Winnipeg River Greenback Championship

Annual two-day walleye tournament held out of Pine Falls, Manitoba. Traditionally the last open water event of the season in our region. Occurring during the height of the fall greenback run, this event sees some of the biggest walleyes of the year brought to the scales.

2018 Final Results

Place	Captain		Partner		Total Weight	Day 1	Day 2	# of Fish	Team #
1	Lloyd Gillis	Cochenour, ON	Earl Gillis	Thunder Bay, ON	27.58	19.58	8.00	8	13
2	Mark Chapman	Baudette, MN	Les Morrison	Baudette, MN	27.21	9.86	17.35	8	39
3	Dan Goulet	Seddons Corner, MB	Ginette Goulet	Selkirk, MB	26.24	10.46	15.78	8	8
4	Kent Christianson	Baudette, MN	Cory Ney	Baudette, MB	26.19	8.20	17.99	8	37
5	Tony Shirley	Winnipeg, MB	Paul Marion	Winnipeg, MB	25.07	13.07	12.00	8	11
6	Kyle Agre	Fargo, MN	Scott Brewer	Fargo, MN	23.86	13.42	10.44	8	34
7	Bill Spence	Red Lake, ON	Matt Makela	Balmertown, ON	23.53	11.92	11.61	8	5
8	Cody Cyr	St. Georges, MB	Jodie Cyr	St. Georges, MB	23.28	13.49	9.79	8	12
9	Mike Ursel	St. Georges, MB	Kristen Smyrski	St. Georges, MB	23.15	13.56	9.59	8	43
10	Jim Ney	Baudette, MN	Bryan Baron	Baudette, MN	22.26	13.33	8.93	8	38
11	Al McVicar	Winnipeg, MB	Devon McDougall	Winnipeg, MB	22.26	8.52	13.74	8	19
12	Paul Munroe	Stonewall, MB	Bill Abraham	Stonewall, MB	22.25	15.96	6.29	8	20
13	Thomas Robinson	Winnipeg, MB	Derek Robinson	Cooks Creek, MB	21.36	10.64	10.72	8	25
14	Branko Mumula	Winnipeg, MB	Damir Zdjelar		20.51	9.52	10.99	8	3
15	Kris Guane	East St Paul, MB	Ryan Nimchuk	Winnipeg, MB	19.87	4.43	15.44	7	24
16	Skyler Desserre	Cochenour, ON	Kyle Borup	Red Lake, ON	19.45	14.94	4.51	6	9
17	Mark Christianson	Walker, MN	Jesse Bakker	East Grand Forks, MN	19.07	8.24	10.83	8	36
18	Alex Keszler	Winnipeg, MB	Les Slymkevich	Elma, MB	19.02	10.19	8.83	8	14
19	Victor Klosterman	Oxbun, ND	Tim Reitan	Sabin, MN	18.85	9.84	9.01	8	22
20	Jesse Clayfield	Red Lake, ON	Lee Wright	Red Lake, ON	18.78	9.42	9.36	7	16
21	Monty Brinksworth	Pine Falls, MB	Steve Setsak	Pine Falls, MB	17.61	6.87	10.74	8	18
22	Joe Ferris	Grande Pointe, MB	Danny Dear	Selkirk, MB	17.32	9.46	7.86	8	17
23	Ted Stewner	Winnipeg, MB	Dean McDonald		16.43	6.61	9.82	8	42
24	Allan Howie	Winnipeg, MB	Matthew Wills	Winnipeg, MB	16.03	14.27	1.76	5	35
25	Dan Stier	Mina, SD	Todd LaMotte	Devils Lake, ND	15.92	7.36	8.56	8	1
26	Dino D'andreamatteo	Winnipeg, MB	Eric Labaupa	Winnipeg, MB	15.78	6.08	9.70	8	32
27	Chris Blayden	Winnipeg, MB	Tom McNair	Carlisle, ON	15.66	8.70	6.96	8	23
28	Jack Hawkins	Winnipeg, MB	Bryan Hopman	Winnipeg, MB	14.85	5.79	9.06	8	15
29	Stephan Klopak	Winnipeg, MB	Ryan Montgomery	Winnipeg, MB	14.15	0.00	14.15	4	30
30	Terry Manick	Stonewall, MB	Jimi Manick	Stonewall, MB	13.50	6.75	6.75	8	33
31	Dan Toth	Winnipeg, MB	Austin Toth	North Bay, ON	12.34	5.26	7.08	6	6
32	Scott Churehill	Blair, MN	Dean Hanna	Elkhorn, MB	11.70	3.45	8.25	6	40
33	Verne Wyatt	Oakbank, MB	Brent Wyatt	Bowsman, MB	11.52	3.59	7.93	6	7
34	Jerry Woods	Balmertown, ON	Dar Woods	Balmertown, ON	10.93	10.15	0.78	5	4
35	Enzo Constontini	Winnipeg, MB	David McFadzean	East St Paul, MB	9.82	3.58	6.24	6	10
36	Moe LaChance	Warren, MB	Mark Mercier	Winnipeg, MB	9.21	6.38	2.83	6	27
37	Steve Kulyk	St Georges, MB	Brian Cyr	Pine Falls, MB	8.81	8.81	0.00	4	28
38	Greg Haga	Winnipeg, MB	Audrey Haga	Winnipeg, MB	6.15	6.15	0.00	4	2
39	Brian Maloney	Ste. Agathe, MB	Glen Talbot	LaSalle, MB	4.26	4.26	0.00	2	26
40	Don Denning	Fargo, MN	Jacob Denning	Fargo, MN	2.08	2.08	0.00	1	29
41	Steve Bull	Dakota Dunes, SD	William Sitz	Burwell, ND	2.00	0.00	2.00	1	31
42	Jack McLaughlin	Winnipeg, MB	Lawrence O'sowy	Illes de Chein, MB	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	21
43	Jarrid Morrisseau	Pine Falls, MB	Graham Morriseau	Pine Falls, MB	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	41

2017 Final Results

Place	Captain	Address	Partner	Address	Total	Day 1	Day 2	# of Fish	Team #
1	Mark Chapman	Baudette, MN	Les Morrison	Baudette, MN	37.74	18.95	18.79	8	50
2	Tony Shirley	Winnipeg, MB	Paul Marion	Winnipeg, MB	35.48	20.60	14.88	8	14
3	Don Powell	Pine Falls, MB	Keith Seidlinger	Devils Lake, ND	32.63	16.43	16.20	8	11
4	Branko Mamula	Winnipeg, MB	Irena Mamula	Winnipeg, MB	31.13	13.76	17.37	8	22
5	Jim Ney	Baudette, MN	Bryan Baron	Baudette, MN	30.57	13.89	16.68	8	49
6	Mark Christianson	Walker, MN	Jesse Bakken	East Grand Forks, MN	29.27	7.57	21.70	8	43
7	Monty Brinkworth	Pine Falls, MB	Steve Sestak	Lorette, MB	28.92	15.5	13.42	8	37
8	Dan Toth	Winnipeg, MB	Austin Toth	North Bay, ON	28.29	11.47	16.82	8	7
9	Dan Stier	Mina, SD	Dennis Bense	Bismarck, ND	27.51	19.76	7.75	8	1
10	Al Thompson	Baudette, MN	Brock Dahl	Baudette, MN	26.80	5.83	20.97	7	48
11	Greg Haga	Winnipeg, MB	Audrey Haga	Winnipeg, MB	26.63	16.84	9.79	8	30
12	Derek James	Red Lake, ON	Glen Hayward	Kenora, ON	25.63	13.58	12.05	8	32
13	Chris Oakes	Balmertown, ON	Rob Melanson	Balmertown, ON	25.51	16.99	8.52	8	41
14	Garth Cheung	Winnipeg, MB	Bryan Maloney	Winnipeg, MB	25.02	9.71	15.31	8	5
15	Eric Labaupa	Winnipeg, MB	Dino D'Andreamatteo	Winnipeg, MB	24.75	12.68	12.07	8	55
16	Roy Howie	Seven Sisters Falls, MB	Allan Howie	Winnipeg, MB	23.98	18.63	5.35	8	52
17	Robert Keeper	Red Lake, ON	Kandi Keeper	Red Lake, ON	23.83	12.67	11.16	8	40
18	Jack Nickel	Lac du Bonnet, MB	Archie Andrew	Winnipeg, MB	23.80	15.70	8.10	8	45
19	Kent Christianson	Baudette, MN	Cory Ney	Baudette, MN	23.42	7.90	15.52	8	51
20	Tom McNair	Carlisle, ON	Chris Blayden	Winnipeg, MB	22.93	14.69	8.24	8	16
21	Vic Klosterman	Oxbow ND	Tim Reitan	Sabin, MN	22.64	11.71	10.93	8	19
22	Brian Cyr	Powerview, MB	Steve Kulyk	St. Georges, MB	22.60	12.25	10.35	8	28
23	Dan Goulet	Seddons Corner, MB	Ginette Goulet	Lockport, MB	22.48	11.95	10.53	8	10
24	Ted Stewner	Winnipeg, MB	Dean McDonald	McMunn, MB	22.44	8.05	14.39	8	2
25	Bill Spence	Red Lake, ON	Matt Makela	Balmertown, ON	22.43	10.76	11.67	8	4
26	Moe Lachance	Wooklands, MB	Chucky Jeffries	Woodlands, MB	22.17	16.19	5.98	8	44
27	Jesse Clayfield	Red Lake, ON	Lee Wright	Red Lake, ON	21.98	6.30	15.68	8	6
28	Kris Gaune	Winnipeg, MB	Ryan Nimchuk	Winnipeg, MB	21.79	6.00	15.79	8	42
29	Lloyd Gillis	Cochenour, ON	Earl Gillis	Thunder Bay, ON	21.73	6.97	14.76	8	33
30	Scott Churchill	Blair, ND	Dean Hanna	Elkhorn, ND	21.57	11.09	10.48	8	54
31	Arnel Inocando	Winnipeg, MB	Chris Robinson	Winnipeg, MB	21.34	14.7	6.64	8	38
32	Bill Abraham	Stonewall, MB	Paul Munroe	Stonewall, MB	21.34	4.55	16.79	8	27
33	Darrell Keszler	Winnipeg, MB	Alex Keszler	Winnipeg, MB	21.20	11.95	9.25	8	3
34	Bob Kalid	Winnipeg, MB	Leonard Zirhull	Oakbank, MB	20.56	14.13	6.43	8	36
35	Mike Ursel	St. Georges, MB	Kristen Smyrski	Winnipeg, MB	20.02	8.71	11.31	8	35
36	Frank Lombardo	Thunder Bay, ON	Dale Levesque	Thunder Bay, ON	20.02	7.72	12.3	8	29
37	Jerry Woods	Balmertown, ON	Dar Woods	Balmertown, ON	19.65	8.60	11.05	8	20
38	Jerric Ash	Cochenour, ON	Kyle Borup	Balmertown, ON	19.18	13.51	5.67	8	9
39	Verne Wyatt	Oakbank MB	Brent Wyatt	Winipegosis, MB	19.01	12.63	6.38	8	12
40	Jack McLaughlin	Winnipeg, MB	Doug Lavallee	Headingly, MB	18.55	12.51	6.04	8	21
41	Jon O'Connor	Lorette, MB	Joe Frohreich	Pinewood, MN	18.38	6.65	11.73	8	53
42	Joe Ferris	Grande Pointe, MB	Danny Dear	Selkirk, MB	18.35	7.7	10.65	7	24
43	Seth Myers	Winnipeg, MB	Travis Proskumiak	Winnipeg, MB	18.31	9.15	9.16	8	26
44	Stephen Klopak	Winnipeg, MB	Curtis Klopak	Winnipeg, MB	18.10	7.83	10.27	8	34
45	Jack Hawkins	Winnipeg, MB	Bryan Hopman	Winnipeg, MB	17.56	3.80	13.76	8	25
46	Craig Stapon	Winnipeg, MB	Mark Mercier	Winnipeg, MB	17.03	11.41	5.62	8	13
47	Cody Cyr	St. Georges, MB	Jody Falk	St. Georges, MB	16.70	8.97	7.73	8	18
48	Dave Randash	Moorehead, MN	Ed Piekutowski	Moorehead, MN	16.10	6.74	9.36	8	23
49	Don Rogers	Lac du Bonnet, MB	Doug Beddall	Anola, MB	15.31	5.47	9.84	8	39
50	Ryan Sproule	Steinbach, MB	Matt Storseth	Winnipeg, MB	13.46	6.62	6.84	8	17
51	Terry Manick	Stonewall, MB	Jimi Manick	Winnipeg, MB	12.28	6.26	6.02	8	31
52	Ryan Montgomery	Winnipeg, MB	Tyler Campbell	Winnipeg, MB	11.76	6.40	5.36	8	47

2016 Final Results

Place	Captain	Partner	Total Weight (lbs)	Day 1	Day 2	Boat #
1	Kent Christianson	Cory Ney	39.75	19.91	19.84	37
2	Mark Capman	Leslie Morrison	39.57	20.1	19.47	43
3	Jessie Clayfield	-	37.62	18.79	18.83	22
4	Garther Chueng	Bryan Maloney	37.51	20.41	17.1	20
5	Archie Andrews	Jack Nickel	35.66	16.97	18.69	35
6	Vic Klosterman	Tim Reitan	34.81	17.49	17.32	61
7	Ted Stewner	Dean McDonald	34.75	18.69	16.06	54
8	Al Thompson	Brock Dahl	34.57	16.57	18	38
9	Darren Keszler	Les Slymkevich	33.62	16.22	17.4	19
10	Dan Goulet	Ginette Goulet	33.13	18.71	14.42	33
11	Ray Faulett	Don Powell	31.22	13.05	18.17	57
12	Dennis Bense	Dan Stier	31.03	23.4	7.63	6
13	Bill Spence	Matt Makela	30.87	18.54	12.33	2
14	Jon O'Conner	Byron Sharp	30.47	15.5	14.97	32
15	Ted Takasaki	Jammie Koepp	30.06	15.5	14.56	11
16	Eric Labaupa	Dino D'Andreamatteo	29.54	12.85	16.69	59
17	Kyle Borup	Jerrick Ash	29.11	15.87	13.24	8
18	Chris Blayden	Tom McNair	28.99	16.34	12.65	1
19	Craig Ferris	Rick Loeb	28.9	14.1	14.8	60
20	Mark Christianson	Jesse Bekken	28.79	13.14	15.65	14
21	Rene Dube	Rick Engelmann	28.55	12.6	15.95	58
22	Robert Keeper	Franklin Keeper	28.39	13.95	14.44	62
23	Jerry Woords	Dar Woods	27.94	18.17	9.77	45
24	Moe Lachance	Ryan Montgomery	27.89	11.1	16.79	28
25	Guyle Sternat	Faye Sternat	26.71	13.98	12.73	63
26	Al Inman	Shelley Miller	25.52	14.73	10.79	49
27	Marcel Perron	Marchello Vacchi	25.4	11.09	14.31	55
28	Steven Klopak	Curtis Klopak	25.23	10.98	14.25	12
29	Evan Carter	Jason Woychuk	24.79	15.73	9.06	27
30	Jim Ney	Bryan Baron	24.42	16.06	8.36	36
31	Dan Toth	Vern Toth	23.75	13.62	10.13	5
32	Kyle Agre	Scott Brewer	23.63	7.1	16.53	10
33	Ed Pickutowski	Dave Randash	23.56	7.75	15.81	9
34	Ron Karpiak	Dave Kozyra	23.39	8.26	15.13	50
35	Jack McLaughlin	Doug Lavallee	23.38	11.14	12.24	21
36	Joe Ferris	Sean Devlon	23.28	12.14	11.14	24
37	Jamey Westman	Sean Westman	22.8	13.61	9.19	42
38	Branko Mamula	Irena Mamula	22.5	6.35	16.15	47
39	Kris Garne	Clark Barr	22.48	12.22	10.26	34
40	Scott Dingwal	Jay Samsal	21.81	10.66	11.15	25
41	Mike Gordichuk	Doug Thompson	21.67	10.58	11.09	51
42	Monty Brinkworth	Kyle Sterling	21.28	7.14	14.14	26
43	Verne Wyatt	Brent Wyatt	20.4	6.03	14.37	31
44	Cyr	-	20.15	11.68	8.47	46
45	Ken Gardner	Alex	19.83	11.62	8.21	53
46	Greg Haga	Mike Dotoli	19.67	10.06	9.61	3
47	Jack Hawkins	Bryan Hopman	19.49	10.12	9.37	23
48	Joe Finneman	Sean Finneman	19.26	13.32	5.94	16
49	Robson	Robson	19.06	6.38	12.68	41
50	Roy Howie	Alan Howie	18.89	9.25	9.64	48
51	Maloney	-	18.55	10.52	8.03	18
52	Dave Wasness	Mike Thull	18.54	10.95	7.59	52
53	Drew Raymond	Laurent Raymond	17.8	7.53	10.27	7
54	Greg Saluk	Jim Bedard	17.64	11.33	6.31	13
55	Craig Stapon	Bruce Huynen	16.74	7.5	9.24	4
56	Jordan Harder	Matthew Gelley	16.46	9.25	7.21	40
57	Brenton Hall	Tyler Schmautz	16.29	6.55	9.74	15
58	Tony Shirley	Paul Marion	16.11	7.55	8.56	17
59	Paul Munroe	Darren Blazeiko	15.23	7.72	7.51	39
60	Terry Wiczek	Wayne Carlson	12.26	12.26	0	44
61	Young	-	11.39	11.39	0	56
62	Les Moroz	Mack McAuley	7.26	7.26	0	29

2015 Final Results

Place	Captain	Partner	Total	Day 1	Day 2	# of Fish
1	Jim Ney	Bryan Baron	43.17	22.42	20.75	8
2	Mark Christianson	Chip Leer	41.22	21.39	19.83	8
3	Alex Finalyson	KenGardner	41.06	21.36	19.7	8
4	Sean Westman	Brock Dahl	40.91	19.02	21.89	8
5	Garther Cheung	Bryan Maloney	40.56	21.85	18.71	8
6	Dan Goulet	Ginette Goulet	38.71	23.85	14.86	8
7	Evan Carter	Jason Woychuk	37.87	21.24	16.63	8
8	Kent Christianson	Cory Ney	37.78	20.25	17.53	8
9	Monty Brinkworth	Kyle Sterling	37.61	20.54	17.07	8
10	Ted Stewner	Dean McDonald	37.54	20.44	17.1	8
11	Steve Mlodzinski	Todd Williamson	37.1	17.56	19.54	8
12	Mark Chapman	Leslie Morrison	36.46	19.96	16.5	8
13	Archie Andrew	Jack Nickel	36.46	17.47	18.99	8
14	Tom Briggs	Joe Schad	35.81	18.76	17.05	8
15	Jack Hawkins	Bryan Hopman	34.97	17	17.97	8
16	Lloyd Gillis	Earl Gillis	34.86	23.65	11.21	8
17	Bill Spence	Matt Makela	34.04	18.63	15.41	8
18	Eric Labaupa	Justin Surla	33.98	17.35	16.63	8
19	Matt Storseth	Nick Colley	33.68	22.21	11.47	8
20	Greg Haga	Dennis Enns	33.22	16.01	17.21	8
21	Ed Pickutowski	Dave Randash	33.12	22.37	10.75	8
22	Jordan Harder	Matthew Gelley	32.74	15.77	16.97	8
23	Grant Colli	Dave Gibson	32.35	20.21	12.14	8
24	Victor Klosterman	Tim Reitan	31.53	16.95	14.58	8
25	Chris Oakes	Robert Melanson	31.52	15.01	16.51	8
26	Danny Toth	Richard Boulet	30.54	19.68	10.86	8
27	Craig Stapon	Ken Heibert	30.47	20.24	10.23	8
28	Rene Dube	Rick Engleman	29.93	19.45	10.48	8
29	Tom McNair	Chris Blayden	29.76	11.41	18.35	8
30	Ray Fawcett	Don Powell	29.48	15.74	13.74	8
31	Scott Brewer	Kyle Agre	29.14	23.39	5.75	8
32	Joe Ferris	Sean Devion	28.73	16.8	11.93	8
33	Roger Stearns	Ryan Sproule	27.61	21.04	6.57	8
34	Jamie Bruce	Brandon Kamm	27.32	19.55	7.77	8
35	Stephen Klopak	Curtis Klopak	26.95	21.84	5.11	8
36	Joe Finneman	Sean Finneman	26.72	21.56	5.16	8
37	Darrell Keszler	Les Siymkevich	26.54	18	8.54	8
38	Jerrick Ash	Don Briscoe	26.4	8.28	18.12	8
39	Tony Shirley	Paul Marion	26.29	20.15	6.14	8
40	Moe Lachance	Chucky Jeffery	26.11	19.23	6.88	8
41	Jason Gauthier	Arnel Inocando	25.86	16.7	9.16	8
42	Lee Wright	Jesse Clayfield	25.53	14.65	10.88	8
43	Les Moroz	Guyle Sternat	25.37	14.59	10.78	8
44	Jerry Gosnell	Rick Vandenberg	23.43	13.43	10	8
45	Jason Vogelsang	Norm Klopak	22.79	14.89	7.9	8
46	Greg Saluk	Jim Bedard	22.73	8.21	14.52	8
47	Bill Abraham	Paul Munroe	22.72	16.64	6.08	8
48	Lorne Jonassen	Mark Sindelir	22.24	6.71	15.53	8
49	Laurent Raymond	Bill Sitz	21.27	6.1	15.17	8
50	Brenton Hell	Tyler Scmautz	21.25	15.4	5.85	8
51	Derek James	Scott McKean	20.29	10.34	9.95	8
52	Jack McLaughlin	Lorne Montague	19.13	13.87	5.26	8
53	Roy Howie	Al Howie	18.32	6.16	12.16	8
54	Dan Steir	Dennis Bensi	16.7	1.61	15.09	5
55	Maurice Skye	Wilmar Green	15.94	11.49	4.45	5
56	Verne Wyatt	Brent Wyatt	15.58	7.84	7.74	7
57	Bob Kalid	Leonar Zirhul	15.23	15.23	0	4
58	Dan Gougeon	Jon O'Connor	14.68	14.68	0	4
59	Craig Ferris	Rick Loeb	14.07	14.07	0	4
60	Ryan Montgomery	Ben Brodeur	11.27	5.35	5.92	4
61	John Guzej	Marc Guzej	10.3	10.3	0	8
62	Steve Kulyk	Ron Benson	0	0	0	0