TOP 35 PLACES

Rank    1st Partner         State        2nd Partner         State   Lbs.     Winnings

1       Roger Meyer         SD           Joel Willette       SD      32.15    $13,000 
2       Robert Bodin        MN           Scott Mann          MN      25.90      7,500 
3       Lynn Hanisko        MI           David Klasell       MI      25.45      5,000 
4       Steve DeLain        MN           John Renschen       MN      25.35      3,500 
5       Dave Devroy         WI           Bucky Mueller       WI      25.00      2,500 
6       Ralph Muccilli      WI           Max Streichert      MI      24.70      1,500 
7*      Jay Ross            MN           Robert Ross         MN      23.75      1,350 
8       Dave Henning, Jr.   WI           Gary White          WI      23.75      1,250 
9*      Scott Strangstalien WI           Steve Tauscher      WI      23.70      1,150 
10      Tim Giese           MN           Tom Giese           MN      23.70      1,000 
11      Michael Schaefer    WI           Jeff Valence        WI      23.05        900 
12      Joe Beech           MN           John Judkins        MN      22.60        900 
13      Jim Gregory         SD           Rick Hentges        SD      21.90        900 
14      Scott Ludwikowski   WI           Terry Ludwikowski   WI      21.80        900 
15      Kevin Dahl          WI           Steven Stack        WI      21.50        900 
16      Richard Benson      MN           Steve Mord          MN      21.45        700 
17      Richard Derdziak    WI           Steven Derdziak     WI      21.40        700 
18      Mark Keenan         WI           Tom Keenan          WI      21.35        700 
19      Jim Hughes          WI           Randy Rost          WI      20.25        700 
20      Jay Janny           WI           Kyle Morgan         WI      19.95        700 
21      Bob Smunk           SD           Tim Tesch           SD      18.65        500 
22      Leon Fish           SD           Todd Steffensen     SD      18.20        500 
23      Steve Crane         WI           Delbert Woelfel     WI      17.90        500 
24      Gregg Holman        MN           Richard Lentz       SD      17.75        500 
25      Tony Dudley         MN           Pete Medved         MN      17.30        500 
26      Jay Brindle         WI           Pat Schuette        WI      17.25        400 
27      Patrick Neu         WI           Mike Schaefer       WI      17.20        400 
28      Bob Clark           MN           Bob Jorgenson       MN      16.95        400 
29      Barb Standke        WI           Bill Standke        WI      16.50        400 
30      Joey Christopherson SD           Daren Medenwald     SD      16.15        400 
31      Matt Dowiatt        IL           Tony Dowiatt        WI      16.05        350 
32*     Scott Albrecht      MN           David McCarty       WI      15.90        350 
33      Mike Nagel          MN           Chuck Ross          MN      15.90        350 
34*     Neil Hammargren     IA           Doug Newhoff        IA      15.80        350 
35      Rodney DeClark      MI           Brandon Rouse       MI      15.80        350

* Won Tie Breaker
 
                                                                CASH PAYOUT = $52,000
Big Fish Pot (Three daily prizes: $1,200; $1,000; $825)                         6,050 
                                                          TOTAL CASH PAYOUT = $58,050

Mercury Outboards Big Fish Award - $1,000 Engine Rebate 
Jay Janny, Eagle, WI - 9.12 lbs.
 
Big Basket Awards: 
Day 1 - Jim Gregory, Big Stone City, SD, & Rick Hentges, Milbank, SD, 21.90 lbs.,
Goldeneye Panther Auxiliary Motor Lift (value $500)
 
Day 2 - Jay & Bob Ross, Ortonville, MN, 20.70 lbs.,
Big Jon Manual Downriggers (value $500)

Stats: Teams Entered: 200 
Fish Caught: 1,026 
Weight: 1,939.43 lbs.

ORTONVILLE, MINN. – Roger Meyer and Joel Willette of Watertown, So. Dak., topped a full field of 200 teams, winning the Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC) Berkley Trilene/Lindy Little Joe Team Tournament held May 22-23 on Big Stone Lake at Ortonville, Minn.

The winners weighed nine fish totaling 32.15 lbs., a 3.57 lb. average, and collected $13,000.  They fished a three mile stretch of water, just south of Shady Beach, located on the South Dakota side of the lake.

According to Willette, "The best bite both days was between seven and nine in the morning.  You could catch all kinds of smaller fish up to 15 inches, but we concentrated on the bigger walleyes.  We found that trolling fast, about four miles per hour, triggered the larger fish."

Meyer added, "We used several different crankbaits: Thunder Stick Deep Jr’s., Shad Raps and Fat Raps.  Yellow and chartreuse were the best colors.  I knew we had a chance to win it, and I was so excited today [Sun.], I could hardly fish after noon."

Second place and $7,500 went to Bob Bodin and Scott Mann of Red Wing, Minn., with 25.90 lbs.  They fished the Shady Beach and Mallard Point areas, trolling #7 Shad Raps from 45 lb. test lead-core line with 25 to 30 foot 14 lb. test Berkley FireLine leaders.  Most of their fish came between 11 and 15 feet of water.

Third place with 25.45 lbs., worth $5,000, went to Lynn Hanisko and Dave Klasell of Escanaba, Mich.  They trolled the Mallard Point area, long-lining #7 pearl-colored Shad Raps 110 feet behind the boat at 3.2 to 3.5 m.p.h.