Ken Dixon Chevrolet to host Wal-Mart FLW Tour Chevy Pro Night - Major League Fishing

Ken Dixon Chevrolet to host Wal-Mart FLW Tour Chevy Pro Night

Legendary anglers available for autographs Thursday, June 14
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Fresh off an FLW Tour win at Lake Norman, Chevy pro Larry Nixon of Bee Branch, Ark., weighed in the tournament’s heaviest stringer for 21 pounds, 9 ounces to vault him into third place. Photo by Rob Newell. Angler: Larry Nixon.
June 1, 2007 • MLF • Archives

CHARLES COUNTY, Md. – As part of the festivities surrounding the Wal-Mart FLW Tour event presented by Snickers on the Potomac River in Charles County, Md., June 14-17, Ken Dixon Chevrolet in Waldorf will be hosting Chevy Pro Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 14.

Fishing fans will have the chance to swap tales with Team Chevy anglers Jimmy Houston, Larry Nixon, Luke Clausen, Kim Stricker, Dion Hibdon and David Fritts. Among these six anglers, they have accumulated 10 tour-level victories in FLW Outdoors competition alone. This team also boasts combined FLW Outdoors earnings of more than $3.5 million. In Hibdon, Clausen and Fritts, Team Chevy is also home to three of only five anglers in the history of the sport to have won both the FLW Tour Championship and the Bassmaster Classic.

No. 12 pro Kim Stricker earned the Energizer 'Keeps on Going' Award for coming the farthest to advance to the finals. Stricker was the No. 46 seed heading into this week's event.These anglers will be signing autographs, posing for photos and offering advice to fishing fans from across the region during the two-hour gathering at Ken Dixon Chevrolet, which is located at 2298 Crain Highway in Waldorf, Md.

The first 100 fans attending Chevy Pro Night will receive a free FLW Outdoors hat. Additionally, fans can register to win fishing rods, fishing tackle and a die cast Ranger boat.

Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Series, Stren Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail presented by Abu Garcia, Ranger Owners Tournament Championship Series, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series, Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series and Wal-Mart FLW Striper Series. These circuits offer combined purses of nearly $43 million through 241 events in 2007.

Wal-Mart and many of America’s largest and most respected companies support FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails. Wal-Mart signed on as an FLW Outdoors sponsor in 1997 and today is the world’s leading supporter of tournament fishing. For more information about Wal-Mart, visit Walmart.com.

For more information about FLW Outdoors and its tournaments, browse FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.

For directions to Ken Dixon Chevrolet, visit www.kendixonchevrolet.com or call (301) 645-7000.