Calamus Reservoir

June 22-23, 2019

The third stop for this years Nebraska Walleye Association tournaments was at Calamus reservoir. Once again, the anglers had to fight through some rain but at least we did not have the nasty wind like at Sherman.   Overall, it was a great turnout and fishing was good. In total 160 walleye were caught for a total of 288.14lbs for both days.

Fish were caught throughout the entire lake system. A lot of the nicer fish were caught on the north side of Nunda Shoals on the break using crank baits. The west end also produced well using crank baits in the 8-10 feet range. Some fish were caught using bottom bouncers and night crawlers as well. The white bass and drum were also wanting in on some action as anglers had to fight through them to get to the Walleyes.

Congratulations to the all the teams who placed in the money and especially to the winners! Saturday, Bill McGannon and Brian Hunke won with 13.83lbs. Ken Seffron and Karen Class got second, Steve Williams and Dustin Whitmire got third. Jake Whipple and Austin Svoboda got fourth. Nate and Landon Stender got fifth. Jake Basak and Brady Harrington got sixth. Rich McShane and Rich Losee got seventh. Rick and Dan Waldron got eighth.

Sunday Mike Woerth and James Paul won with a total weight of 13.61lbs. Rich McShane and Rich Losee got second. Jason Hettler and Ryan Verba got third. Damon Allbee and Brian Weber got fourth. Nate and Landon Stender got fifth. Ken Seffron and Karen Class got sixth. James Hesse and Doug Hesse got seventh. Steve Williams and Dustin Whitmire got eighth.

We would like to give a shout out to all our sponsors including Bass Pro Shops/Cabelas and Lowe’ded Bar for sponsoring our big fish prize. Also, a special thanks to the volunteers including Jim Anderson, Dave Nadgwicks niece and nephew, and all the help at the scales and throughout the tournament.

Tournament Directors

Dave Nadgwick

Nate Stender D.C.

Day 1

Day 2

Sherman Reservoir
4-28-2019

The second walleye tournament for the 2019 season came with some bumps or shall we say huge waves in the way. Satuday’s tournament had to be cancelled due to some high winds and major 5-6’ waves making for a terrible day to go out and fish safely. Sunday the weather was very cold but at least the wind was not as severe, and we were able to have the second tournament of the season.
Fish were being caught near mud point using jigs and white crank baits seemed to catch the walleyes eye. Some boats had success casting into the rocks as well. Walleye were found anywhere from 10-25 feet deep. The crappie also was very hungry as they were caught everywhere and in any depth.
The fish caught were very thick and healthy as 75 walleyes were weighed. A total of 137.22lbs came across our scales on Sunday. Unfortunately, no walleyes over 28” were caught. Congratulation to Scott Tincher and Kyle Bader for winning first place with a total weight of 8.67 lbs. The second-place team of Rick and Gary Waldron had 8.36 lbs. Third place team Nate and Landon Stender had 8.01 lbs. Fourth place team Justin Debrie and Nick Brandyberry had 8.00 lbs and also came in with the biggest fish of 2.60lbs. Fifth place was Ben Garver and Brady Sikes with 7.81lbs. Sixth place was Jason Hettler and Ryan Verba with 7.70lbs. Seventh was Jared Muth and Lance Nelson with 7.66lbs and eighth was Cole Opbrock and Darrin Grasshands with 7.42 lbs.
A huge shout out goes to tournament host Trade Winds Marina for sponsoring big fish and allowing us to take over their place for the day. I also would like to thank Nebraska Walleye President Rich Losee for being the scale master and Kelsey Stender and Colin Baker for helping with the scale and scoreboard.
Tournament Director
Nate Stender D.C.