Pike/Round Chain Produces Twenty Seven Muskies Lewandowski and Dassow Win

The WMT's Pike/Round Lake Chain tournament produced twenty-seven legal muskies Saturday, June 28th. Favorable weather conditions and water temps assisted the tournament anglers in establishing the second best, one-day tournament, catch of 27 muskies, one behind the all time record of 28 muskies set in 2007 at the North/South Twin Lake tourney. The first muskie of the event would be captured at 6:13am and measured 35 1/4 inches by Jeff Langlois and Kent Stadler, but it didn't take long for the duo to land their second of the contest at 7:24am with a 36 " muskie to overtake the early lead. The next team to double up for the day were Scott Lewandowski and Dan Dassow at 8:07am, when they scored their second muskie of 37 1/2" to add to their first muskie of 41 1/2 inches at 6:41am. At 8:56am, Jim Olson and James Holloway would tally their second muskie of the day with a 38 3/4 incher to go along with their previous fish of 36 inches at 7:38am. Dan and Mike Wojtusik would be the next team to double up for the tourney with a 37 3/4" muskie at 8:02am and a 40 1/4 incher at 12:32pm to overtake second place. When Mark VanRossum and Clay Schmoeker tallied their second muskie of the day at 12:51pm measuring 36 inches, it landed the team a fifth place finish when added to their first fish of 34 3/4" at 7:29am. The father and son team of Frank and Bill Kasowicz caught the last muskie of the contest at 3:50pm, scoring 35 1/2 inches and were also the last team to double for the day with their first coming at 9:25am and 34 inches.

Other teams to score muskies for the one-day event were: Karl Hornung & Doug Vandervest 40 1/4" at 7:21am, Ron & Shirley Golec 43" at 7:45am, Mike Etzel & Paul Parise 39 1/4" at 8:00am, Ken & Keith Krejci 36 1/4" at 8:39am, Greg Majka & Ed Spoerl 38" at 9:31am, Garret Shipman & John Kleczewski 40" at 10:26am, Jared Adamovich & Tim Miller 39 1/2" at 11:20am, Scott & Lauri Cisewski 38" at 12:05pm, Matt McCumber & Rod Moe 39 3/4" at 12:49pm, Tom & Crissie Dassow 34 1/2" at 12:59pm, John Kastner & Scott Gagliano 34 3/4" at 1:16pm, Neil Barnett & Bill Hill 35" at 1:41pm, David & Mike Cummings 38" at 1:58pm, and Marcus Malyuk & Lee Schlais 37 3/4" at 2:43pm.

The WMT's Pike/Round Lake Chain "MUSKIE DOUBLE HEADER"(TM) tournament top five finishers were:
1st - Dan Dassow/Scott Lewandowski
2nd - Mike & Dan Wojtusik
3rd - Jim Olson/James Holloway
4th - Kent Stadler/Jeff Langlois
5th - Clay Schmoeker/Mark VanRossum

The next tournament for the WMT is a "MAJOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP"(TM) on the Manitowish Chain August 16 & 17. The "R.A.M.M. Cup Open Championship"(TM) on the Manitowish Chain is open to the public and is limited to 150 teams. With a full field of 150 teams, the first place pay-out would be $20,000.00. The Manitowish Chain tournament is a Heckel's Cup(TM) event that will pay a bonus of $5,000.00 to the qualifying Heckel's boat owner who wins the tourney. In addition to the prize money and Heckel's Cup(TM) bonus, anglers will be hoping to land the over $18,000.00 pool for the first muskie over 50 inches.

The "R.A.M.M. Cup Open Championship"(TM) on the Manitowish Chain is open to the public and there are still some spots open. It is still possible to sign up for the tournament by logging on to the WMT's web site for the entry form and mailing it to the WMT. Registration for the Manitowish tournament will be at the Little Bohemia Restaurant on HWY 51 Friday, August 15th between 5:00pm and 7:30pm.

All of the WMT's "DOUBLE HEADER"(TM) tournaments and "MAJOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS"(TM) are open to the public to fish. You can fish one tournament or as many as you like.