Check
Out Beckmans New Tip Up Accessory bag Click here for more info
Church Tackles
Walleye Planer Board
Click
here for more info or to order on-line
Promotional
Team Favorites
Lodging food and more
Beckmans New Line of Ice fishing
Products
Click here for more info
|
Updated: 12/19/03
QUAD CITIES NAMED AS HOST SITE OF WORLD’S RICHEST
WALLEYE TOURNAMENT
MOLINE, Ill. (December 17, 2003) – FLW Outdoors
announced Wednesday that the world’s most lucrative walleye tournament
will be staged on the Mississippi River in 2004, attracting as many as
400 anglers to the Moline area and paying out as much as $1.4 million in
cash awards. The four-day Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Championship will kick off
Sept. 29 and culminate Oct. 2 in a sure-to-be thrilling finish that will
award the winning pro as much as $400,000 cash.
The true winner, however, is the
Quad Cities area, as RCL Championship contenders and their families, tournament
staff, sponsors and spectators will descend upon the region and patronize
local businesses, leading to a total economic impact of more than $10 million.
Moline and the Mississippi River will also benefit from nationwide media
coverage, as the RCL Championship is featured in media outlets across the
nation, including the Outdoor Life Network, which will broadcast tournament
coverage to its 65 million subscribers on the “FLW Outdoors” television
program.
“Because the world’s best walleye
pros will be visiting Moline for the RCL Championship, which is the nation’s
premier walleye event, anglers across the nation will now look to the Quad
Cities area as a prime walleye-fishing destination,” said Joe Taylor, president
and chief executive officer of the Quad Cities Convention and Visitors
Bureau. “The publicity that will be generated by this event is invaluable,
and the boom to our local economy thanks to the hundreds of tournament
competitors, sponsors and staff will be felt for years to come. We are
excited and proud to be the host site for the 2004 Wal-Mart RCL Walleye
Championship.”
“Hosting the Wal-Mart RCL Walleye
Championship is a terrific opportunity to showcase our city and the entire
region to the nation’s outdoor enthusiasts,” said Moline Mayor Stanley
Leach. “Fishing is a huge economic driver in the tourism industry, so the
exposure we receive from this event will pay dividends for many years.”
Pros and co-anglers qualify for
the RCL Championship by competing in the $3.19 million Wal-Mart RCL Walleye
Tour, Wal-Mart RCL Walleye League or RCL sanctioned events. Two hundred
pros and 200 co-anglers comprise a full championship field, with pros in
the running for as much as $400,000 cash and co-anglers vying for as much
as $150,000 cash. This past October, Ranger pro Tom Keenan of Hatley, Wis.,
emerged as the 2003 RCL champion and earned $300,000 cash for the win.
“We held a terrific Wal-Mart
FLW Tour event in Moline in 1998, and we’ve been working to get back there
ever since,” said Charlie Evans, executive vice president of FLW Outdoors.
“With the first-class facilities, resources and, of course, people in the
Moline area, it’s a prime place to hold a tournament of this caliber. We
are fortunate to bring the RCL Championship to Moline and the Mississippi
River.”
The Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Championship
is administered by FLW Outdoors, the world’s leading marketer of competitive
fishing. FLW Outdoors-sanctioned tournament trails include the Wal-Mart
RCL Walleye Tour, the Wal-Mart RCL Walleye League, the Wal-Mart FLW Tour,
the EverStart Series, the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League and the Wal-Mart
Texas Tournament Trail
Fish
Clix Banner Exchange
Walleyes Inc. website is maintained
by Randy
Tyler Fishing the In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Circuit, Masters
Walleye Circuit and the Wal Mart RCL Circuit. All rights reserved.Copyright
1999/2003
Please visit these site sponsors
Daiichi/Tru-Turn Hooks,
Lindy
Little Joe,
R-A.M Mounting Systems,
Ranger
boats, Mercury Outboards,Bedford
Sales , Church Tackle, Panther
Marine Products,
Webfoots body sock,
Bait
Rigs Tackle ,Dual Pro Charging Systems,
Daiwa
Rods and Reels,
Driftcontrol
Wind socks,
Trojan Batteries
|