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Jeff Herburger
(Photo
FLW Outdoors)
WINNECONNE,
Wis. (June 19, 2006) Boater Jeff Herburger of Dubuque, Iowa,
earned $4,541 Saturday as winner of the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing
League Great Lakes Division event on the Wolf River Chain of
Lakes. The tournament was the second of five regular-season Great
Lakes Division events and earned Herburger 200 points in the
Boater Division.
Herburgers'
winning catch of five bass weighed 12 pounds, 15 ounces. He was
throwing a buzzbait and tubes along grass and reeds in the
main-lake area to catch his bass.
Rounding
out the top five boaters are Clayton Reitz of Morton, Ill. (five
bass, 12 pounds, 10 ounces, $2,270); Ted Buckman of Machesney
Park, Ill. (five bass, 12 pounds, 2 ounces, $1,514); Mike Mayan of
Rosendale, Wis. (five bass, 12 pounds, 1 ounce, $1,060) and Robert
Greenwood of Barneveld, Wis., (five bass, 11 pounds, 14 ounces,
$908).
Reitz
also took home an additional $500 for being the highest placing
Ranger Cup participant.
Gary
Gottschalk of Fall River, Wis., took Boater Division big-bass
award honors, earning $660 for a 3-pound, 13-ounce bass he caught
on a tube.
Michael
Parve (Photo
FLW Outdoors)
Michael
Parve of West Bend, Wis., won the Co-angler Division to earn
$2,236 as the co-angler winner, thanks to five bass weighing 10
pounds, 8 ounces that he caught on a jig and pig combination
around lily pads and wood.
Rounding
out the top five co-anglers are Robin Piwoni of Racine, Wis. (five
bass, 10 pounds, 8 ounces, $1,118); Dennis Marcinek of Chicago,
Ill., tied for third with Jordan Truttmann of Oshkosh, Wis. (five
bass, 9 pounds, 10 ounces, $633); Chris Pennybacker of Racine,
Wis. (five bass, 9 pounds, 5 ounces, $447).
Craig
Fanning of Elwood, Ill., earned $325 as the co-angler big-bass
award winner with a 3-pound, 12-ounce bass.
The
Great Lakes Division's next event will be held July 15 on the
Mississippi River near Prairie Du Chien, Wis., followed by an
event on the Mississippi River near Clinton, Iowa, Aug. 19. The
Great Lakes Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 16-17
with a two-day Super Tournament on the Mississippi River near
LaCrosse, Wis.
Following
the regular season, the Great Lakes Division boater with the most
points who advances farthest in the Wal-Mart BFL All-American will
earn $10,000 as the Yamaha _Be the Best_ points champion. The
co-angler points champion who advances farthest will earn $5,000
as the Yamaha _Be the Best_ points champion in the Co-angler
Division.
Every
angler who receives weight credit in a tournament earns points,
with 200 points going to the winner, 199 for second, 198 for
third, and so on except for Super Tournaments, which award 300
points to the winner, 299 for second, 298 for third, and so on.
The top 40 Great Lakes Division boaters and co-anglers based on
year-end points standings will advance to the Fort Madison
Regional near Fort Madison, Iowa, Oct. 5-7, where they will
compete against Illini, Michigan, and Ozark anglers for one of six
slots in the 2007 All-American. With a total purse of $1 million
and a potential $140,000 cash prize going to the winning boater
and $70,000 going to the winning co-angler, the All-American is
one of the most prestigious and lucrative events in bass fishing.
The
$8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League features 28 divisions
nationwide. In BFL competition, boaters and co-anglers are
randomly paired, with boaters supplying the boat and fishing
against other boaters and co-anglers fishing from the back deck
against other co-anglers. For more information or to enter a
tournament, call (270) 252-1000 or visit FLWOutdoors.com.
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, Stratos Owners_
Tournament Trail, 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 exceeding $37.9 million through 249
events in 2006.
For
more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs,
visit FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.
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.
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