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JASPER,
Ind. (March 26, 2007) – Boater Ike Brinson of Columbus, Ind.,
won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Hoosier Division tournament
on Patoka Lake Saturday with a five-bass catch weighing 21 pounds,
1 ounces. The victory earned Brinson $4,718 and placed him one
step closer to qualifying for the Kentucky Lake Regional
Championship in
Gilbertsville
,
Ky.
, Oct. 18-20, where he could ultimately win a new 519VX Ranger
boat and a Chevy truck.
Brinson
was throwing a lipless crankbait around submerged grass beds in 3
foot of water to catch his tournament limit of bass..
Rounding
out the top five boaters are Chris Wilkinson of
Farmersburg
,
Ind.
(five bass, 20-00, $2,775); Edward Scales Jr. of
Indianapolis
,
Ind.
(five bass, 19-4, $1,846); Dick Shaffer of
Rockford
,
Ohio
(five bass, 18-8, $1,295)
and
Ed Bauer of
Greenwood
,
Ind.
(five bass, 17-12, $1,110).
Nick
Teeters of Martinsville, Ind., took home the Boater Division
Snickers Big Bass award, earning $890 for a 7-pound, 2-ounce bass.
Bob
Scott of
Clarksville
,
Ind.
, earned $2,775 as the
co-angler
winner Saturday thanks to four bass weighing 15 pounds, 12 ounces
that he caught while also fishing a lipless crankbait around grass
beds in shallow water..
Rounding
out the top five
co-angler
s are Norman Vandeventer of
Lafayette
,
Ind.
(five bass, 15-1, $1,388); Dennis French of Indianapolis, Ind.
(four bass, 13-8, $924); Darrell Jackson of Indianapolis, Ind.
(two bass, 10-9, $648)
and
Jonathan Coffing of Monticello, Ind. (three bass,10-7, $555).
John
Smith of
Corydon
,
Ind.
, earned $445 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a
7-pound bass.
The
Hoosier Division’s next event will be May 19 on
Lake
Monroe
in
Bloomington
,
Ind
, followed by a tournament June 23 on the Ohio River in
Tell City
,
Ind.
The division’s fourth event will be held July 28 on the Ohio
River in
Tell City
,
Ind.
, and the final event of the regular season will be a two-day
Super Tournament held Sept. 8-9 on Lake Patoka in Jasper, Ind.
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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