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The 2010 Cabela's National Team Championship (NTC) will be held on June 5 & 6, 2010
on Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh, WI. It will be held in conjunction with the Cabela's
Masters Walleye Circuit (MWC) Lake Winnebago tournament. Only eligible teams will
be accepted for the NTC tournament. To be eligible, you must have qualified through
another walleye tournament in 2009.
Registration for the NTC will be handled through the MWC office. Clubs with
qualifying teams should contact the MWC office.
Cabela's MWC office
12301 Whitewater Drive
Minnetonka, MN 55343
Toll Free: 877-893-7947 ext 4
Email: events@masterswalleyecircuit.com
The Cabela's National Team Championship is a result of partnerships formed with
walleye tournaments, circuits and clubs across the nation. Anglers that have secured
invitations through these organizations have an opportunity to compete for added
cash and prizes in a true national championship tournament.
The Cabela's National Team Championship continues Cabela's commitment to the sport
of tournament walleye fishing by creating a national championship that will allow
grass-roots anglers to shine under the spotlight of national media attention.
Fee:
NTC - $300 (no membership fee is required if fishing only the NTC event.)
The MWC tournament is open to any team that pays their entry and membership fee.
Qualified NTC teams may participate in both tournaments if they pay both event
entry fees. MWC entry fee is $650 plus $40 per person membership. Each day's
weight would count for both the NTC and MWC events. All event registrations
will run the through the Masters Walleye Circuit.
Two guys that just love to fish for fun captured a National honor in the world of
walleye tournaments, the title of Cabela's National Team Champions. The Illinois
duo, Chris Clemmons (Newark) and Bob Hausler (Plano, mayor of ...actually) bested a
field of 215 teams for the coveted title. Day two brought in the largest basket of
the tournament at 28.59 pounds for a $30,000 pay-day and a brand new Ranger Boat.
Their total weight was 48.12 pounds for ten fish. "This is one of the best things
that ever happened in our lives," shared an exuberant Clemmons. The winning team was
a bit humble in accepting this prestigious honor. "Thirty-thousand dollars plus a
new boat – against some of the best walleye anglers in the world?" questioned
Clemmons. "This is a phenomenal honor, we're truly blessed to have accomplished
something like this."
The key to the winning strategy was just applying their fishing knowledge going in
to their pre-fish. "We did a few different things – mostly in the trees to get our
fish," shared Hausler. Bottom-bouncers with floaters and spinners, but they snagged
up a lot. They also slip bobbered leech-tipped Aberdeen hooks and at times pitched
1/32 ounce weedless jigs with their leeches. They had two spots over the two days
that produced their fish. Dubbed the "magic bush" by these two, they found a
...well, bush ...off of Military Point that was spot-on-spot productive. It was
adjacent to deep water which they thought was important and held an abundance of
freshwater shrimp. Their second spot was very near the boat launch at Graham's
Island State Park, which gave them their largest fish of an already good basket.
"We took really good care of our leeches," shared Clemmons when asked if there was
anything special that they did for their live bait rigs. "We kept changing them
into fresh water during the week and kept them plenty cold. They were lively and I
think that helped quite a bit." Click
HERE
for the full press release.
NTC Final Results
If you have any questions, please contact us at: 877-893-7947 or by
email: events@masterswalleyecircuit.com
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