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Fishing Tournaments
THE LAKELAND JUNIOR HAWG HUNTERS will hold a bass tournament on the south Winter Haven chain out of the Lake Summit ramp on Saturday. Safe light to noon.
Sports
The Bass Capital Junior Bassmasters' bid to send a representative to Pittsburgh to compete in the Junior Bassmasters World Championship on July 23-25 fell short, but the Putnam youngsters put up a good showing against a tough field in the state fish-off event held on Lake Shipp in Winter Haven last month.
Water release bears watching It's a lose-lose situation, but we may soon be reeling in tilapia
The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and Southwest Florida Water Management keep telling us they have to lower Lake Okeechobee since we are in hurricane season and we could have too much rain for the lake to hold at any time.
Fishing report
There are mixed reviews on fishing success on both coasts and in the Keys. For example, captain Dan Kipnis of North Miami Beach monitors marine radios almost daily. ''Dolphin fishing is good one day, slow the next,'' Kipnis said. Captain D.W. McKenzie of Fort Lauderdale said: ``I found tarpon to be thick, out in the Gulf of Mexico. But to catch one tarpon, you had to go through 10 sharks of all
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26 on Lake Okeechobee and 350 of the world's best anglers square off for a share of the tournament's $500,000 purse and a berth in the Wal-Mart FLW Tour Championship.
The event will also mark the introduction of NASCAR-like Chevy tow vehicles. Styled with vivid colors and graphics matching the Ranger Comanche fishing machines used on the final competition days, each truck is designed to feature a specific Wal-Mart FLW Tour sponsor, using each sponsor's specific colors, graphics and logos. BFGoodrich Tires, CITGO, Coleman, Energizer, EverStart, Fujifilm, Kellogg's, Land O'Lakes, Poulan/Weed Eater, Timex, and US Bank/Visa USA each will sponsor one of the custom trucks. Other sponsors of the tour include: Black & Decker, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, Eagle Electronics, Evinrude Outboards, Mitchell, Ranger boats, Shop-Vac, Spiderline and Wrangler.
Coverage of the Lake Okeechobee tournament on ESPN is scheduled to air Feb. 20 at 4 . EST. Additionally, the tournament's final weigh-in will be broadcast live to the electronics department of more than 2,400 Wal-Mart stores nationwide beginning at 3:30 . EST on Saturday, Jan. 29.
A field of 175 anglers from the Professional Division and 175 from the Co-Angler Division take to the water Wednesday for two days of competition, where they will attempt to make the first round cut. The top 10 anglers from each division advance to the second round of competition on Friday.
Roland Martin's Marina located at 920 East Del Monte Ave. in Clewiston, Fla., is the site of each day's 7 . take-off. Weigh-ins for the first two days of competition also will be held at Roland Martin's Marina at 3 . Weigh-ins Friday, Jan. 28, and Saturday, Jan. 29, will be held at the Wal-Mart Supercenter located at 1005 South Sugarland Highway in Clewiston, Fla., at 5 . and 3:30 . respectively.
Already the most lucrative tournament series in history, the FLW Tour has increased cash awards for the fourth consecutive year, bringing the total purse for the seven-event season to $ million.
For more information and a listing of competitors, visit .com.
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