Nation's Top Anglers Prepped for $1 Million Wal-Mart Open on Beaver Lake.Sports Editors/Outdoors & Fishing Writers ROGERS, Ark.--(BW SportsWire)--March 28, 2002 The nation's top bass anglers are heading for Beaver Lake Beaver Lake may refer to:
FLW Forrest L Wood (fishing tournament) FLW Fort Leonard Wood (US Army) FLW Famous Last Words FLW Four Letter Word FLW Final Weight Tour's Wal-Mart Open, Arkansas' most lucrative professional fishing tournament. Beaver Lake has been home to the Wal-Mart Open since 1998, one year after the nation's leading retailer joined FLW Outdoors, the world's leading marketer of competitive fishing tournaments. Today the Wal-Mart Open is one of two Wal-Mart FLW Tour events featuring a cash purse in excess of $1 million. The second $1 million tournament, the Forrest Wood Open, will take place June 19-22 on Lake Champlain near Plattsburgh, N.Y. One angler angler, common name for a member of the family Ceratiidae, European and American bottom-dwelling predacious fishes. The angler lies on the bottom and lures its prey with a long, wormlike appendage that extends forward and dangles over its mouth. with a history of catching quality Beaver Lake bass is Team Kellogg's angler and two-time Wal-Mart Open champion Clark Wendlandt. He will be among the 175 pros vying for the tournament's $210,000 first-place award. Other top pros who will be casting for a win are Team Castrol angler David Dudley, who made fishing history earlier this month with a $700,000 win in the Ranger M1; reigning Land O'Lakes
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 pro's boat for a top award of $40,000 cash. A favorite stop among Wal-Mart FLW Tour veterans, Beaver Lake boasts scenic beauty and excellent fishing. Anglers can expect to find plenty of 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 . A few smallmouth may even find their way to the scale. This year's tournament is a week earlier than last season's stop, but stable water levels and a timely warm front could produce a remarkable catch. 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 P.M. also p.m. or p.m. abbr. post meridiem Usage Note: By definition, 12 a.m. , 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 Beaver Lake will commence at 7 a.m. April 17 at Prairie Creek Marina in Rogers. The marina will host each day's take-off plus the opening round weigh-ins April 17 and 18 at 3 p.m. On April 19, fishing fans are invited to join country singing sensation Brad Paisley for a concert at the Wal-Mart Supercenter located at 2110 West Walnut in Rogers immediately following the semifinal round weigh-in that starts at 5 p.m. The FLW Tour Family Fun Zone at Wal-Mart will be open April 19 from 3 to 5 p.m. It will reopen at 11 a.m. April 20 followed by the final weigh-in at 2 p.m. Admission to the Fun Zone, weigh-ins and concert is free. Twenty anglers in each division advance to the semifinals after two days of competition. The top 10 pros from the semifinal round advance to the final day. Co-angler competition concludes after the semifinal round. Anglers advancing to the semifinal and final rounds start from zero and fish for the heaviest five-bass limit each day. For more information, visit www.FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 362-4880. |
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