The 29th annual Golden Walleye Classic was held at Shaw’s Point Resort on the weekend of Sept. 2-3.
Sixty-five two-person teams participated in the event, including one team from Montana and another from Nova Scotia.
Here are some photos of that event. Look for videos of the shotgun starts on Sept. 3, as well as videos of the payouts from the event, on the Smoky River Express’ Facebook page. Also, look for a story about the event in the Sept. 13 edition of Spotlight.
Boats converge off Shaw’s Point Resort for the 7 a.m. shotgun start on Sept. 3.Boats converge off Shaw’s Point Resort for the 8 a.m. shotgun start on Sept. 3.Brenda Smith makes beef on a bun for the teams as they come in to get their walleye weighed.Roy Stark puts fish in a container on a scale for weighing, then he returns them to Lesser Slave Lake.Mark Holzwarth, left, and Trevor Moar were one of 65 teams to participate in this year’s Golden Walleye Classic.Boats from the 7 a.m. shotgun start line up to meet the 4 p.m. of having all their walleye weighed at the station by the marina.At the far left is Lloyd Stevens of High Prairie and at the far right is Ken Porisky of High Prairie. They won the top prize of $39,000 for the biggest catch of the tournament, 27.60 pounds.
