Three Tournaments Rescheduled for Mid-October
FLW announced today that the Rayovac FLW Series tournament on Clear Lake presented by Evinrude, scheduled for Sept. 24-26, the College Fishing Western Conference Championship scheduled for Sept. 26-27 and the FLW/TBF High School Fishing Western Conference Championship scheduled for Sept. 27 have been rescheduled for the weekend of Oct. 15-18, due to the wildfires currently wreaking havoc in northern California.
“Our prayers are with the hundreds of families that have lost homes to the Valley and Butte wildfires burning in California and with the thousands of firefighters working to contain the blaze,” said Kathy Fennel, FLW President of Operations. “Given the state of emergency that now exists in California our best course of action is to reschedule the final Rayovac FLW Series Western Division qualifier, FLW College Fishing Western Conference Championship and the High School Fishing Western Conference Championship on Clear Lake. We look forward to holding these events in mid-October.”
All previously published information regarding takeoff and weigh-in locations remains unchanged.
Rayovac FLW Series competitors will compete Oct. 15-17. Anglers will take off from the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina, located at 2755 Mission Rancheria Road, in Lakeport, California, at 7 a.m. PT each day. Daily weigh-ins will be held at the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina, beginning at 2 p.m.
Pros will fish for a top award of $40,000 plus a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard if Ranger Cup guidelines are met. Co-anglers will cast for a top award consisting of a Ranger Z117 with 90-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $5,000 if Ranger Cup guidelines are met.
College anglers competing in the Western Conference Championship will compete Oct. 17-18. Anglers will take off from the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina at 7 a.m. PT each day. Weigh-ins will be held at the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina at 2 p.m. each day. Thirty college teams have qualified for this tournament and will be competing for a top award of $4,000 plus a berth in the 2016 FLW College Fishing National Championship.
The High School Fishing Western Conference championship will be held on Oct. 18. Takeoff will be at 7 a.m. PT at the Konocti Vista Casino Resort & Marina and weigh-in will be held at the marina, scheduled for 3 p.m.
All takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Rayovac FLW Series and FLW College Fishing on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing.
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By: Joe Opager, Director of Public Relations
