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September 14, 2008

Harrison wins FLW tourney

PLATTSBURGH -- Iams pro Chip Harrison of Bremen, Ind., caught a five-bass limit weighing 21 pounds, 6 ounces Saturday to win $125,000 in the $1 million Walmart FLW Series® BP Eastern Division tournament on Lake Champlain with a four-day catch of 20 bass weighing 73-13.

The catch gave him the win by a slim 12-ounce margin over Pete Gluszek of Mt. Laurel, N.J., who caught a total of 20 bass weighing 73-01 and earned $46,488.

"I just had one of those days," said Harrison, who claimed his first FLW Series victory. "When it's your time it's your time. There is no doubt about it that today must have been my time because I have never weighed-in a largemouth on this lake and today I weighed-in two monsters."

Harrison's limit consisted of three smallmouths and two largemouths. "I had my limit at 8:15 this morning and ended up catching around 23 keepers today," Harrison said. "All week I targeted smallmouths and to catch two largemouths's of that size is amazing." Harrison was fishing north of Plattsburgh to catch his quality bass. "I fished several of the bays on the New York side and a big flat up north as well," he added.

Harrison caught his bass in and around vegetation throwing a Poor Boys Watermelon Tube and a Poor Boys Drop-shot Darter.

"You have no idea what this means to me," Harrison said. "My dad made it possible for me to fish professionally and I wish that he was here to see me win."

Harrison opened the tournament in 10th place Wednesday with five bass weighing 18-07. On Thursday he added another five bass weighing 16-01. He then caught five bass weighing 17-15 on Friday to make the crucial top 10 cut in eighth place.

Rounding out the top five pros are BP pro Jim Moynagh of Carver, Minn. (20 bass, 72-12, $37,191); Yamaha pro Takahiro Omori of Emory, Texas (20 bass, 71-15, $27,893) and Jacob Powroznik of Prince George, Va. (20 bass, 71-05, $18,595).

Dave Lefebre of Union City, Pa., caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Pro Division Wednesday -- an 7-pound, 2-ounce largemouth -- that earned him the day's Snickers Big Bass award of $464.

Overall there were 50 bass weighing 168 pounds, 13 ounces caught by 10 pros Saturday. The catch included 10 five-bass limits.

Coverage of the Lake Champlain FLW Series tournament will be broadcast to 81 million FSN (Fox Sports Net) subscribers in the United States as part of the "FLW Outdoors" television program airing Nov. 9. "FLW Outdoors" is also broadcast in Canada on WFN (World Fishing Network) and to more than 429 million households in the United Kingdom, Europe, Russia, Australia, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East through a distribution agreement with Matchroom Sport, making it the most widely distributed fishing program in the world. The program airs Sunday mornings at 11 Eastern time in most markets. Check local listings for times in your area.

The next FLW Series BP Eastern Division tournament, hosted by Columbia County Georgia, will be held Oct. 22-25 on Clarks Hill Lake in Appling, Ga. Boats will launch from Wildwood Park in Appling and the final weigh-in will be held at the Walmart located at 4471 Washington Rd. in Evans, Ga.

After four qualifying events are complete in the BP Eastern Division, the top 30 pros and 30 co-anglers will advance to the BP East-National Guard West Fish-Off Nov. 20-22 at a yet to be announced site. There they will face the top 30 pros and 30 co-anglers from the National Guard Western Division for a shot at advancing to the $2 million, 2009 Forrest Wood Cup. The winning pro at the Forrest Wood Cup will earn as much as $1 million -- the sport's biggest award.

Angler, hometownDay 1 catchDay 2Day 3TotalDay 4TotalEarnings

1 Chip Harrison, Bremen, Ind 5 18-07 5 16-01 5 17-15 15 52-07 5 21-06 20 73-13 $100,000

+$25,000 (Ranger Boat Bonus)

2 Pete Gluszek, Mt. Laurel, N.J. 5 21-07 5 18-04 5 16-15 15 56-10 5 16-07 20 73-01 $46,488

3 Jim Moynagh, Carver, Minn. 5 18-06 5 17-09 5 19-08 15 55-07 5 17-05 20 72-12 $37,191

4 Takahiro Omori, Emory, Tex. 5 16-14 5 18-07 5 18-02 15 53-07 5 18-08 20 71-15 $27,893

5 Jacob Powroznik, Prince George, Va. 5 17-07 5 18-15 5 18-07 15 54-13 5 16-08 20 71-05 $18,595

6 Shinichi Fukae, Mineola, Tex. 5 19-10 5 16-14 5 17-02 15 53-10 5 17-09 20 71-03 $17,666

7 Jim Tutt, Longview, Tex. 5 20-00 5 15-06 5 19-04 15 54-10 5 16-01 20 70-11 $16,736

8 Boyd Duckett, Demopolis, Ala. 5 12-11 5 18-05 5 20-05 15 51-05 5 18-07 20 69-12 $15,806

9 Luke Clausen, Spokane, Wash. 5 17-14 5 13-13 5 20-05 15 52-00 5 14-07 20 66-07 $14,876

10 David Walker, Sevierville, Tenn. 5 18-04 5 17-06 5 18-02 15 53-12 5 12-03 20 65-15 $13,946

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