Congratulations to Jim and Tim Minema for their down to the wire win at the 2003 World Walleye Championship.

Here are the final results:

1 -- Jim Minnema of Randolph, WI & Tim Minnema of Markesan, WI with 15 fish for 29.03 lbs. paying $27,500
2 -- Jim Siewert of Lake City, MN & Tommy Diercks of Hager City, WI with 15 fish for 28.03 lbs. paying $13,000
3 -- George Gahagan of Sheboygan, WI & Russell Gahagan of Sheboygan, WI with 14 fish for 27.8 lbs. paying $9,000
4 -- Neil Hammargren of Waterloo, IA & Doug Newhoff of Waterloo, IA with 11 fish for 27.25 lbs. paying $7,000
5 -- Don Kohl of Suamico, WI & Tom Zag of Rudolph, WI with 12 fish for 24.97 lbs. paying $6,000
6 -- Kevin Dahl of Muskego, WI & Steve Stack of Muskego, WI with 13 fish for 21.8 lbs. paying $5,000
7 -- Jason Semler of Cambridge, MN & Todd Lindgren of East Bethel, MN with 14 fish for 21.17 lbs. paying $4,000
8 -- Joe Wilson of Rollingstone, MN & Randy Carroll of Oswego, IL with 12 fish for 20.98 lbs. paying $3,000
9 -- Blaine Hornes of Neenah, WI & Chris Schrader of Larsen, WI with 9 fish for 19.83 lbs. paying $2,000
10 -- Jay Janny of Eagle, WI & Kim "Chief" Papineau of Escanaba, MI with 9 fish for 19 lbs. paying $1,500
11 -- Dan Krukow of Rochester, MN & Dean Krukow of Rochester, MN with 10 fish for 16.02 lbs. paying $1,000
12 -- Mike Tompkins of Green Bay, WI & Dan Stankevitz of Hudson, WI with 11 fish for 15.89 lbs. paying $1,000
13 -- John Renschen of Red Wing, MN & Steve DeLain of Red Wing, MN with 9 fish for 15.74 lbs. paying $1,000
14 -- Glenn Chenier of Gladstone, MI & Glenn Wangerin of Escanaba, MI with 9 fish for 15.67 lbs. paying $1,000
15 -- Robert Bodin of Red Wing, MN & Scott Mann of Red Wing, MN with 11 fish for 15.49 lbs. paying $1,000
16 -- Maury Schmerbach of Dubuque, IA & Mike Glynn of Dubuque, IA with 8 fish for 15.01 lbs. paying $1,000
17 -- Chris Gasser of Random Lake, WI & Gina Gasser of Random Lake, WI with 5 fish for 14.69 lbs. paying $1,000
18 -- Pat Schuette of Manitowoc, WI & Randy Blasczyk of DePere, WI with 10 fish for 13.31 lbs. paying $1,000
19 -- Richard Nascak of Winona, MN & Brad Kaczorowski of Lewiston, MN with 10 fish for 13.09 lbs. paying $1,000
20 -- Thomas Walters of Campbellsport, WI & Andy Schmidt of Fond du Lac, WI with 8 fish for 12.23 lbs. paying $1,000
21 -- Chad Christianson of Coon Rapids, MN & Ben Munsch of Hugo, MN with 6 fish for 11.91 lbs. paying $600
22 -- Brian Ernat of Seatonville, IL & Jerry Ernat of Princeton, IL with 6 fish for 10.96 lbs. paying $600
23 -- Ken Bjorkman of Marshfield, WI & Brian Bjorkman of Fargo, ND with 7 fish for 10.93 lbs. paying $600
24 -- Brian Hetrick of Canton, OH & D. Collin Murphy of Boardman, OH with 5 fish for 10.83 lbs. paying $600
25 -- Dean Nathe of Sartell, MN & Paul Thompson of Wallace, MI with 7 fish for 10.47 lbs. paying $600
26 -- Robert Lauridsen of Oconomowoc, WI & Kim Spigarelli of Rapid River, MI with 5 fish for 10.12 lbs. paying $600
27 -- Kevin McQuoid of Isle, MN & Karen McQuoid of Isle, MN with 5 fish for 10.07 lbs. paying $600
28 -- Dan Wheaton of Naperville, IL & Ted Koplin of Yorkville, IL with 5 fish for 9.03 lbs. paying $600
29 -- Jim LaPine of Fond Du Lac, WI & Jake LaPine of Fond Du Lac, WI with 6 fish for 8.12 lbs. paying $600
30 -- John Balla of Bartlett, IL & Kevin Byrne of Plainfield, IL with 5 fish for 7.46 lbs. paying $600
31 -- Wayne Butz of Oneida, WI & Don Frederick of Appleton, WI with 6 fish for 7.28 lbs. paying $600
32 -- Joseph Fisher of Chisago, MN & Chad Swanson of Mahtomedi, MN with 2 fish for 6.76 lbs. paying $600
33 -- Dennis Pollesch of Markesan, WI & Jon VandeBrink of Markesan, WI with 4 fish for 6 lbs. paying $600
34 -- Gary Houdek of Charles City, IA & Bruce Hill of Forest Lake, MN with 4 fish for 5.81 lbs. paying $600
35 -- Chris Nelson of South St. Paul, MN & Jerry Nelson of South St. Paul, MN with 3 fish for 5.7 lbs. paying $600
36 -- Jeffrey Miller of Fox Lake, IL & Dave Zurawski of Prospect Heights, IL with 3 fish for 5.24 lbs. paying $600
37 -- Bradley West of Palmyra, WI & Dave Garlock of Helenville, WI with 3 fish for 5.02 lbs. paying $600
38 -- Dean Crom of Keil, WI & Michael Thun of Sheboygan, WI with 2 fish for 3.91 lbs. paying $600
39 -- Kenny Ludwig of Leavenworth, KS & Steve Stein of Levenworth, KS with 2 fish for 3.87 lbs. paying $600
40 -- Brad Stockman of Pine River, MN & Mark Dammann of Glencoe, MN with 1 fish for 1.51 lbs. paying $600
41 -- Tim Lookingbill of Lander, WY & Harold Mason of Casper, WY: wd
41 -- Craig Anderson of Mound, MN & Eric Anderson of Mound, MN: wd
41 -- Dean Novak of Sheboygan, WI & Pete Huibregtse of Sheboygan Falls, WI: wd
41 -- Jim Devenport of Jackson, WI & Lloyd Devenport of Jackson, WI: WD
41 -- Darren Dossi of Canton, OH & Joe Dossi of North Canton, OH: wd

Plus $1000 additional to the Minnema's in the Ranger Cup for $28,500 total!

Maybe I should have said "barn burner" win -- rather than down to the wire! :-(

It was a great show and sure wish I could have seen the "firey" ending!