02-24-2007, 04:31 PM
[size 1]by [/size][url "mailto:cgay@flwoutdoors.com"][size 1]Chad Gay[/size][/url][size 1] [/size]
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[size 1](Feb. 20, 2007)... The $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League will be held on March 3 for the second of five regular-season events, sponsored in part by Yamaha Outboards. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including as much as $6,000 to the Boater Division winner.
1. The Everglades Division [/size][url "http://outdoorintelligence.amivisions.com/perl/oims_action.cgi?clientid=2043&lid=345&zoom=1&map=0"][size 1]Lake Okeechobee[/size][/url][size 1] in Okeechobee, Fla., March 3 for the second of five regular-season events. C. Scott Driver Park in Okeechobee, Fla., will host the takeoff and weigh-in at 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.
2. The Dixie Division will visit [/size][url "http://outdoorintelligence.amivisions.com/perl/oims_action.cgi?clientid=2043&lid=151&zoom=1&map=0"][size 1]Lake Eufaula[/size][/url][size 1] in Eufaula, Ala., March 3 for the second of five regular-season events. Lakepoint State Park in Eufaula, Ala., will host the takeoff and weigh-in at 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.
The winning co-angler will earn as much as $3,000 cash. The angler who catches the biggest bass of the day in the Boater Division will earn as much as $1,000, and the co-angler big-bass winner will earn as much as $500.
The top 40 boaters and co-anglers in each of the BFL’s 28 divisions at the end of the season are eligible to advance to regional competition. Seven $110,000 Regional Championships will each send six boaters and six co-anglers to the 2007 Wal-Mart BFL All-American championship, which will feature a $1 million purse and a top award as high as $140,000. Anglers who compete in all five regular-season events within a division but do not advance to regional competition are eligible to compete in the Chevy Wild Card, which will also send six boaters and six co-anglers to the All-American for a championship field of 48 boaters and 48 co-anglers.
The winning boater and the winning co-angler at the All-American will have the opportunity to advance to the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup, the most lucrative tournament in all of competitive bass fishing, where the winner could earn up to $1 million.
In BFL competition, boaters supply the boat and compete from the front deck against other boaters. Co-anglers compete from the back deck against other co-anglers.
As the nation’s leading provider of affordable, close-to-home weekend tournaments, the BFL is widely credited with opening competitive bass fishing to the masses. It also serves as a steppingstone for anglers who wish to advance to the Stren Series and ultimately the Wal-Mart FLW Tour - bass fishing’s most lucrative tournament series. Former BFL anglers who have become fishing superstars on the Wal-Mart FLW Tour include Kellogg’s pro Clark Wendlandt, Ranger pro Tommy Biffle and four-time FLW Tour champion David Fritts.
For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs, call (270) 252-1000.[/size]
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[size 1](Feb. 20, 2007)... The $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League will be held on March 3 for the second of five regular-season events, sponsored in part by Yamaha Outboards. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including as much as $6,000 to the Boater Division winner.
1. The Everglades Division [/size][url "http://outdoorintelligence.amivisions.com/perl/oims_action.cgi?clientid=2043&lid=345&zoom=1&map=0"][size 1]Lake Okeechobee[/size][/url][size 1] in Okeechobee, Fla., March 3 for the second of five regular-season events. C. Scott Driver Park in Okeechobee, Fla., will host the takeoff and weigh-in at 7 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.
2. The Dixie Division will visit [/size][url "http://outdoorintelligence.amivisions.com/perl/oims_action.cgi?clientid=2043&lid=151&zoom=1&map=0"][size 1]Lake Eufaula[/size][/url][size 1] in Eufaula, Ala., March 3 for the second of five regular-season events. Lakepoint State Park in Eufaula, Ala., will host the takeoff and weigh-in at 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.
The winning co-angler will earn as much as $3,000 cash. The angler who catches the biggest bass of the day in the Boater Division will earn as much as $1,000, and the co-angler big-bass winner will earn as much as $500.
The top 40 boaters and co-anglers in each of the BFL’s 28 divisions at the end of the season are eligible to advance to regional competition. Seven $110,000 Regional Championships will each send six boaters and six co-anglers to the 2007 Wal-Mart BFL All-American championship, which will feature a $1 million purse and a top award as high as $140,000. Anglers who compete in all five regular-season events within a division but do not advance to regional competition are eligible to compete in the Chevy Wild Card, which will also send six boaters and six co-anglers to the All-American for a championship field of 48 boaters and 48 co-anglers.
The winning boater and the winning co-angler at the All-American will have the opportunity to advance to the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup, the most lucrative tournament in all of competitive bass fishing, where the winner could earn up to $1 million.
In BFL competition, boaters supply the boat and compete from the front deck against other boaters. Co-anglers compete from the back deck against other co-anglers.
As the nation’s leading provider of affordable, close-to-home weekend tournaments, the BFL is widely credited with opening competitive bass fishing to the masses. It also serves as a steppingstone for anglers who wish to advance to the Stren Series and ultimately the Wal-Mart FLW Tour - bass fishing’s most lucrative tournament series. Former BFL anglers who have become fishing superstars on the Wal-Mart FLW Tour include Kellogg’s pro Clark Wendlandt, Ranger pro Tommy Biffle and four-time FLW Tour champion David Fritts.
For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs, call (270) 252-1000.[/size]
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