As predicted by tournament director Denny Fox, record-breaking five fish limits were recorded by anglers fishing Anglers Insight Marketing’s (AIM™) “Alumacraft Open” on Sunday. In a battle between anglers using jig rods, pole line rods, and trolling rods, records were broken as prime conditions existed on the Bay of Green Bay for a big fish bite. Ultimately anglers using mostly jigs prevailed and captured the top spots at AIM’s “Alumacraft Open” held out of Metro Park on Sunday.
With two monstrous 31-inch walleyes to top off their scorecard, Mario Nanna and Ryan Dempsey CRR’d (Catch-Record-Release™) five fish that converted to a weight of 55.93lbs earning them a check for $8,000. Their giant catch easily smashed AIM’s all-time weight record for 5 fish in the Weekend Walleye Series!
Most of the 15 fish they caught were on ¼ to ½ oz. jigs with goby colored paddle tails and ringworms. Varying their presentation as conditions changed, the team targeted big fish in the morning near Sturgeon Bay and did some trolling along the east shoreline on the way back to Metro Park in the afternoon. The smallest walleye on their scorecard was 29 inches in length.
After making a long 45-mile run to Door County, Lynn Niklasch and Mark Kumonkiewicz started catching fish as soon as they got to their spot. Niklasch joked about how fast the fish came, “When do you fish a tournament and sit down at 10:30 in the morning to have a sandwich?” Their 5 best fish totaled 50.02lbs on the scorecard, giving them second place honors and a check for $2400. The team felt adding scent to their vertical jigging presentation played a large role in their success. Continue reading………..
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