HARLAN ANGLERS WALLEYE TOURNAMENT HELD ON HARLAN COUNTY LAKE

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By Rod Hoard

Sunday June 5, 2016, the Harlan Anglers Walleye Fishing Tournament, hosted by the Harlan Anglers Walleye Club, was held on Harlan County Lake.  Fishing was tough as a total of 96 fish were caught Sunday. 59 teams from Nebraska, Kansas, and Colorado participated in this year’s tournament.

The “Big Fish,” caught by Jim Prevette from Juanita and Gary Prevette from Hastings, Ne., weighed 7.56 pounds and paid $590. This tournaments entry fee was $170 and had 100% payouts that were paid to a total of 11 winning teams. Listed are the top five teams:

First Place at a cash prize of $3,300 went to James Beisner from Bertrand, Ne., and Steve Maurer from Atlanta, Ne. Total weight of fish caught was 15.94 lbs.

IMG_1721Second Place at a cash prize of $2,100 went to Luke Henderson and Jeremy Collinson of Doniphan Ne. Total weight of fish caught was 15.80 pounds.

Third Place at a cash prize of $1,340 went to Randall Downing and Dave Burnham of Hastings, Ne. Total weight of fish caught was 13.84 pounds.

Fourth Place at a cash prize of $680 went to Rod Bartels of Holdrege Ne. and Justin Debrie of Gibbon, Ne.  Total weight of fish caught was 12.20 pounds.

Fifth Place at a cash prize of $570 went to Rick Perkins of Ashland Ne. and Matt Duncan of Lincoln, Ne. Total weight of fish caught was 11.84 pounds.

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YOUGH WALLEYE 22ND ANNUAL TOURNAMENT RESULTS

Yough Walleye winners

1 Ryan Rieger/Rich Fike …………………22.21 pounds

2 Tyler Brown/Dan Pocratsk …………… 17.44 pounds

3 Mike Siesky/Kevin Siesky ………………15.92 pounds

4 Tommy Lonce/Matthew Potocar ………14.48 pounds

5 John Paul Prinkey/Bob Stone …………12.22 pounds

 

The Yough Walleye Association held the 22nd Annual Open Walleye Tournament on 6-4-16 on the Youghiogheny Reservoir. We had a total of 25 teams that entered the tournament. We paid the top 5 teams for the day. Most of the teams jigged but the top teams caught most of their fish trolling in the weeds.

First place was won by Ryan Rieger and Rich Fike with 22.21 pounds. They also won the Lunker pot with a walleye weighing in at 5.18 pounds, as well as, the NTC sidepot tournament for the 2017 NTC in Loraine, Ohio.

Kopf and Riggs Capture WMT Lorain

Presented by Buckeye Sports Center
kopfriggsLorain,OH- Jason Kopf and Rodger Riggs capture Walleye Madness Lorain with a weight of 40.92 Saturday. With a calm Lake Erie and hot temps fishing would be tough for most anglers. Jason and Rodger pulled Reef Runners near Avon Point. On top of their first place finish the duo captured a paid spot for the 2017 National Team Championship in Lorain.

“It feels good to capture a spot for the NTC, huge relief off our shoulders.” Kopf said. 25 teams battled it out in the biggest NTC Side Pot in Ohio. On top of their paid spot they will receive NTC plaques, custom jerseys, $100 in Cabela’s gift cards and $200 in travel money. Jason and Rodger take home $3500 in cash and prizes.

mitchchadComing in second place was Mitch Shipman and Chad Fenstermaker with 40.02lbs. Mitch and Chad trolled worm harnesses at varying depths near Avon and Lorain. They also captured a paid 2017 NTC Spot and were the highest Mercury owner for a total earnings of $1900. Doug Fair and Todd Johnson finished third with 39.44 pounds for $950. Sam Cappelli and Ted Jackson lands 4th for $775. Rounding out the top 5 was Rico Mixon and Marina Leydiker.

The $300 Lund Boats Bonus was captured by the 6th place team of John Allen and Jason Maraskine. Buckeye Big Fish of the day was a 10.36 caught by Frank Murphy and Steve Borowske.

Walleye Madness Tournaments are sponsored by Buckeye Sports Center, Lund Boats, Mercury Marine. The series offers no-membership fee required 100% payout tournaments, plus $700 per event in sponsor bonuses. Cabela’s National Team Championship qualifying is provided by the series affiliation with the national organization The Walleye Federation. We also would like to thank our contributing sponsors: Mepps, Reef Runner, Surf Monkey Gear, Oakley, Opti-Tackle, Vibe, Rednek Outfitters and AirWave Pedestal. Next up on the Walleye Madness Tournaments schedule June 25th Lake Erie in Geneva.

For more information please visit www.walleyemadness.net. Email info@walleyeMadness.net or call 440-390-8054

Walleye Madness Lake Erie Lorain Side Pot Results (2 Paid Spots)

  1. Rodger Riggs/Jason Kopf 92 Winner
  2. Mitch Shipman/Chad Fentsermaker 02 Winner
  3. Doug Fair/Todd Johnson 44
  4. Rico Mixon/Marina Leydiker 22
  5. John Allen/Jason Maraskine 16
  6. Nicholas Zart/Gary Zart 22
  7. Shawn Ritchie/Dave Knierieman 28
  8. Jim Gwynn/Matt Whitacre 94
  9. Scott Geitgey/Dan Paul 80
  10. David Conant/Mark Carr 64
  11. Jared Meisterics/John Snow 40
  12. Aaron Humbert/Mike Robertson 14
  13. Kody Hill/Mike Morgan 70
  14. Greg Bentz/Jeff Cueni 88
  15. Randy Eyre/Aaron Depinet 20
  16. Clayton Allshouse/Brad Dailey 04
  17. Zak Jobes/Bryan Fisher 74
  18. Jeff Amon/Danny Alverson 74
  19. Mike Dauherty/Dana Dauherty 42
  20. Kurt Mckenna/Nick Lary 38
  21. Dave Frey/Lonnie Hanchosky 0
  22. Don Lint/Greg Clayton 0
  23. Charlie Robinson/Francis Ball 0
  24. Virgil Tent/Ciprian Donici 0
  25. Adam Momirov/Carl Momirov 0