Dodgson, Lux reel in top prize

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Submitted photo Casey Dodgson, left, and Rod Lux won the 32nd Annual Dakota Anglers Northern-Walleye Fishing Tournament at Jamestown Reservoir May 21-22.

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Casey Dodgson and Rod Lux were the runaway winners of the 35th Annual Dakota Anglers Walleye-Northern Tournament May 21-22 at Jamestown Reservoir.

Dodgson and Lux combined to reel in 171.59 more points than any other duo, finishing the 2-day event with 223.82 points. They collected the top prize of $1,625.

The battle for second was close as Joe Kundt and Josh Wheeler edged Duane Nordblum and Ben Backstrom, 52.23 to 49.71. Second place earned Klundt and Wheeler $1,175.

The top 20 places paid prize money in the catch-and-release style tournament, which was determined by taking the total pounds of fish times the number of fish caught.

Dana Noot and Nick Noot combined four fourth and Steve Goldade and Jim Mohr Jr. came in fifth.

35th Annual Dakota Anglers Walleye-Northern Tournament

72 teams

Team Pts. Payback

1. Casey Dodgson/Rod Lux 223.82 $1625

2. Joe Klundt/Josh Wheeler 52.23 $1175

3. Duane Nordblum/Ben Backstrom 49.71 $900

4. Dana Noot/Nick Noot 40.09 $650

5. Steve Goldade/Jim Mohr Jr. 33.84 $550

6. Ken Cumber/Val Ramer 30.99 $450

7. Matthew Hoggarth/Bailey Hoggarth 29.91 $375

8. Michael Britzman/Daryl Zimney 25.72 $300

9. Andrew Bear/Michael Gums 19.78 $250

10. Darrel Wegner/Cody Wegner 17.88 $225

11. Peter Koble/Sharma Clemens 15.92 $200

12. John Shafer/Marvin Shafer 15.71 $190

13. Jim Gums/Matt Gums 13.64 $185

14. Jim Simmers/Scott Wanzek 13.58 $180

15. Steve Attleson/Ed Attleson 13.22 $175

16. Ryan Krueger/Jeromy Krueger 12.27 $170

17. David Odin/Matt Odin 11.82 $165

18. Mike Nix/Joey Nix 9.99 $160

19. Chad Altringer/Jerry Ryerson 8.98 $155

20. Wade Davis/Rick Thury 8.44 $150

Winning Couple or All-Female Team

1. Koble/Clemens 15.92 $100

2. Gary Suko/Peppy Moore 4.71 $50

Most Improved Saturday to Sunday

1. Goldade/Mohr Jr. 31 places $200

Totals

Saturday

Fish Pts. Pounds

Walleye 30 51.81 lbs

Northern 25 96.06 lbs

Totals 55 147.87 lbs

Sunday

Walleye 18 31.49

Northern 38 151.70

Total 56 183.19

Final total

Walleye 48 83.30

Northern 63 247.76

Total 111 331.06

Largest walleye Saturday

Team Size Payout

Dodgson/Lux 3.91 $100

Largest walleye Sunday

Dodgson/Lux 3.33 $100

Largest northern Saturday

Dodgson/Lux 7.20 $100

Largest northern Sunday

Goldade/Mohr Jr. 7.56 $100

Largest crappie Saturday

Dough Panchot/Darren Benson 1.12 $25

Largest perch Sunday

Mike Herman/Cole Krebsbach .60 $25

Largest bass Saturday

Layne Bohnenbenger/Kent Jones .90 $25

Largest bass Sunday

John Weron/Kim Mark .28 $25

Tags: outdoors, fishing, tournament