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RCL Championship the biggest Walleye purse in history

Special RCL mailing List
Dan Plautz wins Saginaw Bay RCL event
Mark Martin leads the way into final round of RCL at Saginaw Bay
John Campbell leads anglers into semi final round of Saginaw Bay Event
Rick Olson takes lead day 1 Saginaw Bay Event
Wal-Mart RCL tournament anglers eagerly await Saginaw Bay
RCL 2001 Bay City  Schedule and information
RCL Saginaw Bay Lodging
RCL Pro angler entry fee and purse
RCL Co-angler entry fee and purse
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Contact Information
  • Operation Walleye
  • 88 Moors road
  • Gilbertsville Kentucky 42044
  • Phone 270-36205225
  • Fax 270-362-9856
  • website  www.operationwalleye.com
  • Tournament director Sonny Reynolds
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  • RCL 2001 Schedule of events Saginaw Bay
    Date:   June 13-16, 2001
    Location Saginaw Bay Bay City, Michigan
    Host Bay Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
    901 Saginaw Street
    Bay City, MI 48708
    Phone: 888-229-8696
    Marina Hoyles Marina
    135 South Linwood Beach
    Linwood, MI 48634
     Phone: 517-697-4415
    Registration June 12, 2001 3:00-6:00 p.m.
    Pre -Tournament Meeting 6:30 p.m.
    Kawkawlin Township Hall
    1836 Parish Road
    Kawkawlin, MI 48631
    Phone: 517-662-0019
    Housing AmericInn & Suites
    3915 Three Mile Road
    Bay City, MI 48706
    Phone: 517-671-0071
    More information Results

    Campbell leads anglers into semifinal round 
    of $390,750 
    Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit 
    event on Saginaw Bay

    14.Jun.2001 
    BAY CITY, Mich. — Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit pro John Campbell of Walker, Minn., and his day-two partner Tim Williams of Oregon, Ohio, landed a five-walleye limit weighing 33 pounds, 9 ounces Thursday on Saginaw Bay to give Campbell the lead in his quest to win $50,000 plus a Mercury- or Yamaha-powered Ranger, Crestliner or Lund boat.

    Campbell, a 12-year veteran of the sport and second place finisher at the inaugural Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Championship, will lead the top 60 pros competing in the $390,750 Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit tournament into the semifinal round with a two-day, opening round total of 10 walleyes weighing 70 pounds, 10 ounces. Campbell and his partner, Paul Fallaw of McHenry, Ill., weighed in five walleyes that registered 37 pounds, 1 ounce on opening day.

    “It looks like I’ve got a pretty good pattern and a number of spots,” said Campbell, who caught his walleyes at four different locations about 40 miles from the launch site using Lindy X-Change crawler harnesses. “Unless the wind really blows, I should be okay (Friday).”

    Tim Vanwieren of Holland, Mich., will lead the top 60 co-anglers into the semifinal round with a two-day total of 10 walleyes weighing 61 pounds, 5 ounces. He and his day-one partner, Paul Dunn of Lapeer, Mich., brought in five walleyes weighing 30 pound, 14 ounces. Vanwieren and his day-two partner, Scott Rhodes of Traverse City, Mich., then caught five walleyes weighing 30 pounds, 7 ounces to give Vanwieren the lead in his quest to win $15,000.

    “They say that you get one moment in time. I hope this is it,” said Vanwieren, who has never won a major tournament.

    Rounding out the top five pros are Dean Miller of Stevens Point, Wis., with 10 walleyes weighing 61 pounds, 14 ounces; Rick Olson of Mina Lake, S.D., with 10 walleyes weighing 61 pounds, 8 ounces; John Pratt of Roberts, Mont., with nine walleyes weighing 59 pounds, 12 ounces; and Joe Whitten of Toledo, Ohio, with 10 walleyes weighing 59 pounds, 10 ounces.

    Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Rodney Hill II of Hillsdale, Mich., with 10 walleyes weighing 57 pounds, 12 ounces; Tim Schomer of Oswego, Ill., with nine walleyes weighing 57 pounds, 5 ounces; Fallaw with eight walleyes weighing 53 pounds, 12 ounces; and John May of Forestville, Wis., with eight walleyes weighing 52 pounds, 14 ounces.

    The Saginaw Bay tournament is the second event of the new $2.9 million Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit—the world’s most lucrative walleye fishing series. It started Wednesday with 96 pros and 96 co-anglers from 15 states and was cut to the top 60 pros and co-anglers Thursday for the semifinal round. The field will be cut again to the top 12 pros and co-anglers Friday for Saturday’s finale. Anglers in both divisions will start the semifinal and final rounds from zero and fish for the heaviest one-day catch.

    Competition resumes at 7 a.m. Friday at Hoyles Marina located at 135 South Linwood Beach in Linwood, Mich., followed by a 3 p.m. weigh-in at the marina. The final takeoff starts at 7 a.m. Saturday followed by a 3 p.m. weigh-in at the Wal-Mart Supercenter located at 1392 Wilder Road in Bay City.

    Run by Operation Walleye and named after retail giant Wal-Mart and boat manufacturers Ranger, Crestliner and Lund, the Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit features four regular season tournaments each with a $390,750 purse and a championship with a $1.4 million purse. The third tournament will be July 25-28 on the Mississippi River near La Crosse, Wis., followed by a tournament on Devils Lake in Devils Lake, N.D., Sept. 5-8.

    After the four regular season tournaments, 200 pros and 200 co-anglers will compete in the Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Championship for top awards of up to $400,000 in the Pro Division and $150,000 in the Co-Angler Division. The championship will be held on the Fox River and Green Bay in Green Bay, Wis., Oct. 2-6. Green Bay hosted the inaugural Wal-Mart RCL Championship last year when Scott Glorvigen of Grand Rapids, Minn., won $300,000 and instantly joined the sport’s top all-time money winners. 

    Sponsors of the tournament series are

    Mercury Outboard Motors The Water Calls
    Lund Walleye boats
    Ranger Building one boat at a time
    Wal Mart Always low prices
    MinnKota trolling motors

    Energizer

    Everstart batteries
    Kellogs
    Conseco
    Crestliner Walleye fishing boats
    Yamaha Outboard Motors
    Coleman America's first choice in camping gear
    Garmin Electronics
    Poulan weedeaters

    Pro Entry Fee $1,250
    1st  $50,000 + a fully rigged boat
    2nd $30,000
    3rd $25,000
    4th $20,000
    5th $15,00
    6th $10,000
    7th $9,000
    8th $8,000
    9th $7,000
    10th $6,000
    11th -15th $5,000
    16th- 20th $4000
    21st- 25th $3,000
    26th- 30th $2500
    31st- 40th $2,000
    41st- 60th $1500
    total payout $302,500
    Co-Angler  Entry Fee $500
    1st  $15,000
    2nd $10,000
    3rd $7,500
    4th $6,000
    5th $5,000
    6th $4,000
    7th $3,000
    8th $2,000
    9th $1500
    10th $1250
    11th -15th $1000
    16th- 20th $900
    21st- 25th $800
    26th- 30th $700
    31st- 40th $600
    41st- 60th $500
    total payout  $88,250

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