MWC -- $600 entry fee per team 4 qualifying tournaments March 22 - 23, Spring Valley, IL -- Illinois River May 17 - 18, Ortonville, MN -- Big Stone Lake September 13 - 14, Escanaba/Gladstone, MI -- Bays de Noc September 27 - 28, Lake City, MN -- Lake Pepin/Mississippi River
Championship for 40 top finishers from 2002 Cabela's MWC and 5 top finishers of Cabela's National Team Championship will fish the 2003 World Walleye Championship: October 16 - 18, Prairie du Chien, WI -- Mississippi River