Big Fred fishing for big bucks at the $1.5 million Wal Mart Open

Fresh off earning $10,000 at the FLW Series event at Lake Dardanelle last week, Big Fred Contaoi was right back at it on Thursday at Arkansas’ Beaver Lake at the FLW Tour’s Wal Mart Open.

Not known for big largemouths, it was expected that smallies would play a big role in the tournament and that’s exactly what Fred found out today. He weighed in 3 fish for 5-pounds, 9 ounces and said that his biggest fish of the day was a bronzeback that dwarfed the dinky largemouths he was catching.

For his efforts, Big Boy sits in 112th place after Day 1. Andy Montgomery of Blacksburg, S.C., took the early lead in the event with five largemouths weighing 13 pounds, 11 ounces, so Fred’s got some work to do on Friday.

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