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The world’s leading tournament fishing organization is coming to Payson.
It arrives in the form of an FLW Outdoors bass tournament to be held September 22-25, 2010 at Roosevelt Lake with the final weigh-in at the Payson Wal-mart parking lot. FLW officials say the tournament could draw 200 professional anglers, possibly 200 co-anglers, and have a total economic impact on Northern Gila County of $683,200.
This premiere fishing tournament, sponsored by Chapman Chevrolet, Ranger Bass Boats, Wal-Mart, and Mazatzal Casino is one of several national qualifying tournaments for professional bass fishermen and co-anglers to compete for prizes ranging from bass boats to cash.
Final Weigh In Activities and Events
Official host of the event is the Town of Payson, with the Payson Wal-Mart hosting the final day weigh-in festivities in their parking lot. Festivities will also include live entertainment, live radio and TV, free hot dogs, chips and soda from the Payson Wal-Mart, sponsor booths and much more.
More about the FLW Stren Series
Although FLW holds very few Arizona tournaments, some at Lake Mead, the tour is highly popular on the East Coast, Midwest and far West hosting 17 of the top 18 fishing tournaments in the country.
Annually the tournaments draw 90,000 entries to 240 events with purses exceeding $42.6 million. Many of the tournaments are televised nationally on the Outdoor Channel.
At Roosevelt
FLW officials say the pro anglers will begin arriving in Payson and at Roosevelt Lake about three to five days before the tournament to begin pre-fishing.
Anglers and co-anglers from California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona are expected to participate in the fray, which is one of the stops on the FLW’s Stren Series.
Co-anglers are fishermen who usually ride in the back of a professional’s boat. The advantage of being a co-angler is that novices and newcomers might learn from an FLW pro in three days what could normally take years to acquire.
Co-anglers are paired with a pro the night before a tournament and are asked to help police the sport by keeping everything honest, Kellogg’s pro Dave Lefebre wrote on his Web site.
Final registration for both anglers and co-anglers entering the Roosevelt tournament will be held ____________ PM in the Mazatzal Casino bingo room. The Pre-Tournament meeting will start at 7:30 PM. The tournament location will be the Cholla ramp and recreation site.
For those unfamiliar with the FLW, the initials stand for Forrest L. Wood, the founder of Ranger Boats and a pioneer of modern bass fishing. FLW Outdoors named the tour after Wood in 1996.
Bring the family out to watch some of the world’s best bass fishermen compete in the Rim Country! For more detailed tournament information, visit http://stren.flwoutdoors.com/tournament.cfm?cid=3&tid=6146
and www.paysonrimcountry.com.
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FLW Outdoors Contact Information:
FLW Outdoors
30 Gamble Lane
Benton KY 42025
(270) 252-1000
Email: info@flwoutdoors.com
Website http://stren.flwoutdoors.com/tournament.cfm?cid=3&tid=6146
Event Dates:
Additional Info:
Take Off: Daily at 6:30 am from Cholla Recreation Site at Roosevelt Lake.
Weigh-in:
3:00 pm Day 1 & 2 at Cholla Recreation Site
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Day 3 at Wal-mart
300 North Beeline Highway, Payson, AZ 85541
Off Limits:
Standard off-limits as defined under rule #12 of the official rules plus the fish release area at the weigh-in site.
For the slot limit, anglers may weigh-in fish over 12 inches but under 13 inches or 16 inches and over (with mouth closed and tail pinched). Fish must not touch 13 inches and must be 16 inches or over to count for this event.
Fishing License: Arizona license is required. See Wal-mart.
Catch Limit: 5
Size Limit:
Slot Limit: anglers may weigh-in fish over 12 inches but under 13 inches or over 16 inches (with mouth closed and tail pinched). Anglers will be able to keep one fish in the slot limit between 13 and 16.
Time Zone:
Mountain (No daylight savings time)
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