LAST UPDATE 04/26/01
In Fisherman
Professional Walleye Trail

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PowerBait /  Midwest Pro-Am. 
Chamberlain South Dakota April 25-27 2001

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04/25/01
Chamberlain, South Dakota....The Missouri River slowly 
becomes Lake Francis Case in Chamberlain, a place walleyes call home. 
The fish were very cooperative for the In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail anglers and are a week post-spawn.

The pros and their amateur partners were in the southeastern 
corner of South Dakota fishing for $250,000 in the PowerBait/ Midwest Pro-Am.  The 3-day tournament runs April 25 - 27, and after the first day, Wednesday
 

Sam Anderson, Eagan, Minnesota, leads with  13.29 pounds.  This is the fourth time he has led a PWT tournament, and said, "I'm ready to lead after the third day."His amateur partner, Jesse Fletcher, Pleasant Prairie, WI  also received the same weight, and leads that field.

Holding second are 5-time PWT pro winner  Ron Seelhoff, Lewellen, NE, and amateur  Doug Lovro, Sioux Falls, SD, with 12.78   pounds

In third are pro Tommy Skarlis, Walker, MN who won the first PWT tournament three weeks ago and amateur Ronnie Snyder, Rushville, NE, who brought  11.80 pounds to the scales.

The big fish of the day weighted 5.67 lbs  and brought $2000 for amateur  Dave Timper of Sioux Falls S.D and  pro partner Mitch Howe Billings Mt

Despite a tough search for the bigger females who become scarce immediately following their spawning activities, some nice  walleyes came to the scales.  The top fish, 5.67 pounds, was worth  $2,000 for amateur Dave Timpe, Sioux Falls, SD.   Other Bass Pro  Shops big fish paid $1,200 to amateur Bob Allen, Gillette, WY, for a  5.54-pounder.  Third and $1,025 went to pro Steve Haynes, Duluth, MN,  for a 4.37  pound walleye.  And, fourth place paid $950 to Anderson.  His walleye weighed 3.89 pounds.

Bob Propst Sr. of Pierre S.D

PWT executive Director Jim Kalkofen recognized Bob Propst, Sr., Pierre, SD, with the first-ever PWT Honorary Lifetime Service Award.  The special plaque read in part, "A guide to many; a fishing  pioneer; a friend to all anglers."  Propst introduced many popular  walleye tactics including deep-water fishing, bottom-bouncers and spinners, and was a terror on the tournament trail in the 1970's,  1980's and early 1990's.  His peers and many who learned from thousands of his seminars gave Propst a standing ovation for his accomplishments.

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