The first FLW Tour and Bassmaster Elite Series events of the 2007 season are now complete, which means the 2007 BassFan Rookie of the Year (ROY) race is officially on. Full standings can be found below, but here are a few introductory highlights.
Derek Remitz – a Minnesotan turned Alabaman – came out of the gates swinging with a win at the Amistad Elite Series. His current 15-point lead is massive, but it would have been even bigger if not for North Carolina's Bryan Thrift, who finished 2nd at the Travis FLW Tour.
And don't forget about Louisiana's Craig Dowling, who finished 3rd at Travis.
For the record, rookies batted a mini-cycle in the first two tour-level events of the season – Remitz 1st, Thrift 2nd and Dowling 3rd.
As the race sits right now, half the Top 10 rookies are fishing the Elite Series, and half are fishing the FLW Tour (the Eastern and Western FLW Series aren't factored into the ROY race). Overall, 11 rookies are fishing the Elite Series, and 27 are fishing the FLW Tour.
> The next event that affects the ROY race is the Delta Elite Series (March 22–25).
> Previous BassFan ROY winners include: Jared Lintner (2006), Dave Wolak (2005), Shinichi Fukae (2004), Mike Reynolds (2003) and Frank Scalish (2002).
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