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Member Posts: 164 | Great Lakes Walleye Classic debuts in Michigan Summer event on Saginaw Bay, Lake Erie to host fall event By Doni-Mae B. Rauch [email protected] WESTLAND MI -- After three years on land, the newest fishing tournament in the Upper Midwest was announced in March 2005. The Great Lakes Walleye Classic (GLWC) will officially launch on July 30-31 out of Hoyle's Marina in Linwood. GLWC's Summer ShootOut will award a $10,000 cash first prize for the best weight of walleyes taken over the course of the two-day event. Anglers will bring their heftiest five fish to the scales for a weigh-in by former professional angler Mark Schultz of Niagara Wis. and an interview by tournament executive director Gary Bowman of Westland. "It's time someone put together a tournament where participants have a chance to win a good payday," Bowman said in announcing the prize structure. "Thanks to the support of some great sponsors, we will be able to do that." Not only will one two-person team be able to collect a $10,000 weekend check, they may also win one of the daily Big Fish Awards of $1,000. Two Humminbird fish finders will be given to the team with the Big Fish Basket of the shootout. Runners-up will also make a few bucks for their efforts. Second place is $2,500 for the team to share, third is $1,500, fourth will give the team $1,000 and fifth place is $750. "If the field exceeds 100 boats, more payouts will be made," said Bowman. Bowman and Schultz are no strangers to the world of professional tournaments. Bowman was a tournament fisherman for 15 years in various local events, MWT (6 years), Masters Walleye Circuit (2 years) and Professional Walleye Trail (1 year). Last year, he was the Tournament Director for the Grand National Walleye Cup in Michigan and Ohio. Schultz began walleye fishing in 1984 when he bought a used 14-foot MirroCraft boat and homemade trailer. By 1989 he felt he had learned enough from trial and error to try and compete in tournaments. From 1993-1995 he was a Masters Walleye Circuit championship qualifier ; in his years of the Professional Walleye Trail, he had top ten finishes of Lake Erie, Detroit River and Saginaw Bay. And in 2000, Schultz was an RCL Championship qualifier. "I hope to see husbands and their wives, parents and their children, grandparents and their grandkids enter this event," Bowman said. "Any family or friend combination is welcome." A Fall ShootOut will be hosted by Cranberry Creek Marina on Oct. 14-16. "We are holding two events this year, with plans to have a four-event tournament and a championship ShootOut in 2006," Bowman said. "There are a couple of nice places we want to visit, including Little or Big Bay de Noc in the Upper Peninsula." The GLWC will offer an angler the chance to experience competitive tournament action. "Our ShootOuts will be the perfect chance for someone to decide if they are ready to move to the next level of competitions, said Mark Schultz. "Hopefully we will be able to pass on some of our knowledge and enjoyment of competitive fishing." Registration has opened through the organization's website at www.greatlakeswalleyeclassic.com "The public is more than welcome to come to the blastoff each morning at Hoyle's and Cranberry Creek," Bowman said. "And of course, the real fun will be waiting for the anglers to come to the scales with their walleyes each afternoon." Major national sponsors for the GLWC include Bert's Tackle, Cranberry Creek Marina, Hoyle's Marina, Humminbird, Minnkota, Supreme Marine, TR-1 Sales of Michigan, Xtreme Scents. -30- To contact Gary Bowman, call 1-800-226-3050 or email [email protected] To contact Mark Schultz, call (906) 774-4917 or [email protected] | ||
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| BoBo582 |
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Member Posts: 82 Location: Westland, MI. | Hi Dave, Thank you very much for posting our formal announcement for our new walleye circuit. It means alot to us. Yours in Fishing, Bo | ||
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| John P. |
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| I see the payout is based on 40 teams.Then I see that based on 100 teams the payout will increase. Why is it that if 99 teams show up and 49,500.00 is payed in, that the payout will still be less then 20,000.00 Thanks John P. | |||
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| Guest |
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| Let's get this settled right away folks. The Great Lakes Walleye Classic is not going to rip anyone off. After three years of talking to people who were interested in this type of circuit, we heard time and time again that people HATED tournaments that promised $XXX (based on a 100 boat field). When only 42 boats registered, the payout had to be refigured and in one case, the last place paid got $17 and change. We didn't want to do this. So we decided on a few top places and would develop the payout even more as the entries increased. We have sponsors helping with the setups and even a gracious $1,000 daily Big Fish cash award. We are greatful for the sponsors in helping with all the major purchases to set up this tournament. We promise the payout as presented and we also promise that as more money from registrations and sponsors became available, it will be in the payout. The aforemention 'guy' out there who gave up his job is me. A woman who's husband of 31 years supports her in her love of the sport of fishing. I spend many hours every day working on this tournament for free. I don't need the money, honey, if I am about to make some father-and son, brother-brother, friend-friend fishing team a nice pay weekend. It is a pleasure to do it. Not one penny am I making. My payment is getting great pleasure in helping get this off the ground. I'm not fishing for a living.... believe me. If I could find that job, I'd take it in a minute. Instead, I want to get this off the ground. So, we ask everyone.... Shall we take that guaranteed $10,000 first prize and have a smaller payout across the board? Do we post a payout based on 100 boats and then if there are fewer than that number, sit and recalculate everything? And make a lot of people angry? Or will you actually believe there is a tournament group out there seriously interested in developing a decent paying tournament with the angler in mind? John.... I am sorry our answers to you on Walleye Central were not adequate. And I wish you had more faith in us than you do. And I hope my sincere response to you on this chatroom will put an end to your concerns. Please come fish with us and bring your best fishing pal. Maybe we will be handing YOU that big paycheck Anyone with specific questions or concerns is welcome to contact Gary Bowman, Mark Schultz or me, Doni-Mae B. Rauch. I can be reached at [email protected]. | |||
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| DM Rauch |
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| Let's get this settled right away folks. The Great Lakes Walleye Classic is not going to rip anyone off. After three years of talking to people who were interested in this type of circuit, we heard time and time again that people HATED tournaments that promised $XXX (based on a 100 boat field). When only 42 boats registered, the payout had to be refigured and in one case, the last place paid got $17 and change. We didn't want to do this. So we decided on a few top places and would develop the payout even more as the entries increased. We have sponsors helping with the setups and even a gracious $1,000 daily Big Fish cash award. We are greatful for the sponsors in helping with all the major purchases to set up this tournament. We promise the payout as presented and we also promise that as more money from registrations and sponsors became available, it will be in the payout. The aforemention 'guy' out there who gave up his job is me. A woman who's husband of 31 years supports her in her love of the sport of fishing. I spend many hours every day working on this tournament for free. I don't need the money, honey, if I am about to make some father-and son, brother-brother, friend-friend fishing team a nice pay weekend. It is a pleasure to do it. Not one penny am I making. My payment is getting great pleasure in helping get this off the ground. I'm not fishing for a living.... believe me. If I could find that job, I'd take it in a minute. Instead, I want to get this off the ground. So, we ask everyone.... Shall we take that guaranteed $10,000 first prize and have a smaller payout across the board? Do we post a payout based on 100 boats and then if there are fewer than that number, sit and recalculate everything? And make a lot of people angry? Or will you actually believe there is a tournament group out there seriously interested in developing a decent paying tournament with the angler in mind? John.... I am sorry our answers to you on Walleye Central were not adequate. And I wish you had more faith in us than you do. And I hope my sincere response to you on this chatroom will put an end to your concerns. Please come fish with us and bring your best fishing pal. Maybe we will be handing YOU that big paycheck Anyone with specific questions or concerns is welcome to contact Gary Bowman, Mark Schultz or me, Doni-Mae B. Rauch. I can be reached at [email protected]. | |||
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