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Wyoming angler hits jackpot in contest

Thursday, May 3, 2001 | 10:25 a.m.

John Bergeson, a 51-year-old Wyoming resident, reeled in the first tagged fish on the first day of a million-dollar fishing contest on Lake Powell. He won a Tracker Nitro NX 882 bass boat and a 115-horsepower Mercury Outboard, valued at more than $18,000.

Twenty-five striped bass were tagged with one specially numbered and designated as the million-dollar fish.

It was estimated that 1,000 anglers and wanna-be millionaires had registered for the contest, which runs for 24 days.

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