2006
Assessment of
Advanced Walleye Fingerling
Stockings
at Northern Indiana Lakes:
By
Matt Burlingame - Fisheries Research Biologist
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Hoosiers
Finish 14th in Lake Erie Hog Fest
The
Western Basin Sportfishing Association (WBSA) and
Ohiogamefishing.com (OGF) held the third annual
Hawgfest tournament and party Saturday, September
23rd. The field of 80 teams, which totaled 257
anglers fished out of Huron river on Lake Erie.
The Indiana team of (Eyecrazy)-Steve Hammons (Eyecatcher)-Mike
Townsend & (Swedish_Pimple)Jimmy Lang finished
14th. Other Hoosiers were the team of Dan Hoffman,
Dale Brindley & Bob may who placed 39th, and
Bob Adkins, Andrew Patterson & Doug Burkhead
finished 66th. Way to go Hoosiers........... I
would like to thank everyone involved in putting
on such a great tournament - Doug Burkhead -
Indiana Walleye
http://www.huronhawgfest.com/
8th
Annual
Richard
T. Gaston
Memorial
Walleye
Tournament
and
Catfish
Contest
Saturday,
September 23, 2006
On
Brookville Reservoir
Brookville,
Indiana
Results
2006
kids fishing derby
For
the second year in a row little Kaylee Chupp wins
first place. Kaylee had a great day, not only did
she win the contest, but she won a new tv in the
prize givaway. For more pictures and info.
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On
board with Fishy Business:
7/12/06:
Members from Indiana Walleye.com joined Captain
Steve from Fishy
Business Guide Service out of Meinke marina on
Lake Erie. Captain Steve did one heck of a job,
keeping us on fish, especially due to the
conditions. Even with heavy rain and wind we got
this nice group of walleye. I also would highly
recommend his guide service.
Doug
Burkhead - Indiana Walleye
Local
fishing:
Click on pictures to enlarge.
(Left:)
Father & 5 yr old son
get
some nice walleye at Maxinkuckee on July 3rd.
(
Right) : 6/5 Father & son get on some nice
eyes at Monroe Reservoir.
Lake
of the Woods Tournament:
The
Hoosier Walleye Tournament Series held its second
event of the season on Lake of the Woods @ Ruperts
Resort. 16 boats with a total of 31 anglers
competed. Here are the results: 1st place weight
of 6.51 earned Doug Anamin/Kurt Sonnenburg
$365, 2nd place eight of 5.31 earned Les Bontrager
/Doug Burkhead a $110 payday and the team of Rick
Systma/Dave Smith's weight of 5.18 split them $85
for their 3rd place finish. More
info.
6/17/06
- Brookville Tournament
Only
5 of 14 boats brought in limits, but this weigh-in
was by far one of the best since I've been having
these Tournaments,
1st
Place-Jimmy Lang & Jim Smith-13.68 lbs-$206.25
2nd Place-Geoff Church & Timmy
Mccfarland-13.06 lbs-$112.50
3rd Place-Loren Itewes & Bobby Singleton-11.56
lbs-$56.25
4th Place-Mike Townsend & Mark Iaasacs-9.46
lbs
5th Place-Wayne Crabtree & Andy Voltz-8.20 lbs
For
more pictures and results click
here.
John
Koonsman gets a 4.8lb walleye
I
get a call the other day, and it's John Koonsman
from Hoosier Angler magazine. He is almost out of
breath and say's he has just landed a walleye out
of his local lake, John was amazed to get this
walleye of this size, due to the fact that they
haven't stocked the lake for 10 years. John asked
if it was possible that the walleye could be
reproducing in the lake? I said it was possible,
or that maybe it was transplanted by another
angler. John being a good sportsman put the
walleye back, hoping that it will help in the
local walleye reproduction. Visit John's web page
to check out his magazine. http://www.hoosierangler.com/
Way
to go John, I appreciate your conservation
efforts... Doug Burkhead
Fishin
with JIGGIN JIM
6/8/06
- Jiggin Jims Guide service is getting some nice
walleye at Brookville. This 27 inch walleye was
caught by Tony Browning. Click on the picture to
enlarge.
JIGGIN-JIM'S
Walleye
Guide Service
June
3rd results
1st
Place-Timmy Mccfarland & Geoff
Church-11.13lbs-$162.50
2nd Place-Mike Townsend & Mark Iaasac's-9.97
lbs-$87.50
3rd Place- Jim Smith & Jimmy Lang-8.92lbs
More
pictures and results
JIGGIN
JIM'S GUIDE SERVICE
Back
at it in 2006, Jimmy Lang is putting his
customer's on walleye at Brookville Reservoir.
Just ask Jamie Duke from Cincinnati, Ohio.
"Yep, it's true. I got on Jimmy's boat
this morning not knowing what the heck a
"hanger" was. OH BOY, did I learn
quick. Jimmy showed me that patience is just
as important as presentation. I couldn't
have done it without you Jimmy and thank you for a
truly outstanding outing. It WAS the perfect
day. I actually felt bad out there because I
didn't see anyone else reeling them in (but only
for a split second) Ha! Ha!
I went out today to show my in-laws from Cleveland
that there are other places to catch fish other
than Erie, man did Jimmy prove those boogers
wrong.
Thanks Jimmy - Duke
5/24/06 Contact Jiggin
Jim
2006
Brookville Outing & Tournament
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Click
on picture to enlarge
1st-Timmy
Mcfarland &
Geoff
Church-11.46 lbs
2nd-Brad Bejacks &
Keith
S.-6.51 lbs
3rd-Loren Itewes &
Greg-6.28
lbs
4th-Mark & Luke Iassac's
-4.82
lbs
5th-Mike Townsend &
Dewie-4.05lbs
6th-Rusty Thompson &
Steve-3.75lbs
7th-Pete Sturgis &
Jim
Russell-3.48lbs
8th-Jimmy Lang &
Doug
Burkhead-3.36
Don't
Miss the next outing!!!
Thanks
to everyone
|
 Another
fun filled outing was had by all. If you
wonder if Indiana Walleye members know
how to have a good time, let's see what
they have to say:
A
special thanks to both Mr & Mrs
Eyecatcher for all the campground
arrangements as well as to the rest that
worked very hard to feed the masses.
Jimmy, thanks for running the
tournament. We had a blast
... a very enjoyable day on
the water. And as usual, we
learned a few more lessons. -
Gregg & Heidi Stauffer
Yes
the outing was a blast. I just
wanted to say thanks to everyone
involved in making it such a good
weekend. I am hoping to fish some
more of the tournaments and make some
more fishing buddies. It was very
nice meeting all of you and look forward
to fishing with everyone again sometime.
Thanks - Devin
What
a great weekend! I had a great
time seeing old friends and meeting new
ones. My partner enjoyed meeting
everyone and was amazed by the open
friendliness of the entire weekend.
I too want to thank everyone that
had a hand in organizing the weekend
from the tourney to the camping
and especially all the food preparation.
For all that were not able to make
the outing, make a note for next year
that this is a weekend you dont want to
miss. Thanks again for a great
weekend!!! Bej
More
Info
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5/15/06
on the Erie Quest
4
of us joined Captain Rick on Erie Quest Charters
and had a great time catching walleye out of
Meinke Marina west. Even on a slow bite, Captain
Rick worked hard to get us a limit of eyes.
Contact Erie Quest for your next Lake Erie
adventure.
Erie
Quest.com
Erie
Nights
05/04/06
- 12 anglers headed up to Lake Erie to fish the
reefs at night with captain Craig on Goose
Charters. The weather was perfect this year on our
annual night fishing trip. We caught 136 walleye
in 2 nights of fishing, they averaged 3 - 4 lbs,
with 7 lbs being the largest.
Click
on picture to enlarge
Everyone
had a blast........ Thanks guys for going.
Doug
Burkhead
HOOSIER
WALLEYE TOURNAMENT SERIES
APRIL 22, BASS LAKE OPEN, team tournament
was held at the public access site on the west end
of the lake just east US highway 35 and state rd
10.
With very windy conditions, only one team managed
to bring in a limit of 6 walleye. The team of
Jimmy Lang and Rick Systma using bottom bouncers
and floaters, tipped with live bait, managed to
work the strong winds to their advantage. Their 6
fish weighed in at 5.58 lbs and was good enough to
get them first place and $500.00.
Second place went to the team of Mike Rhoades and
Bob May, who brought 5 fish to the scales to weigh
5.02 lbs. They received $150.00 for their 2nd
place finish, but also won the Big Fish weight
with a walleye that weighed 1.53 lbs, which paid
them an additional $250.00.
More
results.....
