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 Wal-Mart Bass
Fishing League
Arkie
Division
May 2005 - Greers Ferry Lake
RHODEN WINS WAL-MART BASS FISHING
LEAGUE EVENT ON GREERS FERRY LAKE
GREERS FERRY, Ark. (May 9, 2005) Boater
Brandon Rhoden of Grapevine earned $3,497 Saturday as winner
of the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Arkie Division event on Greers
Ferry Lake. The tournament was the third of five regular-season
Arkie Division events and earned Rhoden 200 points in the Boater
Division.
Rhoden,s winning catch of five bass weighed 13
pounds, 6 ounces. Rhoden was flipping a jig around bushes when
he caught his bass. Rhoden earned an additional $1,000 for the
Garmin Grand award.
Finishing second was Mike Brower Jr. of Texarkana,
Texas with five bass weighing 10 pounds, 13 ounces that earned
him $1,748. Richard Pankey of Blytheville claimed $1,145 as the
third-place finisher thanks to five bass weighing 10 pounds,
11 ounces. In fourth was Royce Davis of Higden with five bass
weighing 10 pounds, 2 ounces worth $890, and finishing fifth
and earning $731 was Les Miller of Morrilton with four bass weighing
9 pounds, 9 ounces.
Brower took Boater Division big-bass award honors,
earning $530 for a 4-pound, 9-ounce bass. He caught his big bass
on a Carolina rig. He also won the Ranger Cup award, worth $500.
Jonathan McNeill of Lowell earned $1,666 as the
co-angler winner, thanks to four bass weighing 9 pounds, 9 ounces
that he caught on a finesse worm. McNeill earned an additional
$245 as the co-angler big-bass award winner with a 4-pound, 10-ounce
bass.
Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Terry
Slauens of Shirley (four bass, 8 pounds, 5 ounces, $833); Jim
Towers of Star City (five bass, 7 pounds, 10 ounces, $547); Billy
Littleton of Batesville (four bass, 6 pounds, 11 ounces, $424);
and Tony Smith of Benton (four bass, 6 pounds, 6 ounces, $348).
The next Arkie Division event will be held June
18 on The Arkansas River near Russellville. The Arkie Division
will wrap up its regular season Sept. 24-25 with a two-day Super
Tournament on Lake Hamilton near Hot Springs.
Following the regular season, the Arkie Division
boater with the most points will earn $1,000 as the Yamaha "Be
the Best points champion. The co-angler amassing the most points
will earn $500 as the Yamaha "Be the Best points champion
in the Co-angler Division.
Every angler who receives weight credit in a tournament
earns points, with 200 points going to the winner, 199 for second,
198 for third, and so on except for Super Tournaments, which
award 300 points to the winner, 299 for second, 298 for third,
and so on. The top 40 Arkie Division boaters and co-anglers based
on year-end points standings will advance to the Ohio River Regional
near Paducah, Ky., Oct. 11-15 where they will compete against
Hoosier, Great Lakes, and Michigan division anglers for one of
six slots in the 2006 All-American. With a total purse of $1
million and a potential $140,000 cash prize going to the winning
boater and $70,000 going to the winning co-angler, the All-American
is one of the most prestigious and lucrative events in bass fishing.
The $8.4 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League features
28 divisions nationwide. In BFL competition, boaters and co-anglers
are randomly paired, with boaters supplying the boat and fishing
against other boaters and co-anglers fishing from the back deck
against other co-anglers. For more information or to enter a
tournament, call (270) 252-1000 or visit FLWOutdoors.com.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats,
Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing
League and seven other national tournament circuits offering
a combined $30 million in awards through 214 events in 2005.
The 27-year-old organization is the purveyor of America,s largest
and most prestigious fishing tournaments, including the Wal-Mart
FLW Tour, EverStart Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart
Texas Tournament Trail, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW
Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour and Wal-Mart FLW Redfish
Series.
Wal-Mart and many of America,s largest and most
respected companies support FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails.
Wal-Mart signed on as title sponsor of the FLW Tour in 1997 and
today is the title sponsor of all FLW Outdoors events. For more
information on Wal-Mart, visit Wal-Mart.com.
Arkie Division April 05
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