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Bay City, Mich. (June 27, 2002) — Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit pro Todd
Riley of Amery, Wis., and his day-two partner Ryan Miskovich of Pengilly,
Minn., landed a five-walleye limit weighing 36 pounds, 8 ounces Thursday on
Saginaw Bay to give Riley the lead in his quest to win more than $90,000 in
cash and prizes, including a Ranger, Crestliner or Lund boat powered by
Evinrude or Yamaha.

Riley will lead the top 20 pros competing in the $346,000 tournament into
the semifinal round with a two-day, opening-round total of 10 walleye
weighing 70 pounds, 2 ounces. Riley and his opening-day partner, Dan Wolfe
of Kaukauna, Wis., weighed in five walleye that registered 33 pounds, 10
ounces Wednesday.

“It’s a little intimidating being in this position,” said Riley, who caught
his walleye trolling with crawler harnesses. “I qualified first in Detroit
earlier this year but ended up finishing fifth. We have to start all over
[Friday], and its tough to put four good days together. I’m excited to have
the chance though.”

Greg Darsow of Billings, Mont., will lead the top 20 co-anglers into the
semifinal round with a two-day total of 10 walleye weighing 66 pounds, 10
ounces. He and his opening-day partner, Todd Frank of Pulaski, N.Y., brought
in five walleye weighing 33 pounds, 11 ounces. Darsow and his day-two
partner, Ron Gazvoda of Lakewood, Colo., then caught five walleye weighing
32 pounds, 15 ounces to give Darsow the lead in his quest to win $15,000
cash.

Rounding out the top five pros are John Gillman of Freeland, Mich., with 10
walleye weighing 68 pounds, 2 ounces; Gazvoda with 10 walleye weighing 64
pounds, 10 ounces; Mike Gofron of Antioch, Ill., with 10 walleye weighing 60
pounds, 15 ounces; and Mark Martin of Twin Lake, Mich., with 10 walleye
weighing 60 pounds, 13 ounces.

Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Rock McGilliuary of Watertown,
S.D., with 10 walleye weighing 62 pounds, 11 ounces; John May of
Forestville, Wis., with 10 walleye weighing 60 pounds, 10 ounces; Tony
Jaworski of Chicago, Ill., with 10 walleye weighing 59 pounds, 11 ounces;
and Rodney Nutt of Greenville, Mich., with 10 walleye weighing 58 pounds, 14
ounces.

The Saginaw Bay tournament is the final regular-season event of the $2.9
million 2002 Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit — the world’s most lucrative
walleye fishing series. It started Wednesday and features 136 pros and 136
co-anglers from the United States and Canada. The remaining field of 20
anglers in each division will be cut to the top 10 in each division after
Friday’s semifinal round. Anglers in both divisions start the semifinal and
final rounds from zero and fish for the heaviest one-day catch.

Competition resumes at 7 a.m. Friday at Hoyles Marina in Linwood, Mich.,
followed by a 3:30 p.m. weigh-in at the Bay City Wal-Mart located at 3921
Wilder Road. The final takeoff starts at 7 a.m. Saturday followed by a 3:30
p.m. weigh-in at Wal-Mart.

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. The circuit features four regular
season tournaments each with a $346,000 cash purse and a championship with a
$1.4 million cash purse. Cash payments are presented through 50th place.

Following this tournament, 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.

Sponsors of the 2002 Wal-Mart RCL Walleye Circuit are Wal-Mart, Castrol,
Conseco, Crestliner, Energizer, EverStart Batteries, Evinrude, Faded Glory,
Garmin, Kellogg’s, Lund, Minn Kota, Newell Rubbermaid, Poulan, Ranger Boats,
Snickers, Stanley, Weed Eater and Yamaha Outboards. Associate sponsors are
Abu Garcia, Berkley, Eagle Claw, Laker, Plano and Solar Bat.

For complete results, visit www.flwoutdoors.com
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