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BYRDSTOWN,
Tenn. (March 26, 2007) – Boaters Shannon Devere of Berea, Ky.,
and Curtis Hall of Florence, Ky., tied for the win at Wal-Mart
Bass Fishing League Mountain Division tournament on Dale Hollow
Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 14 pounds, 5 ounces
each. The victory earned Devere and Hall $3,464 and placed them
each one step closer to qualifying for the Kentucky Lake Regional
Championship in
Gilbertsville
,
Ky.
, Oct. 18-20, where they could ultimately win a new 519VX Ranger
boat and a Chevy truck.
Devere
also took home an additional $1,000 for being the highest placing
Ranger Cup participant.
Rounding
out the top five boaters are David Upchurch of
Columbia
,
Ky.
(five bass, 14-00, $1,710); Mike Devere of
Berea
,
Ky.
(five bass, 13-14, $1,198); and Tim McDonald of
Lexington
,
Ky.
(five bass, 13-11, $1,027).
Ted
Grigsby of
Stanford
,
Ky.
, took home the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award, earning
$800 for a 7-pound, 4-ounce bass.
Aaron
Singleton of
Lagrange
,
Ky.
, earned $2,528 as the
co-angler
winner Saturday thanks to five bass weighing 11 pounds, 9 ounces
that he caught while fishing a homemade jig and a shaky head worm
in about 15 to 20 feet of water.
Rounding
out the top five
co-angler
s are Kibbee McCoy of
Crossville
,
Tenn.
(four bass, 11-6, $1,264); Dexter Mason of East Bernstadt, Ky.
(two bass, 7-6, $845); Eric Moore of Ludlow, Ky. (five bass, 7-1,
$590)
and
Allen Brewer of London, Ky. (three bass, 7-00, $506).
Mitch
Lewis of
Greensburg
,
Ky.
, earned $390 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a
4-pound, 14-ounce bass.
The
Mountain Division’s next event will be April 28 on
Laurel
River
Lake
in
London
,
Ky.
, followed by a tournament June 9 on the
Barren
River
in
Glasgow
,
Ky.
The final event of the regular season will be a two-day Super
Tournament held Sept. 15-16 on the
Barren
River
in
Glasgow
,
Ky.
Following
the end of regular-season competition, the top 40 boaters
and
40 co-anglers based on year-end points st
and
ings in the division will advance to the no-entry-fee Kentucky
Lake Regional Championship where they will compete against top
qualifiers from three other BFL divisions. At the Regional
Championship boaters will fish for a new Ranger boat and Chevy
truck and co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger boat. The top six
boaters and top six co-anglers at the Regional Championship will
also advance to the 2008 All-American presented by Chevy. With a
total purse of $1 million, a potential $140,000 cash prize going
to the winning boater
and
as much as $70,000 going to the winning
co-angler
, the All-American is one of the most prestigious
and
lucrative events in bass fishing. The winning boater
and
winning co-angler at the All-American also advance to the
no-entry-fee $2 million 2008 Forrest Wood Cup. This event,
featuring a top award of $1 million, is the sport’s biggest
championship.
The
$8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League features 28 divisions
nationwide. In BFL competition, boaters and
co-angler
s are randomly paired. Boaters supply the boat and fish from the
front deck against other boaters while co-anglers compete from the
back deck against other
co-angler
s.
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 will offer combined purses of nearly $43
million through 241 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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Ranger
Cup award winners are pending verification by Ranger Boats and
thus are unofficial at this time.
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