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

Navis and Sprengel Win Cabela’s NTC/MWC DUAL tournament & Brand New Ranger Boats

Photo courtesy of MWC

Congratulations to Derek Navis and Korey Sprengel  for winning the Cabela’s National Team Championship and Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit tournaments on Big and Little Bays de Noc out of Escanaba and Gladstone, Michigan! The team won the dual event plus where a Ranger Cup qualified team. The team won 2 brand new Ranger 619 series boats, 1 as the tournament champs and 1 for Ranger Cup.

FINAL RESULTS