Are You Ready for the First Walleye Tournament of the Season? This Will Tell You All About It!

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This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks with the founder of the now 31st Annual Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Walleye Tournament, Joe Herbold. For those of you that fish the Walleye Tournament Circuit in Montana you'll likely recognize that name. In addition to starting the Tough Guy Tournament, for many years Joe was also the MC of the Super Bowl of Montana Walleye Tournaments, The Montana Governor's Cup. Of course, the Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Tournament is still very special to Joe and you will hear that when you listen to this Podcast. You'll also hear Joe talk about the history of the tournament like, how it got its name, what the first one was like all those years ago, where some of the "go to" hot spots are to find fish during the tournament, ideas on what to use and how to use it to catch Walleyes this early in the season and oh so much more! Joe also talks a bit about the history of the Hell Creek Campground and Marina, where the Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Tournament is based out of and also about the wonderful town of Jordan where Joe still lives today which is not far from the Hell Creek area and is the the town that most everyone goes through to get to Hell Creek and is also where the Jordan Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited holds their annual banquet which takes place on April 25th the night before the Tournament on the 26th. Don't miss that banquet folks! It's a blast, and you will dine on some of the best prime rib around and you can buy one of just 600 tickets to try to win the, get this, $10,000 cash prize! Click here for more info on that. But of course, first you are going to want to mash that play button and listen to all the other great info that Rigger and Joe give you during this fun podcast!

Links:

• Click here to go to the Jordan Chapter of Walleyes Unlimited Facebook page to get updates on the Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Walleye Tournament.
• Click here to get info on this and other Walleye Tournaments around Montana.
• To get more info about the Hell Creek Campground and to reserve a campsite click here. 
• Click here to get more info about the Hell Creek Marina. 
• You can get more info about Jordan Montana by clicking here.
• Click here go to our Montana Outdoor webpage to get all kinds of fishing reports, outdoor news, weather forecasts and of course updates about the Jerry Johnston Memorial Tough Guy Walleye Tournament. 
• Questions? Click here to email Downrigger and he will get you answers!

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