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Walleye Angler’s Trail 2010
EARLY BIRD SIGN-UP & BONUS
Get your permanent 2010 boat number for all regular season tournaments! All entries will qualify for a $100 Cabela’s Gift Certificate. There will be 5 separate $100 Gift Certificates drawn. (NEED NOT BE PRESENT TO WIN)
Early Bird entries will be accepted from January 1 thru January 31, 2010. Early Bird entries must sign up and submit payment for all 4 tournaments to include the membership fees for both partners. A drawing will be held on February 5, 2010 from all Early Bird entries to determine the boat numbers that will be assigned for the 2010 season. Drawings will be held at Sweeney’s Supper Club, Hwy 52 Sherrill, IA at approximately 7:00 PM. All are welcome.
TOTAL: $940
WALLEYE ANGLER’S TRAIL - 2010 SCHEDULE
APRIL 11, 2010 GUTTENBURG, IA
MAY 23, 2010 LANSING, IA
SEPT. 26, 2010 PRARIE DU CHEIN, WI
OCT. 10, 2010 LACROSSE, WI
WAT GENOA RULES MEETING
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
4:30 PM
GENOA POWER PLANT RAMP
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WAT LACROSSE RULES MEETING
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
5:30 AM
7TH STREET RAMP, LACROSSE
For those teams fishing both the Genoa and LaCrosse tournaments the rules meeting on Friday evening will cover both tournaments. Remember, at least one team member MUST attend the rules meeting.
Bill Brosnahan
Tournament Director
WILLOW CATS BANNED
The Walleye Angler’s Trail will continue its ban on the Willow Cat as bait for the remainder of the 2009 Tournament season.
Bill Brosnahan
Tournament Director
Walleye Angler’s Trail
Re-scheduled Genoa & LaCrosse Tournaments
September 26 & 27, 2009
Due to the cancellation of the original Genoa, WI tournament the Walleye Angler’s Trail has re-scheduled the Genoa & LaCrosse 2009 tournaments.
Genoa, WI
Power House Ramp
Pools 9 &10
Saturday - September 26, 2009
7:00 AM to 3:00 PM
LaCrosse, WI
7th. Street Ramp
Pools 7 & 8
Sunday - September 27, 2009
7:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Bill Brosnahan
Tournament Director
WALLEYE ANGLER’S TRAIL
WELCOMES!
The Walleye Angler’s Trail is pleased to announce its affiliation with
Luck “E” Strike USA, Hutch’s Tackle and Guide Service and Marty Conrad Fishing as product sponsors of the WAT for the 2009 Tournament season. WAT angler’s will have the opportunity to meet the people who design and manufacture the latest in walleye fishing tackle. These companies will also provide their tackle as give a ways at each WAT tournament during 2009.
Bill Brosnahan
Tournament Director
The Walleye Angler’s Trail has been invited to send a qualifying team to participate in the Angler’s Insight Marketing (AIM) International Walleye Championship scheduled for September 2 – 4, 2009 located on Lake Winnibigoshish in northern Minnesota.
All Pro Angler participants will have the opportunity to compete for the total payout of not less than $150,000.00 - based on a minimum 100 boat field. The payout will exceed $150,000.00 significantly based on the potential for 150 boats or more!
First place will win a prize package valued at over $65,000.00, including a minimum of $10,000.00 in cash and a Lund 2075 Pro V Boat and Mercury Verado motor package!
* Each member of a qualifying “Team” may choose to enter as a Pro Angler ($1500 entry) or Co-angler ($250 entry.) Cash prizes apply ONLY to Pro Angler entries. The Pro Angler provides the boat, all the fishing tackle and bait for the day. Each day the Co-angler will be paired with a different Pro Angler. AIM has waived the membership fees for this tournament. Other tournament rules can be found at the AIM™ website: www.aimfishing.com
To qualify, WAT teams MUST fish the first three WAT Tournaments and the team that is in first place (Team points) after the third tournament (Albany, IL - May 31, 2009) will be given the opportunity to participate in the AIM International Walleye Championship. If for any reason the qualifying team declines the invitation it will go to the next highest scoring team.
2009 WAT Early Bird
GET YOUR BOAT NUMBER FOR THE 2009 TOURNAMENT SEASON!
REGISTRATION OPEN FROM
JAN. 1, 2009 TO JAN. 31, 2009
$940 (Includes membership fees)
DRAWING WILL BE HELD AT SWEENEY’S SUPPER CLUB, SHERRILL, IA. AT 7:00PM ON FEBRUARY 6, 2009. (All are welcome)
2009
WALLEYE ANGLER’S TRAIL
LOYALTY AWARD
CR BOATS / MERCURY MARINE / MILLER ELECTRIC
9.9 HP MERCURY FOUR STROKE PRO KICKER
Qualifications:
WAT Member must register & fish all 4 regular season WAT tournaments.
A drawing will be held for all qualified members at the conclusion of the Walleye Angler’s Trail Tournament season at La Crosse, WI. on Sept. 20, 2009.
2008 Walleye Angler's Trail
Roeder Outdoor Power & Miller Electric Loyalty Award
Steve & Angie Haugen
Marion, Iowa
"NEW"John Deere
LA115 Lawn Tractor
18.5 hp
5-speed, gear-drive transmission
42-inch (2-blade) mower deck
Each WAT member who fished all four regular season tournaments qualified for a special drawing at the conclusion of the 2008 season. The winner was Steve Haugen of Marion, IA.
2008 Team of the Year
Jerry Boardman & Gary Schreiner
WALLEYE ANGLER’S TRAIL BANS
WILLOW CATS AS BAIT
The Walleye Angler’s Trail Tournament Director has announced that the use of the Willow Cat, as bait, is banned at its final two tournaments of the 2008 season (Lansing, IA & La Crosse, WI).
With the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources VHS regulations affecting the harvest of the Mad Tom (Willow Cat) from the Wisconsin waters of the Mississippi River and its tributaries and also its restriction of transporting live (fish) into Wisconsin to the listing of the Freckled Mad Tom as an endangered species by the Iowa DNR, the director does not want to put its members in jeopardy of violating State law and or DNR regulations, by allowing its use.
JAN & STEVE KOPP
2007
WALLEYE ANGLER’S TRAIL
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Congratulations to the husband & wife team of Steve & Jan Kopp from Dubuque, IA. who captured the title of “Team of the Year”. Steve & Jan used their fishing skills to out pace the rest of the field in the hotly contested 2007 competition.
Jan & Steve proved that consistency was the key to success this year by placing 4th at the Dubuque tournament which locked up the 2007 title.
Jan & Steve also set the W.A.T. Big Fish record this year with Jan pulling in a 10.30 lb. walleye at our Eastman, WI. tournament in May.
WAT
GENOA, WI. TOURNAMENT
CANCELLED
Due to the prolonged winter with its thicker then usual icing, repeated snow storms and lack of sufficient thawing temperatures in Pool #9, I have found it necessary to cancel the Genoa, WI. Tournament scheduled for Mar. 16, 2008. Conditions on the river, at this time, are not conducive to holding the tournament.
I wanted to make this announcement early enough to allow, those who are affected, sufficient time to change their plans.
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WAT
REPLACEMENT TOURNAMENT
SEPTEMBER 20, 2008
LANSING, IOWA
Pools 9 & 10
The Walleye Angler’s Trail has scheduled a replacement tournament to be held out of Lansing, IA. on Sept. 20, 2008. This tournament is being held the day before our season finale tournament in LaCrosse, WI. (Pools 7 & 8) on Sept. 21, 2008.
ANY MEMBER WHO WISHES A REFUND FOR THE GENOA TOURNAMENT PLEASE CALL ME AT 563-543-2863. IF I DON’T HEAR FROM YOU I WILL ASSUME THAT YOU WILL BE FISHING THE LANSING TOURNAMENT.
WALLEYE ANGLER’S TRAIL
PRESENTS
THE
ROEDER OUTDOOR POWER, INC.
2008
LOYALTY AWARD
“NEW”John Deere
LA100 Lawn Tractor
18.5 hp
5-speed, gear-drive transmission
42-inch (2-blade) mower deck
Qualifications:
WAT Member must register & fish all 4 regular season WAT tournaments.
A drawing will be held for all qualified members at the conclusion of the Walleye Angler’s Trail Tournament season at La Crosse, WI. on Sept. 21, 2008
WAT- BIG FISH RECORD BROKEN
Jan Kopp sets the new Walleye Angler’s Trail “Big Fish” record with a 10.30 lb. whopper at the Eastman, WI. WAT tournament May 20, 2007. Jan, teamed with her husband Steve was using a three way rig on a wing dam in pool 9 of the Mississippi River.
Jan earned $180 (Big Fish Award) from the WAT and an additional (Miller Electric) Big Fish sponsor bonus of $250.
WAT - 2007 Genoa, WI - Winners
1ST. PLACE & BIG FISH
MARK BOARDMAN & GARY BECK
WAT – BELLEVUE, IA. – 2007 - WINNERS
1ST. PLACE
JOHN MARSHALL & KEVIN OYEN
2ND. PLACE
DOUG NEWHOFF & NEIL HAMMARGREN |
3RD. PLACE
MIKE GLYNN & MAURY SCHMERBACH |
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4TH. PLACE
LARRY SCHLUETER & JERRY EIBEN |
5TH. PLACE
RICK ANDERSON & RON MIELKEY |
BIG FISH
ERIC LITSHEIM & BOB THILL
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The Walleye Angler’s Trail is pleased to announce its partnership with Anglers’ Legacy
Take Me Fishing was created by the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation. The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase participation in recreational angling and boating and thereby increase public awareness and appreciation of the need for protecting, conserving and restoring this nation's aquatic natural resources. "Take Me Fishing" is the national advertising brand and campaign that increases awareness about fishing and boating.
Go to www.anglerslegacy.org and take the pledge.
Bill Brosnahan
Tournament Director
NPAA # 955
Walleye Anglers Trail 2007 Poster
Click here to download PDF of 2007 Poster
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The Walleye Angler’s Trail is pleased to announce its affiliation with the National Professional Anglers Association (NPAA) as a Supporting Member. The goals of the NPAA are:
- To increase the professionalism of its members.
- To grow the sport of fishing and the industry as a whole.
The goals of the NPAA mirror those of the Walleye Angler’s Trail (WAT) whose members:
- Support the competitive fishing industry.
- Act in a true professional, ethical, and sportsman like fashion.
- Support the protection and enhancement of our natural resources.
The WAT looks forward to supporting the NPAA in all of our mutual endeavors.
Bill Brosnahan
NPAA # 955
Tournament Director |
