Every year for the past 8 seasons in August, we come together in Oconto WI and run one of the best kept secret Walleye Events in WI. OK, maybe it is not such a secret, but this year it must have been. With only 33 teams registering for the event ,we were left scratching our heads for reasons why…… Maybe it was the DNR boundary that scared off anglers? Maybe it was the “Tough Bite” the few days prior to the event? Maybe it was the NTC in Sault St. Marie dragging competitors north for the start of pre-fishing? I guess if you factor all of these together it may have contributed to us dropping 15 teams from last years event. The largest head scratcher once the event is complete, is all the compliments we receive from the competitors stating how this is one of the best run events in Wis-consin every year!!! Continue reading

The Bay de Noc Walleye Club announces tournament results for the Cliff D’Arcy Memorial Walleye Tournament held September 8th in Escanaba, Mi. Northeast winds roared across the bays on Sunday morning for the final Bay de Noc Club WalleyeTournament. Several teams needed to fish hard for the 3 available NTC spots that were up for grabs. Taking the first place finish team Kevin Gartland and Mark Kallio weighed 4 walleyes for 20.4 pounds. Team Bryan Anderson and Nick Kallio took 2nd place with 5 walleyes weighing 19.7 pounds. Third place Team Pat Cassidy and Don Corbett weighed 4 walleyes for 18 pounds. Team Jaimie Tourangeau and Ross Neubauer finished 4th with 16.55 pounds. Team Jerry Plourde and Charlie Jack finished in 5th place with 5 walleyes weighing 15.8 pounds. 6th place team Anderson/kozitsky weighed 9.95 pounds. 7th place team Spriks/Peloza weighed 8.6 pounds. 8th place team Alimenti/Martin weighed 5.05 pounds. Team Hanisko/Porath weighed 3.55 pounds for 9th place. The remaining 8 teams tied for 10th place with 0 weight.

Congratulations to the top 3 teams in the NTC point standings representing the Bay de Noc Walleye Club in the 2014 Cabela’s National Team Championship.  Team Pat Cassidy & Don Corbet with 358 points. Team Jaimie Tourangeau & Ross Neubauer with 357 points. Team Jerry Plourde & Charles Jack with 349 points. If anyone is interested in fishing the Bay de Noc Walleye tournaments in 2014 call Jerry Plourde @ 906-420-0022.

World Walleye Association (WWA) held its fourth Illinois qualifying tournament Sunday September 15^th. The team of Jasen Shine (Lake Villa, IL) and Ed Michniewicz (Ingleside, IL) took top honors with a five fish basket of 4.58 lbs. on a tough bite.  Jasen and Ed have qualified to fish in the Cabeleas NTC next year on Green Bay as they were also the Walleye Federation side pot winners. Big Fish honors belongs to Kevin Willis and Keith Volkmer.  The teams fishing live bait seemed to out produce the trollers on this very tough day today where no six fish limits were brought in. Shine and Michniewicz are known to be able to produce fish in tough conditions with their live bait offerings.  Continue reading