VANDE MARK, ZOLLER WIN WAL-MART FLW WALLEYE LEAGUE SUPER TOURNAMENT
ON SAGINAW BAY LINWOOD, Mich. (August 8, 2005) - Boater Steve
Vande Mark of Linwood caught a total of 10 walleyes weighing
49 pounds, 11 ounces to convincingly win the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye
League Michigan Division Super Tournament presented by Evinrude
held Saturday and Sunday on Saginaw Bay. Johnson claimed $2,880
plus a $750 bonus for meeting the contingency guidelines. Vande
Mark caught his walleyes trolling in-line spinners 30 to 32
feet deep over 60 to 62 feet of water. He trolled at speeds
between .8 and 1 mph in the area around Tawas Point with #5
sliver and rainbow colored blades on his spinners. Finishing
second in the Boater Division was Nathan Seiferlein of Marine
City ($1,600) with 10 walleyes weighing 45 pounds, 2 ounces.
Shannon Robinson of Standish ($1,440 plus $400 bonus) caught
10 walleyes weighing 43 pounds, 2 ounces to finish third. Gregory
Stoia of Brighton ($1,280) claimed fourth place with 10 walleyes
that weighed 42 pounds, 4 ounces. Finishing fifth was Jason
Kaniszewski of Au Gres ($1,024) thanks to an eight-walleye catch
that weighed 41 pounds. Tim Zoller of Auburn, caught 10 walleyes
with his partners that weighed 48 pounds, 4 ounces to win the
Co-angler Division. Zoller earned $1,440 for his win. He and
his partners also caught his winning fish trolling spinners
with night crawlers around suspended walleyes in 30 feet of
water. Finishing second in the Co-angler Division was Jeff Gronski
of Saginaw ($800) with 10 walleyes weighing 46 pounds, 10 ounces.
Dave Dugall of Highland ($720) caught 10 walleyes weighing 46
pounds, 5 ounces to finish third. Joseph Manenti of Troy ($640)
claimed fourth place with 10 walleyes that weighed 45 pounds,
14 ounces. Finishing fifth was Scott Cain of Midland ($512 plus
$125 bonus) thanks to a 10-walleye catch that weighed 43 pounds,
9 ounces. Boaters and co-anglers who finished in the top 35
in final points standings in each FLW Walleye League division
will advance to the no-entry-fee $115,000 Wal-Mart FLW League
Finals Sept. 8-10 on the Mississippi River in Winona, Minn.
The winning boater at the finals will receive an Evinrude-or
Yamaha-powered Ranger 621 boat. Every angler who receives weight
credit in a tournament earns points, with 200 points awarded
to the winner, 199 points for second, and so on, except for
Super Tournaments, which award 300 points to the winner, 298
to second, and so on. FLW Walleye League boaters and co-anglers
fish together for a combined boat weight, with boaters competing
against other boaters and co-anglers fishing against other co-anglers.
The Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League meets the needs of America's
fishing masses by providing professionally administered, close-to-home,
affordable events with lucrative cash purses. 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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