[0] Ft. Gibson Lake Final Central Division Stop on $1.7 Million EverStart Batteries Bass Fishing Series.Business Editors GILBERTSVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2000 Fort Gibson Fort Gibson was established 1824 in Indian Territory by Col. Matthew Arbuckle. It was named for Col. George Gibson, head of the Army Commissary Department. The fort was the westernmost in the north–south chain of forts intended to protect the frontier in the American West. Lake near Wagoner, Okla., will host up to 350 of the nation's top bass anglers June 7 - 10 as they compete in the final $164,000 Central Division EverStart Batteries Series event of the nine-event 2000 tournament season. Among competitors vying vy·ing v. Present participle of vie. vying vie for $10,000 first place cash and a Johnson- or Evinrude-powered Ranger Ranger Any of a series of unmanned probes launched from 1961 to 1965 by NASA. The project was NASA's earliest attempt to explore the Moon's surface. Ranger 4 (1962) became the first U.S. spacecraft to hit the Moon, crash-landing on its surface as planned. bass boat in the Pro Division is Darrel Robertson of Jay, Okla., who in 1999 won the 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 championship on Ft. Gibson Lake Gibson Lake is a lake in Georgian Bay Township, District of Muskoka, bordering on the Wahta Mohawk Territory. The southern areas of the lake are popular with cottagers from southern Ontario, and a few people do live there permanently. then went on to win $600,000 in the Ranger M1 Millennium at Cypress Garden, Fla. "The EverStart Series is a favorite among serious bass anglers," says Brian Sayner, vice president of communications for Operation Bass, the world's largest bass tournament organization. "It offers them the opportunity to fish for large purses and to advance to the prestigious Wal-Mart FLW Tour, which features the sport's top prize money." But anglers are not the only winners at EverStart tournaments. Communities hosting the events benefit from nearly $315,000 in direct expenditures by anglers, spectators and sponsors based on a study of multi-day fishing tournaments by Dr. Hobson Bryan of the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. , Department of Geography, Urban and Regional Planning regional planning: see city planning. . The estimate of economic impact, however, doesn't account for the considerable value of subsequent tourism revenue generated by EverStart Series events. Each regular season EverStart Series tournament includes four days of competition, Wednesday through Saturday. A full field of 175 anglers from the Pro Division and 175 from the Co-Angler Division compete for two days, after which the fields are reduced to the top 30. The top 30 anglers from each division start over on day three and fish for one day to determine the top 10 anglers in both divisions who will advance to the final round on Saturday. Anglers start over on the final day, with the winner of each division determined by the weight of that day's catch. Weigh-ins for the first three days of competition will be at Taylors Ferry North, located about 8 miles southeast of Wagoner, at 3 p.m. The final weigh-in Saturday, June 10, will be at the Wal-Mart located at 410 South Dewey in Wagoner at 4 p.m. For a list of competitors, visit www.everstartseries.com. |
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