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Location: Appleton | Congratulations and THANKS to all 88 teams that fished in the MWS Menominee tournament.
It was a cold and windy day with a small craft advisory in effect. With the small craft advisory, the boats were restricted to fishing the Menominee River. Eighty-four of the eighty-eight teams weighed fish. Sixty-five teams weighed a four fish limit. There were three hundred fish weighed for a total weight of 887.92#.
The team of Jim Keller and Brian Keller took first place with a four fish limit weighing 27.16# winning them $4,200. Second place went to the team of Wes La Fever and Dave Wirth with four fish totaling 25.92# for $2,100. Third place went to the father /son team of Dan Sislo and Brian Sislo with four fish weighing 24.76# for $1,000. . Fourth place went to the team of Jon Ohnesorge and Jeff Nuechterlien with four fish weighing 22.70# for $800. Fifth place went to the husband/wife team of Scott and Jesse DuFrane with four fish totaling 21.54# for $500. Scott and Jesse also had the big fish of the tournament weighing 8.86# winning them two plaques donated by All Sport and Trophy, $100 in Gift certificates from Mack’s Lures, a hand held GPS donated by Marine General, and some Ka Boom lures.
Current Team of the year is Jon Ohnesorge and Jeff Nuechterlien. Current husband/wife Team of the year is Don and Christine Trester. Current parent/child Team of the year is Butch and Travis Mac Donald. Current Sibling Team of the Year is Brian Regall and Terry Regall.
Complete standings can be found on our web page www.fishtfm.com
Major sponsors of the Series are Mercury Marine, Ranger Boats, MotorGuide and Mills Fleet Farm.
Supporting sponsors include Anglers Pride Specialties, Action Disc, All Sport and Trophy, E-cell batteries, Mack’s Lures, KaBoom Lures, StowMaster Nets, Smooth Moves seats, LakeMaster, and Midwest Outdoors
The next tournament will be August 5th , MI fishing the entire Winnebago system. If you would like more information e-mail us at [email protected] or call 920-731-3474
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| Congrats to the winners! 4 really, really good fish.
We actually had a fun tourney, even though we were restricted to the river. I was surprised as any with the weights that were pulled. We really thought we were in great shape when we pulled a 7.5 lber early in the morning. I thought maybe that big fish was a fluke, but as it turns out, it wasn't. All day, we kept wondering if we should run a bait up high, but never did, as all our fish were coming off the bottom. I should listen to myself more, I guess!
Also, want to say great job to all the contestants, as it was crowded, and most everybody played nice. Only a couple that insisted on running two boards out on each side, but for the most part, there were no issues that I saw.
Thanks Jim, for letting us play. You made the right call, and we we're all safe and sound. See you at the Merc. Unless you want to get out on the MadTown Chain for a day. |
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Location: Manitowoc, WI | Congrats to the top money finishers. This was definitely an experience with all them boats in the river. I would like to commend and thank everyone who fished to include the locals for being patient and considerate during the day. The river looked like rush hour in Chicago. All in all it was a great tournament. Kudos to Jim and his crew and to all who fished this one. I didn't see any single finger waves all day. Thanks again to everybody for keeping your cool. |
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| Just an observation on what a great job the winners did. Lake Erie FLW. 5 fish, 28 lbs. MWS Marinette, 4 fish, 27 lbs.
I wonder how much time each spent prefishing the winning pattern?!! |
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| That was a very interesting turn of events and it was a safe call to hold everyone off the Bay...Our team enjoyed the day and had a blast conversing with other anglers throughout the day..Thanks Jim and we look forward to the Bago tourney |
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Location: McFarland, WI | We too had a great time fishing for 3 days and enjoyed fishing the river. I need to thank Brian at Nestegg Marine for getting us back on the water. We showed up at 4:55 Friday with a nonfunctional motor and he got up early Saturday and got it going. He also did well in the tourney in spite of me delaying his prefishing.
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| Jim,
Drop us a note and we will assist you with your reporting here at WalleyeFIRST, including adding images and a gallery if you'd like. We appreciate the reports and announcements. |
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