Beaver Dam, Wis., pro rallies to win Cabela’s National Walleye Tour Championship OSHKOSH, Wis. – With five major victories in the past four years, Korey Sprengel is arguably the hottest walleye pro in the game. But if the young 26-year-old lacked anything on his angling résumé, it was a championship victory in a pro-am event. […]
MARINETTE, Wis. – Thanks largely to an unseasonably cool, wet spring, the bite during practice for the second National Walleye Tour event of the 2019 season, presented by Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s, has been trying. While Green Bay’s status as a big-fish factory remains unquestioned, the best anglers in the world were largely struggling. […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. – A record 165 boats commenced the 2019 National Walleye Tour season, presented by Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s, with unbridled optimism. That bliss, however, was short lived as Lake Winnebago, typically one of the premier fisheries in the Midwest, confounded the world’s best walleye anglers. Wet, cold, and dreary conditions put both […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. – With a record field of 165 boats, enthusiasm for the 2019 National Walleye Tour season opener, presented by Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s, was at an all-time high. Lake Winnebago, however, had other plans, as the world’s best walleye anglers were largely humbled by cool, dreary conditions. At last year’s Winnebago event, […]
OSHKOSH, Wis. – For the second consecutive season, Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago will host the season-opening event on the most lucrative tournament trail in competitive walleye fishing, the National Walleye Tour presented by Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s. Winnebago hosted the 2018 season opener when flood conditions along the Mississippi River forced a change in venue. […]
Results from a just-completed survey by Devils Lake Tourism showed the average tournament angler spent $1,375 during the recent National Walleye Tour Championship that began Wednesday, Sept. 11 and wrapped up Saturday, Sept. 14. The tournament brought 174 anglers to Devils Lake — many for the first time and others who have visited for decades […]
Professional walleye circuit gearing up for the third tournament of the 2016 seasonNEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (June 10, 2016) – Competitive walleye anglers will converge on Green Bay, June 23-24, at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, for the third tournament of the 2016 Cabela’s National Walleye Tour. The tournament circuit features a pro-am style format and guarantees […]
Professional walleye circuit gearing up for 2016 seasonNEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (April 7, 2016) – Competitive walleye anglers will converge on lake Erie, April 21-22, at Sandusky, Ohio, for the season-opening event of the 2016 Cabela’s National Walleye Tour. The tournament circuit features a pro-am style format and guarantees over 100% payback. The Sandusky event […]
