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FLW Outdoors Announces 2011 American Fishing Series Schedule
By editor on Dec 8, 2010 | In Bass Tournaments, FLW Outdoors, Everstart Series, Northern, Central, Southeast, Texas, Western
FLW Outdoors News
Paybacks Increased Substantially in Pro and Co-angler Divisions
MINNEAPOLIS (Oct. 20, 2010) – FLW Outdoors announced the 2011 FLW American Fishing Series schedule along with the paybacks and entry fees. Pros will be competing for $35,000 and co-anglers will be vying for a new Ranger 177TR with a 90-horsepower outboard. If the angler is Ranger Cup qualified, the pro will also win a new Ranger 198VX with a 200-horsepower outboard and the co-angler will win an additional $5,000.
The 2011 American Fishing Series will expand to five divisions – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western – with the new Western Division replacing the FLW Series Western Division. Each division will consist of four qualifying tournaments with the season culminating with a no-entry-fee championship.
“The American Fishing Series is an extremely popular circuit, and we think the changes we’ve made will make it even more popular going forward,” said Kathy Fennel, President of FLW Outdoors Operations Division. “The American Fishing Series offers anglers the opportunity to test their skills on a variety of fisheries and provides a stepping stone to the Walmart FLW Tour.”
The 2011 season for FLW American Fishing Series is listed below.
Central Date Fishery Location Mar 10-12 Lake of the Ozarks Osage Beach, Mo. Mar 31–Apr 2 Kentucky Lake Gilbertsville, Ky. Jul 14-16 Detroit River Trenton, Mich. Oct 6-8 Table Rock Lake Kimberling City, Mo. Northern Date Fishery Location Jun 23-25 Lake Champlain Plattsburgh, N.Y. Jul 28-30 1000 Islands Clayton, N.Y. Aug 18-20 Lake Erie Buffalo, N.Y. Sep 29–Oct 1 Potomac River Marbury, Md. Southeast Date Fishery Location Jan 6-8 Lake Okeechobee Okeechobee, Fla. Feb 24-26 Lake Guntersville Guntersville, Ala. Apr 28-30 Lake Eufaula Eufaula, Ala. Jun 9-11 Pickwick Lake Florence, Ala. Texas Date Fishery Location Jan 20-22 Choke Canyon Calliham, Texas Feb 10-12 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Jasper, Texas Mar 17-19 Toledo Bend Hemphill, Texas May 12-14 Lake Texoma Pottsboro, Texas Western Date Fishery Location Jan 13-15 Lake Shasta Redding, Calif. Feb 17-19 Lake Roosevelt Payson, Ariz. May 5-7 California Delta Stockton, Calif. Sep 22-24 Clear Lake Clearlake, Calif. Championship Date Fishery Location Oct 27-30 Kentucky Lake Buchanan, Tenn.
Anglers will compete for top awards of up to $35,000 and a Ranger boat in the pro division and a Ranger Boat plus $5,000 in the co-angler division, with awards of $1,100 and $450 extending through 50th place, respectively. Pro entry fees will be $1,000 per tournament and co-angler entry fees will be $400 per tournament. Anglers can begin registering for the circuit on Tuesday, Oct. 26.
The fields in the qualifying events will consist of 150 boats fishing Thursday and Friday and the top 10 pros and top 10 co-anglers advancing to Saturday. Winners will be determined by total weight from all three days.
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