Walleye Madness in Geneva

 

Hot temps and calm water conditions didn’t hurt the bite on Lake Erie as the full 40 team field battled in the Walleye Madness  Tournaments  Geneva  event held on June 28th.  Finding the right school of walleye proved to be critical as the top 4 teams were separated by less than 1.5 pounds.

First place was captured by the team of Chris and Isaiah Shipman. The Shipman’s brought a five fish limit of 38.30# in their victory.  Second place was awarded to Sam Cappelli and Ted Jackson with a 37.70# bag. Sam and Ted also brought home Mercury Marine and WT6 contingency bonuses.

Third place went to Don Lint and Don Johnson with  a 37.25# bag. Jason Kopf and Rodger Riggs 37.00# captured  fourth  place.  Jason  and Rodger were also awarded the Buckeye Sports Center Big fish Bonus with a 9.70# walleye. Rounding out the top 5 was the team of Jerome Dorlack and Randy Eyre with 36.80#. Father and son team of David and Travis Hartman were awarded the Lund Boats contingency bonus for finishing as the top Lund boat.

The prevailing pattern of the day was targeting suspended fish in 55-72 feet of water. Presentations included trolling worm harnesses with variety of weights to achieve proper depth. Changing blade color and lure depth were critical factors in producing catches throughout the day.

Walleye Madness Tournaments are sponsored by Buckeye Sports Center, Lund Boats and 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.  Next up on the Walleye Madness Tournaments schedule is the WMT/WT6 Berlin Lake Trifecta on September 13th and 14th

www.walleyemadness.net.

 

For more information contact:
Greg Bentz
Tournament Director – Walleye Madness Tournaments
440-390-8054
info@walleyemadness.net
www.walleyemadness.net

Harlan Anglers Club Walleye Tournament

The Harlan Anglers Club walleye tournament (1 day)  was held Sunday June 1,2014  on the Harlan County lake located near Alma & Republican City Nebr. with forty nine two man teams fishing the tournament. Although the fishing was fantastic the thunderstorms made it interesting to say the least. A big Thanks to Patterson Beach Bar for allowing all the fisherman to file in to the beach bar for shelter as the rain and wind became severe and allowing the Harlan Anglers Club to give  out all the awards to the winners.

The Club would also like to Thank the area businesses for their donations as these items are used for Raffle items and the club was able to give away two free lifetime fishing permits in a free drawing for all kids under the age of sixteen at the rules meeting which was held at Simmy’s bar and Grill.  There were 153 fish caught in the Harlan Anglers one day Walleye  tournament for a total weight of 501 lbs and all fish were released back in to the lake.

There were ten walleye checked in that were 8lbs and above with the biggest weighing 9.05 lbs. All of these fish would have made the criteria for Master Angler in Nebraska and were released back in to the lake.IMG_20140601_163347_297

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first Place team winners were Ryan Miller from Holdrege Nebr and Bryan Nickelson from Kansas with a total weight of 23.40 lbs and had a big fish of 8.35lbs.

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2nd Place Jeremy Meyers Hastings Ne. & Jeremy Suck Kenesaw Ne. with 21.90 lbs and a big fish of 8.10 lbs.

3rd Place Jermy Collins and Luke Hendersons from Doniphan Ne. with 21.50lbs and a big fish of 9.05 lbs. Their big fish won the big fish award for the tournament.

4th Place Karl Detmers and Gus Stunkard 21.50 lbs with big fish of 8.05 lbs

5th Place Bill and Dick Nelson 21.45 lbs big fish 7.45 lbs

6th Place Chris Wissing & Randy 20.40lbs big fish 8.45 lbs

7th Place Bryan Bashore & Chris Augastine 20.05lbs big fish 8.05 lbs

8th Place Greg Belgum & Greg Mekelburg 19.20 lbs. big fish 8.0 lbs

9th Place Sean Temashek & Byeen Gillming 18.60 lbs big fish 7.50 lbs

10th Place Rod Hoard & Bo Land 18.60lbs big fish 6.70 lbs

In event of a tie the tie breaker is broke by which teams has the biggest big fish.

RIVER KING’S CHAMPIONS

 

 

Rob Lampman and Harry Miller, River King's Champions

Rob Lampman and Harry Miller, River King’s Champions

                Rob Lampman of DeSoto, WI. & Harry Miller of Bellevue, IA are crowned the 2014 WAT/Diamond Jo Casino “River King’s Champion’s”.  The top 30 teams from the regular 2013 tournament season were invited to attend.  Rob & Harry competed against 29 other WAT Teams and were victorious with a huge weight of 41.67 lbs.  This tournament was a Walleye Federation Side Pot Tournament with all 30 teams competing.  The tournament was also a Catch, Photo, Release format that allowed each team to record their 6 best fish. The teams were allowed to fish pools 11, 12 & 13 of the Mississippi River from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM on June 14, 2014.  The weigh-in was held at the Mississippi Moon Bar of the Diamond Jo Casino at 5:00PM & emceed by Walleye Pro Tommy Skarlis. 

 

Place

Boat Number

           TEAM

# Fish

Big Fish

Total

1

5

Miller/Lampman

6

8.84

41.67

2

2

Lehrman/Kruger

6

8.34

35.92

3

10

White/Siegele

6

7.41

28.62

4

22

Holten/Steufen

6

4.7

24.91

5

9

Ware/Oberbroeckling

6

5.39

22.16

6

18

Brinkman/Harris

5

4.87

19.66

7

16

Bremmer/Faga

6

4.38

18.17

8

7

Oyen/Kopp

5

6.75

18.09

9

20

Millenkamp/Steuer

6

8.34

17.87

10

13

Skarlis/Lahr

6

5.21

17.87

11

21

Eiben/Eiben

6

6.55

17.11

12

25

Beck/Brye,T

3

5.95

13.54

13

11

Bisdorf/Freiburger

6

2.76

13.03

14

4

Withey/Egstad

3

4.7

12.59

15

23

Brestrup/Flury

6

2.54

12.21

16

3

Willett/Shulista

5

4.22

11.41

17

15

Schumacher/Streif

5

3.25

10.95

18

6

Glynn/Schmerbach

4

3.64

9.39

19

17

Schlueter/Maires

4

4.38

8.7

20

26

Kirby/Swartz

4

2.54

8.63

21

1

Berns/Hancock

3

3.51

7.61

22

28

Anderson/Mielkey

2

3.78

5.73

23

24

Killinger/Killenger

2

3.25

5.11

24

8

Thill/Lester

2

2.65

4.6

25

19

Haugen/Haugen

1

2.23

2.23

26

12

Pape/Pankowski

0

0

0

26

14

Hammargren/Newhoff

0

0

0

26

27

Demkier/Schlegel

0

0

0

 

29

Schneeberger/Renner

0

0

0

26

30

Brye, B/Von Ruden

0

0

0
 

TOTALS

114

387.78

 

 

 

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Ohio Walleye Federation on Berlin Lake

The Ohio Walleye Federation held its 2014 Ravenna Marine Inland Lake 2-Day Champhionship on Berlin Lake June 21 & 22.  After several days of thunderstorms and severe weather Berlin Lake had risen 4ft in just two days before the tournament.  Teams persevered through the tough pre-fishing understanding fluctuating water levels had made a normally tough bite tougher and knowing landing every bite would be critical to claiming the guaranteed $2500 1st place prize.  The team of Collin Murphy and Jay Dossi persevered over 25 other teams bringing in a 5 fish limit each day for a 2 day total of 25.48lbs capturing the $2500 1st place prize.  Murphy/Dossi reported a tough day of pre-fishing the day before the tournament eventually catching one 4lber in shallow water.  Knowing that was the size fish that was needed to win the tournament the team decided they were going to focus on shallow water all day and try to grind out 5 bites.  The plan came together and after day 1 they were in the lead with a 5 fish bag of over 14.5lbs.  Day 2 the team was able to scratch out another 5 fish limit securing the first place prize.  Murphy/Dossi reported catching their fish on jig and worms in 3-5ft of water.  Second place went to the team of Robert Burkholder and Marion Erb with a 2 day total of 22.84lbs.   They also caught their fish using jig and worms in 15-22ft of water.  The top two teams were the only teams to bring in a 5 fish limit each day showing once again the consistency is critical to winning a two day tournament.  Other top finishing teams included Mulraney/Sharrone in 3rd, Drotar/Bowen in 4th, Dossi/Barwick in 5th and Shipman/Shipman in 6th.    Reports from the remaining placing teams were a mix of jigging with worms and trolling crankbaits on leadcore.

 

2014 OWC ILC Championship Berlin Lake

Finish

Team

Day1

Day2

Total

Murphy/Dossi

14.6

10.88

25.48

1

Burkholder/Erb

13.54

9.3

22.84

2

Martin/Mulraney

12.2

7.12

19.32

3

Drotar/Bowen

3.28

14.66

17.94

4

Dossi/Barwick

8.66

9.16

17.82

5

Shipman/Shipman

11.54

6.18

17.72

6

 

The 2014 ILC points team champion was also determined with the team of Robert Burkholder and Marion Erb taking 1st place.  The team had a great year with a 4th place finish at Mosquito Lake, 2nd place at Pymatuning Lake,  2nd place at Lake Milton, 2nd place on day 1 of Berlin Championship and 6th place finish on day 2 of Berlin Championship.  The team of Shipman/Shipman were 2nd in points and Siembor/Whitlatch were  3rd.

 

2014 ILC Points

Finish

Team

Points

Burkholder/Erb

394

1

Shipman/Shipman

383

2

Cappelli/Jackson

379

3

Siembor/Whitlatch

379

4

Drotar/Bowen

374

5

 

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