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GRAND LAKE TO HOST WAL-MART
BASS FISHING LEAGUE OKIE DIVISION TOURNAMENT
GROVE, Okla. (Feb. 27, 2007) The Okie
Division of the $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League will
visit Grand Lake in Grove, Okla., March 10 for the first of five
regular-season events. 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 a top award of $6,000 in the
Boater Division.
If the winner is a participant in the Ranger Cup
incentive program, he will receive a $1,000 bonus from Ranger
Boats and $500 from Yamaha if his boat is powered by Yamaha.
Ranger will award $500 to the highest-finishing Ranger Cup participant
if not the winner, and Yamaha will kick in $250 if the boat is
powered by Yamaha. Bombardier will award $1,000 to the winning
boater if the winner's boat is equipped with a qualifying Evinrude
E-TEC or Direct Injection outboard. That's a potential top award
of $8,000 for anglers who meet contingency guidelines.
The winning co-angler will earn as much as $3,000
cash.
Snickers Big Bass awards of up to $1,000 and $500,
respectively, will also be awarded in the Boater and Co-angler
Divisions.
Anglers may register for the tournament online
at FLWOutdoors.com or by calling (270) 252-1000. Onsite registration
will be held March 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Wal-Mart store located
at 2115 South Main Street in Grove, Okla. Entry fees are $200
for boaters and $100 for co-anglers.
Red 11 Port Resort in Grove, Okla., will host the
takeoff and weigh-in at 6 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.
The top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers in each of
the BFL's 28 divisions at the end of the season advance to a
no-entry-fee Regional Championship where boaters fish for a new
Ranger boat and a Chevy truck and co-anglers fish for a new Ranger
boat. Seven regional championships will each send six boaters
and six co-anglers to the no-entry-fee 2008 Wal-Mart BFL All-American
presented by Chevy, which features a $1 million purse and a top
award of $140,000 in the Boater Division and $70,000 in the Co-angler
Division. Anglers who compete in all five regular-season events
within a division but do not advance to a Regional Championship
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
total field of 48 boaters and 48 co-anglers.
The winning boater and winning co-angler at the
All-American advance to the no-entry-fee $2 million 2008 Forrest
Wood Cup. This event, featuring a top award of $1 million, is
the most lucrative tournament in all of competitive bass fishing.
In all, the BFL offers weekend anglers the opportunity to qualify
for three no-entry-fee championships with total cash awards exceeding
$3 million. Plus, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers from each
BFL division may move up to the Stren Series for 2008 while All-American
champions have the option to advance directly to the Wal-Mart
FLW Tour.
Okie Division anglers will visit Fort Gibson Lake
in Wagoner, Okla., March 31 for their second regular-season event,
followed by an event on Lake Eufaula in Eufaula, Okla., May 12.
The division's fourth qualifying event will be held on the Arkansas
River in Webber Falls, Okla., June 16. A two-day Super Tournament,
the division's fifth and final event, will be held on Grand Lake
in Grove, Okla., Sept. 15-16.
Following the end of regular-season competition,
the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers in the Okie Division will
advance to the Wright Patman Lake Regional Championship in Texarkana,
Texas, Oct. 25-27 and will compete against anglers from the Arkie,
Cowboy and Louisiana divisions for an All-American berth.
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 FLW Tour bass fishing's
most lucrative tournament circuit.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats,
Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Tour,
Wal-Mart FLW Series, Stren Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League,
Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail presented by Abu Garcia, Ranger
Owners Tournament Championship Series, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour,
Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour, Wal-Mart
FLW Kingfish Series, Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series and Wal-Mart
FLW Striper Series. These circuits offer combined purses of nearly
$43 million through 238 events in 2007.
Wal-Mart and many of America's largest and most
respected companies support FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails.
Wal-Mart signed on as an FLW Outdoors sponsor in 1997 and today
is the world's leading supporter of tournament fishing. For more
information about Wal-Mart, visit Wal-Mart.com.
For more information about FLW Outdoors and its
tournaments, visit FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.
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