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Ohio walleye tournament pros Tyler Berthold, right, of Columbia Station and Devon Phillips, of Crestline, scored big in the National Walleye Tour Pro-Am on Lake Erie, on June 24-25. Fishing as a pro-am team, Berthold made a big comeback to finish second in the Pro Division, while Phillips captured the Amateur Division in the $303,971 event.
Pro Division Angler Tyler Berthold of Columbia Station, O., and Amateur Division Angler Devon Phillips of Crestline, Ohio were paired in the Bass Pro Shops & Cabela’s National Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie based on the Huron River on Thursday and Friday, June 24-25.
PORT CLINTON - Launching from the heart of Port Clinton, often referred to as the Walleye Capital of the World, hundreds of competitive anglers competed in the Masters Walleye Circuit over the weekend.
The second leg of this year’s Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit, or MWC, was held on Friday and Saturday on Lake Erie with launches and weigh-ins hosted at Waterworks Park in Port Clinton.
Again this year, the MWC event was also held simultaneously with a leg of the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament, which together included more than 160 boats with anglers representing 18 states competing for a prize pool worth nearly $100,000.
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Ted Takasaki of Sioux Falls, S.D. set the national walleye one-day tournament record on April 27, 2002 with a limit of five walleye weighing 53.20 pounds. Takasaki was fishing in a Professional Walleye Trail tournament on Lake Erie at Port Clinton, and feels this could be the year his record is broken.
BY D’ARCY PATRICK EGAN
Lake Erie will be in the spotlight once again on Friday and Saturday (April 16-17) when the national Masters Walleye Circuit comes to Port Clinton. With a record-setting population of walleye to chase, more than 120 pro teams have signed up for the Lake Erie experience.