Presented by Buckeye Sports Center
Deerfield, OH—May 8, 2016—The team of Marion Erb and Colin Murphy get the right bite to win Walleye Madness Tournaments second event of the year. The one day team tournament featured some of the top inland walleye anglers battling for thousands in cash and prizes. On what was a very tough bite for most anglers, Erb and Murphy bagged a limit of 5 fish for 16.75lbs.

“We keyed in on main lake willows in 3-5 feet of water” said Murphy. Erb added “We stuck to our game plan the whole day and kept working the same areas.”

The winners used a combo of 1/8th jig heads tipped with night crawlers and Berkley Gulp. Looking for willows that were green seem to hold baitfish the walleye were feeding on.

The duo cashes in with a total of $2150, with a $1750 first place plus top Lund Boat honors good for $300. They also tied for on Buckeye Sports Center Big Fish of the day for $100.

The father and son team of Adam and Carl Momirov finished second with 12.90lbs. Adam and Carl worked willows with jig and worm combos also. Gold and pink jigheads seemed to work the best in Berlins stained water. The Momirov’s collected $850 plus $200 Mercury Marine bonus for the highest finishing boat equipped with a Mercury outboard. Jim Gwynn and Matt Whitacre took 3rd with 7.45lbs. Jim and Matt worked the north end of the lake using jig and worm. Sam Cappelli and Ted Jackson claimed 4th place with 6.45lbs. Chris Bradway and Trevor Eash round out the top 5 using jig and minnow combo.

Walleye Madness Tournaments are sponsored by Buckeye Sports Center, Lund Boats, Mercury Marine. The series offers no-membership fee required 100% payout tournaments, plus $700 per event in sponsor bonuses. Cabela’s National Team Championship qualifying is provided by the series affiliation with the national organization The Walleye Federation. We also would like to thank our contributing sponsors: Mepps, Reef Runner, Surf Monkey Gear, Oakley, Opti-Tackle, Vibe, Rednek Outfitters and AirWave Pedestal. Next up on the Walleye Madness Tournaments schedule is May 28th Lake Erie in Lorain. For more information please visit www.walleyemadness.net. Email info@walleyeMadness.net or call 440-390-8054.

Hope everyone is well. Again, the weather was discouraging. Gusty winds, dramatic temperature change, major storms Friday night and rain made for a very interesting day. Only 5 teams participated with only 7 keeper walleye weighted in. But in saying this we want to emphasize how tremendous the walleye bite was for short fish. Everyone who pre-fished and during the tournament were amazed at the 30 to 40, 8″ to 13″ walleye they caught. Along with sandbass, hybrids, crappie, channel cat and Edrum everyone was catching something. Looking at next year, surely the short fish will grow an inch or two and the bite will be on. Looking forward to returning next year as the lake is in tremendous shape, just hope the weather is a bit more cooperative.

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By Sandi Lyons-Hoard – Saturday, April 30 and Sunday May 1, the Fifth Annual Rod Marshal Fishing Tournament hosted by the Harlan Anglers Walleye Club was held on Harlan County Lake. Saturday the weather was overcast and cold with a slight mist. Sunday was cloudy and cold, yet dry. Fishing was tough both days. A total of 71 fish were caught Saturday and 79 fish were caught Sunday. Sixty-eight teams from Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado participated in this year’s tournament.

We want to say “Thank You!” to Dennis Heying and Tammi Heying of Kearney, Ne., for all their help and support for and during the tournament. They helped to make this year’s tournament a huge success!

A special thanks goes out to the Nebraska Walleye Trail for their co-sponsoring and supporting the tournament; to all the area businesses for their donations and support of the tournament; to Todd Garringer for being the tournament’s weighmaster; to Rick Jackson and Steve Mauer for doing boat checks Saturday morning; and to Ryan Miller for measuring fish Sunday afternoon.

The “Big Fish,” caught by Gail Anderson and Dakota Haines from Lexington, Ne., weighed 8.72 pounds and paid $680. This tournament had 100% payouts that were paid to a total of 13 winning teams. Listed are the top five teams:

First Place at a cash prize of $5,400 went to Brian Regelin from Cozad, Ne., and Brett Binzant from Bertrand, Ne. Total weight of fish caught for both days was 20.96 pounds.

Second Place at a cash prize of $3,800 went to Brent and Blaine Janssen of Alma, Ne. Total weight of fish caught for both days was 19.04 pounds.

Third Place at a cash prize of $2,300 went to Randall Horine and Branden Sinsel of Minden, Ne. Total weight of fish caught for both days was 19.02 pounds.

Fourth Place at a cash prize of $1,150 went to Justin Debrin of Gibbon, Ne. and Randy Coffman of Kearney, Ne. Total weight of fish caught both days was 15.62 pounds.

Fifth Place at a cash prize of $800 went to Cliff Doty and Scott Haes of Lincoln, Ne. Total weight of fish caught both days was 15.02 pounds.