MANY, La. – Toledo Bend Reservoir will host up to 400 of the region’s best bass anglers May 11 as they cast for a share of $205,000 in the Texas Tournament Trail’s final regular season event.
Last month, Lake Texoma near Pottsboro, Texas, was the site of the trail’s third tournament where Scott David of Goodrich, Texas, won $10,000 cash and a new Ranger 518 DVX bass boat with five bass weighing 17 pounds, 7 ounces.
In March, Randy Qualls of Streetman, Texas, won $10,000 cash and a new Ranger 518 DVX bass boat with five bass weighing 19 pounds, 5 ounces in the trail’s second event on Sam Rayburn Reservoir near Jasper, Texas.
Jim Criswell of Del Rio, Texas, won $35,000 cash and a new Ranger 518 DVX bass boat with five bass weighing 20 pounds in the trail’s opening event on Lake Amistad near Del Rio, Texas, in February.
These men are just a few of the Pro Division anglers who will be looking for victory on Toledo Bend when the one-day tournament kicks off at Cypress Bend Resort. Two hundred pros will fish for a top award of up to $30,000 cash plus a Ranger 518 DVX bass boat while 200 co-anglers take a shot at winning up to $4,000 cash and a Ranger 195 bass boat. Additionally, Ranger Boats will award $5,000 cash to the highest-finishing pro participating in the Ranger Cup incentive program.
The Texas Tournament Trail weigh-in starts at 3 p.m. May 11 at Cypress Bend Resort.
Directed by FLW Outdoors, the nation’s leading marketer of competitive fishing tournaments, the Texas Tournament Trail features four one-day qualifying events and a two-day, no-entry-fee championship presented by Pepsi and Frito-Lay. The Texas Tournament Trail Championship on Lake Belton near Killeen, Texas, Oct. 19-20 will feature the trail’s top 50 pros and top 50 co-anglers who will be competing for a share of $195,000 in cash and prizes.
The Texas Tournament Trail’s format is designed to accommodate anglers of various skill levels. Pros supply boats and control boat movement, while co-anglers fish from the back of the boats. Each person is fishing independently and competing against anglers in his or her own division.
Entry fees are $350 for pros and $100 for co-anglers. Contact FLW Outdoors at 270-362-4880 to enter the Texas Tournament Trail or visit www.FLWOutdoors.com for additional information.
Sponsor of the 2002 Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail are Wal-Mart, Castrol, Conseco, Energizer, EverStart Batteries, Evinrude, Frito Lay, GARMIN, Kellogg’s, Minn Kota, Newell Rubbermaid, Pepsi, Ranger, Snickers and Yamaha. Associate sponsors are Abu Garcia, Berkley, Eagle Claw, Laker, Plano and Solar Bat Sunglasses.