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Immediate Press Release

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Jon Siembor

OWF Committee

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Booher/Burns feel the “Vibe” at OWF Mosquito Lake Tournament

CORTLAND, Ohio-The Ohio Walleye Federation held its first tournament of the 2017 season on Sunday April 23rd at Mosquito Lake.  Thirty eight teams took to the water to compete for $6000 in prize money.

Mosquito Lake once again challenged anglers.  The Walleye were in a postspawn transition, sitting and watching most angler’s presentations with little or no interest throughout the week.  Fishing reports indicated scattered fishing.  Competitors were kept off balance as an emerging pattern one day lead to no fish the next the day.  Sunday brought temperatures in the mid 60’s with blue bird skies and little cloud cover, and a lot of hope from competitors looking to win the day.

The team of Steve Booher of Wadsworth, Ohio and Donnie Burns of Austintown, Ohio took top honors with a 1^st place finish with 5 fish at 13.19 lbs.   The team caught their fish in 13’-16’ of water. They vertically jigged ¼ oz vibes in chartreuse and lime green colors.  Steve Booher stated that “A friend gave us information the night before the tournament.  We fished a break in 13-17 foot of water.  The smaller fish were in shallower and the bigger fish were on the deeper edge of the break.  We had 15 keepers from 7:30 am to 9:30 am.  Our 2 biggest fish came back to back.”   Booher and Burns also weighed the second big fish of the contest at 22” and 4.27 lbs.  This was the team’s first win in the Ohio Walleye Federation circuit, and as Steve stated, “It is a sweet feeling”.

Second place was earned by Collin Murphy and Pat Smith with 11.71 lbs.  They jigged Vibes lures 50-75 yards away from the 1^st place team.  Third place went to Mitch Shipman and Rick Mulraney with a creel of 11.66 lbs.  Shipman and Mulraney trolled leadcore with Flickershads in the north end of the lake.  The teams of Marion Erb and Robert  Burkholder 11.51 lbs and Jim Gwynn and Matt Whitacre 10.51lbs rounded out the top five.  Big fish weighed in at 4.41lbs and belonged to Dave Yoder and Rick McIntyre, who caught the fish trolling monofilament line and perch color Flickershads .

Teams reported catching fish leadcore trolling, trolling harnesses snap jigging, jigging live bait, and using blade baits.

The Ohio Walleye Federation will hold its next event on Berlin Lake May 7th.    The OWF events are made possible because of our sponsor support from Ravenna Marine, Vic’s Marine, Haine’s Marine, Worldwide Marine Insurance, Warrior Lures, and Goschinski’s Fin Feather and Fur along with many others.  For more information please visit www.fishowf.club or e mail fishowf@gmail.com.

The general public is welcome to attend our weigh-ins beginning at 3 pm the day of the event.  The OWF promotes “Fishing, Family, Friends and Fun!”

Ohio Walleye Federation-Mosquito Lake Tournament:

1^st  Place $2350 Steve Booher and Donnie Burns

2^nd Place $1150 Collin Murphy and Pat Smith

3^rd Place $800    Mitch Shipman and Rick Mulraney

4^th Place $600    Marion Erb and Robert Burkholder

5^th Place $400    Jim Gwynn and Mat Whitacre

6^th Place $200    Bret Berkey and Michael Porter

Big Fish  $250     Dave Yoder and Rich McIntyre

Special Thanks to all of our sponsors:

Ravenna Marine-OWF’s ILC Title Sponsor

Vic’s Marine-OWF’s Lake Erie Title Sponsor

Haine’s Marine

Fin Feather & Fur

Worldwide Insurance

Warrior Lures

Domka Outdoors

Reef Runner

Kerr Automotive

Fish D Funk

Snakebite Snaps

Les’s Bait

Kames

Cisco

Fish USA

Church’s Tackle

Traxstech

These sponsors make our tournaments possible!!!!

Results

Yough Walleye Association

Deep Creek Lake, Maryland – April 23, 2017

The fishing was a bit harder with a cold front that moved in but one team strived to be the best on Sunday.  Most of the fish were caught on jigs and minnows.  There were a total of 21 teams that fished with 76 total walleye caught.

First place (pictured) – Brian and Xavier Murray – 5 Fish 8.57 pounds

Second Place – Tommy and Tim Lonce – 5 Fish 8.34 Pounds

Third Place- Mike and Kevin Siesky – 5 Fish         7.83 Pounds

Big Fish – Bobby McLuckey – 2.48 pounds

  Payouts:

1^st – $420.00

2^nd – $250.00

3^rd – $170.00

Big Fish – $210.00

Remaining Schedule for the year:

5/13/17 – Youghiogheny Reservoir, PA (Open to Public) 23^rd Annual Yough Open

5/21/17 – Youghiogheny Reservoir, PA

6/18/17 – Monongahela River, LaBelle Ramp, PA

9/10/17 – Youghiogheny Reservoir, PA

10/8/17 – Deep Creek Lake, MD

10/22/17 – Pittsburgh, South Side Ramp, PA

 www.youghwalleye.com

Cominsky, Wagner Take Walleye Madness Mosquito

Cortland, OH-May 21st 2017-Walleye Madness held its second event of the year on Mosquito Lake. Teams from Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania set out on a cool Sunday morning trying to find 5 fish to bring to the scales. Mosquito Lake is one of Ohio’s top inland lakes for catching walleyes.

Chase Cominsky and Charles Wagner captured first place with a weight of 11.80#. “All the hard work paid off for us today” Cominsky said. The team put many hours on the water pre-fishing to find the right bite which cashed them a total check of $1800 including finishing as the top Mercury Motors equipped boat. They focused on submerged weed beds, casting No. 7 Flickers shads in perch and silver.

Gary Gaca and Anthony Marcello brought in a bag of 11.53# for a 2nd place finish. Alan Ammon and Tim Bailey with a nice bag of 10.76# finished 3rd. Both teams were casting cranks near weeds. Adam Momirov and Ryan Cecil threw Northland Slurp jigheads tipped with Gulp minnows in the weeds for 4th place finish and rounding out the top 5 was Ian Cerpani and Rodney Dziak. Top Lund Boat honors went to Bob Mclucky and Brad Basinger good for $300. Rico Mixon and Marina Leydiker brought in the Buckeye Sports Center Big Fish with a monster 4.76# walleye for $200.

Walleye Madness Tournaments offer true 100% payouts and no membership fees. Buckeye Sports Center Big Fish, Mercury and Lund Boats bonuses are added bonuses that are not taken out of the entry fees! That’s $700 added to each tournament! Every entry fee is given back to the winners, nothing ever held back! Big thanks to our title sponsors Buckeye Sports Center, Lund Boats and Mercury Marine. Also our awesome contributing partners Canyon Coolers, Rednek Outfitters, Accu-Cull, Airwave Pedestal, Worldwide Marine Insurance, Vibe, Oakley, Northland and Opti-Tackle who donated over $8000 in merchandise to be given out to the anglers at each tournament. Next tournament is June 24th Geneva Lake Erie. Please go to walleyemadness.net for full standings and registration. Over 200 photos can be viewed on our Facebook page. Don’t miss out on our one of kind tournaments!