Prairie Walleye Classic

June 12-13, 2026

The Kickerfish Prairie Walleye Classic continues the great tournament tradition on arguably THE BEST walleye lake in Canada at Lake of the Prairies! Entering its 22nd year of existence, the two-day annual competition will be held on a Friday and Saturday. Total prizes and merchandise payout will be in excess of $65,000! The much beloved Russell Lions Fisherman’s Boat Parade down Main Street will take place on the Thursday prior to the Rules Meeting. Follow your favourite anglers’ progress online by watching the Tournament Livestream on the Kickerfish YouTube Channel. More information to follow!

2026 ENTRY FORM

2025 PRAIRIE WALLEYE CLASSIC

Join us for the 20th annual two-day walleye tournament on Lake of the Prairies this June! Entry fee is $700/Team. Entry fee can be paid via e-transfer to kickerfish.ca@gmail.com or send a cheque made out to Kickerfish Media - mail to: 3 Lidcliff Court, Winnipeg, MB R3Y 0L2

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2026 TEAMS

TEAM #	ANGLER 1	HOMETOWN	ANGLER 2	HOMETOWN
1	Darren Zalitach	Narol, MB	Tal Taylor	Brandon, MB
2	Drew McRae	Portage la Prairie, MB	Brenda Syrenne	Portage la Prairie, MB
3	Ken Gold	Yorkton, SK	Steve Schrader	Killaly, SK
4	James Copping	Foxwarren, MB	Ryan Brown	Miniota, MB
5	Fraser Morrice	Balgonie, SK	Blaine Buckle	Yorkton, SK
6	Jack McLaughlin	Winnipeg, MB	Doreen Bilodeau	Winnipeg, MB
7	Branko Mamula	Winnipeg, MB	Kris Gaune	East St. Paul, MB
8	Paul Johnston	Brandon, MB	Travis Ramsden	Brandon, MB
9	Jeff Hovestad	Grayson, SK	Joe Drotar	Stockholm, SK
10	Jaymes Hiebert	Blumenort, MB	Randy Hiebert	Kleefeld, MB
11	Jamie Shullman	Yorkton, SK	Jason Uhryn	Yorkton, SK
12	Gary Little	Yorkton, SK	Derek Little	Yorkton, SK
13	Jerry Kruczek	Winnipeg, MB	Peter Rogalka	Winnipeg, MB
14	Mike Mitchell	Miniota, MB	Jessie Mason	Miniota, MB
15	Rory Wiebe	Steinbach, MB	John Armitage	Winnipeg, MB
16	Mick Twardoski	Roblin, MB	Tanner Burman	Bredenbury, SK
17	Colin Lambert	St. Malo, MB	Owen Andrusyk	Rosa, MB
18	Aaron Ellis	Lenore, MB	Chris Hillis	Brandon, MB
19	Christos Vasilarakis	Brandon, MB	Gus Vasilarakis	Brandon, MB
20	Marty Derbowka	Yorkton, SK	Lindy Kulbida	Prince Albert, SK
21	Darren Ziprick	Shoal Lake, MB	Cooper Ziprick	Shoal Lake, MB
22	Brett Strang	Springside, SK	Bill Strang	Dropmore, MB
23	Mike Derkach	Russell, MB	Arlis Bomback	Russell, MB
24	Lorne Montague	Oakbank, MB	Rob Armstrong	Winnipeg, MB
25	Ron Cornell	Onanole, MB	Trevor Bartlett	Onanole, MB
26	Ty Kuz	Inglis, MB	Brendan Kokorudz	Brandon, MB
27	Peiman Marzban	Winnipeg, MB	Mehrzad Shahhoss	Winnipeg, MB
28	John Guzej	Winnipeg, MB	Ted Stewner	Winnipeg, MB
29	Taylor Dracass	Russell, MB	Collin Ramsden	Binscarth, MB

2026 MAJOR SPONSORS

2025 FINAL STANDINGS

PLACE	BOAT #	CAPTAIN	PARTNER	DAY 1 WT	DAY 2 UNDERS (lbs)	DAY 2 OVER 1 (in)	DAY 2 OVER 2 (in)	DAY 2 WT	TOTAL (lbs)
1	3	Branko Mamula	Dario Mamula	23.02	4.23	31.00	30.50	28.49	51.51
2	7	Darren Ziprick	Cooper Ziprick	16.60	4.37	28.75	26.50	21.76	38.36
3	50	Wayne Landers	Mark Caddy	18.27	4.25	25.50	28.00	19.99	38.26
4	4	Ron Cornell	Trevor Bartlett	16.30	4.67	27.25	27.25	21.23	37.53
5	13	Marty Derbowka	Lindy Kulbida	17.60	4.16	28.25	23.25	18.48	36.08
6	68	Jason Hildebrand	Reid Hildebrand	15.11	4.80	28.00	26.00	20.96	36.07
7	38	Dave Simpson	Paul Tilson	14.35	4.09	28.75	26.25	21.26	35.61
8	2	Drew McRae	Brenda Syrenne	16.68	4.62	26.50	25.25	18.72	35.40
9	10	Jerome Guyot	Rebecca Guyot	14.93	5.11	23.50	29.00	20.40	35.33
10	23	Carter Exner	McKenna Davis	17.05	4.66	26.00	24.75	17.93	34.98
11	70	Bryce Godin	Ryan Onufreychuk	18.57	3.99	24.25	24.75	15.87	34.44
12	31	Matthew Poloyko	Kevin Ward	15.22	4.87	26.00	26.00	19.15	34.37
13	18	Jaymes Heibert	Randy Hiebert	20.04	3.90	23.25	23.5	14.15	34.19
14	74	Matt Terleski	Derek Robins	15.04	4.56	25.75	26.50	19.07	34.11
15	46	Randy Lewis	Brian Cook	18.92	4.24	23.75	23.50	14.84	33.76
16	22	Clayton Schick	Adam Crawford	16.97	4.67	24.50	23.75	16.00	32.97
17	27	Steven Morris	Todd Eckert	18.27	4.17	22.50	24.50	14.65	32.92
18	47	Peiman Marzban	Mehrzad Shahi	13.35	4.36	23.25	28.50	18.94	32.29
19	34	Kevin Berg	Vincent Berg	15.86	4.97	22.75	25.50	16.39	32.25
20	1	Micheal Mitchell	Jessie Mason	17.12	3.81	24.50	23.50	14.96	32.08
21	11	Mick Twardoski	Tanner Burman	25.51	6.56			6.56	32.07
22	65	Ty Kuz	Brendan Kokorudz	17.13	4.69	23.50	23.25	14.94	32.07
23	9	Brady Fidierchuk	Gordon Fidierchuk	16.55	4.00	24.00	23.75	14.96	31.51
24	39	Harvey Friesen	Dan Black	15.70	5.07	23.50	23.75	15.67	31.37
25	53	Dean Gurniak	Shawn Liebrecht	14.16	4.30	26.00	24.00	17.01	31.17
26	35	Stuart Henuset	Mike Klatt	15.47	4.14	25.00	23.50	15.67	31.14
27	12	Garry Little	Derek Little	16.42	4.08	22.50	24.0	14.19	30.61
28	57	Moe Lachance	Felix Berthelette	15.02	4.60	25.50	21.75	15.39	30.41
29	14	Lorne Montague	Gord Southall	17.26	3.85	22.75	22.50	13.09	30.35
30	28	Gary McKenzie	Ron McKenzie	15.08	4.19	24.25	23.00	14.81	29.89
31	51	Gina Tylerbest	Grant Colli	16.64	4.24	22.75	22.00	13.16	29.80
32	6	Jayden Steinwalt	Angie Steinwalt	16.44	4.15	22.25	22.50	13.07	29.51
33	15	Rob Turner	Rod Carberry	18.76	5.55	22.50	0.00	10.09	28.85
34	43	Lyndon Hicks	Cliff Warlow	13.65	3.67	23.25	24.00	14.28	27.93
35	5	Fraser Morrice	Blaine Buckle	16.91	5.88	23.00		10.75	27.66
36	54	Richard Schofer	Mike Payne	11.56	3.85	23.00	26.25	16.08	27.64
37	41	Jay Derkach	Tucker Derkach	15.00	2.89	23.00	22.25	12.14	27.14
38	64	Jerry Kruczek	Peter Rogalka	14.53	6.25	24.00		11.82	26.35
39	37	Steegan Stoski	Tyrone Sanko	14.79	5.03	25.25		11.55	26.34
40	52	Devon Gurniak	James Copping	10.26	4.58	24.00	23.50	15.36	25.62
41	45	Kevin Howard	Ken Welsh	12.24	3.72	23.00	22.25	12.97	25.21
42	29	Brett Strang	Bill Strang	16.69	2.07	23.75		7.46	24.15
43	25	Christos Vasilarakis	Gus Vasilarakis	10.08	3.69	21.75	24.50	13.70	23.78
44	60	Christopher Lamy	Jerry Lamy	12.29	5.77	24.00		11.34	23.63
45	44	Rory Wiebe	John Armitage	13.58	5.61	22.00		9.83	23.41
46	19	Kris Gaune	Graham Edwards	0.00	4.93	26.50	29.50	23.15	23.15
47	72	Ric Wieler	Mikael Lauzier	15.15	7.51			7.51	22.66
48	30	Roy Cheyne	Spud Strain	11.82	5.20	23.25		10.24	22.06
49	20	Clint Tessier	Gary Paton	11.97	2.85	25.25		9.37	21.34
50	58	Bruce Nielsen	Tony Lockyer	10.86	5.67	22.00		9.89	20.75
51	33	Brent Holmes	Collin Holmes	5.82	4.43	22.00	24.50	14.59	20.41
52	63	Mike Derkack	Arlis Bomback	6.59	4.13	22.00	22.25	12.73	19.32
53	26	Brent Henuset	Diedrich Dyck	12.66	5.54			5.54	18.20
54	62	Corrin Kleinsasser	Simon Dueck	9.40	6.92			6.92	16.32
55	36	Jed Hutson	Bart Hutson	6.74	4.99	22.25		9.37	16.11
56	66	David Dyck	Andrew Dyck	6.29	5.10	21.75		9.17	15.46
57	42	Evan Wiebe	Matthew Wiebe	9.85	5.27			5.27	15.12
58	61	Mike Swidnicki	Chuck Levandosky	5.54	4.01	22.75		8.71	14.25
59	49	Travis Harrison	Kaitlyn Harrison	9.41	3.99			3.99	13.40
60	67	Marty Chesney	Hunter Schofer	6.19	6.99			6.99	13.18
61	75	Owen Smart	James Harasen	0.00	4.02	22.50	22.50	13.10	13.10
62	8	Darcy Ripa	Don Brezinski	7.38	5.39			5.39	12.77
63	73	Tyson Nelkenbrecher	Rob Andal	12.74	0.00			0.00	12.74
64	71	George Moir	Lana Moir	6.65	5.86			5.86	12.51
65	24	Aaron Ellis	Chris Hillis	6.21	5.96			5.96	12.17
66	40	Norman Murray	Scott Gerrand	5.53	6.31			6.31	11.84
67	56	Don Planedin	Doug Haberstock	5.70	5.89			5.89	11.59
68	55	Collin Ramsden	Taylor Dracass	2.75	4.44	22.00		8.66	11.41
69	48	Jeremy Santos	Justin Surla	10.61	0.00			0.00	10.61
70	32	Eric Williams	Mark Diboll	8.45	0.00			0.00	8.45
71	21	Jack McLaughlin	Doreen Bilodeau	0.00	6.30			6.30	6.30
72	69	Keith Buors	Melanie Camacho	6.18	0.00			0.00	6.18
73	59	Earnest Walder	Laurie Robinson	4.91	0.00			0.00	4.91
74	17	Phillip Wiebe	Caden Wiebe	0.00	0.00			0.00	0.00

2025 PRIZE PAYOUTS

AWARD	CAPTAIN	PARTNER	PRIZE	SCORE
1st	Branko Mamula	Dario Mamula	$17,500	51.51 lbs
2nd	Darren Ziprick	Cooper Ziprick	$5,000	38.36 lbs
3rd	Wayne Landers	Mark Caddy	$3,500	38.26 lbs
4th	Ron Cornell	Trevor Bartlett	$2,500	37.53 lbs
5th	Marty Derbowka	Lindy Kulbida	$2,000	36.08 lbs
6th	Jason Hildebrand	Reid Hildebrand	$1,700	36.07 lbs
7th	Dave Simpson	Paul Tilson	$1,450	35.61 lbs
8th	Drew McRae	Brenda Syrenne	$1,250	35.40 lbs
9th	Jerome Guyot	Rebecca Guyot	$1,100	35.33 lbs
10th	Carter Exner	McKenna Davis	$1,000	34.98 lbs

Big Fish Overall	Branko Mamula	Dario Mamula	Two (2) Humminbird Helix 7 GPS G4	31″ Day 2
Big Fish Runner-up	Mick Twardoski	Tanner Burman	$500	30.5″ Day 1
Top Mixed Team	Drew McRae	Brenda Syrenne	$500	8th Place
Top Mixed Team not in Top 10	Gina Tylerbest	Grant Colli	$500	31st Place
Top Adult/Youth Team	Darren Ziprick	Cooper Ziprick	$750 gift certificate to Russell Video	2nd Place
Top Adult/Youth Team runner-up	Jason Hildebrand	Reid Hildebrand	$250	6th Place
Top Slot Bag Overall	Ric Wieler	Mikael Lauzier	Two (2) Mustang Survival MIT 70 PFDs	7.51 lbs
Top Slot Bag Runner-up	Darcy Ripa	Don Brezinski	Two (2) Striker Brands Swag Kits	7.38 lbs
Cool Under Pressure Award	Dave Simpson	Paul Tilson	$500	30 spots
Rider Country Award	Marty Derbowka	Lindy Kulbida	Two (2) Mustang Survival MIT 70 PFDs	5th Place
Mystery Weight Day 1	Steegan Stoski	Tyrone Sanko	$250	14.79 lbs Day 1
Mystery Weight Day 2	George Moir	Lana Moir	$250	12.51 lbs Overall
Top Lund	Darren Ziprick	Cooper Ziprick	$500	2nd Place
Top Lund not in Top 10	Matthew Poloyko	Kevin Ward	$500	12th Place
Top Honda Marine			$500
Top Honda Marine runner-up	Corrin Kleinsasser	Simon Dueck	$500	54th Place
Boat Parade Draw	Mike Derkach	Arlis Bomback	Free entry to 2026 Prairie Walleye Classic	Random Draw

Other Awards and Prizes

Top Lund and Top Lund not in Top 15 – $500 and $500 – Sponsored by Lund Boats

Mystery Weight Day 1 and Day 2 – $250 each day – Sponsored by Virden Recreation & Watersports

Big Fish Overall – Two (2) Helix 7 GPS G4 All Season (value $3000) – Sponsored by Humminbird

Big Fish Runner-up – $500 – Sponsored by MinnKota

Top Slot Bag Overall – Two (2) Mustang Survival MIT 70 Inflatable PFDs – Mike Twardoski Memorial Award

Cool Under Pressure Award – $500 – Sponsored by Russell Video

Boat Parade Draw – Free entry to 2026 Prairie Walleye Classic

‘Rider Country Award (Top all Saskatchewan team) – Two (2) Mustang Survival MIT 70 Inflatable PFDs

Top Mixed Team not in Top 15 – $500 – Sponsored by Pyott’s West Campground

Top Mixed Team in the Top 15 – $500 – Sponsored by Pyott’s West Campground

Top Adult/Youth Team – $750 Russell Video Gift Card – Sponsored by Darren Ziprick – Century 21

Awards Night Draws – Random Prizes (must be in attendance to win)

Rules Night Swag Bag – each team receives products – Sponsored by Kaboom, PK Lures, Mustang Survival

SILVER SPONSORS

FULL RULES

Length-to-Weight CONVERSION CHART

PAST RESULTS

2024

PLACE	TEAM	CAPTAIN	PARTNER	DAY 1 TOTAL	DAY 2 TOTAL	TOTAL WEIGHT
1	37	Owen Smart	James Harasen	10.94	11.32	22.26
2	40	Graham Edwards	Kris Gaune	10.49	10.29	20.78
3	85	John Guzej	Ted Stewner	10.60	9.72	20.32
4	65	Bruce Nielsen	Tony Lockyer	10.44	9.81	20.25
5	5	Kevin Howard	Ken Welsh	9.75	10.26	20.01
6	49	Robert Turner	Rod Carberry	10.37	9.63	20.00
7	44	Rory Wiebe	John Armitage	9.56	10.30	19.86
8	66	Matthew Poloyko	Kevin Ward	9.92	9.83	19.75
9	57	Matthew Terleski	Derek Robins	9.97	9.78	19.75
10	18	Jerry Lamy	Christopher Lamy	9.50	10.17	19.67
11	38	Mick Twardoski	Tanner Burman	9.82	9.81	19.63
12	2	Drew McRae	Brenda Syrenne	9.46	10.07	19.53
13	10	Ian Straker	Craig Straker	9.62	9.88	19.50
14	88	Devon Gurniak	Ed Hartigan	9.53	9.90	19.43
15	23	Mike Mitchell	Jessie Mason	9.71	9.56	19.27
16	95	Jaymes Hiebert	Randy Hiebert	10.20	9.07	19.27
17	16	Harvey Friesen	Dan Black	9.22	9.98	19.20
18	56	Christos Vasilarakis	Gus Vasilarakis	9.74	9.43	19.17
19	63	Jay Derkach	Tucker Derkach	9.74	9.31	19.05
20	54	Tom McCulloch	Brendan McCulloch	9.66	9.37	19.03
21	72	Darren Ziprick	Cooper Ziprick	9.24	9.69	18.93
22	51	Don Planedin	Doug Haberstock	9.40	9.43	18.83
23	4	Ron Cornell	Trevor Bartlett	9.62	9.20	18.82
24	87	Gina Tylerbest	Grant Colli	10.02	8.79	18.81
25	20	Dustin Leppington	Skyler Hladun	9.75	9.05	18.80
26	55	Kevin Berg	Warren Morrisseau	9.65	9.09	18.74
27	82	Julian Drouillard	Dave Fawette	8.89	9.73	18.62
28	12	Gordon Fidierchuk	Brady Fidierchuk	9.41	9.21	18.62
29	90	Greg Haga	Jesse Anderson	8.60	9.94	18.54
30	17	Jed Hutson	Bart Hutson	8.94	9.59	18.53
31	35	Maurice Beatty	Lucas Beatty	8.91	9.60	18.51
32	1	Glen Steinwalt	David Chipelski	9.39	9.03	18.42
33	28	Wayde Roberts	Pierce Roberts	9.64	8.77	18.41
34	92	Neil Ryan	Elmer Kaskiw	8.73	9.62	18.35
35	25	Scott Hetherington	Blaine Cochrane	9.40	8.95	18.35
36	13	Scott Stewart	Dimitry Stewart	9.47	8.83	18.30
37	27	Jeremy Gray	Trevor Nord	9.34	8.90	18.24
38	77	Moe Lachance	Felix Berthelette	8.74	9.41	18.15
39	7	Branko Mamula	Dario Mamula	9.56	8.58	18.14
40	15	Ken Gold	Irvin Luce	8.90	9.21	18.11
41	98	Dino D’andreamatteo	Chris Watzing	8.94	9.15	18.09
42	42	Brent Wyatt	Verne Wyatt	8.41	9.66	18.07
43	89	Jerry Kruczek	Peter Rogalka	9.12	8.95	18.07
44	60	Marty Chesney	Travis Schofer	8.93	9.06	17.99
45	59	Richard Schofer	Mike Payne	9.20	8.78	17.98
46	9	Jered Reiss	Rob Grimes	9.11	8.82	17.93
47	58	Darcy Ripa	Don Brezinski	8.60	9.27	17.87
48	67	Dave Simpson	Paul Tilson	9.12	8.72	17.84
49	70	Jerome Guyot	Rebecca Guyot	8.07	9.73	17.80
50	52	Stan Graves	David Graves	8.98	8.75	17.73
51	31	Marty Derbowka	Lindy Kalbida	8.20	9.50	17.70
52	69	Carter Exner	McKenna Davis	9.78	7.89	17.67
53	71	Steve Morris	Krista Larson	8.31	9.23	17.54
54	86	Wayne Landers	Mark Caddy	8.61	8.92	17.53
55	41	Dan Goulet	Lorraine Enns	9.51	8.01	17.52
56	29	Bill Wileman	Darren Olson	8.41	9.08	17.49
57	83	Clint Tessier	Gary Paton	8.64	8.82	17.46
58	21	Jack McLaughlin	Doreen Bilodeau	8.67	8.65	17.32
59	11	Mike Twardoski	Warren Hale	9.46	7.85	17.31
60	33	John Dalgleish	Dexter Dalgleish	8.88	8.41	17.29
61	73	Eric Williams	Mark Diboll	7.96	9.26	17.22
62	26	Warren Gray	Meghan Gray	9.40	7.78	17.18
63	99	Dean Gurniak	Shawn Liebrecht	9.68	7.48	17.16
64	34	Charles Rinn	Darrin Stanley	8.44	8.68	17.12
65	19	Lorne Montague	Bryan Hopman	8.84	8.28	17.12
66	61	Jason Riesmeyer	Marty Alders	8.07	8.89	16.96
67	80	Dylan Wilkinson	Jaxon Lewis	7.72	9.03	16.75
68	8	Brett Strang	Bill Strang	7.77	8.73	16.50
69	48	David Dyck	Andrew Dyck	8.42	7.95	16.37
70	36	Dennis Lonsdale	Spencer MacPherson	6.49	9.77	16.26
71	14	Fraser Morrice	Blaine Buckle	7.69	8.46	16.15
72	76	Cody Sedgwick	Cory Sedgwick	7.71	8.39	16.10
73	43	Norman Murray	Scott Gerrand	8.09	7.98	16.07
74	45	Alexander Pratt	Jlee Lussier	7.80	8.03	15.83
75	94	Travis Harrison	Greg Harrison	8.43	6.99	15.42
76	39	Brent Holmes	Collin Holmes	7.09	8.13	15.22
77	3	Craige Madden	Monica Madden	6.74	8.38	15.12
78	50	Ken Pearce	Ed Pearce	8.32	6.63	14.95
79	53	Roy Cheyne	Spud Strain	5.88	9.03	14.91
80	81	Jayden Steinwalt	Angie Steinwalt	5.22	8.89	14.11
81	84	Darren Wojcik	Bruce Lauman	6.53	7.45	13.98
82	97	Mark Derkach	Otello Derkach	5.81	7.72	13.53
83	93	George Moir	Lana Moir	4.39	7.70	12.09
84	24	Dwight Cunday	Ramona Horseman	5.77	6.16	11.93
85	22	Kyle Bowley	Kayla Moyer	7.90	3.24	11.14
86	30	Layne Renard	Alex Renard	0.00	10.45	10.45
87	91	Lyndon Hicks	Cliff Warlow	9.66	0.00	9.66
88	47	Albert Trudeau	Patrick Trudeau	9.01	–	9.01
89	64	Glen Wicklund	Paul Dick	0.00	8.87	8.87
90	62	Phil Wiebe	Caden Cousley	8.64	–	8.64
91	75	Len Golletz	Steve Hetherington	8.40	–	8.40
92	32	Darrel Veroba	Greg Nazarchuk	7.97	–	7.97
93	78	Mike Swidnicki	Charles Levandosky	0.00	4.89	4.89
94	68	Louie Dreilich	Brent Dreilich	0.00	3.99	3.99
95	6	Doug Richardson	Ted Dambraoitz	1.31	0.00	1.31
96	74	Glenn Luce	Deborah Swayn	–	–	0.00
97	79	Evan Wiebe	Mercedes Wiebe	–	–	0.00
98	111	Garry Hovarth	Jon Hovarth	–	–	0.00
99	46	Scratch	Scratch
100	96	Scratch	Scratch