GNWC-Ohio Region-First Tournament

[Steve Weisman]

First Tournament on Ohio Region of Grand National Walleye Cup Set for Mosquito Creek Lake

By Steve Weisman
GNWC Publicity Director
Spring is finally here, and walleye teams on the Ohio Region of the Grand National Walleye Cup (GNWC) are gearing up for the season opener at Mosquito Creek Lake on Sunday, April 10.
"This is the second season for the GNWC in Ohio," said GNWC Executive Director Bernie Barringer. "I see a lot of enthusiasm from the teams, and I predict great growth in 2005. I also think we have picked a great lake to open the season."
Mosquito Creek Lake, the second largest inland lake in Ohio, has a maximum depth of about 44 feet with an average depth of around 11 feet. According to Causeway Sporting Goods, the host bait shop, the Mosquito Creek is mostly ice free now, which will give competing teams time to pre-fish.
The tournament director will have the trailer at the Causeway Boat Ramp from 6-8 p.m. the evening before the tournament to take late entries and answer questions. Take-off is at 7 a.m. with the weigh-in commencing at 3 p.m. sharp at Causeway Boat Ramp.
"I invite people to come out to the weigh-in. We will have a couple of Aqua-Vu underwater cameras set up in our release tanks so that the public can see how they work. The weigh-in is also an opportunity to see what tournament fishing is all about. The audience will also get to hear from the teams and find out what presentations and tactics worked to trigger the fish," added Barringer.
For those interested in entering, the entry fee remains at $210 per team for each tournament. Openings do still exist for the Mosquito Creek qualifier, and Barringer encourages interested anglers to contact him at 1-800-890-FISH (3474), or email the GNWC at info@walleyecup.com. "I also encourage people to check out our website at www.walleyecup.com and see what the Grand National Walleye Cup is all about," added Barringer.
Major national sponsors for the GNWC include Skeeter Boats, Yamaha Outboards, Lowrance Electronics, YoNet Folding Nets by AMFYOYO, Aqua-VU, Aqua Innovations, Towtector Shield, VIB"E" Lure Company and UpNorthOutdoors.com.

[ETT]

Bernie,
Ohio goes on daylight savings time Sunday April 3rd, so we have that to deal with. It may be best to start this tournament at 7:30 so as not to have the potential problem of restricted vision, just in case it would be overcast. The sun will not be up at 7:00.

[Fish_on]

According my sunrise-sunset calulator, twilight should be at 6:27 and sunrise should be at 6:55 so we should be okay. We can always delay the take-off a few minutes if we need to but it should be all right unless it is really foggy.

[Backlash 958]

With regrets I won't be able to attend the first tournkey on April
10th but my partner and a sub will be there with my boat looking forward to a great season se you all on the water

[Fish_on]

I'll see you at Huron. The Ohio region is really growing this year, it should be a lot of fun!

[b]

Steve do you have a address for the causeway sporting good and boat ramps thanks gary

[Mos skeeter]

see you there!

[Fish_on]

2233 Greenville Rd, which is also cty Rd 88. The boat ramp is right across the road from Causeway sports.

Here's a phone number: 330-637-7076

We are hoping that quite a few of the teams will put in at a different boat ramp and come to the check-in by water, it's a pretty small ramp and we have over 40 teams preregistered already. We may come close to fielding 50 boats in this event.

[5Alive]

Bernie, good luck on your first Ohio tournament. Are there any plans in the works for next season for us guys in the "Eastern division"? We are missing out on all the fun.