Stringer best Super Tournament boater on Sam Rayburn

Robert Hill of Fort Worth, Texas, takes home top honors in Co-angler Division

JASPER, Texas – Boater Bradley Stringer of Huntington, Texas, won the Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League Cowboy Division Super Tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with a two-day catch of 10 bass weighing 29 pounds, 12 ounces. The victory earned Stringer $5,927 plus a $1,045 Ranger contingency bonus and placed him one step closer to qualifying for the Wright Patman Lake Regional Championship in Texarkana, Texas, Oct. 25-27, where he could ultimately win a new 519VX Ranger boat and a Chevy truck.

Stringer caught his bass throwing a worm Texas-rigged near bumps and creek beds.

Rounding out the top five boaters are Tommy Howard of Brookeland, Texas (eight bass, 27-8, $3,486); Chris McCall of Jasper, Texas (10 bass, 26-15, $2,324); Lindy Hadley of Sam Rayburn, Texas (nine bass, 26-1, $1,627) and Brandon Crouch of Buna, Texas (10 bass, 25-15, $1,395).

Walt Roberts of Vidor, Texas, took home the Boater Division Snickers Big Bass award, earning $1,027 for a 7-pound, 2-ounce bass that he caught on a frog in lily pads.

Robert Hill of Fort Worth, Texas, earned $3,487 as the co-angler winner thanks to seven bass weighing 24 pounds, 4 ounces that he caught while fishing a crankbait in 4 to 6 feet of water near brush piles.

Rounding out the top five co-anglers are Richard Earle of Youngsville, La. (six bass, 23-12, $1,743); Randy Hicks of Lumberton, Texas (10 bass, 21-3, $1,161); Lynn Shivers of Kirbyville, Texas (seven bass, 20-7, $814) and Thomas Johnson of La Marque, Texas (10 bass, 19-7, $697).

Hill also earned $514 as the co-angler Big Bass winner after catching a 8-pound, 9-ounce bass that he caught on a watermelon worm near brush piles.

Following the end of regular-season competition, the top 40 boaters and 40 co-anglers based on year-end points standings in the division will advance to the no-entry-fee Wright Patman Lake Regional Championship where they will compete against top qualifiers from three other BFL divisions. At the Regional Championship boaters will fish for a new Ranger boat and Chevy truck and co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger boat. The top six boaters and top six co-anglers at the Regional Championship will also advance to the 2008 All-American presented by Chevy. With a total purse of $1 million, a potential $140,000 cash prize going to the winning boater and as much as $70,000 going to the winning co-angler, the All-American is one of the most prestigious and lucrative events in bass fishing. The winning boater and winning co-angler at the All-American also advance to the no-entry-fee $2 million 2008 Forrest Wood Cup. This event, featuring a top award of $1 million, is the sport’s biggest championship.

The $8.8 million Wal-Mart Bass Fishing League features 28 divisions nationwide. In BFL competition, boaters and co-anglers are randomly paired. Boaters supply the boat and fish from the front deck against other boaters while co-anglers compete from the back deck against other co-anglers.

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 will 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, call (270) 252-1000.