Kentucky Lake Third Central Division Stop On $1.7 Million EverStart Bass Fishing Series.Sports Editors Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper & Outdoor/Fishing Writers GILBERTSVILLE, Ky.--(BW SportsWire)--April 18, 2000 Kentucky Lake Kentucky Lake Reservoir, western Kentucky and western Tennessee, U.S. One of the world's largest manmade lakes, it is 184 mi (296 km) long and has more than 2,300 mi (3,700 km) of shoreline. It was created in 1944 when the Kentucky Dam was built on the Tennessee River. will host up to 350 of the nation's top bass anglers May 3 - 6 as they compete in the third $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 bass boat in the Pro Division is Darrel Robertson of Jay, Okla., who in 1999 won $600,000 in the Ranger M1 Millennium at Cypress Garden, Fla. The Millennium was the first bass tournament to be televised live on Fox Sports. "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 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, 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. Moors Moors, nomadic people of the northern shores of Africa, originally the inhabitants of Mauretania. They were chiefly of Berber and Arab stock. In the 8th cent. the Moors were converted to Islam and became fanatic Muslims. Resort on Moors Camp Road in Gilbertsville, Ky., is the site of each day's 7 a.m. take-off. Weigh-ins for the first three days of competition will be held at the same location at 3 p.m. The final weigh-in on Saturday, May 6 will be held at the Wal-Mart in Benton, Ky., at 4 p.m. For a list of competitors, visit www.everstartseries.com. |
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