Following are the State Farm-BassFan World Rankings as updated after the FLW Tour Championship tournament on Alabama's Lake Logan Martin. That event was the final tour-level event of the year, so this edition of the World Rankings represents thefinal 2004 rankings. The rankings won't change again until after the firsttour-level event in 2005.
The Top 10:
> For the fourth year in a row, Kevin VanDam ends the season as the No. 1 angler in the world. This year was the first he was displaced from the No. 1 spot, proving it could be done, but he's back on top again, albeit with a relatively small 2.6-point lead over Mark Davis.
> Mark Davis finishes the season ranked 2nd, climbing a difficult seven spots up from 9th where he started the year.
> Skeet Reese finishes the season 3rd in the world, the highest-ranked angler from the West. Thanks to steady fishing with no major flops, he climbed the rankings this year all the way from 26th. This is the highest he's ever been ranked.
> Alton Jones didn't finish high at the FLW Tour Championship, but points he received from fishing that event helps him climb back up to end the season at 4th in the world.
> Gerald Swindle started the season ranked 30th in the world and finished in 5th, thanks in large part to his BASS Angler of the Year season (note that titles do not count in World Rankings points, only finishes).
> Greg Hackney fished well and fished both championships, but in the end drops one spot to finish the year ranked 6th.
> Takahiro Omori had a good season, fished both championships and thanks partly to his Bassmaster Classic win, finishes the season ranked 7th in the world, the highest he's ever been. He started the season 63rd in the world.
> Brent Chapman caps a good year by fishing both championships, and after Logan Martin climbs five spots to finish 8th in the world.
> Gary Klein and Kelly Jordon both finish good seasons (but not as good as in the recent past) to finish 9th and 10th, respectively.
Other notable items:
> Arizona's Mark Kile finishes the season just out of the Top 10, in 11th, and has nowhere to go but down as he's decided to quit tour-level fishing.
> A good season and two strong championship finishes move Den Rojas up from 19th to finish the year in 13th.
> David Walker also did fairly well in both championships, and finishes the year in 25th, up six spots from where he was after the Classic.
> A not-so-good year capped by a 46th (out of 48) at the FLW Tour Championship drops David Dudley down to 34th from 25th. He started the season in 8th.
> North Carolina's Tracy Adams had a strong year on the FLW Tour, and cuts his ranking in half (42nd) from where he started (85th).
> Winning the FLW Tour Championship helps Luke Clausen jump 15 spots to 61st in the world. He started the season below 200th.
> If an anglers meets the minimum rankings criteria and isn't listed, it means he or she is below 200th.
See the Top 50 fishermen on page 2, places 51 - 100 on page 2, places 101 - 150 on page 4, 151 - 200 on page 5 >>>>>>>>
