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| Johnson has the lead, but it's anyone's game |
"A limit here will make you a hero."
Chris Gilman's words never rang so true. A limit of fish could vault any one of the ten FLW finalists into first place.
Let's do the math. Tenth-place Pro Jeff Taege is less than than tweleve pounds out of first place, and considering there have been three baskets brought to the scales OVER tweleve pounds by these same anglers, it IS possible.
Add to that the fact that a limit has yet to come across the stage in three days of competition and you have all the ingredients necessary for hero status.
 |  |  | Bobby Crow: Pumping iron pays off? |
Walleyes in Transition
The one factor throwing a wrench into the scenario is the fish. Anglers are fishing subtle tendencies more than patterns, due to the transitional nature of the walleye on Bull Shoals at this time of year. For many it's a game of casts-per-minute to increase their odds of catching that one diffrence-making fish.
Yar Craft/Yamaha Pro Bobby Crow feels the pain.
"My arms are about ready to fall off, this is a very tough bite," Crow admitted.
Stick with the plan, hope for the best
Todd Riley is one of the pros well-positioned to be the hero after today's events, but he has no misconceptions about the toughness of the bite. "The fish are in transition, there is absolutely NO pattern (that I have found). They are scattered, some have spawned and some haven't," stated Riley. "I know that there is some pattern out there that will put 5 in the boat, but I'm not sure what that might be."
|  | | Todd Riley looks to let his plan carry him though in the finals |
Riley's plan? Go with what got him there.
"It's hard to drop the Gal that brought you to the dance, so I'm sticking with my game plan," said Riley.
Pro John Kolinski is using confidence gained from last year's PWT to keep him going on his pattern.
"The bite was much better here last year, I KNOW the fish are here," stated Kolinski.
He's also using clues gained from bass fishermen. "Down here, bass anglers talk about catching 'eyes on jerk baits and cranks," said Kolinski. "I tried it, and caught a few. I'm sticking with that tomorrow, too."
Short feeding window
The majority of the walleyes in the system have been feeding in low-light, or at night. Whether it's the clear water, time of year, weather conditions, or a combination of these factors is a matter for some debate, but it's a reality that most of the top ten have had to factor into their game plan to be successful.
|  | | Experience pays off for Pro John Kolinski |
Many of the pros feel the clear water combined with the time of year is the main factor, and are hoping for wind to turn the fish on and create opportunity after the sun comes up.
Evinrude Pro Mark Courts agrees.
"Friday was as tough as I knew it would be. Most of the fish were caught during a one-half hour window in the morning." Mark added, "I got mine in the first five casts. I'm looking forward to the winds tomorrow, that will help me."
Off the beaten path
Desoto, Wisconsin Pro Rob Lampman made it to the final day by grinding it out in an area that he surmises is holding fish less-affected by the weather and season. It has paid off big for him, but on only one out of three days of competition. In addition to the hit-or-miss nature of the spot, it is also affected by current flow.
"My bite depends on them not increasing the flow." Lampman added, "If there's fog on the water there tomorrow, I'm in trouble, that means they opened up the flow from the Power Plant. If not, I'm pretty confident of catching fish."
Saturday's morning conditions? Thick Fog. |
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| Walleye Whacker Wins With Bass Lure |
|  | | Nick Johnson led wire to wire for the win |
In a less than stunning final weigh-in, Ranger/Evinrude pro Nick Johnson didn't weigh a fish and walked away with a wire-to-wire win at the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour season opener on Bull Shoals Lake. Johnson weighed-in a total of 20.001 pounds to secure his $80,000 all cash prize. The only angler to weigh a fish was Evinrude/Lund pro Mark Courts who landed a less than monstrous 2.19-pounder.
Rounding out the Top 5 are Ranger/Evinrude pro Todd Riley with 16.376 in 2nd. Yar-Craft/Yamaha pro Bobby Crow was 3rd with 12.875, Robert Lampman took 4th with 12.063 and in 5th was Ranger/Evinrude pro Chris Gilman with a total of 12 pounds.
Johnson is the reigning FLW Walleye Tour Champion, capturing the title last year at the RCL Championship. He mimicked BASS pro Takahiro Omori in winning a championship followed by the season opener. Omori won the Bassmaster Classic in 2004 and the Bassmaster opener at Lake Toho in Florida this January. It's quite fitting that he followed in a bass angler's footsteps, since he used bass tactics to take the title.
Johnson Pumped Up
Most competitive anglers at the tour level never win an event. Fewer win two events and almost nobody wins back-to-back tournaments. Johnson can't believe his good fortune with a championship victory and win today.
"This is just awesome," he said. "It's really something. I can't believe how cool this is. I won two events in a row. That is something. Wow."
He played bass buster this week to hook his six Bull Shoals bruisers.
"I used a bass lure and a bass fishing approach to catch the fish," he said. "I was fishing a stretch during pre-fish and wasn't catching fish. A bass guy caught a walleye behind me using a jerkbait.
"So I decided to try it out," he said. "I fished with a Lucky Craft Pointer 78 deep diver. I used a rainbow trout color. I used this lure to catch all of my fish."
He used a classic bass jerkbait retrieve to entice his 6 keepers and made some very effective short runs.
"I beat up a 150 yard stretch the entire tournament," he said. "I had about a 10-second run to my spot. It was right across the bay from the launch site."
|  | | Todd Riley stuck close to the launch for his second place finish |
Riley Happy with Second
Nobody starts a tournament with their goal being a bridesmaid spot, but Todd Riley has no complaints about his finish.
"This was the most brutally bad tournament I've ever been involved with," he said. "The fishing was terrible. I didn't have anything in practice. I changed up and found a few fish in transition. A second place is not so bad, all things considered."
He stuck close to the launch like Johnson. His a.m. run was approximately 7 minutes. He targeted a couple of creek arms close to the launch. Bass tactics worked best for him, too.
"I cast a Berkley Firestick with spinning gear and 8-pound Fireline," he said. "It was basically like bass fishing. The fish were in the spawning mode and tough to coax. I actually caught a pre-spawn keeper. That extra weight really helped."
Not much info for the next Bull Shoals tournament.
"I can't say I took away very much from this tournament that I can use for the PWT event here in May," he said. "I guess there are a couple of patterns we should have tried, but didn't even scratch. They may become important next month."
Quick Bites
A tournament worst percentage of anglers weighing fish happened today. Only 1 angler out of 10, Mark Courts, scored a fish. That drops today's success rate to only 10 percent of the anglers |
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| Johnson retains lead in FLW Tour at Bull Shoals |
BULL SHOALS, Ark. (April 7, 2005) - Pro Nick Johnson of Elmwood, Wis. caught a two-day total of five walleyes weighing 15 pounds, 10 ounces on Bull Shoals Lake to lead the first event of the $2.6 million 2005 Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour. The entire field will continue opening-round competition Friday. After Friday, only the top-10 anglers in both divisions continue fishing Saturday, with the pros battling for a top award of as much as $80,000 and co-anglers battling for as much as $16,000.
An increase in temperatures and cloudy skies Thursday morning lifted the spirits of anglers who struggled Wednesday to catch walleyes. Many anglers feel the fish are feeding heavily at night, and that is why the bite has been so tough. Others feel the walleyes are gorging themselves on shad, as a few anglers reported seeing walleyes regurgitating shad in their livewells. Some struggling anglers, however, figured out how to coax the over-fed walleyes into their boats Thursday, and the rest of leader board changed as a result.
"I had a little slower day out there today," Johnson said. "We got a heavy rain Wednesday night, and today there was a mud line on the banks I was fishing, as well as increased pressure from other boats." Calmer waters also made the fishing tougher for Johnson, but he feels his bite will improve with a little more wind on Friday.
"I lost one towards the end of the day, but it was after I changed my technique. I might have figured something out for Friday, so I'm just hanging in there and hoping I can make the cut."
Rounding out the top-five pros are Todd Riley of Amery, Wis. (three walleyes, 12 pounds, 9 ounces); Robert Lampman of De Soto, Wis. (two walleyes, 12 pounds, 1 ounce); Robert Crow of Paterson, Wash. (four walleyes, 10 pounds, 4 ounces); and Jason Przekurat of Stevens Point, Wis. (three walleyes, 8 pounds, 11 ounces).
William Brewer of Omaha, Neb., leads the Co-angler Division with three walleyes weighing 15 pounds, 3 ounces. He fished with pro John Kolinski of Greenville, Wis., on day one and with Riley on day two.
"This is my fifth year fishing with the tour as a co-angler, and I really want to make this year's championship," Brewer said. "I hit the first fish yesterday, and I hit the first one again today. After it was in the boat, I got a real big bear hug and a high five from my pro partner."
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Jim Schleicher of Maxwell, Neb. (four walleyes, 12 pounds, 9 ounces); Dave Crawford of Maybee, Mich. (two walleyes, 12 pounds, 1 ounce); Janet Flynn of Tea, S.D. (three walleyes, 8 pounds, 11 ounces); and Kenneth Brenner of Moline, Ill. (three walleyes, 7 pounds, 6 ounces).
Only 29 walleyes were caught Thursday, but they weighed 93 pounds, 1 ounce.
Pros and co-anglers fish for a combined boat weight and are randomly paired each day. The FLW Walleye Tour is the world's most lucrative professional walleye-fishing series. At the $650,000 million Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship on the Mississippi River in Moline, Ill., Sept. 28 - Oct. 1, pros will fish for as much as $140,000 cash and co-anglers will chase as much as $22,000.
Daily takeoffs at Bull Shoals start at 7 a.m. at Bull Shoals Boat Dock. Friday's weigh-in starts at 3 p.m. at the marina, and Saturday's weigh-in starts at 4 p.m. at the Wal-Mart store located at Highway 62/412 in Flippin. The community is invited to attend daily takeoffs and weigh-ins, which are free and open to the public.
Anglers from 18 states are fishing. The full field competes during the three-day opening round for one of 10 final-round slots based on their three-day accumulated weight. Weights carry over to day four, with the winner determined by the heaviest four-day weight.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour 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 and Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour.
For more information on FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs, visit FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000. |
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| Johnson leads Wal Mart FLW Walleye Tour event on Bull Shoals Lake |
BULL SHOALS, Ark. (April 6, 2005) - Reigning Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship winner Nick Johnson of Elmwood, Wis., and co-angler Jim Schleicher of Maxwell, Neb., caught four walleyes weighing 12 pounds, 9 ounces on Bull Shoals Lake to lead day one of the first event of the $2.6 million 2005 Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour. Pros are competing for a potential top award of $80,000, while co-anglers are competing for a potential top award of $16,000.
The morning started with a few light rain showers, but the rain subsided and left anglers with mostly overcast conditions on Wednesday. The bite, however, was tough for much of the field. In fact, no limits were weighed. Walleyes were reported to be in all three stages of the spawn, and anglers were using a variety of techniques to figure out the fickle fish.
While a significant storm blew through the area Tuesday night, and some anglers blamed that for the limited bites, Johnson didn't share those feelings. "Normally a storm will mess up the fishing, but in this case I think it really helped our bite," Johnson said. "It really seemed to turn on all the fish - not just the walleyes. We caught trout, bass, and walleyes throughout the day."
Johnson caught his walleyes working crankbaits around shallow fish near deep water. He and Schleicher only caught four walleyes all day, but all measured 20 inches or better.
Rounding out the top five teams are pro Robert Crow of Paterson, Wash., and co-angler Kenneth Brenner of Moline, Ill. (three walleyes, 7 pounds, 6 ounces); pro Tommy Skarlis of Walker, Minn., and co-angler Dana Delp of Lansing, Mich. (two walleyes, 7 pounds, 2 ounces); pro Mark Courts of Harrison, Minn., and co-angler Chad Kiefer of Henderson, Col. (two walleyes, 6 pounds, 2 ounces); and pro Chris Gilman of Chisago City, Minn., and co-angler Jackie Perry of Milaca, Minn. (two walleyes, 5 pounds, 14 ounces).
A total of 32 walleyes weighing 96 pounds, 8 ounces were caught Wednesday.
"We were working as a team on the same type of presentations," Schleicher said. "We had to fight through some trout before we got the walleyes, but that seemed to be the key. If we found trout, then we usually found walleyes with them." Schleicher also agreed with Johnson that the overcast conditions helped their bite on Wednesday.
Pros and co-anglers fish for a combined boat weight and are randomly paired each day. The FLW Walleye Tour is the world's most lucrative professional walleye-fishing series. At the $650,000 million Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship on the Mississippi River in Moline, Ill., Sept. 28 - Oct. 1, pros will fish for as much as $140,000 cash and co-anglers will chase as much as $22,000.
Daily takeoffs at Bull Shoals start at 7 a.m. at Bull Shoals Boat Dock. Thursday's and Friday's weigh-ins starts at 3 p.m. at the marina, and Saturday's weigh-in start at 4 p.m. at the Wal-Mart store located at Highway 62/412 in Flippin. The community is invited to attend daily takeoffs and weigh-ins, which are free and open to the public.
Anglers from 18 states are fishing. The full field competes during the three-day opening round for one of 10 final-round slots based on their three-day accumulated weight. Weights carry over to day four, with the winner is determined by the heaviest four-day weight.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour 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 and Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour.
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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| Spooky bite leads to low weights on Day One at Bull Shoals |
Clear water, scattered storms, and walleyes in the thick of the spawn made for some very spooky walleyes on the first day of the FLW Walleye Tour's opening event of 2005. According to many of the 100-plus pros in attendance, this was the best day of fishing they've experienced in the past week, a prospect which is downright frightening.
|  | | Pro Ross Grothe scores on day one at Bull Shoals |
Ross Grothe, currently in eighth place with one fish weighing 4.38 lbs, summed it up.
"This is the first bite I've had all week, and I took advantage of it."
Pro Shannon Kehl finished third at the PWT event on Bull Shoals last June, but this year he's welcoming any kind of fish at all. "We must have gone through twenty trout and bass today," stated Kehl, whose 2.31 pound fish put him on the board in 21st place. "Our walleye today was the first one I've caught in 8 days."
After a week of stable warm weather, conditions took a turn for the worse, and included scattered storms and gusty southeast winds. Nevertheless many pros thought the weather helped them today, especially those that seem to be on a low-light pattern.
Mark Courts, one of only six anglers with a multiple-fish day, agrees. The Evinrude/Lund pro welcomed the cloudy weather and is wishing for more of the same.
"I'm on an early morning, low-light bite as my fish are breaking out of the shallow water," said Courts, whose two-fish day places him solidly in fourth with 6.13 pounds. "If it's sunny tomorrow, things will get tough for me."
|  | | Nick Johnson (r) and Jim Schleicher overcame a tough bite on day one |
Nick Johnson cautiously optimistic
Nick Johnson, the 2004 RCL Tour Championship winner picked up right where he left off last fall; at the top. After weighing 4 fish for 12.56 pounds, Johnson and co-angler Jim Schleicher hold a commanding five pound lead on the rest of the field, a lead which may prove to be tough to overcome, especially if the bite goes any further south.
A confident Johnson also credited the weather for much of his success today. In fact he may be the only one that has discovered anything resembling the key to getting these fish to bite.
"The weather turned our fish on today," said Johnson. "We had the fifth fish on and lost it a couple of times. We are on the fish we just need to put them in the boat."
Ortiz looking for wind
Though Bill Ortiz only had one fish today, he knows what he wants to see in the weather. Like many pros he seems to have a good handle on where the fish are holding, but making them bite under the conditions is challenging. The PolarCraft Pro is saying "no" to storms but "yes" to a little wind.
"The storms pushed the fish off my spot today. The sun will not hurt me as long as we get some wind."
Phillip Milliser Jr., who weighed one fish for 2.56 pounds on day one, echoed Ortiz's assesment.
"I caught three fish yesterday, but only one today," said Milliser. "Let's hope for a better day tomorrow."
FLW Bull Shoals Day Two action continues Thursday, beginning with the live weigh-in at 3:00 PM CST on walleyefirst.com. |
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| Too Early For Bull Shoals? |
|  | | Will Bull Shoals reveal her spring secrets? |
While most walleye tournament fans anticipate monster-sumo-piggies being a regular part of the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour anglers limits this week at Bull Shoals Lake in Ark., it appears that may not happen. The pre-fishing reports don't indicate that many trophy-class 'eyes will be paraded across the weigh-in stage. In fact, if you can believe all of the chatter, the FLW pros will be lucky to catch a fish a day during the tournament. Sounds like there will be more excitement at the Michael Jackson trial.
The buzz on the walleye street is that very few pros have popped any keeper fish. Some are saying that although fishing Bull Shoals in early April may be a good idea in theory, it is just too early to catch many walleyes.
With the weather being beautiful and warm in the 70's with loads of sun, the water is warming. Unfortunately, the weather is predicted to take a turn for the worse. Possible thunderstorms, wind and a cold front are moving in just in time to kick off the FLW season. Now there's some drama.
Regardless of the reports, don't be too surprised to see a few double-digit class walleyes hoisted high for the cameras at the inaugural event of the FLW Walleye Tour.
|  | | Gazvoda hopes to wrap up prefishing on a high(er) note |
Gazvoda not Confident
After an impressive 6th place finish at this lake at last season's PWT event, Princecraft Pro Ron Gazvoda is less than confident in his abilities to weigh a limit this time around.
"So far in practice I've caught two fish, they were both short. I feel pretty accomplished," Gazvoda said tongue-in-cheek. "I don't know anybody catching many walleyes. I've caught some bass, but not many walleyes.
"Heck, this past weekend a local walleye tournament was held here and it was won with only a single fish," he said. "It was a 19-incher. Unless things change drastically, I think you'll see the majority of anglers with zeroes."
He says a shallow approach may be best, casting to cover early in the day with cranks and jigs.
"The great thing about this lake is you can cover water from a couple feet to 20-feet deep in one cast," he said. "The deep water is close to shore."
|  | | Tim Flynn had the June bite figured out at last year's PWT, but the April bite is a whole different animal |
Weather Key for Flynn
The 9th place finisher at last year's PWT event Team Wife Pro (his wife is his main sponsor) Tim Flynn feels the weather needs to be stable to see many walleyes caught. Most tournament fans will know Flynn as the pro driving the Lund with the canopy. If visions of Michael Jackson just flashed through your mind, you can wipe them right out. Flynn is definitely not a looney bin.
"Weather is the key," Flynn said. "We've had solid warm weather, it's been beautiful. The weather predictions for the first day of the tournament are pretty bad, though. It looks like a cold front moving in with rain. That can really shut things down and there is not much happening now anyway."
The closer to the night, the better the bite.
"Right now the best reports I get are from locals fishing at night," he said. "Last year I caught fish early in the day, just after we set up. I think it will be the same this year. Not much action during the middle of the day, but the first few hours of the tournament day."
Flynn plans on trolling with leadcore. His primary baits will be shad-styled crankbaits. Any crankbait in a trout, clown or firetiger pattern is the ticket.
Flynn's primary spots will be in the main lake. His opinion is that the creek arms won't be as productive. The walleyes will be in the deeper water moving up.
The bears will have to search for honey elsewhere this year.
"I think the PWT anglers fishing this event will find it more difficult to locate fish," he said. "Their honeyholes from last year won't have any honey now."
Groony Going Looney
Ranger/Evinrude Pro Carl Grunwaldt is less than optimistic about Bull Shoals this April.
"This has to be some of the most brutally bad fishing I've ever seen anywhere," Grunwaldt said. "It's the norm for guys to not have caught fish for days. I think if I weigh in a single fish each day, Ill do the moonwalk across the stage."
If Michael Jackson weren't so busy right now, he might have found his protege.
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| Wal-Mart FLW Tour to visit Bull Shoals Lake |
BULL SHOALS, Ark. (March 16, 2005) � The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour returns in 2005 for its fifth season, and Bull Shoals Lake near Bull Shoals will kickoff this year's tour April 6-9. With a $2.6 million total purse, including the no-entry-fee $650,000 Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship on the Mississippi River near Moline, Ill., Sept. 28-Oct. 1, and television coverage on Fox Sports Net, the FLW Walleye Tour is bigger and better than ever.
As many as 150 pros and 150 co-anglers will take on Bull Shoals for their share of a $471,000 purse, including as much as $90,000 for the winning pro and $17,000 for the winning co-angler.
"Currently the walleyes are suspending 32 to 40 feet deep," said long time guide and area walleye pro Rick Culver of Bull Shoals, "but they won't still be there when the tournament starts. The lake is sort of going backwards on us right now. Normally the water would be warming into the 50s, and lately it's been cooling back down into the 40s." This phenomenon will possibly delay the migration of walleye to shallow points and flats to spawn and could make the tournament fish dramatically different depending on where the walleyes are relative to the spawn.
"They want to spawn in about 4 to 8 feet of water on points and stump-filled flats," Culver said. "They could be either prespawn, spawn or even into postspawn depending on how the water warms over the next several weeks. Anglers could be casting shallow with jerkbaits and crankbaits or using bottom bouncers and crawler harnesses in deep water." Bull Shoals has extremely clear water and spawning walleye can be tough to catch because they are easily spooked by approaching boats.
The walleyes in Bull Shoals average 3 pounds, but Culver says there are walleye to 15 pounds in the lake. "I think if a boat can catch several 3 or 4 pound walleye and one big one each day, then they'll have a good shot to win." He's conservatively estimating about 60 pounds to win the event.
Bull Shoals Boat Dock in Bull Shoals will host daily takeoffs each morning at 7. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday's weigh-ins will also be held at the marina beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday's weigh-in will be held at the Wal-Mart store located at Highway 62/412 in Flippin beginning at 4 p.m. The community is invited to attend daily takeoffs and weigh-ins, which are free and open to the public.
Pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day and fish for a combined boat weight. Pros compete against other pros, and co-anglers compete against other co-anglers. The full field competes during the three-day opening round for one of 10 final-round slots based on their three-day accumulated weight. Weights carry over to day four, with the winner determined by the heaviest four-day weight.
Every angler who receives weight credit in a tournament earns points, with 200 points awarded to the winner, 199 to second, 198 for third, and so on. These points determine angler standings. The top 50 pros and 50 co-anglers based on year-end points standings will advance to the 2005 Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship, where a pro can earn as much as $125,000 cash for a win.
The FLW Walleye Tour Championship is the most lucrative event in professional walleye angling, with guaranteed cash awards for the entire field. A guaranteed cash award of $75,000 plus potential sponsor bonuses totaling $50,000 will go to the FLW Walleye Tour Championship winner for a total pro award of $125,000. The champion co-angler will win a guaranteed cash award of $11,000 plus potential sponsor bonuses totaling $11,000 for a total co-angler award of $22,000.
The FLW Walleye Tour will next visit Lake Erie near Port Clinton, Ohio, April 28-30 for an event presented by Yamaha. Green Bay near Green Bay, Wis., will host the third regular-season event May 18-21, and the regular season will come to a close June 15-18 on Devils Lake near Spirit Lake, N.D.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour 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 and Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour.
For more information on FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs, visit FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000. |
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