iFish Lake St. Clair

Walleye Palooza 2011

9:00 pm Saturday, April 30, 2011
through
3:00 pm Sunday, May 1, 2011

Weigh-in at ‘Sindbad’s at the River’
Detroit, Michigan

Entry fee is $50.00 per angler. Limit of 4 anglers per boat. No substitutions.

• Blind Draw prize for best combined weight of the “Blind Draw” Team
• Limit of three fish per angler weighed for individual classes.
• Individual Class Prizes for 1^st through 3^rd based on the total individual weight.
• Big Fish Prize
• Prizes based on level of participation with 100% payout after Derby Expenses
• Weigh in to begin at 2:30 pm on Sunday, May 1st and ends promptly @ 4:30 pm.
• Boundaries for the Tournament will be from the North tip of Celeron Island in the
• Detroit River to a line running due East from the Fort Gratiot Light in Lake Huron.

Any walleye’s weighed will be donated for the Walleye Palooza Banquet at Sindbads Sohar room, which will immediately follow the weigh-in.

All left over walleye fillets after the banquet will be donated to the Gleaners Food Bank.

****************Youth Palooza Division****************

Entry fee is $10.00 per angler 16 years of age or younger

Single fish weigh-in for Youth division

Prizes based on Total Individual Weight with Length of biggest fish used as tie breaker

See rules for more information. Don’t forget to ask about the Calcutta Derby.

Click Here for Tournament Rules

Contact Information:
Joe Yonkoski jyonkoski@yahoo.com

(810) 335-1871

Click here for entry form

(586) 945-3008

We are starting to see some reports of walleye being caught in the Detroit River. We have couple reports coming from the St. Jean area of some walleye being taken on different colored jigheads tipped with minnows. The water temp. is still pretty cold, but the fish are there. We have also received several reports of walleye being taken in the Trenton Channel area. Most fish were coming in and around 20 feet of water on live minnows and Fin-S on chartreuse jigheads. Still not a lot of guys out there yet, so there is plenty of room if you can take the cold. Good luck.

The walleye have been on in the Detroit River.  Most reports are coming from the Canadian side of the river.  Have received several reports form the Belle Isle and Cow Pasture areas.  Most reports are for lighter colored jigs: white, yellow, and fluorescent colors. Fish are coming on jigs tipped with Fin-s, Berkley gulp minnows, and Wyandotte worms.  Most coming from the minnow baits however.  Most fish found around the 30′ mark.  Cold front coming in for the weekend may slow things down a bit.  Male and females being caught with many of the females spawned out. Good luck and be safe.