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FINDLAY,
Ill. (July 24, 2006) - Boater Dale Greene of Mount Vernon, Ill.,
earned $3,766 Saturday as winner of the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing
League Illini Division event on Lake Shelbyville. The tournament
was the fourth of five regular-season Illini Division events and
earned Greene 200 points in the Boater Division.
Greene's
winning catch of five bass weighed 13 pounds, 8 ounces.
Greene
also took home an additional $1,000 for being the highest placing
Ranger Cup participant.
Rounding
out the top five boaters are Bobby McMullin of Pevely, Mo. (four
bass, 13 pounds, 1 ounces, $1,883); Bill Leasher of Neoga, Ill.
(four bass, 12 pounds, 15 ounces, $1,256); Haldon Burgener of
Moweaqua, Ill. (five bass, 12 pounds, 9 ounces, $879) and Dan
McDowell of Mattoon, Ill. (five bass, 10 pounds, 14 ounces, $753).
Gary
Bettis of Olney, Ill., won $500 for winning the boater division
Big Bass Award with a 5-pound, 14- ounce bass.
Timothy
Ernst of Westchester, Ill., won the Co-angler Division to earn
$1,883 thanks to five bass weighing 10 pounds, 7 ounces.
Rounding
out the top five co-anglers are Colby Thompson of Carbondale, Ill.
(three bass, 8 pounds, 15 ounces, $942); Terry Marucco of Decatur,
Ill. (four bass, 8 pounds, 13 ounces, $627); James M. Dietel of
Loami, Ill. (four bass, 8 pounds, 6 ounces, $439); and Chad
Britton of Dieterich, Ill. (three bass, 7 pounds, 8 ounces, $377).
Thompson
earned an additional $250 as the co-angler big-bass award winner
with a 4-pound, 9-ounce bass.
The
Illini Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 9-10 with a
two-day Super Tournament, the divisions fifth and final event, on
the Ohio River near Golconda, Ill.
Following
the regular season, the 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 Illini Division boaters and co-anglers based on
year-end points standings will advance to the Fort Madison
Regional near Fort Madison, Iowa, Oct. 5-7, where they will
compete against Great Lakes, Michigan and Ozark 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. For more information or to enter a
tournament, call (270) 252-1000 or visit FLWOutdoors.com.
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,
visit 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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