FLW to fish the Ohio River at Lawrenceburg, Ind.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOHIO RIVER TO HOST WAL-MART BASS FISHING LEAGUE BUCKEYE DIVISION TOURNAMENT

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (Aug. 10, 2006) - The Buckeye Division of the $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League will visit the Ohio River near Lawrenceburg, Ind., Aug. 19 for the fourth of five regular-season events. As many as 200 boaters and 200 co-anglers are expected to compete in the tournament, which will award as much as $45,000 in cash, including as much as $6,000 to the Boater Division winner.
Lawrenceburg City Ramp in Lawrenceburg will host the takeoff and weigh-in at 6:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., respectively. Anglers will compete for prize money as well as points that count toward postseason competition. Every angler who receives weight credit in a tournament earns points, with 200 points going to the winner, 199 for second, 198 for third, and so on except for the season-ending Super Tournaments, which award 300 points to the winner, 299 points for second, 298 for third, and so on.
If the winner is a participant in the Ranger Cup incentive program, he will receive a $1,000 bonus from Ranger Boats and $500 from Yamaha if his boat is powered by Yamaha. Ranger will award $500 to the highest-finishing Ranger Cup participant if not the winner, and Yamaha will kick in $250 if the boat is powered by Yamaha. Bombardier will award $1,000 to the winning boater if the winner's boat is equipped with a qualifying Evinrude E-TEC or Direct Injection outboard. That's a potential top award of $8,000 for anglers who meet contingency guidelines.
The winning co-angler will earn as much as $3,000 cash. The angler who catches the biggest bass of the day in the Boater Division will earn as much as $1,000, and the co-angler big-bass winner will earn as much as $500.
The top 40 boaters and co-anglers in each of the BFL's 28 divisions at the end of the season are eligible to advance to regional competition. Seven $110,000 Regional Championships will each send six boaters and six co-anglers to the 2007 Wal-Mart BFL All-American championship, which will feature a $1 million purse and a top award as high as $140,000. Anglers who compete in all five regular-season events within a division but do not advance to regional competition are eligible to compete in the Chevy Wild Card, which will also send six boaters and six co-anglers to the All-American for a championship field of 48 boaters and 48 co-anglers.
The winning boater and the winning co-angler at the All-American will have the opportunity to advance to the $2 million Forrest Wood Cup, the most lucrative tournament in all of competitive bass fishing, where the winner could earn up to $1 million.
The top 40 Buckeye Division boaters and co-anglers will advance to the Kentucky Lake Regional Championship near Gilbertsville, Ky., Oct. 19-21 and will compete against anglers from the Bama, Hoosier and Mountain divisions for an All-American slot. The top 40 anglers from each division may also advance to the Stren Series in 2007.
Buckeye Division anglers will next visit Lake Erie in Sandusky, Ohio, Sept. 16-17 for their two-day Super Tournament, the division's fifth and final event. For more information or to enter a tournament, call (270) 252-1000 or visit FLWOutdoors.com.
If the Aug. 19 tournament is not yet full, entries will be accepted at tournament registration, which will be held Aug. 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the area Wal-Mart store located at 100 Sycamore Estates Dr. in Aurora, Ind. Entry fees are $200 for boaters and $100 for co-anglers.
In BFL competition, boaters supply the boat and compete from the front deck against other boaters. Co-anglers compete from the back deck against other co-anglers.
As the nation's leading provider of affordable, close-to-home weekend tournaments, the BFL is widely credited with opening competitive bass fishing to the masses. It also serves as a steppingstone for anglers who wish to advance to the Stren Series and ultimately the Wal-Mart FLW Tour - bass fishing's most lucrative tournament series. Former BFL anglers who have become fishing superstars on the Wal-Mart FLW Tour include Kellogg's pro Clark Wendlandt, Ranger pro Tommy Biffle and four-time FLW Tour champion David Fritts.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Series, Stren Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail presented by Abu Garcia, Stratos Owners' Tournament Trail, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series, Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series and Wal-Mart FLW Striper Series. These circuits offer combined purses exceeding $37.9 million through 249 events in 2006.
For more information about 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 an FLW Outdoors sponsor in 1997 and today is the world's leading supporter of tournament fishing. For more information about Wal-Mart, visit Wal-Mart.com.

Jim,
Did I miss something or did you just start advertising for FLW? I've noticed you have posted tournament results and now tournament advertisements for FLW. What gives? Not a big deal--just curious?

I figured you guys might be interested in it. I am getting their News Releases, about 4 a day.. I am obviously not posting all of them, but if they pertain to fishing in or around Kentucky I figured I would post the info as a news item. IF you guys do not want it let me know. Just figured I had all this and might as well post it. I got started with the 2 Kentucky Boys who fished the World Championship in Alabama a couple of weeks ago.
I sort of feel like I should start to cover the bigger news too. HECK maybe I will get an invite to Back Seat a pro.. LOL.

Jim, keep the FLW releases coming. We here in Evansville have an interest in the person of Marty Sisk. One heck of a fisherman and we like to know whats going on with the FLW. Especially now that BASS has totally let us down........with the able help of ESPN, I might add.

Go ahead Jim, Keep them coming. I was just curious. Keep up the good work---I know those boys sure do like seeing there names in print anywhere they can. They did a good job and represented KY well.

OK, just the bass stuff or do you want the Striper Trail, Redfish trail etc too..??
OR stick with the Indiana and Kentucky Connections...
OR Just Bass Tournament results..?
Jim D