Harper Keetman, Natalie Watt,
Reese Fleischman.
Harper Glettman.
Lily Wasek.
Carson Schneider.
Jack Tionovich.
Grandpa's happy about that.
Theodore Wilkins, Leigha
Runcurch,
Joey Frank, Eleanor,
Max Sellers, Paige Van Aert,
Joey Lowersdorf.
Henry Golembuski!
Maggie Gellies, Graham Turner,
Lewis Mann.
Kenzie Neitzel, Charlotte
Winkler, Luca Pinch,
Collin Abigail Colton, Madison
Matthew,
A.
Emerson,
James!
Those drivers can run like the wind.
Eloise, Barrett, Brea,
Aubrey, Breah.
Jackson, Leo,
Olivia, Sage, Judah,
Knox, Claire, Zoe,
Edison.
John!
Zander Azalea.
Hey, I'm going to see a picture of
you.
Oh, now you're going to be shy.
You want me to help you?
Or mob you?
You want me?
Nice to meet you.
Bradley Lewis coming across.
You did such a good job.
We would like a huge shout out
to Jane and the Perot family.
Don't forget,
race, results
will be.
Thank you everybody for coming out
and enjoying your worldwide win
again.
Win first, am I right?
With your bobber, Harlow.
Take your bowl out of the water.
Well, yeah.
I'm gonna pass it out and I'm going
to have you reel it in a little.
Another hour.
All right, buddy.
Turn that off.
I got it.
Just turn that in.
Good job.
Look, keep it right there so you can
see what happens.
Yeah, but it's like the bats.
They run right into the meat.
Yeah, they'll run right in the
thick stuff right there.
You never know.
I know you're bored.
I said we should run your book.
Do you want to read the list, folks?
You got it, Liv.
Bye!
Leave it there.
So right now, we're
not going to catch any fish.
Big smile.
Big smile!
Only a third place?
Only a first place?
Only a 3rd place?
Only a 2nd
place? Only a 4th place?
Only a 5th place.
Only a 6th place What honey?
Really say about the P-O-L-M
Hey, I just hate your glasses.
All right. Why do you have a camera
man right here?
Bye!
Oh no, I guess the first
year was 78.
Maybe she came in seven or
eight.
What did you do?
Anyway, I said...
What happened?
Right, now wheel it, wheel
it a little bit.
Big take, ah.
No!
I can't do it!
Eli, come here.
Look, they want to take pictures.
You won't have to touch it. You won't have to touch it.
We're going to take a picture.
Take one for the paper.
Is it miles?
Miles, throw up.
Okay, now look at me.
Throw up.
Look at this guy, he's got a bigger
camera.
I love you. Say cheese.
That's a beautiful picture. Okay!
Yeah, that's yours!
Alright, we gotta weigh these guys
in before I kill them.
Do you
have your sheet of paper?
I'll grab it after I put them back
if that's all right
No, we put them back.
Okay, Eli
Eli, did you catch a fish already?
No.
Nice job, Eli, that's a good one.
1.76
How old is Eli?
I think he said three.
Okay, you can put that one in here
as well.
D-O-R-O.
Sheep head.
Here's the sheep.
OK. Let's see.
Nice. In a petto.
And this is Stella King.
No, I want to watch out.
That's right.
I just yell at her so that she can
put on this thing.
I think Eli's got you beat though.
One point one
eight zero two
years old.
One,
point one eight,
and she's two.
Good job, Lillian.
King, King.
Do you have a fish?
Thank you guys.
Put it in here.
Is that a bass at all?
No, I think it's a sheep. OK, just
making sure that we can measure.
Is this your first time coming up?
Yes.
Make a butterfly out of it.
0.95.
Ooh, a nice big star.
17Th.
Starlet?
Yeah, stop right here.
On P-L-O-N-S-K-Y.
Yeah, O-N S-K
Y. I see you.
H-9.
Thank you!
Oh!
Nah!
Next one, come here.
Hold them here.
They have stampings.
They have stamps.
Now go step on the rock and throw it
in the water.
Throw it?
I am the parent.
I'm just going to grab one at a
time, Owen. Whatever I
grab.
Okay, here you go.
Okay.
Now throw it.
Are you ready, sweetie?
Watch out.
There you go.
Got it?
You got him?
You got it sweetie?
Okay, careful by the water.
Oh, no.
Thank you.
Bro, he feels weird.
Okay, ready?
Okay, throw him in there.
There you go.
There you got. There you go.
That's fine.
Yeah!
That was so scary!
Oh, Stella, look!
Do you know what that is?
It is a huge one.
Let's go weigh it.
Definitely not as big.
But so far, T, you measured it,
right? I did.
I did not measure it.
Let's see, because it looks closer
for it, so you gotta pull it up for
a second.
The fish.
Move it.
Because it wants to.
I just want to make
sure.
Because I'm trying to.
Just shine.
Just shine!
Do you have your sheet of paper?
You're just stuck here, right?
That's how fast you caught it?
It was the first pass.
This is she live, yeah.
And we broke her rock, so...
Oh! Oh!
Oh, sorry, what is it?
1.42.
What number was it?
Okay, all right, here you go.
Thank you.
Good job, Eli.
Oh, it's not going to hurt you.
I'll take it.
I'll throw it back in.
Come on, Dad, come on, dad.
Come on dad.
Alright, cast it out there again.
Reel it up a little bit.
Alright, good, now cast it.
There we go.
Cricket.
Reel it in a little closer.
Bend those feet.
Right a little more.
A little bit more.
Right there.
I think it was hot.
Oh my god!
Now we got to watch it, right?
You're pretty much a pro fisherman.
Yeah.
What if it worked?
Whoa! No, no, no!
Bye guys.
Okay, I won.
Yes, I got a wheelie pad!
Try harder now!
You know, one day
we'll be able to do it. I can't
believe it!
Ah, he snapped the line.
We can pick another hook on there,
we've got 15 more minutes.
I don't know.
I bet we can catch one more there.
I don't know how
you do that.
I don't know how to
do it. I don't know how.
I'll make sure you don't
fall in the water.
Don't go too far away.
Walk towards our voices.
Come closer.
Come closer good.
Jeff John, I have Taylor's mic
as well. Woo!
Yes, I do.
Yeah, we do.
Sounds like she marked me.
Thank you.
Four duty units remain in
the Berkley-Grady Family Fishing
Department.
Special thanks to
I got it all.
Thank you.
Yeah, we were just, like,
awesome on the ground and
damn, I feel bad for her and we went
to South Nicole once and we did,
like 40, like...
Look at that bitch for a second.
It's something I think you want to
just get things off of. Besides that,
kiss me off.
Can you guys catch that bluegill?
How are you, officers?
Good, how are you?
I'm doing not suspicious at all.
We have Hudson
Reisnick
and Dear Miller.
If you'd like a brochure of
activities, please stop by the
museum and give us anything you
want.
The last few years have been slow,
I know that mentally in the last few
years. Okay.
Thank you.
Don't understand that.
I only have one.
Do you know what's super cool, Owen?
And these ones are here,
right? They're registered day off.
They're here still.
Right, they're registered.
Day off.
This is definitely a
nice place to party.
Yeah, listen to this, so you can
have a watch.
I got it.
What's your last name?
Oh, yeah, I called you.
Yes.
Oh, you did already.
Okay.
Okay. You might want to
get one next time.
OK.
All right.
Yeah, let's go spin your wheel.
Pause.
Let me know what you got.
Where is my webcam?
You want the green
one or this one?
You want that green one?
You're welcome.
Strong man and woman competition
presented by...
The test is remaining
in the family fishing tournament.
There's still time to bring
in the big one or add to the
school that you already have.
As a reminder, we will end
at...
We're still looking though,
please check out the center.
And special thanks to SSM
Health, Trefford Studio, and the
Final Act County Fair for sharing
their reasons.
What a long four hours!
It's not over yet.
It's NOT over yet!
Oh no, something got replayed.
One day. Oh no.
He got too busy talking.
He's not talking to anybody.
He's... And he's...
And I almost caught my first
fish.
And I already caught my third
fish.
Five minutes remaining, and the
family could change for an event
sponsored by Berkman Group.
Are you Stella?
This is for you!
Can I put it on you?
Can you turn for a photo?
You want to turn for a photo?
Okay, ready?
Stella!
I think that's okay.
It's been a long day.
Here, Stella. You're so lucky that
we're here.
Thank you.
Thank you guys.
There you go!
Good job!
Can we put an ad?
Okay.
Okay, so can
you hold it?
Can you smile for the picture?
Smile!
Perfect!
Good job!
Did you get a gold medal?
Miss you, Ryder.
Go up there.
Miss you Ryder!
Good job!
Ready?
Yeah.
Yay!
Good job Ryder!
Thank you very much.
Good job, Rob!
Congratulations.
Turn around for me.
Thank you very much.
Nice job.
Good job!
Thank you!
Congratulations.
Got it?
There you go.
Nice job.
It's like you're used to waiting
back.
Good job.
Good job, Carter.
Congratulations.
There you go.
All your bass fishing, right?
And that's it, there's 15 hours
left on the board.
Thank you. Sorry buddy.
We're running, right Ethan?
There you go.
I don't have to look anymore.
The city it seems like
I was in Fond du
Lac County.
Yeah, the less the requirements to
be a local.
I came from a small town where it's
like, if you weren't born there,
you'd never get like- Where at?
Lodi. Yep, I know where it is.
Yeah, it was like, there were people
that lived there for 50 years, but
they weren't born there to graduate,
so they were never a local, and it's
fun.
It's like you gotta get to a bigger
city.
You're good? We're good.
All right, so I guess, tell me a
little bit about your involvement with
fishing, has no boundaries, and
walleye weekend, and how that all
comes together.
Fishing Has No Boundaries.
I started on the board about three
years ago.
A couple of their board members
asked me to join with my
working at the Arc Fond du Lac and
then also knowing that I had a child
with autism and then this
year I'm junior co-chair
for Walleye Weekend so I
get to drive around in a nice fancy
car and do whatever it
needs to be done and everything.
So just drive around see what people
need and help out wherever it needs.
What is the mission of fishing
has no boundaries and especially in
connection to an event like this
where you've got so many people
coming in
The mission for Fishing Has No
Boundaries is to give opportunities
for people with disabilities to get
out there and be able to fish,
in essence, in a nutshell.
So we try to give them opportunities
and chances to go
out fishing.
We do two events, one
in the summer and one in winter,
during ice fishing season to
get there and do what they need to
do and have fun.
Things about, we're focused on
walleye, but it's fishing in general
is that, you know, for some people
they would look at it like we got to
have a lot of money, you got to a
boat, you got have a big motor and a
trailer and a truck and free time
and but there's also there's other
ways to get access to fishing.
Oh yeah, absolutely, because with
our summer event, we are
always looking for boat captains
that have pontoon boats,
some that have fishing boats,
whatever, but it's even nicer if
they have a pontoon boat because our
members with disabilities sometimes
feel more comfortable on the bigger
boats to go out fishing and
everything.
And, uh, what did- are you a
fisherman yourself? No-
No, I am not.
I am NOT a fisherman by chance,
but I don't mind going out there and
helping out of need being.
So talk to me a little about the
importance of Walleye Weekend in
Fond du Lac. Why is it Walleye,
first of all, and how does that
people...
I think because of the
lake and then when
they started it over 40 years
ago, this event, they wanted to
grow this tournament,
the Mercury Bowl tournament and
everything. I think it's key for
the community in a sense that it
gives us a sense of something,
a sense of pride of something
happening in our town and
everything, so I think its great to
have and I'm happy
to be a part of it and everything so
it's wonderful.
Um, yes, I do.
What's your opinion on fish in
general, is it wildlife premium or
where does that fit in with that?
To me, it's right in the middle.
Like, I'm a big, probably perched
guy, more perched than anything,
so. That's a good choice, too.
Alright, can I get you to say and
spell your name and give you your
title for this event?
My name is Grant Monroe, spelled
G-R-A-N-T-M-O-N
R-O E, and I am junior
co-chair for Wally Weekend and I
work at the Arc Pond
Alright, thank you so much, really
appreciate it.
Thank you. Thank you guys.
Oh, God.
Oh, god.
Okay, Carly, one, two,
three, four.
Hey, Kira, you got it?
Come on, Bill.
Go, go, go!
Over three!
Got it.
I'm sorry.
21, 21, 15.
OK.
Four seconds.
Go, go, go.
Come in, come in, oh yeah!
If you see something please say
something.
The police department non-emergency
line is posted throughout the park.
Help us keep Walleye Weekend safe.
Yeah!
I thought when you were talking to
me, I looked forward to it,
but I didn't want to.
I love when you talk.
I mean, when I look around,
it makes me fall.
Can answer, talk to each other, can
argue with each other if you want.
So when you are on a
dating site or a profile and you
see a fish pig, what's your first
reaction?
He likes outdoor stuff.
He's a Fisher.
Is that a positive?
I think it's a positive if you like
outdoor stuff.
I say they're from the Midwest.
Yeah
Most likely.
So, but have you heard from people
that don't like them?
Have you heard form other women that
are...
No, not around here, not around
these parts.
Not that they don't like it, just
that it's typical.
So in terms of what a guy looks
like, is it usually the biggest
smile he's gonna have when he's
holding a fish?
Depends on how big the fish is.
And why is it?
That's what they like to do.
Their passion.
Yeah.
Okay, and now do you
have dish clicks on
your profiles?
No.
I like fishing.
I don't really take pictures of them
though. I don't want to take pictures of them now.
Why not?
Why does that not go the reverse?
I just don't feel like it's a
necessity for me to have a fish pick
on my profile.
I would think we'd take more
pictures in other settings, whereas
men might only take pictures if
they're like holding a prize
possession.
Now, if you're evaluating a fish,
does the size of the fish matter?
Like, if it's a walleye, is that
worth more or no?
No.
All right.
Thank you. That wasn't too painful,
right? No.
Can I get you very quickly just to
say your name just so I have it
correct if I need to refer to any of
you? Is that okay?
So I'm Lexi.
Lexi? Kiara.
Carrie.
Alright, thank you very much.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Ready?
Alright, so you guys can talk to me,
talk to each other, our feedback and
forth, don't feel like you have to
go one at a time.
Alright, what are the feelings on
a fish pick when you come across
that in a profile?
I immediately swore it was a fish.
Yeah, no fishfix.
It depends for me.
I grew up in the country, so it's
like, if I see some guy holding a
big fish, I'm like, oh my god.
Yeah, I mean, I also
grew up in northern Wisconsin, so
for me it was very normal for fish
picks to be on certain profiles.
Like, for me, it's very common,
especially when you get more up
north in Wisconsin.
So, so what's...
I feel like you can just say you can
tell what type of guy they are if
they just have like a nice little
fish in their profile.
You just know.
It's just like the thing that they
all, like why?
I don't need to see your fish.
Do they, like,
prioritize the fish over the girl?
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah, that's a good one!
That's a GOOD one!
It's kind of like they're kind of,
like, rude and
they don't treat them very well.
Yeah.
But it's like, what are you doing
with it? Yeah.
Why do you think you look good?
But like, my thing is if you have
like a massive fish,
that's impressive.
If you're holding it and you have to
have three people to hold it, I'm
like, okay, that's impressing.
I will swipe right on that profile.
Anything else?
Like they're like little fish and
they're just like, get away
from me.
So that follows up on,
then, do you ever see guys with
a bigger smile than when they're
holding a flag?
That's very true!
That's very true. That's their biggest smile. That
is their genuine smile.
It's when they have a big old facial
smile on. They're real happy.
They're like, let me...
Let me show this.
Let me show this off. It's like a
trophy.
It is.
Who they shown off more though, girl
fish.
Probably the fish.
My thing is, which one are they
going to frame? The fish more than
the girl.
A hundred percent.
But in fairness to them, it's a
dating profile, so they wouldn't
have their girls with them,
right?
I mean, they're showing that they
really love fishing, so I
guess... I mean at least they like
being outdoors. I feel like that's just the basic thing.
At least they have a hobby.
Yes. You know, we'll give them
that.
At least they're not inside
playing video games all day.
I don't know if I want to sit with
Amanda and just fish.
Um, I would.
I would prefer that to playing video
games at 24 hours every day.
That was wonderful.
Going to get you very quickly to say
your names, just so you have it
correct.
Oh! Yes.
Um, Natalie?
I'm Haley.
I'm Riley.
Alright, thank you very much.
Thank you!
Yes! Middle three!
Let's go!
Come on, come on, go,
go. Go, go! Got it, got it, go
Thank you.
Thank you, Mercury Marine,
for all of your support of Huawei
Weekend and the Mercury National
Huawei Tournament.
And a special thanks to Lighthouse,
and all the volunteers that
make this event possible.
You're welcome.
That's off of Wall Island.
Yeah!
I said yes.
I have to kiss you!
There you go.
Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
Thank you.
Huh?
Yeah.
Oh,
Yeah.
Good.
So what's that?
One fish.
What is it there?
A bridge?
It's a bridge off Jacob.
Alright, here we go.
That is all.
Weight on the scale, four pounds,
14 ounces.
Maybe have him hold that up for you.
Yeah, absolutely.
Show him what's the biggest fish
you've got. Beautiful fish.
Tony, I'm changing my prediction.
Yeah, there you go.
Simple limit of those every day when
you do the tournament.
So just give us an idea.
How'd you catch that one?
Shallow.
Shallow, so jigging, crank baits?
Jigging. Jigging up shallow,
that's pretty good on a calm day and
right now I'm waiting for that
mercury night. 22 pound bags
out here, I mean you saw the last
guy catch a four pounder, you catch
five of those, you could win
it in one day literally.
And some of those 3
pound bags that came in that may not
have been so confident when they
came off the boat probably felt a
little better walking down off the
stage.
Misery Loves Company.
The cool thing is, if you send in
one of those tags, or even just a
picture of the tag, you get a nice
little letter back saying where they
put it away, where they tagged it,
what size they wanted.
Team number three, Goffman
Sr. And Jr.
Winning three.
Pretty decent ones.
Not too bad for three.
Five pounds, ten ounces.
Total weight with the bonus,
five-thirteen.
We're gonna lay in the main seat
and be ticking up a tab.
I know it's gonna be a two.
Um, now we've
got a...
Limits, I like limits.
I think A-Limit right now puts you
in the top ten.
Not the biggest monsters I've ever
seen, but they are a limit.
A lot of guys want that.
That's what you've got in there.
Seven pounds, fifteen ounces
with the live bonus over eight
pounds.
All right, guys, coming up to the X.
One decent one in there,
I needed all of them, but one
medium and one a little smaller, not
too bad.
Two fish only, these are the right
fish.
807 with a high bonus,
807.
You're fished away.
We've got some live bonus on top of
this wage here.
Eden and Union, Wisconsin,
6 pounds and
11, 12,
11 ounces,
613 with your live bonus.
Good luck tomorrow.
So again, right fish,
colors don't fall.
Good wait for not a minute.
We've got both.
A couple decent ones in there.
Five pounds and
five ounces, by the way, total.
Good luck tomorrow.
Thank you.
And they have five life
this year.
Let's pick yes.
All right, five is a good number.
A little bit on the small side, but
you'll take the limit.
703, 708 with your live
bonus.
Nice job.
All right. Next to the scale, we
are going to bring up
Dave Vandeberg, one fished
away.
One only with a bagel walleye,
but it's a start, there's a lot of
teams with a lot of start.
One pound, 12 ounces,
113 with a bonus.
Thank you very much.
All right, two fish, both alive.
Gonna get two ounces bonus on top of
the scale, which is three
pounds, five ounces, three pound
five. Good luck tomorrow.
Thank you.
McCain coming to the
scale at this time is Josh Kramer
on a coupon of vote number 28.
Oh yeah, we needed five of them.
We had a good start here.
Only three fish, 7.08.
7.11 with the live bonus.
Good luck tomorrow.
Yep.
Two pounds,
14.
Two pounds 14.
So, if you're limiting today's
fan loader, Trevor Rammothun,
boat number 29,
he and Junior have four live
fish, or
ain't that...
Bad, four ain't that bad, I'll keep
you in it for tomorrow.
One decent one in there.
Six pounds fourteen, so
seven oh two total.
Good luck tomorrow.
One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight,
nine, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28,
29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 44.
All right, now coming to
the scales, we have Alyssa Fox
from Colgate, Wisconsin.
Vote 62, Fisherman, Nugget
Reader.
Rain 2-5.
All right, and now
we have
nap fields and break fields.
I'll follow that here, both number
nine.
Vote number?
Four.
Brian and Christopher.
Good.
Good. Good.
Thank you.
Yeah, keep pulling.
Up forward.
No joke.
Are you always a pastor?
Turn around in the driveway.
That's probably the most stressful
part of it, if I were fish, not
these guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, may I have
your attention, please,
with a message from the
City Council of the Parks of the
area, a message to
the City Council of The Parks
of the Area.
Thank you.
Different mindsets.
It's all that comes.
Bricks, monitors.
Thank you.
We're right in, can't miss it.
I'm sorry, I'm asking.
Hard to tell when they're alone.
Jeff and Pauly is now.
Two and one.
94.
No numbers?
90.
I'm not taking too long with it,
it's easy.
See anything, Greg? Saving, Greg?
Just the way the day is going, isn't
it?
515 for 603 total,
33rd place right now for 6.5.
They're live bonus.
But that wind came up today and I
really like them.
All right, let's say hello to Clip
Rose, boat number 87,
he's coming to the stage with one
fish.
Come on in right up.
One decent one.
Let's hear the next thing.
Probably, uh, 19 inches?
18 inches?
Decent one,
three pounds six, three seconds
over.
The price?
The price is...
Gonna keep you in it for tomorrow, I
can tell you that.
Nine pounds, three ounces,
nine away total.
Right now you're in 15th place.
Yeah, there you go.
All right, here's Jonas Schaub.
He and Jeffrey boat 122,
weighing three live fish.
Well, we got about halfway there.
Much better than many teams.
All alive.
Four pounds,
two.
Four pounds.
Lively fish, when they bounce
around. Ron Godalski, Ronald's
coming to the stage with
one fish.
All year I practiced this name to
call out a big weight for this team
again. They won one year, Goldapski.
Too big for the smallest.
205, we're giving a prize for the
Smallest Keeper.
Which is 106.
205.
Good to see ya.
All right, team 117,
Mike McDowell and Bill Morgan.
Here's Bill with three live fish.
In a sizable cheering section.
Yeah.
That might have been the biggest one
all day. I think so far.
What's the M stand for?
Marion College.
New fishing team for Marion College,
312, 315
total. Good job, guys.
Good luck tomorrow.
All right, here's Bill Ball and
Nicholas Ball.
Four live fish, Team 86.
Not bad, not bad Keith.
This is the team I always root for
because I got a nice, easy last
name,
the Balls.
This is the guy named Kamayas.
Nine pounds 10, 914
with live bonus.
You are in 14th place right
now.
The guy with no balls in
his name.
All right, say hello to Mike Roloff
now. Oh, oh, oh.
See if he's got it.
Down.
Just giving the...
I don't know what team number that
last one was.
The same one that weighed before it.
They had 908 total.
908 or something.
This is a decent basket of fish.
Roll off and roll off.
Here we go.
They got a limit.
No monsters in there but some decent
mid-size fish.
Should put them over 10 pounds I
would guess. Yep.
Well over 10 lbs.
11.02, 11.07 is
their total. Right now you're in
seventh place.
Not too bad.
Nice little move up.
Nathan Keller and
Corey Rakelow,
out of Lamira, one fish.
This is Corey coming to the stage.
Hello, Myra.
Oh, if it's 106
or less, you might win a prize too
big.
108, 108.
I guarantee you that's the last
thing he expected to hear at the
scale.
Two fish.
That one in there could have went
for the littlest one, but you got
too many fish.
You have to have one fish.
Two fish, 211, 213
is your total.
So we're four minutes away from the
third flight checking in out on the
lake and we're going to bring up
boat 125.
Catching them is bringing them up
here.
107, 107.
108 is your total.
Alright, team 115 now.
Mark Webber and Todd Newbauer
weighing four live fish.
Mediums, not too bad.
I suspect they'll be higher than
they anticipated in the
race here.
Six pounds.
You're currently in 38th place.
38Th Place right now.
We'll get them to wow.
Well, I bet you got half the teams
almost in.
We've got boat 93 now
Tim team Seymour
this is Owen fishing with Wyatt
they've got five fished away
oh and a new leader
for the biggest cheering section
Zeamer and Zeamer.
Pretty lively fish.
Going to keep you in it for
tomorrow, for sure.
8 pounds.
12, eight pounds, 12, nine pounds
total.
You're currently in 20th place, not
too bad. Half the boat's weighed in.
We'd have been going for the
smallest fish. There was definitely
one in there that might have rivaled
106.
All right, so give me a
sense of how long you guys have been
doing this.
Wally, we can start about 1979,
so a 46 year, which has
been a fantastic run.
Started out with a very
small venue where we're
cleaning the fish in a very small...
Bucket and wash
station and going into
a couple deep fryers
not in a nice shelter like we
have today but just out in the
middle of the field where grassy
area so it's come a
long way from serving
a thousand meals
a weekend to we're
doing over 2,500
meals in Friday,
Saturday. Plus we have our fish
sandwiches, fish plates.
And fish wraps that we introduced a
couple years ago.
So could you I mean would it be
legal to have a walleye weekend
without serving wallways somewhere
You can't call a wallet a weekend
without a wallet, right?
So tell me, what's the process like
to get the wall light for this,
because I'm sure there are a lot of people
who ask, Oh, does it come right off
the boat?
We do get that question often,
but no, it is source, it's Canadian
Walleye, so we do work with the
vendor that sources the product for
us, and they've been great partners
with us,
they come through
somewhat fileted, but we do need
to still touch every filet,
make sure that all the gills
are off, then they
go to our breading station and
battered from there and into the
fryer.
Rate to serving the
customers.
The beauty of it is that
usually we have a little bit of a
line, which is perfect, that
way that each customer is getting
a fresh filet.
There are Friday night fish fries,
you know, from four to eight it's
a sprint and then Saturday is a
little bit more of a marathon where
you know you get you get a few
pockets of busy times and some
slow times but yeah definitely
of course we have great music
going on all day long.
Headliners are late in the evening
so that's when we get our
biggest surges is right before to
begin.
What is it about walleye that
makes it different?
Many people saw it better than other
fish fries that are out.
You know, for me personally,
it's just the best tasting fish,
maybe perch is a full second,
but other than that,
it is just a good, nice filet
that fries really well,
in good size, and is
really delicious to eat.
You don't see a whole lot of
the upside down play for someone
that finishes.
If there's anything left, it's
usually a little coleslaw or a
little potato salad, but no fish.
So, how long have you been part of
the company?
I've been part of
our Lakeside Evening Kiwanis since
2008.
And what's enjoyable for you?
Why do you give up a weekend to do
this?
It is a lot of work, it's
not just a weekend, it is
at least a good 7 days plus
some planning beyond that.
But for me it's being able to give
back to the community.
We raise a significant
amount of funds that
go directly back into the community
to support a lot different projects
from youth sporting events
to the local
food shelters and
homeless shelters and other needs
within the community."
So, do you fish personally?
I do not, never had the
patience for it.
Do you have fishermen come through,
is it mostly families, or what's the
people coming through?
We have a lot of families
for sure, what's very nice to
see is that we
have the older generation which
is one of our strongest customer
base but then you also start
seeing the younger families coming
in and the kids enjoying the fish as
well which is fantastic so
that we know that there's going to
be a future generation of customers
for us.
And that's part of what we're
looking at is the broader culture of
walleye. Where does walleye, I mean,
how closely related is walleye to
a part of Wisconsin?
Definitely very, very close
especially in this area.
Obviously we have the walleye
fishing tournament going on right
now and it's just a big
part of our
culture, our community.
Obviously the Friday Night Fish
Tries are very, very popular all
year long.
Myself, I rarely miss a Friday Night
fish try.
Probably yourself as well, but
yeah, it's definitely a huge part of
our culture our community and
that's one of the things I love
about Wisconsin.
Can I get you to say and spell your
name, just so I have it correct and
I can give you your title?
Brian, B-R-I-A-N,
Olson, O-L-S-O-N and
I'm the treasurer of the
Lakeside Evening Kiwanis.
All right, Brian, appreciate it.
Thank you. So Mike's just going to
kind of walk us through the whole
thing.
You have to cut!
I think it's time.
Thank you.
Yeah, you can get it tonight at
Pizza Ranch.
I don't know when I'm going to get
to Hartford.
I told Chris we don't have to get...
Two of them, but somebody might as
well.
Where's this going?
You're so much worse.
There you go.
But I'm trying to not
have a picture of you in my
mind.
Ladies and gentlemen, just a
reminder, the 50-50
raffle right now,
the take-home pot is
$1,200.
The raffle will continue until 7
30 tonight and is
in front of the pavilion, so be
sure to buy your tickets now.
Again, the price at this time
is $1200,
a likely to increase, so
get your tickets now.
They are out in front of the
pavilion. Thank you.
How do you get away from that plant?
I mean, it's all the
way up.
Oh
We need fish from his family.
I've got a couple right now.
Awesome. Fabulous.
Thank you very much.
It's a Canadian Rollerblade.
Uh, I'd say probably,
I don't know about it, but I
think that's actually, I don't know
about this dude, but probably,
yeah, I
think a lot of times, a lot
times,
It's going to be the most boring
video for the general public.
Take our full tail.
I don't feel over here in this way.
There you go.
PBS on.
Yep.
You ready?
Okay.
Thank you, thank
you for your participation.
All right.
I think I got really
cool.
Hi, can I get a regular?
Have a good day and pray for the
world.
Okay.
Thank you.
You too. You too!
Here I am!
Woohoo!
That's lemon juice to put on the
fish.
You like lemon, so
when I put it down, you're going to
try some.
It's harder, so I'm
going to put a little bit of lemon
juice.
I'm sure you've heard of butter, but
we'll give it to them.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
What's that?
Thank you.
Here's tartar sauce, here's butter,
would you like a piece of bread?
You can eat some fish too, and we
can get fish.
Never mind me.
You should step in front of
a small face, a
small child.
Do you want to try it out?
Can you get me a piece?
That's gonna be interesting.
So that's why we're doing it right
here.
That's the main attraction.
We'll do the main attractions.
You're gonna need the clothes off.
Thank you very much.
You a wildlife fan now?
Do you know why I'm here?
Yes. Why did you come here?
Because I heard catch.
You heard catch?
Though I can't see water.
Do you want to try some?
This is good.
Potato salad?
You didn't like it?
Did you try the potato
salad?
I'm not a huge fan of that.
I've had this one before.
I think it's off.
That's right, son.
Thank you guys.
There's nothing on it at all.
Thank you very much.
I can take your card?
Thank you.
Oh, sorry.
I would like to take a plate of
gold. Thank you
Thank you
Good morning.
Take a card?
Thank you.
There you go.
Thank you!
Take a Card? One regular.
Alright.
Here you go!
Oh, we're going to have to wake her
up.
Do you want
a new one?
Do you have one or two pieces
of bread?
No, no bread.
Enjoy.