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1st Place Boater Steve
Sanders
GOLCONDA,
Ill. (Sept. 11, 2006) - Boater Steve Sanders of Vienna, Ill.,
earned 300 points and $5,632 Sunday as the winner of the Wal-Mart
Bass Fishing League Illini Division Super Tournament on the Ohio
River.
Sanders'
two-day winning catch of 10 bass weighed 20 pounds, 2 ounces.
Rounding
out the top five boaters are Ivan Maxwell of
Tunnel Hill
,
Ill.
(10 bass, 18 pounds, 4 ounces, $2,816); Randy Stroup of
Peoria
,
Ill.
(10 bass, 18 pounds, 2 ounces, $1,877); David Bortner of
Marion
,
Ill.
, (10 bass, 17 pounds, 8 ounces, $1,314) and Dale Greene of
Mount Vernon
,
Ill.
(10 bass, 17 pounds, 3 ounces, $1,126).
Anton
Silvester of
Stauton
,
Ill.
, won the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award with a 4-pound,
3-ounce bass that earned him $735.
Stroup
took home an additional $500 for being the highest-placing Ranger
Cup participant.
1st Place Co-Angler Rick McGuire
Rick
McGuire of
Warrenton
,
Mo.
, earned $2,816 as the co-angler winner thanks to 10 bass weighing
13 pounds, 12 ounces.
Rounding
out the top five co-anglers are Tim Hunt of
La
Place,
Ill.
(nine bass, 12 pounds, 3 ounces, $1,408); Timothy Mott of
Bloomington
,
Ill.
(10 bass, 12 pounds, 2 ounces, $941); Bradley Smith of
Troy
,
Ill.
, (eight bass, 12 pounds, 1 ounce, $657) and Scott Jones of
Shorewood
,
Ill.
(eight bass, 11 pounds, 6 ounces, $563).
Jerry
Dye of
Hume
,
Ill.
, earned $367 as the co-angler Division Snickers Big Bass winner
with a 3-pound, 2-ounce bass.
The
top 40 Illini Division boaters and Co-anglers based on year-end
points standings will now advance to the no-entry-fee Fort Madison
Regional Championship near Fort Madison, Iowa, Oct. 5-7, where
they will compete against Great Lakes, Michigan and Ozark 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 Division points champion 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.
For
complete Illini Division standings, visit FLWOutdoors.com.
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
visit 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.
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