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Good Afternoon,
On Sunday the 11th of November the Illinois Walleye Trail hosted the 2nd Points Qualifier of the 2012-13 season on the Mississippi River in Albany, Il.. The field of 29 teams set out on the Mighty Miss with hopes to find the right fish and find them early.
The IWT anglers had a few obstacles to overcome throughout the day. This stretch of the river has a protective slot limit, which protects walleyes from 20 to 27 inches. Although it can be a heartbreaker it is great to see this fishery in such great shape. Most of the anglers spoke of several fish in the protective slot which speaks well for the fishery.
In normal IWT fashion the weather was also a big factor for the teams who were greeted with temps in the upper 60s at take-off. As the day progressed the temperature began to fall and the winds were howling at 25 mph and gusting to 35 out of the south east and raining. Despite the inclement weather the fishing there were some really nice baskets of fish brough to the scales.
This time of year the wallleyes are mostly setup on wing dams and at the dam where their food source is plentiful. The teams used a variety of tactics from vertical jigging, pulling live bait on three-ways and casting jigs and plastics.
The winning team for the second consecutive year was the father and son team of Mica and Steve Killenger. They weighed a six fish basket of walleyes for 22.13 pounds earning $1,700 which included the big fish for the event a 8.27 pound walleye good for $290!!! Mica and Steve focused their efforts fishing wing dams where they pulled the Dubuque Rig on the upstream side of them dam. Congratulations and great basket of fish!
2nd-Max Actis and Mike Stuckert 6/15.00 $1,050 Also Mike and Max earned an additional $500 for the highest finishing team fishing from a Lund Boat!!
3rd-Brian Morris and Armond Pagliai 6/14.25-$850
4th-Tom Giachetto Sr. and Tom Giachetto Jr. 6/13.78-$500 The Giachetto’s also earned a $100 gift certificate courtesy of Hennepin Marine for the second placing Lund Boats Team!!
5th-Steve Lotz and Daughenbaugh 5/10.27-$330
6th-Mike Hanson and Dave Tackett5/9.95-$200
7th-Chris Clemmons and Michael Downey 4/8.44 Doc’s Custom Jigs Bonus Box of Jigs
8th-Gary Merkel and Bruce Merkel 4/7.42
9th-Jason Wrosch 4/7.38
10th-Dave Kleszyk and Dave Zurawski 4/6.68
11th-Mark Mazur and Brian Mazur 2/5.11
12th-Adrian Cliffe and Josh Elshoff 2/4.27
13th-John Dalzot and Joe Perez2/2.95
14th-Jerry Reyburn and Lanae Reyburn 2/2.82
15th-Don Pape and Paul Pankowski 1/2.79
16th-Dave Puetz and Jeremy Piacenti 1/2.58
17th-Steve Sandor and Scott Trumpinski 1/1.49
18th-Derek Aniolkowski and Don Permanian 1/1.47
19th-Steve Skupien and Jeremy Skupien 1/1.39
20th-Douglas Clark and Nic Kueter 1/1.37
21st-John Smith and Dave Hall 0
21st-Scott Anzulas and Bob Jones
21st-Steve Jones and Corey Jones
21st-Barney Barnhart and Lindsay Barnhart
21st-Ryan Feldott and Brandon Samolitis
21st-Jim Melton and Jim Schupp
21st-Ken and Dage
21st-Joe Miller and Kenny Lookingbill
21st-Randy Carroll and Shawn O’Malley
Total fish brought to the scales was 64 for a total weigh of 141.54 pounds-averaging 2.21 pounds each!
I would like to thank all of our sponsors for making the IWT a success!!!
HENNEPIN MARINE, LUND BOATS, MERCURY MARINE, WORLDWIDE MARINE INSURANCE, DOC’S CUSTOM JIGS, STABIL MOUNT, BARB’S TACKLE AND WOODSTOCK LINE!!!
Next event is the Spring Valley Walleye Club Members only event 11/24/2012 in Spring Valley, Illinois. Following the club event is the “Caring for Kelly” benefit tournament on Dec. 9th in Spring Valley, Il..
For more information please contact Adam Sandor at (815) 955-7503
or [email protected]
http://www.ilwalleyetrail.com/
Thanks for all of the support and participation this year from our sponsors and anglers.
Adam Sandor
