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Richland Chambers to Host Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail Event (March 17, 2005) CORSICANA, Texas — The $1 million Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail presented by Lay’s will make its second regular-season stop April 2-3 on Richland Chambers Reservoir near Corsicana. Hosted by the Corsicana-Navarro County Chamber of Commerce, the tournament will feature as many as 400 of Texas’ finest pros and co-anglers casting for their share of as much as $205,500 in cash and prizes. Offering 45,000 acres of lowland reservoir fishing, Richland Chambers provides both stained and clear water as well as abundant vegetation in the form of hydrilla. The clearest water is found in a small portion of the lake around vegetation, but the fishing is generally outstanding regardless of water clarity. “I think it will be a good tournament,” said 2001 TTT Richland Chambers winner Jim Behnken of Floresville, Texas. “The lake is real off-colored right now, but I think the dominant patterns will be flipping and pitching shallow wood and vegetation. Sight fishing will also be a major factor.” Behnken says it will take anywhere from 18 to 24 pounds a day to win the event. Anglers take off at 6:30 each morning from Oak Cove Marina in Corsicana. Saturday’s weigh-in will also be held at the marina beginning at 3 p.m., and Sunday’s weigh-in will be held at the Wal-Mart store located at 3500 West 7th Street in Corsicana beginning at 4 p.m. The community is invited to attend daily takeoffs and weigh-ins. The winning pro can earn as much as $65,000, which includes a Ranger 519 VX powered by a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard, Minn Kota trolling motor, Garmin electronics and EverStart batteries plus $30,000 cash. Ranger will also award $5,000 to the highest-finishing pro in the Ranger Cup incentive program, and Yamaha will kick in an additional $2,500 if the Ranger Cup winner’s boat is powered by a Yamaha Outboard. Garmin will award the winning pro an additional $1,000 if the winner uses only Garmin electronics and at least one unit is a qualifying unit. All told, the winning pro could earn as much as $73,500 if all contingency guidelines are met. The TTT’s next stop will be April 30-May 1 on Lake Texoma near Denison followed by the final regular season event May 21-22 on Toledo Bend Reservoir near Many, La. The top 50 pros and co-anglers based on year-end points standings will advance to the $195,000 Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail Championship Oct. 15-16 on Lake Conroe near Conroe. The winning pro at the championship can earn as much as $71,000 in cash and prizes, including a Ranger boat. In TTT competition, 200 points are awarded to the winner, 199 points for second, 198 for third, and so on. Every angler who receives weight credit in a tournament earns points. These points determine angler standings. Pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day, with pros supplying the boat, controlling boat movement and competing against other pros. Co-anglers fish from the back deck against other co-anglers. Two hundred pros and 200 co-anglers comprise a full field. Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest
L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail
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
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