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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