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| Bohn, Hennen Find Shallow Rock Hump Holds the Key to Rush Lake Title |
For most of the teams at Sunday's Rush Lake tournament on the Minnesota Region of the Gander Mountain Grand National Walleye Cup (GNWC), it was a weedline bite. However, for Corey Bohn from Kensington, MN and Doug Hennen from Perham, MN, it was a shallow rock hump that held the fish.
Bohn and Hennen, who took home the $1200 first place check, weighed a six-fish limit weight of 10.55 pounds. Their rock hump topped out at less than 10', and they used live bait rigs to trigger their fish.
Second place and a check for $600 went to Randy Klasen from Maple Grove, MN and Joe Hyser from Minneapolis, MN with a six-fish limit weighing 9.95 pounds.
Mike Mortinson from Fergus Falls, MN and Brian Dykhoff from Erhard, MN took third place and a check for $520 with a weight of 8.15 pounds.
The Berkley Trilene Big Fish Award of $400 in Berkley products went to Corey Bjorgaard from Inver Grove Heights, MN and David Domonoski from Waterville, MN for their 4.82-pound walleye.
"For most of the teams, it was a weedline bite," said Gander Mountain GNWC Executive Director Bernie Barringer. "So you have to give Bohn and Hennen credit for finding that one spot that would make the difference."
Special awards include the following. The "Yo So Close" award of a Yo Net folding net valued at $80 was awarded to the three teams that placed out of the money. Those teams include Greg Rudisill and Mike Schaffer from Woodbury, MN in 9th place; Lee Mendenhall from New Richland, MN and Gary Nordlie from Owatonna, MN in 10th place; and Dave Oldakowski from Ham Lake, MN and Sean Westman from Andover, MN in 11th place.
Todd Anderson from Bloomington, MN and John Arden from Buffalo, MN won the Gander Mountain "Need More Stuff" drawing of $200 for a Gander Mountain Shopping Spree.
"I want to thank the Lake County Sportsman's Club for their help at the weigh-in. It takes a lot of people to make the weigh-in go smoothly, and these people volunteered their time to make sure that it did," added Barringer.
Bjorgaard and Domonoski used their fifth place finish at Rush Lake to take the lead in the race for the Minnesota Region Team of the Year with 7 points. Their closest competitors are Dave Oladowski from Ham Lake, MN and Sean Westman from Andover, MN with 18 points.
For complete results of the Rush Lake tournament, check out the Gander Mountain GNWC website at www.walleyecup.com.
Next up for the Minnesota Region will be Lake Bemidji on Sunday, June 27.
Anglers interested in signing up for a future qualifier or simply wanting more information on the GNWC circuit can call 1-800-890-FISH (3474), or they can email the GNWC at [email protected].
Title Sponsor for the Gander Mountain GNWC is Gander Mountain with other major national sponsors including Skeeter Boats, Yamaha Outboards, the Sportsman Channel, Berkley, Aqua Innovations, YoNet Folding Nets by AMFYOYO, VIB"E" Lure Company, TowTector Shield and UpNorthOutdoors.com.
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| Minnesota Region Heads to Rush Lake |
After a month off, the teams on the Minnesota Region of the Gander Mountain Grand National Walleye Cup (GNWC) head to Rush lake on Sunday, June 6 for their second tournament.
According to Gander Mountain GNWC Executive Director Bernie Barringer, "Rush Lake is a quality walleye fishery. I think the teams are going to like the lake and the opportunity to catch good-sized walleyes. We really started off the Minnesota Region with a great bite at Red Wing. I think if we hit the weather just right, we should have another good bite at Rush Lake."
Although Rush Lake has a maximum depth of 68', over 60 percent of the lake is less than 15' deep. DNR lake surveys show a high abundance of walleyes with an average length of 14.3 inches and a good opportunity to catch trophy fish over 25 inches.
Barringer also noted, "There is a great weedline bite this time of the year, and with all the structure in the lake, I think the teams will enjoy the challenge Rush Lake offers."
Openings still exist for the Rush Lake qualifier and Barringer encourages interested anglers to contact him at 1-800-890-FISH (3474), or email the GNWC at [email protected]
According to Barringer, competing teams should be at the Rush Lake Trailer park between 6-6:30 Sunday morning to sign in and participate in mandatory boat inspections. However, the tournament director will have the GNWC trailer at the check-in site from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday evening to answer questions and to take any late registrations. Host bait shop will be Anglers Marine and Sport.
The tournament hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Weigh-in begins precisely at 3 p.m., with awards to follow. "I hope we get a good crowd to come to the weigh-in. There is a lot of excitement when the teams come to the stage with baskets of walleyes. It's also a great time for the public to hear what these teams did to trigger their fish. The neat part is that they can then go out and try the same presentation," added Barringer.
Anglers interested in checking out the standings, reading the releases about any of the eight regions or simply learning more about the circuit can access the Gander Mountain GNWC website at www.walleyecup.com.
Title Sponsor for the Gander Mountain GNWC is Gander Mountain with other major national sponsors including Skeeter Boats, Yamaha Outboards, the Sportsman Channel, Berkley, Aqua Innovations, YoNet Folding Nets by AMFYOYO, VIB"E" Lure Company, TowTector Shield and UpNorthOutdoors.com. |
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