Bass Champions Tour to Hold Next Event On Missouri's Truman Lake.Sports Editors/Outdoors and Fishing Writers ORANGE BEACH, Ala.--(BW SportsWire)--July 14, 2000 The 2000 Bass Champions Tour, following a successful season opener on Table Rock Lake Table Rock Lake is a manmade lake in The Ozarks of southern Missouri and northwestern Arkansas. It is impounded by Table Rock Dam constructed in 1954-1958 on the White River by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. , will hold the second event of the season on Clinton, Missouri's Truman Lake, July 29-30. As with each event on this year's Tour, first prize will be a $30,000 Hawk Bass boat. Early entry deadline for teams is July 17. Teams may enter by calling (334) 974-2600 or by visiting the Bass Champions web site at www.anglersport.com. Winners of the Table Rock tournament were Kelly Power, of Galena galena (gəlē`nə) or lead glance, lustrous, blue-gray mineral crystallizing usually in cubes, sometimes in octahedrons. It is the most important ore and the principal source of lead. , Mo., and Rick Holmden, of Shell Knob, Mo. Their two-day total of 35.73 pounds edged out the second place team of Tyler Matlock and Mike Smith by less than a pound. Matlock, from Omaha, Ark., and Smith, from Harrison, Ark., took the second place check of $2000 with a total of 34.87 pounds. Joe Bennett of Independence, Mo., and Ed Larson of Galena, Mo., took third place with 28.50 pounds. Power and Holmden, who fished a "run and gun" pattern, described the competition as challenging. "It was very tough," Power said. "You had some of the best of the best out on this lake." Other events on the Bass Champions Tour include: 3) August 19-20, Grand Lake, Afton, Oklahoma Afton is a town in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,110 at the 2006 census. Geography Afton is located at (36.691845, -94.964024)GR1. 4) September 23-24, Lake of the Ozarks The Lake of the Ozarks is a large man-made reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in central Missouri in the northern part of the Ozarks. In addition, three smaller tributaries of the Osage which were also impounded include the Niangua River, the Grandglaize Creek, and , Osage Beach, Missouri Osage Beach is a city in Camden and Miller County, Missouri. The population was 3,662 at the 2000 census. Geography Osage Beach is located at (38.138354, -92.648678)GR1. 5) October 21-22, Arkansas River Arkansas River River, rising in central Colorado, U.S. At 1,450 mi (2,333 km) long, it flows east through southern Kansas and southeast across northeastern Oklahoma and bisects Arkansas, where it empties into the Mississippi River. , Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pine Bluff is the largest city and county seat of Jefferson CountyGR6, Arkansas, United States. It is also the principal city of the Pine Bluff Metropolitan Statistical Area and part of the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Pine Bluff, Arkansas Combined . The top 40 teams after the Bass Champions Tour, along with the top 20 finishers in each of the 24 divisions of the Bass Champions Team Trail, will qualify for the year-end Bass Champions Team Challenge, one of the nation's largest tournaments with a purse of over $175,000. The Bass Champions Team Challenge is scheduled for November 3-4 in Gadsden, Alabama, on Lake Neely Henry. Bass Champions is the nation's largest team-format bass fishing circuit with members in more than 30 states competing in over 150 qualifying events in the Bass Champions Team Trail and five events on the Bass Champions Tour. The 2000 national sponsors of Bass Champions include Hawk Boats, Yamaha Outboards, Sears DieHard Batteries, Bill Lewis Lures, Alron Lures, Bass Striker Lures, actionBass.com, Equalizer Scales and Yamaha Parts & Accessories. |
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