View Full Version : FLW Leauge 08 Schedule WI UPDATED...9/21
Wisconsin:
April 26th...Wolf River at Winneconnie
June 28th... Green Bay at Green Bay
August 2nd...Green Bay at Oconto
Minnesota:
May 3rd...Red Wing
June 7th...Cass Lake
July 19th...Bemidji
Michigan:
April 12th... Lake Erie at Port Clinton, OH
May 17th...Lake Erie at Monroe, MI
August 9th...Saginaw Bay at Aus Gray(sp?)
And a new division called the "Heartland Division":
April 5th...Illinois River at Spring Valley
May 31st...Lake Rathbun
July 12th...Mississippi River at Moline, IL
Championship is set for Sept 11th-13th at the Mississippi River in Winona, MN
EDIT: June 28th at Green Bay was updated as to not cause a conflict with the MWC schedule and those who like to fish both. ;)
Juls
Nseiferlein
09-12-2007, 07:43 PM
That is one sweet Michigan schedule! Thanks for giving us Michiganders another chance.
wimwuen unlogged
09-12-2007, 07:54 PM
I guess the Fox Valley division has also been formed. It makes it awful difficult for anybody from the western half of WI to compete when all 3 events are within an hour of each other. I'm really dissapointed to see Petenwell omitted from the schedule. Maybe I'll have to look into the MN side.
Rathbun
09-12-2007, 09:07 PM
FYI, it is Rathbun not Rathburn
hgmeyer
09-12-2007, 09:13 PM
That is one Championship I would positively love to make...
hgmeyer
09-12-2007, 09:28 PM
Marshall do the Heartland and I'll sign up and prefish with you...
I agree that I will miss Petenwell. But, I have seen the turnouts for the chosen sites and they are better than the Petenwell responses. Also, there has been some under the table "complaining" about Petenwell... So, I think a new venue was needed for the first one... Winneconne does do a great job of hosting the tournament and there are plenty of hotel/motel/resort places available. A significant number of the contestants are from the Fox Valley... that counts for a lot...
Me, I'd love to see Genoa, LaCrosse get a play in the Wis Division.... but it won't happen. But, maybe with the new Heartland... those venues might see some tournaments...
wimwuen unlogged
09-12-2007, 09:38 PM
I understand why they did it. It just makes it tough to not have that one event within a reasonable distance. I am glad to see the heartland for all of the IL, IA, and others. I was really hoping to have LaCrosse or Genoa get a shot too.
My biggest issue with this schedule is the fact that it's the only individual circuit out there for the "weekend angler". I think Petenwell was a great equalizer.
Wisconsin is also lacking a good traveling team circuit. I really miss the GNWC as they fished good locations all around the state, and actually had decent numbers of boats. I fished a MWS event this year and liked it, but again all the events are on the other side of the state.
I'm hoping somebody steps up to the plate and puts together a circuit that covers more of the state and draws boats. I doubt I will do the Wisconsin side, I will keep the Heartland in mind (but it's still a lot of travel). At least with MN, one of the events is only 1-1/2 hours away.
>FYI, it is Rathbun not Rathburn
Thanks for the correction. Sonny was talking fast and I have never heard of it before.
Juls
MNwalleyehunter
09-12-2007, 10:30 PM
Looks like a good MN schedule, I might have to step up and be a boater this year.
I just wish they would have the championship on a lake, I'm not real confident in my skills on rivers. Oh well I will have to get over that I guess.
MNwalleyehunter
SLIPKNOT
09-13-2007, 01:27 AM
What a crappy wisconsin schedule, its like the mws. boy this is depressing
Boundaries for Moline
09-13-2007, 06:51 AM
I am curious if the Moline tournament will have boundaries. I know for a fact that you cannot have walleye tournaments in Iowa in June, July or August. I realize that they will be taking off out of Moline, IL which is just across the bridge from Iowa. If the DNR finds 20 boats or more fishing the Iowa side of the river, they will constitute it as an Iowa tournament and the people fishing and the organization putting it on will be fined HEAVILY. Can you clarify?
If that's the case, then the tournament will be held on the Illinois side of the river only. Just like they did when they had the Tour Championship there.
Juls
Milton Economist
09-13-2007, 12:21 PM
Good Schedule for SE Michigan anglers and Ohio anglers. Not so good for Central to Northern MI anglers. I can see why the FLW scheduled the MI division this way though; a numbers game. Trying to draw more anglers from a larger SE Michigan population as well as Ohio anglers. I would say a last ditch effort to save the MI division. If this schedule does not draw more interest I would say the MI division is dead. MI is a tough place to run tourneys right now for a number of reasons... poor economy, high gas prices, and lots of competition.
Sportdog
09-13-2007, 03:44 PM
I notice that the Michigan schedule is the only one with no river tournament options! I was going to try to fish all the Michigan events as a co-angler but now I think I will try to fish Spring Valley and maybe the Wolf river events as they would be better suited to the type of fishing that I want to improve my skills at. By selecting tournaments in the different divisions would it hurt my chances of getting in vs fishing all three events in one division?:confused:
Hey Greg,
Whats all the complaining about? Maybe its more than a troll bite? or they dont like thems little things called STUMPS. Glad I got out of the tourney circuit because I LOVE STUMPS!!!!!!!!!!
Your petenwell buddy ED
mnschedule
09-14-2007, 04:15 PM
this mn line up is fantastic. the flw is getting things done!!!
hgmeyer
09-15-2007, 12:20 AM
Stumps... Petenwell... Nope... Try DuBay... or the Willow Flowage... LOL Besides, those are not stumps... Those things are "prop detectors"...
Pauleye620
09-16-2007, 10:11 AM
I think think the michigan division is a good one but hopefully something can be done about the saginaw bay tournament, August is not what it used to be on the bay. Juls please tell Kevin and Sonny to consider other dates and options,I dont think 2 and half months is a very good time period between the 2 and 3 tornament.What is a up with 2 years in a row having the championship on the mississippi?Its going to be small fish with small bags and throwing willow cats,Driving a long way spending a lot of money for little FUN and little fish is not my idea of a championship NO THANKS.I was there last time and I said I will never go back,and thats why I did not go to Moline,after all is said and done tournament fishing is supposed to be FUN.
You will see
09-16-2007, 12:22 PM
>I think think the michigan division is a good one but
>hopefully something can be done about the saginaw bay
>tournament, August is not what it used to be on the bay.
Are you kidding me? It is obvious that you have not fished the bay in August. I think the timing is great. I promise you are going to see some big sacks at that tournament. 25-30 pounds to win.
EYECRAZY
09-16-2007, 04:11 PM
I love the Michigan Schedule.Being a Hoosier,I could see myself fishing that series.I agree with the previous poster about the championship being on the Miss. again.I think they should alternate championships between lakes & rivers every year. Steve
knucklehead
09-16-2007, 07:50 PM
You will see?????
come on, I can't remember more than two or three 30lb bags all year on the bay! I fished four or five tournements on the bay and about all you needed was 20lbs to be in the top five. We won one with 18lbs. I did hear that there was talk of a tournement out of tawas though
Seify420
09-16-2007, 08:06 PM
So your saying not to have a tournament in August on the Bay because a thirty pound bag might not be caught. That is ridiculous!!! The FLW league made a great decision to have another Saginaw Bay tournament and even a better decision to have it out of AuGres where the anglers will be closer to the winning fish. Also I have no idea what tournament of any importance that it took 18 pounds to win on the Bay. Every tournament on the bay was won with weight between 23-30 pounds. Also Pauleye620 why does it make a difference that there is two and a half months between tournaments?????? The bay is just as good as it always has been it just doesn't have as many big fish. Does that make it an undesirable tournament destination? I don't think so. Nate Seiferlein
knucklehead
09-16-2007, 08:20 PM
Nate,
sorry it came out like that. That's not what i intended. It's great that the flw still comes up here atleast once. I don't care about the months off in between, there is only three tournements your going to have some down time. But the talk off all these big thirty pound bags just got me a little excited. Your right thats what it might take, but there won't be a lot 3-5 bags over 25 lbs. The bay still is an excellent fishery and what better place to have it than Augres.
Pauleye620
09-16-2007, 10:12 PM
Nate just did not want to wait that long for the last event,the bay is still a great place to fish,but I dont think thats not the best time of year for it,we all have a good idea that the bait fish are not there like they use to be and at that time of the year the fish are very very skinny and the winning fish are in the outer to outer bay.Fishing with John Gillman on the last event there he could not even believe how it has change and that was in the end of july.Just wanting the best fishing for time spent not trying to cause issues.I caught a 29.5 incher this year and it only weigh 6.2 lbs not good.Congrats on your 2007 fishing year you had a good one.
kannon
09-18-2007, 01:49 PM
Paul I found it unusual that you let John drive your boat and make all the decisions during the tourney and still did not win it LOL. Just kiddin bro
kannon
09-18-2007, 01:49 PM
Paul I found it unusual that you let John drive your boat and make all the decisions during the tourney and still did not win it LOL. Just kiddin bro
Pauleye620, At least they finally got the launch site right and we don't have to run from Linwood to catch fish.
Pauleye620, At least they finally got the launch site right and we don't have to run from Linwood to catch fish.
Could someone start a servey as to how many are planning to fish the League next year by division, co/boater, and how many planning to fish.
Could someone start a servey as to how many are planning to fish the League next year by division, co/boater, and how many planning to fish.
Looks like someone beat me to it. We went fishing this morning.:)
Juls
Looks like someone beat me to it. We went fishing this morning.:)
Juls
fishinmachine2
09-19-2007, 06:13 PM
I fished the bay out of Au Gres alot this year and the Bay is no Lake Erie when it comes to size but there are alot of fish and there are some nice fish around, you just have to know where to look! You Michigan guys are gonna have alot of fun next year. Good Luck!!
Scott
fishinmachine2
09-19-2007, 06:13 PM
I fished the bay out of Au Gres alot this year and the Bay is no Lake Erie when it comes to size but there are alot of fish and there are some nice fish around, you just have to know where to look! You Michigan guys are gonna have alot of fun next year. Good Luck!!
Scott