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Article: Oklahoma Angler Wins $600,000 in RANGER M1, World's Richest Bass Tournament.
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- November 8, 1999
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CYPRESS GARDENS, Fla.--(BW SportsWire)--Nov. 7, 1999--
Fox Sports Makes Television History
In an exciting final round of championship bass fishing action Sunday, Darrell Robertson of Jay, Okla., scored an impressive win in the Ranger M1 Millennium and collected a check for $600,000 - the largest cash award in sport fishing history - as viewers across the nation tuned in to watch the historic first live broadcast of the world's richest bass fishing tournament on FOX Sports.
"I was hoping to catch a big fish today," says Robertson, whose Millennium win instantly ranks him as one of the sport's all time leading money winners. "I guess I caught them ...