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A Prairie Shield Fishing Classics News Release
Posted by Steve on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 (14:00:08) (96 reads)
Attention All Manitoba Anglers and Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derby Supporters
Winnipeg angler, Ledy Pao, showed us all that "Luck Was A Lady" once again at the 3rd Annual Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derby held out of Selkirk Park on the Red River on Saturday, September 26th. After Joan Still of Petersfield weighed-in the biggest walleye last year, a 9.2 lb beauty, we were all happy to see Ledy Pao, also a member of the fairer sex, bring her 1st Place Prize Winning Greenback Walleye up to our scale. Her big fish weighed an enviable 7.7 lbs.
Ledy Pao kept everybody in suspense around the weigh scale right until 3:30 p.m. when she and her Hubby Rolly brought their big cooler up to the our "Little Kiosk on the Prairie". Needless to say, Ledy went ballistic when
she heard she had weighed-in the biggest walleye of the day. When her big fish swam out of our recovery pen
in no time flat Ledy and Rolly both breathed sighs of relief. Ledy received the 1st Place cheque for $2,550, a plaque, and one of those huge souvenir cheques.
On a sad note, Dixie Foster of Winnipeg, weighed-in a bigger walleye of 8.75 lbs at around 1:00 p.m. However, it wasn't able to swim out of our recovery pen in the allotted one minute trial period and was thereby disqualified. One of Dixie's boat partners tried for several minutes to revive her big walleye but to no avail. I was told that
a live-well problem was possibly responsible for the unfortunate demise of her lunker walleye. Although Dixie didn't win 1st Prize, I just happened to have a small trophy made to award to the person having the "Best Fish Tail" to tell at the prize presentations. Since time constraints didn't allow us to hear anyone's best fish tail,
if it's any consolation to you Dixie, please contact me at 668-5831 and then stop by my house and pick up your special trophy in the near future.
2nd Place went to Ryan Rivard of Lockport with a nice 6.7 lb walleye. Ryan received a cheque for $850 and a Prize Voucher for a One Week Stay for 5 People at the Shingwak Resort in Sioux Narrows Ontario in September of 2010 and valued at $1,500. The Resort Owners, Neal and Brenda Larson, have kindly donated a major prize for the second straight year. I have been to their picturesque and well-maintained Resort on Whitefish Bay an arm of Lake of the Woods and highly recommend that everyone receiving this e-mail contact the Larsons at
1-807-226-5630 or by e-mail neal12342005@yahoo.com to make reservations for next year. Prairie Shield Fishing Classics is once again very thankful to Neal and Brenda for their fantastic prize donation.
3rd Place went to Craig Kulchyski of Selkirk with a 6.6 lb walleye. Craig received a cheque for $760 and a Prize Voucher for a 3 Day Stay for 4 People at the Cedar Creek Motel also in Sioux Narrows Ontario. Owner Suzanne Hrynczuk, previously of a resident of Selkirk, is pleased to offer the prize in any season of the year, but before September 1st, 2010. PSFC hopes that everyone receiving this News Release will give Suzanne and Hubby Marc
a call ASAP to book a stay at their beautiful motel on Hwy 71 in picturesque Sioux Narrows. Their phone number is 1-877-226-9705 and e-mail address is cedarcreekmotel@bellnet.ca .
Nicole Kulchyski caught the 4th biggest walleye of 6.3 lb and won the 4th Place Prize Cheque for $677. Hey, now that's keeping it "All in the Family"!
We were very pleased to have Sharon McManus, the Owner of Red Fin in Selkirk, present Ledy Pao with the Myles McManus Memorial Plaque in his honour of service to all the anglers, hunters, and archers in the Interlake area for many years. Ledy's name will go the beautiful plaque and will possibly be on display at either Red Fin in Selkirk or at Starfish Bait and Tackle on Hwy 44 in Lockport in the future.
Prairie Shield Fishing Classics will be providing the 245 anglers, that took part in the event and either fishing from one of the 88 boats or from the shore in Selkirk Park, with a comprehensive recap of all the Prize Winners up till 25th Place including the weights of their walleye. In that recap, we will be extending our sincere appreciation to ALL our kind prize donors, supporters, and the volunteer workers from the four groups and organizations that helped make our 3rd Annual Family Derby and Fund-Raiser Event a resounding success once again.
The derby organizers want everyone who was a part of this big annual sportfishing event put on by Prairie Shield Fishing Classics to know that this event would not have been as successful as it was once again if it were not for the great support of the City of Selkirk Council and Parks and Recreation Managers and Staff. The use of the Park Rotary Shelter for our Selkirk Cubs and Scouts Food Concession, our little weigh-in kiosk, the volunteers' stop signs, their safety vests, their hot orange flags, the installation of the prize presentation stage, the locating of the park tables, the campground golf cart for our shuttle service throughout the day, and the advertisement on the Big City Entry Sign on Hwy 9 are all the things that have annually made our Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derbies a resounding success. Thank you City of Selkirk Council, Parks and Recreation Staff, and Campground Staff for "coming through" once again!
I think we were all impressed with the fantastic volunteer job Coach Heather Senderewich's Manitoba Women's Junior Team Handball Athletes did directing traffic in the morning darkness, checking everybody's live-wells, handing out derby information envelopes, recording fish weights in our weigh-in kiosk all day long, driving our shuttle golf cart, and carrying the big heavy water coolers with fish up and down from the river. We also thank the volunteers from Nova House in Selkirk who came out to help on Saturday.
Although, Henry and Larry, our two St. John Ambulance volunteers, only had to patch up one minor "boo-boo"
on one entrant's finger, we all saw these two dedicated gentlemen help us out at our fish recovery pen, with
the installation of our several derby signs and banner, with many other necessary derby tasks all day long. "Thanks a Million" St. Johns volunteers!
I will be thanking many more people, volunteers, and prize donors in my more comprehensive Derby Wrap-up soon to follow. Also, as is necessary with all groups or organizations holding sportfishing derbies and tournaments, I will be providing Water Stewardship and Fisheries Branch with all the necessary Derby Statistics which must be provided after every competitive angling event held in Manitoba. It has been my extreme pleasure to do so over the past 25 years putting on over 40 competitive sportfishing events.
Well, that's enough of my long-windedness for now guys, but if anybody wants more derby information before I publish my Final Report including how much money PSFC will be presenting to our worthy charities and groups please feel free to contact me or Co-Director Pat Sernyk at 1-204-668-5831 or by e-mail at anglerdan@mts.net.
Before I forget, please be informed that PSFC Inc. has booked Selkirk Park for Saturday, September 25th, 2010, to hold our 4th Annual Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derby. We hope you all can attend that fun event again and that we can increase our number of entries to over 100 Boats with many more people fishing off the shore in Selkirk Park.
This News Release is also being attached to the Website of ManitobaAnglers.com, a very kind supporter and promoter of all Prairie Shield Fishing Classics Derbies and Tournaments. In the future the Directors of Prairie Shield Fishing Classics look forward to partnering with ManitobaAnglers.com to promote fishing and hunting to all Manitoba's Outdoors Enthusiasts.
Best fishes to all this fall,
Dan Sernyk for Pat Sernyk, Co-Directors of Prairie Shield Fishing Classics, Inc.
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The 3rd Annual Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derby
Posted by Steve on Friday, August 21, 2009 (01:54:22) (100 reads)
Attention All Walleye Anglers
The 3rd Annual Greenback Walleye / Sauger Derby is a go for Saturday, September 26th, from 8:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Prairie Shield Fishing Classics Inc. is putting on the fun family fishing event to raise funds for 3 worthy organizations (charities), while offering all anglers, young and old alike, the opportunity to catch a big Walleye or Sauger and win a big cash prize, a fishing trip, or a quality merchandise prize.
The Entry Fee is $40.00 for Adults and $20.00 for Youths under 16 and Seniors over 65. Entry is Unlimited. Anglers may fish in boats or from the shoreline in Selkirk Park.
1st Prize is $3,000 plus a Trophy; 2nd Prize is $1,000 plus a One Week Stay for 5 People at a Fishing Resort in Sioux Narrows; 3rd Prize is $900 plus a 2 Day Stay for 4 People at a Motel in Sioux Narrows; 4th Prize to 10th Prize are Big Cash Prizes; 11th Prize to 25th Prize are merchandise prizes.
There will be a $100 Cash Bonus Prize for the biggest Sauger weighed and the Biggest Fish weighed by a Youth and a Senior will win them each a quality merchandise prize plus a trophy.
Entrants may only win one prize for the biggest Walleye or Sauger that they weigh-in during the derby. Entrants may weigh-in a combination of 3 Walleye and Sauger during the day.
Information Pamphlets and Entry Forms will soon be available at Cabela's , and The Fishin' Hole in Winnipeg. Unfortunately, only one location in Selkirk will have our Information Pamplets and Entry Forms and that is Fas Gas across from the Gerdau Ameristeel Rolling Mill.
Entry Forms and Info Pamphlets can also be picked up at Star Fish Bait and Tackle on Hwy 44, Lockport Grocery, Chub's Family Restaurant, Skinners on Hwy 44, and Sportsman's Stop on Hwy 44 at Hwy 59. Star Fish Bait and Tackle will be our only Entry Form and Payment drop-off location north of Winnipeg.
Please mail your Entry Forms and Cheque Payments to Derby Director Dan Sernyk. Only Cash Payments will be accepted at Star Fish Bait and Tackle or at the Derby Director's home after Wednesday, September 23rd, for the obvious reason, i.e. rubber cheques.
For all those walleye anglers in the Interlake Region, Gimli, Riverton, Brandon, Portage la Prairie, Dauphin, Roblin, Lac du Bonnet, Pine Falls, NW Ontario, North Dakota, and Minnesota, please send an e-mail to me at anglerdan @ mts.net, and I will send you our Information Pamphlet and Entry Form Blank by return e-mail ASAP.
The Entry Deadline is Friday, September 25th at 4:00 p.m.
Only One Trickle Start will be used at 8:00 a.m. on Derby morning. So if you want to have an early start time, you should register your Group very soon. For more information please phone me at 1-204-668-5831.
A few local Lockport anglers have told me the smaller walleye and sauger are already running in the Red River at the Locks. So launch your boat soon at Selkirk Park soon and catch some small greenback walleye and chunky sauger. Who knows? You might even boat a Master Angler Greenback as early as this weekend.
See you at the derby guys!
Dan Sernyk, Derby Director of Prairie Shield Fishing Classics Inc.
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Big fish caught at Classic
Posted by Jim on Saturday, July 18, 2009 (14:44:50) (743 reads)
Posted By Marc Zienkie
Andrew and Cory Klopak took first place once again at this year's Lac du Bonnet Walleye Classic.
There were some mighty big fish caught by pro anglers at last weekend’s second annual Lac du Bonnet Walleye Classic.
Sixteen teams of two came out this year (down slightly from 20 teams last year) for a shot at winning $30,000 in cash and prizes. The pros-only derby was started in 2008 by Lac du Bonnet’s Bob Goodfellow and Brian Jack.
“We all had a blast this year,” Goodfellow said. “Everyone had fun and we had sunny weather. That’s about all you can ask for with a fishing derby.”
This year’s winners were the same father-son duo that won last year’s event. Andrew and Cory Klopak of Winnipeg took the top cash prize of $3,500 by catching over 70 lbs of walleye over the two-day derby.
“It’s a lot of fun to be able to fish with family,” Andrew said with son Cory (who now lives in Alberta) next to him at the derby wrap-up party July 12.
Andrew said fishing with fellow pros can sometimes get a little nerve-wracking, but it’s all worth it in the end.
“It gets so competitive out there on the water that sometimes it takes some of the fun away. But at the end of the day we realize just what a good time we had,” he said.
Coming in second were Kim Wilson of Pine Falls and partner Steve Klopak of Winnipeg with over 62 lbs of walleye, the same duo who took second place last year as well.
Third place went to derby newcomers Mike and Tyler Schmidt of Winnipeg, who caught nearly 40 lbs combined weight in walleye.
Sponsors Cabela’s, Esso, and Lac du Bonnet’s La Verendrye Trading Co. had a big part to play in this year’s event, as well as the Lac du Bonnet Community Centre, which gave derby organizers the use of its hall.
“The community centre was a huge help,” Goodfellow said. “We’re very grateful to them.”
The Walleye Classic is known as a “zero-mortality tournament.” All fish are weighed in and released from the boat and all within seconds of being caught. This means that no fish are carried around in a live well or taken to a weigh-in site.
Each boat is assigned a spotter who accompanies the two-person pro team. When a walleye is caught, the fish is put into a special weigh sack by the spotter, weighed and then recorded. At the end of the day, the team confirms their top five heaviest fish and turns the weigh sheet in to the tournament officials. The spotters are be transferred to another team the next day and the weigh-in continues with their new pros.
Goodfellow said although he won’t be organizing next year’s Walleye Classic, he’s confident it can continue with a new organizer at the helm. Reel Solutions for Youth, a fishing program for kids funded with proceeds from the derby, will go ahead next summer and will be bigger and better than this year.
“We’ll be expanding it,” Goodfellow said. “Fishing’s such a great hobby to teach kids, and we were really happy with how this year’s event went.”
For full results of this year’s Walleye Classic, visit lacdubonnetwalleyeclassic.com.
Source: http://www.lacdubonnetleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1661612
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Walleye pros compete this weekend
Posted by Jim on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 (14:58:55) (708 reads)
The Walleye Classic kicks off this weekend.
The second annual Lac du Bonnet Walleye Classic kicks off July 10, when a host of professional anglers will converge on the community for a weekend of great walleye fishing and a chance to win over $30,000 in cash and prizes.
“Everything’s going great — we’re really excited about this year,” organizer Bob Goodfellow said.
Forty-two professional anglers came out for the first annual derby last summer. The event is known as a “zero-mortality tournament.” All fish are weighed in and released from the boat and all within seconds of being caught. This means that no fish are carried around in a live well or taken to a weigh-in site.
“It’s a totally new concept for fishing tournaments,” event co-founder Brian Jack said.
Each boat is assigned a spotter who accompanies the two-person pro team. When a walleye is caught, the fish is put into a special weigh sack by the spotter, weighed and then recorded. At the end of the day, the team confirms their top five heaviest fish and turns the weigh sheet in to the tournament officials. The spotters will be transferred to another team the next day and the weigh-in continues with their new pros.
This year’s event promises to be even more exciting for participants. In addition to the $30,000 in cash and prizes up for grabs, Goodfellow said a walleye will be tagged and then released back into the water — if the fish is caught during the derby by one of the participants, that person will win $10,000.
Goodfellow said due to the recent decline in the economy, pro derby registrations are down across the board, but he expects this year’s event to be just as successful as 2008. Entry fee is $400 per boat.
In fact, a few extra spotters are needed due to some last-minute registrations.
“The spotters get to sit in some of the finest fishing machines built today and get to witness some of the best walleye fishermen do their thing under tournament conditions,” Goodfellow said. “You couldn’t pay to get this level of information from the walleye pros.”
And it’s not only free to the spotter, but they get dinner on Saturday night and a good chance to win a new 12-foot Lund boat.
The derby will kick off July 10 with a boat parade at 6:30 p.m., with candy being handed out to the kiddies. Fishing will begin the next day and go until Sunday.
Anyone interested in becoming a spotter can contact Goodfellow at 345-8222 or Jack at 345-8096
Source: http://www.lacdubonnetleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1649495
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Angler/Young Angler enjoys another successful year
Posted by Jim on Monday, July 06, 2009 (18:20:58) (20 reads)
This year s winners were team No. 31 consisting of Winnipeg s Sam Parasiuk and young anglers Brock Leiman and Tanner Faulkner of Stonewall, with a total one-day weight of 12.646 lbs.
Posted By Marc Zienkiewicz
Two kids from Stonewall nabbed first place at last weekend’s Angler/Young Angler fishing derby in Lac du Bonnet.
Sponsored by Lund as well as a number of local and regional sponsors, Angler/Young Angler introduces young people to the sport of fishing and how to take care of the resource — and to have fun while doing it.
This year’s winners were team No. 31 consisting of Winnipeg’s Sam Parasiuk and young anglers Brock Leiman and Tanner Faulkner of Stonewall, with a total one-day weight of 12.646 lbs.
“It’s a great event, and we love Lac du Bonnet,” event organizer John Armitage said. “At the end of the day it’s all about the kids and having fun.”
Fifty teams consisting of one adult angler and two youth took off from the Lac du Bonnet town dock June 20 for a day of fishing. Teams were provided with bait consisting of two dozen leeches, two dozen crawlers and minnows as well.
Teams fish for walleye and sauger for seven hours before returning to the dock. All fish are weighed and then released.
The Angler/Young Angler event was founded in 1998 and actually takes place nationwide. Prizes range from a Lund boat, Mercury motor and Shoreland’r trailer, to mini-quads, bicycles, Nintendo Wii’s, telescopes, metal detectors, fishing tackle, dolls and kites, and everything in between.
Sam, Brock and Tanner will represent the Manitoba region at the International Angler/Young Angler championship to be held on Aug. 15 on Lake of the Woods. Up for grabs for the first place team of the international event are trips to Miminiska Lodge and Walt Disneyworld.
Armitage said once again, the event’s many sponsors as well as Lac du Bonnet residents and town administration went to bat to make Manitoba’s Angler/Young Angler a success.
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Source: http://www.lacdubonnetleader.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1629921
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