Women's Walleye Tournament

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Date/Time

Fri, May 10, 2013 - Sun, May 12, 2013

All Day

Location

Woodeyes Bar and Grill

700 W Main St

Winneconne, WI

WI Women Fish and the World Walleye Association are proud to present the 1st annual Women’s Walleye Weekend. This is a great opportunity for Women anglers and we have the top female pro’s in the country to help you improve your skills. The weekend’s activity will be held in Winneconne WI, home of the Wolf River and Lake Winneconne. This is a great family destination and with it being Mothers Day weekend, we have activities for the whole family while the Ladies get to fish.

Along with the great clinic topics and learning opportunities, we are offering a tournament. You will get to experience fishing a real tournament just like the pro’s do. Complete with a cash pay out, stage, and many prizes. We specifically chose this location due to the great fishing opportunities but also, because a huge boat is not necessary. All boats and all levels of experience are encouraged to sign up. This is a two person team tournament so grab a friend and sign up. This is an opportunity not only to learn from the pros, but to also experience the excitement of the whole tournament setting, surrounded by a group of friendly and supportive women. If you want to participate and you do not have a partner, we can help match you up with another angler. Sorry guys, no men in the boats.

To be matched up with a partner we have a grading system in place to help match people up. Everyone can enjoy the experience and some people may be more intense about it than others. Rate yourself and send an email and we will help you find a partner. Please include if you are have a boat or do not have a boat.

Class A – very experienced angler looking to fish very competitively with intensity.

Class B – Average angler really trying to fish this tournament seriously and hope to make a good showing.

Class C, has fishing and boating experience, wants to enter the tournament for the experience and wants to have a good time and catch some fish.

Send email to [email protected]

registration: Women's Walleye Weekend

We are offering valet launching and loading for the tournament. A key tag by boat number will be used and you will not have to worry about launching or loading the day of the tournament. Hands on practice for launching and loading will be available Saturday afternoon.

The weekend will start with early registration and a meet and greet at Woodeye’s located at 700 W. Main Street Winneconne WI. Here you can meet the pro’s and the other participants. Woodeyes and Critters Wolf River Sports are both at this location and have food, drinks and all the latest gear to fish the Wolf River System. http://www.critterssports.com/

Saturday morning the clinics will begin and in the afternoon you can get out to pre fish. Here is a complete schedule of events. The venue locations are listed. The fee for the clinics only, which includes the dinner is $60 per person. Fee for the tournament and the clinic portion is $110 per person. There will be an 85% cash pay out to the winners in the tournaments. Final number depend on the number of registrations.

Friday, May 10th

7:00 pm – Early Registration and Meet and Greet

Woodeyes 700 W Main St Winneconne, WI 54986

Saturday, May 11th

7:30 am – 8:00am – Late Registration – Same location.

8:00 am – 8:55am – Using Your Electronics @ Woodeyes

By: Marianne Huskey and Lowrance Electronics

9:00am – 9:55am – Pour and paint your own jigs @ Woodeyes

By: Theresa Meade and Do-It Molds

10:00am – 10:55am – Hands on Jigging and Rigging Techniques

Bring your rod! @ Woodeyes

11:00am – 11:45am – Women and Tournament Fishing @ Woodeyes

By: Marianne Husky

11:45am-12:00pm – Q&A @ Woodeyes

12:00pm-1:00pm – Break for lunch, On your own

1:00pm-3:00pm Optional – Launching and Loading boats, hands on @ Arthur Marble Memorial Park

1:00-5:00pm – Pre Fishing for tournament

5:00 pm – Vendor tables and cash bar open @ Fin and Feather 22 West Main St., Winneconne

6:30pm – Dinner @ Fin and Feather

7:30pm – Pre-tournament rules meeting @

Fin and Feather 22 West Main St., Winneconne

Sunday, May 12th

6:00am – Boat inspections begin @ Lakefront Park

6:50am – National Anthem sung by Janice DeWaal @ Lakefront Park

7:00am – Tournament takeoff @ Lakefront Park

3:00pm – Weigh-in begins @ Lakefront Park

3:30pm – Awards @ Lakefront Park, Center Stage

More great news, throughout the weekend, raffle tickets will be sold to all participants, for a fund raiser for Fishing Has No Boundaries. The winner will fish as a co- angler with Marianne Huskey on the Bay of Green Bay on August 11th, in a Midwest Walleye Series Tournament. What a great opportunity for some lucky angler. Drawing will be help at the weigh in after the Women’s Walleye Weekend Tournament. Must be present to win.

Additional Information:

Winneconne Boat Launch Fees:

$5 per day, $15 per week, $25 annually

Lake Winneconne Boat Launch and Docking

North First Street Launch and Docking

Besides the clinics and the tournament, the price also include a goodie bag and the dinner at the Fin and Feather. Your guests are welcome to attend the dinner for a fee of $20 per person. There will be a cash bar and vendor tables set up. You will also receive a membership into WI Women Fish and the World Walleye Association. Value of those items alone is worth more than the clinic fee. Once you are a member of WI Women Fish you will be able to join our members only facebook page which is a place to share information and get to know some of the other anglers in the club. Information is shared and often women find fishing partners who live in their area. Be sure to join the page once you are a member. https://www.facebook.com/groups/136149860461/

For those of you who are debating to just attend the clinic or to do the tournament, I want to encourage you to participate in the tournament. I did my first local tournament last year and it was a lot of fun. This will be a very friendly event and there will be a variety of abilities. People are willing to help you learn and our goal is to have everyone will walk away feeling like a winner.