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| The Illinois Walleye Trail converged on the banks of the Illinois River in Henry, Illinois for its 2nd Tournament of the 2007 season. The teams found weather conditions excellent with 60 degrees temp, water temps in the upper 40's and water clarity 10" to a foot. Fourteen six fish limits was brought to the scales by the 40 Teams participating. The field caught and released 167 fish scaling 294 pounds.
The team of Guy Lopez from Chicago, Illinois and Paul Dimock from Homewood, Illinois finished the day in 1st place with 13.82 pounds earning them $1,435.00 and $100.00 Gift from Hennepin Marine as the first Lund Boat in the Money. Paul and Guy found there fish upstream from Henry pulling 3 ways with minnows and cranks. Placing 2nd was the team of Joe Beard from Cherry, Illinois and Thom Matejewski from Spring Valley with 5 fish weighing 13.56 earning them $750.00. Joe and Thom also had big fish honors with a 6.76 pound Walleye paying an additional $400.00.
Rounding out the top three was John Smith from Monmouth, Illinois and Mark Komo, from Downers Grove, Illinois with 12.97 pounds, cashing 485.00. We would like to Thank our fine sponsors of the Illinois Walleye Trail for all there support and help. Hennepin Marine, Lund Boats, Mercury Marine, Cabelas which recognizes the IWT as a qualifying circuit for the National Championship and J&M Marine. We would also like to Thank the City of Henry for the wonderful accommodations at River Works Park for the weigh in and also Tom Davis for his assistance with the releasing of the live fish.
Complete results of the tournament and the point standings for the Angler of the Year Award can be found at www.prairielandeyes.com Our next Tournament will be at Spring Valley on December 3, 2006.
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Location: Orland Park, IL | Had a great time as usual. Even a blind squirrel finds a nut! Many thanks to my partner Smitty. Smokin job as usual. |
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| Mark,
Congrats... you buy the beers at the next meeting...LOL |
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| Nice Job, Mark. Talk to ya soon. |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | hey jayman, fished with usual crew down there. Talk about boats. My god, never seen so many in front of the lake in my life. Seen Balla there. He did ok. Tight lipped as usual. Great time. |
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| Hey Thanks Mark I was wonderin where some of the local Favs. were fishin... |
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| saw komo out there by the lake fishing in the back of his boat sitting in a chair! hahahaha looked like he was busy watching others while his partner caught all the fish! hahaha  |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | Thats part of our big fish, keeper fish strategy. guy in the back goes for teh 6.7lb walleye! HA! |
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| you should go for a legal fish first! hahahahah |
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Location: Orland Park, IL | thanks guys |
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