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Circuit Record is broken in close win on Lake Erie
Jason Kopf of Avon Lake, OH and Mike Miller of Brunswick,
OH broke the Cabela’s MWC single day basket weight by 2.30
pounds in route to their first tournament win on the Masters Walleye Circuit. Their day one basket weighed in at 48.95 lbs.,
topping the previous record of 46.65 lbs.
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set in June of 2007 on
the Eastern Basin of Lake Ontario. The duo continued to battle on day two and were able to hold on to victory as their competitors
inched ever so close to their lead. They won by just 0.37 lbs. as
the second place team of Bob Henton and Lance Conner, both of
Spartansburg, PA, put together two nice baskets of fish.
Their win netted them $16,850 plus Kopf won an additional $1,000
for winning the Ranger Cup Bonus. To see complete tournament results,
click HERE.
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Koester and Rhodes continue their dominance on Lake Erie
Jeff Koester of Brookville, IN and Scott Rhodes of Traverse City,
MI won the bracketed Walleye Madness tournament for the second year
in a row. They took home $10,000 for their victory and continue
to hold on to the Walleye Madness crown.
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Repeating as Walleye Madness
Champions was definitely not an easy challenge as they faced elimination
in the semi-finals and finals if they did catch an additional fish
in the final minutes prior to heading back to weigh-in. Luckily,
fish bit their lines at the right time and after getting them in
to their livewell, Koester and Rhodes took off for the weigh-in.
They bested Randy Carroll of Oswego, IL and Don Olson of Andover,
MN by 3.64 lbs. in the semi-finals. This allowed them to move
on to the Finals to face Steve Skupien of Frankfort, IL and Dave
Kleszyk of Oakbrook Terrace, IL whom they beat by 3.42 lbs to
capture their 2nd Walleye Madness Championship. To see complete
Walleye Madness Results, click HERE.
Press Release
Questions about the MWC? Email us at: Events@MastersWalleyeCircuit.com or call us at: 877-893-7947 x: 4
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The MWC is the longest-running professional walleye tournament circuit in the United States and remains serious competition for people who love to fish walleyes.
This is where the best fishermen gather to test their strategies, savvy and skills. MWC offers the ultimate reward in terms of respect and recognition from angling peers, as well as trophies and big cash prizes (with the potential of over $1,000,000 available in payout!)
By participating in the MWC, you will have the satisfaction of knowing you are working to improve fishing resources. There is a conservation fund of $15 per boat that goes towards local fisheries. For more information on how this money is spent, please visit the Wildlife Forever website.
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Mother and Son team make history on the Illinois River
Barbara Plautz of Muskego, WI and her son Danny Plautz
of Milwaukee, WI capture big season opening win on the
Illinois River in Spring Valley, IL and make history in
the process. They are the first ever Mother/Son team in
the MWC to win a tournament. They brought in a limit
both days and propelled into 1st place with a 16.12 lb.
basket of fish on Sunday. Included with that basket was
a 4.48
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pound fish that netted them $1600 as they took 1st
place in the Big Fish contest on Sunday. They also earned
an additional $500 in contingency bonus money for using a
Mercury Motor throughout the tournament. Combined with
those bonuses is the 1st place prize money they earned of
$23,350 for a total win of $25,450. Click HERE for complete
results from the Spring Valley tournament.
Press Release
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The new World Walleye Champions were crowned on Saturday, October 6th in Dundee,
Michigan. Jeff Koester of Brookville, Indiana and Scott Rhodes of Traverse City,
Michigan captured the win on Lake Erie with a 3-day total of 15 fish weighing 88.68
pounds -- winning $25,000! They had big fish of the tournament at 10.39
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pounds on Thursday as well.
Click HERE for complete results from the Championship.
Press Release
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Mississippi Walleye Club anglers, Larry Schlueter of Garber,
Iowa and Jerry Eiben of Dubuque, Iowa won the final qualifying
tournament of the year on their home waters, the Mississippi
River. They brought in a limit of five fish both days and put
together a great 13.09 lb basket of fish on Sunday, including 1st Place in the
Big Fish pot with a 7.47 lb
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walleye. The teams’ two-day basket totaled 22.47 lbs,
earning them a check for $17,190.
Click HERE for complete results from the Dubuque tournament.
Press Release
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Brent Hasslen of Ortonville, Minnesota and Richie
Seidel of Big Stone City, South Dakota cashed a check
for $7,184 for their win on Big Stone Lake. They
brought in the maximum eight allowable fish over the
two day tournament totaling 16.06 pounds. The duo
also won the big fish pot on Saturday with a 3.17
pound walleye, gaining them an additional
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$350 bonus.
Click HERE for complete results from the Big Stone
Lake tournament.
Press Release
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Local New York anglers Jim Janese (Youngstown) and Steven Levering
(Niagara Falls) competed in their first-ever Cabela’s Masters
Walleye Circuit tournament on July 21 & 22, 2007 … and won!
The duo netted $8,090 for their win on the Niagara River and
Lake Ontario, plus another $500 for bringing in the biggest
fish of the
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tournament, a 10.26 lb walleye. Their weight after
day one – 0.00 lbs. But day two brought 5 nice fish weighing a
total of 27.79 pounds.
For information on how the rest of the field finished, and
results on the East Division Team of the Year race, please
click on the Press Release link below.
Press Release.
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Tom and Heidi Kemos of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin bested a field of 184 teams
for the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit tournament out of Green Bay,
June 23rd and 24th. While Tom fished on the Masters Walleye Circuit
back in the mid-90’s, this was his first circuit victory. The weekend
bite was very good on the Bay of Green Bay, with the 184 teams weighing
an average of 8.4 fish per team, totaling 1,555 fish at 5,830.2 pounds.
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The Cabela’s MWC thanks the Packer Country Visitors and Convention Bureau
for hosting the event, and to the Walleyes for Tomorrow Club for providing
volunteers to assist with tournament operations.
Click HERE for the full press release.
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Local anglers Steve Gould (Watertown) and Chris Monica (Adams) weighed in a
record five fish basket of 46.65 pounds on day two of the Cabela’s Masters
Walleye Circuit tournament at Henderson Harbor, New York on June 3rd.
Added to the four fish they weighed on day one, their two day total reached
an all-time circuit record breaking 85.07 pounds – with only nine fish
rather than the allotted ten.
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The previous records were set in April
of 2006 by Michiganders David Kolb and Dan Byers on Lake Erie, with 43.52
pounds for a one-day record and 82.23 pounds for the two-day record (ten fish).
Press Release.
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The Walleye Madness Championship took place in Port Clinton, OH on May 10th, 11th and 12th.
The field started off with 16 Cabela’s MWC anglers, having qualified for the Sweet Sixteen
through the 2006 season and the 2007 Spring Valley tournament. They were bracketed against
each other, and day one reduced the field down to the Elite Eight, and day two to the Final
Four.
Day three started off with the Final Four competing until the
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1pm weigh-in, which reduced the field to two teams, and the 6pm weigh-in later that day
awarded Jeff Koester of Brookville, IN and Scott Rhodes of Traverse City, MI
the title of Walleye Madness Champions! Click on the RESULTS link below to see
the full Sweet Sixteen bracket with weights for Day 1, 2 and 3.
Click HERE for the full press release.
Results
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Nathan Seiferlein of Marine City, MI and Jason Kaniszewski of Augres, MI
took home $14,992 from their win last weekend at the Detroit River & Lake
Erie Tournament. They brought 10 fish to the scale weighing 65.4 pounds.
Overall, the field brought in 758 fish over the two days weighing 3,316.25
pounds, a 4.3 pound average.
Click HERE for the full press release.
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The bite was awesome on the Illinois River three to five days before the annual Cabela's MWC tournament
in Spring Valley, however, the river drastically changed on Wednesday. Flood conditions by the weekend’s tournament
allowed the field out for only a single day, and as predicted, Barto Landing
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was nearly underwater as the last team trailered their boat on Saturday. Brothers Marty & Mickey Stuefen of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa netted one sauger at 2.71 pounds for nearly $60,630, the largest single payout in the history of the well-established circuit.
Only four teams weighed fish. Click HERE for the full press release.
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