The Upper Missouri River Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited is hosting the 30th Annual State Walleyes Unlimited Banquet at the Lewis & Clark County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall in Helena Saturday, May 10. Doors open at 5:00 pm with Walleye dinner to be served at 6:30 pm. Evening events include raffles, live and silent auctions, 2013 anglers of the year awards ceremony, and announcement of the Big Catch Raffle prize winners.
A set of tires from J&J/Capital City Tire Factory, a Kit’s Tackle custom designed rod, art, and hand-crafted items are a few of the featured live auction items. Silent auction, gun safe raffle, 50/50 raffles, and the annual Capital Sports gun raffles are all part of the fun. Purchase a Big Catch Raffle ticket for a chance to win one of the following great prizes: $3,000 cash, $2,000 cash, $1,000 cash, $500 cash, a Lowrance HDS-8 Gen2 Insight LSS HD Fish Finder, a set of 3 Yeti coolers, or his & her St Croix Rod/Shimano Reel Combos.
Proceeds support the chapter’s annual Catch Fishing Fever! Kids free fishing day on June 7, Intermountain Kids fishing day in July, FWP’s Pines for Perch habitat project on Canyon Ferry Reservoir and other walleye management undertakings on local reservoirs and waterways.
Dinner tickets ($30 each) and Big Catch Raffle tickets ($10 each) are available at these sponsor locations: One Way Marine, Capital Sports and Sportsman’s Warehouse in Helena; The Man Store in East Helena; the Fish Tale Tavern, Townsend Marine, and Silo’s KOA in Townsend. For more information contact Roxanne Tubbs at 406.461.8879 or tubbs.roxanne@gmail.com.
(PR via Walleyes Unlimited)
