Chris Gasser - 4/5/2005

	Roger and Susan Hugill with their day-two big fish, a 8.51 lb walleye.

Red Wing, MN - The opening weekend of the 2005 World Walleye Association Team Challenge on the Mississippi River at Red Wing April 2nd and 3rd was dominated by the husband and wife team of Roger Hugill and Susan Hugill. Roger and Susan won both events and have taken the early lead in the Minnesota Team Of The Year race with a perfect 800 out of 800 possible points which consisted of Saturday's Open event and Sunday's Minnesota division Qualifier.

Despite dirty water conditions with plenty of debris being carried down the river with heavy current flow from open rollers on the dam, the Hugill's managed to catch a five fish limit weighing 11.57-pounds.

Second place was captured by the team of Gene Trowbridge and Britt Trowbridge who also caught a five fish limit weighing 9.04-pounds.

Third place was the team of Tim Cain and Dan Strehlo with only two fish but weighing a respectable 6.26-pounds.

Dennis Andruski and Larry Zimmerman won big fish honors on Saturday with a 3.77-pounder.

Sunday was a little tougher for the Roger and Susan Hugill who could only get three fish but fortunately for them they were the right fish weighing 12.47-pounds. The Hugill's basket also included the big fish of the day weighing 8.51-pounds.

	Dennis Andruski with part of his team's day-two, 12.09 lb basket

Big fish winners from Saturday, Dennis Andruski and Larry Zimmerman came up just short on Sunday weighing four fish for 12.09-pounds getting them second place.

Third place finishers Jeff Harken and Jim Harken caught the only limit of the day weighing 8.87-pounds.

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 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 920-651-1066. The World Walleye Association is proudly sponsored by Yarcraft Boats, "The Dry One!"

WWA MN Qualifier - Mississippi River Pool 4 Results