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Location: Manitowoc, WI | WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE TOUR SET FOR 2007 ON
BAYS DE NOC AND LAKE MICHIGAN
Delta County, Mich. (Thursday, September 07, 2006) –. The Bays de Noc Convention and Visitors Bureau announced that the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour will be making a stop on the Bays de Noc and Lake Michigan on July 11-14 2007. The news, announced at the Walleye League Finals banquet and rules meeting on Wed, September 6, was met by a round of applause by anglers gathering to fish the 2006 Walleye League Championship which starts today.
One hundred and fifty anglers and co-angler teams will compete in next year’s event. In 2006 professional anglers competed for their share of over a half of a million dollars at every tour event. Boaters and co-anglers are randomly paired each day of the event and fish for a combined boat weight that carries over from day to day. Boaters compete against other boaters, and co-anglers compete against other co-anglers. The Top 10 professionals and top 10 co-anglers continue competition on the fourth day with the Winners determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from all four days.
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 at the 249 events in 2006.
For more information about 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 an FLW Outdoors sponsor in 1997 and today is the world’s leading supporter of tournament fishing.
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