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PORT CLINTON - Launching from the heart of Port Clinton, often referred to as the Walleye Capital of the World, hundreds of competitive anglers competed in the Masters Walleye Circuit over the weekend.
The second leg of this year’s Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit, or MWC, was held on Friday and Saturday on Lake Erie with launches and weigh-ins hosted at Waterworks Park in Port Clinton.
Again this year, the MWC event was also held simultaneously with a leg of the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament, which together included more than 160 boats with anglers representing 18 states competing for a prize pool worth nearly $100,000.
Walleye fishing tournament in Port Clinton Ohio draws top anglers portclintonnewsherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from portclintonnewsherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Beacon
There are many Port Clinton residents, businessmen and companies deserving of recognition for their stellar accomplishments over the past year. The Port Clinton Chamber of Commerce thinks so, too, and is again seeking nominations for those folks in order to present them with the agency’s prestigious annual awards.
Nominees must be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce by Monday, April 26. Nominees will be reviewed by the Award Selection Committee. The final nominees and award winners will be announced at the Port Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner and Awards Program in June.
For nomination forms, contact the chamber at info@portclintonchamber.com or 419-734-5503. Here is a list of the award categories:
Tell Tales 3-18-21
There is good news on the Covid-19 front in Ottawa County. Our death total is now up to 73 deaths, up only one from last week. Also, there were only a total of eight additional cases in the county in the same time frame.
The incidence of the virus is considerably lower here than in the rest of Ohio, over 20% lower. The Ottawa County Health Department is moving forward with distributing the vaccine.
Happy 40th Anniversary on Monday for Jeff and Joan Bryden. Jeff was Editor for the North Coast Business Journal for many years, and also was President of the Port Clinton Area Chamber of Commerce. Joan was a radio host on WPCR and was also President of the Kiwanis Club of Port Clinton. They live in Sarasota, Fla. now.