June 6, 2012 at Midway Marina, Port Clinton, Ohio
Event participants will start the morning with a continental breakfast. After breakfast, they will head out on Lake Erie with a professional charter boat captain. Your boat will be stocked with live bait, water, soda, ice and a boxed lunch. When you return from fishing, we will weigh your largest Walleye as well as your six largest fish then take them to be cleaned and bagged for you to take home while you enjoy a fully catered dinner.
First, second and third place trophies will be awarded for the largest Walleye caught and for the largest stringer.
Rules Tightened On Fish Cleaning - click here to read the article publised by The Columbus Dispatch.
Event Schedule
6:00 a.m. - breakfast begins
8:00 a.m. - boats depart from Midway Marina
4:00 p.m. - boats return to Midway Marina and dinner will be served
Cost
$250 per person/seat
$1,200 for a boat of six people
For an additional $50, you can reserve a boat captain
Registration for individual seats ends May 30, 2012 and full boats will increase to $1,300.
Seats and entire boats can be purchased online, by completing a paper Registration Form or by contacting us at 216-503-4183.
Additional Ways to Get Involved
- Volunteer.
- Underwrite the cost of the fish cleaning, weigh-in or breakfast for $500. This donation will be recognized on site with a banner.
- Donate the trophies to be awarded for first, second or third place.
- Donate 300 small gifts to be given to all participants.
- Make a donation to the event.
- Become a sponsor.
About Walleye
Walleye are the largest member of the perch family. Its dark olive brown to golden brown body may be splotched with lighter colors. The dorsal fin maybe streaked, blotched or palin, but lacks clear spots and there is big blotch at the back edge, distinguising it from a sauger.
Walleyes get their name from their huge marble like eyes, which feature a layer of reflective pigment. This gives the fish a distinctively walleyed look, but it also means that the walleye can see quite well in dim light. This well developed night vision also means that walleyes do a great deal of their feeding after dark.
One of the things that make walleyes such a popular sport fish is their unpredictability. Walleyes may bit like crazy for a couple of days, only to disappear from view with no explanation. And when walleyes decide to stop taking the bait, no amount of coaxing can make them bite.
For questions or more information on the tournament, please contact Tony Bernard at 614-515-4608.
