BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- South Dakota angler Dan Stier won the National Guard FLW Walleye Tour Championship on the Missouri River in North Dakota with a final-day catch Sunday of five fish weighing a total of 18 pounds, 14 ounces.
The angler from Mina, S.D., had a four-day catch of 18 walleyes weighing 69 pounds, 4 ounces. He won by more than 4 pounds and took home more than $70,000.
The tournament featured 40 of the worlds' top professional walleye anglers. Dean Arnoldussen of Appelton, Wis., was runner-up, followed by Chris Gilman of Chisago City, Minn.; David Andersen of Amery, Wis.; and Bill Shimota of Lonsdale, Minn.
Todd Dankert of Anoka, Minn., was the top amateur in the tournament, with a three-day catch of 15 walleyes weighing 58 pounds, 12 ounces. He won $7,000.
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Cabela’s MWC World Walleye Championship Oct. 13-15
Minnetonka, MN— After an exciting season spanning three divisions, seven states and millions of acres of prime walleye water, all eyes will be on Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, for the grand finale of the Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit season—the 2011 World Walleye Championship.
Slated for Oct. 13-15 on Pools 9 and 10 of the Mississippi River, the Championship will see 37 elite two-person teams from nine states compete for more than $100,000 in cash—including $25,000 for first place—plus thousands more in sponsor bonuses from Cabela’s Angler Cash, Ranger Boats, Lowrance Electronics, Berkley, Worldwide Marine Insurance, U2/The Oxygenator and the MWC’s Big Fish Pot.
Teams qualified for the 2011 World Walleye Championship by earning points during the 2010 Cabela’s MWC season at world-class walleye destinations from Lake Oahe at Mobridge, South Dakota, to Lake Erie out of Sandusky, Ohio. Each spot in the field is by invitation-only, carries no entry fee, and is coveted amongst tournament anglers.
Rich in fishing talent, the field is led by the 2010 Team of the Year, Ohioans Mike Knippenberg, of Hiram, and Ryan Buddie, of Lakewood. Reigning Cabela’s MWC World Walleye Champions Johnnie Candle, of Devils Lake, North Dakota, and Dave Noble, of Dixon, Illinois, (pictured above) will also be on hand to defend their title.
The Championship returns to Prairie du Chien for a second consecutive season. Last fall, 27 teams enjoyed great fishing despite high-water conditions. Candle and Noble pulled three limit catches weighing a total of 34.94 pounds off a rock jetty protecting the Wyalusing Boat Launch. The pair pitched crankbaits, including size 5 Berkley Flicker Shads, on rods rigged with Berkley FireLine and Nanofil. The Championship also ran for five consecutive seasons at Prairie du Chien, from 2002 to 2006, and if past history is any indication, it could take more than 55 pounds in total weight to win this prestigious event.
Championship qualifiers will compete three days for the largest total weight. Teams are allowed to bring five walleyes, saugers or saugeyes to the MWC scale each day, and the fish will be released back into the Mississippi River.
Weigh-ins all three days begin at 4 p.m. at Winneshiek Marina just north of Prairie du Chien, and are free and open to the public. Each day, raffles will be held for free Cabela’s gift cards. Immediately following Friday’s weigh-in, kids are invited to attend a free Youth and Family Fishing Clinic presented by Cabela’s, the MWC and the National Professional Anglers Association. The clinic will be held at the MWC tent outside the Cabela’s store, where the first 50 kids will receive a new rod-and-reel combo courtesy of the NPAA, plus a free tackle kit from Northland Fishing Tackle. In addition, MWC anglers will teach the youngsters how to tie a slip bobber rig, and will assist them in getting their new rods ready for fishing. There will also be a special raffle for a Cabela’s rod and reel outfit, donated by Cabela’s.
The catch-and-release tournament is co-hosted by the Prairie du Chien Cabela’s store and Falling Rock Walleye Club. The event will be filmed for airing later this year on Versus Television Network. At press time air dates had not been set; check versus.com for showtimes.
Walleyes are winners in the equation as well. Since 1984, the MWC Conservation Fund has donated more than $300,000 to fisheries-enhancement projects in states where our tournaments are held. At the Championship, a $15-per-boat donation from each team’s entry fee will benefit efforts to protect the local fishery.
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Vanity Cup winners crowned
The winners of this year's Vanity Cup, did not expect to be there when they started fishing on the second day, October 1.
"It was early (today) we had two big ones and three little ones we went back to pre-fishing we knew where to go and that is it," Raboud said at the awards ceremony held October 1 at the Nipawin Evergreen Centre.
The pair landed 28.85 pounds of fish on September 30, Day 1 of the two-day tournament before catching 28.55 pounds on Day 2 for a total of 57.4 pounds.
They agreed that the biggest trick to being successful in a tournament like the Vanity Cup is confidence.
"It comes back to the confidence factor. If you are confident in everything you are using you will do well," Labarge said.
He said it is also about being comfortable with your partner.
Labarge and Raboud have been fishing together as a team for the past four years and know when the other person needs help.
"If he has a fish on you control the boat or switch right away, make sure we get overtop of the fish and things like that," Raboud said.
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Sounding an alarm about Lake Erie algae Contamination severe in western end
WASHINGTON -- The worst algae bloom in history severely contaminated the waters of western Lake Erie this summer, prompting environmentalists to say Tuesday that the decades-long effort to clean up the lake could be undone by agricultural runoff and the growth of invasive species.
While the algae bloom has not yet damaged the Buffalo end of the lake, experts said the problem could eventually reduce the local population of walleye, a favorite of fishermen.
Moreover, the farm runoff that promotes the growth of algae in the western part of the lake and the zebra and quagga mussels at the lake's bottom are combining to create problems that can't necessarily be seen by the naked eye.
Lake Erie may look clear and clean in the Buffalo area, "but it's an optical illusion," said Tom Marks, New York director of the Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council.
The algae bloom is larger than any the lake has experienced in the 1960s, when algae was so pervasive that experts declared the lake "dead."
Starting at the lake's Michigan shore, the bloom extended eastward to the area north of Cleveland, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last month.
The algae bloom, 2 feet thick in spots, prompted beach advisories throughout the lake's western basin. Toxins in the algae tested at 1,000 times the World Health Organization's standards for drinking water.
That contaminated water remains far away from Buffalo for a simple reason: Lake Erie is shallower at its western end.
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While the algae bloom has not yet damaged the Buffalo end of the lake, experts said the problem could eventually reduce the local population of walleye, a favorite of fishermen.
Moreover, the farm runoff that promotes the growth of algae in the western part of the lake and the zebra and quagga mussels at the lake's bottom are combining to create problems that can't necessarily be seen by the naked eye.
Lake Erie may look clear and clean in the Buffalo area, "but it's an optical illusion," said Tom Marks, New York director of the Great Lakes Sport Fishing Council.
The algae bloom is larger than any the lake has experienced in the 1960s, when algae was so pervasive that experts declared the lake "dead."
Starting at the lake's Michigan shore, the bloom extended eastward to the area north of Cleveland, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported last month.
The algae bloom, 2 feet thick in spots, prompted beach advisories throughout the lake's western basin. Toxins in the algae tested at 1,000 times the World Health Organization's standards for drinking water.
That contaminated water remains far away from Buffalo for a simple reason: Lake Erie is shallower at its western end.
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