View Full Version : Congrats to Kelly Klemm
Wallygetter
05-10-2008, 04:10 PM
Way to go Kelly, excellent job under pressure, you worked hard for this day so ENJOY IT.
FLW pro
05-10-2008, 04:24 PM
Some will say this was luck catching the big fish and winning. There were 130 others trying to catch that same 8lb. fish. It was caught in Kelly's boat and he is the one who positioned the boat therefore he is the champ. Some luck involved but skill got him his limits and he made the runs and did not run out of gas. Congrats Kelly!
10 Pound
05-10-2008, 10:38 PM
Nice work Kelly! The Big Stone Lake clan is proud of you! Keep it up!
Huge Congrats to you Pro Kelly. I'd like your autograph, maybe even a picture with you at the next tournament? Your awesome!!
Huge Congrats to you Pro Kelly. I'd like your autograph, maybe even a picture with you at the next tournament? Your awesome!!
Lynn Jurrens unlogged
05-11-2008, 09:37 PM
Kelly Klemm,
You did a great job. Some may say that it was luck to catch a 29 1/2 inch fish in this tournament. They are right, but only partially right. When luck, hard work and a good plan come together it means success. You were successful because you made great decisions.
While most guys, myself included, were upgrading a 15 inch fish with a 17 inch fish throughout the day, you took the risk that most would not. You had the guts to fish a big fish area.
While there have been some posts about co anglers catching more and bigger fish than their pro partners, we might remind them of this old saying in the real estate business; LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
You drove the boat to the right place at the right time. Your slot fish were fifteen miles closer(30 miles per day) than half the field. This allowed more time to fish and less headaches with fuel management. You made it simpler than most of us.
Can't wait to see this tournament on FSN- North in August. Everyone will have the opportunity to see what a great job you did.
Congratulations,
Lynn Jurrens
Lynn Jurrens unlogged
05-11-2008, 09:37 PM
Kelly Klemm,
You did a great job. Some may say that it was luck to catch a 29 1/2 inch fish in this tournament. They are right, but only partially right. When luck, hard work and a good plan come together it means success. You were successful because you made great decisions.
While most guys, myself included, were upgrading a 15 inch fish with a 17 inch fish throughout the day, you took the risk that most would not. You had the guts to fish a big fish area.
While there have been some posts about co anglers catching more and bigger fish than their pro partners, we might remind them of this old saying in the real estate business; LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION.
You drove the boat to the right place at the right time. Your slot fish were fifteen miles closer(30 miles per day) than half the field. This allowed more time to fish and less headaches with fuel management. You made it simpler than most of us.
Can't wait to see this tournament on FSN- North in August. Everyone will have the opportunity to see what a great job you did.
Congratulations,
Lynn Jurrens
Sportdog
05-12-2008, 12:37 AM
It was caught in Kelly's boat and he is the one who
>positioned the boat therefore he is the champ. Some luck
>involved but skill got him his limits and he made the runs and
>did not run out of gas.
Am I to assume that the co-angler caught this large fish? Judging from this and another post that is what I can gather. Just for the sake of arguement, let's take this real life scenerio. My boat, I'm operating the bow mount trolling motor, my friend and I are fishing the color of crawler harness's that I advised. He catches his limit of five nice walleyes. I caught only one. Do you think that I should be saying, hey, my boat, my location, my choice of bait, MY fish? That would be an arrogant and untrue statement. I think that the DNR would see that a little differently also. To those who say that it's a team effort I want to know if the PRO shares his winnings with the co-anglers that helped make it happen? It sounds to me like Mr. Klemm would not have been the champ if the co-angler wouldn't have "caught" that winning fish. He wants expense money from the co-angler who helped him win a tournament! How crazy does it get!
Sportdog
05-12-2008, 12:37 AM
It was caught in Kelly's boat and he is the one who
>positioned the boat therefore he is the champ. Some luck
>involved but skill got him his limits and he made the runs and
>did not run out of gas.
Am I to assume that the co-angler caught this large fish? Judging from this and another post that is what I can gather. Just for the sake of arguement, let's take this real life scenerio. My boat, I'm operating the bow mount trolling motor, my friend and I are fishing the color of crawler harness's that I advised. He catches his limit of five nice walleyes. I caught only one. Do you think that I should be saying, hey, my boat, my location, my choice of bait, MY fish? That would be an arrogant and untrue statement. I think that the DNR would see that a little differently also. To those who say that it's a team effort I want to know if the PRO shares his winnings with the co-anglers that helped make it happen? It sounds to me like Mr. Klemm would not have been the champ if the co-angler wouldn't have "caught" that winning fish. He wants expense money from the co-angler who helped him win a tournament! How crazy does it get!
Our fish
05-12-2008, 06:03 AM
> It was caught in Kelly's boat and he is the one who
>>positioned the boat therefore he is the champ. Some luck
That would be our fish and yes the other guy in the boat would be using my equipment and my baits and my methods and my locations and my techniques and my gas and if he is lucky he to will cash a nice check for being my partner and winning!
>>involved but skill got him his limits and he made the runs
>and
>>did not run out of gas.
>Am I to assume that the co-angler caught this large fish?
>Judging from this and another post that is what I can gather.
>Just for the sake of arguement, let's take this real life
>scenerio. My boat, I'm operating the bow mount trolling motor,
>my friend and I are fishing the color of crawler harness's
>that I advised. He catches his limit of five nice walleyes. I
>caught only one. Do you think that I should be saying, hey, my
>boat, my location, my choice of bait, MY fish? That would be
>an arrogant and untrue statement. I think that the DNR would
>see that a little differently also. To those who say that it's
>a team effort I want to know if the PRO shares his winnings
>with the co-anglers that helped make it happen? It sounds to
>me like Mr. Klemm would not have been the champ if the
>co-angler wouldn't have "caught" that winning fish. He wants
>expense money from the co-angler who helped him win a
>tournament! How crazy does it get!
Our fish
05-12-2008, 06:03 AM
> It was caught in Kelly's boat and he is the one who
>>positioned the boat therefore he is the champ. Some luck
That would be our fish and yes the other guy in the boat would be using my equipment and my baits and my methods and my locations and my techniques and my gas and if he is lucky he to will cash a nice check for being my partner and winning!
>>involved but skill got him his limits and he made the runs
>and
>>did not run out of gas.
>Am I to assume that the co-angler caught this large fish?
>Judging from this and another post that is what I can gather.
>Just for the sake of arguement, let's take this real life
>scenerio. My boat, I'm operating the bow mount trolling motor,
>my friend and I are fishing the color of crawler harness's
>that I advised. He catches his limit of five nice walleyes. I
>caught only one. Do you think that I should be saying, hey, my
>boat, my location, my choice of bait, MY fish? That would be
>an arrogant and untrue statement. I think that the DNR would
>see that a little differently also. To those who say that it's
>a team effort I want to know if the PRO shares his winnings
>with the co-anglers that helped make it happen? It sounds to
>me like Mr. Klemm would not have been the champ if the
>co-angler wouldn't have "caught" that winning fish. He wants
>expense money from the co-angler who helped him win a
>tournament! How crazy does it get!
Magic of MT
05-12-2008, 07:14 AM
Great job and luck helps, but you did it. Anyone would have loved to catch that big one but you did it!
Hope Merc gives you $20,000 cash a year for the contingency you left on the table.
Great job on hanging in there, pressures must have been huge!
HARSH
05-12-2008, 07:44 AM
Congratulations from all of us fellow competitors are certainly in order on your first FLW Walleye Tour win. The fond memory of which you will never forget. Not a bad nest egg for you and your bride to help getting started with either. Congratulations to both of you on that too.
Last year you proved yourself to be one of the new up and coming faces in walleye tournament competition. Starting out this year with a big FLW win and solidly positioning yourself well for a berth in the FLW Walleye Tour Championship at Bismark certainly did not hurt that image either. Good things happen to good people. I'll bet dad is proud doubly proud of this major accomplishment. Congratulations again!
Got a favor to ask if possible. If you would drop me an email when the white bass get running by Traverse. It should happen soon. When I met you and your dad last year I mentioned about taking a disabled friend over to the Wheaton / Traverse area for some bank fishing and how much fun we had spanking white bass. My buddy had the time of his life catching those 1 - 3lbs. white bass. They were sure excellent smoked. Anyway, one of the first calls I got after the Lake Sharpe FLW was from him wondering if we were going again this year. I guess the cold weather has delayed the run. Let me know when the run starts up if you would. I had as much fun as he did playing and landing those feisty white bass on ultra lite equipment.
Enjoy your win!
Pete Harsh / MR.TILLER
KTurner UL
05-12-2008, 08:43 AM
Congratulations Kelly! Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.... That old saying that good things happen to good people? Well there you go.... It was fun seeing that big momma while waiting to weigh on Day 2. Kurt (Congrats on your wedding also!)
hey magic
05-12-2008, 09:02 AM
What contingency are you talking about? Kelly runs a rude and received contingency for it. The $20,000 was flw money that was held back due to not having a full field?
>Great job and luck helps, but you did it. Anyone would have
>loved to catch that big one but you did it!
>
>Hope Merc gives you $20,000 cash a year for the contingency
>you left on the table.
>
>Great job on hanging in there, pressures must have been huge!
karaoke
05-12-2008, 10:40 AM
Hi Kelly!
Great job,steak and cocktails are on you at cass
Congratulations on your win at Sharpe Kelly...job well done! ;)
Juls
HEY Magic
05-12-2008, 11:14 AM
I thought it was $20,000 for motor and $20,000 for boat, that's what it shows on the FLW website
Sportdog
05-12-2008, 12:20 PM
>>
>That would be our fish and yes the other guy in the boat would
>be using my equipment and my baits and my methods and my
>locations and my techniques and my gas and if he is lucky he
>to will cash a nice check for being my partner and winning!
>
>
>
>
The check that the co-Angler cashes for winning the tournament is small change for what the Pro is going to receive. Your theory is just a FLW Pro spin on how you justify padding your coffers on the skills of a guy that pays to fish with you and even helps pay your expenses for a day of fishing. Make no mistake about it. I have never been a fan of the Pro/Am format. That's why I like the MWC better. It's a much better gauge on the skills of the Pro's. A better format would be one Pro, one boat, may the best angler win. But until the walleye tournament world really commits to a professional format that pits individual angler skills against each other, we'll just have to continue to have "hazy" results and Pro's and Co's blaming each other for the results of a days fishing. Or in this case, Pro's winning tournaments on the skills of the Co-Angler and not receiving his fair share of the money for "OUR" fish. I'm finished posting on this thread unless someone decides to get nasty with me in which case I'll be more than happy to engage.
:cheers:
Hey Magic
05-12-2008, 01:01 PM
It is $20,000 for motor and $20,000 for boat. But there was not a full field therefore the FLW withholds some monies from their share of the $60,000 pot. Figure 15 contestants short at $1500.00 each thats $22,500 in just pro entries that were not collected. They have to cut the pot it's call business.
Magics Right
05-12-2008, 01:29 PM
If you go to FLW site and click on the contingency award $$$ amount, it shows what they were paid for. Kelly only got Ranger cont. Click on all others and it shows what the contingency is for, all the way down. With reduced teams, the payout is less for 2nd to 50th, not 1st! That's the way I read it.
For one don't tell magic he is right whether he is or is not. His head is already oversized. Kelly is running a evinrude not a merc so why would he not get the motor contingency?
Lynn Jurrens unlogged
05-12-2008, 02:47 PM
He's running an evinrude, but it's one year too old for the contingency bonus.
fishim
05-12-2008, 08:34 PM
Congrats Kelly! Have your feet hit the ground yet? It was pretty cool to see all of your family members that made the drive, I couldn't imagine how proud they are. I asked your wife if she gets to buy a new car but I'm guessing there will be a new 620 ordered first. Enjoy the win, see ya at Cass.
Bill Shimota
David Kraft
05-12-2008, 08:47 PM
Kelly:
Job well done. Even on day 4 you proved that you could "do it" by catching a limit of fish in an area that was not your primary area. Thanks also for taking my friend Darrell Rosemore with you on to the top for both of you.
Dave Kraft
Darrin Printy
05-13-2008, 10:53 AM
Kelly,
Congrats to you and your bride on a great win. Knowing she is standing by your side is a bonus that cannot be measured.
-dp
bwalley
05-13-2008, 12:06 PM
Maybe since he didn't have an updated Evinrude. Evinrude should wrap his boat for the rest of the year and give him a $20,000 check for publicity on how he never ran out of gas.
Few things are Nicer in LIFE than for a Parent to see their little boy's dream come true.
Kelly's "someday" talking ALWAYS involved becoming a Top Pro Fisherman. Fast forwarding roughly 12 years later and watching Kelly on stage start to fulfill his Childhood Dream is Undescribable!
We have a picture when Kelly was about 14 years old from a Big Stone Lake tournament with Pro Ted Takasaki, stopping to pose with Kelly and his dad. This picture was a big deal to that 14 year old boy. The other day when I looked at the website picture of Kelly and Ted on stage congratulating each other, it brought back memories from 9 years ago of a little boys joy!
Our little boy grew up to be a fine young man!
Great Job Kel ~
We Love You ~ Mom, Dad, & Gavin
Nice Post Mom
05-13-2008, 12:26 PM
Now THAT is what fishing is all about!!!
Great post Mrs. Klemm!
I have to say, that I think that is the best post I've seen on this site since I started coming here, back in '99.
Congrats to you and your hubby for raising such a fine young man...job well done! ;)
Juls
Fish_on
05-13-2008, 04:19 PM
Awesome! Thanks for posting that.
Ted Takasaki
05-14-2008, 08:51 AM
Congratulations Kelly on a fine win! I did the best I could with the fish I had going near West Bend. You did what you had to do on the final day...catch a limit of any size fish and you did it. That is what a winner has to do under pressure.
It is exciting to see young anglers come into this sport and do well.
Best of Luck in the future,
Ted Takasaki
unlogged Eric Olson
05-14-2008, 10:10 AM
Once again.... Way To Go!!!!
You've come a long way from hangin' out with me in the boat from the co side of things. I kind of felt like I was on stage w/ you after spending all those past years on the water together!
You've grown to make great decisions, a true mark of a pro and with a humbleness that we all need to never forget.
Keep the train rollin, cherish the first win and focus on the task ahead.
Nice Job buddy!
Eric