WWA Announces Rescheduling of Cancelled Wisconsin Qualifier

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Hawthorn Woods, IL – June 17, 2013

World Walleye Association (WWA) announces the rescheduling or the previously cancelled April 14th qualifier. The rescheduled event is set for July 21 out of Menominee Park in Oshkosh. This event as well as all WWA Qualifiers will include Walleye Federation, Cabelas NTC qualifying side pots where teams can win their paid entry into the 2014 NTC tournament. The NTC is currently scheduled to be held on Green Bay. Teams fishing the Wisconsin division are also competing for Team Of The Year (TOY) prizes valued at $2,500, as well as a qualifying spot in the WWA Championship. Thirty teams from the IL and WI Divisions will face off in the championship and will compete for cash and sponsor prizes, that include a 10’ Powel Pole Blade and Drift Paddle valued over $2,400, Optima Batteries and other prizes. All 30 teams will cash a check. Continue reading

Bay De Noc Walleye Cabela’s NTC Qualifier 5/26/13

The Bay De Noc Walleye Club announces tournament results from the Cabela’s NTC qualifier, The Bays De Noc Early Bird Walleye Tournament. The event took place May 26th. 19 Teams took off and returned at the Escanaba’s North Shore Boat Landing. It was a great day on the Bays with teams bringing in big walleye, 10 over 5 pounds. Twelve of the 19 teams competing were NTC eligible. In first place Tourangeau/Neubauer with 18.35 pds, 2nd place Cassidy/Corbett with 18.15 pds, 3rd place Gartland/Kallio with 18.15 pds, 4th place Plourde/Jack with 17.90 pds, 5th place Chenier/Chenier with 15.40 pds,  Anderson/Kallio 13.25 pds, Lapalm/Kositzke 12.70 pds, Schram/Schram 12.15 pds, Hanisko/Porath 11.75 pds, Houghton/Houghton 9.7 pds, Wunder/Wunder 9.4 pds, Wilson/Wery 8.75 pds, Parker/Koprosh 7.55 pds, Sliva/Sliva 3.25 pds, Stone/Webber 2.8 pds, Helgemo/Helgemo 0, Haney/Bourdeau 0, Leahy/Taylor 0. The next NTC qualifying Bay De Noc event is scheduled for August 11th. Jerry Plourde.

World Walleye Holds Qualifier

1198-89World Walleye Association (WWA) held it’s first Illinois qualifier Sunday June 9th. The qualifier was also a TWF NTC side pot event. Brian Wilson (Gages Lake, IL) and Bruce Cobb (Spring Grove, IL) took first place in both the qualifier and the NTC side pot with their 6 fish limit totaling 15.55 Lbs. Wilson and Cobb also had the big fish of the qualifier weighing 6.98 Lbs.  In addition to the prize money for 1st place and big fish, the guys, through the NTC side pot, have won a paid entry and are already looking forward to the 2014 NTC tournament on Green Bay. Complete WWA qualifier results are available at www.worldwalleye.com Continue reading

Ohio Walleye Federation Inland Lake Results

The 2013 Ohio Walleye Federation Inland Lake championship was a two day combined weight tournament held on two different lakes, Lake Milton-Day 1 and Mosquito Lake-Day 2.  Teams were greeted with a developing summer pattern bite and very windy conditions during the tournament.  The team of Jon Siembor and Keith Whitlatch took top honors with a combined weight total of 23.22lbs edging out the second place team of Jim Gwynn and Matthew Whitacre by .14lbs.  Siembor and Whitlatch caught their winning fish by trolling shad raps at Lake Milton in 9-15ft of water and trolling worm harnesses in 15-20ft of water at Mosquito Lake.   At Lake Milton the field was split between anglers trolling cranks in open water and jigging worms near shoreline structure.  A similar pattern developed at Mosquito Lake with half the field trolling worm harnesses and cranks in 13-20ft of water, some targeting suspended fish while others were using leadcore near the bottom.  The other half of the field focused on targeting developing weed beds in 3-7ft of water using jigs and worms.

Overall Championship

Total Championship Results

Finish
Team

Day 1 Weight

Day 2 Weight

Total Weight
Jon Siembor & Keith Whitlatch

9.36

13.86

23.22

1
Jim Gwynn & Matthew Whitacre

7.62

15.46

23.08

2
James Dean & Jeff Metzgar

9.04

13.48

22.52

3
Mitch Shipman & Chris Shipman

10.06

11.01

21.07

4
Anthony Naples & Chris Durkin

11.06

9.84

20.90

5
Steve Baylor & Steve Booher

9.18

10.68

19.86

6

The Inland Lake Points race was also determined during the championship with a mere 3 points separating the top 4 places. The team of Chris Durkin and Anthony Naples won the title of Inland Lake Circuit Points Champions.

Complete results can be found at www.FishOWF.com
The next OWF tournament will be the start of the Central Basin Circuit and will be held out of the port of Lorain, OH.