WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE LEAGUE TO VISIT SAGINAW BAY LINWOOD, Mich.
(July 26, 2005) -
The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League Michigan Division will stage
its final tournament of 2005 with a Super Tournament on Saginaw
Bay in Linwood August 6-7 presented by Evinrude. The tournament
is expected to draw as many as 200 weekend walleye anglers to
the area, with Boater Division competitors casting for a top
award of as much as $5,250 and co-anglers in the hunt for a
top award of as much as $2,625. Anglers will take off Saturday
from Hoyles Marina at 7 a.m., and the weigh-in will be held
there beginning at 3 p.m. On Sunday the takeoff will again be
at 7 a.m. at Hoyles Marina, however, the weigh-in will conclude
at 4 p.m. at the Wal-Mart on 3921 Wilder Road in Bay City. The
community is invited to attend both the takeoff and weigh-in,
which are free and open to the public. Boaters and co-anglers
are randomly paired for the event and fish for a combined boat
weight. Cash payouts are based on a full field of 100 boaters
and 100 co-anglers. Boaters compete against other boaters, and
co-anglers compete against other co-anglers. The winning boater
will earn as much as $4,500 cash for the win, and if the winner
is a registered owner of a Ranger boat used during the event,
the winner receives a $750 Ranger bonus for a top award of $5,250
cash. If the winning boater uses only Garmin electronics with
at least one unit being a qualifying unit, the winner will also
receive a $1,000 bonus from Garmin for a total award of $6,250.
The winning co-angler will earn as much as $2,250 and if the
winner is a registered Ranger owner, the winner will receive
a $375 bonus for a top award of $2,625. Three FLW Walleye League
divisions - Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin - each feature
three one-day events and one two-day Super Tournament during
the regular season. Every angler who receives weight credit
earns points, with 200 points awarded 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. These points determine angler standings. The
top 35 boaters and 35 co-anglers from each FLW Walleye League
division advance to the $115,000 Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League
Finals, set for Sept. 8-10 on the Mississippi River in Winona,
Minn. Anglers finishing in the top 10 in each division also
receive priority entry into the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour for
2006. If the Super Tournament on Saginaw Bay is not yet full,
entries will be accepted at tournament registration, which will
be held August 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. at Hoyles Marina located at
135 South Linwood Beach Road. Entry fees are $200 for boaters
and $100 for co-anglers. The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League was
created to provide the grassroots walleye angler a chance to
compete in professionally administered, close-to-home tournaments
with lucrative cash awards. 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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