Nebraska Walleye Association Receives Wildlife Education Award

December 27, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

The Nebraska Wildlife Federation (http://nebraskawildlife.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to environmental education, fish and wildlife conservation, and common sense public policy in Nebraska. This organization brings together people who hike, bike, canoe, hunt, fish, camp, watch and photograph wildlife, and enjoy the outdoors. At their annual Conservation Awards Dinner held on Oct. 13 at Mahoney State Park, NWA was presented a 2011 Wildlife Education Award for the GoFishKids! program. Receiving the award on behalf of NWA were Ray Clayton, Betty Clayton and Rich McShane. It was presented by NWF board member Brian Bashore. NWA was recognized for sponsoring these clinics for more than 20 years, in which thousands of youth across Nebraska have learned how to fish. This award and the others like it are a credit to the many who have kept this program going and growing for so long. To all who have – a great big thank you is in order.

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Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit Registration Opens Jan. 9

December 21, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

Dec. 21, 2011—Minnetonka, MN— Registration opens Jan. 9 for the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit’s 2012 season. Two-person teams will be able to sign up online, by fax or regular mail to enjoy great walleye fishing while competing for thousands in cash and prizes on world-class walleye destinations from Colorado to Ohio.

The 2012 Cabela’s MWC qualifying schedule is as follows:

March 24-25, Illinois River at Spring Valley, Illinois
April 13-15, Detroit River at Trenton, Michigan
April 27-29, Pueblo Reservoir at Pueblo, Colorado
May 18-20, Lake Erie at Huron, Ohio
May 31-June 1, Mille Lacs Lake at Isle, Minnesota (held in conjunction with first two days of Cabela’s National Team Championship, which concludes June 2)
June 29-July 1, Lake Winnebago at Oshkosh, Wisconsin
July 27-29, Lake Oahe at Mobridge, South Dakota
Aug. 24-26, St. Mary’s River at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Sept 14-16, Cass Lake Minnesota at Stony Point Resort Read more »

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Mille Lacs Lake Primed For Cabela’s NTC/MWC Dual Tournaments

December 20, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

Dec. 20, 2011—Minnetonka, MN—A high-stakes yet friendly competition of epic proportions is brewing on one of the world’s premier walleye factories. More than 600 anglers from across the U.S. are expected to compete for over $350,000 in cash and prizes when the Cabela’s National Team Championship and Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit visit Mille Lacs Lake out of Isle, Minnesota, May 31-June 2.

The tournaments will be run together, allowing two-person teams to participate in one event or fish both simultaneously. The Cabela’s NTC features 250 teams who qualified for the event by earning points at more than 50 sanctioned grassroots walleye clubs across the country. The Cabela’s MWC tournament is open to all anglers, with registration opening Jan. 9. Read more »

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Championship event returns to Mississippi River at Quad Cities

December 2, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

02.Dec.2011
MINNEAPOLIS — FLW today announced the 2012 National Guard FLW Walleye Tour schedule and the return of the Walleye Tour Championship to the Mississippi River at Quad Cities. The 2012 season will feature four nationally televised regular-season events on America’s premier walleye fisheries as well as the no-entry-fee, nationally televised championship event on NBC Sports as part of the “FLW” show that airs every Sunday. Priority registration is now open.

Kathy Fennel, President of FLW Operations Division stated: “We’ve listened to our walleye anglers and are confident that the 2012 schedule features fisheries that will provide quality fishing opportunities and exciting weigh-ins. We are also pleased to be able to add significant money to the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Championship purse.”

April 19-21, Mississippi River; Red Wing, Minn.

May 10-12, Lake Erie; Port Clinton, Ohio

July 12-14, Lake Oahe; Pierre, S.D.

Aug. 2-4, Bays de Noc; Escanaba, Mich.

Championship

Oct. 25-28, Mississippi River; Quad Cities, Iowa & Ill.

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Harlan Anglers Hold Tournament on Harlan County Lake

September 27, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

Harlan Anglers Walleye Club End of Year Tournament

Harlan County Lake

Alma Nebraska  

The Harlan Anglers Walleye club held a one day Walleye tournament on Sunday September 25, 2011 on the Harlan County Lake. The tournament was two people teams per boat for those fishing the end of year tournament. Fishing was extremely tough as the fish hadn’t moved to the drop offs yet and there was a huge hatch of shad during the summer. Fish were gorging themselves on the shad and extremely hard to catch.

There were fourteen teams in the tournament this year

The tournament brought in teams from Nebraska & Kansas.

Prizes were awarded by the total weight and also big fish of the tournament. Seven teams weighed walleye for the one day tournament. Big fish of the tournament was caught by the team of Al Hohfeld & Greg Mangels weighing 3.22lbs. Read more »

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Harlan Anglers Hold Night League Tournament

September 22, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

Harlan Anglers Walleye Club Tuesday Night League Tournament

Harlan County Lake

Alma Nebraska 

The Harlan Anglers Walleye club holds a Tuesday night league tournament every year. All fish caught are released. This year’s league tournament started on April 26, 2011 & ended on September 20, 2011. There were a total of 22, Tuesday night tournaments with an average of ten two man teams fishing these tournaments.

The overall winner of the year is based on a scoring system. Each Tuesday, the total weight of walleye wins the tournament. There are five points given for first place, four points given for 2nd place, and three points given for third place; each team that shows up for the tournament receives 1 point.

Each team is only allowed to weigh one mans limit (4 walleye) for the Tuesday night tournament.

The first place over all winners for the Tuesday night league was Rod Hoard & Tom Harold of Nebraska with a total of 50 points.

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Michiana Walleye Association Names Ukele Memorial Scholarship Recipient

August 23, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

The Michiana Walleye Association (MWA) in Mishawaka Indiana is proud to announce this year’s recipient of the Ukele Memorial Scholarship Fund which is given to a student in good standing through a series of selection processes whom plans to study within the vast field of fish & game such as code enforcement, preservation, ecology, etc. to name a few. 

The MWA is proud to announce Steven Szymczak as the 2011 recipient, shown here with his Parents Ed & Tara and Ukele Memorial Scholarship Champion Barry Ukele.  Stephen plans to study for a career in code enforcement and is very excited about his future in that field. A special congratulation goes to Stephen and his family for all their hard work and we wish you the best in your studies starting this fall.

Additionally we would like to extend a big thank you to all our members and Peffley’s Canadian Wilderness Camp (www.peffleyscamp.com) for making this program a success each an every year and it couldn’t be done without all of you.  The MWA finds it very important to give back to the community and is proud of this tradition of helping to educate our youth in preserving and maintaining the future of our great fisheries and we look forward to seeing next years applicants.

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Michiana Walleye Association Kids Fishing Derby Held July 23

August 18, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

Michiana Walleye Association in Mishawaka, IN put on a Fishing Derby for kids on Saturday, July 23, 2011. They had 26 kids’ fish this year.

We split the group in 2 by age groups, 7 and under fished for the first hour and while they were fishing the pond the kids 8 and up participated in a casting contest. We had some great volunteers that with the rain we had had that morning set up some great targets!! The older group had some extra time so they had a contest at 30’ and 50’. The same two kids won both 1st and 2nd place on both 1st place Cody Chupp  & 2nd place Jordan Kintigh. They tried Flipping and Mason Kintigh prevailed at that. That was a tougher one.  Read more »

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Cabela’s MWC Heads for The Soo

August 15, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

 Presented by the Versus Television Network

August 15, 2011—Minnetonka, MN—World-class walleye fishing and thousands in cash and prizes are on tap when the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit visits the legendary St. Mary’s River at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, August 26-28.

A full field of 200 boats would yield more than $100,000 in cash payouts. Plus, sponsor contingencies from Cabela’s, Ranger Boats, Lowrance, Berkley, Worldwide Marine Insurance, U2/The Oxygenator and the Big Fish Pot add thousands more to the total. Read more »

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Navis and Sprengel Win Cabela’s NTC/MWC DUAL tournament & Brand New Ranger Boats

August 7, 2011 | Author: WalleyeFederation.com

Photo courtesy of MWC

Congratulations to Derek Navis and Korey Sprengel  for winning the Cabela’s National Team Championship and Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit tournaments on Big and Little Bays de Noc out of Escanaba and Gladstone, Michigan! The team won the dual event plus where a Ranger Cup qualified team. The team won 2 brand new Ranger 619 series boats, 1 as the tournament champs and 1 for Ranger Cup.

FINAL RESULTS

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