The Illinois Walleye Trail and Hennepin Marine are pleased to announce that we have been selected to participate in the first Angler Young Angler Fishing Tournament for the United States. web site http://www.angleryoungangler.ca
Listed below is a little background information;
The Angler & Young Angler Walleye Championship began in 1998 when Tournament Founder, Andrew Klopak (President of Lund Boats) decided he wanted to fish in a competitive style tournament on opening day with his son. Seeing that there were no tournaments that catered to adult and young anglers…he created his own.
The main objective is to introduce and educate young anglers to competitive sport fishing in a fun environment surrounded by family and friends while creating memories that will last a lifetime. Each team in the tournaments consists of one angler and two young anglers, (one youth is ok would prefer two) 17 and under. Each event includes official weigh-in, prizes, awards and BBQ to follow a hard day’s fishing. The winner of each regional event qualifies for the opportunity to participate in the National Championship.
The success of the original Manitoba tournament has lead to the expansion into other provinces. The Angler & Young Angler Fishing Tournaments continues to grow with seven regional events this year, as well as a National Championship held in late August on beautiful Lake of the Woods, Kenora, ON. In order to expand the exposure of youth fishing, a complete television special is produced each year featuring the regional events as well as the Championship.
Registration must be in by May 15, 2007 in order to prepare for the cookout, t-shirts, trophies and ect. This tournament is limited to the first 50 teams signing up. Entry Fee is 70.00 per Team. Tournament Hours will be 8:00am till 2:00pm. 5 Fish limit 14 inch. Boats must be ready for launching at 7:00am (we will have helpers for parking, launch and loading) On the Water meeting at 7:45am Sharp.
Here is what the 70.00 gets you?
Every Youth will have memories of his/hers first competitive Fishing tournament.
Every Youth will walk away with a grab bag full of Tackle, a Trophy, and a T-Shirt
A cookout, social time in the Park at Hennepin, Illinois after the weigh in.
The Illinois Regional Tournament will have a Video Crew on the water and during the weigh in for filming. This will air on the Sportsman Channel.
The Team with the heaviest bag of 5 Saugers, Walleyes will win a New 12 Foot Lund Boat, 4 horsepower Mercury Motor and Trailer. (MSRP $3,500.00) along with trophies and plaque for first place and the top five teams medals. The first place team will also receive an invite to participate in the National Championship in Kenora, Ontario on Lake of the Woods August 18, 2007 along with $500.00 cash for travel allowance. The Banquet and rules meeting for the Championship the night before will be on the MS Kenora cruise ship touring Lake of the Woods along with breakfast the morning of the Championship. Each team will be supplied with a new Lund Boat powered by a Mercury outboard and accompanying chase boat that includes a videographer for the production of the television show as well as a Lund Pro Guide Leader to assist throughout the day. Lunches, bait and life jackets are provided. After the days fishing Pizza and cold drinks are awaiting the teams for when they weigh in at 3:30pm.
The Grand Prize for the winners of the Championship in Kenora, Ontario will receive an all expense trip for four to an Artic Adventures Fishing Camp in Northern Quebec Valued at $24,000.00 (CDN) web site http://www.articadventures.ca
Remember this tournament is to educate the youth on the Sport of competitive fishing creating memories that will last a life time. How’s that for a $70.00 entry fee and only competing against 50 teams?????? Well I’m not done?????
We have a lot prizes for the top finishing teams, trolling motors, depth finders, tackle box’s, rods, baits, ect.
Applications are beginning to arrive so get in before you get shut out. If you need additional information go to http://www.hennepinmarine.com or http://www.prairielandeyes.com or call me 309-527-6328
I would like to Thank the following organizations for there support and donations;
North Central Bank Hennepin
A & M Guttermen
State Bank of Cherry
Spring Valley City Bank
Reef Runner Lures
Hagens Tackle
Spring Valley Walleye Club
S & S Plumbing and Heating
Hennepin Marine
Illinois Walleye Trail
Pepsi of America
City of Hennepin
Oak State Products
Johnson Outdoors
Hertiage Trailers
JT’s Bar and Grill
Lindy Little Joe
Mann’s Bait Company
[censored] Sporting goods
Jim Melton Spinners
Hennepin Township
Ball Warehousing & Distributing Inc.
More support arriving weekly.
Please share this information with family and friends and fishermen who we may not be able to contact by email.
Thanks Bob Kidd (sorry for the long note but a lot of info)