Fishing Challenge winners announced for Lake Hamilton contest
Texan wins $5,000 for first place in final contest of season; FLW Outdoors Fantasy Fishing Challenge slated to resume in 2006
Now that the final results are in, FLWOutdoors.com would like to congratulate everyone who took the time to participate in the latest FLW Outdoors Fantasy Fishing Challenge. While no contestant was able to correctly guess the top five anglers at the last Wal-Mart FLW Tour competition of the season and walk away with the $1 million grand prize, 25 participants did manage to win a variety of great prizes.
Topping the list of fantasy-fishing prognosticators was Ronnie Chastain of Haltom City, Texas, whose five-angler combination earned a check for $5,000. Chastain’s fantasy team earned 974 points at the Forrest L. Wood Championship on Lake Hamilton, four points ahead of the next-best guesser. Chastain’s score was the highest registered in the Fishing Challenge in 2005, though the format of the championship created an environment conducive to higher-than-normal scores on a comparative level.
To win the $1 million grand prize in the last Fishing Challenge – which took place July 13-16 on Lake Hamilton near Hot Springs, Ark. – a participant would have had to have selected the following five pros, in sequential order, so as to mirror the actual championship outcome:
1st: George Cochran of Hot Springs, Ark.
2nd: Chad Grigsby of Colon, Mich.
3rd: John Murray of Phoenix
4th: Dean Rojas of Grand Saline, Texas
5th: Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity, S.C.
Other awards, presented to the top 25 contestants, ranged from a die-cast model of an official FLW Outdoors sponsor boat to FLW Outdoors-branded tackle and other fishing gear.
Note to winners: Please allow six to eight weeks for delivery of prizes.
Winners of the latest FLW Outdoors Fantasy Fishing Challenge included the following top five:
1st: Chastain, who won a check for $5,000.
2nd: Jordan Grimm of West, Texas, who won a die-cast replica of an official FLW Tour Ranger Comanche sponsor boat and a one-year FLW Outdoors membership.
3rd: Mitch Gowan of Morgan City, La., who won a set of FLW Outdoors-branded lures and a Plano gear bag.
4th: George Martenson of Apple Valley, Minn., who won a set of FLW Outdoors-branded lures.
5th: Robert Jasper of Arlington, Texas, who won a Plano gear bag and an FLW Outdoors T-shirt.
Click here for a complete list of recent winners.
If you missed out on the great prizes awarded during the 2005 FLW Outdoors Fantasy Fishing Challenge, which included a random drawing for a new Ranger boat in addition to the cash and gear awards, don’t miss out on the action in 2006. The Fishing Challenge will be back for another year of pro bass-fishing fun.