South Dakota angler reels in championship in Manitoba

An expert South Dakota fisherman took first place on the worldwide Winnipeg River Buck Championship – house of the distinctive dollar walleye.

Thirty mile an hour winds pair with pelting rain and near-freezing temperatures hardly make for superb fishing situations, however skilled angler Ted Takasaki and his accomplice, Dave Randash, overcame these parts to reel in a prize catch on the Winnipeg River.

Takasaki mentioned there’s one factor bringing anglers from close to and much to the Canadian prairie city of Pine Falls, Manitoba.

“That system is the one system on the planet that has inexperienced walleyes. They’re known as Dollars, similar to a greenback invoice. In the event you checked out a greenback invoice, and a few of the holographic bright-green printing on the greenback invoice, that’s precisely what these walleyes seem like, and there’s nothing prefer it wherever else.”

Takasaki’s declare to the title was cemented with a 30-inch, 8.5 pound fish.

“I’d think about any thirty-inch walleye to be a trophy, since you simply don’t catch that many 30-inchers,” Takasaki mentioned. “I’ve caught plenty of 27, 28, 29, a handful of 30’s, and really only a few 30-plus. They’re fairly uncommon. I imply, a real 30-inch, 10-pound walleye is hard to catch wherever you go.”

For the catch-and-release event, as soon as the fish are formally weighed, they’re returned to the water.

“We weighed in, it was about 37.5 kilos, and the subsequent closest group in second place was ~31,” Takasaki mentioned. “So, we truly received the event by about six kilos.”

Takasaki – who lives in Sioux Falls – says regardless of his skilled expertise, he nonetheless believes one of the best searching and fishing may be present in South Dakota.