WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE LEAGUE TO VISIT HOUGHTON LAKE HOUGHTON
LAKE, Mich. (May 31, 2005) -
The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League Michigan Division will stage
its second tournament of 2005 on Houghton Lake June 11. The
tournament is expected to draw as many as 200 weekend walleye
anglers to the area, with Boater Division competitors casting
for a top award of as much as $4,000 and co-anglers in the hunt
for a top award of as much as $2,000. Anglers will take off
from Houghton Lake Marina at 7 a.m., and the weigh-in will be
held there beginning at 3 p.m. The community is invited to attend
both the takeoff and weigh-in, which are free and open to the
public. Boaters and co-anglers are randomly paired for the event
and fish for a combined boat weight. Cash payouts are based
on a full field of 100 boaters and 100 co-anglers. Boaters compete
against other boaters, and co-anglers compete against other
co-anglers. The winning boater will earn as much as $3,500 cash
for the win, and if the winner is a registered owner of a Ranger
boat used during the event, the winner receives a $500 Ranger
bonus for a top award of $4,000 cash. If the winning boater
uses only Garmin electronics with at least one unit being a
qualifying unit, the winner will also receive a $1,000 bonus
from Garmin for a total award of $5,000. The winning co-angler
will earn as much as $1,750 and if the winner is a registered
Ranger owner, the winner will receive a $250 bonus for a top
award of $2,000. Three FLW Walleye League divisions - Michigan,
Minnesota and Wisconsin - each feature three one-day events
and one two-day Super Tournament during the regular season.
Every angler who receives weight credit earns points, with 200
points awarded 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. These
points determine angler standings. The top 35 boaters and 35
co-anglers from each FLW Walleye League division advance to
the $115,000 Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League Finals, set for Sept.
8-10 on the Mississippi River in Winona, Minn. Anglers finishing
in the top 10 in each division also receive priority entry into
the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour for 2006. The Michigan Division's
third stop will be held on Saginaw Bay July 23 followed by the
Super Tournament presented by Evinrude August 6-7 also on Saginaw
Bay. If the June 11 tournament on Houghton Lake is not yet full,
entries will be accepted at tournament registration, which will
be held June 10 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Quality Inn located
at 9285 West Lake City Road in Houghton Lake. Entry fees are
$150 for boaters and $75 for co-anglers. The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye
League was created to provide the grassroots walleye angler
a chance to compete in professionally administered, close-to-home
tournaments with lucrative cash awards. Named after the legendary
founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers
the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye 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. 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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