Aim Weekend Series Port Clinton OH May 3rd Register NOW!!

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For Immediate Release: April 27, 2015

Presented by Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S.A. and Warrior Boats

Aim Weekend Walleye Series may have a Historic Walleye Catch At the Port Clinton “Starcraft Marine Open” May 3rd 2015

With predictions that the weather will stabilize the week leading up to the AIM Weekend Walleye Series, Sunday, May 3 in Port Clinton, OH, fishing could be the best anglers have seen so far this tournament season.
“History could be made with the biggest bag on Lake Erie,” says Greg Yarbrough, originally from Gibraltar, MI now makes his home in Port Clinton and will be one of tournament anglers.
“I’ve been fishing Lake Erie out of Port Clinton since 1980,” he said, predicting the catch rate should be excellent. “This is a walleye factory.”
“The bite will probably be trolling crankbaits and spinners, but there could be a few people jigging.”
For the 2nd event of the 4 qualifying events in the Great Lakes Division, all waters of Lake Erie, its tributaries, along with Michigan and Canadian waters are open to anglers.
The way the weather is shaping up, anglers could break the Aim Weekend Walleye Series big basket of 55.93# recorded on Green Bay in 2014. The possibilities are great for a limit to be recorded with all 5 fish breaking the 30-inch mark on the cards. This will be fun to see if Erie can beat Green Bay.
“The fish are here. This will be an inches vs. pounds competition,” he said, referring to the AIM format of Catch-Record-Release™ or CRR. A 30-inch fish converts to 11.33 pounds on AIM’s chart that converts inches into pounds. Multiply that by 5 and you can see where this is going.
“There is the potential to make history on all of the Great Lakes by the numbers and weights caught and released in this tournament,” Yarbrough said.
“The people and organizations in the Port Clinton area are very excited to be a part of this tournament. It will be a great event,” he said.
The West Harbor boat launch is the location for both the boat takeoff and boat check in. Boats will leave in two flights at 7:00 and 7:15a.m. returning at 3:00 and 3:15p.m. The awards ceremony will take place at the launch beginning at 5p.m.

Contact:
Greg warsow, Great Lakes Division Tournament Director, 734-552-4693; gwarsow@comcast.com
Denny Fox, AIM National Tournament Director, 920-505-0122; info@aimfishing.com

AIM Presenting Sponsors: Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A. and Warrior Boats.
AIM Supporting Sponsors: Mercury Marine, Nitro Boats, Starcraft Marine, Amsoil, Navionics, Powrtran, Power Pole, Worldwide Marine Insurance, Off Shore Tackle, Team Lodge, National Fleet Graphics, Gemini Sport Marketing, The City of Oconto, Eagle Bay Marina and Eagles Landing Casino, Montevideo MN Chamber of Commerce, Randall’s Milan Beach Resort,

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I'll be surprised if they can bring in the bags that the LEWT did.

[Juls]

It's a good thing they are doing the length to weight conversion, because the big fish are skinny right now after their spawn.

They have the feed bags on right now, but haven't fattened up quite yet.

Good luck to all the competitors. Looks like the weather forecast is looking pretty darn good for Sunday, so it should be a fun day for everyone.

I would have liked to fish it, but the schedule came out after I had already booked a charter for that day.

See you out there!

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The weather is looking great and we will have huge converted weights. Registration will be open till midnight Friday. Don't miss out on your chance to qualify for the championship and a shot at the Warrior Boat shootout in 2016 where you could have a no entry fee invite to win a 2016 Warrior Boat/Yamaha outboard package valued at over $50,000.

Need more info? Call Denny Fox at 920-505-0122

Did I read it right somewhere where there were only 21 boats in this event?

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Yes, we had 21 teams in the event. You can go to www.aimfishing.com and click on the face book feed to see complete coverage of the event. The next event is on Saginaw Bay June 7th out of Linwood beach Marina and then its off the Lorain OH and the Black River Wharf for the final qualifying event of 2015. The championship for the Great Lakes Division will be August 14th and 15th out of Eagle Bay Marina and Eagles Landing Casino on Saginaw Bay near Standish MI

Geez. Wow. $2K to the winner. Win a 'big' tournament in your home town and barely clear enough to pay the expenses after the entry fee. What a shame.

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Lets all get on board and start pumping the entries. 2k will cover expenses but it would have been 8k with a full field of 100. Lets go guys, get on board. We are the real national circuit for the grass root guys.