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Date	Sponsors	Location	Town	State
March 24-25 Tournament Info  Results		Illinois River	Spring Valley	Illinois
April 21+22 Rescheduled Sept 8+9		Mississippi River	Dubuque	Iowa
May 1-5 Rescheduled Oct 16-20 Tournament Info  Results	Treasure Island Casino and Resort Championship	Mississippi River	Red Wing	Minnesota
May 19-20 Results		Big Stone Lake	Ortonville	Minnesota
June 23+24 Tournament Info  Results		Little Bay De Noc	Escaba	Michigan
May 19-20 Results		Big Stone Lake	Ortonville	Minnesota
July 14-+15 Tournament Info  Results		Green Bay	Oconto	Wisconsin
August 11+12		Lake Erie	Geneva	Ohio
September 22+23  Tournament Info  Results		Lake Pepin	Lake City	Minnesota

For immediate release:

Green Bay Team Wins Lowrance Electronics MWC Tournament 
Held On Bay of Green Bay While Other Teams Are Pulled From The Water.
 
 
 

Oconto, WI - A persistent bite on Saturday and Sunday helped Carl Grunwaldt (Green Bay, WI) and Don Ertman (Green Bay, WI) win the Lowrance Electronics - Masters Walleye Circuit Tournament and take home a check for $ 10, 000.00. The catch and release tournament was held on The Bay of Green Bay.

Those same conditions caused several teams to lose their small kicker engines, one team to lose their big primary engine requiring Coast Guard assistance and another boat to swamp when their main engine died.

Dale Jessogne and Tom Schlief, both of Wisconsin, were trying to get back
through the swells when they heard a mayday call on their marine band radio
(A new requirement this year in the MWC). It was Team 20, Jeff Zawicki and
Tom Sowinski also of Wisconsin. They were in the water several miles out
from shore. Their engine had died. The waves had swamped their boat. While
Zawicki and Sowinski hung on through the pounding waves, Jessogne and
Schlief reversed course. Plowing through the 6-foot waves at high speed they
were able to find the two water-logged anglers and return them safely to the
weigh in site.

Jessogne and Schlief placed 14th with no penalty assessed for being late.

Coming in second was the team of Ed Shoenecker (Slinger, WI) and Steve
Balliu (Antioch, IL) with 43.20 pounds of walleyes and received $ 5,500.00
in winnings.
The third place team of Richard Nascak and Brad Kaczorowski, both of Winona
Minnesota weighed 41.04 pounds of fish. They received a check for $3,000.00.

The Oconto Sportsmen's Club also received a check for $ 1,220 from Wildlife
Forever. The money will be used to reinforce shoreline along the Oconto
River and prevent erosion.

Wildlife Forever is a national fish and wildlife conservation organization
with projects in all 50 states, Canada and Mexico. The Masters Walleye
Circuit division is a venue to promote and support aquatic conservation
while enjoying the great outdoor recreational pursuit of fishing.

For more information, visit the Wildlife Forever web site at:
www.wildlifeforever.org or  www.wildlifeforever.org or the Masters
Walleye Circuit web site at: www.walleyecentral.com
For more information Contact: 
Pete Wuebker
Wildlife Forever
952-833-1522
pwuebker@wildlifeforever.org
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