‘FLW Outdoors’ TV airs Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series event at Galveston
MINNEAPOLIS – Tune in Sunday to “FLW Outdoors” on FSN for the $200,000 Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series event held in Galveston, Texas. The third Western Division event of the $1.9 million FLW Redfish Series season concludes with the winning team claiming a cash prize of $25,000.
The “FLW Outdoors” saltwater series is a reality-format show told from the anglers’ perspective. Each week the top four teams are followed from takeoff to weigh-in, allowing the audience to feel the anglers’ nerves, listen to their strategy, and learn from their mistakes. The stories evolve and the suspense grows throughout the one-hour show until the final weigh-in results are announced.
Teams compete for two days to determine the winner based on accumulated weight.
After the first day of competition, Brandon Garrison and Brennan Head, both from Lafayette, La., led the field with two redfish weighing 15 pounds, 12 ounces. The two pros decided to run 75 miles to an area where they could sight-fish with 1/4-ounce Nemire Red Ripper spoons and Terminator in-line spinnerbaits, rather than attempt to decipher Galveston’s deep underwater shell bars.
Sitting in second place after day one are Rockport, Texas, pros David Nesloney Sr. and David Nesloney Jr. This father and son team also made a long run in search of more familiar waters. Their gamble paid off as the two weighed a pair of redfish for 15 pounds by using gold spoons and Skitterwalk topwaters.
Although the day one conditions were perfect, the fishing was not as only 73 out of 109 teams managed to catch a red drum.
Watch as the field of 109 teams takes their final shot at claiming victory at the $200,000 qualifying event.
FSN broadcasts “FLW Outdoors” Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon ET. Check local listings for show times and channels in your area. FLWOutdoors.com also provides an online show guide so you can keep track of what events are coming up on “FLW Outdoors.”
FSN reaches more than 78 million homes through its network of 20 regional sports channels. FSN, based in Los Angeles, serves as the cable-TV home to 60 of the 81 MLB, NHL and NBA teams based in the United States and produces over 4,500 live events each year. In addition to home-team games, FSN telecasts a wide variety of national sports events and programming, including the “Best Damn Sports Show Period” and “Beyond the Glory.” For the latest up-to-the-minute sports news and opinions, visit the FOX Sports/FSN Web site at FoxSports.com.
“FLW Outdoors” is also televised on the American Forces Network, which reaches over 800,000 service men and women stationed around the world in 177 countries and aboard naval ships.
Named after the legendary founder of Ranger Boats, Forrest L. Wood, FLW Outdoors administers 10 national tournament circuits offering more than $35 million in awards through 235 events in 2006. The 27-year-old organization is the purveyor of America’s largest and most prestigious fishing tournaments, including the Wal-Mart FLW Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Series, Stren Series, Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League, Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Walleye League, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Tour, Wal-Mart FLW Kingfish Series and Wal-Mart FLW Redfish Series.
Wal-Mart and more than 40 of America’s largest and most respected companies support FLW Outdoors and its tournament trails. Wal-Mart signed on as title sponsor of the FLW Tour in 1997 and today is the title sponsor of all FLW Outdoors events. For more information about FLW Outdoors and its bass, walleye, redfish and kingfish tournament programs, browse FLWOutdoors.com.