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"Hooksets & Hand Grenades" - Part 1

Today Chris and Jason discuss all the live fishing opportunities viewers had the choice to watch last weekend between BASS, MLF & FLW. Jason gives us the 411 on his on the water MLF experience and Chris, well he's just Chris. Check out Episode 1 of the week right here!

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Cobbs trade horse lessons for horsepower

Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships

While South Carolina pro Brandon Cobb was racing to a record setting win at the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest event on Lake Fork, his bride Amy was back home in South Carolina cancelling the equestrian lessons she teaches at Lander University in order to surprise her husband on stage moments after he was awarded the winner’s trophy and keys to a brand new Toyota Tundra.

Cobb’s winning 4-day tournament weight of 114 pounds included an 11 pound 1 ounce giant bass he landed on Day 3 of competition. It was the biggest bass of the event, and in turn, won him the prize 381 horsepower Toyota Tundra.

“Not only did I catch the biggest bass of my life this week, but I also caught the biggest 5-bass limit of my life with 37 pounds 15 ounces. And on top of that, I got a new Toyota. That’s just incredible,” says the always happy-go-lucky Cobb.

“The fact that Toyota supports B.A.S.S. in so many ways, and then gives away a Tundra on top it all for big fish in this tournament tells you all you need to know about how Toyota does for our sport,” says the grateful and humble Clemson grad, who majored in fisheries and wildlife science.

Cobb caught most of massive limits of fish using a Duel Hardcore jerkbait to fool largemouth that were munching on spawning shad. But he and Amy caught one another while they were in college together at Clemson.

She loves horses, like he loves largemouth. And two years into their marriage on a sunny Monday afternoon on the shores of famed Lake Fork, they celebrate their second Bassmaster Elite victory of the season, a 2020 Bassmaster Classic berth, the $100,000 prize, and a new Tundra.

Now that’s definitely worth cancelling a few equestrian lessons, and booking a fast flight to Texas for.

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Cobb Tops Century Mark, Wins Big At Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest On Lake Fork

Brandon Cobb takes home the title at Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Lake Fork after catching an impressive four-day total of 114 pounds. This is his second win of the 2019 Elite Series season and earns him a spot in the famed Bassmaster Century Club for amassing more than 100 pounds, a spot in the 2020 Bassmaster Classic as well as a brand new Toyota Tundra.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

May 6, 2019LAKE FORK, Texas — Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams.

It’s the inspiring mantra B.A.S.S. unveiled before the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series season, and it perfectly sums up the last two months for Brandon Cobb.

After earning his first Elite Series victory in April on Lake Hartwell in his home state of South Carolina, Cobb caught one big bass after another at Texas’ Lake Fork to amass a four-day total of 114 pounds. It earned him his second six-figure first-place prize of the season on one of the biggest stages in bass fishing — the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

He’s living his dream — big time.

“It’s absolutely been an amazing season for me,” said Cobb, who also earned an automatic berth into the 2020 Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods with the victory. “I had a lot of success on the FLW Tour, but I never could quite put together a win.

“For so many things to go right this season, it’s just been a dream come true.”

Cobb went into the day with nearly an 8-pound advantage over his closest competitor. But after a slow start, he actually lost the lead for a while to Georgia pro Micah Frazier.

Then Cobb, a 29-year-old former college angler at Clemson University, started working the magic that helped him grab the lead during Sunday’s semifinal round with a catch of 37-15.

Cobb put a three-pounder in his livewell at 8:23 a.m. and then added a 4-13 and a 6-5 in the span of six minutes between 9:07 a.m. and 9:13. He added a 3-15 at 9:38 and a 6-2 at 9:43. At that point, he had 24-13 and the tournament seemed to be over.

He kept culling until his five biggest fish weighed 6-5, 6-2, 6-2, 5-10 and 5-12 for total weight of 29-15. All fish were weighed on the water and immediately released.

“It was really boring until you’d run into them,” he said. “Then when you’d hit them, it was amazing.”

Cobb caught the bulk of his weight all week fishing around shallow shellbeds where bass were feeding on spawning shad. His primary bait was a Dual Hardcore Minnow Flat 110 SP jerkbait in ghost pro blue.

“I was basically running points and flats, and the areas I was fishing might be 6 feet deep for 200 yards,” he said. “But the fish, when they were eating, were in 1 to 2 1/2 feet of water up on the tops of the shellbeds.

“I’ve got mud all over me because I had to pick mud off my jerkbait bill just about every cast. I was literally jerking it into the bottom.”

Surface activity always signaled Cobb that the fishing was about to get good.

“When you hit a big school of shad up on one of those shellbeds, I think you pushed the bait up with your boat,” he said. “When that happened, bass would start blowing up everywhere on the surface.

“I hooked two or three doubles (two fish on one cast) today and actually caught one double.”

During the rare moments when Cobb wasn’t fishing the offshore shellbeds, he fished some shallow shoreline structure hoping to catch a few spawning fish. While doing that during Sunday’s semifinal round, he managed to boat an 11-1 monster that ranked as the Toyota Tundra Big Bass of the Week.

Cobb earned a new Toyota for that fish to add to the $247,500 cash he’s already won this year.

During ceremonies at the 50th Classic, to be held next March in Birmingham, Ala., Cobb will also receive one of the most exclusive awards presented by B.A.S.S. — the Century Belt. The belt is only given to anglers who catch at least 100 pounds of bass during an Elite Series event.

Second-place angler Garrett Paquette of Michigan, who caught 101-15, will also receive a Century Belt.

Prior to Texas Fest, no angler had earned one of the belts since the 2013 Elite Series event on Falcon Lake when Keith Combs (111-5), Rick Clunn (105-6) and John Crews (103-13) all topped the 100-pound mark.

Cobb has seemed cool and calm all season long. But now, with all of that hardware — and a Classic berth — already secured, he said he can be even more relaxed the rest of the way.

“I’ve been in position to win these kinds of events so many times,” he said. “But something would always go wrong, whether it was a bad last day or whatever.

“This has been the best year I could dream of. Aside from winning the Classic, how could it get any better than this?”

The fishing was as good as expected on Lake Fork with 63 five-bass limits of 20 pounds or more caught in four days. Of those 63, five topped the 30-pound mark.

South Carolina rookie Patrick Walters remained in the lead in both the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year and the DICK`S Sporting Goods Rookie of Year race, after five events, earning $1,000 for AOY and $500 for ROY.

    2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department 5/2-5/6
                                Lake Fork, Emory  TX.
                           (PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Brandon Cobb           Greenwood, SC           20 114-00  100 $125,000.00
  Day 1: 5   31-11     Day 2: 5   14-07     Day 3: 5   37-15     Day 4: 5   29-15
2.  Garrett Paquette       Canton, MI              20 101-15   99  $40,000.00
  Day 1: 5   28-12     Day 2: 5   19-01     Day 3: 5   28-15     Day 4: 5   25-03
3.  Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              20  96-12   98  $30,000.00
  Day 1: 5   22-13     Day 2: 5   19-15     Day 3: 5   28-01     Day 4: 5   25-15
4.  Brandon Card           Knoxville, TN           20  95-10   97  $25,000.00
  Day 1: 5   25-11     Day 2: 5   21-04     Day 3: 5   26-07     Day 4: 5   22-04
5.  Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA 19  94-05   96  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 4   18-08     Day 2: 5   26-05     Day 3: 5   22-01     Day 4: 5   27-07
6.  Drew Cook              Midway, FL              20  94-01   95  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 5   25-12     Day 2: 5   25-14     Day 3: 5   19-12     Day 4: 5   22-11
7.  Keith Combs            Huntington, TX          20  93-07   94  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 5   27-01     Day 2: 5   13-01     Day 3: 5   29-08     Day 4: 5   23-13
8.  Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI             19  90-12   93  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 5   31-15     Day 2: 5   30-15     Day 3: 4   05-08     Day 4: 5   22-06
9.  Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            20  85-07   92  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 5   21-00     Day 2: 5   20-06     Day 3: 5   24-14     Day 4: 5   19-03
10. Drew Benton            Panama City, FL         20  83-08   91  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 5   21-08     Day 2: 5   24-13     Day 3: 5   20-12     Day 4: 5   16-07
BIG BASS OF TOURNAMENT
     Brandon Cobb             Greenwood, SC       11-01          $0.00

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CARBON HILL’S WRIGHT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON NEELY HENRY LAKE

Suwanee’s Young Takes Co-Angler Division

GADSDEN, Ala. (May 6, 2019) – Boater Scott Wright of Carbon Hill, Alabama, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Choo Choo Division tournament on Neely Henry Lake Saturday with five bass weighing 18 pounds, 14 ounces. Wright earned $3,313 for his day on the water.

“I ran downriver and made a couple of quick stops before heading to an area in Canoe Creek. I’d caught them there with a swimjig in practice,” said Wright, who earned his first win in FLW competition. “I figured the water must’ve dropped some because the grass line I was fishing had scum up on top. I started throwing a frog, and by 8 a.m. I was culling – it was on fire.

“Around 9:30 [a.m.], the frog bite slowed down, so I started throwing a weightless green-pumpkin [Yamamoto Custom Baits] Senko in 5 to 8 feet of water outside the same grass line and caught several more fish. Every fish I weighed, though, ended up coming from the frog.”

Wright said he used a white H2O XPRESS™ Hollow-Body Poppin' Frog to catch his fish.

“I started working my way back to check-in around 1:30 [p.m.], but had one spot I wanted to stop at,” said Wright. “It was a small patch of grass in a pocket about a mile downriver from where we took off, and with 10 mins left to fish, I caught my biggest fish of the day.”

Wright went on to say that it was likely the way he worked his frog that had the biggest impact on his win.

“I think the way I was working did more to help me than the bait itself – I’ve never fished a frog that way,” said Wright. “I’d jerk it once or twice, and then let it sit absolutely for about 10 or 20 seconds. It was a technique I discovered during a pause to grab a bottle of water from my cooler. I never got a bite moving the frog – it had to be sitting dead still.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Scott Wright, Carbon Hill, Ala., five bass, 18-14, $3,313

2^nd: Trey Gamble, Helena, Ala., five bass, 18-0, $1,557

3^rd: Casey O'Donnell, Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 17-8, $1,137

4^th: Dax Ewart, Humboldt, Tenn., five bass, 16-9, $726

5^th: Daniel Whitaker, Phil Campbell, Ala., five bass, 16-8, $623

6^th: Scott Towry, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., five bass, 15-10, $571

7^th: Thomas Helton, Charleston, Tenn., five bass, 15-7, $769

8^th: Kenneth Grover, Decatur, Ala., five bass, 15-4, $467

9^th: Andy Kilgore, Kingston, Ga., five bass, 15-1, $415

10^th: Greg Lamb, Birchwood, Tenn., five bass, 15-0, $363

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

John Polly of Nauvoo, Alabama, caught a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $365.

Mike Young of Suwanee, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $1,589 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Mike Young, Suwanee, Ga., five bass, 15-9, $1,589

2^nd: Tom Bowker, Terre Haute, Ind., five bass, 13-2, $794

3^rd: Keith Youngblood, Guntersville, Ala., five bass, 12-12, $497

4^th: Kyron Jones, Gardendale, Ala., five bass, 12-8, $347

5^th: Jerry Cornwell, Cleveland, Tenn., four bass, 12-2, $298

6^th: Mark Whitten, Scottsboro, Ala., five bass, 12-0, $273

7^th: Bryant Davis, Madison, Ala., five bass, 11-13, $418

8^th: David Haraway, Decatur, Ala., five bass, 11-8, $223

9^th: Robby Griffith, Ashville, Ala., five bass, 11-6, $198

10^th: Larry McNeil, Huntsville, Ala., five bass, 11-4, $165

10^th: Randall Kramer, Signal Mountain, Tenn., five bass, 11-4, $165

Davis caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $170.

The tournament was hosted by the City of Gadsden.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

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GEORGETOWN’S MORRISON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE CUMBERLAND

Co-Angler Title Goes to Salyersville’s Rudd

SOMERSET, Ky. (May 6, 2019) – Boater Michael Morrison of Georgetown, Kentucky, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 17 pounds, 3 ounces, to take top honors at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division tournament on Lake Cumberland. For his efforts, Morrison netted $4,917.

Morrison said he spent his day fishing approximately 15 different pockets mid-lake down toward the Wolf Creek Dam, about an hour from takeoff.

“The largemouth and smallmouth were still spawning,” said Morrison, who notched his first win in FLW competition. “I used a glide bait as a locator bait. Only some of them would get it, so I added a stinger hook on an inch and a half of braided line. It’s just an extra treble hook that hangs down farther in the water column to help get the fish that missed the lure’s original two hooks.

“I did the modification in practice on Friday and it helped my hookup ratio,” continued Morrison. “On Friday, out of 25 bites, I only caught 10 fish. They were only guarding the nest, they weren’t eating. But on Saturday, I was able to catch 12 keepers from 15 or 20 bites – nine smallmouth and three largemouth.”

Morrison said he opted for a 6¼-inch, Threadfin Shad-colored XPS Bass Pro Shops Boss Glide Swimbait.

“I also added a feather on the back hook to get them to target the hooks more rather than the bait,” said Morrison. “For fish that missed it, I followed up with a [Texas-rigged, Get the Net-colored Cabin Creek Bait Company] Express Bug.”

Morrison said he ended up weighing four smallmouth and one largemouth – three from the glide bait and two from the Express Bug.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Michael Morrison, Georgetown, Ky., five bass, 17-3, $4,917

2^nd: Ryan Davidson, Branchland, W. Va., five bass, 15-14, $2,158

3^rd: Nick Ratliff, Vine Grove, Ky., five bass, 15-12, $1,407

4^th: Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., five bass, 14-14, $1,164

5^th: Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 14-11, $783

6^th: Thomas Coomer, Florence, Ky., five bass, 14-7, $718

7^th: Ryan Coleman, Utica, Ky., five bass, 14-3, $653

8^th: Colton Chambers, Elizabethton, Tenn., five bass, 14-1, $588

9^th: Kris Kordenbrock, Covington, Ky., five bass, 13-15, $522

10^th: Corey Clifton, Dry Ridge, Ky., five bass, 13-11, $457

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Logan Cherry of Alavaton, Kentucky, caught a 4-pound, 6-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $520.

Jared Rudd of Salyersville, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $2,035 Sunday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jared Rudd, Salyersville, Ky., five bass, 13-12, $2,035

2^nd: Cole Sowards, Salt Rock, W. Va., five bass, 12-0, $918

3^rd: Wayne Crouch, Jamestown, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $612

4^th: Brenton Clemons, Somerset, Ky., four bass, 10-13, $478

5^th: Jeremiah Williams, Livingston, Tenn., five bass, 10-11, $367

6^th: Kevin Bishop, Ashland, Ky., five bass, 9-14, $486

7^th: Taylor Wisniewski, Lexington, Ky., five bass, 9-13, $306

8^th: Dakota Bell, Monticello, Ky., five bass, 9-11, $275

9^th: Jamie Karnes, Cave City, Ky., five bass, 8-13, $217

9^th: James McPherson, Lexington, Ky., five bass, 8-13, $217

9^th: Lucas Devere, Berea, Ky., five bass, 8-13, $217

Jonathan Sydnor of Canmer, Kentucky, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 11 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $235.

The tournament was hosted by the Somerset Tourist & Convention Commission.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Guntersville in Guntersville, Alabama, presented by Mercury. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

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CAMPBELL AND KALEN TIE FOR WIN T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON ROUGH RIVER LAKE

Oxford’s Thome Takes Co-Angler Division

FALLS OF ROUGH, Ky. (May 6, 2019) – Boaters Brody Campbell of Oxford, Ohio, and Bryce Kalen of Greenwood, Indiana, each caught five bass Saturday weighing 12 pounds, 3 ounces, to tie for the win at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division opener on Rough River Lake. After contingency awards, Kalen earned $2,328, while Campbell took home $2,128.

“I spent a lot of time bed-fishing, so I went and caught two I had right away – one cast each,” said Campbell, who earned his first win in FLW competition. “I stayed toward the dam because the water was a little bit clearer. I was only focusing on small pockets on the dam side of the lake and would stop once I got to the halfway back of them because of how flooded they were. I ran maybe 10 different pockets all day and caught around 20 keepers.”

Campbell said he caught his fish using a wacky-rigged, green-pumpkin-colored Yamamoto Custom Baits Senko. He preferred a 7-foot, 2-inch St. Croix Mojo Bass Spinning Rod with a Lew’s Speed Spin Mach 2 reel and 10-pound-test PowerPro braided line with a 10-pound-test Seaguar Red Label fluorocarbon leader.

“I threw the Senko weightless around the front and sides of bushes,” said Campbell. “I let it sink and caught a few here and there. It seemed like the biggest ones I caught were out in front of the bushes.”

“I spent all of my time in the North Fork area of the lake and fished two spawning bays side by side,” said Kalen, who also earned his first win in FLW competition. “I targeted shallow water bushes and flat spawning banks. The water had come up 2 feet from practice, so I couldn’t see the spawning fish I’d marked. I had to fish for them only knowing they were there. Fishing the old bank line was key for me.”

Kalen said he caught six keepers, weighing three from a 4-inch green-pumpkin-colored Secret Lures Stupid Tube and two on a Texas-rigged, green-pumpkin Strike King Rage Bug. He used a 7-foot, medium-heavy Powell Max rod and Lew’s Tournament Pro reel with 15-pound-test Seaguar InvisX fluorocarbon line for the tube, and a 7-foot, 6-inch heavy-action Powell Endurance rod with 25-pound-test Seaguar AbrazX fluorocarbon line to flip the Rage Bug.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Bryce Kalen, Greenwood, Ind., five bass, 12-3, $2,328

1^st: Brody Campbell, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 12-3, $2,128

3^rd: Danny Abrams, Greens Fork, Ind., five bass, 12-0, $1,048

4^th: John Melton, Corydon, Ind., five bass, 11-15, $662

5^th: Billy Doyle, Somerville, Tenn., five bass, 11-14, $568

6^th: Frank McClain, Scottsburg, Ind., three bass, 11-5, $835

7^th: Matt McCoy, Indianapolis, Ind., five bass, 11-2, $773

8^th: William Briere, Mooresville, Ind., five bass, 10-11, $426

9^th: Scott Bateman, Jasper, Ind., four bass, 10-7, $628

10^th: Richard Ison, New Washington, Ind., five bass, 9-7, $481

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

McClain caught a 5-pound, 14-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $315.

Austin Thome of Oxford, Ohio, won the Co-angler Division and $1,419 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 9 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Austin Thome, Oxford, Ohio, five bass, 9-8, $1,419

2^nd: Robert Trey Lenear, Bedford, Ky., five bass, 8-0, $710

3^rd: Dyllan Grace, Scottsburg, Ind., three bass, 7-13, $473

4^th: Bo Bivins, Evansville, Ind., four bass, 7-8, $331

5^th: Dale Walton, Greenwood, Ind., two bass, 6-13, $362

6^th: Mark Redman, Pendleton, Ky., three bass, 6-12, $260

7^th: Thorne Martin, Franklin, Ind., two bass, 6-9, $465

8^th: Brian Short, Oxford, Ohio, three bass, 6-4, $313

9^th: Michael Pruitt, Martinsville, Ind., three bass, 6-3, $189

10^th: Billy French, Hamilton, Ohio, three bass, 5-7, $316

Walton and Martin both caught the bass weighing in at 5 pounds, 2 ounces – the largest of the day in the Co-angler Division – and split the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $156.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky and Barkley lakes in Buchanan, Tennessee, presented by Evinrude. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

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Mike Katzer & Rusty Reedy win over $20,000 on Amistad with 26.24 lbs

DISPLAY JUNIOR TEAMS / DISPLAY ALL TEAMS

Place

MIKE KATZER
KYLE , TX

RUSTY REEDY
SPRING BRANCH , TX

8.98

26.24

$20000.00 + $200 Sure-Life Bonus

RANDALL EDWARDS
MIDLAND , TX

CORY WHISMAN
MIDLAND , TX

20.11

$3000.00 + $250 Lowrance Bonus

BRITTEN GAMBREL
DEL RIO , TX

RUSSEL GAMBREL
DEL RIO , TX

17.79

$2000.00

CHASE BROOKS
IRAAN , TX

CODY CARTMEL
PEARSALL , TX

17.21

$1200.00

BRAD NICHOLS
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX

LANE CARPENTER
NEW BRAUNSFELS , TX

9.31

16.71

$1050.00 + $500.00 Big Bass

LEE LEONARD
MARTINDALE , TX

SCOTT BRONDER
FALLS CITY , TX

4.94

16.63

$1040.00

RICHARD PHIPPS
MONAHANS , TX

CLINT PHIPPS
MONAHANS , TX

7.08

16.32

$1030.00

SERGIO GARZA VARA
NEED INFO

ANTONIO SOTO
NEED INFO

16.10

$1020.00

BUBBA HARALSON
DEL RIO , TX

JERRY GREEN
BRECKENRIDGE , TX

15.95

$1010.00

GERALD DELAFUENTE
CASTROVILLE , TX

ROLAND HERNANDEZ
DEL RIO , TX

15.15

$1000.00

MIKE REID
ANDREWS , TX

MICHAEL REID
ANDREWS , TX

13.99

$1000.00

ALAN BOND
VIDOR , TX

TOMMY FREDREGILL
HUNTSVILLE , TX

13.61

$1000.00

ADAM PEREIRA
SEGUIN , TX

JOHN ANDERSON III
SEGUIN , TX

13.50

$900.00

JIMMY STEED
ZAPATA , TX

CHARLIE HARALSON
DEL RIO , TX

13.26

$850.00

BRUCE WHITE
LA WARD , TX

CORY LEITA
VICTORIA , TX

13.00

$800.00 + $800 Skeeter Bonus Cash

MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ
DEL RIO , TX

LUPE RODRIGUEZ
DEL RIO , TX

6.05

12.91

$800.00

TRAVIS MCGUIRE
SEMINOLE , TX

DEVIN LAFRENIERE
CORSICANA , TX

12.90

$800.00

SCOTT SAUNDERS
UTOPIA , TX

CODY JOHNSON
SABINAL , TX

6.31

12.54

$800.00

TIM RENEAU
RICHLAND SPINGS , TX

JUDY RENEAU
RICHLAND SPRINGS , TX

12.42

$750.00

CODY GREANEY
MANCHACA , TX

THOMAS ANDREAS
KERRVILLE , TX

12.28

$700.00

CRAIG ALEXANDER
DEL RIO , TX

RAYMOND BENOIT
DEL RIO , TX

12.23

TOM DIAL
DEL RIO , TX

ROGER SLAUGHTER
SAN ANTONIO , TX

12.23

RICK SCHEEN
AUSTIN , TX

MIKE HARMAN
BASTROP , TX

12.13

RICHARD BACON
BASILE , LA

BRENDON KENNELL
BOERNE , TX

12.09

GARY GILLIHAN
BIG SPRING , TX

LEE GILLIHAN
SPRING , TX

12.00

BRADLEY JAMESON
LOVINGTON , NM

TODD TOWN
AMARILLO , TX

11.97

RICHARD CREMO
LAREDO , TX

ROBERTO GONZALEZ
LAREDO , TX

11.92

MIKE CONES
DEL RIO , TX

RON WADE
DEL RIO , TX

11.79

DYLAN THOMPSON
DEL RIO , TX

STEVE RAY RODRIGUEZ
DEL RIO , TX

11.78

MADISON MCCONAUGHEY
MIDLAND , TX

ANDRES MADRID
ODESSA , TX

11.74

KEVIN UNGER
SMITHVILLE , TX

TIM GOETZ
SMITHVILLE , TX

11.69

STEVE WILSON
FREDERICKSBURG , TX

GENE NAQUIN
D HANIS , TX

11.68

DUSTIN STACEY
MIDLAND , TX

ASHLEE STACEY
MIDLAND , TX

4.14

11.56

STEPHEN NEEL
MONAHANS , TX

ABBY NEEL
MONAHANS , TX

11.36

MIKE STANFORD
MIDLAND , TX

BRADY STANFORD
MIDLAND , TX

11.03

GERARDO GONZALEZ
LAREDO , TX

10.86

ROGER MONTEJANO
DEL RIO , TX

BEN ACOSTA
MIDLAND , TX

10.84

ETHAN GEORGE
SAN ANGELO , TX

AUSTIN TERRY
SAN ANGELO , TX

10.77

CHARLIE FORSTER
CENTER POINT , TX

MIKE BINGHAM
KERRVILLE , TX

10.68

JEREMY MARTIN
ANDREWS , TX

JAMES MOORE
ANDREWS , TX

10.60

SPENSOR PHIPPS
FLORESVILLE , TX

KALEP WARDEN
MONAHANS , TX

10.52

JOSE JIMENEZ
DEL RIO , TX

RAYMOND JIMENEZ
DEL RIO , TX

10.45

KYLE KELLER
RIO MEDINA , TX

JOSHUA SPENCER
SAN ANTONIO , TX

10.43

MIKE BATES
CANYON LAKE , TX

DAVID TEPLICEK
SAN ANTONIO , TX

10.41

JERRY RAKOWITZ
CIBOLO , TX

TIM ZIGMOND
ADKINS , TX

10.33

DYSON MOORE
MONAHANS , TX

CRAIG MOORE
MONAHANS , TX

10.29

BRENT EASLEY
VAN HORN , TX

LISA EASLEY
VAN HORN , TX

10.28

WAYNE JACKSON
RIO FRIO , TX

JASON SCHNEEMANN
D'HANIS , TX

10.27

BRANDON BECK
BOERNE , TX

WOODIE TAYLOR
SAN ANTONIO , TX

10.26

JOSE RIOJAS
EAGLE PASS , TX

JOSE GONZALEZ
EAGLE PASS , TX

5.81

10.14

LEE BEUERSHAUSEN
MARBLE FALLS , TX

DRAKE HALL
BURNET , TX

10.02

RICK SHOCK
VICTORIA , TX

TED SPRENCEL
PORT LAVACA , TX

10.00

CARLOS ROSALES
DEL RIO , TX

JORGE GALINDO
DEL RIO , TX

9.95

RAYMOND NEWTON
JUNCTION , TX

STEVEN CRAVEY
JUNCTION , TX

9.92

ROBERT BALBOA
DEL RIO , TX

ELENO BALBOA JR
DEL RIO , TX

9.84

JOSE DIAZ
DEL RIO , TX

JUAN REYNA
ACUNA , TX

9.79

TOM SCHULER
MONAHANS , TX

BOBBY GARDUNO
MONAHANS , TX

9.78

DAVID RUTHERFORD
ARTESIA , NM

CURTIS PENNINGTON
ARTESIA , NM

9.64

CHAD BLACK
CANYON LAKE , TX

CHUCK BLACK
LOGAN , NM

9.50

FOY OSBURN
BOERNE , TX

MITCH GOODALL
BOERNE , TX

9.36

RYLAND KIRCHOFF
CORPUS CHRISTI , TX

JOHN KIRCHOFF
CORPUS CHRISTI , TX

9.34

RANDY DIXON
BORGER , TX

STEPHEN WINTER
MIDLAND , TX

9.24

BILL GARZA JR
FLORESVILLE , TX

IRA LYNN
ADKINS , TX

9.20

ROBERT ABSHER
GRANBURY , TX

GARY MCMILLAN
ODESSA , TX

9.20

MITCH KIRBY
SAN ANGELO , TX

MONTY KIRBY
SAN ANGELO , TX

9.15

BRIAN ANKRUM
NATALIA , TX

TIM FLOWERS
MIDLAND , TX

9.15

MARIO HERNANDEZ
KINGSLAND , TX

LARRY PHILLIPS
DEL RIO , TX

9.13

GARY CARR
SAN ANGELO , TX

JJ DUCHARME
BRACKETTVILLE , TX

9.12

KENNETH FAIRLY
LOCKHART , TX

TOMMY LAW
TYE , TX

9.09

REID FARRIS
ADKINS , TX

JUSTIN FARRIS
ADKINS , TX

9.07

WILLIAM WOOD
MERTZON , TX

STERLYN WOOD
MERTZON , TX

9.05

DOLORES ROBLES
DEL RIO , TX

JOSE MEDRANO
DEL RIO , TX

8.95

FRANK RAMSEY
SPRING GROVE , IL

JOHNNY ELLIS
DEL RIO , TX

8.81

MIKE COON
KERRVILLE , TX

8.78

BUDDY BOONE
SAN ANTONIO , TX

RALPH CELEDON
ALAMO , TX

7.14

8.68

JIMMY SHELTON
GRANBURY , TX

CHARLES WHITED
SAN MARCOS , TX

8.66

DENNIS ODELL
TUSCOLA , TX

FRANK MIXON
ABILENE , TX

8.64

DANIEL RODRIGUEZ
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX

CRAIG CRIMM
VICTORIA , TX

8.61

CRUZ ISAAC III
SEGUIN , TX

TRAVIS JARRETT
COOLIDGE , TX

8.61

DERICK KUYRKENDALL
BERGHEIM , TX

8.31

BRIAN FLEMING JR
SAN ANTONIO , TX

MIKE FLEMING
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX

8.26

GENE FEWELL JR
DEVINE , TX

JOHN LONG
SAN ANTONIO , TX

8.17

CHEREE WATTS
SAN ANGELO , TX

KENNETH WATTS
SAN ANGELO , TX

8.06

JAMES BARKHIMER
IRAAN , TX

JAKE BARKHIMER
IRAAN , TX

8.03

JONATHAN JONES
DEL RIO , TX

JUAN HERNANDEZ JR
UVALDE , TX

8.01

JOE GARCIA
HOBSON , TX

DARRELL BRITSCH
FLORESVILLE , TX

7.92

ARLEN HAUSCHILD
SEGUIN , TX

CHRISTOPHER HAUSCHILD
CANYON LAKE , TX

7.85

TIM BLANCHETTE
BLESSING , TX

TOMMIE COLLIER
PORT LAVACA , TX

7.82

PHILIP FABIANO
LUBBOCK , TX

STACY MILLER
LUBBOCK , TX

7.78

VICTOR MEZA JR
DEL RIO , TX

CARLOS SANCHEZ
DEL RIO , TX

7.73

TOM CAUTHEN
INGRAM , TX

RONNY GAZAWAY
KERRVILLE , TX

7.72

ALLEN SHELTON
FARMERS BRANCH , TX

BRAD DRAKE
IRVING , TX

7.69

RONNIE RENO
ODESSA , TX

SAMMY RENO
ARTESIA , NM

7.55

FRED WASHINGTON
KERRVILLE , TX

DON STEHLING
KERRVILLE , TX

7.42

GRAN SHANDLEY
LEAKEY , TX

DUANE HILLIS
UTOPIA , TX

7.36

TREVOR ROBERTSON
KERRVILLE , TX

JARRETT ROBERTSON
KERRVILLE , TX

7.29

DAVID JARA
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX

MICHAEL ATKINS
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX

7.28

JEFFERY SHIELDS II
DEL RIO , TX

JEFFERY SHIELDS
HOUSTON , TX

7.15

TOMMY MOORE
MONAHANS , TX

7.14

100

JASON GALLAS
BLANCO , TX

KEN PARKER
BOERNE , TX

6.60

101

MARK WALRAVEN
LUBBOCK , TX

ROB BICHARD
LUBBOCK , TX

6.10

102

EDWARD SCALES
SEGUIN , TX

GERALD SCHULTZ
MCQUEENEY , TX

5.94

103

HAROLD STUBBLEFIELD
SAN ANGELO , TX

JOSEPH TAMMEN
SAN ANGELO , TX

5.82

104

ROBERT LOPEZ
DEL RIO , TX

JEFF BUTTERS
DEL RIO , TX

5.59

105

SCOTTY GALBREAITH
WEATHERFORD , TX

JASON GALBREAITH
BURLESON , TX

5.13

106

MICHAEL ENRIQUEZ
MONAHANS , TX

BRETT BOTTENFIELD
MIDLAND , TX

5.05

107

BRADY MARTIN
ANDREWS , TX

ANDREW DILLARD
BROWNWOOD , TX

5.03

108

JOEY KIRKLAND
SAN ANTONIO , TX

LUPE CONTRERAS JR
SAN ANTONIO , TX

4.78

109

DAVID HOOTER
ELKHART , TX

GEORGE ROYCE III
WILBURTON , OK

4.62

110

KYLE BROWN
CARLSBAD , NM

LUPE BROWN
CARLSBAD , NM

4.59

111

CARL AUDAS
SAN ANGELO , TX

CARLIN MCKNIGHT
SAN ANGELO , TX

4.21

112

OWEN SELLERS
JUNCTION , TX

AUDREY SELLERS
JUNCTION , TX

3.17

113

TRAVIS ROBERTSON
SMITHVILLE , TX

KENNETH TRENCH
SMITHVILLE , TX

2.60

114

CARLOS GUEVARA
EAGLE PASS , TX

CARLOS MORENO
EAGLE PASS , TX

2.44

115

GUY VELEZ
SAN ANGELO , TX

ABEL SANTILLAN
SAN ANGELO , TX

1.25

116

LUCIANO TREVINO
NEED INFO

ERICK MARTINEZ
NEED INFO

0.39

117

DRAKE WEHRS
EDGEWOOD , NM

ERIC HALE
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES , NM

0.00

117

GARY LAFRENIERE
MIDLAND , TX

WILLIAM GILES
DEL RIO , TX

0.00

117

KENNETH EWALD
KINGSBURY , TX

RUDY MEDINA SR
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

HUMBERTO DELEON
KATY , TX

MARCO NAVARRO
DEL RIO , TX

0.00

117

JEFF WILSON
COMFORT , TX

BASIL WILSON
COMFORT , TX

0.00

117

BUFORD ESTEP JR
THREE RIVERS , TX

BUFORD ESTEP SR
THREE RIVERS , TX

0.00

117

RICARDO CARRILLO
LAREDO , TX

ANTHONY CARRILLO
LAREDO , TX

0.00

117

JOHN CASPARIS
SONORA , TX

WELDON MCGUIRE
ODESSA , TX

0.00

117

CHARLES GUTHRIE
CONROE , TX

MICHAEL CARROLL
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX

0.00

117

CODY ROBERSON
CIBOLO , TX

DON BAILEY
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

JERRY FOSTER
CARLSBAD , NM

0.00

117

JASON COLLIER
MIDLAND , TX

BRANDON SPAULDING
MIDLAND , TX

0.00

117

DUSTIN DAY
PORTLAND , TX

RUSSELL GETSCHMANN
VICTORIA , TX

0.00

117

MICHAEL PRATHER
MIDLAND , TX

COLEY WOOD
MIDLAND , TX

0.00

117

KENNY ROOKE
JUNCTION , TX

CHAD BARINGTON
JUNCTION , TX

0.00

117

STEVE CARAWAY
KERRVILLE , TX

COLBY JOHLE
HUNT , TX

0.00

117

WAYLON BULLARD
DEL RIO , TX

RON CARTER
UNIVERSAL CITY , TX

0.00

117

TYLER WILSON
CARLSBAD , NM

MELODY DIXON
BORGER , TX

0.00

117

SPEEDY COLLETT
ZAPATA , TX

ROBERT COLLETT JR
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

TOM LANPHER
SEGUIN , TX

PAUL RODRIGUEZ
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

TOMMY LACKEY
CENTER POINT , TX

CODY LACKEY
CENTER POINT , TX

0.00

117

CHANCE HUNDLEY
CASTROVILLE , TX

CODY HUNDLEY
RIO MEDINA , TX

0.00

117

BYRON HEISER
CARLSBAD , NM

TRENT HUCKABY
FORT STOCKTON , TX

0.00

117

DANNY PUENTE
DEL RIO , TX

HECTOR RUBIO
DEL RIO , TX

0.00

117

ROSS JEWELL
SAN ANGELO , TX

WILLIAM BLAINE
SAN ANGELO , TX

0.00

117

ERIC CAVANAGH
DEL RIO , TX

RIDGY GRAHAM
DEL RIO , TX

0.00

117

BRET FISHER
SAN ANTONIO , TX

CHRISTOPHER FISHER
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

CODY MARTIN
TAYLOR , TX

WAYNE ORENDER JR
PFLUGERVILLE , TX

0.00

117

CHUCK COGER
ROBERT LEE , TX

KLAYTON COGER
ROBERT LEE , TX

0.00

117

GARY GRIFFIN
WIMBERLEY , TX

RICK HIGGINS
AUSTIN , TX

0.00

117

RICHARD STANDEFORD
SPRING BRANCH , TX

HARRISON STANDEFORD
SPRING BRANCH , TX

0.00

117

DONALD BRADSHAW JR
SAN ANTONIO , TX

DARIO GUERRA IV
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

CHRISTOPHER EYHORN
SAN ANTONIO , TX

MIKE ROSCOE
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

JOHN HARGRAVES
SEGUIN , TX

HAROLD ALVES
SEGUIN , TX

0.00

117

JERRY SMITH
NEW BRAUNFELS , TX

AARON CISNEROS
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

RICHARD WEBSTER
BOERNE , TX

DAVID EBNER
BOERNE , TX

0.00

117

RICK CATHEY
SAN ANTONIO , TX

0.00

117

VICTOR MARTINEZ
LAREDO , TX

RAMIRO REYES
HUNT , TX

0.00

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LAKE HARTWELL TO HOST 2020 BFL ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP

37^th Annual Grassroots Bass Fishing Championship to be held at Green Pond Landing in Anderson County

ANDERSON, S.C. (May 6, 2019) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) announced Monday that the 37^th annual T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) All-American will be held on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell in 2020. The tournament, slated for April 30-May 2, showcases the nation’s best weekend anglers and awards the winner a $120,000 cash award and an automatic berth into the FLW Cup, but the Anderson community is the real winner, as the area will benefit from the tournament’s estimated $1 million economic impact.

Although the fishery has never hosted an All-American Championship, Lake Hartwell has played host to numerous major FLW bass-fishing tournaments over the years – including four FLW Tour events, two YETI FLW College Fishing tournaments and 44 BFL qualifying events – and proved to be an able playing ground for competitors as anglers hauled in high numbers of solid limits.

“We couldn’t be more excited to be bringing the 2020 BFL All-American to Lake Hartwell,” said Kathy Fennel, FLW President of Operations. “We’ve had great success hosting tournaments in Anderson in the past and the attendance at our previous events has made bringing our All-American championship there an obvious choice. The bass fishing fans in South Carolina have always been extremely passionate and enthusiastic, and we’re proud to be bringing our championship event to them.”

Anglers and their families as well as staff, sponsors and spectators, will descend upon the Anderson area before, during and after the event. These visitors will stay in local hotels, eating in local restaurants and shopping at local stores. Anderson will also benefit from national publicity, as the All-American will be covered in media outlets across the country as well as in FLW Bass Fishing Magazine and FLWFishing.com. Coverage of the 2020 All-American will also be broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN). FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

“We are very excited to be able to host the great folks from FLW at Green Pond Landing, Lake Hartwell and Anderson County for the 2020 BFL All American,” said Neil Paul, executive director for Visit Anderson. “FLW has been an integral part of the growth and development of Green Pond and we are excited to have them back. FLW and the participating anglers will be welcomed by a nationally ranked facility and fishery, a community that is very supportive of fishing and a team at Anderson County and Visit Anderson that is dedicated to providing the best tournament experience in the country. This announcement is a huge win for our county.”

The T-H Marine Bass Fishing League features a boater/co-angler format, and anglers compete in four one-day events and one two-day super-tournament to qualify for a regional championship. Six regional championships, along with the BFL Wild Card tournament, each send six boaters and six co-anglers to the All-American. The top boater and co-angler from each of the seven divisions at the 2020 TBF National Championship, along with both members of the second, third and fourth-place teams at the 2020 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship also qualify, for a total playing field of 55 boaters and 55 co-anglers.

Because BFL competitors are weekend anglers and not pros, the All-American and its lucrative cash awards present a unique opportunity for qualifiers. In addition to the $120,000 top boater award, the winning co-angler will earn $60,000 cash. In addition to the six-figure payday, the top boater will also receive an invitation to compete for bass fishing’s most coveted prize – the FLW Cup.

As the nation's leading provider of affordable, close-to-home weekend tournaments, the BFL is widely credited with opening competitive bass fishing to the masses. It also serves as a steppingstone for anglers who wish to advance to the Costa FLW Series and ultimately the FLW Tour - bass fishing's largest tournament series. Each year the top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each BFL division are eligible for priority entry in to the FLW Series, and All-American champions qualifies to compete on the FLW Tour. The top five pros from each U.S. division of the FLW Series, along with the International division representative at the FLW Cup are eligible to advance to the FLW Tour. Former BFL All-American champions who currently compete on the FLW Tour include Nick LeBrun (2018), Jeremy Lawyer (2016), Curtis Richardson (2015), Kerry Milner (2013) and Troy Morrow (2010).

The complete schedule and rules for the 2020 BFL season will be announced this fall. The full schedule and rules will be posted online at FLWFishing.com.

For a full schedule of events, complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow us on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

by AnglersChannel

The New TH Marine G-Force Gen 2 Conservation Cull System

TH Marine has gotten innovative to help protect fisheries with their first G-Force Conservation Cull System and now they are thrilled to present a vastly improved update with the G-Force Gen 2 Conservation Cull System -- designed to be the best non-piercing cull system on the market! Incorporating feedback from anglers about the previous systems, the Conservation Cull System has been completely redesigned to make it easier, faster, and better for anglers culling fish. This includes practical improvements to the non-piercing clips, the strings, the buoys, and the balance beam.

by AnglersChannel

Cory, Jocumsen Team Up To Win Bassmaster High School All-American Tournament

The 2019 class of Bassmaster High School All-Americans presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors pose with a group of Elite Series pros who not only accompanied them at a shopping event at a local Academy Sports + Outdoors, but also spent the day fishing with them on local Lake Quitman.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

May 4, 2019

LAKE FORK, Texas — For Tyler Cory, everything was indeed bigger in Texas.

The high school junior from Amherst, Wisc., caught a 6-pound, 11-ounce largemouth — the biggest bass he’s ever caught — during Saturday’s Bassmaster High School All-American presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors tournament.

All 12 members of the Bassmaster All-American Fishing Team presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors were randomly paired with a pro from the Bassmaster Elite Series. Both the pros and the All-Americans were allowed to weigh their biggest fish of the day.

Cory drew Australian pro Carl Jocumsen, who caught a 5-11 — and the pair took first place in the event with a two-fish total of 12-6.

At 6-foot-8, Cory was also the biggest All-American in the field.

“There was a little bit of a shad spawn going on this morning,” Cory said. “I think because of that, the frog bite was just nuts. It was a great day.”

The tournament, which was held in conjunction with Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, was held on 814-acre Lake Quitman. The weigh-in took place back at the Sabine River Authority facility on the banks of Lake Fork atop the same stage where the Elite Series pros have been weighing in.

Jocumsen said he had every bit as much fun as the youngster who was sharing his boat.

“I’m having a tough season,” said Jocumsen. “I had a tough day Friday and didn’t make the cut for the semifinal round. But that’s the thing about fishing — there’s always another day.

“I got to go out today and fish a frog with a very impressive young man.”

The weight placed them just ahead of Elite Series pro Shane Lineberger of North Carolina and All-American Parker Guy of Ocilla, Ga., who had two fish for a total of 11-8. Lineberger’s fish weighed 6-6, and Guy’s bass weighed 5-2.

Third place went to the team of Elite Series pro Brian Snowden of Missouri and All-American Dylan Fogarty of Mechanicsburg, Pa., with 10-14. Lineberger had a 3-10, and Fogarty caught a 7-4 — another fish that ranked as the angler’s personal best.

B.A.S.S. received more than 400 nominations for the 2019 High School All-American team from all over the country. Judges first worked to select members of the All-State teams and then whittled the list down to choose 12 All-Americans.

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MICHIGAN’S KOROSTETSKYI WINS DEE ZEE FLW/KBF KAYAK OPEN AT NICKAJACK LAKE PRESENTED BY YAKATTACK

Ukrainian Born Angler Bests Field of 103 Anglers in First Ever FLW/KBF Tournament, Earns $7,500

DAYTON, Tenn. (May 5, 2019) – By just a slim 2-inch margin, 23-year-old Michigan angler Bogdan Korostetskyi, won the inaugural Dee Zee FLW/KBF Kayak Open at Nickajack Lake presented by YakAttack Sunday after catching a two-day total of 174.25 inches of bass. For his win, Korostetskyi earned $5,000 and added a $2,500 Dee Zee gift card for being the highest-finishing angler in the Dee Zee contingency program.

During practice, Korostetskyi, a college student in Michigan who was born in Ukraine, said he struggled to find a consistent bite anywhere but on the bank, but he didn’t want to focus his tournament where he was afraid most of the 103 anglers in the field would be fishing. Eventually, he tracked down a couple of grassy offshore humps.

“That’s pretty much what we fish in Michigan, so I felt right at home,” he said.

On Saturday, Korostetskyi found his fish schooling on his two best spots and caught fish quickly, catching a limit by 7:15. Sunday, he fished the same places, but reversed the order, starting on a hump that took him 48 minutes to reach then finishing on another hump about halfway between the first hump and his launch point.

The bass weren’t schooling Sunday, and Korostetskyi encountered muddier water and a wind direction that had flipped 180 degrees from the day before. He needed time to figure out the best way to hold in the wind and line up for the right casting angle to get them to bite.

“It took me one hour to catch my first keeper,” he said.

His strategy was to fish his primary hump, slide off it to some nearby grassy structure to let the good spot rest, then return to it and catch more. Then he finished on his second spot on the way back.

The best humps were about 8 feet deep, with grass that was about 4 feet tall. Korostetskyi said he caught his fish with a 1/2-ounce Evergreen/Z-Man ChatterBait Jackhammer with a Z-Man DieZel MinnowZ trailer.

“It feels surreal,” Krostetskyi went on to say. “I still don’t know what’s going on. I’ve been going on three hours of sleep.

“I was not expecting that. My goal was just to do my best. It was very stressful. I think I had high expectations, but it just worked out.”

The top 10 kayak anglers on Nickajack Lake finished:

1^st: Bogdan Korostetskyi, Livonia, Mich., 174.25 inches

2^nd: Ryan Lambert, Chattanooga, Tenn., 172.25 inches

3^rd: Jordan Marshall, Maryville, Tenn., 170 inches

4^th: Cody Milton, Heber Springs, Ark., 169.75 inches

5^th: Jason Cassetty, Morgantown, Ind., 169 inches

6^th: Cory Dreyer, Randleman, N.C., 166.75 inches

7^th: Joshua Howell, Cold Spring, Ky., 166.75 inches

8^th: Jody Queen, Rocky Gap, Va., 166.5 inches

9^th: Brian Coyne, Hilliard, Ohio, 166 inches

10^th: Ron Champion, Richmond Hill, Ga., 164.75 inches

Complete results can be found at KayakBassFishing.com.

The top 100 finishers are now qualfied to compete in the second event, the Dee Zee FLW/KBF Cup in Hot Springs, Arkansas presented by YakAttack. Of these 100 qualifiers, the top 20 will receive free entry. All other qualifiers pay a $500 entry fee. The Dee Zee FLW/KBF Cup will be held Aug. 8-10, 2019, on a lake to be announced soon in conjunction with the FLW Cup on Lake Hamilton.

KBF was formed in 2009 to offer kayak anglers the opportunity to compete for hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and prizes at premier fisheries around the country. Currently in its seventh season for live events, KBF offers more than 25 professional-level bass-fishing tournaments to kayak anglers. For complete KBF details, schedules and updated information, visit KayakBassFishing.com.

For complete details and updated information about FLW, visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

by AnglersChannel

Dean Rojas Rides Hot Morning Bite to Win at Bass Pro Tour Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury

CULLMAN, Ala. (May 5, 2019) - It's an age-old question in competitive bass fishing: pattern or location? If you ask Major League Fishing® (MLF) pro Dean Rojas this week, he'll come down firmly on the side of "location".

Fishing an area on the upper end of Smith Lake that he had found during practice for the Bass Pro Tour Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury Marine, the Arizona pro went to work on the Sunday-morning shad spawn with a mix of baits (primarily a crankbait, swim jig, frog and swimbait). By the end of the first period, Rojas had put 23 fish on SCORETRACKER® for 36 pounds, 5 ounces - enough spotted and largemouth bass that Rojas could've put his rods down for most of the rest of the day and still won.

"It's not too often that you get into a championship round where the fish are biting like that and you can use multiple baits to rack up a big lead," Rojas said. "The conditions were right: we had overcast skies, a breeze, warm temperatures, and the fish were just feeding in the area I was in. It was just about capitalizing on this format. I knew I had to catch as many fish as I could early to put some distance between me and the field."

Rojas added an additional 9-1 in the second and third periods for good measure, finishing with 47-0 and a 6-plus-pound win over Brent Chapman (40-14), Michael Neal (34-15), Jason Christie (32-6) and Todd Faircloth (32-2). Mark Rose (29-14), Brent Ehrler (26-0), Dustin Connell (24-14), Mike Iaconelli (17-14) and Fred Roumbanis (10-1) rounded out the Top 10.

"At the end of the first period, that was the end of (the bite)," Rojas admitted. "It was a big deal that I caught as many fish as I could to build a big lead. Period 2 and Period 3 were a matter of catching a few here and there, but I was struggling because they just wouldn't bite."

Rojas Cashes in on "Money Spot"

Rojas was one of a handful of anglers in the 80-man field who identified his primary area, a stretch of bushes in the Ryan Creek Arm. Rojas hit the area throughout the week of competition, sharing it periodically with Boyd Duckett, etc., but had the whole stretch to himself on Championship morning.

MLF pro Dean Rojas caught them early and often on Championship Sunday at Smith Lake, finishing Period 1 with 23 bass totaling 36-5 to put him atop SCORETRACKER and the position he stayed for the rest of the competition.

(Photo by Josh Gassmann. Click to enlarge/download)

"I had to mix it up to catch all those fish, but there was bait all over that area, so I had a feeling the fish should be there this morning," Rojas said. "I went to that spot every morning in the ride-around to see if they were still spawning, because that's what they were doing in practice. I didn't go to it until the Elimination Round because my other stuff wasn't working, and then didn't fish it in Knockout because Boyd was fishing there. I went there this morning and they were busting, so I sat down on it and fished it out."

Chapman Made a Late Run at Rojas

Just 24 hours after qualifying for the finals thanks to a 3-13 largemouth that he caught with 10 seconds left, Chapman made another final-period run at the top of SCORETRACKER®, catching a 3-14 largemouth and a 4-10 largemouth in the final 20 minutes of competition to cut Rojas' lead in half.

MLF pro Brent Chapman made a strong run in the final period of Championship Sunday, but fell about 6-pounds short of catching up to Rojas' winning weight. (Photo by Josh Gassmann. Click to enlarge/download)

"I noticed going into the third period that things were getting tough, and thought of that little point where I had caught a fish on every bush when there was a shad spawn going on," Chapman said. "I figured that my best chance was to go somewhere where I knew I was putting my bait around fish on every single cast. I figured that was my best chance to at least put myself in position to have a chance to win."

Championship Notes

Rojas' Bass Pro Tour Stage Five win is his first tour-level win since a Bassmaster Elite Series title on Toledo Bend Reservoir in 2011, a span of 80 events ... Neal fished his third Championship Round in five events this season ... Sunday's round was the first Bass Pro Tour Championship Sunday without Edwin Evers: the current Bass Pro Tour Points Race leader finished 16th, to add to his previous finishes of second, first, fourth and seventh ... Faircloth was named the MLF Autism Awareness Champion on Sunday after weighing the most fish in April (Autism Awareness Month).

Championship Round Final Results

Angler	Total Weight	Total # Fish	Largest Fish
1st	Dean Rojas	47 - 00	30	2 - 07
2nd	Brent Chapman	40 - 14	22	4 - 10
3rd	Michael Neal	34 - 15	21	3 - 10
4th	Jason Christie	32 - 06	20	2 - 14
5th	Todd Faircloth	32 - 02	21	2 - 15
6th	Mark Rose	29 - 14	20	2 - 12
7th	Brent Ehrler	26 - 00	17	2 - 15
8th	Dustin Connell	24 - 14	15	2 - 10
9th	Mike Iaconelli	17 - 14	12	2 - 06
10th	Fred Roumbanis	10 - 01	8	2 - 05

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Cobb’s Giant Day Gives Him The Lead At Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest On Lake Fork

Brandon Cobb rockets into the lead after boating a five-bass limit for 37 pounds, 15 ounces during Day 3 of the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at Lake Fork for a combined three-day total of 84-1.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

May 5, 2019

LAKE FORK, Texas — After catching two bass in the 8-pound range by 10 a.m., Brandon Cobb was already having one of the best days of fishing he’s ever had.

Then the bite of a lifetime at 2 p.m. moved the day to the very top of his list.

The giant afternoon bass, which weighed 11 pounds, 1 ounce and ranked as his biggest ever, lifted Cobb’s five-bass limit for the day to 37-15.

Now, with a three-day total of 84-1, he will enter the final day of Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Lake Fork with margin of 7-5 over his closest competition.

“I’ve never had a day like this before — not even close,” said Cobb, who recorded his first Bassmaster Elite Series victory in April on Lake Hartwell. “A 29-pound limit was my best ever until the other day (Thursday), when I caught 31-11. Now this is without a doubt the most amazing day I’ve ever had on the lake.”

Cobb went into the day with two-part game plan.

He expected to spend much of his time fishing shallow shellbeds away from the shoreline where bass have been feasting all week on spawning shad. Then he planned to fish shoreline cover where he’s been catching good numbers of solid bass, but nothing huge.

The shad-spawn bite paid off big time, as he caught an 8-8, an 8-13 and a 4-4 — all before noon. Then when he moved to the shoreline, he found something he wasn’t expecting.

“When I went to fish the bank, honestly, I expected to catch 3-pounders,” Cobb said. “That was my goal for the day — to catch big ones off the shad spawn and then fill a limit fishing the bank.

“But then, when I went to the bank, I caught an 11 and a 5.”

The 11-1 monster not only helped Cobb jump into the overall lead, it put him in first place for Toyota Tundra Big Bass of the Week. The prize for that award is a new Toyota Tundra truck.

Cobb was fishing a frog down a shoreline when he noticed the big bass sitting on a bed. He dropped his Power-Poles, believing the bass weighed 7 or 8 pounds.

Then he proceeded to pester the fish until it bit.

“It was one of those fish that looked like it was gonna bite every cast,” Cobb said. “Every cast I would make, it would kind of nose down and look at it. It took about 20 minutes to finally get it to eat. But with the way she was acting, I knew I could catch her.”

Cobb’s meteoric rise was aided in part by the struggles of Michigan pro Chad Pipkens. After catching 30-plus pounds the first two days and entering Day 3 with more than an 11-pound lead, Pipkens caught just four fish Sunday that weighed 5-8.

That allowed Cobb, Garrett Paquette (76-12), Brandon Card (73-4), Micah Frazier (70-13), Drew Cook (70-5) and Keith Combs (69-10) to all move past him in the standings. Pipkens will start Championship Monday in seventh place with 68-6.

After catching 28-12 Sunday, Paquette, a first-year Elite Series pro from Michigan, said he believes he’ll need at least 30 pounds — and maybe a little luck — to catch Cobb and win the $100,000 first-place prize.

“Brandon caught an 11-pounder and two 8-pounders today, and you can’t bank on doing that every day,” Paquette said. “So if I can catch 30 pounds, I’ll feel like I did everything I could have done.”

Unlike Cobb, who is spending much of his time shallow, Paquette is fishing offshore areas in about 10 feet of water — and with the way the bite has been working, he could create some last-hour drama Monday.

“It’s been really slow out there in the mornings,” he said. “It seems like the longer I can wait to get on my best stuff, the better it works out for me. About 2 o’clock (an hour before quitting time) seems like the best time.”

Card caught 25-11 Sunday, but he has even more ground — almost 11 pounds — to make up during the final round.

“I have a few key areas, and if you pull up on them at the right time, you can catch a lot of weight in a hurry,” Card said. “I’ll probably stay with the offshore stuff all day tomorrow and just see what happens.”

The tournament will conclude Monday with the Top 10 remaining anglers taking off at 7 a.m. CT from Sabine River Authority in Quitman. The weigh-in will be at the same site at 3 p.m.

All fish are being weighed on the water and immediately released, but each angler is allowed to bring to the “weigh-in” one bass that measures more than 24 inches.

   2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department 5/2-5/6
                                 Lake Fork, Emory  TX.
                           (PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Brandon Cobb           Greenwood, SC           15  84-01  100
  Day 1: 5   31-11     Day 2: 5   14-07     Day 3: 5   37-15
2.  Garrett Paquette       Canton, MI              15  76-12   99
  Day 1: 5   28-12     Day 2: 5   19-01     Day 3: 5   28-15
3.  Brandon Card           Knoxville, TN           15  73-04   98
  Day 1: 5   25-11     Day 2: 5   21-04     Day 3: 5   26-05
4.  Drew Cook              Midway, FL              15  71-06   97
  Day 1: 5   25-12     Day 2: 5   25-14     Day 3: 5   19-12
5.  Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              15  70-13   96
  Day 1: 5   22-13     Day 2: 5   19-15     Day 3: 5   28-01
6.  Keith Combs            Huntington, TX          15  69-10   95
  Day 1: 5   27-01     Day 2: 5   13-01     Day 3: 5   29-08
7.  Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI             14  68-06   94
  Day 1: 5   31-15     Day 2: 5   30-15     Day 3: 4   05-08
8.  Drew Benton            Panama City, FL         15  67-01   93
  Day 1: 5   21-08     Day 2: 5   24-13     Day 3: 5   20-12
9.  Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA 14  66-14   92
  Day 1: 4   18-08     Day 2: 5   26-05     Day 3: 5   22-01
10. Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            15  66-04   91
  Day 1: 5   21-00     Day 2: 5   20-06     Day 3: 5   24-14
11. Luke Palmer            Coalgate, OK            15  64-11   90  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   26-14     Day 2: 5   15-15     Day 3: 5   21-14
12. Seth Feider            New Market, MN          15  63-15   89  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   17-04     Day 2: 5   18-04     Day 3: 5   28-07
13. Chris Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX          14  63-10   88  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   30-10     Day 2: 4   14-01     Day 3: 5   18-15
14. Derek Hudnall          Baton Rouge, LA         15  62-12   87  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   21-02     Day 2: 5   22-08     Day 3: 5   19-02
15. Jamie Hartman          Newport, NY             15  62-10   86  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   17-14     Day 2: 5   25-06     Day 3: 5   19-06
16. Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR              15  62-08   85  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   17-00     Day 2: 5   23-02     Day 3: 5   22-06
17. Jay Yelas              Lincoln City, OR        15  60-11   84  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   22-05     Day 2: 5   13-13     Day 3: 5   24-09
18. Hank Cherry Jr         Lincolnton, NC          15  60-08   83  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   19-11     Day 2: 5   21-00     Day 3: 5   19-13
19. Matt Arey              Shelby, NC              15  59-15   82  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   13-04     Day 2: 5   22-08     Day 3: 5   24-03
20. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL            15  59-14   81  $16,000.00
  Day 1: 5   15-02     Day 2: 5   22-11     Day 3: 5   22-01
21. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          15  59-02   80  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   13-04     Day 2: 5   20-01     Day 3: 5   25-13
22. Shane LeHew            Catawba, NC             15  58-06   79  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   20-13     Day 2: 5   13-10     Day 3: 5   23-15
23. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY             15  57-01   78  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   20-10     Day 2: 5   17-13     Day 3: 5   18-10
24. Caleb Sumrall          New Iberia, LA          15  55-13   77  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   14-06     Day 2: 5   23-04     Day 3: 5   18-03
25. Kyle Monti             Okeechobee, FL          15  55-10   76  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   12-03     Day 2: 5   20-02     Day 3: 5   23-05
26. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT           15  55-01   75  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   15-15     Day 2: 5   24-12     Day 3: 5   14-06
27. Hunter Shryock         Newcomerstown, OH       13  54-05   74  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 3   14-03     Day 2: 5   18-11     Day 3: 5   21-07
28. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              15  51-08   73  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   16-13     Day 2: 5   16-13     Day 3: 5   17-14
29. Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC         15  51-05   72  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   19-02     Day 2: 5   15-13     Day 3: 5   16-06
30. Skylar Hamilton        Dandridge, TN           15  50-07   71  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   20-06     Day 2: 5   11-13     Day 3: 5   18-04
31. Brian Snowden          Reeds Spring, MO        15  49-03   70  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   15-08     Day 3: 5   16-04
32. Mike Huff              Corbin, KY              12  48-05   69  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 3   13-14     Day 2: 5   21-14     Day 3: 4   12-09
33. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA               13  45-15   68  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   19-08     Day 2: 3   12-01     Day 3: 5   14-06
34. Clent Davis            Montevallo, AL          14  45-11   67  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   12-14     Day 2: 5   18-14     Day 3: 4   13-15
35. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL         15  44-12   66  $13,500.00
  Day 1: 5   15-05     Day 2: 5   16-08     Day 3: 5   12-15

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JOHN COX WINS FLW TOUR AT LAKE CHICKAMAUGA

Florida Pro Earns Fourth Career Tour Victory, Wins $100,000

DAYTON, Tenn. (May 5, 2019) – Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, won $100,000 at the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude Sunday with a four-day total of 83 pounds, 9 ounces. The victory was the fourth FLW Tour win of Cox’s career – moving him to a tie at No. 7 for the most Tour wins all-time.

Cox brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 21 pounds even to clinch the victory by a 1-pound, 11-ounce margin over local favorite Buddy Gross of Chickamauga, Georgia, who brought 20 bass weighing 81-14 to the scale and earned $30,100. Tour rookie Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, who led the tournament coming into the final day, caught a four-day total of 80-5 to finish third and win $25,000.

“I can’t believe that I won,” said Cox, who also took over the points lead in the ultra-competitive Angler of the Year (AOY) race with just one event left in the regular season. “It was so tough today. I ran all over this place and had a decent limit, but not what I needed. I was bouncing around, then right before I had to check in I remembered a stretch of trees that I hadn’t checked.

“It was the last minute, and I really don’t know why it just popped in my head, but it did – go to the trees,” Cox continued. “It was weird because I had forgotten all about this area. When I pulled up and Power-Poled down, I knew before I even threw in there.”

With less than 10 minutes before he had to check-in, Cox boated a pair of 4-pounders from the trees and raced back to the Dayton Boat Dock.

“When I caught the two in the last 10 minutes, I got all worked up,” Cox said. “I was running back, and I just felt something. Tears were coming down. It was overwhelming – I don’t know. I’ve won tournaments before, but I’ve never felt anything like it before. I’m getting chills right now just talking about it. This one was different.”

Cox said he used two main baits throughout the week. He threw a Texas-rigged 6-inch Baby Bass-colored Berkley PowerBait MaxScent The General while sight fishing and a white ½-ounce Dirty Jigs jig with a white Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Meaty Chunk Trailer to cover water.

“The jig setup really came into play when the rain came in,” Cox said. “It was something that I could cover a lot of water with. I really thought the jig was going to be deal today, but I had to completely change gears at the end of the day and go back to the worm.”

With just one tournament remaining in the regular season, Cox now shifts his focus to Lake Champlain in upstate New York. He holds just a slim 1-point lead in the AOY race over Polaris pro David Dudley – a three-time AOY winner who already has an FLW Tour win on Lake Champlain on his resume.

“My two favorite lakes are Lake Chickamauga and Lake Champlain, and to finish the season on those two fisheries is great,” Cox went on to say. “I’ve been going to Lake Champlain since I was 20, and I really want to win there. But, I really, really want to win the AOY title. That would be awesome.”

The top 10 pros on Lake Chickamauga finished:

1^st:          Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 20 bass, 83-9, $102,700
2^nd:         Buddy Gross, Chickamauga, Ga., 20 bass, 81-14, $30,100
3^rd:          Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., 20 bass, 80-5, $25,000
4^th:          Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 20 bass, 80-0, $20,000
5^th:          Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 20 bass, 78-9, $19,000
6^th:          Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., 20 bass, 76-7, $18,000
7^th:          Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., 20 bass, 74-12, $17,000

8^th:          Strike King pro Jared McMillan, Belle Glade, Fla., 20 bass, 74-12, $16,000
9^th:          David Williams, Maiden, N.C., 20 bass, 69-9, $15,000
10^th:        Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 20 bass, 66-10, $14,000

Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 50 bass weighing 172 pounds, 10 ounces caught by pros Sunday. All 10 of the final-day pros brought a five-bass limit to the scale.

Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude will premiere in 2019. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude was more than $860,000. The tournament was hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic Tourism Council. The next event for FLW Tour anglers will be the FLW Tour at Lake Champlain presented by T-H Marine in Plattsburgh, New York, June 27-30. The tournament will be hosted by the City of Plattsburgh and the Adirondack Coast Visitors Bureau.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to fish on Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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Crews always provides a welcome mat

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Consistency has been the mark of 11-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier John Crews’ pro angling career. And that includes his commitment to a pre-launch routine.

The green rag you see laying on the front deck of his Bass Cat is first used to wipe the dew off his boat seats. Then he arranges it in perfect position every morning to be used as a welcome mat for his ride-along judges and marshals to wipe their feet on as they board.

Crews’ ride along judge on Sunday at Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest on Lake Fork was sweet and jovial Amy Wisdom.

She’s a 24-year-old from East Texas who couldn’t help but laugh at the site of Crews’ green welcome mat. She’s been paired with him before and knew it would be there this morning. Especially following three wet and muddy days on Lake Fork.

“Oh yea. The towel is there every time,” she laughed. “I rode with John at the Bassmaster Elite on the Sabine River when he made it to Championship Sunday, and he had the welcome mat waiting for me that morning too.”

Crews says it’s not just any old green rag. “I actually call it “The Charlie Hartley Signature Series Towel” because Charlie is the only angler I know who is so fanatical about keeping his equipment clean, he actually washes his boat in the morning beforehe launches,” laughs Crews.

Not only is Crews’ towel a nice gesture, but also a common sense move by the Virginia pro to maintain resale value on his Bass Cat by avoiding visible wear and dirt stains on the front deck carpet.

This is Amy’s third tournament to ride with the Elite Series pros, and she sees the opportunity as a fast track to learning more about the sport she loves. “I’ve always been a fan, but I’m hoping to start fishing some team tournaments with my dad, so this is a great way to learn a lot really quick,” she says.

She’ll certainly garner great knowledge on everything from how to target bass that are munching on spawning shad, to shallow crankbaits and swimbaits too.

But her first lesson of the day from Crews was one centered on courtesy, and a simple way to keep your boat carpet clean.

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TABLE ROCK LAKE TO HOST COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT

BRANSON, Mo. (April 30, 2019) – Table Rock Lake and the city of Branson are set to host a field of 260 bass anglers May 9-11 for the Costa Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) Series Central Division tournament on Table Rock Lake presented by Power-Pole. The three-day tournament, hosted by Explore Branson, will feature top regional bass-fishing pros and co-anglers casting for a top prize package of up to $92,000, including a brand new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard in the pro division.

“It’s going to be one of those tournaments where everyone has a good time – they’re going to catch a lot of fish,” said FLW Tour pro Jeremy Lawyer of Sarcoxie, Missouri, who finished in third place when the FLW Series visited Table Rock Lake in 2018. “The weights may not be especially heavy because the fish are moving and it’s hard to keep them kind of hemmed up in the Ozarks around the spawn. But as far as everybody catching limits, we’ll see all three species play. It’s just going to be a fun, fun tournament.”

Lawyer went on to say it will be a “full-blown” spawn and postspawn bass event.

“I think you’ll see anglers catch 20 pounds one day, and then 12 the next,” said Lawyer. “I think a lot of the bigger fish have probably already spawned, so they’re going to be in that funk, and you can’t target 20 pounds a day sight-fishing. I think guys are going to find enough fish to really be strong one of the three days and make the cut, but by the last day, they may run out of sight-fish.

“The most productive areas will probably be in the cleanest water down-lake – you’ll be able to see what’s going on so much better,” continued Lawyer. “We’ve been getting some rain, and if the water level gets up and in the bushes, the rivers could really play. As far as the numbers of fish, though, they’re going to be strong throughout the entire lake.”

Lawyer said fans should expect to see a good topwater bite and a wide assortment of lures being thrown. He mentioned Carolina-, shaky-head-, Ned- and split-shot-rigs, as well as football-head jigs as popular choices.

Lawyer went on to say that he expects that an angler who can average 16 to 17 pounds a day (48 to 51 pounds total) should be in a good position to win.

Anglers will take off from Table Rock State Park Marina located at 380 State Park Marina Road in Branson at 6 a.m. CDT each day of competition. Thursday and Friday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the state park beginning at 2 p.m. Saturday’s final weigh-in will be held at Bass Pro Shops located at 1 Bass Pro Drive in Branson, and will begin at 3 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.

In Costa FLW Series regular-season competition, payouts are based on the number of participants competing in the event. At Table Rock Lake, pros will fish for a top prize of up to $92,000 including a brand new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard if Ranger Cup qualified. Co-anglers will cast for a brand new Ranger Z175 boat with a 115-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard, and $5,000 if Ranger Cup qualified.

The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the International division. Each U.S. division consists of three regular-season tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to compete in the season-ending Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2019 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Costa FLW Series on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.

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KBF/FLW Nickajack Results Day 1

Vance McCullough

“When the storm came over those mountains, it went from calm to major gusts all at once. I had to fight the wind and hail – ice was hitting my deck. The temperature dropped about 10 degrees,” FLW Kayak Bass Fishing Pro Will Mansfield.

Morning thunderstorm that crossed Nickajack Lake

Mansfield is one of 103 anglers competing in the FLW/KBF joint tournament on nearby Nickajack Lake while the Tour pros fish Lake Chickamauga.

Bogdan Korostetskyi of Michigan leads with 92.5 inches on Day 1. He has a 3.5-inch lead over Ohio’s Brian Coyne. From there, the leaderboard is jam packed. 73 anglers caught a limit.

Mansfield, an Army veteran from Florida, is in fine position, “I went from 13^thto 6^thin the last half-hour when I culled 4 fish. I lost one that would have made a big difference, probably 20 inches, had to be a 6-pounder. I’ll be chasing her again tomorrow.”

One of the cool things about the Catch-Photo-Release format is anglers know where they stand. The FLW Tour pros fishing upstream on Chickamauga didn’t know how well they had done until weigh in concluded. But Mansfield can take pride in knowing what his late day flurry was worth.

However, just like his bassin’ brethren on the upstream lake, Mansfield used modern technology to dissect his water and find his fish. His Garmin 9” Side Scan gave him some clues.

And as do Tour pros, kayakers put in the miles when searching for fish. “I’ve put over 100 miles on Hobie 2019 Outback during practice.” Good thing he has the Mirage Drive to pedal his craft and give his arms a break.

Once he found the right deal Mansfield camped on it. “I might have travelled 3 miles today. I have two main spots that I rotated through.”

Timing is everything. “When they want to eat, they eat. If not, you can slow down and throw a worm if you want, but they’re just not going to open their mouths.”

When they do eat, Mansfield feeds them a specific lure in a specific color. “Any other color, I can’t get them to touch it.”

He’s dialed-in like any successful pro, and there are still five anglers ahead of him on the leaderboard. Mansfield understands that consistency wins in multi-day tournaments and he aims to actually improve tomorrow. “I honestly think I can catch 90 inches if all goes well.”

The experience has been fun. “The Top 10 got on stage at the FLW Tour weigh in show. The Top 3 got to speak. Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll have something to say.”

Check TourneyX.com - https://tourneyx.com/app/tourney/2019-flw-kbf-open-nickajack- for results.

by AnglersChannel

MICHIGAN’S NELSON MOVES INTO LEAD AT FLW TOUR AT LAKE CHICKAMAUGA

Rookie Seeks First Tour Win, Brings 14-ounce Lead into Final Day

DAYTON, Tenn. (May 4, 2019) – FLW Tour rookie Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, caught four big largemouth late in the day Saturday to anchor his 25-pound, 15-ounce limit and jump to the top of the leaderboard after Day Three of the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude in Dayton, Tennessee. Nelson’s five-bass limit was one of just four brought to the scale Saturday that weighed in excess of 20 pounds, telling when you consider that the lake had pumped out 19, 20+ pound limits in the first two days of competition.

Nelson (15 bass, 65-0) will now bring a 14-ounce lead over second-place angler Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt of Port St. Lucie, Florida, (15 bass, 64-2) – who led the tournament after Day Two – into Championship Sunday. Also in striking distance in third place, is Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, (15 bass, 62-9), local favorite Buddy Gross of Chickamauga, Georgia, (15 bass, 62-2) and Polaris pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, (15 bass, 60-4).

“I feel honored to be here,” said Nelson, who, although a Tour rookie, has three career tournament wins in Costa FLW Series competition. “I had no idea that I had 25 pounds. I had a real slow day and just stuck with it and stuck with it and it started snowballing real quick at the end of the day.

“I’d been running around like Buddy (Gross), burning gas,” Nelson continued. “I was way down the lake and (FLW cameraman) Jody (White) showed up around 1:30 or 2. I caught a big one and was going to leave, then I caught another big one. So I’m getting ready to leave, then I catch another big one. Then I left and came back up the lake and I caught another big one up here. It was truly a blessing.”

Nelson’s four late-in-the-day largemouth came from similar water, but his last kicker came on a different bait. Nelson declined to mention any specifics, but did say that he was catching fish on “a couple of different baits.”

“I’m excited, but I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself,” Nelson said. “Yesterday I dropped the ball and only had 14 pounds. I just don’t know what will happen tomorrow. I may go out and catch 12 pounds, or I could catch 35. I’m just going to keep an open mind and work hard all day. I’ll be looking for a big bag tomorrow.”

The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition Sunday on Lake Chickamauga are:

1^st:          Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., 15 bass, 65-0
2^nd:         Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 15 bass, 64-2
3^rd:          Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 15 bass, 62-9
4^th:          Buddy Gross, Chickamauga, Ga., 15 bass, 62-2
5^th:          Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 15 bass, 60-4
6^th:          Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., 15 bass, 58-2

7^th:          Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., 15 bass, 57-0
8^th:          Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 15 bass, 55-5
9^th:          Strike King pro Jared McMillan, Belle Glade, Fla., 15 bass, 55-3
10^th:        David Williams, Maiden, N.C., 15 bass, 54-2

Finishing in 11^th through 30^th are:

11^th: Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., 15 bass, 52-8, $12,000
12^th: Bass Pro Shops pro James Niggemeyer, Van, Texas, 15 bass, 52-0, $12,000

13^th: Charlie Ingram, Centerville, Tenn., 15 bass, 50-15, $12,000

14^th: Tim Frederick, Leesburg, Fla., 15 bass, 50-10, $12,000

15^th: Chris Whitson, Louisville, Tenn., 15 bass, 50-5, $12,000

16^th: T-H Marine pro Luke Dunkin, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 15 bass, 49-8, $11,500

17^th: Barry Wilson, Birmingham, Ala., 15 bass, 49-4, $11,500

18^th: Glenn Chappelear, Acworth, Ga., 15 bass, 49-2, $11,500

19^th: Aaron Britt, Yuba City, Calif., 12 bass, 48-7, $11,500

20^th: Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas, 15 bass, 47-12, $11,500

21^st: Strike King pro Andrew Upshaw, Tulsa, Okla., 15 bass, 47-8, $10,500

22^nd: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, 15 bass, 47-5, $10,500

23^rd: Bradford Beavers, Summerville, S.C., 15 bass, 47-5, $10,500

24^th: Sam George, Athens, Ala., 15 bass, 47-1, $10,500

25^th: Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala., 15 bass, 46-1, $10,500

26^th: David Gaston, Sylacauga, Ala., 15 bass, 44-0, $10,500

27^th: Jason Reyes, Huffman, Texas, 15 bass, 42-15, $10,500

28^th: Miles Howe, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 14 bass, 42-11, $10,500

29^th: Rapala pro Terry Bolton, Benton, Ky., 13 bass, 39-11, $10,500

30^th: Clark Reehm, Elm Grove, La., 13 bass, 36-3, $10,500

Full results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Overall there were 145 bass weighing 462 pounds, 2 ounces, caught by pros Saturday. Of the final 30 pros, 27 of them were able to bring a five-bass limit to the scale.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to fish on Saturday. Now, only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic Tourism Council.

The final 10 anglers will take off at 7 a.m. ET Sunday from the Dayton Boat Dock, located at 175 Lakeshore St., in Dayton. Sunday’s championship weigh-in will also be held at the Dayton Boat Dock, beginning at 4 p.m.

In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the Dayton Boat Dock from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by FLW Tour veteran Peter Thliveros to break down the extended action from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.

by AnglersChannel

Christie Continues Hot Streak to Advance to Championship Round on Alabama's Smith Lake

CULLMAN, Ala. (May 4, 2019) - It goes without saying that post-spawn spotted bass are unpredictable, finicky and sometimes hard to locate. Throw in capricious weather and you have the makings of a highly unpredictable day of fishing.

Fortunately for Major League Fishing® (MLF) pro Jason Christie, the location and pattern he identified 24 hours earlier in the second period of Thursday's Elimination Round at the Bass Pro Tour Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury was anything but unpredictable.

Fishing a shaky head on the same offshore break where he caught the majority of his fish the day before, Christie racked up 48 pounds, 3 ounces of Smith Lake spotted bass during a weather-abbreviated Knockout Round to finish atop the Top 10 anglers advancing to Sunday's Championship Round.

Christie's two-day total in the Elimination and Knockout Rounds was 99-3, almost all of it caught out of the small area in 15 to 20 feet of water.

"I started in the same spot this morning that I did good on yesterday, and there was a herring spawn that I think it caused some more fish to come in - it was pretty steady there for awhile in the morning," Christie said.

The heavy thunderstorm that kept the field on the bank at Smith Lake Park for an extra 90 minutes this morning didn't seem to affect Christie's spot at all. While early round hammers Jesse Wiggins and Jacob Wheeler struggled to find fish, Christie put 12 fish on SCORETRACKER® in the first hour and finished the first period with 31-5.

"I got a little frustrated because I lost a few and missed a couple in the morning, but one thing I've learned, you can't count on these fish day-to-day," Christie said. "They're moving, the bait's moving, it's that transition time of year so they can be hard to predict. I'm just going to start in the best spot I think tomorrow and play it by ear."

Chapman's Last-Second Heroics

The Bass Pro Tour has seen some last-minute drama in its four previous events, but none have been as dramatic as the SCORETRACKER® rearrangement caused by the 3-13 largemouth that Brent Chapman swung aboard his boat as time expired at the end of the day. Chapman entered the final minutes of competition in 11th place, but hooked a fish on a creature bait with just seconds remaining, and got the fish over the gunwale of his boat just in time for it to qualify as a scoreable fish.


	MLF Pro Brent Chapman swung aboard a scoreable bass with just seconds remaining in time for it to count and put him in the Championship Round on Sunday. (Click to enlarge/download)

That fish pushed Chapman past Jeff Sprague and Bradley Roy into ninth place with 31-0.

Brent Ehrler caught a 1-14 with six seconds remaining to claim the 10th and final spot in the final round.

"That's about as exciting a catch as I've ever had in my career," Chapman admitted. "I don't know exactly how much weight I needed to make it into the Top 10, but to hook a fish that size and then have to get it in in just a few seconds is a little stressful. But that sums up this whole format. It's exciting."

Championship Round First-Timers

Christie will fish his first Championship Round of the 2019 Bass Pro Tour, as will Mark Rose (third with 39-3), Fred Roumbanis (fourth with 36-1), Dean Rojas (eighth with 32-10) and Chapman. They'll join previous final-round competitors Dustin Connell (second with 40-9), Michael Neal (34-13), Mike Iaconelli (sixth with 34-11) and Todd Faircloth (seventh with 33-7).

One Last Shot at Smith Lake

As Saturday's competition proved, there's no such thing as a sure thing this week on Smith Lake. Local pros Jesse Wiggins, Jordan Lee and Matt Lee failed to make the Top 10, and anglers who weighed heavy weights in previous rounds (Timmy Horton, James Watson, Wheeler and Andy Morgan, to name a few) were unable to find dependable patterns or schools of fish during the Knockout Round.

"What Smith Lake has shown us time and time again this week is that we can expect the unexpected," said MLF NOW! live stream analyst Marty Stone. "Going into tomorrow we think that everybody is fishing for second place because Jason Christie has found the best place - I've always said that on a lake, a place will be a pattern every time - and on the outside looking in, Christie definitely has the best place. But we have a weather change coming in, and we're dealing with spotted bass. I really don't have a clue what's going to happen tomorrow, other than it's going to be exciting."

When, Where & How to Watch

Competition begins on Championship Sunday at 6:30 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER® on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage and analysis provided by Chad McKee, JT Kenney, Marty Stone and Natalie Dillon until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show - hosted by Steven "Lurch" Scott - will start at 4 p.m.

The Day's Results

To see all results from the Knockout Round, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click "Results."

by AnglersChannel

Pipkens Stretches Lead To More Than 11 Pounds At Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest

Chad Pipkens amasses another 30-plus-pound limit of bass on Day 2 of the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department at Lake Fork for a combined two-day total of 62-14.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

May 3, 2019

LAKE FORK, Texas — After two days of competition at the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, the anglers will take a break from fishing Saturday.

Chad Pipkens said he will welcome the break — and with the cushion he has in the standings, he should rest easy.

Pipkens’ five biggest bass during today’s second round weighed 30 pounds, 15 ounces — his second straight day with more than 30 pounds — and he maintained his overall lead in the event with a massive, two-day total of 62-14.

That means he’ll have a gigantic cushion of 11-4 over his closest competitor when fishing resumes Sunday morning.

“I had probably the best hour and a half of fishing I’ve ever had — and I got to have it on the right day,” said Pipkens, a Michigan resident who is fishing just two months after breaking his collarbone while playing ice hockey. “I’ve seen it like that before, but it happened on the wrong day when I had to let up on them.

“We have an off day tomorrow. So today, I was able to just keep hammering them.”

Unlike Thursday’s first round when Pipkens struggled early, he got off to a fast start today, exploiting an early-morning shad-spawn bite in shallow water. He caught a nice-size largemouth off his first spot and then moved to another spot where things got as good for him as they’ve ever been.

During Texas Fest, bass are caught, weighed and released immediately. Then they’re entered into the BASSTrakk leaderboard, leaving a perfect log of when each catch took place.

According to BASSTrakk, between 8:26 and 8:47 a.m., Pipkens caught a 5-15, an 8-11, a 5-6 and a 4-7. He finished his five-bass limit at 10:13 a.m. with a 6-8.

“It was just on fire,” Pipkens said. “It was happening. It doesn’t happen like that very often, but when it does, it’s pretty special.”

While many anglers have been tightlipped about the baits they’re using this week, Pipkens openly said he’s using a Damiki DC 300 crankbait.

“They’re eating it,” Pipkens said. “They’re getting the front hook and the back hook. They’re almost swallowing it.

“The 8-11 that I caught came up and the bait was just gone, which is exactly what you want with a big fish like that.”

Pipkens’ mentioning the bait on Bassmaster LIVE — and demonstrating how much bass like it — resulted in a rush on the lure. A check of three major online stores that carry Damiki crankbaits showed that the lure was sold out by noon in several colors resembling Pipkens’ choice.

Though some anglers were lamenting Saturday’s off day, Pipkens said he needs the rest — and not necessarily for his surgically repaired collarbone.

“These bass are so strong,” Pipkens said. “They just dig and dig, and my forearms are killing me. Hopefully the fish will rest up a little bit, too. Maybe they’ll even group up some more.”

Despite Pipkens’ sizeable cushion, Lake Fork has the kind of gigantic fish that can help an angler make up ground quickly.

There were 15 limits that weighed 20 or more pounds today, and the Top 10 biggest bass all weighed 7-5 or better, including Pipkens’ 8-11 that ranked as the largest of the day. Oklahoma pro Luke Palmer and South Carolina’s Brandon Cobb are still tied for the lead for Toyota Tundra Big Bass of the Week with the twin 8-12s they caught Thursday. The winner of the prize gets a new San Antonio-built Toyota Tundra.

The angler closest to Pipkens in the overall standings is Florida pro Drew Cook, who caught 25-14 Friday to push his two-day total to 51-10. He moved from seventh to second in the standings.

“My main area wasn’t panning out first thing this morning,” Cook said. “So I went to my second area and caught a 6-pounder right away. Then I went to a place where I’ve been sharing water with (fellow Florida pro) Drew Benton and caught some more.

Benton is keying on shallow shellbars where bass are feeding heavily on spawning shad. He said he spent most of his time in three or four areas, making the same cast repetitively.

“It’s a really shallow shellbar,” Cook said. “But it seems like the shad are spawning on it all day — and I didn’t know that until today.

“On Thursday, I caught about 20 pounds doing that and then left and went sight fishing. Today, I stayed with it all day and they bit all day.”

Michigan pro Garrett Paquette is in third with 47-13, followed by Tennessee veteran Brandon Card (46-15) and Benton (46-5).

Competition will pause Saturday for an Outdoors Expo with a packed schedule of events at Sabine Rive Authority in Quitman. The Expo will feature free demo boat rides, prize giveaways, meet-and-greet sessions with the Elite Series pros, fishing seminars and a live concert, part of the Mercury Concert Series, by country music star Chris Knight at 4:15 p.m.

The Expo, which will also be held Sunday, opens at 10 a.m. and is free to attend.

The 12 members of the recently selected 2019 High School All-American presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors Team. will also hold a special exhibition tournament Saturday, with a weigh-in scheduled for 3 p.m. at Sabine River Authority. Each All-American will be paired with an Elite Series pro.

Also Saturday, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will offer fans and fishing enthusiasts a variety of activities, including casting and fly-tying instruction, fish art, and an aquarium and multiple children’s activities. TPWD will also be honoring five Toyota ShareLunker Legacy Anglers who caught and donated bass that weighed 13 pounds or more to the organization’s selective breeding program in 2019.

Get Hooked on Fishing presented by Toyota, Shakespeare and TakeMeFishing.org will provide an interactive fishing experience for children with casting lessons, a fishing pond and a chance to meet the pros.

And TPWD will also induct Alan Haynes of Tyler, former CEO and president of The Sportster Inc. retail sporting goods chain, into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in ceremonies Saturday at Texas Fest.

2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Platinum Sponsor: Toyota2019 Bassmaster Texas Fest Title Sponsor: Toyota

2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Premier Sponsors: Mercury, Minn Kota, Nitro Boats, Power-Pole, Skeeter Boats, Talon, Triton Boats, Yamaha, Abu Garcia, Berkley, Humminbird

2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Supporting Sponsors: Bass Pro Shops, Carhartt, Lowrance, Mossy Oak Fishing, T-H Marine, Academy Sports + Outdoors

2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest Beneficiary: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest Host Sponsors: Lake Fork Chamber, Wood County Industrial Commission, the Sabine River Authority, Quitman Economic Development Commission, Emory TX Tourism

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                          (PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI             10  62-14  100
  Day 1: 5   31-15     Day 2: 5   30-15
2.  Drew Cook              Midway, FL              10  51-10   99
  Day 1: 5   25-12     Day 2: 5   25-14
3.  Garrett Paquette       Canton, MI              10  47-13   98
  Day 1: 5   28-12     Day 2: 5   19-01
4.  Brandon Card           Knoxville, TN           10  46-15   97
  Day 1: 5   25-11     Day 2: 5   21-04
5.  Drew Benton            Panama City, FL         10  46-05   96
  Day 1: 5   21-08     Day 2: 5   24-13
6.  Brandon Cobb           Greenwood, SC           10  46-02   95
  Day 1: 5   31-11     Day 2: 5   14-07
7.  Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA  9  44-13   94
  Day 1: 4   18-08     Day 2: 5   26-05
8.  Chris Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX           9  44-11   93
  Day 1: 5   30-10     Day 2: 4   14-01
9.  Derek Hudnall          Baton Rouge, LA         10  43-10   92
  Day 1: 5   21-02     Day 2: 5   22-08
10. Jamie Hartman          Newport, NY             10  43-04   91
  Day 1: 5   17-14     Day 2: 5   25-06
11. Luke Palmer            Coalgate, OK            10  42-13   90
  Day 1: 5   26-14     Day 2: 5   15-15
12. Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              10  42-12   89
  Day 1: 5   22-13     Day 2: 5   19-15
13. Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            10  41-06   88
  Day 1: 5   21-00     Day 2: 5   20-06
14. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT           10  40-11   87
  Day 1: 5   15-15     Day 2: 5   24-12
15. Hank Cherry Jr         Lincolnton, NC          10  40-11   86
  Day 1: 5   19-11     Day 2: 5   21-00
16. Keith Combs            Huntington, TX          10  40-02   85
  Day 1: 5   27-01     Day 2: 5   13-01
17. Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR              10  40-02   84
  Day 1: 5   17-00     Day 2: 5   23-02
18. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY             10  38-07   83
  Day 1: 5   20-10     Day 2: 5   17-13
19. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL            10  37-13   82
  Day 1: 5   15-02     Day 2: 5   22-11
20. Caleb Sumrall          New Iberia, LA          10  37-10   81
  Day 1: 5   14-06     Day 2: 5   23-04
21. Jay Yelas              Lincoln City, OR        10  36-02   80
  Day 1: 5   22-05     Day 2: 5   13-13
22. Matt Arey              Shelby, NC              10  35-12   79
  Day 1: 5   13-04     Day 2: 5   22-08
23. Mike Huff              Corbin, KY               8  35-12   78
  Day 1: 3   13-14     Day 2: 5   21-14
24. Seth Feider            New Market, MN          10  35-08   77
  Day 1: 5   17-04     Day 2: 5   18-04
25. Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC         10  34-15   76
  Day 1: 5   19-02     Day 2: 5   15-13
26. Shane LeHew            Catawba, NC             10  34-07   75
  Day 1: 5   20-13     Day 2: 5   13-10
27. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ              10  33-10   74
  Day 1: 5   16-13     Day 2: 5   16-13
28. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN          10  33-05   73
  Day 1: 5   13-04     Day 2: 5   20-01
29. Brian Snowden          Reeds Spring, MO        10  32-15   72
  Day 1: 5   17-07     Day 2: 5   15-08
30. Hunter Shryock         Newcomerstown, OH        8  32-14   71
  Day 1: 3   14-03     Day 2: 5   18-11
31. Kyle Monti             Okeechobee, FL          10  32-05   70
  Day 1: 5   12-03     Day 2: 5   20-02
32. Skylar Hamilton        Dandridge, TN           10  32-03   69
  Day 1: 5   20-06     Day 2: 5   11-13
33. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL         10  31-13   68
  Day 1: 5   15-05     Day 2: 5   16-08
34. Clent Davis            Montevallo, AL          10  31-12   67
  Day 1: 5   12-14     Day 2: 5   18-14
35. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA                8  31-09   66
  Day 1: 5   19-08     Day 2: 3   12-01
36. Chris Groh             Spring Grove, IL         9  31-06   65   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 4   12-03     Day 2: 5   19-03
37. Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        10  31-03   64   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   20-01     Day 2: 5   11-02
38. Jesse Tacoronte        Kissimmee, FL           10  31-03   63   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   17-13     Day 2: 5   13-06
39. Lee Livesay            Gladewater, TX           9  31-01   62   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   22-10     Day 2: 4   08-07
40. Chris Johnston         Peterborough Ontario CA 10  30-11   61   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   14-03     Day 2: 5   16-08
41. Ray Hanselman Jr       Del Rio, TX             10  30-04   60   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   11-06     Day 2: 5   18-14
42. Ed Loughran III        Richmond, VA            10  29-12   59   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   09-04     Day 2: 5   20-08
43. Brett Preuett          Monroe, LA              10  29-05   58   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   20-05     Day 2: 5   09-00
44. Harvey Horne           Bella Vista, AR         10  29-05   57   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   15-13     Day 2: 5   13-08
45. Greg DiPalma           Millville, NJ            8  29-01   56   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   18-13     Day 2: 3   10-04
46. David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           10  28-13   55   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   15-09     Day 2: 5   13-04
47. Gary Clouse            Winchester, TN          10  28-00   54   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   16-00     Day 2: 5   12-00
48. Shane Lineberger       Lincolnton, NC           8  27-14   53   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 4   12-02     Day 2: 4   15-12
49. Scott Canterbury       Odenville, AL           10  27-02   52   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   14-07     Day 2: 5   12-11
50. Yusuke Miyazaki        Forney, TX              10  26-15   51   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   15-07     Day 2: 5   11-08
51. Robbie Latuso          Gonzales, LA            10  26-09   50   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   16-02     Day 2: 5   10-07
52. Todd Auten             Lake Wylie, SC          10  26-07   49   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   08-14     Day 2: 5   17-09
53. Frank Talley           Temple, TX              10  26-07   48   $8,500.00
  Day 1: 5   11-14     Day 2: 5   14-09
54. Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL               9  26-05   47   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   14-14     Day 2: 4   11-07
55. Kelley Jaye            Dadeville, AL           10  25-11   46   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   16-02     Day 2: 5   09-09
56. Koby Kreiger           Alva, FL                10  25-10   45   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   13-10     Day 2: 5   12-00
57. Jake Whitaker          Fairview, NC            10  25-05   44   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   09-02     Day 2: 5   16-03
58. Chad Morgenthaler      Reeds Spring, MO        10  25-05   43   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   14-04
59. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  9  25-04   42   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 4   16-02     Day 2: 5   09-02
60. Clark Wendlandt        Leander, TX             10  25-03   41   $5,500.00
  Day 1: 5   13-05     Day 2: 5   11-14
61. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL              8  25-00   40   $5,000.00
  Day 1: 5   13-13     Day 2: 3   11-03
62. Rick Morris            Lake Gaston, VA          8  24-01   39   $5,000.00
  Day 1: 4   15-07     Day 2: 4   08-10
63. Randy Pierson          Oakdale, CA             10  23-04   38   $5,000.00
  Day 1: 5   12-15     Day 2: 5   10-05
64. Bill Weidler           Helena, AL              10  23-04   37   $5,000.00
  Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   12-03
65. Tyler Rivet            Raceland, LA            10  22-11   36   $5,000.00
  Day 1: 5   12-06     Day 2: 5   10-05
66. Brad Whatley           Bivins, TX               8  22-04   35   $4,500.00
  Day 1: 4   11-03     Day 2: 4   11-01
67. Tyler Carriere         Youngsville, LA          8  22-00   34   $4,500.00
  Day 1: 5   11-05     Day 2: 3   10-11
68. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC              9  21-07   33   $4,500.00
  Day 1: 5   09-02     Day 2: 4   12-05
69. Randy Sullivan         Breckenridge, TX         9  20-12   32   $4,500.00
  Day 1: 5   09-04     Day 2: 4   11-08
70. Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                  8  20-03   31   $4,500.00
  Day 1: 4   06-07     Day 2: 4   13-12
71. Rob Digh               Denver, NC               7  18-06   30   $3,500.00
  Day 1: 3   08-06     Day 2: 4   10-00
72. Brock Mosley           Collinsville, MS         7  18-00   29   $3,500.00
  Day 1: 5   10-13     Day 2: 2   07-03
73. Dale Hightower         Mannford, OK             6  14-03   28   $3,500.00
  Day 1: 2   05-08     Day 2: 4   08-11
74. Quentin Cappo          Prairieville, LA         3  09-00   27   $3,500.00
  Day 1: 1   05-10     Day 2: 2   03-06
75. David Fritts           Lexington, NC            4  08-05   26   $3,500.00
  Day 1: 4   08-05     Day 2: 0   00-00

by AnglersChannel

FLORIDA’S GREENBLATT TAKES LEAD ON DAY TWO OF FLW TOUR AT LAKE CHICKAMAUGA

Day One Leader John Cox Just 8 Ounces Back

DAYTON, Tenn. (May 3, 2019) – Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt of Port St. Lucie, Florida, brought a five-bass limit of largemouth to the Dayton Boat Dock scale Friday weighing 19 pounds, 13 ounces, to vault into the lead after Day Two of the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude in Dayton, Tennessee. Greenblatt’s two-day total of 10 bass weighing 43 pounds, 2 ounces gives him a slim 8-ounce advantage heading into Day Three of the four-day competition that features 165 of the world’s best bass-fishing anglers competing for a top cash award of up to $125,000.

Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, who led after Day One, fell to second place, just 8 ounces behind Greenblatt with 42-10. Former FLW Cup champion and three-time Angler of the Year Polaris pro David Dudley of Lynchburg, Virginia, is just 15 ounces behind Greenblatt in third place with 42-3. The field is now cut to 30 for Saturday’s competition with only the top 10 anglers advancing to championship Sunday.

“I pretty much did the same exact thing that I did Thursday – same spot, same bait, same everything,” said Greenblatt, a six-year FLW Tour veteran with one career FLW Cup appearance. “I thought I had milked it for everything it was worth yesterday, but it replenished overnight. Hopefully there is two more days of bass in there, but I really don’t know what it has left.”

Greenblatt described his key area as a slope, in 8 to 12 feet of water.

“I don’t know why the fish are setting up there. There really is nothing there,” Greenblatt said. “Thursday I caught the heck out of them, all day long. Today it slowed down a lot – I think because of the pressure and we had a little different conditions. I’m catching fish on three different baits, and there seems to be a lot of bait in the area so hopefully it keeps them where they are.”

Greenblatt declined to name his main two baits, but did divulge that a Yamamoto Senko has also been a key piece of his arsenal this week.

“There is definitely a shallow Senko bite that is developing,” he said. “Wacky-rigged seems to be best, but I’ve got them rigged up four different ways. I’m dyeing the tail a little bit, giving them a little more to see.

“Hopefully tomorrow my area is not all blown out,” Greenblatt went on to say. “I’m going to get everything I can there and see what happens. If it’s not happening by noon I’m going to drop back, punt, and go to the dock pattern.”

The top 30 pros that made the cut and will fish Saturday on Lake Chickamauga are:

1^st:          Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 10 bass, 43-2
2^nd:         Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 10 bass, 42-10
3^rd:          Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 10 bass, 42-3
4^th:          Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., 10 bass, 39-1
5^th:          Jared McMillan, Belle Glade, Mich., 10 bass, 39-1
6^th:          Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 10 bass, 38-15
7^th:          Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., 10 bass, 38-14
8^th:          Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., 10 bass, 38-10
9^th:          Buddy Gross, Chickamauga, Ga., 10 bass, 38-6
10^th:        Clark Reehm, Elm Grove, La., 10 bass, 36-3
11^th:        Aaron Britt, Yuba City, Calif., 10 bass, 35-15

12^th: Bass Pro Shops pro James Niggemeyer, Van, Texas, 10 bass, 35-9

13^th: Tim Frederick, Leesburg, Fla., 10 bass, 35-6

14^th: Strike King pro Andrew Upshaw, Tulsa, Okla., 10 bass, 35-1

15^th: Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas, 10 bass, 35-1

16^th: Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., 10 bass, 34-13

17^th: David Williams, Maiden, N.C., 10 bass, 34-11

18^th: T-H Marine pro Sam George, Athens, Ala., 10 bass, 34-11

19^th: Charlie Ingram, Centerville, Tenn., 10 bass, 34-4

20^th: Miles Howe, San Juan Capistrano, Calif., 10 bass, 34-1

21^st: Glenn Chappelear, Acworth, Ga., 10 bass, 33-11

22^nd: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, 10 bass, 33-4

23^rd: Chris Whitson, Louisville, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-12

24^th: Rapala pro Terry Bolton, Benton, Ky., 10 bass, 32-11

25^th: David Gaston, Sylacauga, Ala., 10 bass, 32-9

26^th: Barry Wilson, Birmingham, Ala., 10 bass, 32-8

27^th: Jason Reyes, Huffman, Texas, 10 bass, 32-6

28^th: Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala., 10 bass, 32-4

29^th: T-H Marine pro Luke Dunkin, Lawrenceburg, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-3

30^th: Bradford Beavers, Summerville, S.C., 10 bass, 32-1

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

Ingram won the Big Bass Award and the $500 prize on the pro side Friday with a largemouth weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces.

Overall there were 765 bass weighing 2,171 pounds, 8 ounces caught by 162 pros Friday. The catch included 138 five-bass limits.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight now advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic Tourism Council.

Anglers will take off at 7 a.m. ET Saturday and Sunday from the Dayton Boat Dock, located at 175 Lakeshore St., in Dayton. Weigh-ins will also be held at the Dayton Boat Dock, beginning at 4 p.m.

In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the Dayton Boat Dock from 2 to 6 p.m. each day. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.

Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the Dayton Boat Dock on Saturday, May 4, from Noon-2 p.m. The event is hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1^st and 2^nd place anglers that catch the biggest fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Tour stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.

The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Saturday and Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by FLW Tour veteran Peter Thliveros to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.

by AnglersChannel

Pipkens Takes Slim Opening-Round Lead At Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest On Lake Fork

Chad Pipkens leads after Day 1 of Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife at Lake Fork with a whopping 31 pounds, 15 ounces.

Photo by Seigo Saito/B.A.S.S.

May 2, 2019

LAKE FORK, Texas — When Chad Pipkens suffered a broken collarbone playing hockey back in early March, some people automatically assumed he was done fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series for the year.

But not only has he kept fishing, he’s actually been better since the freak accident happened.

The veteran pro from Lansing, Mich., caught five bass Thursday that weighed 31 pounds, 15 ounces and took the opening-round lead in the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Lake Fork.

The catch gave Pipkens a 4-ounce lead over Brandon Cobb of South Carolina (31-11) and a 1-5 advantage over Texas pro Chris Zaldain (30-10) on a day when 19 competitors managed at least 20 pounds for their five-bass limits.

“Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want to break anything else,” Pipkens said, laughing. “But being injured has definitely caused me to slow down and fish a little differently than I did before — and I think it’s showed in the way I’ve finished.”

Before Pipkens’ injury, he had 51st- and 54th-place finishes in the first two Elite Series events on the St. Johns River and Lake Lanier. After breaking his collarbone in three places and enduring a surgery that left him with a massive scar, he finished ninth in his next event at Lake Hartwell — his highest finish on the Elite Series since a fifth-place showing at the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Sturgeon Bay, Wisc., in 2015.

He actually got off to a slow start Thursday when he went looking for a couple of large bass he’d found on spawning beds during practice. When he realized those fish were gone, he tried to exploit a shad-spawn bite that has been hot all over the lake.

Since that particular bite happens early — and since he had wasted some time on the bedding fish — that didn’t work either.

Once he finally gave up on the supershallow possibilities, he started putting fish in the boat.

“I think my timing was just off in the morning, but it got right in the afternoon,” he said. “I rolled up to a place and caught a 4 1/2-pounder and nothing else. Then I went to another place and just lit them up.”

Since bass are weighed and released immediately after they’re caught during Texas Fest, Pipkens knew the weight of each individual bass he caught. His five biggest weighed 7-0, 6-14, 6-8, 6-5 and 5-4.

He said the major thunderstorms that moved through the region Wednesday night may have been the reason his early-morning tactics didn’t work.

“That thunder and lightning we had last night even shook me and woke me up,” Pipkens said. “I don’t know for a fact that it had anything to do with the fishing this morning. I just know the fishing wasn’t like it was in practice.”

Cobb, who grew up fishing for bass during the blueback herring spawn this time of year on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina, devoted some of that knowledge to fishing the gizzard shad spawn on Fork Thursday — and it eventually paid off with 31-11.

His biggest five bass weighed 8-12, 7-2, 7-0, 4-12 and 4-1.

“I think the lightning had them a little messed up last night,” Cobb said. “I didn’t have a fish at 10 o’clock — and after the practice I had, I really didn’t expect to catch a fish after 10.

“It was a really tough day for me until I hit one little flurry.”

That flurry produced most of his weight in about 15 minutes.

“That’s the way it’s been for me all week long,” Cobb said. “If you run into them, it’s good. But if you don’t, it’s really tough.”

While the other anglers were tightlipped about which baits they were using and where, Zaldain was open about using a swimbait to catch the bulk of his 30-10 weight.

His bass weighed 7-6, 7-4, 5-12, 5-12 and 4-8.

“I’ve had some good days this year, but this was the most fun I’ve had all season,” Zaldain said. “This morning was just unbelievable with two 7 1/2-pound fish, two that were almost 6 pounds and a 4 1/2.

“I’m around them. I have a good idea of what the fish are doing right now.”

In addition to the $100,000 first-place prize and the $1 million total purse that will be split by the 75-angler field, the angler who catches the Toyota Tundra Big Bass of the week will earn a new Tundra. The competition for that award could be as interesting as the overall tournament itself.

The Top 10 bass caught Thursday each weighed 7-2 or better, and Cobb and Oklahoma pro Luke Palmer tied for first place, each with an 8-12.

The tournament will resume Friday with takeoff at 7 a.m. from Sabine River Authority in Quitman and weigh-in back at the same site at 3 p.m. The anglers will take a break from competition Saturday to sign autographs, conduct seminars and meet fans at a special Outdoors Expo.

The Expo will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, with free demo boat rides, prize giveaways, food vendors and a live performance by country star Chris Knight at 4:15 p.m.

  2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department 5/2-5/6
                                Lake Fork, Emory  TX.
                           (PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 1

   Angler                   Hometown              No./lbs-oz  Pts   Total $$$

1.  Chad Pipkens           Lansing, MI              5  31-15  100
  Day 1: 5   31-15
2.  Brandon Cobb           Greenwood, SC            5  31-11   99
  Day 1: 5   31-11
3.  Chris Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX           5  30-10   98
  Day 1: 5   30-10
4.  Garrett Paquette       Canton, MI               5  28-12   97
  Day 1: 5   28-12
5.  Keith Combs            Huntington, TX           5  27-01   96
  Day 1: 5   27-01
6.  Luke Palmer            Coalgate, OK             5  26-14   95
  Day 1: 5   26-14
7.  Drew Cook              Midway, FL               5  25-12   94
  Day 1: 5   25-12
8.  Brandon Card           Knoxville, TN            5  25-11   93
  Day 1: 5   25-11
9.  Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA               5  22-13   92
  Day 1: 5   22-13
10. Lee Livesay            Gladewater, TX           5  22-10   91
  Day 1: 5   22-10
11. Jay Yelas              Lincoln City, OR         5  22-05   90
  Day 1: 5   22-05
12. Drew Benton            Panama City, FL          5  21-08   89
  Day 1: 5   21-08
13. Derek Hudnall          Baton Rouge, LA          5  21-02   88
  Day 1: 5   21-02
14. Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA             5  21-00   87
  Day 1: 5   21-00
15. Shane LeHew            Catawba, NC              5  20-13   86
  Day 1: 5   20-13
16. Mark Menendez          Paducah, KY              5  20-10   85
  Day 1: 5   20-10
17. Skylar Hamilton        Dandridge, TN            5  20-06   84
  Day 1: 5   20-06
18. Brett Preuett          Monroe, LA               5  20-05   83
  Day 1: 5   20-05
19. Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN         5  20-01   82
  Day 1: 5   20-01
20. Hank Cherry Jr         Lincolnton, NC           5  19-11   81
  Day 1: 5   19-11
21. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA                5  19-08   80
  Day 1: 5   19-08
22. Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC          5  19-02   79
  Day 1: 5   19-02
23. Greg DiPalma           Millville, NJ            5  18-13   78
  Day 1: 5   18-13
24. Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA  4  18-08   77
  Day 1: 4   18-08
25. Jamie Hartman          Newport, NY              5  17-14   76
  Day 1: 5   17-14
26. Jesse Tacoronte        Kissimmee, FL            5  17-13   75
  Day 1: 5   17-13
27. Brian Snowden          Reeds Spring, MO         5  17-07   74
  Day 1: 5   17-07
28. Seth Feider            New Market, MN           5  17-04   73
  Day 1: 5   17-04
29. Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR               5  17-00   72
  Day 1: 5   17-00
30. Clifford Pirch         Payson, AZ               5  16-13   71
  Day 1: 5   16-13
31. Kelley Jaye            Dadeville, AL            5  16-02   70
  Day 1: 5   16-02
31. Robbie Latuso          Gonzales, LA             5  16-02   70
  Day 1: 5   16-02
33. Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA  4  16-02   68
  Day 1: 4   16-02
34. Gary Clouse            Winchester, TN           5  16-00   67
  Day 1: 5   16-00
35. Paul Mueller           Naugatuck, CT            5  15-15   66
  Day 1: 5   15-15
36. Harvey Horne           Bella Vista, AR          5  15-13   65
  Day 1: 5   15-13
37. David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN            5  15-09   64
  Day 1: 5   15-09
38. Yusuke Miyazaki        Forney, TX               5  15-07   63
  Day 1: 5   15-07
39. Rick Morris            Lake Gaston, VA          4  15-07   62
  Day 1: 4   15-07
40. Bernie Schultz         Gainesville, FL          5  15-05   61
  Day 1: 5   15-05
41. Matt Herren            Ashville, AL             5  15-02   60
  Day 1: 5   15-02
42. Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL               5  14-14   59
  Day 1: 5   14-14
43. Scott Canterbury       Odenville, AL            5  14-07   58
  Day 1: 5   14-07
44. Caleb Sumrall          New Iberia, LA           5  14-06   57
  Day 1: 5   14-06
45. Chris Johnston         Peterborough Ontario CA  5  14-03   56
  Day 1: 5   14-03
46. Hunter Shryock         Newcomerstown, OH        3  14-03   55
  Day 1: 3   14-03
47. Mike Huff              Corbin, KY               3  13-14   54
  Day 1: 3   13-14
48. Cliff Prince           Palatka, FL              5  13-13   53
  Day 1: 5   13-13
49. Koby Kreiger           Alva, FL                 5  13-10   52
  Day 1: 5   13-10
50. Clark Wendlandt        Leander, TX              5  13-05   51
  Day 1: 5   13-05
51. Matt Arey              Shelby, NC               5  13-04   50
  Day 1: 5   13-04
51. Bill Lowen             Brookville, IN           5  13-04   50
  Day 1: 5   13-04
53. Randy Pierson          Oakdale, CA              5  12-15   48
  Day 1: 5   12-15
54. Clent Davis            Montevallo, AL           5  12-14   47
  Day 1: 5   12-14
55. Tyler Rivet            Raceland, LA             5  12-06   46
  Day 1: 5   12-06
56. Kyle Monti             Okeechobee, FL           5  12-03   45
  Day 1: 5   12-03
57. Chris Groh             Spring Grove, IL         4  12-03   44
  Day 1: 4   12-03
58. Shane Lineberger       Lincolnton, NC           4  12-02   43
  Day 1: 4   12-02
59. Frank Talley           Temple, TX               5  11-14   42
  Day 1: 5   11-14
60. Ray Hanselman Jr       Del Rio, TX              5  11-06   41
  Day 1: 5   11-06
61. Tyler Carriere         Youngsville, LA          5  11-05   40
  Day 1: 5   11-05
62. Brad Whatley           Bivins, TX               4  11-03   39
  Day 1: 4   11-03
63. Chad Morgenthaler      Reeds Spring, MO         5  11-01   38
  Day 1: 5   11-01
63. Bill Weidler           Helena, AL               5  11-01   38
  Day 1: 5   11-01
65. Brock Mosley           Collinsville, MS         5  10-13   36
  Day 1: 5   10-13
66. Ed Loughran III        Richmond, VA             5  09-04   35
  Day 1: 5   09-04
66. Randy Sullivan         Breckenridge, TX         5  09-04   35
  Day 1: 5   09-04
68. Jake Whitaker          Fairview, NC             5  09-02   33
  Day 1: 5   09-02
68. Jason Williamson       Wagener, SC              5  09-02   33
  Day 1: 5   09-02
70. Todd Auten             Lake Wylie, SC           5  08-14   31
  Day 1: 5   08-14
71. Rob Digh               Denver, NC               3  08-06   30
  Day 1: 3   08-06
72. David Fritts           Lexington, NC            4  08-05   29
  Day 1: 4   08-05
73. Rick Clunn             Ava, MO                  4  06-07   28
  Day 1: 4   06-07
74. Quentin Cappo          Prairieville, LA         1  05-10   27
  Day 1: 1   05-10
75. Dale Hightower         Mannford, OK             2  05-08   26
  Day 1: 2   05-08

by AnglersChannel

COX GRABS LEAD AT DAY ONE OF FLW TOUR AT LAKE CHICKAMAUGA

Lake Chick Kicks Out 12 Limits in Excess of 20 Pounds

DAYTON, Tenn. (May 2, 2019) – A field of 165 of the best bass-fishing professionals in the world began their four-day competition for a top award of $125,000 at the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude Thursday in Dayton, Tennessee.

Berkley pro John Cox of DeBary, Florida, weighed a five-bass limit of Lake Chickamauga largemouth totaling 24 pounds, 11 ounces to take the early lead after Day One. Cox holds a slim 5-ounce lead over Tour rookie Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Michigan, who caught five bass weighing 24-6, good for second place.

“This place is just awesome,” said Cox, a six-time FLW Cup qualifier. “I started out on a real big fish that I had marked in practice – she’s at least a 10 (pounder) – but I couldn’t catch her. I got frustrated and bailed and went and caught a few decent males that I had marked, then came back to her. I caught the male with her, which was a 4-pounder, so I kept it at the time. Then she left.

“I came back an hour later, and she was with another one,” Cox continued. “I accidently caught that male, and she left again. I came back at the end of the day and she was with another male. So I told her to just finish up and that I’d come back tomorrow.”

Cox said he caught six keepers– all sight fishing – but marked 10 more while looking for beds this afternoon. He said he caught his bass using a selection of Berkley PowerBait MaxScent plastics.

“It was not easy today,” Cox said. “The water is coming up and a lot of the banks are getting really stirred up. The visibility is gone on almost every spot that I stopped at. I was guessing as to where they were.

“I’m going to go out tomorrow and try to catch five more decent males and hope I can get lucky and catch a 9- or 10-pounder,” Cox went on to say. “I will stop in and see if the big female I have marked is ready, then after that I really don’t know what I’m going to do yet.”

The top 10 pros after day one on Lake Chickamauga are:

1^st:          Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., five bass, 24-11
2^nd:         Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., five bass, 24-6
3^rd:         Yamamoto Baits pro Matt Greenblatt, Port St. Lucie, Fla., five bass, 23-5
4^th:         Ramie Colson Jr., Cadiz, Ky., five bass, 23-2
5^th:         Tim Frederick, Leesburg, Fla., five bass, 23-0
5^th:         Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., five bass, 23-0
7^th:         Randy Allen, Gilliam, La., five bass, 22-14
8^th:         Strike King pro Andrew Upshaw, Tulsa, Okla., five bass, 22-7
9^th:         Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 22-2
10^th:       Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., five bass, 21-0

For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.

McCaghren earned Thursday’s $500 Big Bass award in the pro division after bringing a 9-pound, 13-ounce largemouth to the scale – the largest fish of the day.

Overall there were 766 bass weighing 2,190 pounds, 14 ounces caught by 164 pros Thursday. The catch included 134 five-bass limits.

In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers compete in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.

The total purse for the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic Tourism Council.

Anglers will take off at 7 a.m. ET Thursday through Sunday from the Dayton Boat Dock, located at 175 Lakeshore St., in Dayton. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at the park beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the Dayton Boat Dock, but will begin at 4 p.m.

PLACE	ANGLER	CITY/STATE	DAY 1 WT (Fish)	DAY 1&2 WT (Fish)	DAY 1-3 WT (Fish)	DAY 1-4 WT (Fish)	WINNINGS
1	JOHN COX	DEBARY, FL	24 - 11 (5)	24 - 11 (5)	24 - 11 (5)	24 - 11 (5)
2	RON NELSON	BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI	24 - 6 (5)	24 - 6 (5)	24 - 6 (5)	24 - 6 (5)
3	MATT GREENBLATT	PORT ST LUCIE, FL	23 - 5 (5)	23 - 5 (5)	23 - 5 (5)	23 - 5 (5)
4	RAMIE COLSON JR	CADIZ, KY	23 - 2 (5)	23 - 2 (5)	23 - 2 (5)	23 - 2 (5)
5	BILLY MCCAGHREN	MAYFLOWER, AR	23 - 0 (5)	23 - 0 (5)	23 - 0 (5)	23 - 0 (5)	$500
5	TIM FREDERICK	LEESBURG, FL	23 - 0 (5)	23 - 0 (5)	23 - 0 (5)	23 - 0 (5)
7	RANDY ALLEN	GILLIAM, LA	22 - 14 (5)	22 - 14 (5)	22 - 14 (5)	22 - 14 (5)
8	ANDREW UPSHAW	TULSA, OK	22 - 7 (5)	22 - 7 (5)	22 - 7 (5)	22 - 7 (5)
9	DAVID DUDLEY	LYNCHBURG, VA	22 - 2 (5)	22 - 2 (5)	22 - 2 (5)	22 - 2 (5)
10	AUSTIN FELIX	EDEN PRAIRIE, MN	21 - 0 (5)	21 - 0 (5)	21 - 0 (5)	21 - 0 (5)
11	JARED MCMILLAN	BELLE GLADE, FL	20 - 9 (5)	20 - 9 (5)	20 - 9 (5)	20 - 9 (5)
12	DICKY NEWBERRY	HOUSTON, TX	20 - 1 (5)	20 - 1 (5)	20 - 1 (5)	20 - 1 (5)
13	CODY HAHNER	WAUSAU, WI	19 - 12 (5)	19 - 12 (5)	19 - 12 (5)	19 - 12 (5)
14	JAMES NIGGEMEYER	VAN, TX	19 - 11 (5)	19 - 11 (5)	19 - 11 (5)	19 - 11 (5)
15	LENDELL MARTIN JR	NACOGDOCHES, TX	19 - 6 (5)	19 - 6 (5)	19 - 6 (5)	19 - 6 (5)
16	JASON REYES	HUFFMAN, TX	19 - 4 (5)	19 - 4 (5)	19 - 4 (5)	19 - 4 (5)
17	GLENN CHAPPELEAR	ACWORTH, GA	19 - 3 (5)	19 - 3 (5)	19 - 3 (5)	19 - 3 (5)
18	JIM TUTT	LONGVIEW, TX	18 - 9 (5)	18 - 9 (5)	18 - 9 (5)	18 - 9 (5)
19	GARY YAMAMOTO	PALESTINE, TX	18 - 8 (5)	18 - 8 (5)	18 - 8 (5)	18 - 8 (5)
20	JOHN VOYLES	PETERSBURG, IN	18 - 7 (5)	18 - 7 (5)	18 - 7 (5)	18 - 7 (5)
21	ALEX DAVIS	ALBERTVILLE, AL	18 - 1 (5)	18 - 1 (5)	18 - 1 (5)	18 - 1 (5)
22	BRYAN THRIFT	SHELBY, NC	18 - 0 (5)	18 - 0 (5)	18 - 0 (5)	18 - 0 (5)
23	BUDDY GROSS	CHICKAMAUGA, GA	17 - 12 (5)	17 - 12 (5)	17 - 12 (5)	17 - 12 (5)
24	TOMMY DICKERSON	ORANGE, TX	17 - 10 (5)	17 - 10 (5)	17 - 10 (5)	17 - 10 (5)
25	SAM GEORGE	ATHENS, AL	17 - 7 (5)	17 - 7 (5)	17 - 7 (5)	17 - 7 (5)
26	TOM MONSOOR	LA CROSSE, WI	17 - 3 (5)	17 - 3 (5)	17 - 3 (5)	17 - 3 (5)
26	DAVID WILLIAMS	MAIDEN, NC	17 - 3 (5)	17 - 3 (5)	17 - 3 (5)	17 - 3 (5)
28	MILES HOWE	SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA	17 - 1 (5)	17 - 1 (5)	17 - 1 (5)	17 - 1 (5)
28	HENSLEY POWELL	WHITWELL, TN	17 - 1 (5)	17 - 1 (5)	17 - 1 (5)	17 - 1 (5)
30	GREG BOHANNAN	BENTONVILLE, AR	16 - 15 (5)	16 - 15 (5)	16 - 15 (5)	16 - 15 (5)
31	CLAYTON BATTS	BUTLER, GA	16 - 14 (5)	16 - 14 (5)	16 - 14 (5)	16 - 14 (5)
32	TYLER WOOLCOTT	PORT ORANGE, FL	16 - 9 (5)	16 - 9 (5)	16 - 9 (5)	16 - 9 (5)
33	KURT MITCHELL	MILFORD, DE	16 - 3 (5)	16 - 3 (5)	16 - 3 (5)	16 - 3 (5)
34	DAVID GASTON	SYLACAUGA, AL	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)
34	DARRELL DAVIS	DOVER, FL	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)
34	JEREMY LAWYER	SARCOXIE, MO	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)
34	JOEL WILLERT	PRIOR LAKE, MN	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)	16 - 2 (5)
38	MIKE SURMAN	BOCA RATON, FL	15 - 14 (5)	15 - 14 (5)	15 - 14 (5)	15 - 14 (5)
39	BILL MCDONALD	GREENWOOD, IN	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)
39	JASON MENINGER	SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)	15 - 13 (5)
41	PETE PONDS	MADISON, MS	15 - 11 (5)	15 - 11 (5)	15 - 11 (5)	15 - 11 (5)
42	GRAE BUCK	HARLEYSVILLE, PA	15 - 7 (5)	15 - 7 (5)	15 - 7 (5)	15 - 7 (5)
43	CHRISTOPHER BRASHER	LONGVIEW, TX	15 - 6 (5)	15 - 6 (5)	15 - 6 (5)	15 - 6 (5)
43	BRAD KNIGHT	LANCING, TN	15 - 6 (5)	15 - 6 (5)	15 - 6 (5)	15 - 6 (5)
45	NICK LEBRUN	BOSSIER CITY, LA	15 - 5 (5)	15 - 5 (5)	15 - 5 (5)	15 - 5 (5)
45	BRADLEY DORTCH	ATMORE, AL	15 - 5 (5)	15 - 5 (5)	15 - 5 (5)	15 - 5 (5)
47	LUKE DUNKIN	LAWRENCEBURG, TN	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)
47	RON FARROW	ROCK HILL, SC	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)
47	JIM MOYNAGH	CARVER, MN	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)	15 - 3 (5)
50	BRADFORD BEAVERS	SUMMERVILLE, SC	15 - 1 (5)	15 - 1 (5)	15 - 1 (5)	15 - 1 (5)
51	ANDY WICKER	POMARIA, SC	14 - 15 (5)	14 - 15 (5)	14 - 15 (5)	14 - 15 (5)
52	TYLER STEWART	WEST MONROE, LA	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)
52	KURT DOVE	DEL RIO, TX	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)
52	BRYAN SCHMITT	DEALE, MD	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)
52	CASEY SCANLON	LAKE OZARK, MO	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)
52	KYLE WEISENBURGER	OTTAWA, OH	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)	14 - 14 (5)
57	BRANDON MCMILLAN	CLEWISTON, FL	14 - 13 (5)	14 - 13 (5)	14 - 13 (5)	14 - 13 (5)
57	LARRY NIXON	QUITMAN, AR	14 - 13 (5)	14 - 13 (5)	14 - 13 (5)	14 - 13 (5)
59	WES LOGAN	SPRINGVILLE, AL	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)
59	MATTHEW STEFAN	JUNCTION CITY, WI	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)
59	RYAN SALZMAN	HUNTSVILLE, AL	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)
59	DERRICK SNAVELY	PINEY FLATS, TN	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)
59	TERRY BOLTON	BENTON, KY	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)	14 - 9 (5)
64	JOSEPH WEBSTER	WINFIELD, AL	14 - 7 (5)	14 - 7 (5)	14 - 7 (5)	14 - 7 (5)
65	CLARK REEHM	ELM GROVE, LA	14 - 6 (5)	14 - 6 (5)	14 - 6 (5)	14 - 6 (5)
66	SCOTT MARTIN	CLEWISTON, FL	14 - 5 (5)	14 - 5 (5)	14 - 5 (5)	14 - 5 (5)
67	DARREL ROBERTSON	JAY, OK	14 - 4 (5)	14 - 4 (5)	14 - 4 (5)	14 - 4 (5)
67	CHUCK STRATTON	CHAFFEE, MO	14 - 4 (5)	14 - 4 (5)	14 - 4 (5)	14 - 4 (5)
69	JAY KENDRICK	GRANT, AL	14 - 1 (5)	14 - 1 (5)	14 - 1 (5)	14 - 1 (5)
69	JIMMY REESE	WITTER SPRINGS, CA	14 - 1 (5)	14 - 1 (5)	14 - 1 (5)	14 - 1 (5)
71	CURTIS RICHARDSON	BELLEVILLE, ON	14 - 0 (4)	14 - 0 (4)	14 - 0 (4)	14 - 0 (4)
72	JIM JONES	BIG BEND, WI	13 - 15 (5)	13 - 15 (5)	13 - 15 (5)	13 - 15 (5)
72	BRANT GRIMM	CHURCH HILL, TN	13 - 15 (5)	13 - 15 (5)	13 - 15 (5)	13 - 15 (5)
74	DAKOTA EBARE	DENHAM SPRINGS, LA	13 - 14 (5)	13 - 14 (5)	13 - 14 (5)	13 - 14 (5)
75	CHARLES SIM	NEPEAN, ON	13 - 13 (5)	13 - 13 (5)	13 - 13 (5)	13 - 13 (5)
76	COLBY SCHRUMPF	HIGHLAND, IL	13 - 12 (5)	13 - 12 (5)	13 - 12 (5)	13 - 12 (5)
76	BRAXTON SETZER	MONTGOMERY, AL	13 - 12 (5)	13 - 12 (5)	13 - 12 (5)	13 - 12 (5)
78	CHRIS WHITSON	LOUISVILLE, TN	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)
78	AUSTIN WILSON	CITRUS HEIGHTS, CA	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)
78	WADE STRELIC	ALPINE, CA	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)	13 - 11 (5)
81	J TODD TUCKER	MOULTRIE, GA	13 - 8 (5)	13 - 8 (5)	13 - 8 (5)	13 - 8 (5)
81	JACOB WALL	JACKSONVILLE, OR	13 - 8 (5)	13 - 8 (5)	13 - 8 (5)	13 - 8 (5)
83	MATT REED	MADISONVILLE, TX	13 - 5 (4)	13 - 5 (4)	13 - 5 (4)	13 - 5 (4)
83	RANDY BLAUKAT	JOPLIN, MO	13 - 5 (5)	13 - 5 (5)	13 - 5 (5)	13 - 5 (5)
85	BRIAN LATIMER	BELTON, SC	13 - 3 (5)	13 - 3 (5)	13 - 3 (5)	13 - 3 (5)
85	JORDAN OSBORNE	LONGVIEW, TX	13 - 3 (5)	13 - 3 (5)	13 - 3 (5)	13 - 3 (5)
87	SCOTT WILEY	BAY MINETTE, AL	12 - 15 (5)	12 - 15 (5)	12 - 15 (5)	12 - 15 (5)
88	BRANDON MOSLEY	CHOCTAW, OK	12 - 14 (5)	12 - 14 (5)	12 - 14 (5)	12 - 14 (5)
89	BILLY HINES	VACAVILLE, CA	12 - 13 (5)	12 - 13 (5)	12 - 13 (5)	12 - 13 (5)
90	MATT BECKER	FINLEYVILLE, PA	12 - 10 (5)	12 - 10 (5)	12 - 10 (5)	12 - 10 (5)
90	JOHNNY MCCOMBS	MORRIS, AL	12 - 10 (5)	12 - 10 (5)	12 - 10 (5)	12 - 10 (5)
92	CODY KELLEY	CONWAY, AR	12 - 9 (5)	12 - 9 (5)	12 - 9 (5)	12 - 9 (5)
92	TIM CALES	SANDSTONE, WV	12 - 9 (5)	12 - 9 (5)	12 - 9 (5)	12 - 9 (5)
94	CHAD GRIGSBY	MAPLE GROVE, MN	12 - 7 (5)	12 - 7 (5)	12 - 7 (5)	12 - 7 (5)
94	BARRY WILSON	BIRMINGHAM, AL	12 - 7 (5)	12 - 7 (5)	12 - 7 (5)	12 - 7 (5)
96	MILES BURGHOFF	HIXSON, TN	12 - 6 (5)	12 - 6 (5)	12 - 6 (5)	12 - 6 (5)
96	DARYL BIRON	SOUTH WINDSOR, CT	12 - 6 (5)	12 - 6 (5)	12 - 6 (5)	12 - 6 (5)
98	JIMMY HOUSTON	COOKSON, OK	12 - 5 (5)	12 - 5 (5)	12 - 5 (5)	12 - 5 (5)
99	JOEY CIFUENTES	CLINTON, AR	12 - 4 (5)	12 - 4 (5)	12 - 4 (5)	12 - 4 (5)
100	KEVIN FINLEY	PHOENIX, AZ	12 - 3 (5)	12 - 3 (5)	12 - 3 (5)	12 - 3 (5)
100	BILL HUTCHISON	BESSEMER, AL	12 - 3 (5)	12 - 3 (5)	12 - 3 (5)	12 - 3 (5)
102	ROBERT CASE	POINT, TX	12 - 1 (5)	12 - 1 (5)	12 - 1 (5)	12 - 1 (5)
102	MATT WITTEKIEND	ANGLETON, TX	12 - 1 (5)	12 - 1 (5)	12 - 1 (5)	12 - 1 (5)
104	JOSHUA WEAVER	MACON, GA	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)
104	CHARLIE INGRAM	CENTERVILLE, TN	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)
104	JASON ABRAM	PINEY FLATS, TN	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)	11 - 15 (5)
107	REX JAEGER	HAMILTON, OH	11 - 14 (5)	11 - 14 (5)	11 - 14 (5)	11 - 14 (5)
108	JOSH DOUGLAS	ISLE, MN	11 - 13 (5)	11 - 13 (5)	11 - 13 (5)	11 - 13 (5)
109	MICHAEL MATTHEE	CENTURION, GP	11 - 12 (5)	11 - 12 (5)	11 - 12 (5)	11 - 12 (5)
109	AJ SLEGONA	PINE BUSH, NY	11 - 12 (5)	11 - 12 (5)	11 - 12 (5)	11 - 12 (5)
109	MARK FISHER	WAUCONDA, IL	11 - 12 (4)	11 - 12 (4)	11 - 12 (4)	11 - 12 (4)
112	DYLAN HAYS	EL DORADO, AR	11 - 11 (5)	11 - 11 (5)	11 - 11 (5)	11 - 11 (5)
113	COREY NEECE	BRISTOL, TN	11 - 10 (5)	11 - 10 (5)	11 - 10 (5)	11 - 10 (5)
114	MARTY LAWRENCE	MESA, AZ	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)
114	RYAN CHANDLER	HEBRON, IN	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)
114	SHAWN MURPHY	NICHOLASVILLE, KY	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)	11 - 9 (5)
117	SHELDON COLLINGS	GROVE, OK	11 - 7 (5)	11 - 7 (5)	11 - 7 (5)	11 - 7 (5)
118	KYLE CORTIANA	COWETA, OK	11 - 5 (5)	11 - 5 (5)	11 - 5 (5)	11 - 5 (5)
119	TROY MORROW	EASTANOLLEE, GA	11 - 3 (5)	11 - 3 (5)	11 - 3 (5)	11 - 3 (5)
120	NICK GAINEY	CHARLESTON, SC	11 - 1 (5)	11 - 1 (5)	11 - 1 (5)	11 - 1 (5)
121	CHAD WARREN	SAND SPRINGS, OK	11 - 0 (5)	11 - 0 (5)	11 - 0 (5)	11 - 0 (5)
121	JIMMY BREWER	MARSHALL, TX	11 - 0 (4)	11 - 0 (4)	11 - 0 (4)	11 - 0 (4)
121	CHARLIE EVANS	BEREA, KY	11 - 0 (5)	11 - 0 (5)	11 - 0 (5)	11 - 0 (5)
124	ERIC JACKSON	WALLING, TN	10 - 13 (5)	10 - 13 (5)	10 - 13 (5)	10 - 13 (5)
125	BOB MORIN	SEYMOUR, TN	10 - 10 (5)	10 - 10 (5)	10 - 10 (5)	10 - 10 (5)
125	KERRY MILNER	BONO, AR	10 - 10 (5)	10 - 10 (5)	10 - 10 (5)	10 - 10 (5)
127	DEREK FULPS	BROKEN ARROW, OK	10 - 9 (5)	10 - 9 (5)	10 - 9 (5)	10 - 9 (5)
127	SCOTT ASHMORE	BROKEN ARROW, OK	10 - 9 (3)	10 - 9 (3)	10 - 9 (3)	10 - 9 (3)
127	BAILEY BOUTRIES	DAPHNE, AL	10 - 9 (4)	10 - 9 (4)	10 - 9 (4)	10 - 9 (4)
130	TIMMY THOMPKINS	MYRTLE BEACH, SC	10 - 8 (4)	10 - 8 (4)	10 - 8 (4)	10 - 8 (4)
131	TIM MALONE	KODAK, TN	10 - 7 (4)	10 - 7 (4)	10 - 7 (4)	10 - 7 (4)
132	TOM REDINGTON	ROYSE CITY, TX	10 - 6 (5)	10 - 6 (5)	10 - 6 (5)	10 - 6 (5)
132	JON ENGLUND	FARWELL, MN	10 - 6 (5)	10 - 6 (5)	10 - 6 (5)	10 - 6 (5)
134	CHRIS MCCALL	PALMER, TX	10 - 5 (5)	10 - 5 (5)	10 - 5 (5)	10 - 5 (5)
135	ROBERT BEHRLE	HOOVER, AL	10 - 3 (5)	10 - 3 (5)	10 - 3 (5)	10 - 3 (5)
136	RANDY DESPINO	COLFAX, LA	9 - 14 (5)	9 - 14 (5)	9 - 14 (5)	9 - 14 (5)
137	JONATHAN CANADA	HELENA, AL	9 - 9 (5)	9 - 9 (5)	9 - 9 (5)	9 - 9 (5)
137	CHAD RANDLES	ELKHORN, NE	9 - 9 (5)	9 - 9 (5)	9 - 9 (5)	9 - 9 (5)
139	CHRIS NEAU	NEW ORLEANS, LA	9 - 4 (4)	9 - 4 (4)	9 - 4 (4)	9 - 4 (4)
140	ROB KILBY	HOT SPRINGS, AR	9 - 2 (5)	9 - 2 (5)	9 - 2 (5)	9 - 2 (5)
141	ANDY YOUNG	ISLE, MN	8 - 14 (5)	8 - 14 (5)	8 - 14 (5)	8 - 14 (5)
142	ROB JORDAN	FLOWERY BRANCH, GA	8 - 13 (5)	8 - 13 (5)	8 - 13 (5)	8 - 13 (5)
143	AARON BRITT	YUBA CITY, CA	8 - 12 (3)	8 - 12 (3)	8 - 12 (3)	8 - 12 (3)
144	CHIP HARRINGTON	OLATHE, KS	8 - 8 (4)	8 - 8 (4)	8 - 8 (4)	8 - 8 (4)
145	REX HUFF	CORBIN, KY	8 - 4 (5)	8 - 4 (5)	8 - 4 (5)	8 - 4 (5)
146	JOHN HUNTER	SHELBYVILLE, KY	7 - 15 (4)	7 - 15 (4)	7 - 15 (4)	7 - 15 (4)
146	RUSTY TRANCYGIER	HAHIRA, GA	7 - 15 (4)	7 - 15 (4)	7 - 15 (4)	7 - 15 (4)
148	CAPT BLAKE SMITH	LAKELAND, FL	7 - 14 (3)	7 - 14 (3)	7 - 14 (3)	7 - 14 (3)
149	JEFF DOBSON	BARTLESVILLE, OK	7 - 12 (4)	7 - 12 (4)	7 - 12 (4)	7 - 12 (4)
150	RUSSELL CECIL	WILLIS, TX	7 - 11 (2)	7 - 11 (2)	7 - 11 (2)	7 - 11 (2)
151	EVAN BARNES	HOT SPRINGS, AR	7 - 7 (4)	7 - 7 (4)	7 - 7 (4)	7 - 7 (4)
151	BRADLEY HALLMAN	NORMAN, OK	7 - 7 (4)	7 - 7 (4)	7 - 7 (4)	7 - 7 (4)
153	TODD CASTLEDINE	NACOGDOCHES, TX	7 - 0 (4)	7 - 0 (4)	7 - 0 (4)	7 - 0 (4)
154	CODY MURRAY	NAMPA, ID	6 - 3 (3)	6 - 3 (3)	6 - 3 (3)	6 - 3 (3)
155	ALTON WILHOIT	NOBLE, OK	6 - 2 (2)	6 - 2 (2)	6 - 2 (2)	6 - 2 (2)
156	HUNTER FREEMAN	MONROE, LA	5 - 12 (3)	5 - 12 (3)	5 - 12 (3)	5 - 12 (3)
157	JASON CHRISTY	JACKSONS GAP, AL	5 - 9 (3)	5 - 9 (3)	5 - 9 (3)	5 - 9 (3)
158	TROY RODER	BROOKELAND, TX	5 - 6 (3)	5 - 6 (3)	5 - 6 (3)	5 - 6 (3)
159	CHUCK MEDLEY	OWENS CROSS ROADS, AL	4 - 13 (2)	4 - 13 (2)	4 - 13 (2)	4 - 13 (2)
160	DAVID WOOTTON	COLLIERVILLE, TN	4 - 7 (3)	4 - 7 (3)	4 - 7 (3)	4 - 7 (3)
161	DREW RATLEY	SHREVEPORT, LA	3 - 14 (2)	3 - 14 (2)	3 - 14 (2)	3 - 14 (2)
162	HARRY MOORE	VALLEY, AL	2 - 13 (2)	2 - 13 (2)	2 - 13 (2)	2 - 13 (2)
163	ZELL ROWLAND	MONTGOMERY, TX	2 - 4 (1)	2 - 4 (1)	2 - 4 (1)	2 - 4 (1)
164	CRAIG ROZEMA	SIMPSONVILLE, SC	1 - 11 (1)	1 - 11 (1)	1 - 11 (1)	1 - 11 (1)
9999	TONY DUMITRAS	WINSTON, GA	0 - 0 (0)	0 - 0 (0)	0 - 0 (0)	0 - 0 (0)

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Costa Countdown to Blastoff SE Edition

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"If you wait until you're ready, You're gonna miss out." ~ Bradford Beavers

In this weeks Rookie Podcast brought to you by TH Marine, Jason catches up with Santee Costa Winner and FLW Rookie Bradford Beavers on his Costa Win and what its like being a rookie on the FLW Tour along with some advice for those thinking about getting into tournament bass fishing. Check it out!

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Bassmaster College And High School Championships To Be Held On Tennessee River Lakes

May 2, 2019

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — National championships for two of the fastest-growing youth and collegiate fishing circuits in the country will be held on outstanding Tennessee River fisheries, B.A.S.S. announced today.

The Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops will be held Aug. 1-3 on Chickamauga Lake at Dayton, Tenn.

In addition, the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors will return to Kentucky Lake at Paris, Tenn., for the fifth time, while the Bassmaster Junior Championship for second- through eighth-grade anglers will be held again on Carroll County 1000 Acre Recreational Lake at Huntingdon, Tenn.

The College Championship will field as many as 130 teams of anglers representing colleges and universities across the nation. Qualifications are based on the teams’ finishes in four college tour stops being held this year as well as qualifying tournaments conducted by B.A.S.S. Nation organizations in states throughout the country.

“We’re excited to host the 2019 Bassmaster College National Championship here in #BassTownUSA and Lake Chickamauga,” said Dennis Tumlin, director of Fish Dayton. “Our lake has already produced over 65 double digit bass so far this year and we know these big fish will be a factor in this year’s championship event. With the combination of these giant Florida-strain bass along with late season lake grasses, we see an exciting event shaping up. On behalf of Fish Dayton and our full leadership team, we welcome you to our angler-friendly community.”

The event will crown the 2019 Bassmaster College Series Team of the Year. In addition, anglers on the Top 3 teams will earn a chance to compete for the lone College Series berth in the 2020 Bassmaster Classic to be held on Lake Guntersville, Alabama, March 6-8.

Aug. 27-29, the top four teams from the championship go on to the College Bracket tournament on 39,000-acre Watts Bar Lake at Spring City, Tenn. In that competition, the four teams are split and the eight anglers compete individually for a coveted invitation to the Classic.

“Chickamauga is one of the hottest bass lakes in the country right now, and it will provide a fantastic battleground to determine the top college anglers in the world,” said Hank Weldon, senior tournament manager/high school and college fishing. “And with a Classic berth on the line, college anglers are gunning with all their might to make it to the championship. It’s going to be an event they will always remember.”

Three hundred high school teams are expected to compete on Kentucky Lake Aug. 8-10 for the high school championship crown. Each two-angler team is accompanied by a coach who runs the boat and can give advice on fishing techniques and patterns.

Student anglers qualify for the championship through four High School Opens.

“They are the best of the best among 13,000 high school B.A.S.S. members representing more than 1,300 high school fishing clubs nationwide,” Weldon said. “In addition to the 900 anglers and coaches, we expect at least 2,000 family members and friends in attendance, cheering on their favorite teams.”

“We are thrilled to once again host the High School National Championship here in Henry County at beautiful Kentucky Lake,” said Tara Wilson, administrative coordinator, Henry County Tourism Authority. “We welcome all the anglers and their families to our community and wish them all the best of luck!”

Bethel Director of Athletics Dale Kelley added, “We are honored as a school and county to be involved and serve as hosts. It provides an opportunity for both Bethel and Carroll County to make a difference and be a part of something special. This introduces so many people to our great lakes and, of course, our university. We wish everyone much success and a safe week here in West Tennessee.”

The High School Series debuted in 2013 and has grown immensely since its inception. The program emphasizes sportsmanship, academics and a conservation ethic while giving young anglers a chance to improve and test their fishing skills in competition among their peers.

Another fast-growing tournament program is the Junior Bassmaster Division, which will field up to 50 teams in that group’s championship Aug. 6 and 7 at Carroll County 1000 Acre Recreational Lake. As in the high school competitions, they will compete as two-angler teams accompanied by a coach.

“We are excited to welcome the young anglers and their families to Carroll County and west Tennessee,” said Brad Hurley, President of Carroll County Chamber of Commerce. “This is our sixth year to be a host, and our enthusiasm for the Bassmaster Junior National Championship is only growing. Clearly the championship is putting the Carroll County 1000 Acre Recreational Lake on the radar of many fishermen.”

Each championship will be covered live on Bassmaster.com and will be reported on in B.A.S.S. Times Magazine as well as independent media. Visit Bassmaster.com for more information.

Championship Schedule

Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops
Aug 1-3 — Lake Chickamauga, Dayton, Tenn.
Host: Fish Dayton

Bassmaster Junior Championship
Aug 6-7 — Carroll County 1000 Acre Recreational Lake, Huntingdon, Tenn.

Mossy Oak Fishing High School Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors
Aug 8-10 — Kentucky Lake, Paris, Tenn.
Hosts — Carroll County, Tenn.; Bethel University; Paris/Henry County Alliance

College Classic Bracket
Aug 27-29 — Watts Bar Lake, Spring City, Tenn.
Host — Rhea County

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Whatley recalls simpler times on Lake Fork

Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships

Once lightning bolts and extremely heavy rainfall finally moved safely away from Lake Fork about 90 minutes after sunrise, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Brad Whatley sat dressed in dry Carhartt raingear awaiting the National Anthem, reflecting on simpler times involving simpler lures, before chasing fat largemouth that are chewing on spawning shad.

Whatley made his living as a logging equipment expert not far up the road from Lake Fork, and won roughly $200,000 over the years on Lake O’ the Pines, Texas as an amateur angler.

But after a fantastic 2018 season in the Bassmaster Opens, he qualified for the 2019 Bassmaster Classic, and with the full support of wife Jennifer, accepted an invitation to join the Elite Series and give up the logging gig.

While you might think Whatley has probably fished Lake Fork a lot, given its closeness to his home in Bivins, Texas, he confirmed that’s not the case.

“The only time I fished here was at night way back in the day with my dad. We fished only at night here, and we’d tie our old Kingfisher boat up to a tree because we didn’t even have a trolling motor,” Whatley reflected fondly.

Lure choices were simple too. “About all Dad and I threw was a black Hildebrandt spinnerbait with a big #6 Colorado blade, or a firetail colored plastic worm. We stayed tied to the tree most all night, cast them to submerged grass beds all around us, and we’d do just fine,” remembers Whatley.

Now at age 38, things have gotten far more strategic. Whatley was eager to make his first cast after Day 1’s slight lightning delay because he knows the shad are spawning, and the bass are chewing. But that’s typically a low light bite. The earlier you make that first cast, the better your chances.

“I’ll start the day running secondary and primary points, alternating between a topwater and this “wild shad” colored squarebill from 6^thSense. Some of the points are so covered in brush and timber that you can’t hardly get a crankbait through them. But the topwater and sqaurebill are a good one-two punch when you’re chasing the shad spawn,” he says.

Whatley says the sqaurebill will run about 4’ deep on 20-pound fluorocarbon. And if the shad spawn pattern dies, he’ll move to target spawning bass around shallow grass lines.

But even before big thumper spinnerbaits and firetail worms entered Whatley’s tackle box, it was an equally simple Beetle Spin that first filled his soul with a passion for bass fishing ate age four when he won $50 in a kid’s derby on the little multi-species spinner.

Today, let’s cheer for the 5’ 8” God-fearing family man and his signature goatee facial hair to chase down five fat Lake Fork largemouth amid the shad spawn.

Certainly, you can bet he’s fueled by a heart full of memories made in a boat tied to a tree amid night fishing trips here on Lake Fork with his dad Keith. Those were simpler times that ultimately spawned a pro career.

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Skinny Jeans & Dinks.......

The boys are back with the 2nd episode of the week and they speak to Bassmaster Opens Champ Caleb Kuphall about his Smith Lake win. They also dial up their buddy Guck with Dynamic Sponsorships to get the inside scoop on Lake Fork and check in with FLW Pro Brad Knight the night before the Chickamauga event.

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Wiggins Blisters Shotgun Round in Record-Breaking Performance at Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury

CULLMAN, Ala. (May 1, 2019) - From the moment it was announced that the Major League Fishing® (MLF) Bass Pro Tour would be making a stop at Lewis Smith Lake in northern Alabama, Jesse Wiggins was tabbed as a favorite.

After his performance in the second Shotgun Round of the Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury, it's hard not to tab the Alabama pro as THE favorite.

Wiggins - who grew up in Cullman and has been fishing Smith Lake since "Before I can even remember" - obliterated the Bass Pro Tour's single-round catch record with 49 fish, tallying 72 pounds, 4 ounces and finishing the day with a 16-4 cushion over second-place angler Todd Faircloth (56-0).

"A good day on Smith Lake this time of year is 30, maybe 35 fish, so today was a heckuva day," Wiggins admitted. "I basically fished two spots all day long, they just happened to be schooled up in both of those spots."

Wiggins Hit High Gear in Period 2

At the rate that Wiggins caught fish in Period 2, it's hard to imagine him wanting to stray outside his two Shotgun Round spots at all. Following a 12-fish first period, the St. Croix pro put 21 fish on SCORETRACKER™ in the second period for 32-9, almost all of it on a 3/16-ounce shaky head with a green pumpkin candy Jackall 5.8 Flick Shake Worm.

"Jesse Wiggins did this on a lake in post-spawn that was supposed to be tough," marveled MLF NOW! analyst Marty Stone. "This performance today isn't just about him being good on Smith Lake, it's about Jesse Wiggins just being flat good. You put a really good fisherman on a lake he understands really well and this is what you get."

But despite a prolific day and a virtually fail-safe cushion above the Elimination Line, Wiggins plans to move out of his spots and spend the day (Elimination Round 2) deciphering how far out of the backs of their spawning pockets Smith Lake's post-spawn fish have gotten.

"These fish move a lot this time of year," Wiggins said. "Once they're done spawning, they head back out onto those points, and it can be a little hard to find them in good numbers. I definitely plan on spending a good amount of my time figuring out how far those fish have moved."

Elimination Round 1: "Nothing is Certain"

The 40 anglers from Group A return to Smith Lake Thursday for the first Elimination Round of Stage Five, bringing their weights from the first Shotgun Round with them. Based on the results of the first two days of competition, the projected range for the Elimination Line is 48 to 50 pounds - there are eight anglers in Group A whose doubled Shotgun Round weights would place them within a single scorable bass of the Elimination Line.

"Because all these scorable bass are so close in weight and these guys are catching so many of them, this could be the wildest Elimination Round we've ever had," said Stone. "You go more than 10 minutes without catching fish here and you drop two to five places quickly. When you're dealing with shad-spawn fish, they're very 'here and now' and these guys in Group A have to relocate their fish. Nothing is safe and nothing is certain."

Shotgun Round 2 By the Numbers

Group B totaled 997 fish: 304 in Period 1, 464 in Period 2 and 229 in Period 3.

Looking Ahead

The Top 20 anglers from each of the two Elimination Round groups will advance to the Knockout Round on Saturday, where weights will be zeroed. The Top 10 anglers in the Knockout Round will advance to the Championship Round on Sunday.

How, Where & When to Watch

Competition begins daily at 6:30 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage continuing until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show live stream will start at 4 p.m. daily.

The Day's Results

To see all results from today's Shotgun Round, and to keep up with cumulative results throughout the week, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and click " Results."

Angler	Total Weight	Total # Fish	Largest Fish
1st	Jesse Wiggins	72 - 04	49	3 - 06
2nd	Todd Faircloth	54 - 12	33	3 - 06
3rd	Shin Fukae	53 - 13	33	2 - 15
4th	James Watson	50 - 01	25	4 - 04
5th	Dean Rojas	44 - 02	25	4 - 05
6th	Justin Lucas	41 - 11	28	2 - 08
7th	Zack Birge	40 - 14	25	2 - 07
8th	Dave Lefebre	36 - 05	26	2 - 08
9th	Jeff Sprague	35 - 03	26	2 - 01
10th	Fred Roumbanis	35 - 00	25	2 - 07
11th	Jeff Kriet	34 - 07	27	1 - 14
12th	Casey Ashley	34 - 04	22	2 - 08
13th	Timmy Horton	34 - 01	21	2 - 11
14th	Bradley Roy	31 - 05	20	2 - 06
15th	John Murray	30 - 12	23	2 - 05
16th	Skeet Reese	30 - 12	20	3 - 02
17th	Aaron Martens	29 - 07	20	3 - 03
18th	Mike Iaconelli	28 - 14	22	2 - 02
19th	Brent Chapman	27 - 12	19	2 - 10
20th	Mark Rose	26 - 09	18	2 - 14
21st	Anthony Gagliardi	25 - 09	18	2 - 04
22nd	Michael Neal	25 - 08	16	2 - 14
23rd	Roy Hawk	24 - 00	15	3 - 05
24th	Adrian Avena	23 - 09	16	2 - 01
25th	Mark Daniels, Jr.	22 - 08	14	2 - 09
26th	Britt Myers	22 - 05	14	3 - 12
27th	Greg Vinson	21 - 01	15	1 - 15
28th	Randy Howell	20 - 12	16	1 - 11
29th	Jared Lintner	20 - 02	14	1 - 15
30th	Jacob Powroznik	19 - 09	12	2 - 10
31st	Brett Hite	19 - 04	13	2 - 08
32nd	Randall Tharp	18 - 01	12	2 - 05
33rd	Fletcher Shryock	15 - 15	10	2 - 08
34th	Andy Montgomery	15 - 09	13	2 - 08
35th	Gary Klein	15 - 09	12	2 - 01
36th	Cliff Pace	15 - 08	12	1 - 13
37th	Jason Christie	14 - 13	12	1 - 10
38th	Ish Monroe	13 - 06	10	1 - 15
39th	Russ Lane	13 - 05	8	3 - 00
40th	Paul Elias	12 - 01	8	2 - 06

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Texas Fest: Combs is Very Confident

Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships

A huge number of Bassmaster Fantasy Fishing Fans picked Keith Combs to do very well at this week’s Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.

And rightfully so. Combs has won three previous Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest events, including the 2014 event on Lake Fork when he hauled a massive 110 pounds of fat largemouth to the scales in just three days of competition. Heck, it’d take a tax account ten minutes to add up all the prize money and Toyota Trucks Bonus Bucks he’s earned from this event.

And the crazy thing is, Lake Fork is not even Combs’ home lake. While many predict his prowess here this week could be jeopardized by clouds, rain, current, and a somewhat lagging post-spawn migration, a conversation with him on the eve of this super cool derby suggested he was feeling just fine about his chances.

Q: Okay, don’t fib to us, what’s the biggest bass you’ve had your hands on in practice?

Combs:A 9-pounder.

Q: What’s the biggest bass you’ve weighed-in during previous events here?

Combs:A 10 pound 14 ounce bass in 2014 that I caught on a Strike King 10XD tied to 15-pound fluorocarbon.

Q: Name three lures you think fans can expect pros to throw a lot here this week?

Combs:a 10XD crankbait, a ¾ ounce pitching jig, and a ½ ounce swim jig.

Q: What’s going to surprise fans most about this event?

Combs:We’re going to see a lot of great 5-bass limits caught, but probably not the huge number of 30-pound limits some people are saying we’ll catch.

Q: Give you’re confidence level a letter grade right now.

Combs: I’d give it an “A”

Q: Chris Knight is playing a concert here at Texas Fest on Saturday. What music are you listening to these days?

Combs:Man, you threw me a curveball. I thought this was all about bass fishing. I’ll tell ya, man, I’m an old soul, so I just ride around in the Tundra listening to country music on FM radio most days.

Author Alan McGuckin, Head PR Guru for Dynamic Sponsorships working with brands such as Quantum Fishing, Toyota USA, Carhartt and many more.

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Costa Countdown to Blastoff - The Sportsmans Dream Tournament

CB catches up with Sportsmans Warehouse Team member Connor Boynton to talk about the TN River, Chickamauga and the upcoming Sportsmans Dream Tournament this weekend.

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High water and rain hindering Fork’s home field advantage

Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships

Few anglers on the planet understand the behavior of Lake Fork’s big bass better than James Caldemeyer. The Iowa native moved to the region at age 19, that’s when his dad introduced him to bass fishing on the famous 27,000 acre reservoir, and for the past 15 years, he’s made a full-time living guiding clients to their fish of a lifetime.

Easily recognized by the large “I Am Second” graphics on his Toyota Tundra and Ranger Boat, the 45-year-old Caldemeyer says an already full Lake Fork will fish very different than fans of Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest have seen in past events here.

“Fork is already filled to the brim because of all the rain we’ve had, and we’ve got a lot more heavy rain on the way the next couple days. That forces the Sabine River Authority to open the gates at the dam to release water, which causes current to flow through our reservoir. And unlike most any reservoir in the country, current seems to hinder the bite here, rather than help it,” he explains.

Typically, this is the time of year when giants like the 13 pound 7 ounce fiberglass replica you see Caldemeyer holding in the photo finish spawning, migrate deep, school up, and fall for deep crankbaits, football jigs, and Carolina Rigs. But that’s simply not the dominant pattern this week according to Caldemeyer.

“Not only do you still have bass in all three phases of the spawn this week, but you also have a shad spawn taking place. Combine the shad spawn with clouds and rain, and you can count on the big gizzard shad to stay shallow pretty much all day. And that’s what big bass love to eat here,” he says.

With Fork’s groceries staying shallow, Caldemeyer predicts topwater lures like Berkley’s Choppo, as well as big swimbaits, will be major players this week.

“If I had to pick one swimbait to throw this week it would be a 6.75” Rising Son from 3:16 Lure Company, it’s an awesome gizzard shad imitator!” he says passionately.

However, as much as Caldemeyer loves to throw a swimbait, he knows it can be an all or nothing lure, hence he says he’d definitely have a shallow squarebill crankbait tied on as a “limit getter” in the shallows.

“I really think this tournament is kind of anybody’s ballgame to win this week. You’ll see guys froggin’ and pitching Texas-rigged plastics, doing all sorts of things to find a consistent pattern, but the pattern we’ve seen in this event during previous years where a guy with lots of local knowledge wins on a couple mega-schools out deep is highly unlikely this week,” he concludes.

That said, he predicts it will still take a mighty impressive average of 26 pounds per day to win the prestigious 4-day derby.

Caldemeyer should know. Few folks on earth have a better feel for Fork’s giant bass than the guy who makes a living slinging swimbaits from the front deck of the “I Am Second” boat.

Editors Note: To learn more about James, or to book a trip with him, please visit www.OfficialLakeForkTrophyBass.com

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AC Insider Featuring former NFL sack master Brian Robison

On this weeks first episode former Minnesota Viking Brian Robison joins the boys to talk about life after the NFL, his future fishing plans and more! Chris and Jason look over stupid news and more! Check it out!

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Wheeler Leads Shotgun Round 1 for Group A on Smith Lake with our 61 pounds

Photo Courtesy of Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour.

CULLMAN, Ala. (April 30, 2019) - If you ever wondered if momentum is a thing in professional bass fishing, look no further than the five names at the top of SCORETRACKER™ after the first Shotgun Round of the Bass Pro Tour Phoenix Boats Stage Five Presented by Mercury: Jacob Wheeler, Andy Morgan, Wesley Strader, Ott DeFoe and Edwin Evers.

Led by Wheeler's record-breaking 38-fish, 61-pound, 15-ounce performance, that quintet of Major League Fishing® (MLF) pros racked up 138 scorable bass for just over 236 pounds to leave Smith Lake with comfortable cushions to carry into their Elimination Round competition on Thursday.

It was a continuation of recent success for all five anglers: Evers has four top-10 finishes in four events this season and leads the Bass Pro Tour points race; DeFoe is just a month removed from a Bassmaster Classic win; Strader has seven Top 20s in his last season-and-a-half; Morgan is shooting for back-to-back wins; and Wheeler has two Top 5s in his last four events.

"Momentum makes you a little fearless, for lack of a better term," said Morgan, who entered the week fresh off a win two weeks ago at Stage Four on Lake Chickamauga. "You're just kinda 'with it' from the get-go, whether you're getting bites from the get-go or not. Everybody is at their best when they're relaxed, and that's what everybody is after in this sport: to be relaxed, and to just keep it rolling."

Wheeler Was Dominant on Day 1

No matter how you measure Wheeler's performance, "rolling" is an accurate description. On a fishery that showed signs of being in a slight post-spawn lull before the event started, Wheeler figured out the right patterns and the right locations early in the day, piling up 36 of his 38 fish in the first two periods and overtaking Morgan, who had rang up 18 fish and a big lead in Period 1.

"That morning bite is definitely a key opportunity to catch a majority of your fish," Wheeler admitted. "Your goal is to try to catch as much as you possibly can in the Shotgun Round so you're not under the pressure to have to catch them in the Elimination Round. You see this day in and day out in this format: a good Shotgun Round puts guys in position to try to go dial in new patterns - or just stay on top of what's going on - in the Elimination Round, so they can make it to the Knockout Round, and then make the Top 10 cut."

Wheeler's assessment of the morning bite is accurate: 238 fish were recorded on SCORETRACKER in the first period; that total dropped to 203 and 195 in Periods 1 and 2.

Group B Up Next

The 40 anglers in Group B compete Wednesday in Shotgun Round 2. Based on Day 1 results, the Elimination Line will hover around 25 pounds, but and if weather forecasts are correct, Group B's round could be even more of a smashfest than Day 1.

"Day 2 is supposed to be a little overcast and maybe blowing a little bit, so I think we'll have a little bit better conditions for fish to bite," said Group B competitor Jeff Sprague.

Looking Ahead

The field will carry their Shotgun Round weights into the two Elimination Rounds on Thursday and Friday for the Elimination Rounds. The Top 20 anglers from each group will advance to the Knockout Round on Saturday. The Top 10 anglers in the Knockout Round will advance to the Championship Round on Sunday.

How, Where, When to Watch

Competition begins daily at 6:30 a.m. CT, with live, official scoring available via SCORETRACKER on MajorLeagueFishing.com and on the MLF app. The MLF NOW! live stream starts at 9 a.m. CT, with live, on-the-water coverage continuing until lines out at 2:30 p.m. The Berkley Postgame Show live stream will start at 4 p.m. daily.

The Day's Results

Angler	Total Weight	Total # Fish	Largest Fish
1st	Jacob Wheeler	61 - 15	38	3 - 04
2nd	Andy Morgan	46 - 12	29	3 - 05
3rd	Wesley Strader	43 - 01	21	4 - 10
4th	Ott DeFoe	42 - 12	24	3 - 14
5th	Edwin Evers	41 - 11	26	3 - 00
6th	Josh Bertrand	38 - 13	25	2 - 12
7th	Stephen Browning	36 - 11	25	3 - 02
8th	Luke Clausen	32 - 05	23	2 - 01
9th	Matt Lee	30 - 07	20	2 - 09
10th	Jordan Lee	28 - 13	18	3 - 03
11th	Boyd Duckett	28 - 07	17	3 - 03
12th	Brandon Palaniuk	27 - 10	16	2 - 11
13th	Cody Meyer	27 - 01	14	3 - 07
14th	Mark Davis	26 - 11	19	2 - 03
15th	Shaw Grigsby	26 - 08	15	3 - 00
16th	Bobby Lane	25 - 15	15	4 - 12
17th	Gerald Swindle	25 - 11	15	3 - 00
18th	Alton Jones	25 - 05	17	2 - 02
19th	Dustin Connell	25 - 01	16	2 - 15
20th	Gerald Spohrer	24 - 13	18	2 - 04
21st	Brent Ehrler	24 - 06	15	4 - 06
22nd	Cliff Crochet	24 - 06	12	2 - 12
23rd	Keith Poche	23 - 13	17	2 - 05
24th	Greg Hackney	22 - 13	16	3 - 04
25th	Kevin VanDam	21 - 01	14	2 - 02
26th	James Elam	20 - 13	12	3 - 04
27th	Tommy Biffle	20 - 06	12	2 - 15
28th	Justin Atkins	20 - 00	13	4 - 03
29th	Marty Robinson	19 - 07	16	1 - 12
30th	David Walker	19 - 01	13	3 - 08
31st	Chris Lane	16 - 11	10	3 - 15
32nd	Takahiro Omori	16 - 00	11	2 - 07
33rd	Jason Lambert	14 - 14	8	3 - 02
34th	Alton Jones Jr.	14 - 10	9	2 - 11
35th	Scott Suggs	14 - 07	9	2 - 06
36th	Terry Scroggins	12 - 15	8	2 - 06
37th	Mike McClelland	11 - 11	8	2 - 06
38th	Jonathon VanDam	11 - 09	8	2 - 02
39th	Kelly Jordon	11 - 05	8	1 - 14
40th	Brandon Coulter	9 - 00	5	2 - 12

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Bass Boat Crash at 102mph!!!

Man attemps to break his 106 mph record, crashes at 102 mph.

we came across this video on Social Media and wanted to share it you, our viewers and readers. It should go without saying to not try this at home. These guys were very lucky to come out of this alive and we are thankful they were indeed wearing PFD's.

Please make sure you are being safe on the water and always wearing your PFD and kill switch.

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Bass Boat Crash at 102mph!!!

Man attemps to break his 106 mph record, crashes at 102 mph.

Please make sure you are being safe on the water and always wearing your PFD and kill switch.

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Elite Series Pro Carl Jocumsen explains the key Advantage to his Humminbird 360

From our friends at Humminbird & Minn Kota, Bassmaster Elite Series pro, Carl Jocumsen breaks down the key uses and advantages of Humminbird 360 Imaging and how it helps him catch more fish.

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Littleton & Neumann win Anglers Quest Houston Team with over 15 pounds!

Courtesy of Anglers Quest

Lake Houston Marina was host to 17 Anglers Quest Teams this past Saturday. There were 12 limits caught, 72 fish, 164.64 total pounds and that made for a 2.28 pound average bass.

The team of John Littleton & Tim Neumann came in first place with their 5 fish limit that weighed 15.67 lbs and won
$1,250.00 for their day on the water. John reported fishing out of a BassCat powered by Mecury. He said they fished mostly north in the pads on frogs in 2-3 feet of water and that they culled some on boat docks. They would like to thank Texas Elite Electrical Services, Kistler Rods and Stanley Baits.

Curtis Jordan & Brandon Flowers came in second and had Big Bass of the day. These guys took home a total of $950.00 for their day on the water.

Clayton Smith & Ben Pope came in third winning $500.00 for their day on the water.

Craig Austin & Byron Smith got their choice of the Larry the Lizard Baits for their fourth place finish.

I'd like to thank all the Anglers Quest fishermen and women. I've been doing this for more than 20 years and I appreciate all who choose to fish AQ.

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Moore & Caries win ABA 150 Event on Lake Norman with over 16 pounds!

ATHENS, Ala. – The team of Richard Moore of Clover SC and Chris Carnes of York SC won the Bass Pro Shops 150 series team event held on Lake Norman on 4/27/19. The team sacked up a five bass limit weighing 16.34 pounds. Their limit was anchored by a bass weighing 4.42 pounds. For the win Moore and Carnes took home a fully rigged Tracker Pro Team 175 XTE Tournament edition boat with a 75 HP Mercury 4 stroke motor valued at $20,000.00.

“Things for us really started out slow. We were just catching smaller fish. We pulled into a pocket and found a lot better quality of fish. We caught most of our fish on a shakeyhead,” said Moore.

In second place the team of Brent Rankin of Mt. Holly NC and Ron Moore of Indian Trail NC weighed in a five bass limit weighing 15.08 pounds. Their limit was anchored by a bass weighing 5.37 pounds which was the biggest bass weighed in.

“We caught a lot of fish today, but the better fish came from a 100-yard stretch of grass.
We caught three on a chatter bait and two on a red eye shad,” said Rankin.

Taking third the team of Jonathan Lutz of Dallas NC and TJ Harris weighed in a five bass limit weighing 15.01 pounds. Their limit was anchored by a bass weighing 4.09 pounds.

“We caught all of our fish on a True South jig in Green Pumpkin. We fished docks and the fish were positioned anywhere from the backs to the fronts of the docks,” said Lutz

In fourth place the team of Tommy Murphy Jr. of Newton NC and Matthew Burke of Weddington NC weighed in five bass for 12.90 pounds. Rounding out the top five the team of Conner Alms of Mooresville NC and Troy Lehew of Charlotte NC weighed in five bass for 12.29 pounds.

In total this tournament paid back 100% of the entries and big bass bringing the total payback at $28,400.00.

The top 20 teams from this event will have the opportunity to compete in the Bass Pro Shops 150 Series championship to be held on Table Rock Lake in Branson MO in September 2019. The winning team at the championship will receive (2) Tracker Pro Team 195 XTE Tournament Edition Boats powered by a 150 hp Mercury four stroke engine.

Top 20 who advance to Table Rock Lake

PL	Angler	Fish	Big B	Total	Payout
1	Richard Moore-Chris Carnes	5	4.42	16.34	Tracker Boat/Mercury 75hp ($20,000)
2	Brent Rankin-Ron Moore	5	5.37	15.08	2300
3	Jonathan Lutz-TJ Harris	5	4.09	15.01	1200
4	Tommy Murphy Jr-Matthew Burke	5	3.66	12.90	1000
5	Conner Alms-Troy Lehew	5	4.06	12.29	900
6	Joshua Goode-Adam Fillmore	5	0.00	12.08	800
7	Greg Sims-Bobby Young	5	3.37	11.92	700
8	John Miller-Charles Whitaker	5	0.00	11.82	600
9	Patrick Murray-Richard Field	5	3.55	11.75	500
10	Allen Travis-Hunter Harwell	5	0.00	11.58	400
11	Lee Busque-Thomas Bingham	5	3.65	10.95	0
12	Marsh Cassel-Chris Hurst	5	0.00	10.76	0
13	Don Sprinkle-Edward Skipworth	5	0.00	10.63	0
14	Eric Cox-Lance Eckford	5	0.00	10.51	0
15	Conner Usher-Jason Jones	5	0.00	10.48	0
16	Nathan Scronce-	5	0.00	10.17	0
17	Christopher Baumgardner-Steven Sparrow	5	0.00	9.99	0
18	Donald Poteat-Jerry Poteat	5	0.00	9.87	0
19	Jeffrey Farrell-William Vaughan	5	2.93	9.76	0
20	Jordon Venable-John Gallimore	5	0.00	9.57	0

The Bass Pro Shops 150 Series is designed to provide anglers who have a bass rig with a 150 hp and below engine the opportunity to compete against equally powered boats.

About American Bass Anglers - American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler while offering an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers and all their bass tournament trails visit www.americanbassanglers.com.

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Rick Tilley Wins Smith Mountain Lake Big Bass Tour with a 6.67 Big Bass!

Congrats to Rick Tilley on his win at Smith Mountain Lake. Rick’s 6.67lb Big Bass topped the field and earned him the keys to the $45,000 Nitro Boats Z19 powered by Mercury Marine!

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PALISADES HIGH SCHOOL WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE OPEN

BEDFORD, Va. (April 29, 2019) – The Palisades High School duo of Brandon Lawson of Kintnersville, Pennsylvania, and Parker Lambert of Riegelsville, Pennsylvania, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 12 pounds, 15 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Smith Mountain Lake Open.

A field of 22 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from the Parkway Marina in Huddleston. The tournament was hosted by Bedford Tourism and the Bedford Area Welcome Center. In FLW and The Bass Federation (TBF) High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top two teams on Smith Mountain Lake that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st: Palisades High School, Kintnersville, Penn. – Brandon Lawson, Kintnersville, Pa., and Parker Lambert, Riegelsville, Pa., five bass, 12-15

2nd: Mendon High School, Pittsford, N.Y. – Rein Golub, Pittsford, N.Y., and Matthew Pitcher, Rochester, N.Y., five bass, 12-0

Rounding out the top 10 teams were:

3rd: Madison County High School, Madison, Va. – Brian Canterbury and Spencer Humphrey, both of Madison, Va., five bass, 11-9

4th: Southwest Virginia Junior Anglers – Tyler Altizer and Will Austin, both of Abingdon, Va., four bass, 9-11

5th: Hickory Grove Christian School, Charlotte, N.C. – Trent Lawson, Westfield, N.C., and Aaron Shumaker, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 9-10

6th: Frederick County High School, Frederick County, Md. – Kooper Anderson, Clear Brook, Va., and Hayden Hedrick, Stephens City, Va., four bass, 8-7

7th: Heritage High School, Lynchburg, Va. – Cohen Naulty and Mason Dudley, both of Lynchburg, Va., four bass, 7-13

8th: Christian Life Academy, Woodland Heights, Penn. – Jacob Black, Oil City, Pa., and Caleb Glancy, Utica, Pa., three bass, 7-5

9th: Anthony Wayne High School, Whitehouse, Ohio – Elliot Wielgopolski, Waterville, Ohio, and Caleb Dachenhaus, Whitehouse, Ohio, three bass, 5-2

10th: Long Creek Anglers – Macey Miller and Luke Miller, both of Richfield, N.C., two bass, 5-2

Complete results from the event can be found at FLWFishing.com.

The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Smith Mountain Lake Open was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12, open to any Student Angler Federation (SAF) affiliated high school club in the United States. The top 10 percent of each Challenge, Open, and state championship field will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship on a body of water that has yet to be revealed. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.

In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all High School Fishing anglers nationwide automatically qualify for the world’s largest open high school bass tournament, the 2019 High School Fishing World Finals, held in conjunction with the National Championship. At the 2018 World Finals more than $150,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded.

Full schedules and the latest announcements are available at HighSchoolFishing.org and FLWFishing.com.

About FLW

FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2019 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW and their partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and Spain. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW" television show while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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EDMOND’S LILLIE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON EUFAULA LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Checotah’s Duvall Takes Co-Angler Division

EUFAULA, Okla. (April 29, 2019) – Boater Justin Lillie of Edmond, Oklahoma, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division tournament on Eufaula Lake presented by Navionics Sunday with five bass weighing 18 pounds, 8 ounces. Lillie earned $4,259 for his day on the water.

“I basically fished around the dam on the upper side of the lake 20 miles from takeoff and caught five keepers,” said Lillie, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I focused on postspawn bass around rock ledges. I had five locations I caught fish at, just running different little rock ledges and outcroppings.

“I worked in 6 to 10 feet of water,” continued Lillie. “I caught the biggest fish – my first – about 10 minutes in, and then one keeper every two hours after that.”

Lillie said he used a ¾- or 1-ounce white and chartreuse-colored Nichols Pulsator Metal Flake Double Willow spinnerbait with a chartreuse Zoom Fat Albert Grub trailer on 20-pound-test P-Line Tactical Fluorocarbon line, and a 7-foot, 5-inch Halo TI Series heavy-action rod with an Ardent C-Force 7:1 reel. He also weighed one on a shaky-head rig with a darker-colored Zoom Magnum Trick Worm.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Justin Lillie, Edmond, Okla., five bass, 18-8, $4,259

2^nd: Nick Kincaid, Coweta, Okla., five bass, 16-15, $2,205

3^rd: James Marsh, Thomas, Okla., five bass, 16-12, $1,336

4^th: John Soukup, Agra, Okla., five bass, 16-8, $1,035

5^th: Roger Hughes, Bartlesville, Okla., five bass, 15-6, $802

6^th: Jeremy Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., five bass, 15-5, $735

7^th: Sean McAllister, Checotah, Okla., five bass, 14-13, $634

7^th: Mike Michelson, Altus, Okla., five bass, 14-13, $784

9^th: Josh Poirop, Canadian, Okla., five bass, 14-11, $535

10^th: Shonn Goodwin, Moore, Okla., five bass, 14-2, $468

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Matthew Palesano of Chickasha, Oklahoma, caught a 6-pound, 15-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $550.

Dusty Duvall of Checotah, Oklahoma, won the Co-angler Division and $2,019 Sunday after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds, 15 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Dusty Duvall, Checotah, Okla., five bass, 16-15, $2,019

2^nd: Jackie Copeland, Sallisaw, Okla., five bass, 16-3, $842

2^nd: Kenny Howard, Watts, Okla., five bass, 16-3, $842

4^th: Blayke Haggard, Gans, Okla., five bass, 14-9, $671

5^th: Nic Conger, Fort Smith, Ark., five bass, 14-8, $454

6^th: Hank Williams, Claremore, Okla., four bass, 14-0, $370

7^th: Clint Symes, Yukon, Okla., five bass, 11-4, $336

8^th: Joseph Morenzoni, Beggs, Okla., four bass, 11-0, $303

9^th: Steve Bradfield, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 10-14, $269

10^th: Kole Poindexter, Eufaula, Okla., three bass, 10-13, $235

Jase Morris of Edmond, Oklahoma, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds, 1 ounce. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $272.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky and Barkley lakes in Gilbertsville, Kentucky, presented by Evinrude. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

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THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING NORTHERN CONFERENCE OPENER ON SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE PRESENTED BY COSTA

BEDFORD, Va. (April 29, 2019) – The Apprentice School duo of Hunter Atkins of Carrsville, Virginia, and Kitt Moger of Suffolk, Virginia, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Smith Mountain Lake presented by Costa Friday with a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 6 ounces. The victory earned the Builders’ bass club $2,400 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

It was the second consecutive year that the duo of Atkins and Moger won the FLW College Fishing event on Smith Mountain Lake, and Atkins credited their sight-fishing skills as the key to their tournament wins.

“We’ve only been to this lake three times – all three for a tournament – and we finished fourth, first and first,” said Atkins, a senior majoring in business management. “Kitt and I work real well together when we’re targeting beds, alternating casts and keeping a bait in front of the fish at all times. Smith Mountain Lake is also very similar to some of the lakes we have by our house and we’ve got a lot of practice bed fishing.”

“We spent a full day on the water Thursday, just prior to the tournament, and we were on the water from sun up to sun down, just looking for and marking fish on beds,” said Moger, a third year Outside Machinist Apprentice at Newport News Shipbuilding. “I think that was the key to our win – persistence. We wore that trolling motor out and didn’t even really fish – we just looked for fish on the bed.”

The duo said they came in to the tournament with around a dozen fish marked and they were able to put 11 keepers in the boat. They flipped Texas-rigged Strike King Rage Craws and Rage Lobsters, both black-and-blue-colored.

“I think the key was knowing how to sight fish,” Atkins went on to say. “We ran into a couple of very large fish, but after a few casts we knew we were wasting our time. You have to know when it’s going to bite and when to leave it alone. Luckily we ran into some that were ready.”

The top 10 teams that advanced to the 2020 College Fishing National Championship are:

1^st: The Apprentice School – Hunter Atkins, Carrsville, Va., and Kitt Moger, Suffolk, Va., five bass, 16-6, $2,400

2^nd: Radford University – Christopher Butler and Zack LeMaster, both of Bedford, Va., five bass, 15-6, $1,000

3^rd: Radford University – Christian Williams, Wingina, Va., and Joshua Greenberg, Montpelier, Va., five bass, 14-12, $500

4^th: Michigan State University – Riley Welch, Beecher, Ill., and Kevin Lukens, Norton Shores, Mich., five bass, 14-3, $500

5^th: James Madison University – Blake Miles, Chesterfield, Va., and Noah Beckley, Salem, Va., five bass, 13-13, $750

6^th: Radford University – Jackson Norton, Ferrum, Va., and Nathan Brooks, Rocky Mount, Va., five bass, 12-10

7^th: Clarkson University – Tyler Robinson, Madrid, N.Y., five bass, 12-7

8^th: Clarkson University – Benjamin Seaman, Colchester, Vt., and Connor Reese, Farmington, N.Y., five bass, 12-6

9^th: Liberty University – Coleman Roberts, Fort Myers, Fla., and Alex Williamson, Gorham, Maine, five bass, 12-4

10^th: Wytheville Community College – Logan Reynolds, Stuart, Va., and Landon Siggers, Danville, Va., five bass, 12-1

Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.

The YETI FLW College Fishing event on Smith Mountain Lake presented by Costa was hosted by Bedford Tourism and the Bedford Area Welcome Center. It was the first of three regular-season qualifying tournaments for Northern Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be May 31 at the Chesapeake Bay in Harford County, Maryland.

YETI FLW College Fishing teams compete in three regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. All participants must be registered, full-time students at a college, university or community college and members of a college fishing club that is recognized by their school. The top 10 teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual FLW College Fishing Open will advance to the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship. Additional teams will qualify for the National Championship if the field size in regular-season events exceeds 100 boats. The Potomac River and Marbury, Maryland, will play host to the 2019 FLW College Fishing National Championship, June 4-6, 2019.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow YETI FLW College Fishing on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

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LEXINGTON’S WALSER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON KERR LAKE

Co-Angler Title Goes to Shelby’s Scism

HENDERSON, N.C. (April 29, 2019) – Boater Robert Walser of Lexington, North Carolina, brought five bass to the weigh-in stage totaling 15 pounds, 10 ounces, to win Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division tournament on Kerr Lake. For his efforts, Walser took home $5,718.

“I fished flooded bushes and trees, mid-lake, along an approximately 20-mile stretch,” said Walser, who logged his 12^th career win in BFL competition – tied for second most all-time. “I used a spinnerbait early, and then I flipped.”

Walser said he used a ½-ounce white-colored Rush Lures double-willow-bladed spinnerbait with a chartreuse and silver glitter Zoom Split Tail trailer on 20-pound-test Berkley Big Game line. He flipped a green-pumpkin Zoom Baby Brush Hog with a 3/0-sized Berkley Fusion 19 EWG hook and a 3/8-ounce Eco Pro tungsten flipping weight. For flipping, he opted for 20-pound-test Berkley Trilene 100-percent fluorocarbon line.

“I caught more than 30 keepers. It was hard initially, but after it warmed up it got easier,” said Walser. “We had a severe cold front come through Friday afternoon and the temperatures dropped rapidly – maybe 20 degrees in 30 minutes. It rained following the temperature change, so we had a few hours of cold rain. I think it had an effect on the fish I was targeting, but after noontime I caught four or five limits.”

Walser said he ended up weighing one off the spinnerbait, and the rest from the Brush Hog.

“Some of those spinnerbait fish in the morning were at those deeper bushes, and my Garmin Panoptix showed me the submerged bushes I couldn’t see, which really helped me out,” said Walser.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Robert Walser, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 15-10, $3,718 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Dustin Clontz, Albemarle, N.C., five bass, 14-8, $1,909

3^rd: Jake Frye, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 14-0, $1,388

4^th: Scott Beattie, Lincolnton, N.C., five bass, 13-10, $898

5^th: Scott Hamrick, Denver, N.C., five bass, 13-8, $655

5^th: Randy Childers, Anderson, S.C., five bass, 13-8, $805

7^th: Jason Wilson, Lincolnton, N.C., five bass, 13-6, $990

8^th: Carson Orellana, Mooresville, N.C., five bass, 13-0, $513

9^th: Michael Stephens, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 12-8, $456

10^th: Ryan Deal, Indian Trail, N.C., five bass, 12-7, $399

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wilson caught a 5-pound, 1-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $420.

Jeff Scism of Shelby, North Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,709 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 12 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jeff Scism, Shelby, N.C., five bass, 12-5, $1,709

2^nd: Larry Freeman Jr., La Crosse, Va., five bass, 12-3, $1,105

3^rd: Wayne Smelser, Rural Retreat, Va., five bass, 11-1, $620

4^th: Charles Wood, Thomasville, N.C., four bass, 10-15, $609

5^th: Maverick Canipe, Kings Mountain, N.C., five bass, 10-1, $342

6^th: Dwayne Parton, Anderson, S.C., five bass, 9-13, $413

7^th: Mark Murphy, Salisbury, N.C., five bass, 9-12, $285

8^th: Barry Burford, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 9-11, $256

9^th: Grant McPeters, Marion, N.C., four bass, 9-10, $228

10^th: John Cook, Matthews, N.C., five bass, 9-9, $199

Wood caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $210.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina, presented by Navionics. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

The T-H Marine FLW BFL North Carolina Division tournament on Kerr Lake was hosted by the Vance County Tourism Development Authority.

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ELIZABETHTON’S SMITH WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON DOUGLAS LAKE

Johnson Wins Co-Angler Division

KODAK, Tenn. (April 29, 2019) – Boater Kyle Smith of Elizabethton, Tennessee, caught five bass Saturday weighing 17 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division tournament on Douglas Lake. For his victory, Smith was awarded $4,384.

Smith said he started the tournament fishing around the Interstate 40 Bridge and worked his way to the Dandridge Bridge as the day progressed. He initially threw a wacky-rigged green pumpkin-colored V&M Chopstick on a Dobyns Champion XP704SF rod, targeting spawning fish on flats and in pockets around laydowns.

“I caught the heaviest fish of my day early – a 4-pound, 11-ouncer – so the day started out really well,” said Smith, who earned his first win in FLW competition. “I caught a couple more on the Chopstick then switched over to a spinnerbait around 10 [a.m.] and targeted deeper bushes and points with rock.”

Smith used a ½-ounce chartreuse and white-colored Dobyns D-Blade Beast spinnerbait with a glimmer blue-colored FoolinBass Custom Baits twin-tailed grub trailer on a Dobyns Champion XP733C rod. He noted that his Lowrance electronics were also crucial to his success, helping him stay in the right depth range on the points.

“I probably boated 25 keepers throughout the day,” said Smith. “In the late afternoon I ended up culling two fish in the last hour with the spinnerbait. It was a great day of fishing.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Kyle Smith, Elizabethton, Tenn., five bass, 17-11, $4,384

2^nd: Chris Ferguson, Wittensville, Ky., five bass, 17-8, $1,322

2^nd: Brant Grimm, Church Hill, Tenn., five bass, 17-8, $1,322

4^th: Matt Linton, Kingston, Tenn., five bass, 15-9, $970

4^th: Steven Bean, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 15-9, $635

6^th: Todd Goade, Suwanee, Ga., five bass, 15-2, $988

7^th: Tee Watkins, East Point, Ky., five bass, 15-0, $489

8^th: Nathan Hipps, Canton, N.C., five bass, 14-10, $415

8^th: Bryan Leonard, Blountville, Tenn., five bass, 14-10, $415

10^th: Chip Chambers, Elizabethton, Tenn., five bass, 14-7, $342

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Linton caught a 6-pound, 14-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $335.

Dustin Johnson of Elizabethton, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $1,467 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 6 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Dustin Johnson, Elizabethton, Tenn., five bass, 13-6, $1,467

2^nd: Jason Ridenour, Loudon, Tenn., five bass, 13-0, $733

3^rd: Eric Moore, Union, Ky., five bass, 12-4, $690

4^th: Curtis Hall II, Battle Creek, Mich., five bass, 12-1, $392

5^th: Joshua Jernigan, Rocky Top, Tenn., five bass, 12-0, $443

6^th: Ryan Bush, Big Stone Gap, Va., five bass, 11-12, $269

7^th: David Blakely, Kingsport, Tenn., five bass, 11-2, $244

8^th: Cody Melton, Greeneville, Tenn., five bass, 11-0, $220

9^th: Larry Brumett Jr., Bristol, Va., five bass, 10-15, $296

10^th: Mike Byrd, McDermott, Ohio, three bass, 10-9, $171

Alex McGee of Knoxville, Tennessee, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $167.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina, presented by Navionics. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

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KINTA’S KING WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON EUFAULA LAKE

Yukon’s Symes Takes Co-Angler Division

EUFAULA, Okla. (April 29, 2019) – Boater Brett King of Kinta, Oklahoma, caught five bass Saturday weighing 21 pounds, 2 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division tournament on Eufaula Lake. King netted $4,127 for his efforts.

King said he slow-rolled spinnerbaits to earn his win. He said he used a ½-ounce black and chartreuse-colored Booyah Single Colorado Blade spinnerbait with a pearl-colored YUM Pulse swimbait before switching to a ½-ounce white, blue and chartreuse Booyah Double Colorado in the afternoon with the same trailer.

“I was throwing on small channel swing banks,” said King, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I had two stretches about 50 yards long around the Oak Ridge Cove area that had channel swings and little sandy points with laydown logs. The fish were pulling out of spawning pockets and heading back out to the main lake.

“Both stretches were equally productive,” King continued. “I didn’t start catching them until about 10:30 [a.m.] and I caught my last keeper at 1:30 [p.m.].

In total, King said he caught eight keepers throughout his day.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Brett King, Kinta, Okla., five bass, 21-2, $4,127

2^nd: Jeremy Johnson, Henryetta, Okla., five bass, 20-7, $2,064

3^rd: Douglas Johnson, Ponca City, Okla., five bass, 19-6, $1,577

4^th: Dane Coale, Norman, Okla., five bass, 18-12, $1,063

5^th: John Soukup, Agra, Okla., five bass, 17-14, $825

6^th: Ray Stagner, Tulsa, Okla., five bass, 17-4, $757

7^th: Shawn Mote, Ardmore, Okla., five bass, 17-0, $688

8^th: Joe Holmes, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 16-14, $619

9^th: Mark Johnson, Weleetka, Okla., five bass, 16-11, $550

10^th: Mick Fenn, Grove, Okla., five bass, 16-5, $707

10^th: Ben Blaschke, Roland, Okla., five bass, 16-5, $457

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Thomas Canady of Collinsville, Oklahoma, caught a 6-pound, 6-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $575.

Clint Symes of Yukon, Oklahoma, won the Co-angler Division and $2,428 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 18 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Clint Symes, Yukon, Okla., five bass, 18-9, $2,428

2^nd: Tej Lad, Tulsa, Okla., five bass, 18-3, $1,089

3^rd: Kenny Howard, Watts, Okla., five bass, 17-3, $691

4^th: Jake Hess, Tulsa, Okla., five bass, 15-1, $485

5^th: Justin Freel, Midwest City, Okla., three bass, 14-10, $701

6^th: Kurt Gordon, Cushing, Okla., five bass, 12-13, $346

6^th: Dalton Fulps, Wagoner, Okla., five bass, 12-13, $346

6^th: John Baumert, Pryor, Okla., five bass, 12-13, $346

9^th: Lang Yang, Miami, Okla., five bass, 12-11, $277

10^th: David Hardin, Bethel, Okla., five bass, 12-9, $242

Freel caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $285.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 17-19 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky and Barkley lakes in Gilbertsville, Kentucky, presented by Evinrude. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

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WEST FRANKFORT’S SHORAGA WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON REND LAKE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Edwardsville’s Greco Grabs Co-Angler Title

WHITTINGTON, Ill. (April 29, 2019) – Boater Dan Shoraga of West Frankfort, Illinois, brought five bass to the weigh-in stage Saturday totaling 12 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Illini Division opener on Rend Lake presented by Navionics. For his victory, Shoraga pocketed $6,185.

“I decided to stay on the south end of the lake and had one primary spot that I stayed in pretty much all day – the Sandusky area,” said Shoraga, who earned his third win in BFL competition. “I’d found the fish a week before. The water came up about 10 inches so they’d pulled a little bit, but I was able to still get about eight bites, including five keepers.”

Shoraga said he flipped shallow willow trees, with the fish coming from about 2 feet of water. He caught four he weighed on a Texas-rigged black and blue- or black neon-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver with a 3/8-ounce weight, and one on a 3/8-ounce homemade white and chartreuse spinnerbait. He said he preferred the black neon Sweet Beaver for dirtier water.

“My Power-Poles were a big part of my day,” said Shoraga. “I knew some of the fish were on beds even though you couldn’t see them, and sometimes times it’d take three or four bites before I’d hook them. I had to sit there with the poles down knowing that they’d bite after a few tries.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Dan Shoraga, West Frankfort, Ill., five bass, 12-5, $4,185 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Brad Porter, Bluford, Ill., four bass, 10-8, $1,593

3^rd: Jake Hurst, New Athens, Ill., three bass, 9-10, $994

4^th: Derek Jenkel, Pinckneyville, Ill., four bass, 9-5, $947

5^th: Chad Diedrich, Nashville, Ill., five bass, 9-2, $597

6^th: Jeremy Mull, Pawnee, Ill., four bass, 8-11, $547

7^th: William Walker, Mulkeytown, Ill., three bass, 8-7, $798

8^th: Tim Davis, East Alton, Ill., three bass, 7-10, $448

9^th: Luke Budde, St. Louis, Mo., three bass, 7-5, $548

10^th: Greg Mullins, Mount Vernon, Ill., three bass, 7-0, $348

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Cliff Pass of Lenzburg, Illinois, caught a 5-pound, 12-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $350.

Jacob Greco of Edwardsville, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $1,493 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 9 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jacob Greco, Edwardsville, Ill., four bass, 9-1, $1,493

2^nd: Jason Piper, Collinsville, Ill., three bass, 7-8, $746

3^rd: Kim Sapetti, Chatham, Ill., three bass, 6-12, $597

4^th: Mario Rossi Jr., Granite City, Ill., two bass, 5-12, $398

5^th: Sheldon Ayers, Goreville, Ill., one bass, 5-6, $474

6^th: David Duzan, Oakland, Ill., one bass, 4-10, $274

7^th: Drew Coleman, Jackson, Mo., two bass, 4-9, $249

8^th: Brandon Depew, Odin, Ill., two bass, 4-8, $224

9^th: Mike Swetland, Tamaroa, Ill., two bass, 4-4, $199

10^th: Aaron Wetzel, Chester, Ill., two bass, 4-0, $174

Ayers caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 6 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $175.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 24-26 BFL Regional Championship on Grand Lake in Grove, Oklahoma. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.

by AnglersChannel

Country Star Chris Knight To Perform At Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest

Country music artist Chris Knight is set to launch the 2019 Mercury Concert Series at Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department at Lake Fork.

Photo by B.A.S.S.

April 29, 2019

LAKE FORK, Texas — After record-setting attendance numbers at the 2019 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, B.A.S.S. officials announced a yearlong celebration of the fans who make professional bass fishing so special.

Since then, the “Year of the Fan” has been gaining momentum at each Bassmaster Elite Series event with an Outdoors Expo that puts fans center stage and gives them a chance meet and greet their favorite Elite Series pros.

That celebration will hit another gear during the Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, with a live performance by country music star Chris Knight.

The tournament will run Thursday through Monday, and the Outdoors Expo will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Knight, whose most recent album, “Little Victories,” reached No. 25 on the Billboard Country charts, will perform beginning at 4:15 p.m. Saturday. Knight kicks off the Mercury Concert Series, which also provides live music at Bassmaster Elite events Lake Guntersville, Alabama; St. Lawrence River, New York; Cayuga Lake, New York; and Lake St. Clair, Michigan.

“As people saw during the Elite Series events at Lake Hartwell and Winyah Bay in April, the Year of the Fan celebration is aimed at making sure our supporters have the time of their lives at our tournaments,” said B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin. “Top-notch live entertainment will only add to the experience.”

In addition to performing popular singles like “Cry Lonely” and “In the Meantime,” Knight is an accomplished songwriter who has penned hits like "Love at 90 Miles an Hour" for Ty Herndon and "She Couldn't Change Me" for Montgomery Gentry.

His 90-minute performance will add more spice to an Elite Series “Fandamonium” celebration that also includes boat demo rides, prize giveaways, autograph sessions, angler seminars, food vendors and more.

As part of the Texas Fest celebration, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) will have a major presence at the Outdoors Expo with aquariums, casting and fly-tying instruction, fish art and multiple children’s activities. TPWD will also be honoring five Toyota ShareLunker Legacy Anglers who caught and donated bass that weighed 13 pounds or more to the organization’s selective breeding program in 2019.

TPWD will also induct Alan Haynes of Tyler, former CEO and president of The Sportster Inc. retail sporting goods chain, into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame in ceremonies Saturday at Texas Fest. A lifelong sportsman, Haynes is being honored for his efforts to engage people in fishing.

Fans who’d like to get a little exercise during the event can participate in the “Run Your Dam Bass Off” 5-mile run at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Registration is open at lakeforkchamber.org for $25.

As for the actual competition, a full field of 75 anglers will compete Thursday and Friday on Lake Fork. The anglers will take a break from fishing on Saturday to participate in the off-the-water festivities, and the Top 35 will advance to the semifinal round on Sunday. Only the Top 10 will advance to Championship Monday with a chance at the $100,000 first-place prize.

Daily takeoffs will be at 7 a.m. CT from Sabine River Authority, which is located at 353 PR 5183 in Quitman, Texas. Weigh-ins will be held at the same location each day at 3 p.m.

Local hosts for the tournament and corresponding events will be the Wood County Industrial Commission, Emory Tourism, Quitman EDC, Sabine River Authority and the Lake Fork Chamber of Commerce.

by AnglersChannel

Jody Campbell Wins Kayak Bass Fishing Event on Lake Guntersville with over 94" of Bass!!!

Hourly Weigh-In For Saturday, Apr 27th, 2019

Angler Stats Available Verified Unverified Click to view Fish		Anglers: 162 • Fish Caught: 893
Rk	Angler	Fish 1	Fish 2	Fish 3	Fish 4	Fish 5	Total
#1	Jody Campbell (TN)	20.25" Bass	19.75" Bass	18.75" Bass	18.25" Bass	17.25" Bass	94.25"
#2	Ron Champion (GA)	21.75" Bass	18.50" Bass	17.75" Bass	17.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	92.25"
#3	Gene Jensen (GA)	19.25" Bass	19.00" Bass	18.00" Bass	17.75" Bass	17.75" Bass	91.75"
#4	Ryan Lambert (TN)	19.75" Bass	19.50" Bass	18.50" Bass	18.00" Bass	15.75" Bass	91.50"
#5	Garrett Campbell (TN)	18.75" Bass	18.50" Bass	18.25" Bass	17.75" Bass	17.50" Bass	90.75"
#6	Cody Milton (AR)	23.25" Bass	19.00" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	89.00"
#7	Rocky Ly (GA)	20.00" Bass	19.75" Bass	18.75" Bass	15.75" Bass	14.75" Bass	89.00"
#8	Jim Davis (TN)	20.25" Bass	18.75" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.50" Bass	16.00" Bass	88.50"
#9	Tony Yang (GA)	19.50" Bass	19.00" Bass	19.00" Bass	15.75" Bass	14.75" Bass	88.00"
#10	Ben Rayfield (TN)	19.25" Bass	18.00" Bass	17.75" Bass	16.75" Bass	16.25" Bass	88.00"
#11	Ryan Marshall (MO)	20.75" Bass	18.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	87.75"
#12	Jared Atwell (AL)	20.25" Bass	18.25" Bass	17.50" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	87.50"
#13	Rus Snyders (TN)	20.75" Bass	17.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.75" Bass	15.50" Bass	87.25"
#14	Craig Dye (TN)	19.00" Bass	18.50" Bass	17.25" Bass	16.50" Bass	16.00" Bass	87.25"
#15	Billy Willis (SC)	18.75" Bass	18.00" Bass	17.50" Bass	17.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	86.75"
#16	Jack Wagner (TX)	20.25" Bass	18.00" Bass	17.25" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	86.25"
#17	Donny Bennett (TN)	19.75" Bass	19.00" Bass	16.25" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.25" Bass	86.25"
#18	Chris Lo (GA)	19.25" Bass	18.25" Bass	17.75" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.00" Bass	86.25"
#19	Trent Steege (FL)	19.00" Bass	18.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.50" Bass	15.50" Bass	86.25"
#20	Bip Burage (TN)	22.75" Bass	21.25" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	86.00"
#21	Clint Henderson (GA)	21.25" Bass	18.00" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.00" Bass	86.00"
#22	Nawtou Ly (GA)	19.00" Bass	18.25" Bass	16.50" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.50" Bass	85.00"
#23	David Klosterman (TN)	18.00" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.75" Bass	16.75" Bass	16.50" Bass	85.00"
#24	Kurt Smits (OH)	19.50" Bass	17.75" Bass	17.25" Bass	15.25" Bass	15.00" Bass	84.75"
#25	Jason Carr (MS)	18.50" Bass	17.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.50" Bass	15.50" Bass	84.75"
#26	Adam Riser (TN)	18.50" Bass	18.00" Bass	16.50" Bass	16.50" Bass	15.00" Bass	84.50"
#27	Jody Queen (VA)	20.25" Bass	17.50" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.25" Bass	15.00" Bass	84.25"
#28	Tim Perkins (AL)	18.75" Bass	17.75" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.00" Bass	14.75" Bass	84.25"
#29	Derek Taylor (AL)	20.25" Bass	17.75" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.75" Bass	84.00"
#30	Jason Broach (SC)	18.25" Bass	18.25" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.75" Bass	84.00"
#31	Dirk Hayward (IN)	17.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.75" Bass	16.50" Bass	16.50" Bass	84.00"
#32	AT Adam Tackett (LA)	17.25" Bass	17.25" Bass	16.50" Bass	16.50" Bass	16.25" Bass	83.75"
#33	Jeremy Self (AL)	18.00" Bass	17.75" Bass	17.25" Bass	15.75" Bass	14.75" Bass	83.50"
#34	Josh Stewart (TN)	19.25" Bass	17.75" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	83.25"
#35	Michael Davis (GA)	19.00" Bass	17.50" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.00" Bass	83.25"
#36	Joshua Howell (KY)	18.25" Bass	16.75" Bass	16.25" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.75" Bass	83.00"
#37	Eric Atkins (AL)	19.00" Bass	16.25" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.50" Bass	82.50"
#38	William Mansfield (FL)	19.00" Bass	17.50" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.50" Bass	82.00"
#39	Jay Wallen (KY)	18.00" Bass	17.00" Bass	17.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	81.75"
#40	Russ Kennedy (TN)	20.25" Bass	17.50" Bass	16.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	12.50" Bass	81.25"
#41	Dan Hardy (AL)	19.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	81.00"
#42	Jamie Denison (NC)	19.25" Bass	16.75" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.00" Bass	14.50" Bass	81.00"
#43	Stewart Venable (SC)	17.25" Bass	16.75" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.25" Bass	15.25" Bass	80.25"
#44	Brandon Prince (MO)	19.75" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.00" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	80.00"
#45	Jimmy Mcclurkan (TN)	18.00" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.25" Bass	15.00" Bass	80.00"
#46	George Nemeth (OH)	18.25" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.50" Bass	79.50"
#47	Ben Lowry (TN)	21.25" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.25" Bass	79.00"
#48	Eric Siddiqi (OH)	20.00" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.00" Bass	14.00" Bass	79.00"
#49	Robert Harris (FL)	17.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	15.00" Bass	15.00" Bass	14.75" Bass	79.00"
#50	Matthew Vann (FL)	20.00" Bass	18.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.25" Bass	12.50" Bass	78.50"
#51	Daniel Rabb (AL)	19.75" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	14.00" Bass	78.00"
#52	Karl Hudson (MS)	18.25" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.75" Bass	77.75"
#53	Mike Elsea	19.75" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.00" Bass	77.50"
#54	Kristine Fischer (NE)	19.00" Bass	17.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.00" Bass	77.50"
#55	Mike Mooney (GA)	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	15.25" Bass	15.25" Bass	77.25"
#56	James Schopper (LA)	16.50" Bass	16.50" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.25" Bass	12.75" Bass	77.00"
#57	Bob Bogdal (TN)	19.50" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.50" Bass	76.75"
#58	Brian Aliff (WV)	18.25" Bass	18.25" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.50" Bass	12.50" Bass	76.75"
#59	Tom Monahan (TN)	17.50" Bass	15.75" Bass	15.75" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.50" Bass	76.50"
#60	Terry Bowman (TN)	16.75" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.75" Bass	13.50" Bass	76.50"
#61	Justin Patrick (TN)	16.50" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	14.00" Bass	76.50"
#62	Brad Golden (TN)	18.25" Bass	16.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.00" Bass	76.25"
#63	Shane McIntyre (TN)	17.50" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.00" Bass	76.00"
#64	Craig Smith (SC)	18.25" Bass	15.75" Bass	14.00" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.75" Bass	75.75"
#65	Derrick Bostic (TN)	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.00" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	75.75"
#66	BS Brent Still	18.75" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.00" Bass	75.50"
#67	MG Mike Gay (FL)	16.25" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.75" Bass	13.50" Bass	75.25"
#68	Coley McGowan (AL)	17.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.50" Bass	75.00"
#69	Nick Dyer (AL)	18.00" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	74.75"
#70	Billy Reynolds (MO)	15.25" Bass	15.25" Bass	15.00" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	74.75"
#71	Steve Leaman (MO)	16.25" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.00" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.50" Bass	74.50"
#72	Brent Long (TN)	18.00" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.00" Bass	74.00"
#73	JG Joe Gill	15.00" Bass	15.00" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	73.50"
#74	Evan Mooney (FL)	18.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	12.75" Bass	73.25"
#75	Larry Wood (SC)	16.75" Bass	16.50" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.00" Bass	72.75"
#76	Lance Coley (AL)	16.50" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.50" Bass	72.75"
#77	Brad Case (MS)	16.50" Bass	15.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	12.25" Bass	72.25"
#78	Cameron Young (SC)	16.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.25" Bass	72.00"
#79	KH Kris Hummel (TN)	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.00" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.75" Bass	72.00"
#80	Corey Caywood (IN)	15.75" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	12.50" Bass	72.00"
#81	Ron Himmelhaver (TN)	16.00" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.50" Bass	71.00"
#82	Richard Manning (FL)	15.50" Bass	14.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	71.00"
#83	Chris Walters (TN)	15.00" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.00" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.50" Bass	71.00"
#84	Marc Hurst (TN)	18.00" Bass	15.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	12.25" Bass	12.00" Bass	70.50"
#85	Mike Manivanh (GA)	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.25" Bass	70.50"
#86	FARON LEWIS (TN)	18.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.25" Bass	12.00" Bass	70.25"
#87	Robert Barnett (GA)	15.50" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	70.25"
#88	JR John Reese (TN)	15.00" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.25" Bass	70.25"
#89	James Foster (TN)	15.25" Bass	14.25" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.75" Bass	12.75" Bass	70.00"
#90	Jesse Halverson (AL)	14.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	69.75"
#91	Shannon Garrett (MO)	15.50" Bass	14.25" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.50" Bass	69.25"
#92	Jonathan Lessmann (AL)	14.75" Bass	14.25" Bass	14.25" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.50" Bass	68.50"
#93	JIm Clark (AL)	22.50" Bass	17.25" Bass	16.00" Bass	12.50" Bass		68.25"
#94	Tim Beers (FL)	14.50" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.25" Bass	12.75" Bass	68.25"
#95	Jonathan Sosa (AL)	14.00" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.00" Bass	68.25"
#96	James West (NC)	14.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.00" Bass	67.00"
#97	Eric Cormack (WV)	15.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.50" Bass	66.50"
#98	Kenny Jablecki (CA)	15.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.25" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.00" Bass	66.25"
#99	Steve Owens (TN)	13.75" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.00" Bass	65.50"
#100	Brian Stumbo (KY)	15.00" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.50" Bass	12.50" Bass	12.25" Bass	65.25"
#101	Micheal Cooper (AL)	13.75" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.50" Bass	65.25"
#102	Anthony Riedl Jr (GA)	14.75" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.50" Bass	12.50" Bass	12.25" Bass	64.75"
#103	Larry Anderson (TN)	14.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.75" Bass	12.00" Bass	64.75"
#104	Justin Tadlock (AL)	19.75" Bass	17.50" Bass	13.00" Bass	13.00" Bass		63.25"
#105	William Kingdollar (TN)	17.75" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.25" Bass	14.00" Bass		63.00"
#106	Daniel Nichols (GA)	17.50" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.25" Bass		58.00"
#107	Mitchell White (GA)	16.25" Bass	14.25" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.50" Bass		58.00"
#108	Logan Edgeman (GA)	15.50" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.00" Bass		57.50"
#109	Terry Elkins (KY)	17.50" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	12.50" Bass		57.25"
#110	David Neace (KY)	14.75" Bass	14.00" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.25" Bass		55.25"
#111	Jessi Mitchell (KY)	21.50" Bass	18.25" Bass	15.25" Bass			55.00"
#112	Nathan Naturile (NC)	15.00" Bass	14.00" Bass	14.00" Bass	12.00" Bass		55.00"
#113	Brant Duncan (GA)	14.50" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.25" Bass		53.00"
#114	Terry Golden (TN)	21.25" Bass	18.75" Bass	12.50" Bass			52.50"
#115	Ben Paugh (WV)	18.75" Bass	17.50" Bass	14.75" Bass			51.00"
#116	Mike Cheatham (TN)	20.75" Bass	16.00" Bass	12.75" Bass			49.50"
#117	Daniel Davis (TN)	18.75" Bass	16.50" Bass	14.25" Bass			49.50"
#118	Paul Averill (KY)	17.75" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.00" Bass			49.00"
#119	PW Paul West (NC)	16.25" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.25" Bass			47.75"
#120	Scott Drescher (IN)	16.25" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass			47.75"
#121	Scott Vanstory (TN)	18.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.75" Bass			46.75"
#122	Ian Haynes (GA)	18.00" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.00" Bass			46.50"
#123	Curtis Perez (TN)	16.25" Bass	15.75" Bass	13.75" Bass			45.75"
#124	Kyler Branaum (KY)	15.50" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.75" Bass			43.75"
#125	Ricky Long (GA)	15.75" Bass	15.00" Bass	12.50" Bass			43.25"
#126	Kolt Decker (WV)	15.25" Bass	15.00" Bass	12.75" Bass			43.00"
#127	Jerry M Loftis (TN)	15.75" Bass	13.75" Bass	12.50" Bass			42.00"
#128	Shea Locke (TN)	15.25" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.00" Bass			42.00"
#129	Matthew Spencer (TN)	16.25" Bass	13.25" Bass	12.00" Bass			41.50"
#130	Glenn Landstrom (IN)	15.25" Bass	12.50" Bass	12.25" Bass			40.00"
#131	Bryan Tadlock (AL)	20.00" Bass	17.25" Bass				37.25"
#132	Cory Dreyer (NC)	17.25" Bass	17.25" Bass				34.50"
#133	Chris Padgett (GA)	16.50" Bass	15.25" Bass				31.75"
#134	WS Will Stumbo	16.50" Bass	13.50" Bass				30.00"
#135	Robert Guigar (TN)	16.25" Bass	13.50" Bass				29.75"
#136	Jim Williams (GA)	15.75" Bass	13.75" Bass				29.50"
#137	Josh Waldroup (GA)	15.00" Bass	13.25" Bass				28.25"
#138	JL Joshua Little (GA)	14.25" Bass	14.00" Bass				28.25"
#139	Jason Smitherman (AL)	15.25" Bass	12.25" Bass				27.50"
#140	Robert Courtney Ashburn (FL)	14.25" Bass	13.25" Bass				27.50"
#141	James Minor (TN)	13.75" Bass	13.25" Bass				27.00"
#142	Chad Carney (AL)	14.00" Bass	12.00" Bass				26.00"
#143	Daniel Morris (TN)	14.00" Bass	12.00" Bass				26.00"
#144	Michael Adkins (SC)	18.00" Bass					18.00"
#145	Arlie Minton (NC)	17.00" Bass					17.00"
#146	Dylan Fuqua (IL)	15.75" Bass					15.75"
#147	Michael Parker (FL)	15.25" Bass					15.25"
#148	Jason Chivers (TN)	14.00" Bass					14.00"
#149	JD Joshua Deason (AL)	14.00" Bass					14.00"
#150	Raymond Jones (TN)	13.75" Bass					13.75"
#151	Jim Ware (GA)	13.50" Bass					13.50"
#152	MB Mark Binkley (TN)						0"
#153	John Boyd (AL)						0"
#154	CG Chris Gravely (NC)						0"
#155	Tyler Martinez (FL)						0"
#156	Scott McKeever (AL)						0"
#157	Mike Penney (OH)						0"
#158	Matthew Redfern (TN)						0"
#159	ADAM SHEPARD (KY)						0"
#160	Brandon Strock (TN)						0"
#161	Greg White (GA)						0"
#162	TY Todd Yocum						0"

Hour 1 (5:30 am - 6:29 am)
Ryan MarshallIMPERIAL, MO	20.75"Bass
Hour 2 (6:30 am - 7:29 am)
Bip BurageNASHVILLE, TN	22.75"Bass
Hour 3 (7:30 am - 8:29 am)
Derek TaylorLACEY’S SPRING, AL	20.25"Bass
Hour 4 (8:30 am - 9:29 am)
Ron ChampionRICHMOND HILL, GA	21.75"Bass
Hour 5 (9:30 am - 10:29 am)
Mike CheathamCLARKSVILLE, TN	20.75"Bass
Hour 6 (10:30 am - 11:29 am)
Terry GoldenSPARTA, TN	21.25"Bass
Hour 7 (11:30 am - 12:29 pm)
Clint HendersonROME, GA	21.25"Bass
Hour 8 (12:30 pm - 1:29 pm)
JIm ClarkVALLEY, AL	22.50"Bass
Hour 9 (1:30 pm - 2:29 pm)
Cody MiltonHEBER SPRINGS, AR	23.25"Bass

Daily Big Fish

Apr 27th, 2019
Cody MiltonHEBER SPRINGS, AR	23.25"Bass

by AnglersChannel

Casey Reed Wins Kayak Bass Fishing Lake Anna Event with over 87 inches!!!

Hourly Weigh-In For Saturday, Apr 27th, 2019

Angler Stats Available Verified Unverified Click to view Fish		Anglers: 118 • Fish Caught: 193
Rk	Angler	Fish 1	Fish 2	Fish 3	Fish 4	Fish 5	Total
#1	Casey Reed (VA)	20.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	17.00" Bass	16.75" Bass	16.50" Bass	87.50"
#2	Mark Edwards (WV)	20.50" Bass	20.00" Bass	16.00" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.00" Bass	87.00"
#3	Brian Falbe (NC)	18.75" Bass	17.25" Bass	16.75" Bass	14.50" Bass	13.25" Bass	80.50"
#4	Joey Johnson (WV)	18.75" Bass	18.25" Bass	15.00" Bass	15.00" Bass	12.50" Bass	79.50"
#5	Tim Isaacs (WV)	16.25" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.50" Bass	15.25" Bass	15.00" Bass	78.25"
#6	Nathan Green (VA)	20.50" Bass	19.75" Bass	19.50" Bass	15.75" Bass		75.50"
#7	Ray Montes (VA)	16.50" Bass	14.75" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	72.50"
#8	Kevin Dowie (NH)	17.50" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.25" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.75" Bass	70.25"
#9	SB Steve Bish (PA)	17.75" Bass	17.25" Bass	16.25" Bass	15.00" Bass		66.25"
#10	Russell Johnson (PA)	16.50" Bass	16.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	12.75" Bass		59.25"
#11	Joseph D'Addeo (NH)	17.75" Bass	15.25" Bass	13.50" Bass	12.50" Bass		59.00"
#12	Joshua Mutters (VA)	19.75" Bass	19.25" Bass	13.00" Bass			52.00"
#13	GW Gary Ward (NJ)	17.25" Bass	17.00" Bass	13.25" Bass			47.50"
#14	JC James Coleman	17.25" Bass	14.50" Bass	14.25" Bass			46.00"
#15	Matthew Chapman (VA)	16.00" Bass	15.25" Bass	13.50" Bass			44.75"
#16	Joshua Graver (VA)	17.75" Bass	14.25" Bass	12.25" Bass			44.25"
#17	John Ferreira (MA)	16.50" Bass	13.75" Bass	13.50" Bass			43.75"
#18	Pat Brust (MD)	18.75" Bass	12.50" Bass	12.25" Bass			43.50"
#19	Sean Boorsma (VA)	15.75" Bass	14.25" Bass	13.25" Bass			43.25"
#20	Steve Bishop (VA)	14.75" Bass	14.75" Bass	13.75" Bass			43.25"
#21	Bruce Levy (MA)	17.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	12.00" Bass			43.00"
#22	Jon Natter (PA)	15.50" Bass	13.00" Bass	12.25" Bass			40.75"
#23	Matt Ball (OH)	14.50" Bass	13.50" Bass	12.00" Bass			40.00"
#24	Jose Arias (VA)	19.75" Bass	17.25" Bass				37.00"
#25	Michael Surette (VA)	18.75" Bass	13.75" Bass				32.50"
#26	Nick Booth (RI)	17.75" Bass	14.00" Bass				31.75"
#27	Ryan Matylewicz (PA)	17.25" Bass	14.50" Bass				31.75"
#28	Timothy Bell (NY)	16.75" Bass	15.00" Bass				31.75"
#29	Richard Ranieri (NY)	18.00" Bass	13.25" Bass				31.25"
#30	Brian Dillon (VA)	17.50" Bass	13.50" Bass				31.00"
#31	Brian Rasnick (VA)	16.25" Bass	14.50" Bass				30.75"
#32	William Durboraw (PA)	16.25" Bass	14.50" Bass				30.75"
#33	Nicholas Mazza (MD)	16.50" Bass	13.50" Bass				30.00"
#34	Josh Carter (VA)	17.75" Bass	12.00" Bass				29.75"
#35	Micah Marbra (VA)	16.00" Bass	13.75" Bass				29.75"
#36	Damian Serafin (NJ)	17.50" Bass	12.00" Bass				29.50"
#37	Bear Wenzel (WV)	16.25" Bass	13.00" Bass				29.25"
#38	MG Mark Gebbia	15.75" Bass	13.25" Bass				29.00"
#39	Ken Wood (MA)	15.25" Bass	13.75" Bass				29.00"
#40	Scott Harrell (VA)	15.75" Bass	12.50" Bass				28.25"
#41	Chun Rhee (VA)	14.50" Bass	13.75" Bass				28.25"
#42	Mark Wheeler (VA)	14.50" Bass	13.00" Bass				27.50"
#43	JD JJ Dudzik (PA)	15.00" Bass	12.00" Bass				27.00"
#44	Kurt Hommel (NY)	13.50" Bass	13.25" Bass				26.75"
#45	Eugene Mackey Jr. (DE)	13.50" Bass	13.00" Bass				26.50"
#46	Gerard Elias (MA)	12.75" Bass	12.50" Bass				25.25"
#47	Jason Gardner (ME)	12.75" Bass	12.00" Bass				24.75"
#48	Dan Poitras (NH)	20.75" Bass					20.75"
#49	Brian Thomas (NJ)	20.50" Bass					20.50"
#50	Victor Hendrix (WV)	20.00" Bass					20.00"
#51	DA Dustin Armes (VA)	18.75" Bass					18.75"
#52	RC RYAN CROSSAN (NJ)	17.00" Bass					17.00"
#53	BD Bruce Deel (VA)	16.75" Bass					16.75"
#54	James Farley (VA)	16.25" Bass					16.25"
#55	Gregg Mulgrew (NJ)	16.00" Bass					16.00"
#56	ADAM NICKEL (PA)	16.00" Bass					16.00"
#57	Ryan Havlicek (OH)	15.25" Bass					15.25"
#58	Buster Spencer (VA)	15.25" Bass					15.25"
#59	David Williams (VA)	14.50" Bass					14.50"
#60	Chris Poe (VA)	14.50" Bass					14.50"
#61	Brandon Powell (VA)	14.25" Bass					14.25"
#62	Jacob Novak (VA)	14.00" Bass					14.00"
#63	Justin Scharaldi (NJ)	14.00" Bass					14.00"
#64	Austin Gum (VA)	14.00" Bass					14.00"
#65	James Busch (VA)	14.00" Bass					14.00"
#66	Rich Biggie (NY)	13.75" Bass					13.75"
#67	Gregory Oaks (VA)	13.50" Bass					13.50"
#68	AD Aral Dimmick (MD)	13.50" Bass					13.50"
#69	RH Robert Harnish (MA)	13.50" Bass					13.50"
#70	Tate Schwab (PA)	13.25" Bass					13.25"
#71	John DiCenzo (RI)	13.25" Bass					13.25"
#72	JP John Patak (PA)	13.25" Bass					13.25"
#73	James Sartin (PA)	13.00" Bass					13.00"
#74	John Milchling (MD)	13.00" Bass					13.00"
#75	Ryan Lignelli (MD)	13.00" Bass					13.00"
#76	Robert Clements (VA)	12.50" Bass					12.50"
#77	Drew Hile (VA)	12.50" Bass					12.50"
#78	William Deschenes (VA)	12.25" Bass					12.25"
#79	Jonathan Turpin (VA)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#80	Adam Hugoboom (MD)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#81	Jeff Fletcher (WV)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#82	Nathan Chagnon (MA)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#83	Todd Goss (PA)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#84	Jesse Phipps (MA)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#85	JC Jim Childress (VA)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#86	Rob Braun (NY)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#87	Dave Thompson (MD)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#88	Dennis Campbell (DE)	0.01" Bass					0.01"
#89	Tyler Albertini (MD)						0"
#90	Peter Arruda (MA)						0"
#91	Adam Bowles (VA)						0"
#92	Ross Cocheo (NJ)						0"
#93	Dabney Cosby (VA)						0"
#94	MC Michael Crane						0"
#95	Charles Crews (VA)						0"
#96	JD Jim Daniels (MD)						0"
#97	Gary Duncan (VA)						0"
#98	Mark Fehner (NY)						0"
#99	SF Sky Friend (NJ)						0"
#100	Dustin Good (VA)						0"
#101	Donald Harshman (PA)						0"
#102	JH Jordan Holmes (PA)						0"
#103	Brent Jackson (OH)						0"
#104	Thomas Keys Jr (VA)						0"
#105	Justin Lacasse (RI)						0"
#106	Mark Machamer (PA)						0"
#107	FM Francis Matylewicz (PA)						0"
#108	Frank Reed (VA)						0"
#109	Jesse Sampson (VA)						0"
#110	Joseph Scialabba (NY)						0"
#111	Stephen Scott (MA)						0"
#112	Joshua Neal Smith (NY)						0"
#113	Aaron Smith (RI)						0"
#114	Tyler Sweet (NY)						0"
#115	Ricky Taylor (VA)						0"
#116	Greg Thomas (PA)						0"
#117	Paul Walter (NY)						0"
#118	Chris Watts (MD)						0"

Hour 1 (6:00 am - 6:59 am)
Pat BrustBALTIMORE, MD	18.75"Bass
Hour 2 (7:00 am - 7:59 am)
Mark EdwardsPIPESTEM, WV	20.00"Bass
Hour 3 (8:00 am - 8:59 am)
Mark EdwardsPIPESTEM, WV	20.50"Bass
Hour 4 (9:00 am - 9:59 am)
Casey ReedGOODE, VA	20.25"Bass
Hour 5 (10:00 am - 10:59 am)
Joshua MuttersWAYNESBORO, VA	19.75"Bass
Hour 6 (11:00 am - 11:59 am)
Dan PoitrasMERRIMACK, NH	20.75"Bass
Hour 7 (12:00 pm - 12:59 pm)
Brian ThomasMOORESTOWN, NJ	20.50"Bass
Hour 8 (1:00 pm - 1:59 pm)
Victor HendrixHARPERS FERRY, WV	20.00"Bass
Hour 9 (2:00 pm - 2:59 pm)
James BuschCARRSVILLE, VA	14.00"Bass

Daily Big Fish

Apr 27th, 2019
Dan PoitrasMERRIMACK, NH	20.75"Bass

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Chambers & Cummings win CBC on Lake Wateree with over 22 pounds!

Derek Cummings & Craig Chambers 1st Place 22.55 lbs $10,000.00!

Lake Wateree 04-27-2019

PLACE	POINTS	CAPTAIN	CO-CAPTAIN	WEIGHT	BIG FISH	EQUIPMENT	WINNINGS $	SKEETER $	BIG FISH $
1	620	Craig Chambers	Derek Cummings	22.5500 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$10000	$0	$0
2	618	Cole Drummond	Piercen Lynch	20.9700 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$4500	$4000	$0
3	616	John Proctor	John Duarte	19.9900 lbs	5.9600 lbs	Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-HummingBird	$2900	$0	$0
4	614	Russ Padgett	Phillip Anderson	19.0100 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$2000	$0	$0
5	612	Allan Collins	Caanan Woriax	18.9100 lbs	6.1400 lbs	Bass Cat-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$1300	$0	$0
6	610	Tommy Williams	Thomas Hardwick	18.6800 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$1000	$3000	$0
7	608	Chad Pennell	Derek Smithson	18.2900 lbs	5.2800 lbs	Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$800	$2000	$0
8	606	Gary Michaud	Dustin Compton	18.2200 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$750	$1000	$0
9	604	will timmons	Tj Anderson	18.2100 lbs	5.3800 lbs	Ranger-Mercury-MotorGuide-Humminbird	$675	$0	$0
10	604	David F. Canupp	David L. Canupp	18.2100 lbs		Champion-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$675	$0	$0
11	600	Billy Dean Jacobs	Mark Cummings	18.1000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$535	$0	$0
12	598	Rusty Bullard	Eric Martin	18.0600 lbs	4.6700 lbs	Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$475	$0	$0
13	596	Trent McLaughlin	Dearal Rodgers	17.4600 lbs	4.9900 lbs	Phoenix-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$445	$0	$0
14	594	Jess WHite	Hunter Spivey	17.4500 lbs	5.9200 lbs	Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$420	$0	$0
15	592	Joey Outlaw	Ray Dowey	17.3500 lbs	4.9900 lbs	Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$385	$0	$0
16	590	Elvis Peagler	Brian Peagler	17.0900 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$360	$0	$0
17	588	Jonathan Kelley	No Partner	17.0500 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$330	$0	$0
18	586	David Etheridge	Butch Williams	17.0300 lbs	5.2800 lbs	Other/None-Other/None-Other/None-Other/None	$307.5	$0	$0
19	586	Lee Morris	Robert Ross	17.0300 lbs	5.7700 lbs	Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$307.5	$0	$0
20	582	Stan Gunter	Kevin Ashley	16.8200 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$290	$0	$0
21	580	Rodney Jordan	Justin Cromer	16.7400 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$270	$0	$0
22	578	Wayne Marlow	Scott Peavy	16.5900 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MotorGuide-Humminbird	$250	$0	$0
23	576	Edward Cox	Colton Cox	16.5100 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$225	$0	$0
24	574	Chad Sims	ryan sommerville	16.0600 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$200	$0	$0
25	572	Chris Epting	johnny mayer	15.9600 lbs	6.1300 lbs	Phoenix-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
26	570	Daryl Watson	Ken McFarland	15.8600 lbs		Phoenix-Mercury-Minn Kota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
27	568	Alan Fletcher	Donald Hinson	15.7400 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
28	566	Steve Borton	Tristen Rogers	15.7200 lbs	5.5400 lbs	Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
29	564	Brian Scott	Brad Beatson	15.6300 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
30	562	Lee Sawyer	Cole Winn	15.5900 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
31	560	Pete Sherbert	Kevin Crane	15.3900 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
32	558	Mike Ware	Bryan Holmes	15.3200 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
33	556	Michael Edge	No Partner	15.2800 lbs	5.1300 lbs	Stratos-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
34	554	grady allen	Calvin Hewitt	15.2600 lbs		Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
35	552	Chad Crosby	Keith Britt	15.2300 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
36	550	Keith Porter	Tony Price	15.1800 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
37	548	Shane Cantley	Michael Richardson	15.1300 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
38	534	Brad Petway	Jerry Freezon	15.0800 lbs		Nitro-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
39	546	Billy Bledsoe	Brian McDonald	14.8500 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
40	544	Robert. ( Mitch) Drew	Kenny Drew	14.7800 lbs	4.2500 lbs	Ranger-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
41	542	Ron Brown	Robert Brown	14.7400 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
42	540	Jason Miles	Wayne Frierson	14.6900 lbs	4.5200 lbs	Phoenix-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
43	538	John Adams	Kaylan Massey	14.6800 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
44	536	Andrew Boykin	Chris Anderson	14.6200 lbs		Phoenix-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
45	534	Steve Addington	Matt Stout	14.5800 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
46	530	Tony Colacurcio	Jay Adams	14.5300 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
47	528	Mike Ard	Jeff Parsons	14.3100 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
48	526	Brandon Riley	Marc Deschenes	14.1400 lbs	4.5900 lbs	Triton-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
49	524	Kevin Alford	Tripp Fryar	14.1200 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
50	524	Glenn Altman	Bucky DeBerry	14.1200 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
51	520	Jerry Montjoy	Brett Mitchell	14.0900 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
52	518	John Sturkie	Blake Strickland	14.0100 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
53	516	Thomas King	Clayton King	13.9500 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
54	516	Jeff Norris	jacob norris	13.9500 lbs		Triton-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Other/None	$0	$0	$0
55	512	Justin Marlowe	Jordan Marlowe	13.9400 lbs		Tracker-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
56	510	David Murdaugh	Dave Murdock	13.9300 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
57	510	Robert Purvis	Matthew Ross	13.9300 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
58	506	Jason Smith	Jason Watkins	13.8300 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
59	504	Chad Gainey	Zach Smothers	13.6900 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
60	502	John Johnston	Randall Hillyer	13.6100 lbs		Phoenix-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
61	500	Donnie Levister	Daniel Cook	13.4600 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
62	500	Casey Stevens	Jason McCoy	13.4600 lbs		Ranger-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
63	480	Audie Brantley	Harvey Young	13.4100 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
64	496	Sandy Oliver	No Partner	13.3400 lbs	5.7900 lbs	Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
65	494	Ronnie Britt	Eric Schell	13.3300 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
66	488	River Squires	Timmy Squires	13.3100 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
67	492	Mike King	Chris Crawford	13.1300 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
68	490	Derek Schlotterback	No Partner	13.1100 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
69	488	Mike Byrd	Chris Moody	13.0600 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
70	484	Jason Bateman	Steve Phillips	13.0500 lbs	4.8100 lbs	Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
71	482	Walt Almond	chad rabon	12.9800 lbs		Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
72	478	Toby Keisler	Bill Wilson	12.9000 lbs		Other/None-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
73	476	Davey Thomas	Deron Donohoo	12.8600 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Other/None	$0	$0	$0
74	476	Kenny Brice	Terry Coleman	12.8600 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
75	476	David Strickland	Sammie Grier	12.8600 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
76	470	Jimmy McFarland	Calvin Griggs	12.6300 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
77	468	Jared Upchurch	Jason Byrd	12.4700 lbs		OtherNone-Mercury-Minn Kota-Other/None	$0	$0	$0
78	466	Steve Dyer	Derek Lilley	12.4300 lbs		OtherNone-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
79	464	Lex Costas	Ben Lee	12.3400 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
80	462	Ed Paul	Eddie Paul	12.0700 lbs		OtherNone-Mercury-MotorGuide-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
81	460	Sean Skey	Scott Frye	12.0600 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
82	458	J.w. Smith	Jonathon Sutton	12.0100 lbs		Stratos-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
83	456	Joey Sabbagha	Dalton Dowdy	11.7700 lbs		Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
84	454	Shannon Jordan	Shawn Jordan	11.6600 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
85	452	Vinson Blanton	Jim Maness	11.5600 lbs		Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
86	452	Carluss King	Jeremiah Jensen	11.5600 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
87	448	Mark Stoudenmire	eric jordan	11.5300 lbs		Champion-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
88	448	Gary Weathersbee	Jimmy Cole	11.5300 lbs		OtherNone-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
89	444	Bo Chappell	Wayne King	11.3900 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
90	442	Greg Sigmon	No Partner	11.2500 lbs		Phoenix-Mercury-MotorGuide-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
91	440	Ron Catoe	William Simon	11.1200 lbs	7.1700 lbs	Triton-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$1000
92	438	Lonnie Jones	Robert Clarke	11.1000 lbs		Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
93	436	Wesley Cashwell	Shane Doughtie	10.9700 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
94	434	Mel Long	Felix Stanley	10.8900 lbs		Triton-Evinrude-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
95	432	David Kneece	Terry Thomas	10.6800 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
96	430	Dylan McConnel	Kevin Prosser	10.5100 lbs		OtherNone-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
97	428	Phil Morris	Don Kneece	9.7300 lbs		Bass Cat-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
98	424	Travis Parrish	Rodney Tapp	9.3900 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
99	426	Dan Funderburk	Butch Drew	9.3500 lbs		---	$0	$0	$0
100	422	Robert Wood	Corey Phillips	9.1300 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
101	420	Tommy McAlister	Ronald Griffin	8.5900 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
102	418	John McKenzie	John-Christian McKenzie	8.5500 lbs	6.8300 lbs	Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
103	416	Tim Hilton	John Clarke	8.5300 lbs		Stratos-Johnson-MotorGuide-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
104	414	Ray Winans	William Russell	8.3800 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
105	412	Larry Parker	Clay Parker	8.1500 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
106	410	Jesus Loaces	Tracy Mccready	8.0100 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
107	410	Les Westberry	No Partner	8.0100 lbs	3.8100 lbs	Triton-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
108	406	Jonathan Singletary	Anthony Amerson	7.1700 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
109	404	Herman Vining	Steve Parker	6.7300 lbs	4.2100 lbs	Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
110	402	Larry Moss	Michelle McLain	6.4500 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MotorGuide-OtherNone	$0	$0	$0
111	400	Tim Gamble	Winston Martin	6.2600 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
112	398	Morris Elliott	Chris Tarbush	5.6000 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
113	396	Jamie Ethridge	Chris Alston	5.3200 lbs		Triton-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
114	394	Jeff Fowler	Tommy Perkins	4.9900 lbs		Triton-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
115	392	nigel goewey	Will Smith	4.5800 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
116	390	Bobby Gibbs	Don Pendarvis	4.5400 lbs		Nitro-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
117	388	Trey Locklair	Charles Martin	3.7100 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
118	386	Darrin Albertson	Terri Albertson	2.8800 lbs		Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
119	384	Robert Knapp	Santos Toro	1.9600 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
120	382	Christopher McCormick	Cody McKinney	1.9300 lbs		Nitro-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
121	380	Joe Avin	Larry Avins	0.0000 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
122	380	Jeff Jennings	No Partner	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
123	380	mack Altman	Randall Miller	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
124	380	Jonathan Brindel	David Grooms	0.0000 lbs		Phoenix-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
125	380	Chuck Howard	Ken Ellis	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
126	380	Ryan Thompsom	Casey Warren	0.0000 lbs		Phoenix-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
127	380	Mike Kirby	No Partner	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
128	380	Todd Ledford	Jeff Douglas	0.0000 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
129	380	Juddie Revels	Kaden Revels	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Other/None-Other/None	$0	$0	$0
130	380	Steve Thornhill	No Partner	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
131	380	travis kilby	doug moore	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
132	380	Richard Beaty	Tammy Beaty	0.0000 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
133	380	Scott Farmer	Samuel Freeman	0.0000 lbs		Triton-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
134	380	william griffith	No Partner	0.0000 lbs		Skeeter-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
135	380	Jamie Glasscock	Jim Smoak	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Yamaha-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
136	380	William Hastings	No Partner	0.0000 lbs		Nitro-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
137	380	johnny player	john gardenhire	0.0000 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
138	380	Mack Cook	Patrick Cook	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
139	380	Matthew Goheen	Terry Goheen	0.0000 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
140	380	Brandon Jeffcoat	Wendell Causey	0.0000 lbs		OtherNone-Evinrude-MinnKota-HummingBird	$0	$0	$0
141	380	Mark Abbott	Joey Mclean	0.0000 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
142	380	Mike Clark	Chris Anderson	0.0000 lbs		Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
143	380	Kiel Kelly	Conner Kelly	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Johnson-MotorGuide-Humminbird	$0	$0	$0
144	380	Zeke Lynam	Jason Morse	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
145	380	Michael Williams	Anthony Leach	0.0000 lbs		Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
146	380	Eddie Burgess	Dwayne McVicker	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0
147	380	Troy Buffington	Gary Atkinson	0.0000 lbs		Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance	$0	$0	$0

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