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| Berkley Gulp! Dominates Border War |
The Professional Walleye Tour (PWT) stopped in Dryden, Ontario, August 13-15 for the Super Pro Division Can-Am Challenge. The event, held on Wabigoon Lake featured 25 top U.S. walleye pros competing against 25 of Canada�s top walleye pros.
The PWT event, which was won by Canadian angler Dan Dolinski. Following closely behind Dolinski was fellow Canadian teammate Wayne Wagner and U.S. Pro Staff member Perry Good. Anglers used a variety of Berkley Gulp! products and introduced a few new techniques to walleye fishing. �
Effective presentations used by competitors included tipping jigs with Gulp! Alive! 3� and 4� Minnows. Also effective was Gulp! 6� Nightcrawlers added to a bottom bouncer and spinner harnesses. The bottom bouncer, spinner harness, and Gulp! Nightcrawler combination is relatively snag free allowing anglers to troll around structure and cover water fast. �
Being forced to fish with artificial bait was a change of pace for the walleye pros. �Typically, live bait plays an important role in walleye fishing, but Gulp! is proving us all wrong and a Gulp! Minnow on a jig has become a standard bait on many northern waters,� said Gary Parsons, U.S. Team Captain and Berkley pro. �Gulp! baits are catching fish faster than live baits that we typically rely on. This tournament has changed many opinions about the use of Gulp! and competitive fishing.�
Anglers can innovate new presentations with any Gulp! product. At this event for example, anglers double tipped Gulp! Alive! Minnows on a jig offering a bigger presentation and a slower fall for more walleye bites.
�It didn�t matter who won the event; everyone was winning on Gulp!,� said Cody Roswick, Berkley Field Services Manager. �The confidence that professional anglers developed while using Gulp! was tremendous. They wouldn�t use it if it didn�t work, and Berkley wouldn�t make a product that wasn�t proven. Anglers in this tournament found Gulp! to be cleaner, easier to store, reusable, and less costly than live bait.�
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| NPAA Members Dominate PWT Can-Am Challenge |
VALLEY CITY, ND, August 20th, 2008: The National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA), a non-profit organization focused on growing the sport of fishing and increasing the professionalism of its members, would like to congratulate all the NPAA members from the US and Canada on their professionalism and participation at the In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail �Artificials Only� Super Pro Can-Am Challenge on Lake Wabigoon out of Dryden, ONT. August 13-15th, 2008.
Along with artificial baits mandatory, the Can-Am challenge was unique in that a team captain from Canada and the USA picked 24 Contestants to fish against each other and themselves. Each team member was matched up with a different co-angler each day. Team Canada hailed victory over the USA by a margin of 9.32lbs. (592.27lbs. Canada and 582.95 USA). 731 fish were brought to the scales over the course of the event. This was a great testament for artificial baits, as PWT and NPAA supporter Berkley Gulp! was used extensively by most anglers.
Canadian team captain was NPAA Member � John Butts #251 From Dryden, ONT.� USA team captain was NPAA Member � Gary Parsons #24 from Glidden, WI.� Both did a tremendous job as team captains took the microphone as their team members crossed the stage.
Taking top honors as an NPAA member was 3rd place, Perry Good #16, from Brainerd, MN. �In practice I figured out that some big walleyes were suspended at a similar level as the top of the mid-lake rock reefs. I worked bottom bouncers, spinners, and Berkley Gulp! 6� Nightcrawlers through these fish and it paid off.�, said Good.
The next and final two events for the In-Fisherman PWT will be at Sault Ste. Marie, MI Sept. 11-13th and the final event on the St. Croix River out of Hudson, WI Oct. 14-18th, 2008.
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To learn more about the NPAA and its members go to www.npaa.net
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