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WBT Count

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 Oct 1st, 2008 by OutdoorsFIRST 

Modified Oct 1st, 2008 at 12:00 AM

The qualifiers for the Women’s Bassmaster Tour Championship presented by Academy Sports & Outdoors have been finalized and the historic event is set for Oct. 23-25 on Arkansas’ Lake Hamilton. With a total of six anglers from Arkansas, the Natural State contingent boasts the second most anglers qualified for the event. The most-represented state in the total field of 40 anglers with nine total competitors is Texas. The Lone Star State, featuring five pros and four anglers in the co-angler division, cements its reputation as a fishing hotbed.

Like Arkansas, Tennessee has a total of six competitors while Alabama and Georgia are represented by three each. Oklahoma and Louisiana are represented by two anglers apiece while New Jersey, South Carolina, Ohio, North Carolina, Missouri, Louisiana, Florida, Arizona, and Mississippi will send one angler to the marquee event.