McDonald’s winning catch of four bass weighed 17 pounds, 9 ounces. He was throwing a black and blue craw tube in shallow water to catch his bass.
Rounding out the top five boaters are Ryan Deal of Haubstadt, Ind. (five bass, 13 pounds, 7 ounces, $2,157); Aaron Sisk of Evansville, Ind. (five bass, 13 pounds, $1,439); Kevin Allen of Middletown, Ind., (four bass, 11 pounds, 4 ounces, $1,007) and Kenneth Bortlein of West Harrison, Ind. (four bass, 11 pounds, 3 ounces, $863).
Calvin Davidson of Plainfield, Ind., won the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award with a 6-pound, 8-ounce bass earning him $610.
Dick Maurer of Hillsboro, Mo., won the Co-angler
Division and earned $2,157 thanks to four bass weighing 8
pounds, 9 ounces.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Scott Childers of
Indianapolis (four bass, 7 pounds, 12 ounces, $1,079); Kevin
Alvey of Taylorsville, Ky. (three bass, 7 pounds, 9 ounces,
$717); Doug Ruster of New Palestine, Ind. (three bass, 6 pounds,
3 ounces, $503); and John Fritz of Coal City, Ind. (three bass,
5 pounds, 13 ounces, $431).
Steven Littrell of Avon, Ind., earned $305 as the co-angler
Snickers Big Bass winner with a 4-pound, 9-ounce bass.
The Hoosier Division’s next event will take place on Lake
Monroe again near Bloomington, Sept. 23-24 for their two-day
Super Tournament, the division’s fifth and final event.
The top 40 Hoosier Division boaters and co-anglers based on
year-end points standings will advance to the no-entry-fee
Kentucky Lake Regional Championship near Gilbertsville, Ky.,
Oct. 19 -21, where they will compete against Bama, Buckeye and
Mountain 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 with the most points 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.
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 $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 browse www.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.