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1st place boater Keith Monson
SCOTTSVILLE,
Ky. (Sept. 25, 2006) - Boater Keith Monson of Burgin, Ky., earned
300 points and $6,066 Sunday as the winner of the Wal-Mart Bass
Fishing League Mountain Division Super Tournament on the Barren
River. He also earned a $1,500 Ranger Cup bonus for a total of
$7,566 in winnings.
Monson's
two-day winning catch of 10 bass weighed 27 pounds, 10 ounces.
Rounding
out the top five boaters are Ronnie Grant of
Columbia
,
Ky.
(10 bass, 27 pounds, 9 ounces, $3,033); Perry Neathery of
Albany
,
Ky.
(nine bass, 26 pounds, 13 ounces, $2,024); Don Ingram of
Greensburg
,
Ky.
(10 bass, 26 pounds, 4 ounces, $1,415) and Shannon Devere of
Berea
,
Ky.
(10 bass, 26 pounds, 1 ounce, $1,213).
Brian
Wade of
Stanford
,
Ky.
, won the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award with a 5-pound,
5-ounce bass that earned him $832.
1st place co-angler Edward
Grady
Edward
Grady of
Owenton
,
Ky.
, earned $3,033 as the co-angler winner thanks to eight bass
weighing 18 pounds, 6 ounces.
Rounding
out the top five co-anglers are James Griffieth of Harrodsburg,
Ky. (eight bass, 17 pounds, 13 ounces, $1,517); Mark Hogue of
Stanford, Ky. (eight bass, 16 pounds, 4 ounces, $1,010); Herman
Moore of Seymour, Tenn. (eight bass, 15 pounds, 15 ounces, $708)
and Tyler Moberly of Berea, Ky. (nine bass, 15 pounds, 13 ounces,
$607).
Billy
Hughes of
Danville
,
Ky.
, earned $416 as the co-angler Snickers Big Bass winner with a
3-pound, 15-ounce bass.
The
top 40 Mountain Division boaters and co-anglers based on year-end
points standings will now advance to the no-entry-fee Kentucky
Lake Regional Championship near Gilbertsville, Ky., Oct. 19-21,
where they will compete against Bama, Buckeye and Hoosier anglers
for a new Ranger boat and a Chevy truck in the Boater Division
plus six slots in the no-entry-fee 2007 Wal-Mart BFL All-American
presented by Chevy. With a total purse of $1 million and a
potential $140,000 cash 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
Boater Division points champion who advances the farthest at the
All-American will earn $10,000 as the Yamaha "Be the
Best" points champion. The co-angler points champion who
advances the farthest will earn $5,000 as the Yamaha "Be the
Best" points champion in the Co-angler Division.
For
complete Mountain Division standings, visit FLWOutdoors.com.
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.
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 or to enter a tournament, call (270) 252-1000 or
visit FLWOutdoors.com.
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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