Wal Mart walleye tourney Red Wing

[night_eyes]

Any know the results of the FLW tourney at Red Wing/Pepin this last weekend? Or maybe a website that has that posted? I was on Pepin saturday and had good luck...just kind of wanted to compare how i did with what they did. Thanx

[dmktgman2]

I'm a little confused by your posting as FLW is bass. But if you want to know all the results of the Wal-Mart World Walleye Championship for Wildlife Forever's MWC, the leader board is opne walleye central (of course). Just go to the MWC site (on walleye central) www.masterswalleye.org or use the links throughout WC.

[Juls_WI]

Here is the press release....you can find the weights on www.walleyecentral2.com/mwc/mainview.asp


Wildlife Forever-Masters Walleye Circuit, Inc.®

10365 West 70th Street * Eden Prairie, MN 55344
(952) 833-1522 * fax: (952) 833-0804
E-mail: tginter@wildlifeforever.org


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 7, 2000 Press
Release #284

For further information, contact:

Carol Nelson, MWC Coordinator



Wildlife Forever-Masters Walleye Circuit
Wal-Mart World Championship won by Olson & Przekurat

going wire to wire at Treasure Island Resort & Casino.

__________________________________________________ ___________________

Red Wing, MN. -The final day of the Wildlife Forever-Masters Walleye
Circuit
Wal-Mart World Walleye Championship ended up looking exactly like the
previous three days at the Treasure Island Resort & Casino marina
located in
Red Wing, MN. Eric Olson from New Brighton, MN and Jason Przekurat from
Stevens Point, WI walked away as the new MWC Champions, dominating the
tournament from beginning to end.
"Winning this Championship is like nothing you can imagine. We got here
a
week early and started catching big fish and luckily it continued for
us,"
said Przekurat.
Olson and Przekurat fished the whole tournament using a new method
called
"handline" that does not require a rod or reel.
The Championship started for Olson and Przekurat on Wednesday in the
Pro-Am
as they took out their celebrity amateur guest St. Paul Mayor Norm
Coleman
and won the event hauling in an 8.8 pound walleye. Olson and Przekurat
ended the tournament bringing in a five-limit walleye basket total of
12.06
pounds. This added to the 25.74 pounds from their first day and 20.04
pounds the second day gave them a total cumulative three-day total of
57.88
pounds.
"We went out this morning and lost our first fish," said Olson. That
first
fish was a good five pounder - by mid-morning we had our five fish and
we
didn't get another until late in the afternoon. That was the longest 6
hours of fishing of our lives."
The winning Championship team took home $20,000 in cash for the victory.
Additionally, Olson and Przekurat won $500 for the Pro-Am win, $500 for
the
first day total basket weight award and $400 for the first day biggest
catch
of an 8.7 pound walleye.
Coming in second place, with a tournament cumulative weight of 53.54
pounds,
were Scott Strangstalien from Coon Valley, WI and Steve Tauscher from
Holman, WI. They took home $10.000 in cash. Third place went to Mark
and
Tom Keenen both from Appelton, WI who had a cumulative tournament weight
of
49.74. They went away with $5000 in cash.
"Wildlife Forever is proud of the tremendous success of the 2000 MWC
World
Walleye Championship", said Wildlife Forever President & CEO Doug Grann.
"We
want to preserve the tradition that MWC means walleye conservation -
Wildlife Forever will continue that tradition as the circuit keeps
growing."
Qualifying for the 2001 MWC Championship at Treasure Island continues in
Ortonville, MN on Big Stone Lake with the Lindy Little Joe Tournament
May 20
-21, 2000. Spots for this tournament are still available, for
information
contact Carol Nelson of Wildlife Forever at (952) 833-1522.
The Wildlife Forever-Masters Walleye Circuit is a nonprofit
corporation that conducts a series of professionally operated fishing
tournaments, stressing family participation and conservation of fishery
resources. To date the MWC Conservation Fund, the only fund of its kind
in
professional fishing, has contributed $213,000 to fisheries programs in
states where MWC tournaments are held. All MWC tournaments are catch
and
release.
The 2000 Wildlife Forever-MWC sponsors are: Abu Garcia, Berkley
Trilene,
Lindy Little Joe, Mercury, MotorGuide, North American Fishing Club/North
American Fisherman, and Ranger Boats. Supporting sponsors are Big Jon,
Inc., Panther Marine Products and Walleye Central-the official web site
of
the Masters Walleye Circuit (www.masterswalley.org). Wal*Mart is the
official sponsor of the MWC; site sponsor is Treasure Island Resort &
Casino
and supporting tournament sponsor is Frontenac Sportsman's Club and
KFAN.
Team Team Members Cum. Total Fish Cum. Wgt Thur. Net Wgt
Fri. Net Wgt Sat. Net Wgt Total Cum. Net Wgt Cum. Average
Wgt/Fish Place