Detroit River Press Release March 22, 2002
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$2.9 million 2002 Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit to Open on Detroit River

Tournament features Michigan’s largest walleye purse

Taylor, Mich., (March 21, 2002) — The $2.9 million Wal-Mart RCL Walleye
Circuit will kick off its 2002 season April 3-6 on the Detroit River with
300 top pros and co-anglers competing for a share of $346,000 cash.

Directed by FLW Outdoors and named after Wal-Mart and boat manufacturers
Ranger, Crestliner and Lund, the Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit is the world’s
most lucrative walleye fishing series. Each of the circuit’s four regular
season tournaments features a cash purse of $346,000 with $50,000 cash and a
fully rigged Ranger, Crestliner or Lund boat powered by Evinrude or Yamaha
going to the winning pro. The top co-angler earns $15,000 cash. Pros and
co-anglers fish for a combined five-walleye limit and receive cash payments
to 50th place.

One hundred and fifty Ranger, Crestliner and Lund boat owners comprise the
Pro Division while 150 co-angler berths are open to the public. Anglers in
both divisions fish in three elimination rounds. After the two-day opening
round, the field is cut to the top 20 pros and top 20 co-anglers who advance
to the one-day semifinal round. The top 10 pros and top 10 co-anglers after
the semifinal round advance to the finals. Catch weights carry over for the
first two days, but anglers start the semifinal and final rounds from zero.

Weigh-ins during the first two days of the four-day tournament will be held
at Lake Erie Metropark in Brownstown, Mich., starting at 3 p.m. each day.
The semifinal and final round weigh-ins April 5-6 will be held at the Taylor
Wal-Mart located at 7555 Telegraph Road at 4 p.m. each day. Takeoff will be
at 7 o’clock each morning at Lake Erie Metropark.

Ranger pro Mark Brumbaugh, Crestliner pro Rick Olson and Lund pro Scott
Glorvigen are a few of the walleye fishing superstars who will be competing
in the season opener.

The second Wal-Mart RCL Walleye tournament is May 1-4 on Lake Sharpe in
Pierre, S.D., followed by events on Lake Winnebago in Oshkosh, Wis., May
29-June 1 and Saginaw Bay in Bay City, Mich., June 26-29.

After four regular season tournaments, 200 pros and 200 co-anglers from the
Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit and other sanctioned tournament organizations
and events will compete in the $1.4 million Wal-Mart RCL Walleye
Championship for a top pro award of up to $400,000 cash and a top co-angler
award of up to $150,000 cash. The championship will be held on the
Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minn., Oct. 2-5. Green Bay hosted the
Wal-Mart RCL Championship last season when Dean Arnoldussen of Kaukauna,
Wis., won $400,000 and instantly joined the sport’s top all-time money
winners.

Entry fees for regular season tournaments are $1,250 for pros and $500 for
co-anglers. A limited number of co-angler spots are still available in each
tournament.

“We are excited about visiting the Detroit River,” said Mark Dorn, director
of walleye operations. “We anticipate a record catch of huge walleyes from
this world class fishery. Interest in walleye fishing has never been
higher.”

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