March 19th 2006 Tournament Results
Mother nature took the bite out of the fishermen on March 19,2006 at Spring Valley for the Illinois Walleye Trail tournament. Rains early in the week caused the river to raise 6' and turning the water clarity to chocolate milk. Teams from Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois were challenged to find the bite.
Big Knobs from Utica, Il and Wayne Williams from Utica, elected to gamble and lock thru to the Ottawa pool and managed to weigh three fish for 4.01 pounds earning them a check for $2028.00.
Placing second were brothers Gary and Bruce Merkel from Spring Valley, weighing 3.98 pounds for $1278.00 and also received big fish honors witha 1.98 pound sauger for an additional $430.00.
Third place went to John and Chris Perez from Dyer Indiana with 1.62 pounds earning a check for $993.00. All fish were caught on jig and minnow presentations.
| Team | Name | Fish | Weight | Big Fish |
| 18 | DOMINIC CULJAN & WAYNE WILLIAMS | 3 | 4.01 | 1.66 |
| 14 | GARY MERKEL & BRUCE MERKEL | 2 | 3.98 | 1.98 |
| 27 | CHRIS PEREZ & JOHN PEREZ | 1 | 1.62 | 1.62 |
| 9 | WILLIAM MEYER & TOM JIRIK | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 34 | TROY NELSON & JIM HASSLER | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 16 | STEVE SKUPIEN & JEREMY SKUPIEN | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 21 | STEVE SANDOR & ADAM SANDOR | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 4 | SCOTT ROEHLK & DOUG SIEBEL | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 31 | SCOTT ANZULAS & BOB JONES | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 15 | RICK PARROTT & MIKE TATERA | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 33 | RAY WIRTZ & CARL WENCHEBACH | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 24 | RANDY CAROLL & LEE SCOTT | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 2 | MIKE POTONIEC & JOHN MANNERINO | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 42 | MIKE GIBSON & JACOB GIBSON | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 28 | MAX ACTIS & MIKE STUCKERT | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 6 | MARK MICHAEL & MIKE KONRATH | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 32 | MARK HOSTER & DAN PALMER | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 5 | MARK ACTIS & MARK ACTIS JR | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 30 | LUKE YAKLICH & HOLLIS VICKERY | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 13 | JOHN SMITH & MARK KOMO | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 1 | JOHN DALZOT & TOM GIACHETTO | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 40 | JIM VLACK & DAVE LESIAK | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 10 | JIM SCHNEIDER & KEVIN KEARNEY | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 39 | JIM PETERSEN & ROB PETERSEN | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 12 | JIM MELTON & RICK FUNCANNON | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 17 | JIM KLEIN & MIKE RICHETTA | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 25 | JERRY GOTT & GREG GOTT | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 26 | JEFF BULWICKI & MIKE SIKORSKI | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 36 | GUY LOPEZ & PAUL DIMOCK | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 29 | DOUG HOSTER & RYAN VECCHIA | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 35 | DON KLEIN & ED KLEIN | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 8 | DICK BENNINGTON | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 41 | DAN WHEATON & BOB WATTS | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 43 | DAN GRAPIENTIEN & MARK PRESTO | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 7 | CLIFF BANKS & LESLIE BANKS | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 19 | BRIAN MAZUR & MIKE MAZUR | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 11 | BOB HORVATH & MIKE THOMAS | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 22 | BOB BRIEVOGEL & DARRELL DISKEY | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 20 | BILL WALSH & JAY WALSH | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 23 | BILL GUERINNI & DON KENIK | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 3 | BARNEY BARNHART & JOHN LIPINSKI | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 37 | ANDY BAFALO & AARON HOFFMAN | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 38 | AL SCHROEFER & TONY HORNEMAN | 0 | 0.00 |