Harlan Anglers Hold Night League Tournament

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.

Michiana Walleye Association Names Ukele Memorial Scholarship Recipient

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.

Michiana Walleye Association Kids Fishing Derby Held July 23

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.  Continue reading

Cabela’s MWC Heads for The Soo

 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. Continue reading