellation of the final day of the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie. The tournament format calls for ...

Plain Dealer
John Gillman and Walleye .jpg John Gillman of Freeland, Mich., hoists a couple of trophy walleye that pushed his first-day limit to 51.70 pounds in the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie at Port Clinton on Saturday. The tournament wraps ...

Toledo Blade
PORT CLINTON — Strong winds, robust waves, and a small-craft advisory from the National Weather Service were enough to force the postponement of the first day of the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie Friday. The wind was pushing 20 ...

The Oshkosh Northwestern
Jon Boedeker and Brad Vetter fish on the Fox River near the Main Street bridge in Oshkosh during Otter Street's Battle on Bago Summer Edition walleye tournament on Saturday. Boedeker and Vetter finished the day in 26th place with a weight of 17.96 ...

Park Rapids Enterprise
At the end of the day, the team with the greatest combined weight of northern pike, largemouth bass and walleye was Dave Luedke and Keith Blumberg with a whopping 44.20 lbs. The duo has regularly finished in the top few spots during this event but had ...





Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Walleye Tournament News - 6/17/2013 - 27 Stories

KSTP.com
I know it's called Walleye Extravaganza now, but everybody thinks of the tournament as the Wave Wacker and growing up I remember seeing all the pros fishing in the Wave Wacker and thinking someday I'm gonna be able to do that.” He did, and on this day, ...

Pope County Tribune
In this three-species tournament each team needed to come to the scale with at least one northern, one walleye and one bass, and they could not have more than three of any particular species. It's a fun twist on the standard fishing tournament. All ...

Devil's Lake Daily Journal
36 of Jason Ramberg and Travis Clemens won the first prize at the weekend's Spirit Lake Casino Walleye Classic Fishing Tournament. email · print. By Journal photo/Matt Nielsen. Devils Lake Journal - Devils Lake, ND. By Journal photo/Matt Nielsen.

The majority of the field is expected to fish on Lake Winnebago, with most boats staying north of the river in Oshkosh.

Keith Kavajecz gives us a preview of the upcoming Mercury National Walleye Tournament on ...

Aitkin Independent Age
Mark Ferianeck caught this 6.4 pound, 28-1/4 inch walleye during the Hunters Point Walleye Extravaganza. With this catch he got himself and his teammate Doug McCallun off to a great start for the two-day tournament and they ended up winning second ...

Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
DUBUQUE, Iowa --- The past few years, Doug Schumacher and Jamey Streif have watched from afar as anglers like Maury Schmerbach, Rob Lampman and Tommy Skarlis won every major title in tournament walleye fishing. Now, following a great morning of ...

Toledo Blade
PORT CLINTON – A brisk southwest wind flirting with 20 knots produced three-foot waves here early Sunday morning and forced the cancellation of the final day of the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie. The tournament format calls for ...

Fremont News Messenger
CATAWBA — Although skies were bright and sunny Friday morning, Cabela's National Walleye Tour Tournament officials decided to cancel the day's fishing because of rough conditions on Lake Erie. Just moments after a small craft advisory was issued for ...

Plain Dealer
John Gillman and Walleye .jpg John Gillman of Freeland, Mich., hoists a couple of trophy walleye that pushed his first-day limit to 51.70 pounds in the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie at Port Clinton on Saturday. The tournament wraps ...

Toledo Blade
PORT CLINTON — Strong winds, robust waves, and a small-craft advisory from the National Weather Service were enough to force the postponement of the first day of the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie Friday. The wind was pushing 20 ...

The Oshkosh Northwestern
Jon Boedeker and Brad Vetter fish on the Fox River near the Main Street bridge in Oshkosh during Otter Street's Battle on Bago Summer Edition walleye tournament on Saturday. Boedeker and Vetter finished the day in 26th place with a weight of 17.96 ...

The Newark Advocate
CATAWBA — Although skies were bright and sunny Friday morning, Cabela's National Walleye Tour Tournament officials decided to cancel the day's fishing because of rough conditions on Lake Erie. Just moments after a small craft advisory was issued for ...

Toledo Blade
PORT CLINTON – A strong wind out of the north gusting to 20 knots produced waves of two-to-four feet and forced the postponement of the scheduled Friday start of the Cabela's National Walleye Tour fishing tournament on Lake Erie. The two-day tournament ...

Plain Dealer
A small craft advisory issued by the National Weather Service prompted Tournament Director Anthony Wright to call off Friday's fishing in the two-day Cabela's National Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie at Port Clinton. The anglers were ready to go ...

Niagarathisweek.com
With the 444 Walleye Tournament taking a year off, owner of Erie Tracker Outfitters Ltd. Dave Malloy has stepped up to the plate. Malloy is organizing the Budweiser Can-Am Walleye Challenge, set to take place June 22, in place of the 444. “If the 444 ...

Kevin Dahl Walleye Tournament Pro. 11 likes · 0 talking about this.

Last week, I began preparing for one of the most anticipating tournaments I fish every year, the Leech Lake Walleye Tournament. This tournament is the largest ...

Plain Dealer
Marc Fritsche and Walleye .jpg Marc Fritsche, 14, of Middleburg Heights boarded The Holiday fishing boat to catch some yellow perch during the recent North Coast Harbor Boating & Fishing Fest. Fritsche brought back the biggest fish of the day when a ...


Devil's Lake Daily Journal
Last year it was team No. 46 of Chad Haberstroh from Sarles and Kelly Bakken from Devils Lake who won the first prize and $10,000 in the Spirit Lake Casino's 12th annual Walleye Classic fishing tournament. email · print. Devils Lake Journal - Devils ...

Evening Observer
There were reports of limit catches of walleye coming from the Athol Springs "Windmill" area, but I have not heard recent reports with the ongoing Southtowns Walleye Association Tournament in process until June 19. There were also reports of good ...

Jackson County Pilot
Loon Lake will be hopping Saturday as the popular body of water in southern Jackson County plays host to both the annual Loon Lake Walleye Tournament and the annual Take a Kid Fishing Day. The 32nd annual Loon Lake Walleye Tournament runs from ...

Swift County Monitor
The walleyes did cooperate by earning the teams 119 points for the 39 total walleyes measured. The biggest fish was a 21” walleye caught by Bill Dineen, gaining his team 6 points. No northerns were caught, as is normal for Lake Oliver. Five teams ...

Buffalo News
Tourney tune-ups and a Southtowns Walleye Association contest in progress keep boaters active on the Great Lakes. Inland lakes and streams are seeing a warming trend more typical of late-spring fishing this season. Shore casters still have a good ...

Tournament Information Start 7:00 am ........ Weigh-in 3:30 pm Live-release fishing tournament to benefit area organizations including Wounded Warriors Guide.

I participated in the Masters Walleye Circuit on Green Bay in Oconto, WI and took home fourth place (out of 103 boats) with a total of 49lbs 5oz. I received $3350 ...

Devil's Lake Daily Journal
It highlights the lake's bounty with special cash awards for the largest walleye, northern pike, white bass and perch daily. “ email · print. By the Devils Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau Submitted to the Journal. Devils Lake Journal - Devils Lake, ND.

Ponca City, Okla.-June 5, 2013-Walleye fans can expect world-class competition, fast fishing and hefty payouts when the Cabela's Masters Walleye Circuit visits ...

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Walleye Tournament News 6/11/2013 - 25 Stories

Toledo Blade
He needs to do whatever he can to keep Lady Luck on his side when he fishes in the Cabela's National Walleye Tour event in Port Clinton this weekend. For more than a decade, Whitten has been taking part in pro walleye tournaments on Lake Erie.

YNN
Organizers said there are many fishing tournaments in the area, but few focus on Walleyes. So, a series of events was started for walleye fishermen. Sunday's tournament gave people from all over a chance to experience Central New York. "We've got ...

Kfiz
FOND DU LAC, Wis. – Angling teams entered in the Mercury National Walleye Tournament are randomly assigned numbers to enable scoring systems and communications with tournament officials. A team's number is no indication of how that team can be ...

The Capital Journal
Ron Lowry of Aurora, Colo., and Tom “Doc” Johnson of Denver, Colo., show the 27-inch walleye they caught during the Masters Walleye Circuit tournament on Friday, June 7. Buy this photo. Posted: Monday, June 10, 2013 10:46 pm. Colo. team wins Masters ...

Drgnews
PIERRE, S.D. – A pair of Colorado Fisherman won the Cabella's Masters Walleye Circuits tournament over the weekend. Mark Schoning and Chad Kiefer led wire-to-wire to win the Circuit's Lake Oahe qualifying tournament out at Spring Creek. Schoning, of ...

Fond du Lac Reporter
Justin Kohn of Princeton and Matt Nogalski of Princeton accept a $13,000 cash award from Mercury National Walleye Tournament host Dave Kavajecz, far right. / Aileen Andrews/The Reporter Media ...

Springvillejournal
Best of luck, to everyone participating in the walleye contest, June 8 – 16. Contest Chairman Roy Walczak and Cochair Cody Allen reminded everyone to register by Friday, June 7, to participate. The cost is $25. A Calcutta is also available, for another ...

Fond du Lac Reporter
President of Mercury Marine Mark Schwabero, left, presents Mercury National Walleye Tournament winners Justin Kohn, center, of Princeton, and Matt Nogalski, of Hubertus with a big check for their win with a grand total of 49.64 pounds of walleye ...

Fox11online.com
The lakeside festival started in 1976 as a way to promote the Lake Winnebago fishery and the Mercury Marine National Walleye Tournament. The three-day festival includes music stages, sporting events, a boat exhibit, an animal show, a run/walk, soccer ...

Fond du Lac Reporter
Justin Kohn of Princeton and Matt Nogalski of Hubertus were in the lead Saturday during the Mercury Marine National Walleye Tournament. The tournament began Saturday on Lake Winnebago in Fond du Lac, during Walleye Weekend at Lakeside Park.

Bemidji Pioneer
The 6.69 pound Walleye helped to land Kuhn and Ras their second place finish, who were originally in first place until Knutson and Davis weighed-in. Kuhn, who was driving the boat, said he watched Ras reel in the tournament's biggest catch. "It was fun ...

KenoraOnline
Sioux Lookout's Walleye Weekend takes place this weekend, and it promises to be an exciting event. All proceeds from the event go towards the Sioux Lookout Anglers and Hunters club to support other events. The tournament's weigh-ins will take place on ...

Metrowny.com
SOUTH BUFFALO - On Thursday, June, 20 the Upstate New York Chapter of the National MS Society will host a Walleye Fishing Tournament at the Buffalo Small Boat Harbor on Fuhrman Blvd. Join our local MS chapter for a day of catch-and-release fishing ...

Fond du Lac Reporter
Boats wait in line to dock at the weigh-in station by the Lakeside Park lighthouse during the Mercury National Walleye Tournament on Saturday. / Patrick Flood/The Reporter Media. Written by. Emily Miels. The Reporter Media. Filed Under. FON · Local ...

Mighty Miss Walleye Series. 250 likes · 1 talking about this. How did the MMWS come about? First off, I must tell you I love competitive walleye tournament ...

WBAY
Excitement is building in Fond du Lac for the start of Walleye Weekend. The three-day festival is the largest in the city, and a major fund-raising tool. The Walleye Weekend festival that's grown around the fishing tournament features live ...

Aitkin Independent Age
George Nitti of Nitti's Hunters Point Resort had a busy weekend hosting the Minnesota Tournament Trail walleye contest, and he was gearing up for another tournament, the Walleye Extravaganza, June 6 and 7. Call (320) 676-3227 if you're interested in ...

Things get a little fishy in Fond du Lac June 7-9 during Walleye Weekend, featuring music, sporting events, fishing tournaments, and of course, walleye. Choose ...

Plain Dealer
Frank Murphy, John Snow and John Virant teamed to bring a limit of six walleye to the Cleveland Area Summer Walleye tournament scales on Saturday that weighed an hefty 51.70 pounds. Bad weather cancelled the Lake Erie Walleye Trail Championship's ...

Fond du Lac Reporter
Walleye Weekend, running June 7-9, offers family friendly entertainment including games and exhibits, music stages, sporting events, food and beverage sales and the Mercury Marine National Walleye Tournament. Admission and all activities are free.

Fond du Lac Reporter
Walleye Weekend, running June 7-9, offers family friendly entertainment including games and exhibits, music stages, sporting events, food sales and the Mercury Marine National Walleye Tournament. Admission and all activities are free. Concession sales ...

The Missoulian
Last week, I mentioned I'd be fishing Fort Peck Reservoir leading up to the Rock Creek walleye tournament that was held over the weekend. I've had some great fishing days on Fort Peck in the past few years, but Brandt Hamernick of Missoula and I ...

Helena Independent Record
Fort Peck Reservoir, Big Dry Arm: The Rock Creek Walleye tourney was held last weekend. Norm Sillerud of Glasgow and partner J.R. Rasmusan of Glasgow won the tournament with a total weight of 88.96 pounds of walleye for 10 fish. The biggest walleye ...

Fergus Falls Daily Journal
June 9 — Lake Country Sportsmen's Club 19th Annual Walleye Tournament, Otter Tail Lake, Fee: $100, Prize: $6,000-9,999, Time: 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Contact: Gary Harrington 218-495-2226. • June 14-15 — Scott's Bait & Tackle 11th Annual Walleye Tournament, ...

Fond du Lac will host the Mercury National Walleye Tournament (a.k.a Walleye Weekend) on Saturday and Sunday. The walleye tournament will feature a field ...



Thursday, June 6, 2013

Walleye Tournament News 6/6/2013 - 15 Stories

MuskieFIRST
The Cabela's MWC's time-tested team-format tournament offers two days of competition on the fish-rich reservoir's incredible walleye fishery, with one day reserved in case of bad weather. Two-person teams will be allowed to weigh five walleyes per day ...

WalleyeFIRST
Great week of fishing as the walleyes are starting to move. Charters having success all over lake, from south end all the way up to Garden Island and Knight and Bridges reefs. Big walleyes are still being caught anywhere from 16-33 feet of water ...

Lakefield Standard
The 32nd annual Loon Lake Walleye Tournament is set for Saturday, June 15, rain or shine. To enter the tournament, which is limited to the first 50 paid teams, call or stop at Lakefield Bait Center (662-5736), Jackson County Park Office (847-2240), ...

WDIO-TV
The 18th annual ALS Walleye Tournament raised more than 142-thousand dollars and anglers had a little fun along the way too. The fishing is secondary to the fundraising at the annual ALS Walleye Tournament on Island Lake. But, even tournament hosts ...

Timmins Press
The tournament kicked off the 2013 Northern Ontario Walleye Trail six-event tour and helped raise funds for the Mattagami Recreation Committee. “Being able to get two bigger fish was the key for us,” Salmonson said, explaining the key to their success.

Syracuse.com (blog)
Sponsored by Spider Rybaak and McGrath & Associates Carp Angling Services. Call 882-1549. Walleye fishing tournaments: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday and June 14, Oneida Lake. Two separate tournaments hosted by the Oneida Lake Team Walleye Trail.

Green Bay Press Gazette
Like many other pros, Chenier was smiling after they weighed in with 23 pounds, six ounces on Saturday, which propelled them to ninth place in Cabela's Master Walleye Circuit tournament. “We caught a lot of walleyes,” Chenier said. One of the few teams ...

After their five-fish MWC limit weighing 25 pounds, 6 ounces landed them in ninth place on Day One, they rocketed up the leaderboard with 31 pounds, ...

WalleyeFIRST
The team-format tournament offered two days of competition on Green Bay's legendary walleye fishery, with one day reserved in case of bad weather. Each day, teams were allowed to bring their best five walleyes to the scale. A total of 915 walleyes ...

The Capital Journal
The Disabled American Veterans Chapter 3 held its second annual walleye tournament in Rapid City, S.D., on May 18. Pictured are the chapter members. People who placed in the tournament were: Kevin Marso and Brian Gilkey, first place; Jim Lawhon and ...

Dubuque Telegraph Herald (blog)
The Walleye Angler's Trail "River Kings" Championship Walleye Tournament will allow anglers access to Pools 11, 12 and 13 in a Catch/Photo/Release competition. The CPR format, along with the fact that there's no entry fee, ensures that "everyone wins ...

The Capital Journal
Processing fresh walleye is a new experiment for the charity. If all goes well, Sportsmen Against Hunger may have found another niche in helping the hungry. Posted: Monday, June 3, 2013 11:09 pm. Tournament fish to benefit Sportsmen Against Hunger By ...

AberdeenNews.com
A trio of Aberdeen brothers overcame windy morning weather Saturday to win the 25th annual Wolves on the Water Walleye Tournament on the Missouri River near Glenham. Tom Ochs, Rick Ochs and Bill Ochs won with 12 walleye totaling 22.68 pounds.

WatertownDailyTimes.com
Though the bass season opens on June 15, some anglers will be pursuing walleyes instead of bronzebacks as the St. Lawrence River Walleye Association is hosting its seventh annual Smackdown, a two-person team event. Each team may enter three ...


Walker Pilot Independent
... to catch them after they brought in basket of six walleyes on day one that tipped the scale at 13.16. No one ever caught them, as they brought in six more fish on day two at 12.41 pounds to win the fifth annual Leech Lake Walleye Tournament last ...

Bass and walleye tournaments aren't hard to find this weekend, or in the weeks to come around northern Ohio. For a look at a few lunkers, check D'Arcy Egan's ...