Kerr, Wallace win Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League event on Detroit River

Boater Jason Kerr (right) of Holly, Mich., and co-angler Brian Wallace of Lambertville, Mich., combined for a total of five walleyes weighing 31 pounds, 10 ounces to claim victory at the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League Michigan Division tournament held April 16 on the Detroit River. Kerr claimed $2,345 for the win, with Wallace earning $1,173. Anglers: Jason Kerr, Brian Wallace.

April 16, 2005 • MLF • Archives

TRENTON, Mich. – Boater Jason Kerr of Holly and co-angler Brian Wallace of Lambertville combined for a total of five walleyes weighing 31 pounds, 10 ounces to claim victory at the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League Michigan Division tournament held Saturday on the Detroit River. Kerr claimed $2,345 for the win, with Wallace earning $1,173.

The winners caught their fish by vertical jigging jigs and 3-inch plastic worms on rocks about 17-22 feet deep. They fished south of the Grosse Isle Bridge. Kerr and Wallace won by more than 8 pounds.

Tied for second with five walleyes weighing 23 pounds, 5 ounces were boater Rodney Nutt ($1,105) of Greenville and co-angler Michael Gooding ($553) of Taylor along with boater Gus White ($1,105) of Saint Helen and co-angler Dave Hayes ($553) of Granger, Ind. Tied for fourth with five walleyes weighing 23 pounds, 1 ounce were boater Dale Brindley ($737) of Granger, Ind., and co-angler Lance Keene ($368) of Grand Blanc along with boater Tony Tierney ($737) of Westland and co-angler Andy Vanderweide ($368) of Hudsonville.

The Michigan Division’s next event will be June 11 on Houghton Lake. Boaters and co-anglers who finish in the top 35 in final points standings in each FLW Walleye League division will advance to the no-entry-fee $115,000 Wal-Mart FLW League Finals Sept. 8-10 on the Mississippi River in Winona, Minn. The winning boater at the finals will receive an Evinrude-or Yamaha-powered Ranger 621 boat. Every angler who receives weight credit in a tournament earns points, with 200 points awarded to the winner, 199 points for second, and so on, except for Super Tournaments, which award 300 points to the winner, 298 to second, and so on.

FLW Walleye League boaters and co-anglers fish together for a combined boat weight, with boaters competing against other boaters and co-anglers fishing against other co-anglers. The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League meets the needs of America’s fishing masses by providing professionally administered, close-to-home, affordable events with lucrative cash purses.

Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League and seven other national tournament circuits offering a combined $30 million in awards through 214 events in 2005. The 27-year-old organization is the purveyor of America’s largest and most prestigious fishing tournaments, including the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, EverStart Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour and Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series.

For more information on FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs, browse this Web site or call (270) 252-1000.

Wal-Mart and many of America’s largest and most respected companies support FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails. Wal-Mart signed on as title sponsor of the FLW Tour in 1997 and today is the title sponsor of all FLW Outdoors events. For more information on Wal-Mart, visit Wal-Mart.com.