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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Carp and Rough Fish Angling Makes a $10,000 Splash in Lake Fork, Texas
Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association, Wild Carp Companies and USCARPPRO
magazine
hosts inaugural $10,000 Lake Fork Big 4 Challenge
Thousand Oaks, Ca., October 12, 2011--USCARPPRO
MAGAZINE and Wild Carp Companies today announced an agreement
with Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association to host a $10,000
carp and rough fish catch and release tournament and social
event early 2012. The Lake Fork Big 4 Challenge, a newly introduced
“Texas 44” event, is scheduled to begin February 29 with
registration and a social gathering, with education, outreach
and community programs and a Pro-Am showcase slated for
March 1. The prize tournament will start in the afternoon
of March 1 and last until March 3. Entry fee is $400 for
teams registering by Dec 31, 2011, rising to $450 for teams
registering after that date.
The Wild Carp Club has recently expanded its presence into Texas,
establishing a schedule of club tourneys and events that will appeal
to carp and smallmouth specialists and promote the sport to new anglers.
In honor of this expansion, the Lake Fork Big 4 Challenge will follow
a newly-created “Texas 44” tournament challenge, with anglers competing
to land the 4 largest carp and the 4 largest smallmouth buffalo over
44 continuous hours of fishing. In addition to the Big 4 prizes,
awards will be given for the biggest carp, biggest mirror carp, biggest
smallmouth buffalo and more. Two tagged fish are worth an additional
$5000 each if caught during the event.
The tournament is the first official engagement for the newly formed
partnership between USCARPPRO, North America's
only online magazine dedicated to catch and release carp and
rough fish angling, and Wild Carp Companies, the Baldwinsville,
NY-based carp angling promoter and creator of the Wild Carp Club,
that hosts educational demonstrations, offers angling lessons and
promotes tourism by hosting fishing social events and organizing
world-class tournaments.
“We’ve been working with Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association for several
months and they’ve been enormously supportive,” said David Smith,
founder and Editor-in-Chief of USCARPPROmagazine. “They’re as excited
as we are to be hosting the tournament and to showcase a different
aspect of the American fishing experience. Lake Fork is a well-balanced
and prolific multi-species water that consistently produces trophy-sized
fish. We’re expecting something a bit special from this event.”
The LFSA was founded in 1999 in an effort to protect the lake, a
renowned Texas treasure, at a time when many believed the lake needed
a guardian for the first time in its brief twenty-one year history.
In addition to awarding scholarships, LFSA continues as an organization
of dedicated sportsman whose mission is to promote the fishery and
protect it when the need arises.
“Hosting a world class carp and rough fish tournament at world-famous
bass venue like Lake Fork is a real coup and a fantastic opportunity
to promote the sport,” said Wild Carp Companies co-founder, Sean
Sauda. “Texas has consistently produced some incredible carp and
smallmouth buffalo over the years and we know there are some enormous
fish in Lake Fork so we’re very excited by this event.”
“Texas is a hotbed for carp and smallmouth buffalo fishing with a
lot of anglers here that enjoy the sport,” Sauda continued. “In every
issue of USCARPPROmagazine you see Texas anglers showing off fish
that some people can only dream about so it made sense for us to
expand our club presence here. The initial response from Texas anglers
has been better than we imagined.”
Tournament registration and event details will be made available
shortly on the Wild Carp Companies Tournaments page
will be published and updated on the WCC and USCARPPRO Facebook
pages.
About Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association
Lake Fork Sportsman's Association, through its membership, strives
to protect and promote Lake Fork's natural resources for future
generations by working with State and local agencies. We were established
in 1999 as an organization comprised of area residents, merchants
and professional guides. Included in our membership are sportsmen
from Texas and across the United States.
Our primary goal is to preserve, promote and protect one of this
country's greatest fisheries both now and for generations to come.
It's with your help and support that we can achieve this goal. For
more information, please visit our website or
find us on Facebook.
About Wild Carp Companies
Wild Carp Companies,
of Baldwinsville, NY, promotes catch and release Carp angling
via educational demonstrations, angling lessons, tourism
promotion, hosting fish-ins, tournaments and Wild Carp
Clubs. Wild Carp Companies operates Wild Carp Clubs and
tournaments in New York, Massachusetts and Texas, and is
continually expanding. For more information about Wild
Carp Companies and its tournaments, sponsorship opportunities,
educational and social events and outreach programs, email
Jason@wildcarpcompanies.com or visit the company website or Facebook page.
About USCARPPROmagazine
USCARPPROmagazine is
a free to read, free to subscribe online publication dedicated
to the promotion of ethical catch and release carp and rough fish
angling. With a circulation of more than 10,000, USCARPPRO is growing
its readership both in the US, Canada and around the world. We
are North America's only carp angling e-zine and feature catch
reports, basic and advanced angling techniques, bait and tackle
from the best North American carp and rough fish anglers and European
ex-pats.
For more information on the magazine and our education
and outreach programs, or to schedule an interview, please contact
David Smith at themag@uscarppromagazine.com or
visit us www.uscarppromagazine.com,
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