IDA Walleye Tour – Announcement.

This is a hard post to write. That’s why I have been putting it off.

When James and I sat down and talked about running a tournament circuit we had a couple goals in mind. One – It would be well run and Two – we would try to grow it! Unfortunately, we didn’t get both done. We feel we ran a great little tourney, but we didn’t get the growth we needed to keep it going. The economics are pretty simple, we were not getting enough teams to cover our costs. We will no longer be running a walleye tournament circuit. The 2006 season is officially over.

IDA team of the year is Glenn Marshall and Jeff Stephensen for their 1st and 2nd place finishes this year, IDA will make sure to get those “Team of the Year” plaques out to you guys ASAP. Congratulations and thanks for fishing with us all of these years.

Wow! That was hard. I sit here with great memories from all the tourneys. All those big fish and big baskets. There is no better group of tourney guys anywhere in the country. No matter if it was sub freezing or near 100 degrees out, you guys brought in some nice bags.

Well, there ya have it. If there are any questions, concerns or comments please feel free to post or PM me.

On a side note. I have been talking with Dean Marshall at Everts Resort. We are tossing around the idea of having a fall (Early November) sauger tournament based on the “Freeze your Butt” format. Low entry, have fun kinda event. Look for details soon.

Thanks,

Sad.. Hopefully we can get a group together and get some sponsors.. What you going to do with the trailer ?

Dang.. I was looking forward to these, a good group of guys, some friendly bantering and beating the pants off of Erik Carlson and Sully!!!

Jami

Jon, I admire your efforts to pull these off and I certainly know how hard it is to make these things go. Thanks again for all your work

I fished in the IDA tournaments for the first time last year. I’m really disappointed that I won’t get to do it again in 2007! Regardless: Thanks for your hard work, Jon.

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Dang.. I was looking forward to these, a good group of guys, some friendly bantering and beating the pants off of Erik Carlson and Sully!!!

Jami

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I guess this is good news for me. I get to keep my pants a little longer.

Thanks for your effort on this Jon. It’s hard news to recieve, but I think we all understand.

Sully

Very sad news. The boy and I talked seriously about giving it a try next year. We went to several weigh ins and it was always a good time but I understand the whole money angle. Thanks for giving it a try IDA, we appriciate it.