NEWS & NOTES
FLW WINS OUTDOOR SPORTSMAN FISHING AWARDS
18 TH ANNUAL
the FLW television program was recently recognized with two awards in the 18th Annual Outdoor Sportsman Fishing Awards. The awards are presented by Outdoor Sportsman Group – Networks, but winners were selected by fishing fans via online voting. More than 125 shows and hosts were eligible for consideration.
The FLW program won Fan Favorite Competition Series and Fan Favorite Best Catch. The latter was awarded to the show segment that featured Mark Rose catching his winning fish at the 2017 FLW Tour event at Lake Guntersville.
Congratulations are also in order for FLW pro Scott Martin, who won Fan Favorite Host and Fan Favorite Show for his Scott Martin Challenge series.
“ Our audiences agree that Outdoor Channel, Sportsman Channel and World Fishing Network are home to the greatest fishing shows on the planet,” Outdoor Sportsman Group Vice President of Programming Mitch Petrie says.“ Congratulations to all the nominees and award winners. Their passion to make fantastic television is evident.”
Visit outdoorchannel. com / vote to watch the winning videos.
2019 FLW tOur SCHeDuLe aNNOuNCeD at ICaSt
FLW announced its 2019 FLW Tour schedule in July at a special press conference on the show floor at ICAST. The Tour will once again feature seven tournaments with six-figure paydays and cash prizes awarded through 60th place. Along with the prize money at the Forrest Wood Cup championship and the $ 100,000 Pennzoil Marine Angler of the Year award, the circuit will pay out more than $ 6.5 million in 2019. The site of the 2019 Cup will be announced later this year.
Date |
FISHerY |
LOCatION |
HOSt |
Jan. 10-13 |
Sam Rayburn Reservoir |
Brookeland, Texas |
Jasper County Development District |
Feb. 7-10 |
Lake Toho |
Kissimmee, Fla. |
Experience Kissimmee and Experience Kissimmee / Kissimmee Sports |
March 7-10 |
Lake Seminole |
Bainbridge, Ga. |
Bainbridge Convention & Visitors Bureau |
March 28-31 Grand Lake |
Grove, Okla. |
City of Grove / Cherokee Casino Grove |
April 11-14 |
Cherokee Lake |
Jefferson City, Tenn. |
Economic Development Alliance, Jefferson County |
May 2-5 |
Lake Chickamauga |
Dayton, Tenn. |
Fish Dayton / Rhea Economic and Tourism Council, LLC |
June 27-30 |
Lake Champlain |
Plattsburgh, N. Y. |
City of Plattsburgh / Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau |
THRIFT ESTABLISHES PRO BASS FISHING CONSECUTIVE LIMITS BENCHMARK
Bryan Thrift’ s record-setting path of dominance on the FLW Tour has now bled out into the overarching“ pro bass fishing” record books. On day one of the FLW Tour event at Lake St. Clair, Thrift extended his streak of consecutive limits in Tour competition( regular-season Tour events and the Cup) to 58, which, according to bass fishing historian and stats guru Ken Duke, is one better than the Bassmaster Elite Series record that is held by Kevin VanDam.
VanDam set the Elite Series record during a period spanning from day one of the 2008 Kissimmee Chain event to day three of the 2009 Mississippi River event in Iowa. Thrift’ s active streak, which stands at 61( he made the top-10 cut at St. Clair), dates back to day two of the 2016 Tour event on Pickwick Lake. He surpassed Cody Meyer’ s former Tour record of 50 consecutive limits on day two at Lake Cumberland in April.
PHOTO BY JODY WHITE
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