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SCHULTZ WINS WAL-MART BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON THE CHICKAHOMINY
RIVER WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (July 25, 2005) - Boater Chuck Schultz
Jr. of Richmond earned $3,965 Saturday as winner of the Wal-Mart
Bass Fishing League Piedmont Division event on the Chickahominy
River. The tournament was the fourth of five regular-season
Piedmont Division events and earned Schultz 200 points in the
Boater Division. Schultz's winning catch of five bass weighed
14 pounds, 2 ounces. He was fishing crankbaits and worms around
brush piles in out-going tides when he caught his bass. He earned
an additional $630 as winner of the big-bass award, thanks to
a 4-pound, 12-ounce bass. Finishing second was Sam Westbrook
of Petersburg with five bass weighing 11 pounds, 4 ounces that
earned him $1,982. Mark Herndon of Bahama, N.C., claimed $1,297
as the third-place finisher thanks to three bass weighing 10
pounds, 6 ounces. In fourth was Ricky Farr of Chesterfield with
three bass weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces worth $1,009, and finishing
fifth and earning $829 was Jerry Davis of Petersburg with five
bass weighing 8 pounds. Westbrook earned an additional $500
as winner of the Ranger Cup award. Scott Mummert of Winfall,
N.C., earned $1,982 as the co-angler winner, thanks to four
bass weighing 6 pounds, 11 ounces that he caught on a finesse
worm. Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Fran Andrews
Jr. of Matoaca, Va. (two bass, 6 pounds, 3 ounces, $991); Vaden
Lee of Freemont, N.C. (two bass, 6 pounds, 1 ounce, $651); Steve
Kiser of Tarboro, N.C. (three bass, 6 pounds, $505); and Frank
Bucciala Jr. of Littleton, N.C. (two bass, 5 pounds, 13 ounces,
$414). Andrews earned $315 as the co-angler big-bass award winner
with a 4-pound, 15-ounce bass he caught on a worm. The Piedmont
Division will wrap up its regular season Sept. 17-18 with a
two-day Super Tournament on Kerr Lake near Henderson, N.C. Following
the regular season, the Piedmont Division boater with the most
points will earn $1,000 as the Yamaha "Be the Best" points champion.
The co-angler amassing the most points will earn $500 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 Piedmont Division boaters and co-anglers
based on year-end points standings will advance to the Lake
Cherokee Regional near Morristown, Tenn., Oct. 4-8 where they
will compete against Buckeye, Illini and LBL Division anglers
for one of six slots in the 2006 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 $8.4 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 Bass Fishing 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.
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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