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HAMES
WINS WAL-MART BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON
KENTUCKY
AND
BARKLEY
LAKES
BENTON,
Ky. (March 12, 2007) – Boater David Hames of Trezevant, Tenn., won the
Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League LBL Division tournament on Kentucky and
Barkley Lakes Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 21 pounds, 10
ounces. The victory earned Hames $5,100 and placed him one step closer to
qualifying for the Fort Loudon-Tellico Lakes Regional Championship in
Lenoir City
,
Tenn.
, Oct. 18-20, where he could ultimately win a new 519VX Ranger boat and a
Chevy truck.
Hames
was throwing a suspending jerkbait around main lake and secondary points
to catch his quality-sized tournament limit of bass.
Rounding
out the top five boaters are Mike Ward of
Paris
,
Tenn.
(five bass, 20-13, $3,000); Terry Bolton of
Paducah
,
Ky.
(five bass, 20-12, $2,000); Kevin Lasater of
McKenzie
,
Tenn.
(five bass, 20-2, $1,400)
and
Tim Griggs of
Paducah
,
Ky.
(five bass, 20-1, $1,200).
Kevin
Springer of
Benton
,
Ky.
, took home the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award, earning $1,000
for a 7-pound, 13-ounce bass.
Springer
also took home an additional $500 for being the highest-placing Ranger Cup
participant.
Scott
Duckworth of
Murray
,
Ky.
, earned $3,000 as the
co-angler
winner Saturday thanks to five bass weighing 19 pounds, 7 ounces that he
caught while fishing a Lucky Craft 78DD around main lake points early in
the day to catch his bass.
Rounding
out the top five
co-angler
s are Rodger Lutz of
Kuttawa
,
Ky.
(five bass, 16-15, $1,500); Kevin Hancock of
Madisonville
,
Ky.
(five bass, 16-5, $1,000); Ryan Zwick of
Harrison
,
Ohio
(five bass, 16-3, $700)
and
Jeff Kellogg of
Rockford
,
Mich.
(five bass, 15-12, $600).
Russell
Palmer of
Lexington
,
Ky.
, earned $500 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 7-pound,
11-ounce bass.
All
LBL Division evevents are held on
Kentucky
Lake
and
Lake
Barkley
. Their next event will be April 14 on in
Cadiz
,
Ky.
, followed by a tournament May 19 in
Paris
,
Tenn.
The division’s fourth event will be held June 16 in
Aurora
,
Ky.
, and the final event of the regular season will be a two-day Super
Tournament held Sept. 29-30 in
Benton
,
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 Fort Loudon-Tellico
Lakes 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 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. |
