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Monroe Wins Red Man Regional
On Lake Mohave

Bullhead city, Ariz., (Nov. 20, 2000) - Ishama Monroe, 26, of Brentwood,
Calif., endured windy conditions on Lake Mohave this weekend to top 55
competitors and win an Evinrude-powered Ranger 518 VX boat in the sixth and
final 2000 Red Man Tournament Trail Regional Championship.

Monroe caught three bass weighing 9 pounds on the final day of the three-day
tournament to claim top honors and a spot in the 2001 All-American
Championship, which will be contested in May on Lake Hamilton in Hot
Springs, Ark.

On opening day of the regional, Monroe caught five bass weighing 10-5, and
on day-two, he caught 3 pounds, 15 ounce of bass to qualify for the final
round. Monroe caught the majority of his bass near Cottonwood while cranking
a fat free shad and pitching a Big Polly jig. On one cast, he simultaneously
caught two bass.

David Gliebe, 58, of Stockton, Calif., took second place and collected
$3,500 with a final-round catch of three bass weighing 8-4. Tim Klinger, 27,
of Boulder City, Nev., took third place and $2,000 with two bass weighing
3-13. Craig McCoy, 36, of Lake Havasu City, Ariz., placed fourth and earned
$1,500 with one bass weighing 2-1.

First place in the Co-Angler Division and a new Evinrude-powered Ranger R81
boat went to Billy Dehart, 28, of Bay Point, Calif, who topped 55
competitors with a final-round catch of one bass weighing 1 pound. Dehart
caught 6 pounds, 10 ounces of bass during the first two days of competition
using jigs near Cottonwood.

Second place in the Co-Angler Division and $1,750 went to Kirk Beardsley,
42, of Orange, Calif. Beardsley, like the remainder of the co-angler field,
failed to catch a bass during the final round. He finished second, however,
based on his two-day, opening-round catch weighing 8-14. Robert Maddox, 39,
of Henderson, Nev., took third place and $1,000 with a two-day total catch
weighing 7-9. Gary Wilson, 43, of Tracy, Calif., placed fourth and earned
$750 with a two-day total catch weighing 7-7.

The top 30 boaters and top 30 co-anglers from the Red Man Tournament Trail's
Colorado River and Western divisions competed in the Lake Mohave Regional.

Five regional championships each advanced eight boaters and co-anglers to
the All-American. The top four boaters and co-anglers advanced to the
All-American from the Lake Mohave Regional, and the top three boaters and
co-anglers in two Chevy Wild Card events qualified for the All-American.
Fifty boaters and 50 co-anglers comprise the All-American field. The winning
boater at the All-American will receive $100,000, and the winning co-angler
will collect $50,000. Overall, more than $5.7 million could be awarded
across 22 divisions nationwide during the 2000 Red Man season.

Red Man became the trail's title sponsor in 1983. Wal-Mart recently
announced that it has assumed title sponsorship of the tournament series for
2001 and will rename it the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League.

Sponsors of the 2000 season are Abu Garcia, BC Headache Powder, Black &
Decker, Chevy Trucks, CITGO, Coleman, Energizer, EverStart Batteries,
Evinrude, Frenzy, Garmin, Poulan/Weed Eater, Power Bait, Ranger Boats,
Shop-Vac, Stren, Timex, U.S. Bank, Visa USA and Wrangler.

Thomas wins Chevy Wild Card Regional
on Grand Lake of the Cherokees

GROVE, Okla., (Nov. 6, 2000) - Raymond Thomas, 59, of Checotah, Okla., out-fished 67 competitors on Grand Lake of the Cherokees this weekend to win the Red Man Tournament Trail's Central Chevy Wild Card Regional and secure a spot in the $250,000 All-American Championship.

On opening day of the regional, Thomas caught five largemouth bass weighing 11 pounds, 13 ounces. On the second and final day of competition, he caught five more largemouth bass weighing 9 pounds, 10 ounce to boost his total weight to 21 pounds, 7 ounces. Thomas caught the majority of his bass by flipping docks and throwing a crankbait to rocky areas between docks. He received $3,308 for the win.

Jeff Coble of Henderson, N.C., took second place and $1,654 with a two-day catch weighing 19-14. Scott Little of Oklahoma City, Okla., took third place and $992 with a 17-pound catch. Coble and Little will also advance to the 2001 All-American Championship, which will be contested in May on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Ark.

First place in the Co-Angler Division and $1,425 went to Rich Menhusen, 44, of Panora, Iowa, who topped 49 competitors with a two-day catch of nine largemouth bass weighing 17 pounds, 2 ounces. Second place in the Co-Angler Division and $712 went to Keith Rose of Harleton, Texas, with a catch weighing 12 pounds, 11 ounces, while Gerald King of Altus, Ark., took third place and $712 with an 11-pound, 7-ounce catch.

Menhusen, Rose and King all qualified for the All-American Championship.
The Wild Card field was comprised of Red Man Tournament Trail anglers who competed in all five regular season qualifying tournaments within a division but who did not place in the top 30 in any division and, therefore, were not eligible to compete in a regular regional championship.

Five regional championships each advanced eight boaters and co-anglers to the All-American. Four boaters and co-anglers will advance from a sixth (western) regional. Including the qualifiers from this Chevy Wild Card event and an Eastern Chevy Wild Card, the All-American field will comprise 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers. The winning boater at the All-American will receive $100,000, and the winning co-angler will collect $50,000.

Overall, more than $5.7 million could be awarded across 22 divisions nationwide during the 2000 Red Man season.

Red Man became the trail's title sponsor in 1983. Wal-Mart recently announced that it has assumed title sponsorship of the tournament series for 2001 and will rename it the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League.

Sponsors of the 2000 season are Abu Garcia, BC Headache Powder, Black & Decker, Chevy Trucks, CITGO, Coleman, Energizer, EverStart Batteries, Evinrude, Frenzy, Garmin, Poulan/Weed Eater, Power Bait, Ranger Boats, Shop-Vac, Stren, Timex, U.S. Bank, Visa USA and Wrangler.

Locally, the Central Chevy Wild Card Regional was hosted by the Grand Lake Association.

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