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Paul Pezalla, the founder and head of Wacker Bait & Tackle, has been a dedicated carp angler since the late 1960's. He attended college at the University of Minnesota, fortuitously situated on the banks of the Mississippi River. Between sessions on the river, he managed to earn a PhD specializing in animal physiology. The knowledge gained there and in his subsequent career as a research scientist and university professor gave him a sound background for the rational development of baits.
Carp Anglers Group, Member since 1996
2005 President, Carp Anglers Group
1998-2005 Vice President, Carp Anglers Group
2005- Carp Anglers Group Ambassador
2009- Director Bankfishing USA
2001 CAG Turkey Carp Challenge 3rd Place
2003 Mississippi River Carp Festival (Coon Rapids, MN) 1st Place
2003 Carp Anglers Group Invitational Total Weight National Champion
2003 Carp Anglers Group Invitational North Central Region Total Weight 1st Place
2004 CAG President's Day Challenge 1st Place
Carp Anglers Group Invitational North Central Region Big Fish 1st Place
Carp Anglers Group Invitational North Central Region 4 Biggest Fish 1st Place
2004 American Carp Society Team National Championship 1st Place
2004 Austin Team Championship Top Ten Finish
2005 CAG Champion of the Queen Award for Exceptional Achievement in Promoting CAG and Carp Angling
2006 Austin Team Championship 4th Place
2006 7th CAG Crossroads Challenge Big Fish 1st Place
2007 Austin Team Championship 3rd Place
2007 Carp Anglers Group Invitational North Central Region Big Fish 1st Place
2007 CAG President's Day Challenge 1st Place
2007 CAG President's Day Challenge Big Fish 1st Place
2008 Chicagoland's All-Time Biggest Fish 38-2
2008 Dale Bowman Chicago Sun TImes Fish of the Week Winner and Fish of the Year Runner Up
2009 Wisconsin Carp Championship Section Winner
2009 Wisconsin Carp Championship Big Fish 1st Place
2010 Dale Bowman Chicago Sun TImes Fish of the Week Winner
127 Consecutive Months of Catching Chicagoland Carp as of August 2010. A 22-4 at noon on 8/1/2010.
