1       Barry Grieve        MN           Brent Rothgarn      MN      33.82    $13,000
2       Steve Delain        MN           Tim O’Neill         IA      33.70      7,500
3       Glenn Farrell       IL           Dennis Robinson     WI      29.14      5,000
4       Tim Dick            MN           Dale Sogla          MN      28.46      3,500
5       Mel Reichling       SD           Rick Small          SD      28.44      2,500
6       Brad Laabs          MN           Greg Vandemark      MN      28.14      1,500
7       John Hertensteiner  MN           Scott Riegelman     MN      28.00      1,350
8       Jerry Ernat         IL           Gary Gunderson      MN      27.46      1,250
9       Jeff Larson         MN           Randy Lerum         -       27.34      1,150
10      Gary Jacobson       MI           Larry Luthardt      MI      27.28      1,000
11      Randy Stevens       MN           Rob Stevens         MN      27.04        900
12      Dennis Brindle      WI           Jay Brindle         WI      26.60        900
13      Tom Hoinacki        WI           Bill Reabe          WI      25.70        900
14      Andy Schmidt        WI           Tom Walters         WI      25.26        900
15      Bill Leonard        IA           Wayne Stensrud      MN      25.20        900
16      Ken Bauman          WI           Michael O’Brien     WI      24.88        700
17      Dominic Culjan, Jr. IL           Mark O’Connell      IL      24.70        700
18*     Ronnie Meyer        MN           Chuck Witzke        MN      24.64        700
19      John May            WI           Patrick Neu         WI      24.64        700
20      Richard Nascak      MN           Joe Wilson          MN      24.60        700
21      Scott Albrecht      MN           Randy Palmeri       IL      23.20        500
22      Neil Hammargren     IA           Doug Newhoff        IA      22.96        500
23      Nick Johnson        WI           Dan Kern            WI      22.68        500
24      Tom Albrecht, Sr.   MN           Rick Stange         MN      22.42        500
25      Scott Carlson       MN           Tim Carlson         MN      22.28        500
26      Dick Schiefelbein   WI           Irene Schiefelbein  WI      22.16        400
27      Tim Kujawa          MN           Troy Lentner        MN      22.10        400
28      Rod DeClark         MI           Brandon Rouse       MI      21.76        400
29      Gary Falkowski      WI           George Wlodarski    IL      21.32        400
30      Jeff Adams          WI           Brad West           WI      21.16        400
31      Paul Read           IL           Sue Read            IL      20.88        350
32*     Chris Gasser        WI           Gina Gasser         WI      20.66        350
33      Mike Glynn          IA           Maury Schmerbach    IA      20.66        350
34      Larry Allison       MI           Randy Bandstra      MI      20.46        350
35      Steve Fields        MN           Tim Fields          MN      20.24        350

*Won Tie Breaker
                                                                CASH PAYOUT = $52,000
Big Fish Pot (Three daily prizes: $800; $700; $600)                             4,200

                                                          TOTAL CASH PAYOUT = $56,200

Big Fish Awards:
Mariner $1,000 Engine Rebate & MotorGuide Trolling Motor
Tom Walters, Campbellsport, WI - 8.64 lbs.

Stats
Teams Entered: 200
Fish Caught: 1,216
Weight: 2,553.83 lbs.

LAKE CITY, MINN. – Barry Grieve and Brent Rothgarn of Lake City, Minn., won the Berkley Trilene / Lindy Little Joe Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC) Team Walleye Tournament held September 12-13 on Lake Pepin (Mississippi River) at Lake City, Minn.  The tourney was the final stop of the 1998 circuit season.

The winners weighed a MWC allowable ten fish limit of 33.82 lbs. and collected $13,000.  The top 35 teams shared a cash purse of $52,000.  An additional $4,200 was paid in Big Fish Pot prize money, bringing the total payout to $56,200.

Grieve/Rothgarn led after the first day with 21.92 lbs.  They added 11.90 lbs. the final day, which was enough to squeak out victory over second place finishers, Steve Delain (Red Wing, Minn.) and Tim O’Neill (Minden, Iowa) who tallied 33.70 lbs., earning them $7,500.

Third place with 29.14 lbs., worth $5,000, were Glenn Farrell (Ottawa, Ill.) and Dennis Robinson (Tomahawk, Wis.).

According to Grieve, "Saturday was a good day.  We caught a lot of fish, but things really slowed down today [Sun.].  We only had two fish in the livewell at 1 o’clock, and the weigh-in was at 2:30.  We got lucky and boated three more fish."

Rothgarn added, "We fished three spots upriver from Lake Pepin.  We did some jigging with minnows, but mostly trolled leech rigs.  Most of the fish came between four to nine feet deep."

Delain/O’Neill trolled firetiger-colored crankbaits along the rip-rap shoreline in the Point-No-Point area.  They used lead core line with a six foot Berkley FireLine 14 lb. test leader.

Farrell/Robinson took their fish trolling below the Red Wing dam, 12 to 14 feet deep, with 3-way rigs consisting of a 1 oz. bell sinker and a floating jig head tipped with a nightcrawler.