$1.9 million Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series to visit Titusville, Fla.
8/10/2005
TITUSVILLE, Fla. — The $1.9 million Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series – the
most lucrative redfish tournament trail in the world – is headed to
Titusville, Fla., Aug. 19-20 for the circuit’s seventh event. Up to 150
teams will be competing in the Eastern Division’s final tournament of the
regular season, which features a $200,000 cash purse.
Anglers, competing in two-man teams, will fish for a top award of as much as
$50,000. Competitors will also be vying for valuable points that could earn
them a berth into the no-entry-fee $300,000 Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series
Championship in Mobile, Ala., Oct. 27-29 for a shot at as much as $100,000.
A stone’s throw from the Kennedy Space Center, some of the nation’s best
redfish anglers will find the Titusville waters and the popular Mosquito
Lagoon a bit low when the tournament arrives in late August. “Probably 130
of the 150 boats will be fishing in Mosquito Lagoon, but the water is very
low right now,” resident redfish pro Michael Cisco said. Cisco has been
fishing the lagoon and surrounding waters for 30 years.
“This will be primarily a sight fishing tournament with most competitors
fishing extremely shallow water,” Cisco said. “The redfish here are very
spooky.” Cisco predicts that 13 or 14 pounds a day will have a team in the
hunt for the first-place prize.
Sand Point Park will host daily takeoffs and weigh-ins at 7 a.m. and 3 p.m.,
respectively. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.
Teams will compete for two days to determine the winner based on accumulated
weight.
The winning team earns $25,000 cash. If a member of the winning team is the
original owner of a Ranger, Champion, Aquasport, or Wellcraft boat or a
Hydra Sports 1900, 2000 or 2300 Bay Bolt that is used during the tournament,
the winners also receives a $12,500 bonus. Additionally, if a member of the
winning team is the original owner of a Yamaha outboard that is used during
the tournament, the winners also receives a $12,500 bonus from Yamaha for
total award of $50,000.
Every team that receives weight credit in a tournament earns points that
determine angler standings. Two hundred points are awarded to the winner,
199 points for second, 198 points for third, and so on. The top 50 teams
from each of the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series’ two divisions – Eastern and
Western – will advance to the championship.
Each Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series Division features four regular-season
tournaments.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW
Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series 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 and Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour.
For more information on FLW Outdoors and its tournament programs, browse
FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.
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.
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