🏆 SWT 2025 Awards – Are You Eligible to Win?
The Saskatchewan Walleye Trail offers one of the most exciting and rewarding seasons in competitive angling, and 2025 is no exception. With over a dozen awards and prize categories, there’s more opportunity than ever to walk away with recognition and serious rewards.
🎣 From Top New Angler to Angler of the Year, Team Awards, Youth Prizes, and the $500 Cool Under Pressure Award, the SWT is proud to recognize the hard work, dedication, and passion of our anglers.
🚨 Important Reminder:
To be eligible for any SWT award, you must be a registered member before the first tournament.
💲 Membership Price Increase Coming Soon!
- Current membership: $50
- After May 5th, membership increases to $60
🎁 Early Bird Draw for a Humminbird Helix 7 is still open!
- Deadline to enter: May 5th
- All current members are automatically entered
Don’t miss your chance to be part of Saskatchewan’s most competitive walleye trail and win big in 2025. If you’re receiving this newsletter, make sure you’ve secured your membership and are ready to compete.
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🎣 Top New Angler Prize
🎉 First-time SWT members—this one’s just for you!
In addition to all regular tournament cash and prizes, first-time SWT members are eligible to win an extra $200 cash at each tournament. This award goes to the highest-finishing new SWT member at each event—and you’ll only compete against other new members!
🎣 Bob Schlosser Angler of the Year
🏆 Prove you’re the most consistent and versatile angler on the trail.
To qualify for this award, you must fish with at least 3 different partners throughout the season.
Only your best 3 results (with different partners) count toward the award.
✔️ All partners must be SWT members
✔️ If you fish 2 events with the same partner, the lower finish is dropped
🎣 Team of the Year
💪 It’s all about teamwork and consistency.
This award goes to the team with the highest combined points from their top 3 SWT tournaments.
🎣 Mixed Team of the Year
👫 Power couple, sibling duo, or fishing friends—if you’re a mixed team, this award’s for you!
The top-performing mixed-gender team of the SWT season will take home this title.
🎣 Youth Angler of the Year
🌟 Recognizing the next generation of great anglers!
This award goes to the SWT member under 18 with the most points across the entire season.
🎣 Cool Under Pressure Award
🔥 Step up when it matters most.
At each SWT tournament, the team that moves up the most places from Day 1 to Day 2 wins this award.
🏆 Prize: $500 Security Building Supplies Gift Certificate
🎣 Sportsperson of the Year
🤝 Leadership. Respect. Sportsmanship.
This award is given to the SWT member who best exemplifies what the trail stands for—on and off the water.
📬 Know someone who deserves this? Submit their name and story to the SWT board.
🎣 1-Only & 2-Only Tournament Awards
🎯 Can’t fish all season? No problem!
🏆 Awards go to the top SWT members who:
✔️ Fish only 1 tournament
✔️ Fish only 2 tournaments
🎣 King of the Mountain
🏔️ Conquer Last Mountain Lake.
This title goes to the angler with the highest combined total weight across both Last Mountain Lake tournaments.
🎣 King of the River
🌊 Own the Diefenbaker waters.
Awarded to the angler who racks up the most total weight across the Lake Diefenbaker tournaments.
🎣 Steve Taylor Cup (Ironman)
💪 Four tournaments. Three partners. One winner.
Fish all four SWT events, with no more than two tournaments with the same partner, and earn the most points.
🎣 Big Fish of the Year – Kids Help Phone 50/50 Challenge
🐟 Big fish. Bigger impact.
For a $20 entry, join the 50/50 Challenge to support Kids Help Phone.
The angler with the largest fish across all 4 SWT events takes the title!
🎣 Event Big Fish
🎣 Every event has a chance for glory.
At every SWT tournament, the angler who lands the biggest fish of the weekend wins this title.
Prize amounts vary per event!
🎣 Heavyweight of the Year
🏋️♂️ One day. One record-breaking bag.
Awarded to the team that registers the heaviest one-day weight across all SWT tournaments.
🎣 Championship Challenge – Sponsored by Lund Boats
🚤 This is the one everyone wants.
Win a Lund Boat, Mercury Motor, and Shoreland’r trailer at the Last Mountain Fall Walleye Classic!
You qualify if you:
✔️ Finish Top 10 at any SWT qualifier
✔️ Fish all 3 SWT qualifiers
✔️ Rank in the Top 30 in season points before the Fall Classic
