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    Chamberlain, South Dakota.....Cold front conditions greeted contestants in 
the Lund Boats/Miller Brewing Company Western Pro-Am today.  A full field of 
155 In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail pros with their amateur partners 
headed onto the Missouri River this morning under gloomy skies, brisk 
breezes (15 to 30 mph from the north), occasional showers and hail.

    But, the effort proved rewarding for many, especially local Chamberlain pro 
Scott Handel and amateur Jim Trow, Ames, Iowa, who came to the Cedar Shore 
Marina stage with 12.71 pounds.  They weighed a tournament limit of six 
walleyes, and with the state slot limit, only two could be over 18 inches 
long.  The race is close; 30 anglers are within three pounds of the lead.

    In second is pro Tom  Backer, Fargo, North Dakota, and amateur Kevin Bruer, 
Robbinsdale, Minnesota.  They weighed 11.95 pounds.  Holding third are pro 
Jimmy Bell, Ham Lake, Minnesota, and William Brewer, Omaha, Nebraska with 
11.87 pounds.  Half the sets of pro-am partners caught limits.  Of the 
walleyes (and some saugers) brought to the stage, 86 percent were 
successfully released into the Missouri River.

    Most anglers fished from Crow Creek upstream to the White River downstream. 
  Common patterns involved live bait on jigs or hooked behind bottom 
bouncers while drifting over the 13 to 15 foot flats.  Multiple drift socks 
slowed boats, and accurate presentations produced best.  Some anglers 
trolled crankbaits with success, but typical comments echoed similar 
sentiments, “The fish changed from yesterday to today.”

    The largest fish of the day, a 5.82 pound walleye, earned Miller High Life 
honors for Billings, Montana, pro Mitch Howe.  More fish stories and lively 
stage action occurs Thursday and Friday starting at 3 p.m. at Cedar Shore 
Marina in Chamberlain and Oacoma.

    This is the first tournament in the Dee Zee western division, with Leech 
Lake in Walker, Minnesota later this month and the July 10-12 event in 
Devils Lake, North Dakota to follow.  Amateur slots still exist in Devils 
Lake; to enter, anglers can go to the PWT web site for entry blanks and 
information, www.in-fisherman.com, or call PWT headquarters, 218-829-0620. 
The east division includes two more tournaments, Lake Winnebago at Oshkosh, 
Wisconsin, June 19-21, and Saginaw Bay at AuGres, Michigan, July 31 to Aug. 
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In-Fisherman PWT 2002 Lake Francais Case 
Chamberlain/Oacoma South Dakota

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