Canadian Angler John Butts Wins a PWT Event

A canadian angler finished first at the Berkley/Optima Batteries Pro-Am walleye tournament on the Fox Chain O'Lakes last Friday. John Butts became the first Canadian in 13 years to win a Professional Walleye Trail event. Butts, who live sin Dryden, Ontario, landed five walleye for a total weight of 12.40 pounds. The weigh-in was before a large crowd of over 3,000 at Haling's Marina on Grass Lake.

"In the mornings, I was trolling Rapala Husky Jerks across a gravel sand bar on Fox Lake,'' said Butts, who won $64,000. "I switched to jigging Northland Super-Glo jigs later in the day.''
His three-day total of 12 walleye weighing 25.58 pounds was enough to hold off a late charge by the PWT's only five-time champion. Ron Seelhoff of Burlington, Colo., caught the tournament's biggest bag (14.05 pounds) on the final day to jump from 16th to second ($20,000) with 24.23 pounds.

Each boat consisted of a pro and an amateur and weighed its heaviest five walleye. Keeper walleye had to be at least 14 inches. Hometown favorite Mike Gofron of Antioch moved up to eighth (16.68 pounds) Friday. He notched his record 29th top-10 finish. Jasen Schine of Lake Villa won a fully-rigged Lund boat for topping the amateur side with 28.96 pounds.

From http://www.suntimes.com/output/outdoors/cst-spt-wall23.html