WWA announces Womens Walleye Weekend

Womens logoHawthorn Woods, IL – May 7, 2013

World Walleye Association (WWA) announces the Womens Walleye Weekend May 10 thru May 12 in Winneconne Wisconsin.

The World Walleye Association has teamed up with the organization, Wisconsin Women Fish to put on this first of a kind event for Women anglers. The event kicks off on Friday evening with a meet and greet followed by a day of fishing seminars by some of the top women anglers in the nation. Seminars include jig pouring and trailer backing as well as other fishing related topics. Saturday wraps up with the opportunity to pre fish for Sundays women team tournament. The level of interest in this event is very high. The complete details for the event can be found on the WWA www.worldwalleye.com or Wisconsin Women Fish www.wiwomenfish.com websites. Read more »

Mighty Miss Walleye Series Hosting Two Regular Season Events & Championship

  • June 22nd: Mystery Tournament ??? (19 boat limit)
  • July 20th: Trempealeau, WI (Pools 6, 7, &8)
  • September 7th & 8th: 2013 MMWS Series Championship: LaCrosse, WI (Pools 7,8,&9)

YTD POINT STANDINGS

Tournament Format: Each MMWS Tournament will be a one day format, except for the September Championship which is a two day format. Anglers can pre-fish up to 5:00 p.m. the day before the event. The qualifying events all will be held on Saturdays.
Pre-Tournament Meeting: A mandatory pre-tournament rules meeting will be held on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. prior to the event. One team member must be present to register. The meeting location will be the event landing or at an alternative location in the event of inclement weather. Team registration, boat number designation, rule review, and questions will be taken at that time.
Participation and Eligibility: There will be no age limit; however an adult must accompany each person under the age of 18. Only two (2) persons will be allowed per boat. The tournament director(s) reserve the right to refuse any entrant. Full Field is limited to ONLY 50 teams. If the field fills, alternates will be placed on a waiting list in the order of entry received. SEE FLIGHT OUT ORDER in rules for important details.*
Application and Deadline: Entry fee deadline is Saturday at 5:00 p.m. the weekend prior to the event. Entries will be accepted up to 6 PM Friday at the pretournament meeting however after the Saturday deadline, a $50.00 additional late fee will apply to fish the event. A completed application by both team members must be signed and submitted (or have Saturday’s postmark) with payment in full at that time. Refunds will only be given up to the Saturday deadline as well with a $50 penalty to the team(s) not electing to fish. Reminder: 50 boat limit per event. All late fee money collected through the year will be applied to the Season Championship in LaCrosse.

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WMT & WT6 HOLD FIRST OHIO NTC SIDE POT

Morrison-RomanoWalleye Madness Tournaments (WMT) in conjunction with their official TWF Club WT6 (Walleye Team Six) held its first TWF NTC side pot event on April 21st at Mosquito Lake in north east Ohio. The tournament attracted 38 teams overall with 15 teams entered in the first of four NTC side pot tournaments slated to run in conjunction with the 2013 Walleye Madness Tournaments schedule.

“We’re excited to see the TWF concept and the new NTC side pot tournaments catch on” stated tournament director John Csizmadia. He added, “The side pot entries were slow at first, but once teams learned that someone would be winning a paid entry and bonuses to next year’s Cabela’s NTC, we wound up with 15 side pot entries and it attracted more teams overall to the tournament.” Read more »

WALLEYE MADNESS AT MOSQUITO

2nd-Place-FinishersFrigid temperatures and post cold-front fishing conditions faced the two-angler teams entered in the Walleye Madness Tournaments event held on Sunday, April 21st at Mosquito Lake in north east Ohio. Anticipation filled the frosty morning air as 38 boats launched to test their skills and to compete for rewarding prizes. The excitement level was especially high for the 15 teams entered in a side pot bracket who were vying for a berth to the 2014 Cabela’s National Team Championship.

Mosquito Lake lived up to its reputation of being Ohio’s inland walleye factory, with the majority of the field bringing a five fish tournament limit to the scales. What was impressive were the larger than expected weights given the weather conditions leading up to the event. The warmer afternoon weather for the weigh in and awards ceremony helped to attract a crowd of spectators who waited anxiously to view the bags of walleyes coming to the scales. Read more »

Ohio Walleye Federation Tournament Results For Mosquito Lake, April 7th 2013

TWFlogo_250Forty teams competed on Mosquito Lake in the first Ohio Walleye Federation tournament of 2013 sponsored by Ravenna Marine. The already tough transition post spawn bite was made even more challenging with strong 20mph-30mph winds and high waves. Jim Gwynn & Matthew Whitacre overcame the tough bite and even tougher weather conditions to bring an impressive 5 fish limit of 15.42lbs to earn 1st place and the $2500 first place prize. Gwynn and Whitacre were trolling stick baits along the main river channel on the south end of the lake. The majority of the top teams also caught their fish trolling using a combination of stick baits and shad imitation baits on leadcore line targeting 13′-20′ of water. Trolling speeds ranged from 1.5mph-2.2mph. Other teams caught limits of fish jigging with jig/minnow combinations in 2-6ft of water. Big fish went to the team of Duffus and Hahner with a 4.08lb walleye vertically jigging blade baits in deep water. Read more »

Stuefen, Holten Win Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit’s Detroit River Tournament

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Trenton, Mich.—April 14, 2013—After taking the lead on the first day of competition with a record-breaking 49-pound, 10-ounce basket, Iowans Marty Stuefen and Carl Holten hung on to win the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit’s Detroit River and western Lake Erie tournament at Trenton, Michigan.

“It’s an awesome feeling,” said Holten, of Harpers Ferry. “We were in first place on Day One and managed to bring it home.” The team’s monstrous first-day catch made MWC history, eclipsing the Circuit’s all-time single-day basket record of 48.95 pounds, set by Jason Kopf, of Avon Lake, Ohio, and Mike Miller, of Brunswick, Ohio. On Day Two of the two-day, team-format event they brought in 36 pounds, 8 ounces for a total weight of 86 pounds, 2 ounces. Read more »

Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit Visits Detroit River And Western Lake Erie April 12-14


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Ponca City, Okla.—April 8, 2013—Trophy walleyes and hefty payouts will be at hand April 12-14 when the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit visits the Detroit River and western Lake Erie at Trenton, Michigan.

With 122 two-person teams signed up, the payout is sitting at more than $62,000 in cash and prizes. Sponsor bonuses including Cabela’s Angler Cash, Ranger Cup, Lowrance HDS Gen2/Elite-7, Berkley Baits and Optima True Blue add thousands more in cash and prizes to the total. Plus, the MWC Big Fish Pot could add up to $6,600 to the tally. As an added incentive, the first-place team wins a $1,000 Cabela’s National Team Championship Prize Package including paid NTC entry, travel stipend, team jerseys and plaques. Read more »

2013 WMWC Tournament Schedule

2013 WMWC tournament schedule is as follows

April 20    Detroit River

May 18     St Clair River/lake

June 22    Lake Erie/ Port Clinton

July 20    Saginaw Bay

August 3  Youth Tournament  Gun Lake

Sept 21    Lake Charlevoix

Oct 19     Hardy Pond

Nov 9     Saginaw River

You must be a West Michigan Walleye Club member to fish any of our tournaments. Please visit our website  westmichiganwalleyeclub.org for more information or to join.