Results from the 2012 EPFSA/FishUSA.com Summer Slam.

Rank, boat, weight (pounds)

Open division (12 fish)

1. Rock Bottom 91.60

2. Vision Quest V 89.95

3. MotherMoose 87.90

4. Fish On 87.60

5. Wolfman 87.40

6. Triple S/Flog Me 87.20

7. Fish Tales 85.60

8. Vision Quest IV 84.25

9. Heartbeat 83.45

10. Tell No Tales 82.35

Amateur division (eight fish)

1. Weird Beard 63.80

2. Never Enough 60.05

3. Cops N Bobbers 58.50

4. Fishing and Wishing 58.15

5. Fear No Fish 57.95

6. Smallcraft Warning 57.80

7. Show Time 57.05

8. Office Day 56.65

9. Double Up 56.20

10. Triple B 54.25

The Erie PA Sport Fishing Association’s first Fish Fry is Wednesday from 5-9 p.m. at Paderewski Park on Wattsburg Road.

The public is invited to the BYOB event. Refreshments and food are available for $12 per adult ticket, $20 for couples and $6 for children ages 6-12. Children under 6 will be admitted free of charge. Tickets can be purchased from any EPSFA board member or at the door.

Proceeds fund the Kids Memorial Day Perch Tournament and perch trips for inner-city youth.

The fish fry will follow a perch tournament for 25 children aboard the Edward John. The EPSFA and other clubs will each mentor and assist the participants.

The Erie Pennsylvania Sport Fishing Association/FishUSA.com Summer Slam Fishing Tournament is scheduled for Aug. 4-5^.

Pros and amateurs alike can compete to catch walleye, steelhead and brown trout. More than $28,000 in cash and prizes was awarded in 2011.

Teams must register by July 27. Download the entry form and mail to EPSFA, P.O. Box 3341, Erie, PA 16508.

For information, e-mail Candie Luden at candie@epsfa.com.

Pete Alex, captain at Vision Quest Sport Fishing and president of the Erie PA Sport Fishing Association, will present seminars this weekend at the Erie Sport & Travel Expo about how to become a better walleye angler and Lake Ontario salmon and trout.

Join the Erie PA Sport Fishing Association early this year and get in on every one of the organization’s major fishing tournaments. The first is the Spring Trout Challenge April 15.

The Wolf Man Fishing Team pocketed a $5,050 grand prize for winning the Erie PA Sport Fishing Association’s sixth annual Summer Slam Sunday.

Capt. Todd McKinney’s crew won the open division title with a two-day catch of 418.50 pounds of walleye and steelhead. Wolf Man Fishing Team led wire-to-wire to top runner-up Team Big Cat, captained by Greg Catrabone, and third-place Team Vision Quest V and Capt. Pete Alex.

The open division’s biggest steelhead was a 14.30-pounder caught by Team Heart Beat, which also caught the biggest walleye, at 10.40 pounds.

Team Ditch Chicken won the amateur division and $3,350 with a two-day catch of 273.10 pounds. Ditch Chicken, captained by Paul Snyder, beat runner-up Team Slow Boat by 2.40 pounds. Day One leader Team Double Up was third at 267.50 pounds.

Team Riggers and Triggers had big steelhead honors with a 10.70-pound fish. Ditch Chicken’s 10.60-pound walleye was the biggest caught in the amateur division.

There were 55 boats in the Lake Erie tournament, three more than in 2010.

Full Open results here. Full Amateur results here. Big Fish Friday results here.

The next EPSFA tournament is the Fall Trout Challenge Oct. 23.

The Erie PA Sport Fishing Association’s Summer Slam is scheduled for Aug. 6-7 on the Pennsylvania waters of Lake Erie.

Register by July 29 to avoid late fees in the big-money trout and walleye tournament. Advance pro boat entry is $400, amateur $200.

Payout for the pro class is $10,000 in cash and prizes, with $2,000 available in the amateur division.

Weigh-ins will take place starting at 2:30 p.m. at Sloppy Duck Saloon at Jr’s On The Bay, 726 W. Bayfront Parkway.

For information, call Mike Hinkel at (814) 873-0090.

Don’t miss the pre-tournament Dreamweaver Lures Big Catch Friday One Day Tournament Aug. 5.

Keith DiLuzio is back on the EverStart Series Tour this week, but the aspiring pro from North East will be hard-pressed to top the performance his family put on this past weekend.

DiLuzio opens competition Thursday on Lake Champlain in a Northern Division event that will pay as much as $35,000 and a Ranger boat to the pro champion and a Ranger boat and as much as $5,000 to the winner in DiLuzio’s class, co-angler.

Fishing continues Friday and Saturday, with daily 6 a.m. takeoffs from Plattsburgh Boat Basin in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Weigh-ins Thursday and Friday are at 2 p.m. at the marina, and Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Plattsburgh Walmart.

The EverStart Series features five divisions and four tournaments each. The top 40 pros and co-anglers from each division qualify for the series championship Oct. 27-30 on Kentucky Lake in Buchanan, Tenn.

EverStart isn’t the only tour in which DiLuzio competes. He was on Chautauqua Lake Saturday for an American Bass Anglers Bassmaster Weekend Series event, finishing seventh among co-anglers for a $188 payday with a three-fish catch of 7.49 pounds.

DiLuzio’s wife, Rebecca DiLuzio, was a revelation, winning the co-angler division and the $1,126 first-place check. She caught three bass weighing a combined 12.25 pounds.

Rebecca and Keith DiLuzio.

“We fished on the south end of the lake in the morning and then we started having boat problems so we came to the north end of the lake. We wanted to make sure we got back in time,” Rebecca DiLuzio told abaproam.com.

“Let’s just say I trained her well Friday when we went up and practiced,” Keith DiLuzio said. “I told her if she hooks any big fish to play them slowly and bring them in the boat, which she did, and she caught several fish and culled the small ones a few times during the day.”

While the DiLuzios were cashing on Chautauqua, their son, 11-year-old Kyle, caught the youth division’s biggest fish in the Erie PA Sport Fishing Association’s Walleye Challenge on Lake Erie. He won $50 and a plaque while fishing with grandfather, Dick Babo.

Kyle DiLuzio.

Another angler from North East, Danny Jones, placed third among boaters on Chautauqua Lake with a five-bass catch of 17.01 pounds. His 5.17-pound bass won lunker honors.

Erie’s Adam Montie placed third among co-anglers with three bass weighing 8.33 pounds.

Children 12 and under and their parents are invited to the Erie Pennsylvania Sport Fishing Association’s third annual Fishing Is For Fun Day May 28 at the Perry Monument, Presque Isle State Park.

EPSFA members will provide tackle, bait prizes, lunch and assistance fishing.

Registration is required and is limited to the first 75 children. Call Denise Work between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at (814) 474-5357. Include how many children and adults will take part, and if any will need fishing tackle.

Also this Memorial Day weekend, anglers of any age, whether resident or from out of state, can cast a line in Pennsylvania without first buying a license during Monday’s Fish-for-Free Day.

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission sponsors two Fish-for-Free days. The next is Labor Day. All other rules apply, so check the guidelines for the waters you’ll fish.

There will be a Fish-for-Free event May 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Perry Monument. Get tips and more from Fish and Boat Commission staff.

The Erie PA Sport Fishing Association‘s first event of the season, the Spring Trout Challenge, is scheduled for April 17.

Interested in learning more about the group or event in person? Check out the monthly meeting March 30 at Calamari’s Squid Row, 1317 State St., where fisheries biologist Chuck Murray of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will talk about Lake Erie’s status and trends.