Sunday, March 5th saw a mixed bag of tricks in the weather at Barto Landing in Spring Valley. It was calm and dry at 5:30 a.m. but by takeoff at 7:00 there was an inch of snow on the ground along with rain and sleet coming at intervals. This lasted most of the day before changing to rain. Needless to say it was an uncomfortable day, but fish were caught by the 56 teams with anglers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin.
First place finish went to Doug Schlenz from Spring Valley and Jake LaPine, from Fon du Lac WI with a six fish limit weighing 13.63 pounds, earning them a check for $1960.00. Doug and Jake caught their fish with lead head jigs tipped with minnows.
Second place honors went to Max Actis, Spring Valley and Mike Stuckert, Spring Valley with a six fish limit weighing 12.98 pounds earning them a check for $960.00. They also brought the big fish of the day to the scale weighing 4.04 pounds worth $560.00.
Third place went to the brothers team of Jay Walsh, Chicago, and Bill Walsh, Ottawa. They brought in a 6 fish limit weighing 12.17 earning the $540.00.
| Team | Name | Fish | Weight | Big Fish |
| 30 | Doug Schlenz & Jake Lapine | 6 | 13.63 | 3.09 |
| 34 | Max Actis & Mike Stuckert | 6 | 12.98 | 4.04 |
| 9 | Jay Walsh & Bill Walsh | 6 | 12.17 | 2.76 |
| 43 | Doug Hoster & Ryan Vecchia | 6 | 12.15 | 2.65 |
| 55 | Steve Skupien & Jeremy Skupien | 6 | 11.37 | |
| 41 | Chris Clemmons & Bob Hausler | 6 | 10.37 | |
| 27 | SteveSandor & Adam Sandor | 6 | 10.31 | |
| 35 | Jim Klein & Mike Richetta | 6 | 10.01 | |
| 1 | John Dalzot & Tom Giachetto | 6 | 9.93 | |
| 25 | ED Klein & Don Klein | 5 | 9.80 | |
| 39 | Rick Parrott & Mike Tatera | 6 | 9.50 | 3.18 |
| 40 | Scott Doucette & Mike Doucette | 4 | 8.64 | 3.96 |
| 28 | Randy Carroll & Lee Scott | 5 | 8.24 | 2.56 |
| 46 | Tim Spears & Nick Emkow | 5 | 7.86 | |
| 18 | Jason Thies & Dave Puetz | 6 | 7.65 | |
| 50 | Rick Shew & Mass Casto | 5 | 7.61 | |
| 31 | Steve Lotz & Dave Daughenbaugh | 5 | 7.54 | |
| 17 | Jason Wrosch & Jason Wozniak | 6 | 7.37 | |
| 14 | Scott Roehlk & Doug Siebel | 4 | 6.66 | |
| 45 | Dan Palmer & Mark Hoster | 5 | 6.65 | |
| 29 | Brian Ernat & Jerry Ernat | 4 | 6.62 | |
| 52 | Dan Wheaton & Bob Watts | 5 | 5.97 | |
| 38 | Joe Perez & Troy Tregoning | 4 | 5.89 | |
| 10 | Jim Melton & Rick Funcannon | 4 | 5.73 | |
| 3 | Barney Barnhart & John Lipinski | 2 | 4.06 | 2.57 |
| 33 | Craig Smith & Charlie Gentry | 2 | 3.97 | |
| 47 | Guy Lopez & Paul Dimock | 2 | 3.74 | |
| 42 | Jim Vlcek & Dennis Lesiak | 2 | 3.70 | |
| 5 | Bruce Merkel & Gary Merkel | 3 | 3.61 | |
| 36 | Joe Miller & Rich Sidor | 3 | 3.44 | |
| 54 | Luke Yaklich & Hollis Vickery | 2 | 3.20 | |
| 6 | Mark Michael & Mike Konroth | 2 | 3.01 | |
| 26 | Corey Blair & Curt Jepperson | 2 | 2.54 | |
| 11 | Bill Gurrrini & Don Kenik | 2 | 2.33 | |
| 4 | Mark Actis & Mark Actis Jr | 2 | 2.19 | |
| 22 | Jim Schneider & Kevin Kearney | 2 | 2.17 | |
| 51 | Dan Grapenthien & Joe Goetz | 1 | 1.65 | 1.65 |
| 12 | John Smith & Mark Komo | 1 | 1.47 | 1.47 |
| 23 | Bob Brievogel & Darrell Disky | 1 | 1.41 | |
| 19 | Rick Rundle & Jason Olson | 1 | 1.27 | 1.27 |
| 2 | Mike Potoniec & John Manerino | 1 | 1.14 | 1.14 |
| 48 | Bob Horvath & Mike Thomas | 1 | 1.12 | 1.12 |
| 7 | Scott Anzulas & Bob Jones | 1 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| 8 | Steve Jones & Nick Mankos | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 13 | Greg Gott & Jerry Gott | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 15 | Cliff Banks & Leslie Banks | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 16 | Mark Mazur & Brian Mazur | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 20 | Bill Haas & Vince Davis | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 21 | Paul Naborowski & Michael Gibson | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 24 | Chris Schmitt & Mitch Atherton | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 32 | Ray Wirtz & Karl Wenckebach | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 37 | Mike Shew & Dave Gossar | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 44 | Frank Zator & Barry O'Flynn | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 49 | Tim Horneman & Anthony Horneman | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 53 | Brian Galto & Carmen | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 56 | James Moes & John O'Grady | 0 | 0.00 |