FLW Announces 2009 Walleye Tour Schedule
gengberg November 15th, 2008
WALMART FLW WALLEYE TOUR SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR 2009MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 13, 2008 - FLW Outdoors announced its 2009 Walmart FLW Walleye Tour presented by Berkley schedule with a restructured payback that offers larger awards deeper into the field. The tour will still feature top pro awards of $100,000 in each qualifier and a top pro award of $150,000 in the lucrative FLW Walleye Tour Championship while 50th place awards in each qualifier jump to $3,000 in the pro division.
Anglers competing will fish a diverse schedule that opens April 15-18 in Port Clinton, Ohio, on Lake Erie. The second tournament will be on the Mississippi River from May 6-9 in Red Wing, Minn. Leech Lake in Walker, Minn., will host the third qualifying tournament June 10-13 with the final event July 15-18 in Oshkosh, Wis., on Lake Winnebago. The FLW Walleye Tour Championship will return to the Missouri River in Bismarck, N.D., Sept. 30-Oct. 3.
In each qualifying event, the top pro award includes $50,000 plus a $25,000 Ranger Cup bonus and a $25,000 Evinrude or Yamaha bonus. In the co-angler division, the top award is $10,000 plus $10,000 in bonuses. In the championship, the top pro award includes $100,000 plus a $25,000 Ranger Cup bonus and a $25,000 Evinrude or Yamaha bonus. The top co-angler award in the championship includes $10,000 plus $10,000 in bonuses. Complete payouts for 2009 are included below.
The top 50 pros and co-anglers in the Land O’Lakes Angler of the Year points standings will advance to the no-entry-fee FLW Walleye Tour Championship. The pro and co-angler Land O’Lakes Angler of the Year winners will also receive free entries for the 2010 season, a value of $7,000 and $1,600, respectively The top 100 pros and co-anglers will receive priority entry for the 2010 season. The boater and co-angler points champions from the Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Heartland divisions of the Walmart FLW Walleye League will also qualify for the FLW Walleye Tour Championship, making a total field of 54 pros and co-anglers.
At the conclusion of the FLW Walleye Tour qualifiers, Ranger will pay the top three Ranger Cup points places with first place earning $15,000, second place receiving $10,000 and third place garnering $5,000. If the winners meet “Powered by E-Tec” or “Powered by Yamaha” qualifications, they will also receive $7,500 for first, $5,000 for second and $2,500 for third, respectively from Evinrude or Yamaha.
Entry fees are $1,750 per tournament for pros and $400 per tournament for co-anglers. Entry dates will be released soon.
FLW Walleye Tour qualifiers are four-day, cumulative weight events that begin on Wednesday and conclude on Saturday. Weigh-ins for the first three days are held lakeside and the top 10 pros and co-anglers weigh-in Saturday at a local Walmart. Pros and co-anglers are randomly paired each day and fish for a combined boat weight.
FLW Outdoors, named after Forrest L. Wood, the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, is the largest fishing tournament organization in the world. In 2008 alone the organization is offering more than 90,000 anglers the chance to win over $40 million through 230 tournaments in 10 circuits. FLW Outdoors also took fishing mainstream with FLW Fantasy Fishing, awarding a historic $1 million prize to Michael Thompson of St. Michael, Minn. Details on the enhancements to FLW Fantasy Fishing for 2009 will be announced soon.
For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournaments, visit FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000. For more information about FLW Fantasy Fishing and Player’s Advantage, visit FantasyFishing.com.
2009 FLW Walleye Tour Schedule
Date Location City, State
April 15-18 Lake Erie Port Clinton, OH &! nbsp;
May 6-9 Mississippi River Red Wing, MN
June 10-13 Leech Lake Walker, MN
July 15-18 Lake Winnebago Oshkosh, WI
2009 FLW Walleye Tour Championship
Date Location City, State
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 Missouri River Bismarck, ND
2009 FLW Walleye Tour Qualifying Events
&nbs! p;
Ranger Evinrude Ranger Evinrude
Cup Yamaha &nbs! p; Cup Yamaha
Place Pro Bonus Bonus Total Co-angler Bonus Bonus &nbs! p; Total
1 $50,000 $25,000 $25,000 $100,000 $10,000 $5,000 &nbs! p; $5,000 $20,000
2 20,000 5,500 5,500 31,000 5,000 &nbs! p; 2,250 2,250 9,500
3 12,000 4,250 4,250 20,500 3,000 &nbs! p; 1,000 1,000 5,000
4 10,000 3,000 3,000 16,000 2,500 &nbs! p; 750 750 4,000
5 8,000 2,500 2,500 13,000 2,250 ! ; 500 500 3,250
6 7,000 2,000 2,000 11,000 2,000 ! ; 400 400 2,800
7 6,500 1,750 1,750 10,000 1,750 ! ; 350 350 2,450
8 6,000 1,500 1,500 9,000 1,500 ! 300 300 2,100
9 5,500 1,250 1,250 8,000 1,250 ! 250 250 1,750
10 5,000 1,000 1,000 7,000 1,000 ! ; 200 200 1,400
11-15 4,000 600 600 5,200 750 &n! bsp; 175 175 1,100
16-20 3,500 500 500 4,500 600 &n! bsp; 175 175 950
21-30 3,000 500 500 4,000 500 &n! bsp; 150 150 800
31-40 2,750 325 325 3,400 400 &n! bsp; 125 125 650
41-50 2,500 250 250 3,000 300 &n! bsp; 100 100 500
Awards based on a 150-boat field. &nbs! p;
&nbs! p;
2009 FLW Walleye Tour Championship
Ranger Evinrude Ranger Evinrude
Cup Yamaha &nbs! p; Cup Yamaha
Place Pro Bonus Bonus Total Co-angler Bonus Bonus Total
1 $100,000 $25,000 $25,000 $150,000 $10,000 $5,000 $5,000 $20,000
2 35,000 20,000 20,000 75,000 7,000 &! nbsp; 4,000 4,000 15,000
3 20,000 10,000 10,000 40,000 5,000 &! nbsp; 2,500 2,500 10,000
4 10,000 7,500 7,500 25,000 4,000&nb! sp; 1,500 1,500 7,000
5 9,000 5,500 5,500 20,000 3,000 1,500 1,500 6,000
6 8,000 3,000 3,000 14,000 2,000 700 700 3,400
7 7,000 3,000 3,000 13,000 1,800 700 700 3,200
8 6,000 3,000 3,000 12,000 1,600 700 700 3,000
9 5,000 3,000 3,000 11,000 1,400 700 700 2,800
10 4,000 3,000 3,000 10,000 1,200&nb! sp; 700 700 2,600
11-15 2,900 1,550 1,550 6,000 1,000 &! nbsp; 400 400 1,800
16-20 2,400 1,050 1,050 4,500 800&nb! sp; 400 400 1,600
21-30 1,900 800 800 3,500 650 350 350 1,350
31-40 1,400 1,400 550 550
41-54 1,150 1,150 450 450
Awards based on 150-boat fields in qualifiers.
