Walleye First
Published February 14, 2008

New for 2008 is a tournament series for walleye anglers called Full Throttle Walleye Series. The tournaments consist of 3 tournaments in MN and 3 events in WI.

The Schedule for 2008 Full Throttle Walleye Series includes MN division April 26th, Mississippi River pool 4, June 28th Mille Lacs, and Sept. 6 St.Croix River. The WI events include Lake Winnebago April 12th, Lake Winnebago May 31, and Bay of Green Bay Sept. 13th.

Events are designed with a pre-tournament meeting on Friday night before the tournament where there is a free dinner, door prizes and an inspirational speaker. The majority of the pre-tournament meetings are held at local churches in conjunction to the tournament site.

Each is event is $200 a-team and the tournaments pay back 1 in 5 boats. Payback amount is based on the number of boats. Example payout for a 75-boat tournament for 1st place would be $3,000 and would pay down to 15th place. Entry fee also includes Big Fish. Ranger Cup money is also available for all contestants who have signed up for the Ranger Cup program. Trophies, free dinner, and door prizes at each event. The top 5 teams from each division receive a FREE entry into the Full Throttle Championship for 2008 in October.

MN Directors Mark and NaCole Schutz have ran fishing events in MN for years. Contact fishschutz@gmail.com. Chris Jones Full Throttles Outdoors Director in WI has been running fishing events for years also. Contact Chris.Jones@ftfishing.com .

Full Throttle Outdoors is sponsored by Ranger Boats and Mercury motors. FTO (Full Throttle Outdoors) is looking for elite companies to showcase there fine products at their events, website, media, and through Full Throttles newsletter sent out to members and families.

For registration, rules, and more info please visit our website at www.ftfishing.com or www.fullthrottleoutdoors.org



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