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With 112 boats in the field, safety is first and low visibility created about a forty-minute late start. This is the final tournament for the 2007 season for the Central Division anglers, with Team of the Year honors up for grabs. The 112 teams weighed in a total of 267 fish at 476.66 pounds.
Ending day one in first place was the local team of Maury Schmerbach and Marty Berns, both of Dubuque. They weighed in five fish at 11.65 pounds. In second place are Perry Dreyer of LaPorte, MN and Paul DeVoss of Bagley, WI. Dreyer and DeVoss netted 5 fish at 10.99 pounds. Third place was Steve Dotz of Lena, IL and Dave Daughenbaugh of McConnell, IL with five fish at 10.69 pounds. In Lotz and Daughenbaugh’s basket was the 4th largest fish of the weigh in at 2.86 pounds.
Big fish for day one was caught by the team of Neil Hammargren of Waterloo, IA and Doug Newhoff of Cedar Falls, IA. They had a day one total of one fish at 8.04 pounds. They sure made that fish count! Second place big fish was caught by the team of Tom Millenkamp of Sherrill, IA and Brian Morris of Davenport, IA, weighing in at 3.14 pounds. Millenkamp and Morris finished day one in 7th place with 5 fish at 9.70 pounds. Third place big fish went to the team of Pete Petros of Fort Wayne, IN and Tim McCarthy of Dekalb, IL at 2.92 pounds. Petros and McCarthy are currently in 4th place with a five fish weight of 10.60 pounds.
Anglers are very tight lipped about what they were doing or where they were fishing, so stay tuned to day two results to learn what spots were producing fish and how they were caught.
At the conclusion of the weigh in there was a Youth & Family Fishing Clinic hosted by the MWC and the National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA). Toyota donated a bike that was given away to one of the lucky kids in attendance. Rods, reels and tackle boxes were also available to kids that attended. Kids learned about slip bobbering and knot tying.
Cabela’s is the title sponsor for the Masters Walleye Circuit. Official Sponsors are Toyota Trucks, Mercury Motors, Ranger Boats, MotorGuide, Lowrance Electronics, North American Fishing Club and Versus (Vs.) television network. Associate sponsors are Tommy Docks, The Inhibitor, Food Source Lures, Ice Armor and Farm & City Insurance Services.
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