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Scott Martin wins Snickers Big Bass award on FLW
Tour
8-12 Lake Travis monster claims Snickers Big Bass of Year
30.Jul.2007
Pro Scott Martin shows
off the biggest bass of the tournament thus far. This Lake Travis
monster weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces. (Photo by Brett Carlson) |
BENTON, Ky. — When National Guard pro Scott Martin of Clewiston,
Fla., caught an 8-pound, 12-ounce bass on Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, at the
first stop of the 2007 Wal-Mart FLW Tour, he knew he had a shot at winning the
tournament’s Snickers Big Bass Award of $1,000 in addition to winning the day’s
big bass award of $750. Little did he know, however, that the heavyweight fish
would ultimately rank as the biggest bass caught on the FLW Tour in 2007. As
such, the bass earned Martin an extra $5,000 as the Snickers Big Bass of the
year.
“I didn’t think that my 8-pound, 12-ounce bass would win the Snickers Big Bass
Award, but I knew that if I was going to catch a big bass, it would be on Lake
Travis,” Martin said. “The funny thing is that I looked at this ledge during
practice but never fished it until day two of the tournament, and that’s when I
caught the big bass.”
Martin said he caught the Lake Travis beauty on a 7-foot Kistler rod spooled
with 12-pound-test Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon. He was working a 3/4-ounce
All-Terrain Tackle Jim Moynagh jig in 25 to 30 feet of water near a steep ledge.
“I didn’t realize how big it was until I reeled it closer to the boat,” Martin
said. “At first, I thought it was a 5-pound bass, and when I finally pulled it
in, I knew it had to be at least 8-pounds.”
Rounding out the top five contenders for the award were co-angler Clint Bridges
of Round Rock, Texas, with a 7-pound, 11-ounce Lake Travis bass; co-angler Chad
Hicks of Rockville, Va., who also caught a 7-pound, 11-ounce bass on Lake
Travis; Snickers pro Chris Baumgardner of Gastonia, N.C., who caught a 7-pound,
6-ounce bass on the Potomac River; and BP pro Shinichi Fukae of Mineola, Texas,
who caught a 7-pound, 3-ounce bass on the Potomac.
Snickers awards $750 ($1,000 at opens) to the pro and $375 ($500 at opens) to
the co-angler who catches the heaviest bass on each of the first two days of
competition in Wal-Mart FLW Tour regular-season events. Snickers awards an
additional $1,000 to the pro or co-angler who catches the heaviest overall bass
during the first two days of competition, and at the end of the season, Snickers
awards another $5,000 to the pro or co-angler who caught the heaviest bass of
the year.
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 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 tournament programs, browse
FLWOutdoors.com or call (270) 252-1000.
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