Twenty-one years ago, the Kolar Toyota ALS Walleye Tournament began fishing for a cure and promised not to stop until they set the hook on one. While they grabbed pictures of those memorable catches, those at the tournament worked on the same team looking at the big prize, a cure for the disease.

Last years event raised nearly $200,000 last year and they want a bigger catch this year.

The event began this morning on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth and will conclude with dinner at the Ward Wells field house on UMD’s campus.