FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BIG STONE LAKE TO HOST $25,955 WAL-MART RCL WALLEYE LEAGUE EVENT
CORONA, S.D. (June 2, 2004) The $440,000 Wal-Mart RCL Walleye League
will stage a $25,955 South Dakota Division event on Big Stone Lake June
12. The tournament is the second of three regular-season South Dakota
Division tournaments and will feature as many as 200 walleye anglers
fishing for cash awards and contingency bonuses.
Hartford Beach State Park will host takeoff at 7 a.m. and weigh-in
at 3 p.m. The community is encouraged to attend the takeoff and
weigh-in.
One hundred Boater Division competitors and 100 co-anglers
constitute a full field, with boaters competing for a top award of as much as
$4,000 based on a full field. The winner can earn as much as $3,500
cash, and if he is a qualified owner of a Ranger, Crestliner or Lund boat,
he will be awarded a $500 cash contingency bonus. The winning co-angler
can earn as much as $1,750 cash based on a full field, and if he is a
qualified owner of a Ranger, Crestliner or Lund, he could earn another
$250 for a top co-angler award of $2,000.
In RCL League competition, boaters and co-anglers are randomly
paired for the event and fish for a combined boat weight. Boaters compete
against other boaters, and co-anglers compete against other co-anglers.
Four RCL Walleye League divisions Michigan, Minnesota, South
Dakota and Wisconsin each feature two one-day events and one two-day Super
Tournament during the regular season. Every angler who receives weight
credit earns points, with 200 points awarded to the winner, 199 for
second, 198 for third, and so on, except for Super Tournaments, which
award 300 points to the winner, 299 for second, 298 for third, and so on.
These points determine angler standings.
The top 25 boaters and 25 co-anglers from each RCL League division
advance to the $100,000 Wal-Mart RCL Walleye League Finals, set for
Sept. 2-4 on Bays de Noc in Escanaba, Mich. The top five boaters and five
co-anglers from each division qualify for the $1.4 million Wal-Mart RCL
Walleye Championship if they are a Ranger, Crestliner or Lund owner.
The South Dakota Division season will wrap up with a Super
Tournament presented by Evinrude July 17-18 on Lake Oahe.