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FLW Outdoors to launch nation's largest,
highest-paying striped bass tournaments
Striped bass tourneys set to kickoff in May 2006
Fresh
water Striped Bass Tournaments are gaining in popularity as more anglers
discover the thrill and excitement of Striper Fishing around the country.
Recently the FLW has announced its East Coast Salt Water Striped Bass
Tournament.
Hopefully Inland Fresh water Striped Bass Tournaments will be next.
FLW the organization responsible for bringing bass,
walleye, redfish and kingfish anglers the most lucrative tournaments in
history is set to make the striped bass community its next
beneficiary.
In response to overwhelming demand, FLW Outdoors announced Tuesday that it
will launch the largest, most prestigious and highest-paying striped
bass tournaments in history beginning this summer.
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,
Stratos Owners' Tournament Trail,
Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW
Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour,
Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series and
Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series.
These circuits offer combined purses exceeding
$36.9 million through 241 events in 2006.
“The tournament-fishing landscape has changed dramatically since we
introduced the Wal-Mart FLW Tour in 1996 and made $100,000, $200,000 and
even $500,000
paydays standard at the top ranks in bass fishing,”
said FLW
Outdoors Chairman, Irwin L. Jacobs.
“In fact, next year we are prepared to
pay the Forrest Wood Cup champion $1 million.
FLW Outdoors is now creating
the same excitement and opportunities in striped bass angling as we have in
bass, walleye, redfish and kingfish angling.
Our anglers know that no matter
what fish species they prefer, they will be competing for the absolute most
money available in the sport.
Now, beginning in May, we will do the same for
striped bass anglers.”
FLW Outdoors has been exploring and planning the expansion of its saltwater
tournament offerings into striped bass for more than a year and originally
considered launching the tournaments in 2007.
That timetable was moved up,
however, due to insatiable demand for quality tournaments along the Atlantic
coast from Virginia to Maine.
“We have always tried to listen to what the anglers are asking for, and then
we try to accommodate them,” Jacobs said. “It's really that simple.
In this
case, our research showed incredible demand for high-paying, high-profile
professional striped bass tournaments to serve anglers in the Northeast.
I
took that information to several prospective sponsors and they were thrilled
with the opportunity.
We are not prepared to announce all of the players
just yet, but I can tell you Wal-Mart, Hyrda-Sports, Wellcraft and Seaswirl
have already signed on, as well as several other big corporate sponsors.”
Taking a page out of its successful redfish and kingfish playbooks, FLW
Outdoors will offer the sport's richest payouts, plus cash bonuses for Hyrda-Sports,
Wellcraft and Seaswirl boat owners. Moreover, top finishers from every
tournament will also advance to a no-entry-fee championship.
Complete details, including purses, dates, locations and registration
information, will be released in the coming weeks.
Hyrda-Sports, Wellcraft
and Seaswirl boat owners will have priority entry into the new FLW Outdoors
striped bass tournaments, which are likely to fill quickly once registration
opens.
For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs, 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.
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