Lakewood’s Ryan Buddie and Avon Lake’s Jason Kopf could catch only a tournament limit of five walleye last Saturday on Western Lake Erie, but the fish were big enough.
The first Lake Erie Walleye Trail Tournament of the season was held last Saturday.They weighed a combined 37.95 pounds, winning the first Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament of the season at Fenwick Marina, west of Port Clinton.
“We had four big walleye and one 4-pounder,” said Buddie. “I thought we’d have a chance to win if we could upgrade the smallest walleye. It turned out we didn’t need it.”
Scott Bogen of Port Clinton and Mark Bogen of Lebanon were second (35.94 pounds), with Mike Zaborski of Sheffield Lake and Charlie Robinson of Perrysburg third (32.21 pounds).
The big walleye of the event was an 11.38-pounder brought in by Mike Robertson of Potsdam and Mike Tobias of Covington.
Buddie said the top three teams were all trolling minnowstyle plugs, with the Smithwick Rattlin’ Rogue their lure of choice. Buddie and Mike Knippenberg of Huron won the national 2010 MWC Team of the Year title. Both also guide Ohio steelhead trout fishermen.
OWC appointments: Ashtabula County veterinarian and wild turkey activist Paul P. Mechling II of Pierpont, and trapper and farmer Karen Stewart- Linkhart of Xenia in southwest Ohio, were appointed by Gov. John Kasich to four-year terms on the Ohio Wildlife Council.
The eight-person council oversees the Ohio Division of Wildlife.
They will join Kim Davis of Carrollton and Timothy Ratliff of Winchester, who were appointed a year ago; and Charles E. Franks of Newark, Horace Karr of Pomeroy, James Lynch of Upper Arlington and Larry Mixon Sr. of Columbus. Mechling and Stewart-Linkhart replaced Lee Howley Jr. of Vermilion and Dominic Marchese of Farmdale.
A former state president and Ohio board member of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Mechling and his wife, Joanne, operate the 236-acre Snowy Oak Tree Farm and Mechling’s Maple Farm, which produces maple syrup. Mechling received the NWTF Outstanding Sportsman’s Award in 1994 and was a National Hunting Heritage Award winner in 2008 for private lands conservation.
Stewart-Linkhart, a teacher in the Xenia school system, was on the council in 1999-2007. She and her husband, Dave, farm 700 acres in Greene County, and raise cattle and a few bison. She has been a 4-H adviser for more than 25 years. Both are members of the Ohio Farm Bureau and Ohio State Trappers Association. They have restored a private wetland on their farm and converted a pasture to a natural grass prairie.
Turkey facts: Spring wild turkey hunting begins a monthlong season on April 18, and check-in changes have been made.
Landowners need to know their Social Security number to check in a turkey, since they don’t have to buy a numbered license or turkey permits to hunt on their property. That includes youth hunters. Landowners and their families can’t check in by telephone. They must check their gobbler at a traditional check station or online at wildohio. com.
Sign up for camp: The popular Lake and Trails spring fishing camp for kids at Camp Muskingum on Leesville Lake is April 29-May 1, but the registration deadline is April 15.
Kids 9 or older can sign up for the weekend event at lakeandtrails. org. Some camp scholarships funded by local sportsmen’s clubs are still available. Register with Karen Metzker (330-725-8747, karen@lakeandtrails. org).
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter: degan@plaind.com, 216-999-5158
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2011/04/pair_wins_tourney_not_a_fish_t.html
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