Walleye League Episode 1-Pre Season
22 days until the Minnesota walleye opener. My son has been down to the river and the suckers are thick below the dam. Plenty of walleyes scattered in as well, and it’s enough to get the blood pumping.
We’ve fished a local walleye league for the past three years and I thought it would be fun to blog about it here. Those who fish, and even those who don’t might find it interesting.
The night we fish has 15 boats, and for the last three years we’ve finished in the middle of the pack. Our goal every year is to do well enough to make it to the top four by the end of the season. Top four go to the end of the year fish-offs for the championship.
League rules are pretty simple; 10 lakes go in the hat and every week we head to the bait shop, pull a lake out of the hat and everyone heads to the landing. Every boat has to be back at the landing by 9:30 for the weigh-in. 15 points for top weight (4 fish max), 14 for second, etc. Everyone who blanks gets half of the last spot left (i.e. if only 5 boats catch fish… 15, 14, 13 ,12, 11 points, then everyone else gets 5 points). Keeps it interesting.
The trick to staying in the mix on a league like this is to shoot for at least one fish every night. You don’t have to win every night (you don’t have to win any nights)… you just need to be consistent. Blanks are deadly. Just about everyone will have a bad night…you just need to limit them.
So stay tuned. I’m going to post each week until league starts. Please leave comments if you have any questions and I’ll try to answer them in following posts. You might also want to venture over to the Forum. I just set it up, so it’s pretty quiet right now, but a few visitors and the start of the season should get things moving!
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