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1st Place
Boater Kevin
Lasater
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AURORA, Ky. — Boater Kevin Lasater of McKenzie, Tenn.,
earned $5,024 Saturday as winner of the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing
League LBL Division event on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. The
tournament was the fourth of five regular-season LBL Division
events and earned Lasater 200 points in the Boater Division.
Lasater’s winning catch of five bass weighed 19 pounds, 9
ounces. He was fishing ledges on the south end of Kentucky Lake,
throwing a Carolina-rig to catch his bass.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Scott Brummett of Brentwood,
Tenn. (five bass, 19 pounds, 3 ounces, $2,512); Billy Schroeder of
Paducah, Ky. (five bass, 18 pounds, 10 ounces, $1,674); Roger
Walters of Madisonville, Ky. (five bass, 16 pounds, 7 ounces,
$1,172); and Larry Frasier of Owensboro, Ky. (five bass, 16
pounds, 2 ounces, $1,005).
Brummett also took home an additional $500 for being the highest
placing Ranger Cup participant.
Joe White of Princeton, Ky., took Boater Division big-bass award
honors, earning $775 for a 7-pound, 1-ounce bass he caught on a
junebug worm.
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1st Place
Co-Angler Gary
Cole
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Gary Cole of Sebree, Ky., won the Co-angler Division to earn
$2,512 thanks to five bass weighing 16 pounds, 2 ounces that he
caught dragging a 1/2-ounce black and blue jig on Lake Barkley.
Cole also took home an additional $387 for winning the Co-angler
Division big bass award with a 6-pound, 3-ounce bass.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Kirk Holland of
Arlington, Ky. (five bass, 14 pounds, 1 ounces, $1,256); Cory York
of Benton, Ky. (five bass, 13 pounds, 9 ounces, $838); Jason
Housman of Hardin, Ky. (five bass, 13 pounds, 8 ounces, $586); and
Barry Mohon of Beechmont, Ky. (three bass, 13 pounds, 6 ounces,
$502).
The LBL Division’s next event will be a two-day Super Tournament
Sept. 16-17 on Kentucky and Barkley lakes near Gilbertsville, Ky.
Following the regular season, the LBL 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 LBL Division boaters and co-anglers based on year-end
points standings will advance to the Lake Chickamauga Regional
near Hixson, Tenn., Oct. 12-14, where they will compete against
Bulldog, Dixie and Music City 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.
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, browse 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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