KILLEEN, Texas (Oct. 23, 2006) - The $1 million Wal-Mart Texas Tournament Trail presented by Abu Garcia will stage its season-ending championship on Lake Stillhouse in Killeen Nov. 11-12. Hosted by the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce, the no-entry-fee championship will feature the TTT's top 50 pros and top 50 co-anglers casting for a share of $210,000.
Trent Huckaby of Fort Stockton, Texas, will lead the pros as the No. 1 seed after scoring two top-10 finishes this season. His first top 10 was a seventh-place showing at the season opener on Lake Amistad Feb. 4-5. He then capped the regular season with a 10th-place finish at the trail's final qualifier May 6-7 on Lake Texoma.
Pete Elliott of Vidor, Texas, will lead the co-angler contingent as the No. 1 seed after opening the season with a ninth-place showing on Lake Amistad.
Anglers will take off at 7 each morning from Stillhouse Hollow Lake Marina located at 4596 Simmons Road in Belton, Texas. Saturday and Sunday's weigh-ins will be held at the Wal-Mart store located at 2020 Heights Drive in Harker Heights, Texas, beginning at 4 p.m.
The winning pro at the TTT Championship will earn as much as $75,000, which includes a Ranger 519 VX powered by a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and equipped with a Minn Kota trolling motor, Lowrance electronics and EverStart batteries plus $15,000 cash. If the winner meets Ranger Boats contingency guidelines, he will receive an additional $20,000.
The winning co-angler will earn as much as $50,000, which includes a Ranger 519 VX powered by a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Yamaha outboard and equipped with a Minn Kota trolling motor, Lowrance electronics and EverStart batteries plus $5,000 cash. If the winner meets Ranger Boats contingency guidelines, he will receive an additional $5,000.
Snickers will award $1,000 to the pro or co-angler who catches the heaviest bass during the TTT Championship. Castrol will award a $500 Wal-Mart gift card and $500 of Castrol products to the highest-finishing co-angler wearing a Castrol shirt at the championship.
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, Stratos Owners' Tournament Trail, 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 exceeding $37.9 million through 249 events in 2006.
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 Wal-Mart.com.