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 28^th.  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 13^th and 14^th

www.walleyemadness.net.

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

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.

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.

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

3^rd 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10^th 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.