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Updated: 05/20/03
FATHER/SON TEAM WIN BERKLEY TRILENE/RANGER
BOATS MWC WALLEYE TOURNEY
Ortonville, MN. - A father/son team, Terry and John Oakes
put together an
amazing nine fish weight of 35.53 lbs. to best the 142 team field at
the
Cabela's Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC) Berkley Trilene/Ranger Boats
Big
Stone Lake walleye team tournament held May 17-18 at Ortonville, MN.
The
winners collected $19,000 plus an additional $975 for Sunday big fish
honors. The 8.01 pound lunker was the largest of the tournament.
According to dad Terry of Big Stone City, SD, "We
caught 20 fish on
Saturday using a variety of 1/8 ounce Cabela's Fire Eye jigs tipped
with
three inch fathead minnows, between 2 and 4 feet of water."
Son John of Ortonville added, "The Sunday bite was
a lot tougher
because of all the algae on the surface and the windy conditions.
We went
to casting Cabela's crankbaits into the rocks around the islands.
Firetiger
and shad were the best colors. We didn't think we would win it
with nine
fish, but dad's eight pounder did the trick."
Second place and $9,500 went to the first day leaders,
Time Giese
(Ortonville) and Rich Huebner (Correll, MN) with a MWC ten fish limit
of
31.76 lbs. Their first day weight was 20.38 lbs., which included
big fish
honors of 7.24 lbs. worth $975. They cast a variety of crankbaits
in perch
and shad colors around the rocky islands at mid-lake.
Third place with ten fish and 29.06 lbs. worth $7,250
went to Russ
Brockel (Bloomington, MN) and Chris Conroy (Eden Prairie, MN).
They used a
combination of Cabela's spinner baits tipped with nightcrawlers on
bottom
bouncer rigs, along with chartreuse or bright yellow colored Wally
Diver
crankbaits.
The top 24 teams shared the $68,700 cash purse.
An additional
$4,948 was paid in big fish prizes. Fourth place finishers, Glenn
and Carol
Chenier of Gladstone, MI earned $5,000 plus $1,000 as the highest placing
Ranger Boats team in the Ranger Cup series.
The MWC Conservation Fund awarded $2,130 to Wildlife
Forever for use
with local shoreline improvement projects.
Approximately 2,000 spectators cheered on the teams
who weighed 788
walleyes weighing 1,480.57 lbs. The all-time National Football League
scoring champ, Gary Anderson of the Minnesota Vikings, assisted onstage
with
the Saturday weigh-in. Emcee, Bob "Kaz" Kaczkowski joked "Gary
really got a
kick out of helping us out."
The Bays de Noc at Gladstone/Escanaba, MI will be
the site of the
next MWC tourney, which will take place September 13-14. Openings
still
exist. Tournament entry forms can be downloaded from the MWC
website
(www.masterswalleyecircuit.com) or by contacting the MWC, 12301 Whitewater
Dr., Minnetonka, MN 55343 or phone toll free, 877-893-7947.
In addition to Cabela's, MWC sponsors include Berkley Trilene, Ranger
Boats,
Lindy Legendary Tackle, Lowrance Electronics, Mercury Marine, North
American
Fishing Club, The Outdoor Channel, Progressive Insurance, Cotton Cordell,
Flambeau, MotorGuide, Panther Marine, Daiichi Hooks, Yum Lures, Optima
Batteries, Lure Eyes, Walleye Assassin Lures and the National Freshwater
Fishing Hall of Fame.
Rank Boat # First
Last First Last Day
1 Day 2 Fish
Total Wt.
1 115 Terry Oakes
John Oakes 15.6 19.93
9
35.53
2 95 Rich Huebner
Tim Giese 20.38 11.38
10
31.76
3 122 Chris Conroy
Russ Brockel 7.71
21.35 10
29.06
4 33 Glenn Chenier
Carol Chenier 9.1
18.12 10
27.22
5 105 Bill Leonard
Wayne Stensrud 13.44
8.96 10
22.4
6 77 Jack Neuman
Aaron McQuoid 8.45
12.66 8
21.11
7 136 Jim Hartmen
Dan Sunne 11.68 9.41
10
21.09
8 120 Brent Hasslen
Ritchie Seidell 15.99
5 8
20.99
9 103 Timothy
Tesch Mike Meyers
11.74 8.05 10
19.79
10 80 Arthur
Arndt Mary Arndt
12.11 7.59 10 19.7
11 11 Mike Tompkins
Dan Stankevitz 11.91
6.98
6 18.89
12 125 Mel Reichling
Rick Small 7.77 10.87
10
18.64
13 90 Gregg Erdmann
Mitch Stoychoff 7.23
10.96 8
18.19
14 123 Tracy
Nilson David Hawkinson
12.19 5.59 7
17.78
15 142 Mike Barrett
Mike Finke 5.56 11.88
7
17.44
16 88 Jerome
Jakobson Curt Olson
8.51 8.83 10
17.34
17 116 Todd Steffensen
Leon Fish 11.89 4.69
6
16.58
18 5 Jim LaPine
Jake LaPine 10.79
5.57 9
16.36
19 22 Tony Dowiatt
Matt Dowiatt 11.19
5.14 7
16.33
20 68 Scott Steil
Adam Adler 8.72 7.36
10
16.08
21 81 Richard
Benson Steve Mord
5.94 10.01 9
15.95
22 12 Bob Lauridsen
Kim Spigarelli 8.38
7.49
10 15.87
23 128 Daren
Medenwald Vernen Christopherson
3.91 11.7
7 15.61
24 21 Steve Tauscher
Scott Strangstalien 12.33
3.09
6 15
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