Winners Lake Erie Walleye Hunter's Tournament

[Fishmaster]

Lake Erie Walleye Hunters 1st annual Tournament was a great success...

 

We had 20 boats turn out for the event which began with a 6:00am shotgun start from the Port Maitland Pier.

 

Still dark, running up the river in a light fog was the perfect way to begin the day... Kudos to Bill for stopping to help a fellow fisherman on the way out!

 

A big thanks to Riverside Marina for allowing us to use their facilities at the public docks! Next year will be even better.

 

Prizes were awarded as follows,

 

1st Place $600.00 went out to "Icebreaker's Team" @ 32.2lbs

2nd Place $300.00 went to "Sonny's Team" @ 29.37lbs

3rd Place $100.00 went to "Fishmasters Team" @ 27.50lbs

 

Calcutta $340.00 was awarded to "Sonny" @ 10.06lbs

 

Great bunch of people! Look at those fish! Well done!

 

Winning Box went to the guys from the USA, nice catch guys!

 

All the boxes were close with fish like this coming to the scales.

 

Day full of smiles for everyone!

 

This was one of those days when you couldn't keep the rods in the water, it was one fish after the other. A great fish fry afterwards and a nice freezer full for the cold months to come.

 

Looks like our Lake Erie Fisheries are healthy. Looking forward to next years Tournament...

[bbog]

Some beauties there for sure. I'm going to have make the trip out to Erie one of these days.

[silveradosheriff]

Looks like everyone had a great day and those Walleye look yummy!

Edited September 3, 2007 by silveradosheriff

[Smokey]

Looks like a good time Steve. Nice to see some OFC representation in the money. Congrats to all the winners.

[mcallister.grant]

Looks like the tournament was a success. Congrats on a great turnout and glad to see there was fish caught!

[Dondorfish]

Congrats to our very own Sonny and his team for a job well done! Nice lookin' bunch of fish there!

 

 

 

Don

[bucktail]

Looks like a good turnout!

My buddy and I were going to join but his father came down very ill. Next year i promise.

Were most of the fish further offshore and heading west now?

[sonny]

Thanks there tracker,,,,next time will go for first and big fish,,,lol,,,,was a great time ,,well organized,,,and a great fish fry afterwards,,,out on the water sure does make a man thirsty and hungry!!!! Nothin better then a freash catch with a cool refreshing drink after a haurd day of walleye hunting!!! :D

 

ps...did manage a limit for the boat,,,man were they on fire!

Edited September 4, 2007 by sonny

[fatherof3]

nice fish and looks like everyone had a great time

[MJL]

Great pics...Looks like everyone had a blast out on the water.

[Fishmaster]

Thanks guys i hope to make this event even bigger and better next year with lots of great free draw prizes ...hope to see more OFNer's next year ...Fishmaster

[walleyemen]

Don,t really know what to say but i fished the whole day in the tourament and didn't catch a lick! We tried everyhting, planer boards, harnesses, cranks, dipsy's, nothing and i had all of you big guns close by, guess i should have checked the boat for the skunk before i went out, great job guyz was sure a fun day,

[Fishmaster]

Holy Moly something was wrong forsure ....i never knew any boats got skunked ...did you have Banana's on the boat ..glad you had a fun day anyways it sure was a nice afternoon.. morning a little bumpy but got nice and hot out ..