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Updated: 07/10/04
MADISON, Wis. - Anglers from the In-Fisherman
Professional Walleye
Trail will team up with BASS pros this week at the ESPN Great Outdoor
Games presented by Dodge.
PWT pros Mike Gofron, Perry Good, Bill Ortiz, Gary
Parsons, Dan
Plautz, and Ron Seelhoff will compete in a two-species tournament on
the
Madison Chain of Lakes. The walleye pros are teamed with BASS
anglers and
each of the six teams will set out to catch the three largest bass
and three
largest walleyes during the two day tournament. Bass pros are
Denny Brauer,
Rick Clunn, Shaw Grigsby, Mike Iaconelli, Gary Klein and Gerald Swindle.
The top three teams will earn gold, silver and bronze
medals after
weigh-in ceremonies at Madison's Alliant Energy Center. The round
one
weigh-in will be Friday at 5 p.m., with the final weigh-in at 4 p.m.
on
Saturday. Both weigh-ins will be held at the timber stage at
the Energy
Center's Willow Island.
"Fishing fans will be able to see the top pro anglers
from the bass
and walleye worlds working together. The PWT anglers are really
excited
about teaming with their counterparts from BASS. The tactics
and strategies
will be fun to watch," said PWT executive director Jim Kalkofen, Brainerd,
Minn.
The Great Outdoor Games are free to the public and
will be held July
8-11. Willow Island at the Alliant Energy Center will be open
at 4 p.m.
Thursday, 2 p.m. Friday, 8:30 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday.
Top outdoor athletes from around the world compete
in the ESPN Great
Outdoor Games. The ultimate championship of outdoor sports features
one-of-a-kind, head-to-head competition in timber and target events,
sporting dogs, and fishing. While entertaining large crowds on site,
the
ESPN Great Outdoor Games also draws a worldwide television audience
airing
on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC Sports. The Games will be televised on ESPN,
ESPN2
and ABC beginning July 14 at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.
The Games are sponsored by Dodge, Miller Brewing
Co., Stihl Inc.,
Valvoline Durablend, CITGO, Eukanuba, Johnsonville Brats, the National
Shooting Sports Foundation, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation,
Tinactin, and Beretta USA Corp. For additional information, contact
ESPN
Outdoors Communications at 608.256.1463 or visit www.espnoutdoorsmedia.com.
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