DAY TWO OF WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE TOUR EVENT ON LAKE ERIE CANCELLED
PORT CLINTON, Ohio (April 28, 2005) – Even the best fisheries
have their bad days, and this was the case on day two of the
Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour event on Lake Erie. While forecasts
called for improving conditions Thursday, a major storm blew
into the Port Clinton area, and competitors were recalled shortly
after the field had launched. The second day of competition
was subsequently cancelled due to the inclement weather. Pro
Greg Schenecker of Watertown, S.D., and co-angler Dale Todd
of Janesville, Wis., will retain their lead from day one with
five walleyes weighing 30 pounds, 4 ounces. Anglers will be
paired with new partners on Friday and competition will resume
with the cumulative weights from days one and three determining
the top 10 pros and co-anglers who will advance to the fourth
and final day of competition Saturday. Rounding out the top
five teams are pro Richard LaCourse of Port Clinton and co-angler
Joseph Fallaw of McHenry, Ill. (five walleyes, 29 pounds, 14
ounces); pro Patrick Neu of Forestville, Wis., and co-angler
Jeff Sather of Montevideo, Minn. (five walleyes, 29 pounds,
5 ounces); pro Larry Lambert of Lakeside Marblehead and co-angler
Michael Watson of Spirit Lake, Iowa (five walleyes, 27 pounds,
11 ounces); and pro Mike Schaefer of Fond Du Lac, Wis., and
co-angler Don Jelinek of Fargo, N.D. (five walleyes, 26 pounds,
5 ounces). 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 Port Clinton start
at 7 a.m. at West Harbor Launch Ramp. Friday’s weigh-in starts
at 3 p.m. at the Waterworks Park on Perry Street and Saturday’s
weigh-in starts at 4 p.m. at the Wal-Mart store located at 4070
East Harbor Road in Port Clinton. The community is invited to
attend daily takeoffs and weigh-ins, which are free and open
to the public. Anglers from 21 states are fishing. Normally,
the full field competes during the three-day opening round for
one of 10 final-round slots based on their three-day accumulated
weight. Because of the cancellation of day two, anglers will
be cut based on their two-day accumulated weight. Weights carry
over to day four, with the winner determined by the heaviest
three-day weight in this event. 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, 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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