HUGHES, BUECHEL WIN WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE LEAGUE EVENT ON PETENWELL
LAKE ARKDALE, Wis. (April 25, 2005) –
Boater Jimmy Hughes of Oshkosh and co-angler Dennis Buechel
of Fond Du Lac combined for a total of five walleyes weighing
6 pounds, 14 ounces to claim victory at the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye
League Wisconsin Division tournament held Saturday on Petenwell
Lake. Hughes claimed $2,660 for the win, with Buechel earning
$1,313. Hughes and Beuchel worked live bait rigs and jigs over
mid-lake, wind-swept rocky points. They worked their offerings
from anchored positions as well as slow trolling them to grind
out their winning catch under blistering 25-mph winds. Finishing
second were Clifford Jakusz of Stevens Point ($1,368 plus $400
bonus) and John Reynolds of Machesney Park, Ill. ($675) with
three walleyes weighing 6 pounds, 5 ounces. Dennis Skurulsky
of Waukesha ($1,140) and Philip Singleton of Grovertown, Ind.
($563) caught three walleyes weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces to
finish third. John Schneider of Shawano ($988 plus $250 bonus)
and Kevin Adams of Shawano ($487 plus $125 bonus) claimed fourth
place with five walleyes that weighed 5 pounds, 15 ounces. Finishing
fifth were Matthew Seifert of Wisconsin Rapids ($684 plus $200
bonus) and Brian Boelter of Colgate ($337) thanks to a four-walleye
catch that weighed 5 pounds, 3 ounces. The Wisconsin Division’s
next event will be May 14 on Green Bay. Boaters and co-anglers
who finish in the top 35 in final points standings in each FLW
Walleye League division will advance to the no-entry-fee $115,000
Wal-Mart FLW League Finals Sept. 8-10 on the Mississippi River
in Winona, Minn. The winning boater at the finals will receive
an Evinrude-or Yamaha-powered Ranger 621 boat. Every angler
who receives weight credit in a tournament earns points, with
200 points awarded to the winner, 199 points for second, and
so on, except for Super Tournaments, which award 300 points
to the winner, 298 to second, and so on. FLW Walleye League
boaters and co-anglers fish together for a combined boat weight,
with boaters competing against other boaters and co-anglers
fishing against other co-anglers. The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League
meets the needs of America’s fishing masses by providing professionally
administered, close-to-home, affordable events with lucrative
cash purses. Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats,
Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye
League and seven other national tournament circuits offering
a combined $30 million in awards through 214 events in 2005.
The 27-year-old organization is the purveyor of America’s largest
and most prestigious fishing tournaments, including the Wal-Mart
FLW Tour, EverStart Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart
Texas Tournament Trail, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart
FLW Walleye League Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour and Wal-Mart FLW
Redfish Series. For more information on 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 title sponsor of the FLW Tour in 1997 and today is the
title sponsor of all FLW Outdoors events. For more information
on Wal-Mart, visit Wal-Mart.com
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