WALLEYE ANGLERS TRAIL (W.A.T.) AWARDs CABELA'S CERTIFICATES
 AT SEASON CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT.

Bellevue, IA-Fifteen Walleye Anglers Trail(W.A.T.) teams earned qualifying certificates to the Cabela's National Team Walleye Championship in 2003 at the W.A.T. Season Championship held in Bellevue, IA on the Mississippi River, Saturday, September 28th and Sunday, September 29th.

According to Executive Tournament Director Harold Miller Jr., qualifying for the Cabela's National Team Walleye Championship was intense. The top twenty teams after four events during the 2002 season, came to Bellevue, IA with one goal in mind, earning a coveted Cabela's Qualifying Certificate for the National Team Walleye Championship to be held in the spring of 2003.

The Top 15 Qualifying teams from the W.A.T. for the 2003 Cabela's National Team Walleye Championship are:

Team Name Total Points 
1. Maury Schmerbach, Dubuque, IA & Mike Glynn, Dubuque, IA 138.33
2. Tom Millenkamp, Dyersville, IA & Gerry Oberbroeckling, Holy Cross,IA 130.59
3. Nick Cagley, Floyd, IA & Steve Leslein, Dubuque, IA 125.98
4. Jay Motszko, Arcadia, WI & Rick Bryson, Arcadia, WI 124.19
5. Robert Lampman, DeSoto, WI & Colleen Lampman, DeSoto, WI 124.00
6. Troy Patterson, Trempealeau, WI & Dale Radcliffe, Onalaska, WI 123.74
7. Larry Erickson, LaCrosse, WI & Ken Kramer, Holmen, WI 121.50
8. Randy Aird, Dubuque, IA & Paul. Marshall, Dubuque, IA 120.08
9. Zach Boudreau, LaCrosse, WI & Jim Collins, St. Paul, MN 112.34
10. Kevin Oyen, Dubuque, IA & John. Marshall, Dubuque, IA 109.91
11. Marty Stuefen, Cedar Rapids, IA & Mickey Stuefen, Cedar Rapids,IA 109.77
12. Galen Bremmer, Avoca, WI & Tim Watson, Blue River, WI 109.26
13. Mick Lathrop, Soldiers Grove, WI & Aaron Fortney, Gays Mills, WI 101.42
14. Rick Holmes, Platteville, WI & Randy Reuter, Platteville, WI 99.19
15. Larry Schleuter, Dubuque, IA & Tim Ware, Dubuque, IA 98.36

The Walleye Anglers Trail is proud of our association with Cabela's.

The Cabela's National Team Walleye Championship is the largest Walleye Team Tournament in the World. The winner of the 2002 event took home cash and prizes worth approximately $150,000.00

The Walleye Anglers Trail is based in Bellevue, IA. Over the past 4 years the Walleye Anglers Trail has strived to become the "Premier River Walleye Tournament Circuit in the Midwest."

The Walleye Anglers Trail is sponsored by: Burnett-Thiel Ford, Inc.-Maquoketa,IA, Miller Electric Inc.-Dubuque, IA, Dubuque Advertiser-Dubuque, IA, Dubuque Electric Motor-Dubuque,IA, Granite Casting-Quincy, IL, WalleyeCentral.Com, WalleyeFirst.Com. and Cabela's-Worlds Foremost Outfitters-Sidney, NE.

Membership is $10.00 per person per year. Membership and Tournament information can be obtained by writing to Walleye Angler's Trail at P.O. Box 145, Bellevue, IA 52031 or e-mail at rwalleye5@aol.com.