2011 Rod Meseberg Spring Walleye Classic
Mike Meseberg<br> | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 13 years, 6 months AGO
Kellee and Mason Meseberg show a 26-inch post spawn Lind Coulee Walleye (released).
2011 Rod Meseberg Spring Walleye Classic
The 2011 Rod Meseberg Spring Walleye Classic is open to any team of two. The entrance fee is $240 plus options. For an additional $50 fishers may enter the Big Fish option pot and the Big Stringer option pot. In 2010, 79 teams competed. Eighty percent of the entrance money is awarded to winning fishers. The Walleye Classic begins on Friday, May 6 with a free dinner for all contestants, their families and friends and tournament sponsors. After dinner, around 7 p.m., we have a mandatory drivers meeting where boat numbers are assigned and all questions are answered. Then, on Saturday, May 7, competition begins with a 6 a.m. take off. Weigh-in is Saturday at 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and are open for the public to come watch. The weigh-in time's for Sunday is 1:30 and 2 p.m. Following the weigh-in on Sunday, we have a raffle and then the awards ceremony follows. Anyone is welcome to come and watch all the festivities. Please call MarDon Resort for more information 509-346-2651. This event is a Central Washington Fish Advisory Committee Event 501c3. For more information on CWFAC please visit cwfac.org.
Walleye action is improving daily with post spawn walleye being caught in the Lind Coulee, the mouth of Frenchman's Wasteway and in the Crab Creek Channel up stream from the powerline boat launch.
Warden Lake opens on April 30 for some trout action. Rainbow Trout have been planted this year.
Upper Goose Lake has been the most important trout action in the seep lakes for fishers trolling in boats. Bank fishing at Upper Goose is very limited due to steep cliffs on most of the shore. Upper Goose also has perch, largemouth, smallmouth, bass and walleye. In 1964 Othello resident Bob Masseth caught a strange looking sharp toothed fish in Upper Goose. Bob took the big spinny ray to Ted Delay's mint still on the east end of the Royal Slope and Grandpa Delay knew Bob's fish to be a Walleye. To our knowledge that was the first fish story about walleye from the seep lakes.
2011 Washington Bow Fishing Championship
Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19 the Washington Bow Fishing Association will present a total weight Bow & Arrow 2 Day Carp Fishing Tournament on Potholes Reservoir. For more information or if you are interested in joining the tournament please contact Matt Ellinger 509-929-3046 or Brad Allred 509-899-4236 or visit www.washingtonbowfishing.com.
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"Wanna Go Fishing For Millions"
Contest Overview: Cabela's "Wanna Go Fishing For Millions" Challenge begins on April 14, 2011 and ends July 14, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. The contest provides anglers who have pre-registered to participate in the Contest, the opportunity to catch tagged fish that can be worth up to $1 million dollars to quality for bonus prizes, as described below.
2011 Rod Meseberg Spring Walleye Classic
Mardon Report
MARDON RESORT - Now much cooler weather has arrived in Central Washington. We are seeing new birds daily in the Potholes Recreation Area. The sand dunes on Potholes Reservoir are producting many quality duck days for waterfowlers. One of my favorite parts of this time of year is simply putting a new labrador on some big greenheads and watching the show!