Roselle Relies On Strike King Jig And Rage Craw To Catch Stubborn Bass, Win $6,235 In Bfl On Potomac
MARBURY, Md. (May 18, 2015) – Mike Roselle of La Plata, Maryland, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win the third Walmart Bass Fishing League Shenandoah Division tournament of 2015 on Potomac River. For his victory, Roselle earned $6,235.
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| Mike Roselle of La Plata, Maryland, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 13 ounces Saturday to win the Shenandoah Division tournament on Potomac River and a check worth $6,235. (FLW) |
“My primary spot was on the north end of the river,†said Roselle. “The area was full of spawning fish and had a lot of scattered grass. There were also postspawn fish that had pulled off the bank and were sitting in anywhere from two to four feet of water.â€
Roselle said he used a green-pumpkin-colored Strike King jig rigged with a green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Craw to catch his entire stringer of fish.
“The only time I would get a bite is when I’d break it off from the grass, so I tried to always be in contact with it,†said Roselle. “The creek has a lot of crawfish in it right now so I knew this jig would come up big.â€
Roselle went on to say he fished only two spots the entire tournament.
“Once the tide goes out the fish stop feeding. Of the 15 keepers I ended catching, almost all came before noon,†said Roselle.
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The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Mike Roselle, La Plata, Md., five bass, 16-13, $4,235 + $2,000 Ranger Cup
2nd: Pete Romm, Woodbridge, Va., five bass, 15-9, $2,118
3rd: Bryan Elrod, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 14-6, $1,200
3rd: Richard Haber Jr., Linthicum, Md., five bass, 14-6, $1,200
5th: Matthew Caffi, Fairfax, Va., five bass, 14-2, $811
5th: Edward Dustin, Fredericksburg, Va., five bass, 14-2, $811
7th: Flash Butts, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., five bass, 13-13, $706
8th: Ed Stiefel, Mahwah, N.J., five bass, 13-12, $635
9th: Marc Wagy, Dewitt, Va., five bass, 13-11, $565
10th: John Sisson, Brookville, Md., five bass, 13-4, $494
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Darick Brumbaugh of Pratts, Virginia, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the pro division, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 7 ounces and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $590.
Trevor Wright of Chesterfield, Virginia, weighed in five bass totaling 14 pounds, 15 ounces Saturday to win $2,118 in the co-angler division.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Trevor Wright, Chesterfield, Va., five bass, 14-15, $2,118
2nd: Randy Walsh, Stafford, Va., five bass, 14-11, $1,059
3rd: Derek Brown, Charlottesville, Va., five bass, 14-6, $706
4th: Safulla Rana, Warrenton, Va., five bass, 14-3, $494
5th: Darrin Wells, Woodbridge, Va., five bass, 13-9, $424
6th: Allen Luck, Leesburg, Va., five bass, 13-8, $388
7th: Lamar Spade, Catasauqua, Pa., five bass, 13-1, $353
8th: Carl Whipple, Manassas, Va., five bass, 12-14, $318
9th: Pat Riley, Evington, Va., five bass, 12-12, $282
10th: Mark Braune, Montgomery Village, Md., five bass, 12-11, $247
Alex Antipenko of Brooklyn, New York, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the co-angler division and earned the day’s Big Bass award of $295.
The top 50 boaters and 50 co-anglers based on point standings will qualify for the Oct. 15-17 Regional Championship on Lake Wateree in Camden, South Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard.
The BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 120 tournaments throughout the season, five in each division. The top 50 boaters and co-anglers from each division qualify for a regional tournament and compete to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the Walmart BFL All-American. Top winners in the BFL can move up to the Rayovac FLW Series or even the Walmart FLW Tour.
