$5.1 Million Wal-Mart FLW Tour Heading to Lake Ouachita.Sports Editors & Outdoor/Fishing Writers MT. IDA Ida (ē`dä), city (1990 pop. 91,859), Nagano prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tenryu River. It is an agricultural market and railway junction. , Ark.--(BW SportsWire)--March 5, 2002 Wal-Mart FLW FLW Frank Lloyd Wright FLW Forrest L Wood (fishing tournament) FLW Fort Leonard Wood (US Army) FLW Famous Last Words FLW Four Letter Word FLW Final Weight Tour anglers will visit a new stop on the $5.1 million 2002 tour March 13-16 when they compete on scenic Lake Ouachita Lake Ouachita (Pronounced WAH-shi-tah) is a lake created by the damming of the Ouachita River by Blakely Mountain Dam. The lake is located near Hot Springs, Arkansas. Lake Ouachita is the second largest lake in Arkansas, behind Bull Shoals Lake in Northwest Arkansas. for a share of $550,000. With its crystal clear water and an abundance of deep grass, Lake Ouachita promises to be one of the most productive lakes on tour. The 45,000-acre lake located at the base of the Ouachita Mountain Range near Hot Springs National Park Hot Springs National Park, 5,549 acres (2,247 hectares), W central Ark.; est. 1921; nearly surrounded by the city of Hot Springs. Visited by Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto in 1541, the springs, long used by Native Americans for medicinal purposes, became a Federal may also be one of the most beautiful tour stops according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Team Coleman pro Mike Wurm. Wurm is one of the 175 pro anglers who will be fishing the tournament presented by Alpo Pet Foods. Other top pros looking to cash in on the event's $110,000 first-place award are Team Castrol pro David Dudley, who made fishing history Saturday with a $700,000 win in the Ranger M1; Chevy Pro Staff angler and two-time Wal-Mart FLW Tour champion Larry Nixon; Team Alpo pro and Wal-Mart FLW Tour champion Dwayne Horton; and Team Kellogg's angler and current Angler-of-the-Year points leader Clark Wendlandt. One hundred and seventy-five co-anglers will also fish the event, bringing the total tournament roster to 350 anglers representing 30 states and Japan. Each co-angler fishes from the back of a pros' boat for a top award of $15,000 cash. Lake Ouachita contains both largemouth and spotted bass The spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus) is a species of freshwater fish in the sunfish family (Centrarchidae) of order Perciformes. One of the black basses, it is native to the Mississippi River basin and across the Gulf States, from central Texas through the Florida . Wurm believes that the top 10 patterns will center exclusively on largemouth though. "My favorite pattern for this time of year is slow rolling a big 3/4-ounce or 1-ounce Strike King spinner bait off the ends of the deep grass points," he says. The tournament's final weigh-in will be broadcast live on PAX TV to more than 84 million households as part of the "FLW Outdoors" television series airing Saturdays at 3 p.m. EST, 2 p.m. CST CST abbr. 1. Central Standard Time 2. convulsive shock treatment CST Central Standard Time Noun 1. and 3 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there . Competition on Lake Ouachita is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. March 13 at Mountain Harbor Resort. The resort, located off Highway 270 East, will host each day's take-off plus the opening round weigh-ins March 13 and 14 at 3 p.m. On March 15, fishing fans are invited to join Wendlandt, Dudley, Wurm and other Wal-Mart FLW Tour anglers in the Family Fun Zone at the Wal-Mart Supercenter located at 1601 Albert Pike Boulevard in Hot Springs, Ark., from 3 p.m. until the semifinal round weigh-in starts at 5 p.m. The Fun Zone reopens at 11 a.m. March 16 followed by the final weigh-in at 2 p.m. The Fun Zone offers fishing enthusiasts a chance to meet the nation's top anglers, collect autographs and receive expert fishing advice. Admission to the Fun Zone and weigh-ins is free. Only anglers who do not qualify for the semifinal and final rounds will be available in the Fun Zone. |
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