Chris Gasser - 6/5/2004

OSHKOSH, WI - Mark Ramge and Cary Literski won the first of back-to-back one-day tournaments in the World Walleye Association WI/UP Team Challenge division held on Saturday, June 5 2004.

After more than a month since the last WI/UP Team Challenge event, all the anglers were more than ready to get back at it and Ramge and Literski proved so by catching an impressive 22.28-pound, five fish limit which topped the field of fifty-one teams and won the team $2,010.

Pat Schuette and Mark Piper took second place with a five fish limit weighing 19.47-pounds

John Geiger and Dale Howard placed third with a five fish limit weighing 18.73-pounds.

Jimmy Hughes and Tim Winchester caught the big fish of the tournament, which weighed 6.89-pounds putting them in tenth place.

Since many of the anglers fishing in this event are going to be fishing the next of the back to back events on Sunday, June 6th, many of the top finishing anglers were very tight lipped about techniques and locations, but of those that did talk it seemed clear that fish are plentiful throughout the system and just about any technique or location you tried would produce fish. The question was would they be the right fish.

For Mark Ramge and Cary Literski they definitely had the right fish.

To see pictures of the winning teams and a complete list of how all the teams finished, visit the WWA website at www.worldwalleye.com http://www.worldwalleye.com which is hosted by the leaders in multi media technology, OutdoorsFirst Media. Or watch for results on all the WWA tournaments in the Badger Sportsman magazine in upcoming issues.

For information on fishing the World Walleye Association, a "Tournament Circuit For Fisherman, Run By Fisherman", visit the website or call 920-924-2100

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