BROWN AND HANNASCH WIN SECOND DAY OF WWA TEAM CHALLENGE BIG STONE EVENT
ORTONVILLE- Tony Brown and Curt Hannasch took the lessons they learned from
the first day event to win the second day of the World Walleye Association
Team Challenge tournament held on Big Stone Lake May 2, 2004. This was a
combined South Dakota/Minnesota Team Challenge event.
Tony Brown and Curt Hannasch trolled #5 Shad Raps on leadcore near the
Hartford Beach area in 13-15 ft of water to catch their winning weight of
12.25-pounds.
Tony said ³ The wind pushed the mudline into the shore we were fishing and
that helped us today.² Brown and Hannasch are from the South Dakota Team
Challenge division.
Day one winners Dusty Wilkens and Wes Wilkens placed second on day two with
a weight of 10.35-pounds. The Wilkens were fishing the same spot as day one
on the Minnesota side pitching jigs to shallow rocks. They also caught the
big fish of the day, a 5.44-pounder. ³ We caught the big fish on the third
cast of the day.² Dusty said.
Donald Fellbaum and Troy Fellbaum place third with a weight of 8.42-pounds.
³ This makes up for our one fish yesterday.² Troy said. The Fellbaum¹s were
trolling #5 Shad Raps behind planer boards on the far North end of the lake.
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For information on entering this tournament, tournament details, or complete
information on the World Walleye Association Team Challenge Events, please
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or by calling 920-924-2100
Chris Gasser
Media Coordinator/WWA
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