KELLER AND BASTIAN HAVE CONTINUED SUCCESS AT WWA WI/UP TEAM CHALLENGE EVENT
OSHKOSH, WI- Jess Keller and Daniel Bastian continued their successful 2003
season by winning the third stop on the World Walleye Association WI/UP Team
Challenge division held on Lake Winnebago June 1st.
Having just come off a second place finish at the WI/UP Team Challenge event
on the Castle Rock Flowage, Keller and Bastian put together another
excellent game plan and topped the largest field of the year in the WI/UP
division.
Going into the tournament with three patterns they felt could produce them
the winning weight, Keller and Bastian found that in the end, they only
needed one of their patterns to give them the win.
Keller and Bastian started the day by jigging the edges of an upper lakes
cane bed, but when that didn¹t produce, they went to pattern number two,
which was to jig by the mouth of the Wolf River in Lake Poygan. This pattern
proved to be the ticket as they caught 9 fish at this spot, 5 of which were
over the 15in minimum size limit. Jigs tipped with leeches and crawlers were
the answer for Keller and Bastian to catch their 13.33- pound basket and net
them a check for $3200!
Dale Howard and John Geiger took second place with a weight of 11.71-pounds.
Chris and Gina Gasser placed third with 10.81 pounds.
Jay Stelmach and Andy Woods caught the big fish of the tournament which
weighed 5.89-pounds.
The tournament was run out of the beautiful Pioneer Inn, Lake Winnebago¹s
premier lodging spot and the site of the 2003 World Walleye Association
National Championship.
To see pictures of the winning teams and a complete list of how all the
teams finished, visit the WWA website at http://www.worldwalleye.com
<http://www.worldwalleye.com/> or watch for results on all the WWA
tournaments in the Badger Sportsman magazine in upcoming issues.
For information on fishing the World Walleye Association, a ŒTournament
Circuit For Fisherman, Run By Fisherman², visit the website or call
920-924-2100
The World Walleye Association is proudly sponsored by Patriot Boats,³
Overbuilt for Life²
Chris Gasser
Media Coordinator/WWA
[email protected]