Lake of the Woods
Walleye League

It has been a blast being league director of the first season for the Lake of the Woods Walleye League.  I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that has taken part in the inaugural season.  We fought bad weather and high winds in the first part of the season but the second half and the Championship Event was very nice.

The Championship was held on Saturday in beautiful weather.  The fishing, however, was a bit challenging…. Again!!  When the boaters returned to the dock for the weigh-in they were all just shaking their heads.  The spots that earlier had held fish during pre-fishing were coming up blank, they were in shock.  Three teams did not bring any fish to the scales and one team that did have a nice start on a big basket had boat trouble and had to be towed in and missed the weigh-in. 

The winners of the Championship were Adam Harder and Nate Olafson who earned a check for $204.90.  Coming in second were Walleye Jon Berns and Mike Hugg who claimed a check of $170.50.  In third place were Rick Thompson and Tracy Wahl who earned a check of $136.60.

Also awarded on Saturday were the awards for the top three regular season finishers.  Coming in first in the regular season were Walleye Jon Berns and Hike Hugg who earned $121.50 for their top finish.  In second place were Old Guide Pat Fischer and Ken Parnham who claimed a check for $85.05.  In third place were Nate Olafson and Adam Harder earned $36.45.

In total $926 in cash was awarded on Saturday as well as a $50 gift card donated by Streiff Sporting Goods, a $50 Streiff gift card donated by Gary Olson, a drift sock donated by Riverside Bait & Tackle, 2 fillet knives and 2 floating pliers donated by the Marvin Home Center.

It has been a lot of fun this summer, thanks again to everyone that participated.

Cary O.

CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS

Lake of the Woods Walleye League
Final Season Standing after 8 of 8 events
Standings based on best 5 finishes
 

 

Rank	Team	Partner 1	Partner 2	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6	Event 7	Event 8	Total
1	9	Jon Berns	Mike Hugg	92	96	94	84	100	96	98	96	486
2	2	Patrick Fischer	Ken Parnham	98		96	94	98	25	96	25	482
3	5	Nate Olafson	Adam Harder	96	25	90	98	96	98	25	92	480
4	12	Rick Thompson	Tracy Wahl		98	100	90	94	90	25		472
5	1	Arlyn Melvie	Larry Fieckert	90	25	25	96	88	25	94	94	462
6	10	Brandon Norling	Tim Hunter	100		88	100	25			100	413
7	13	Travis Johnson	Richard Jacobson			98	25	92	25	100	90	405
8	4	Jeremy Karnowski	Jeff Haselhoff	94			25	25	100	25	98	342
9	11	Jerry Olson	Chris Olson		100	92	88		25	25		330
10	3	Curt Quesnell	Curt Quesnell		94		92	84	25			295
11	8	Wade Boroos	Ryan Marvin	25	25	25	25	90	96	25		261
12	6	Todd Hagen	Jamie Lisell	25	25	25	86	25	92			253
13	14	Chad Paulson	Steve Paulson				82	86	25		25	218
14	7	Chris Kraska	Bob Krzoska	25								25

Lake of the Woods Walleye League

Event #8  July 28, 2007

Saturday was the last regular season event for the Lake of the Woods Walleye League.  The morning was beautiful, warm and still.  The fishing was pretty good for most with some of the biggest baskets of the season, but like the other events this summer everyone caught fish but some teams had trouble catching fish in the 14 – 19.5 inch slot. 

In third place this week was Walleye Jon Berns and Mike Hugg with a full basket of 6 walleyes that weighed in at 9.75 pounds.  In second place was Jeremy Karnowski and substitute partner Chris Olson who also had six fish at 10.30 pounds.  The winners this week with their 3rd first place finish of the season were Tim Hunter and Brandon Norling with 6 huge walleyes that weighed 12.60 pounds.

With the final event results in hand, the winners of the regular season have been established.  In third place with 480 points are Adam Harder and Nate Olafson with 480 points.  In second place are Old Guide Pat Fischer and Ken Parnham with 482 points.   The Winners of the regular season in the Lake of the Woods Walleye League are Walleye Jon Berns and Mike Hugg with 486 points.