No Longer the Big One That Got Away: A Post for My Angler Friends

The Forrest Wood Cup: Ooooh Yeah – I’m talking fisherman! Mark your calendars if angling is your sport -- A little more than a year from now, Georgia will host the world's richest professional bass fishing tournament, the $2.5 million Forrest Wood Cup presented by BP and Castrol, Aug. 5-8, 2010 on Lake Lanier near Atlanta, in which the world's best professional bass anglers will square off in the final tournament of the Wal-mart FLW Tour and compete in the world championship of bass fishing, and its $1 million grand prize.

AND – to pacify you between now and then, yes, like most major sports out there, a fantasy fishing website will not quite offer you the full monty of the smell, the buoyant sensation of your boat or the tug on your rod, but, if it’s raining and you’re truly a fan to the point you keep up with expert professionals you can feel competitive by creating your own fantasy fishing team.

Now, knowing just enough about fantasy football, golf, basketball and baseball – studying up pays off. So, you have a year to bone up on your professional fisherman before you get truly competitive on FantasyFishing.com .

There, you’ll be able to select 10 professional bass fishermen competing. So far the website’s peep’s report about 123 different countries represented online – in the game.

Okay – yes we’re talking fantasy – you earn points based off the pro’s performance like any other fantasy league. There are bonus points for somethings, and then from there – beyond the whole getting hooked on yet another “FANTASY LEAGUE”, those playing hard core – there’s money to win.

A native of Ft. Madison, Iowa, this guy named “Lawrence” has already won once – and is gearing up for the next round. He says that he dreams of getting a new bass boat to replace the bass boat he bought four years ago with his prize money. But, it's likely that his wife Stacy will have first say on his $100,000 prize.

"I'd love a new Ranger bass boat," Lawrence said, "but I think my wife has her eye on a new kitchen. And, she's also hinting that it's time to expand our family."
While Lawrence and his wife may have to "sleep on" what they'll eventually do with their prize winnings, one thing they know they'll do for sure is take their two daughters to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla.

So there you go – Should be fun for my fishing friends!

SOURCE: FLW Outdoors / PrNewswire