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“Enjoy the Sunrise.”

Vance McCullough photo courtesy go FLWFishing.com

That’s Terry Bolton’s advice for anyone who wants to perform better, to perform from a place of relaxed confidence, of gratitude.

It’s the mindset that lead to a breakthrough season for the veteran FLW Tour angler who was seriously thinking 2019 might have been his last year on the Tour.

“I think it kind of seems odd for a guy who has done this for 24 years to say he’s forgotten how to have fun, but I kinda, sorta did. I took for granted a lot of things too, how lucky I’ve been to do this for so long, and I made fishing a job.

“The 2018 season, I just went through the motions. I had one of the worst years, if not the worst year, I’d ever had in my career. At the end of the season - when you don’t do well you critique everything - I didn’t really feel like I gave my best effort.

“Starting this season at the Sam Rayburn event, for some reason I had almost the mentality that ‘hey, this is probably going to be my final season and I’m going to enjoy every sunrise and sunset, everything there is about this because I got to do this for a long time’. I just kind of, I guess, relaxed more instead of being in such a hurry and a panic like I was the previous season.

“I just enjoyed things more,” Bolton summarized.

Remembering why he loved the game in the first place gave Bolton the fresh perspective he needed. “The reason we get into bass tournaments is we really enjoy it. You don’t start fishing professionally because you think you’re going to be wealthy. That’s hard to do. The reason you do it is because you love it and enjoy it. For some reason, I had lost that somewhat. This season I did a really great job of bringing that back and just having a more carefree attitude.”

Bolton has no intention of retiring from the sport any time soon. “Oh no, no. I’ve stated that I want to fish another year. I’ve ordered a new boat. I’ve started all the processes to fish the 2020 season.”

He says uncertainty and burnout are very real, very common enemies of many Tour-level anglers. “I’ve said this jokingly, but any professional fisherman that’s fished for any length of time, especially in the 15-to-20-year range, if they ever tell you they never thought about quitting, they’re lying.”

Bolton has never actually desired to leave the sport. “I think when I stated that I had considered not fishing professionally, 100,000 people came up to my wife and said, ‘you’re not gonna let him quit!’ I guess people thought that I wanted to quit. That’s not the case. I intend on fishing 2020 season next year.”

External factors a few years back caught up with Bolton and zapped a lot of his enjoyment, culminating in the unsatisfactory finish in 2018. “I don’t care what you do for a living, there are times when life gets in the way. Things are hard. I went through a divorce and my father dying all within a year about four or five years ago. I had to worry about taking care of my mother and a lot of things from the divorce and that took a lot of fun out of life.”

While Bolton says the divorce was bad enough to deal with, the loss of his father dealt a huge blow to the personal support system we all need. “The death of my father was the hardest thing. He was the person that, as soon as I weighed-in, I talked to on the phone. He was the person I talked to every day after weigh in. The years following his passing, I missed that.”

Aside from the heartache of losing his father, Bolton took on additional worries. “My mom is in good health and everything is fine, but I worry about my mom and I had a little more on my plate.

“That’s life. That’s what happens every day to thousands of people, and even worse, but that’s all just part of it.”

Bolton’s new approach this year led to some early success which, in turn, bred the confidence to continue to fish relaxed. He can count a few blessings right off the top of his head, “the 9-pounder at Rayburn I caught, the 9-pounder at Toho. I caught another, probably 7-pounder at Seminole. There were a lot of fish I caught that I shouldn’t have caught.”

Perhaps the power of positive thinking contributed just a bit more fortune in a sport where the margin between success and failure is often razor-thin. “Everybody who’s done this for a while can tell you that it can come down to one or two bites in a year as to whether or not you make the Cup, a Bassmaster Classic, whatever championship you’re fishing for. The difference between having a good year and a great year can come down to three or four bites. I had a lot of things go my way this year, some key bites and things that I know were really special, and that’s big too because I’ve been on the other end where you never get an opportunity. This year when I needed a big bite it seemed like I’d get it.

“I think I’ve finally learned to trust a little more in my ability - that I do make good decisions. I didn’t second guess myself near as much.”

Bolton points to the FLW Tour opener on Rayburn as an example of the improved decision-making that took place in his now quieter mind. “Winning the first event, knowing what I needed to do before I got to that event, knowing the lures I needed to throw in order to win and sticking to that plan even though I’d fish all day long and sometimes only find one place, one or two a day, I had the confidence to stick with it where a lot of people, if you’d have done that for four hours and not had a bite, you’d have said, ‘oh, I’m gonna go flip trees or throw a spinnerbait’. I didn’t do that.”

“I think decision-making is ultimately what decides the outcome of most tournaments,” Bolton reiterated. “This year I had a lot more faith in my decision-making.”

Bolton’s gut only led him off track for a single day across the entire tournament trail. “That was the first day of the FLW Cup at Lake Hamilton where I only weighed four fish for 6 pounds, and 3 or 4 ounces. I had gotten on such a good crankbait bite throwing a DT 10 and I got so committed to that pattern feeling that was the way to win, and Bryan Thrift did catch several of his key fish on a crankbait, so I wasn’t off base but I couldn’t make it happen and I kept forcing it. I didn’t do well the first day so the 2^nd day I called an audible and went and threw a buzzbait and caught the 2^ndor 3^rd biggest stringer of the day to go from 44^th to 19^th but that one day of me being a little too hard headed and sticking to my guns and only catching four bass might have cost me fishing the final day at the Cup. That’s the only day I can critique my decision-making this year.”

Bolton says anglers tend to perform better in practice because they are fishing the moment without strong notions of what to expect. He says we’d do well to fish with a similar mindset even under the pressures of a tournament day. “On the day they were practicing they had no clue so they let things flow a little easier and then come tournament time you try to recreate that day you had which sometimes happens but 75-to-80-percent of the time it doesn’t unfold just like it did that previous day. I think the ability to just let yourself fish is a trait that takes a little time and a little confidence to develop. It’s almost like a willingness to maybe not do well, but I think a lot of time the greater outcome is you will do better.”

Regardless of the occupation, when someone loses the joy that first attracted them to their chosen profession, Bolton has some encouragement. “You can’t let life get in the way. After you go through some bad things and deal with life and death and sickness and divorce and some things like that, you know that’s pretty serious. Bass fishing’s fun. We’re not going to be here forever, so you’ve got to enjoy the time you have here and look at things as a privilege.

“This year was a phenomenal season. God blessed me and allowed me to have this season and I’m thankful for it. I went through a lot of rough times. I think anybody who’s suffering from the doldrums, when you get up in the morning, take a few more minutes to enjoy the sunrise and look and see how pretty it is and don’t let life get in the way so much – all the things you’ve got coming down the road later in that day, don’t let that get in the way of enjoying the things we

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HOYLE WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON LAKE NORMAN

King’s Mountain’s Brafford Wins Co-angler Division

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (Sept. 23, 2019) – Boater Cody Hoyle of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 26 pounds, 1 ounce, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division super-tournament on Lake Norman Sunday. Hoyle earned $6,896 for his efforts.

“I was hitting 50 to 60 docks a day, fishing in the mid-lake area around Mountain Creek,” said Hoyle, who earned his second career win in BFL competition. “I was looking for deeper docks with brush. The fish are getting into wolf packs, and when I found them I could usually catch multiple fish on each dock.”

Hoyle estimated that he caught 20 to 25 fish a day on a homemade brown and orange-colored jig trailered with a Zoom Z-Craw. He also caught a few keepers drop-shotting a Reaction Innovations Flirt Worm.

“One fish each day came on the drop-shot, the rest came on the jig,” said Hoyle. “The bite was a little better Saturday – I got to fish a little later in the day, and the bite seemed to get better as the day went on.”

Of the 10 bass that Hoyle brought to the weigh-in scale, four were largemouth bass and six were spotted bass.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Cody Hoyle, Rutherfordton, N.C., 10 bass, 26-1, $6,896

2^nd: Eddie Whiten Jr., Easley, S.C., 10 bass, 23-5, $2,823

3^rd: Cole Huskins, Mount Holly, N.C., nine bass, 22-8, $1,966

4^th: Jason Wilson, Lincolnton, N.C., 10 bass, 22-6, $1,271

5^th: Scott Beattie, Sherrills Ford, N.C., 10 bass, 22-2, $1,389

6^th: David Cooke, Mooresville, N.C., 10 bass, 21-12, $998

7^th: Bryan New, Belmont, N.C., 10 bass, 21-2, $908

8^th: Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., nine bass, 20-2, $817

9^th: Michael Stephens, Gastonia, N.C., 10 bass, 19-9, $726

10^th: Tracy Adams, Wilkesboro, N.C., 10 bass, 19-1, $635

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Greg Lovelace of Bostic, North Carolina, caught a 3-pound, 11-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $697.

King’s Mountain, North Carolina’s Trey Brafford won the Co-angler Division and $2,923 Sunday after catching a two-day total of nine bass weighing 16 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Trey Brafford, King’s Mountain, N.C., nine bass, 16-8, $2,923

2^nd: Roger Toler, Gilbert, W. Va., five bass, 9-9, $1,361

3^rd: Barry Burford, Charlotte, N.C., four bass, 8-4, $958

4^th: Larry Farley, Prospect Hill, N.C., four bass, 8-4, $635

5^th: Jerry Morris, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 8-2, $545

6^th: Tristen Trull, Mount Holly, N.C., five bass, 7-12, $499

7^th: Trent Peace, Spartanburg, S.C., three bass, 7-10, $454

8^th: James Roten, West Jefferson, N.C., four bass, 7-6, $408

9^th: Jeff Scism, Shelby, N.C., four bass, 7-3, $363

10^th: Samuel Jones, Morgantown, W. Va., three bass, 6-13, $318

Charles Wood of Thomasville, North Carolina, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $349.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division super-tournament on Lake Norman was hosted by the Mooresville Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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. 3-5 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell presented by Navionics in Seneca, South Carolina. 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 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. 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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WAGNER WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON OLD HICKORY LAKE

Sparta’s England Wins Co-angler Division

GALLATIN, Tenn. (Sept. 23, 2019) – Boater Adam Wagner of Cookeville, Tennessee, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale Sunday weighing 27 pounds, 8 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division super-tournament on Old Hickory Lake. Wagner earned $4,949 for his efforts.

“I caught all of my fish up the lake – in Bledsoe and Bartons Creeks – on both days,” said Wagner, who earned his 13^th career win as a boater in BFL competition. “I caught around eight keepers each day, flipping a green-pumpkin-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver to scattered wood on flats in the backs of the creeks.”

Wagner managed to get a big kicker bite each day – a 4-pounder on day one, and a 5-pounder on day two – that helped pad his weight.

“There were a couple of boats around me, but I think I was just hitting spots that were tough to hit,” Wagner said. “There would be one little piece of wood on a 3-acre flat, and most people would run right by it. But I would work hard to find these little pieces of wood and there was usually a fish on it.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., 10 bass, 27-8, $4,949

2^nd: Mark Condron, Winchester, Tenn., 10 bass, 26-7, $2,915

3^rd: Josh Tramel, Smithville, Tenn., 10 bass, 25-4, $1,400

4^th: Barry Whitaker, Hartsville, Tenn., 10 bass, 24-0, $875

5^th: Mickey Beck, Lebanon, Tenn., 10 bass, 23-9, $750

6^th: Jason Dies, Lebanon, Tenn., seven bass, 23-3, $687

7^th: Brandon Edel, Hendersonville, Tenn., 10 bass, 22-12, $625

8^th: Daniel Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn., 10 bass, 21-10, $562

9^th: Joel Trevino, Mount Juliet, Tenn., 10 bass, 20-3, $500

10^th: Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., seven bass, 16-6, $437

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Condron caught a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $390.

Sparta, Tennessee’s Ricky England won the Co-angler Division and $2,075 Sunday after catching a two-day total of six bass weighing 12 pounds, 6 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Ricky England, Sparta, Tenn., six bass, 12-6, $2,075

2^nd: Teddy Baggett, Nashville, Tenn., eight bass, 12-2, $937

3^rd: Rene Gonzalez, Smyrna, Tenn., five bass, 11-0, $675

4^th: Donnie Rogers, Lebanon, Tenn., four bass, 10-2, $437

5^th: Darryl Humphrey, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 9-2, $375

6^th: Scott Marshall, Lebanon, Tenn., four bass, 9-1, $539

7^th: Justin Kimmel, Athens, Ga., four bass, 7-13, $462

8^th: Scott Smith, Crossville, Tenn., five bass, 7-12, $281

9^th: Robert Henze, La Vergne, Tenn., three bass, 6-6, $250

10^th: Jason Barr, Woodlawn, Tenn., three bass, 4-12, $319

Marshall caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $195.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division super-tournament on Old Hickory Lake was hosted by the Sumner County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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RHODE WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON DETROIT RIVER

Itoh Wins Co-angler Division

TRENTON, Mich. (Sept. 23, 2019) – Boater Jared Rhode of Port Clinton, Ohio, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 49 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Michigan Division super-tournament on the Detroit River Sunday. Rhode earned $7,604 for his efforts.

“The first day I caught over 100 keepers – it was one of the biggest schools of fish that I have ever been on in my life,” said Rhode, who earned his fourth career victory in BFL competition. “I caught at least 10, 20-pound limits of smallmouth. It was pretty awesome.

“I fished near the Lake Erie islands, just rotating through 10 to 12 spots and targeting deeper structure – 18 to 25 feet,” Rhode continued. “The majority came on a drop-shot, but I also caught some throwing a tube and a swimbait.”

On day two, the wind picked up drastically and competitors were faced with 3- to 4-foot waves.

“It took me a long time to get to my area on day two, but I had one spot that I had saved,” Rhode continued. “My Ranger 620 boat turned out to be the key to my win, because it allowed me to get back out there on the second day when it was very rough.”

Rhode said his drop-shot rig arsenal included a Z-Man TRD worm, a 3-inch Berkley Gulp! Minnow and a 3-inch Berkley Gulp! Fish Fry. His swimbait of choice was a Keitech 3.8 with a ½-ounce head, and his 4-inch goby-colored tube was also fished on a ½-ounce jig.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Jared Rhode, Port Clinton, Ohio, 10 bass, 49-5, $5,604 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Kyle Greene, Ortonville, Mich., 10 bass, 42-13, $2,502

3^rd: John Devries, Fishers, Ind., 10 bass, 42-5, $1,886

4^th: Michael Sitko, Pinckney, Mich., 10 bass, 41-10, $1,524

5^th: Randy Ramsey, Burlington, Mich., 10 bass, 41-6, $921

6^th: Mike Trombly, Belleville, Mich., 10 bass, 40-14, $844

7^th: David Reault, Livonia, Mich., 10 bass, 40-4, $767

8^th: Jeremy Antrup, Fremont, Ind., 10 bass, 39-12, $691

9^th: Dan Mittlestat, Woodhaven, Mich., 10 bass, 38-9, $614

10^th: Todd Schmitz, Coldwater, Mich., nine bass, 35-11, $537

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Tom Beale of Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, caught a 6-pound, 3-ounce smallmouth bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $540.

Beverly Hills Michigan’s Jorji Itoh won the Co-angler Division and $2,502 Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 43 pounds, 3 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jorji Itoh, Beverly Hills, Mich., 10 bass, 43-3, $2,502

2^nd: Zach Laupp, Plainwell, Mich., eight bass, 36-14, $1,151

3^rd: Darwin Griva, Hamilton, Ind., 10 bass, 33-8, $767

4^th: Aaron Stahley, Batavia, Ohio, 10 bass, 33-1, $587

5^th: Mike Eldridge, Blairsville, Penn., eight bass, 31-13, $460

6^th: Matthew Kime, Holland, Ohio, nine bass, 28-3, $422

7^th: Neil Heisler, Plymouth, Mich., eight bass, 26-7, $384

8^th: James Wathen, Richmond, Ky., seven bass, 26-1, $345

9^th: Nicholas Ireland, Grand Blanc, Mich., eight bass, 25-7, $307

10^th: Arron Kowalczyk, Newport, Mich., seven bass, 24-5, $269

Jeremy Pinkowski of Oak Forest, Illinois, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $270.

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 Lake presented by Evinrude in Buchanan, Tennessee. 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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DONNY BASS WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE

Frostproof’s Brown Wins Co-angler Division

CLEWISTON, Fla. (Sept. 23, 2019) – Boater Donny Bass of Naples, Florida, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 40 pounds, 9 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Gator Division super-tournament on Lake Okeechobee Sunday. Bass earned $6,137 for his efforts.

“I’ve been sick this past week, and it turned out to be beneficial to me because it made me really slow down and just pick some areas apart,” said Bass, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I made a long run – all the way up to the north end – to get out of the wind. I was fishing isolated reed clumps and patches with a brand new Gambler Lures bait called the Super Stinger.

“The bait looks like a big stinger – it’s 4½ inches and mimics a bluegill,” Bass continued. “It has a bigger profile, but it gets bigger bites.”

Bass estimated that he caught around 20 keeper bass on day one, and added another 40 to 45 bites on day two.

“It was typical summertime fishing – there was no wad of fish – so I put the trolling motor down and grinded,” Bass said. “I think the key was making the long run and having the areas to myself. It’s tough to get anything to yourself in a tournament on Lake Okeechobee. I think the new Super Stinger definitely played a role as well.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Donny Bass, Naples, Fla., 10 bass, 40-9, $6,137

2^nd: Austin Schroeder, Zephyrhills, Fla., 10 bass, 36-4, $2,569

3^rd: Mikey Keyso Jr., North Port, Fla., 10 bass, 35-4, $1,712

4^th: Robert Crosnoe, Inverness, Fla., 10 bass, 31-9, $1,199

5^th: Douglas Sauls, Winter Garden, Fla., 10 bass, 30-11, $1,027

6^th: Mark Sommer, Coral Springs, Fla., 10 bass, 28-9, $1,142

7^th: Brian MacDougall, La Belle, Fla., 10 bass, 28-5, $856

8^th: Christopher Jerdan, Cape Coral, Fla., 10 bass, 27-10, $871

9^th: Nicholas Hoinig, Port St. Lucie, Fla., 10 bass, 26-11, $685

10^th: Lionel Botha, Malabar, Fla., 10 bass, 26-5, $599

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Thomas McLinskey of Altha, Florida, caught an 8-pound, 8-ounce largemouth – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $645.

Frostproof, Florida’s Justin Brown won the Co-angler Division and $3,091 Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 26 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Justin Brown, Frostproof, Fla., 10 bass, 26-1, $3,091

2^nd: Ernie Thompson, Anthony, Fla., 10 bass, 25-3, $1,334

3^rd: Scott Farnham, Port Saint Lucie, Fla., 10 bass, 23-13, $1,008

4^th: Harry Linsinbigler IV, Dover, Fla., 10 bass, 22-12, $599

5^th: Michael Davis, Lake Wales, Fla., nine bass, 21-3, $514

6^th: Andrew Pulliam, Spring Hill, Fla., 10 bass, 21-0, $571

7^th: Kevin Thomas, Miramar, Fla., six bass, 20-7, $428

8^th: Michael Leach, Shenandoah, Texas, 10 bass, 20-3, $385

9^th: Levi Crossway, Jacksonville, Fla., 10 bass, 19-15, $342

10^th: Clark Bundy, Okeechobee, Fla., 10 bass, 19-13, $300

Brown also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a largemouth weighing in at 6 pounds, 2 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $322.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Gator Division super-tournament on Lake Okeechobee was hosted by Roland & Mary Ann Martin’s Marina and Resort.

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.

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JAYSON KISSELBURG & DEAN GOLMAN WIN THE 2019 TTZ CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 2 DAY TOTAL OF 41.91 LBS AND TAKE HOME OVER $30,000

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FREEMAN WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON SAM RAYBURN

Deport’s Nichols Wins Co-angler Division

BROOKELAND, Texas (Sept. 23, 2019) – Boater Glen Freeman of Zwolle, Louisiana, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 43 pounds, 13 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division super-tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir Sunday. Freeman earned $8,211 for his efforts.

“I think the key to my win was that I stayed old-fashioned,” said Freeman, who earned his 11^th career win in BFL competition. “Nowadays everyone is throwing crankbaits and Carolina rigs, and I feel like the fish hardly see Texas rigs anymore. I was up on the north end – around the Highway 147 bridge, fishing slopes and drop-offs of ridges in 15- to 20-feet-of-water.”

Freeman estimated that he caught around 25 keepers throughout the weekend – 15 on day one and 10 on day two. He targeted isolated pieces of timber and brush on the slopes with a redbug-colored, Texas-rigged Mister Twister worm with a ½-ounce Elite Tungsten weight.

“I just slowed down and bumped the timber with the heavy weight,” Freeman said. “I was able to find the little pieces of timber using my Lowrance unit, and just soak the worm in the little bitty brush. The bites were very sensitive, and my Lews rod and reel combos made a big difference in allowing me to detect those subtle bites.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Glen Freeman, Zwolle, La., 10 bass, 43-13, $6,211 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Eric Leger, Mamou, La., 10 bass, 35-9, $3,106

3^rd: Kevin Lasyone, Dry Prong, La., 10 bass, 34-11, $2,002

4^th: Albert Collins, Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 30-12, $1,403

5^th: Skeeter Fowler, Grand Saline, Texas, nine bass, 30-10, $1,202

6^th: Philip Crelia, Center, Texas, nine bass, 30-3, $1,352

7^th: River Lee, Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 29-9, $1,002

8^th: Ryan Pinkston, Center, Texas, 10 bass, 29-4, $1,727

9^th: Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, 10 bass, 29-3, $1,102

10^th: Marcus Parker, Pearland, Texas, 10 bass, 28-6, $701

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Pinkston caught an 8-pound, 8-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $825.

Deport Texas’ Lat Nichols won the Co-angler Division and $3,206 Sunday after catching a two-day total of nine bass weighing 22 pounds, 2 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Lat Nichols, Deport, Texas, nine bass, 22-2, $3,206

2^nd: Steven Ramsey, Diberville, Miss., 10 bass, 20-5, $1,553

3^rd: Hannah Gryder, Milam, Texas, seven bass, 20-4, $1,004

4^th: Tim Woodard, Rosepine, La., 10 bass, 18-12, $701

5^th: Ty Haymon, Oakdale, La., eight bass, 18-5, $601

6^th: David Beason, Evans, La., seven bass, 18-2, $551

7^th: Bill Fussell, Thibodaux, La., seven bass, 16-8, $501

8^th: Ryan Bourque, Slidell, La., seven bass, 15-13, $451

9^th: Don Johnson, Lufkin, Texas, seven bass, 14-13, $401

10^th: Brandon Begnaud, Bacliff, Texas, six bass, 14-12, $351

Garrett Tunks of Sulphur, Louisiana, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds, 15 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $412.

The T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division super-tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir was hosted by the Jasper County Development District.

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

LAKEVIEW’S GINTER WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON MOSQUITO LAKE

Lexington’s Craner Wins Co-angler Division

CORTLAND, Ohio (Sept. 23, 2019) – Boater Gary Ginter of Lakeview, Ohio, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 26 pounds, 2 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Buckeye Division super-tournament on Mosquito LakeSunday. Ginter earned $4,534 for his efforts.

“I was fishing at the north end of the lake,” said Ginter, who earned his fourth career victory in BFL competition. “I started out day one throwing a buzzbait shallow up in the grass. I caught a limit, but there were a bunch of boats crowded around me so I worked my way outside into the deeper grass and that seemed to be where the bigger ones were.

“I culled out four fish in my limit in the deep grass throwing a Texas-rigged, Tequila Sunrise-colored YUM worm,” Ginter continued.

“On day two, I started with a buzzbait on the same spot as the first day and caught two keepers, then the bite shut off. I went back out deep and threw the worm, but it was much slower. I missed two, then the wind really picked up. I found my way into the back of a pocket on the north end – out of the wind – and ended up filling out my limit flipping an Okeechobee Craw-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Gary Ginter, Lakeview, Ohio, 10 bass, 26-2, $4,534

2^nd: Charles Willis, Dayton, Ohio, 10 bass, 24-15, $2,517

3^rd: Sean Wieda, Florence, Ky., nine bass, 24-14, $1,691

4^th: Butch Dobransky, North Canton, Ohio, 10 bass, 24-5, $1,011

5^th: Chris Martinkovic, Hamilton, Ohio, 10 bass, 22-15, $1,017

6^th: Bob Robinson, Lebanon, Ohio, nine bass, 22-5, $795

7^th: Scott Manson, Covington, Ohio, 10 bass, 20-12, $722

8^th: Michael Murphy, Troy, Ohio, 10 bass, 20-4, $650

9^th: Clint Bissonett, Beavercreek, Ohio, nine bass, 20-3, $825

10^th: Richard Knoll, Pittsburgh, Pa., 10 bass, 19-13, $506

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wieda caught a 4-pound, 8-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $247.

Lexington, Ohio’s Bailey Craner won the Co-angler Division and $2,167 Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 22 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Bailey Craner, Lexington, Ohio, 10 bass, 22-1, $2,167

2^nd: Brian Short, Oxford, Ohio, eight bass, 20-8, $1,433

3^rd: Jeff Turner, Plainfield, Ill., 10 bass, 19-6, $724

4^th: Kenny Smith, Austin, Ind., nine bass, 18-12, $656

5^th: Jacob Crawmer, Newark, Ohio, 10 bass, 17-10, $433

6^th: Ryan McCusker, Beaver Falls, Pa., 10 bass, 17-9, $397

7^th: John Breedlove, Girard, Ohio, 10 bass, 17-2, $361

8^th: Steve Sorrell, Beavercreek, Ohio, 10 bass, 17-0, $325

9^th: Jon Angstmann, St. Marys, Ohio, eight bass, 16-0, $289

10^th: David Lambert, Middletown, Ohio, nine bass, 16-0, $253

Rodney Gibbs of Springsboro, Ohio, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $247.

by AnglersChannel

Lews lands KVD!

Courtesy of Lew's

Welcome Home KVD!

Whether in business or in life, the chance for a new beginning is very rare. It’s even more uncommon that you get that chance with a group you already know and trust. For the greatest tournament angler in the history of our sport, that unique position is a reality. When the 2020 Bass Pro Tour kicks off, the deck of angling legend Kevin Van Dam’s Nitro will be fully rigged up with Lew’s rods and reels.

Ken Eubanks, CEO of Lew’s Holdings Corp. stated, “We could not be more honored to have Kevin joining the Lew’s team. The impact that Kevin has had on the Strike King brand cannot be overstated and we feel that the knowledge, expertise and respect he brings to the table will be transformational for our entire organization.”

KVD’s accomplishments as a competitive angler are unmatched, but what also separates Kevin from many pro anglers is that he has never been one to change sponsors without a very compelling reason.

‘Strike King has always been like family to me, so when I heard about the acquisition of Strike King by Lew’s, I was a little apprehensive. Once I got to know the Lew’s group and realized that the culture and team was so aligned with the folks I have been working with for years, I couldn’t help but be excited by the prospect of working with the entire group. Sometimes in relationships it takes a long time to develop trust and rapport, but sometimes, it just feels right.”

Historically, when a high-profile athlete leaves a long-time sponsor for a new opportunity, the situation is often accompanied by hard feelings. Again, this is a very unique situation. KVD worked with the team at Quantum for many years and there will be always be a great deal of mutual respect and appreciation for what they accomplished together.

"Fishing our gear, Kevin became the most decorated angler of all time, and we have really enjoyed our mutually beneficial relationship. Kevin has been a great partner and friend and we thank him for his professionalism all these many years. We wish him the best as he moves on in his new relationship with Lew’s." Said Steve Smits, President and COO of Zebco Brands.

Every once in a while, there is an event in our industry that can change the face of an organization. The addition of Kevin Van Dam to the Lew’s pro staff is one of those events. The impact and unique perspective KVD will bring to the Lew’s product development team, just as he has done for Strike King will definitely change the landscape. The sky is the limit for both Lew’s and KVD with this partnership and the future will be very fun to watch.

by AnglersChannel

Blake Hardy Wins Big Bass Splash on Fork with 10.61 Largemouth

BIG BASS SPLASH - Lake Fork, TX - DAY 3 Results
Top Overall Winners

Blake Hardy of New Waverly, TX - 10.61
Jimmy Qualls of Euless, TX - 10.06
Burl Blosser of Abilene, TX - 9.77
Brigham Bigby of Colmesneil, TX - 9.32
Carl Parks of Hemphill, TX - 9.25

Heaviest under slot - Charles Hershberger of Frankston, TX - 2.70

by AnglersChannel

ILLINOIS’ PINCKNEYVILLE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING ARKANSAS RIVER OPEN

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Sept. 23, 2019) – Illinois’ Pinckneyville Community High School duo of Zachary Martin of Pinckneyville, Illinois, and Trey McKinney of Carbondale, Illinois, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 10 pounds, 3 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Arkansas River Open.

A field of 16 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from the North River Landing in North Little Rock. The tournament was hosted by the North Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau. 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 team on the Arkansas River that advanced to the 2020 High School Fishing National Championship was:

1st: Pinckneyville Community High School, Pinckneyville, Ill. – Zachary Martin, Pinckneyville, Ill., and Trey McKinney, Carbondale, Ill., five bass, 10-3

Rounding out the top 10 teams were:

2nd: Cabot High School, Cabot, Ark. – Cody Ostendorf and Masen Wade, both of Cabot, Ark., five bass, 7-11

3rd: Bryant High School, Bryant, Ark. – Tucker Dottley, Little Rock, Ark., and Brandon Gabe, Benton, Ark., four bass, 6-15

4th: Central Arkansas Flippin’ Outcasts, Cabot, Ark. – Davis Coleman and Grant Shahan, both of Sherwood, Ark., two bass, 5-5

5th: Cabot High School, Cabot, Ark. – Harrison Friddle and Zachery Ward, both of Cabot, Ark., two bass, 4-9

6th: Kay County Student Anglers, Kay County, Okla. – Hayden Newland, Ponca City, Okla., and Ty Downs, Newkirk, Okla., two bass, 4-3

7th: Benton High School, Benton, La. – Peyton Grantham, Benton, La., and Tanner Underwood, Bossier City, La., two bass, 3-12

8th: Vilonia High School, Vilonia, Ark. – Mason Davis, Vilonia, Ark., and Noah Yelich, Conway. Ark., two bass, 3-5

9th: Independence High School, Frisco, Texas – Hunter Jenkins, McKinney, Texas and Hunter Triebel, Frisco, Texas, one bass, 2-7

10th: Bauxite High School, Bauxite, Ark. – Brody Jacks, Tull, Ark., and Kanon Harmon, Benton, Ark., three bass, 2-6

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

The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Arkansas River 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 2020 High School Fishing National Championship on the Mississippi River in La Crosse, Wisconsin. 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 2020 High School Fishing World Finals, held in conjunction with the National Championship. At the 2019 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, Namibia, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, and Zimbabwe. 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.

by AnglersChannel

ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING TOURNAMENT ON ARKANSAS RIVER PRESENTED BY BASS PRO SHOPS

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Sept. 23, 2019) – The Arkansas Tech University duo of Fletcher Nutt and Dustin Reid, both of Sheridan, Arkansas, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on the Arkansas River presented by Bass Pro Shops with a five-bass limit weighing 15 pounds, 2 ounces. The victory earned the Wonder Boys’ bass club $2,000 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

“We live about 30 minutes from Little Rock, so the river is pretty much our home water,” said Reid, a senior majoring in agricultural business. “It turned out to be a big advantage.”

“We locked down from Little Rock to the Tar Camp pool,” said Nutt, a sophomore majoring in natural resource management. “We had two good days of practice coming into this event and had found some fish in the backwaters.”

The duo mainly caught their fish on a trio of baits – a Carolina rig, a crankbait and a Zoom Z-Craw on a shaky-head rig – although they also added a nice keeper near the end of the day on a River2Sea Whopper Plopper.

“We probably caught around 30 fish,” Reid said. “Most came on the shaky-head worm, but we caught one good one on a crankbait and a nice 4½-pounder on the Whopper Plopper.”

“I think the key was our local knowledge,” Nutt went on to say. “We were fishing a little bit deeper than everybody else was, and some of the areas we were fishing were very tough to find in practice.”

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

1^st: Arkansas Tech University – Fletcher Nutt and Dustin Reid, both of Sheridan, Arkansas, five bass, 15-2, $2,000

2^nd: East Texas Baptist University – Mason Beatty, Longview, Texas, and Jacob Keith, Jefferson, Texas, five bass, 12-7, $1,250

3^rd: Sam Houston State University – Jayce Garrison, Conroe, Texas, and Mason Hoke, Montgomery, Texas, five bass, 11-8, $1,100

4^th: Stephen F. Austin State University – Hunter Muncrief, Pineland, Texas, and River Lee, Nacogdoches, Texas, five bass, 10-7, $700

5^th: University of Central Arkansas – Nicholas Bergt, Atlanta, Texas, and Philip Nguyen, Conway, Ark., four bass, 10-7, $500

6^th: Arkansas Tech University – Blake Smith, Pine Bluff, Ark., and Ryan Mozisek, Benton, Ark., five bass, 10-5, $450

7^th: Dallas Baptist University – Reece Martin, Lindale, Texas, and Mark Harris, Conroe, Texas, five bass, 10-2

8^th: Tarleton State University – Drew Hargrove, Moody, Texas, five bass, 10-0

9^th: Northeast Texas Community College – Austin King, Hughes Springs, Texas, and Braden Jones, Pittsburg, Texas, five bass, 9-12

10^th: Northwestern State University – Maguire Parker, Stonewall, La., and Wes Rollo, Natchitoches, La., four bass, 9-9

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

The YETI FLW College Fishing event on the Arkansas River presented by Bass Pro Shops was hosted by the North Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau. It was the third and final regular-season qualifying tournament for Southern Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be a Western conference event – the YETI FLW College Fishing tournament on the California Delta presented by Bass Pro Shops, Sept. 27 in Bethel Island, California.

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, scheduled for Feb. 26-28 on the Harris Chain of Lakes in Leesburg, Florida. Additional teams will qualify for the National Championship if the field size in regular-season events exceeds 100 boats.

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.

by AnglersChannel

Australian Pro Jocumsen Scores Bassmaster Elite Series Victory On Tenkiller

Queensland, Australia native Carl Jocumsen won the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller with a total of 54 pounds, 15 ounces.

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

Australian Pro Jocumsen Scores Bassmaster Elite Series Victory On Tenkiller

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Relentless determination and commitment to his game plan paid off big for Carl Jocumsen, who turned in a catch of 19 pounds, 12 ounces on Championship Sunday and scored a career-defining victory at the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller.

His four-day total weight of 54-15 was worth $100,000 and made a nice birthday gift for the Queensland, Australia angler, who turned 35 Sunday.

Jocumsen said his first Elite win — which is also the first by an Aussie — has been a lifelong dream.

“Since I was four years old, I’ve loved fishing and I’ve dreamed of the day I would do this,” Jocumsen said. “Today is that day. This is a lifetime of work; a lifetime of passion and loving this sport with every ounce of my body.”

Yesterday, after placing third and trailing leader Kyle Monti by 4-8, Jocumsen boldly stated that he believed he was on the fish to win. He predicted he needed five keepers to have a legitimate shot, and he blew away that expectation with a limit of 19-12 that ranked as the tournament’s heaviest single-day catch.

Jocumsen’s winning program stood out from much of the field, in that he committed his tournament to fishing offshore. Relying heavily on his electronics to break down the lake and identify the most promising spots, he targeted six different offshore drop-offs with brush and other cover.

Day 3 revealed a particularly productive piece of cover that delivered his final-round magic.

“I used my Humminbird 360, side imaging and mapping to break down this lake in two and a half days. I stayed out here from daylight until dark,” Jocumsen said. “Yesterday afternoon, I found this one tree off this island. It was one late in the day, and I caught one keeper. But I said, ‘I want to hit this early on the final day to see if they’re biting.’”

His intuition was spot-on, and Jocumsen experienced a phenomenal morning that saw him catch four quality largemouth by 8:30, including three in span of approximately seven minutes. Jocumsen would suffer through a long dry spell before completing his five-fish limit, but the 4-pound smallmouth that sealed his fate gave Bassmaster LIVE viewers a look at pure bass fishing emotion.

“I’ve waited my life to catch that fish,” said a visibly emotional Jocumsen. “I had gone three hours without a bite and I said, ‘It can’t go down this way. I have to finish it.’ When I caught that smallmouth, the weight of the world came off my shoulders.”

Adding a 5-pound largemouth late in the day increased Jocumsen’s total and gave him a 3-pound, 10-ounce margin of victory.

Jocumsen, who will marry fiancee Kayla Palaniuk in two weeks, caught all of his bass on a 3/4-ounce Molix football jig with a green pumpkin Strike King Rage Craw trailer. He made a couple of brief visits to fish the bank, mostly to let his offshore sites rest, but did all of his heavy lifting offshore.

In second, Day 2 leader Chris Zaldain of Fort Worth, Texas, switched tactics Sunday and caught a limit of 14-7 to finish with 51-5. After focusing mostly on running shallow points for smallmouth the first three days, Zaldain spent the first half of the final day throwing a 1/2-ounce Santone wobblehead jig with a green pumpkin creature bait trailer.

“I caught two 16-inch-plus largemouth in the morning, and that kind of relaxed me to go fish all new water and search out those smallmouth,” he said.

Zaldain added three smallmouth to his final bag. He caught those with a Megabass Spark Shad swimbait on a 1/8-ounce Megabass Okashira Screw Head.

Cory Johnston of Cavan, Cananda, finished third with 48-6. For the first three days, he spent most of his time working covered boat docks with jigging spoons and a Neko rig. But today’s conditions kept the fish from positioning in predictable spots, so Johnston switched to his backup pattern.

“With the cloudy skies, the fish didn’t position on the boat slips like I needed them to, so I ended up cranking rock banks with squarebills,” Johnston said. “I caught one in a boat slip on the Neko rig and the rest came on squarebills.”

In the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Race, Scott Canterbury took the lead with 761 points. Canterbury finished 19th this week, but maintained a slim advantage in the points race, which will be decided next week at the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship on Lake St. Clair.

Zaldain follows closely in second with 752, while Johnston is third with 747. Stetson Blaylock of Benton, Ark., is fourth with 741 and Drew Cook of Midway, Fla., is fifth with 733.

Cook also leads the DICK’S Sporting Goods Rookie of the Year race.

2019 Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller 9/19-9/22
Lake Tenkiller, Tahlequah  OK.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 4

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

1.  Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA 19  54-15  100 $100,000.00
  Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 4   06-04     Day 3: 5   15-04     Day 4: 5   19-12   
2.  Chris Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX          20  51-05   99  $25,000.00
  Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   13-15     Day 3: 5   11-14     Day 4: 5   14-07   
3.  Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            20  48-06   98  $20,000.00
  Day 1: 5   13-04     Day 2: 5   09-14     Day 3: 5   11-11     Day 4: 5   13-09   
4.  Brandon Card           Knoxville, TN           20  47-03   97  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   12-12     Day 2: 5   11-15     Day 3: 5   10-01     Day 4: 5   12-07   
5.  Kyle Monti             Okeechobee, FL          17  46-09   96  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 4   08-14     Day 3: 5   16-09     Day 4: 3   06-14   
6.  David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           20  45-10   95  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   10-15     Day 2: 5   08-08     Day 3: 5   12-07     Day 4: 5   13-12   
7.  Keith Combs            Huntington, TX          20  45-08   94  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   10-02     Day 2: 5   10-04     Day 3: 5   13-06     Day 4: 5   11-12   
8.  Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR              20  42-05   93  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   15-09     Day 2: 5   07-09     Day 3: 5   10-03     Day 4: 5   09-00   
9.  Todd Auten             Lake Wylie, SC          16  38-06   92  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 4   06-01     Day 2: 5   13-10     Day 3: 5   14-13     Day 4: 2   03-14   
10. Hunter Shryock         Newcomerstown, OH       19  34-02   91  $15,000.00
  Day 1: 5   10-15     Day 2: 5   08-08     Day 3: 5   10-10     Day 4: 4   04-01   
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
     Caleb Sumrall            New Iberia, LA      05-07      $1,500.00

by AnglersChannel

Monti Leads heading into Championship Sunday on Tenkiller

Kyle Monti of Okeechobee, Fla., is leading after Day 3 of the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller with a total of 39 pounds, 11 ounces.

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

September 21, 2019

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — A key adjustment early on Saturday enabled Okeechobee, Florida’s Kyle Monti to stay with his offshore game and move into the lead of the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller with a three-day total of 39 pounds, 11 ounces.

After placing third Thursday with 14-4, Monti slipped to fifth with 23-2 Friday. On Saturday, he added 16-9 — the event’s heaviest catch so far. His Day 3 bag included four largemouth bass and one spotted bass.

For two days, Monti fished an offshore sandbar with isolated hard spots and caught his fish on a drop-shot rig. Saturday, he shifted gears and caught most of his bass on a wobblehead jig.

“I caught one right off the bat that clued me in that the fish were still there, but I caught it on a bait that I haven’t caught a fish on all week,” Monti said. “That clued me in on how to catch them without dropping straight down to them with a drop shot.”

Monti said this proved crucial to his success, as he would have had a difficult time executing the drop-shot technique he had employed for much of Days 1 and 2.

Following cloudy, often rainy conditions Friday, Saturday brought mostly sunny skies and winds that reached a steady 20 mph.

“If I would not have changed, I wouldn’t have caught those fish, because I couldn’t drop down very well yesterday after the wind picked up, and today I couldn’t at all,” he said. “But I got that bite that clued me in on what to do, and I kept that thing in my hand and I have a lot of confidence in that bait.”

Following his revelation, Monti decided to expand his options and explore areas shallower than the 18 to 25 feet where he had caught fish the first two days. Finding a hard spot in 10 feet, he caught two keeper largemouth on the wobblehead and then added a pair of spotted bass on a similar area.

Confident he had caught enough to advance to Championship Sunday, Monti left his offshore spots and found a late-day bonus that pushed him into the lead.

“I went to a bank where I had caught a couple on topwater during practice, tied on a crankbait for the first time this week and caught my biggest one of the day — close to 4 pounds,” he said. “That’s how this lake is fishing right now. If you’re fishing the bank, it’s hit or miss and I don’t want to miss. So, I’m going to grind on that deep hole as long as I can and if I get five bites, I think I can win.”

Monti said that while he’ll focus on his offshore pattern tomorrow, he will not rule out other options. Seasonality, he said, has made his primary pattern a good call, but he realizes its finite reality. Moreover, with the lake level stabilizing after falling at a steady pace, the shallow opportunities could increase.

“I think what’s there is there, and I don’t think there are more fish coming because I think that’s a summertime spot,” he said. “I have to keep an open mind to the shallow bite because it could stabilize. That could go off, and I need to be able to go do that if I have to.”

In second place, Day 2 leader Chris Zaldain of Fort Worth, Texas, committed to a smallmouth pattern and added 11-14 to his previous two days’ weights of 11-1 and 13-15 for a total of 36-14.

Pursuing a highly mobile strategy, Zaldain threw a Megabass Spark Shad swimbait on a 1/8-ounce Megabass Okashira Screw Head and focused on what he described as an unassuming habitat feature.

“It was super-flat, ugly points with red clay and scattered rock,” Zaldain said. “When you’re running down the lake and you see an ugly point, most guys won’t stop and fish it. But when you put your trolling motor down, you’ll find little nuances on those ugly points, and that’s what the fish are relating to.

“Those spots in conjunction with the finesse swimbait I’m throwing, when they get it, they eat it so hard. That tells me it’s the right bait.”

Essential to the Okashira design are the twin props of different sizes behind the lead head. Adding an audible appeal, the props also provide lift, which allows Zaldain to keep his bait higher in the water column where fish chasing bait on windblown points are more likely to see it.

In third place, Carl Jocumsen of Queensland, Australia, turned in his best performance so far with a limit of 15-4, which gave him a 35-3 total. After dialing in a dependable pattern late on Day 2, he dragged a 3/4-ounce football jig all day.

“I literally caught all of my fish in the same areas, doing the same thing as yesterday,” Jocumsen said. “It’s very isolated casts to very specific spots. They’re positioning right on these little rock humps and brush piles that I’m finding on my Humminbird 360.

“They’re there and they bite at the right times. I just have to put away every rod tomorrow and not have anything else in my mind — and if it’s my time, it’s going to happen.”

In the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Race, Scott Canterbury regained the lead with 761 points. The Odenville, Ala., angler led the race coming into this week’s event, but slipped to third on Day 2.

Zaldain follows in second with 752 points, while Canadian Cory Johnston sits in third with 746. Stetson Blaylock of Benton, Ark., is fourth with 741 and Drew Cook of Midway, Fla., is fifth with 733.

Cook also leads the DICK’S Sporting Goods Rookie of the Year race.

Tomorrow’s final takeoff will occur at 7 a.m. CT, with the Top 10 remaining anglers leaving from Chicken Creek Ramp. Weigh-in will be held at Cherokee Casino Tahlequah in Tahlequah, Okla., at 4 p.m., with the winner earning $100,000.

2019 Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller 9/19-9/22
Lake Tenkiller, Tahlequah  OK.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 3

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

1.  Kyle Monti             Okeechobee, FL          14  39-11  100
  Day 1: 5   14-04     Day 2: 4   08-14     Day 3: 5   16-09   
2.  Chris Zaldain          Fort Worth, TX          15  36-14   99
  Day 1: 5   11-01     Day 2: 5   13-15     Day 3: 5   11-14   
3.  Carl Jocumsen          Queensland TX AUSTRALIA 14  35-03   98
  Day 1: 5   13-11     Day 2: 4   06-04     Day 3: 5   15-04   
4.  Cory Johnston          Cavan CANADA            15  34-13   97
  Day 1: 5   13-04     Day 2: 5   09-14     Day 3: 5   11-11   
5.  Brandon Card           Knoxville, TN           15  34-12   96
  Day 1: 5   12-12     Day 2: 5   11-15     Day 3: 5   10-01   
6.  Todd Auten             Lake Wylie, SC          14  34-08   95
  Day 1: 4   06-01     Day 2: 5   13-10     Day 3: 5   14-13   
7.  Keith Combs            Huntington, TX          15  33-12   94
  Day 1: 5   10-02     Day 2: 5   10-04     Day 3: 5   13-06   
8.  Stetson Blaylock       Benton, AR              15  33-05   93
  Day 1: 5   15-09     Day 2: 5   07-09     Day 3: 5   10-03   
9.  David Mullins          Mt Carmel, TN           15  31-14   92
  Day 1: 5   10-15     Day 2: 5   08-08     Day 3: 5   12-07   
10. Hunter Shryock         Newcomerstown, OH       15  30-01   91
  Day 1: 5   10-15     Day 2: 5   08-08     Day 3: 5   10-10   
11. Brandon Lester         Fayetteville, TN        14  29-13   90  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 5   07-05     Day 2: 5   13-07     Day 3: 4   09-01   
12. Ed Loughran III        Richmond, VA            14  29-09   89  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 5   08-00     Day 2: 4   11-00     Day 3: 5   10-09   
13. Frank Talley           Temple, TX              14  29-02   88  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 4   07-03     Day 2: 5   14-08     Day 3: 5   07-07   
14. Lee Livesay            Gladewater, TX          14  29-00   87  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 5   11-06     Day 2: 5   10-02     Day 3: 4   07-08   
15. Shane LeHew            Catawba, NC             15  28-10   86  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 5   06-12     Day 2: 5   13-15     Day 3: 5   07-15   
16. Harvey Horne           Bella Vista, AR         11  28-02   85  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 4   10-09     Day 2: 5   11-07     Day 3: 2   06-02   
17. Brock Mosley           Collinsville, MS        12  27-14   84  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 5   12-00     Day 2: 2   05-04     Day 3: 5   10-10   
18. Tyler Rivet            Raceland, LA            13  27-13   83  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 5   14-00     Day 3: 5   07-00   
19. Scott Canterbury       Odenville, AL           15  27-08   82  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 5   08-15     Day 2: 5   08-09     Day 3: 5   10-00   
20. Matt Arey              Shelby, NC              15  27-05   81  $10,000.00
  Day 1: 5   09-06     Day 2: 5   09-15     Day 3: 5   08-00   
21. Caleb Sumrall          New Iberia, LA          13  27-04   80   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   14-09     Day 2: 5   07-13     Day 3: 3   04-14   
22. Clent Davis            Montevallo, AL          15  26-13   79   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   07-07     Day 2: 5   12-03     Day 3: 5   07-03   
23. Micah Frazier          Newnan, GA              13  26-11   78   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   10-14     Day 2: 4   06-10     Day 3: 4   09-03   
24. John Crews Jr          Salem, VA               13  26-02   77   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 3   06-02     Day 2: 5   10-08     Day 3: 5   09-08   
25. Steve Kennedy          Auburn, AL              13  26-02   76   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 3   07-10     Day 2: 5   10-04     Day 3: 5   08-04   
26. Jake Whitaker          Fairview, NC            10  25-13   75   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 1   04-06     Day 2: 5   12-02     Day 3: 4   09-05   
27. Patrick Walters        Summerville, SC         15  24-11   74   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   10-11     Day 2: 5   05-15     Day 3: 5   08-01   
28. Drew Cook              Midway, FL              11  24-06   73   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   09-14     Day 2: 5   13-07     Day 3: 1   01-01   
29. Ray Hanselman Jr       Del Rio, TX             10  23-06   72   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   08-11     Day 2: 3   09-08     Day 3: 2   05-03   
30. Luke Palmer            Coalgate, OK            12  22-08   71   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   10-11     Day 2: 5   07-00     Day 3: 2   04-13   
31. Drew Benton            Panama City, FL         13  22-05   70   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   08-02     Day 2: 5   08-13     Day 3: 3   05-06   
32. Mike Huff              Corbin, KY              12  22-04   69   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   10-13     Day 2: 5   08-06     Day 3: 2   03-01   
33. Jesse Tacoronte        Kissimmee, FL           10  22-00   68   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   14-03     Day 2: 3   04-09     Day 3: 2   03-04   
34. Jeff Gustafson         Keewatin Ontario CANADA 12  21-12   67   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 4   08-00     Day 2: 4   08-05     Day 3: 4   05-07   
35. Seth Feider            New Market, MN          12  21-02   66   $7,500.00
  Day 1: 5   09-11     Day 2: 5   08-15     Day 3: 2   02-08

by AnglersChannel

VAUGHAN WINS COSTA FLW SERIES TOURNAMENT ON ST. LAWRENCE RIVER PRESENTED BY REALTREE FISHING

Sixth-Year Costa FLW Series angler Earns First Career Victory

MASSENA, N.Y. (Sept. 21, 2019) – Pro Wayne Vaughan of Chester, Virginia, caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 20 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the three-day Costa FLW Series on the St. Lawrence River presented by Realtree Fishing.

Vaughan’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 63 pounds, 5 ounces was enough to earn him the victory by a 1-pound, 9-ounce margin over second-place pro Scott Dobson of Clarkston, Michigan, and earn him $83,340, including a new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard. The tournament was the third and final regular-season tournament of the year for anglers competing in the Costa FLW Series Northern Division presented by Gajo Baits.

“I caught a few fish this week on a tube, but every fish that I weighed in came drop-shotting a Redbone-colored Z-Man Jerk Shadz,” said Vaughan, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “I fished basically from takeoff all the way down to Clayton, hitting 20 to 25 spots each day.

“The first day my numbers were not that great – I think I only caught 10 fish,” Vaughan continued. “On the second day I caught around 25, and today I only caught 10. I was fishing around the ends of points – I caught them all in 35- to 55-feet-of-water. Yesterday the current was moving really well, so it had the fish up a little higher – around 35 feet. Today, I couldn’t get them that shallow and had to go real deep. I caught one down 55 feet.”

When asked what he felt was the key to his victory, Vaughan was honest and blunt with his answer – “luck.”

“I had no keys,” Vaughan joked. “I think my key was luck. I had caught a couple of fish in practice, but the last day I caught a 6-pounder way out deep. I told myself, ‘That is definitely where the big ones live, and I’m committing myself to this.’ It was a grind – I was only getting one or two fish on each of those spots.

“It’s been a great year, and to win at the last event of the year is just a great way to end the season,” Vaughan went on to say.

The top 10 pros on the St. Lawrence River finished:

1^st: Wayne Vaughan, Chester, Va., 15 bass, 63-5, $83,340

2^nd: Scott Dobson, Clarkston, Mich., 15 bass, 61-12, $14,199

3^rd: A.J. Slegona, Pine Bush, N.Y., 15 bass, 59-7, $11,115

4^th: Casey Smith, Macedon, N.Y., 15 bass, 58-12, $9,096

5^th: Jason Burger, Bridgeton, N.J., 14 bass, 54-10, $8,186

6^th: Neil Deleeuw, Fenwick, Ontario, Canada, 15 bass, 54-4, $7,277

7^th: Ken Golub, Pittsford, N.Y., 14 bass, 54-1, $7,967

8^th: Brian Hughes, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, 15 bass, 53-8, $5,458

9^th: Jonathan Kelley, Old Forge, Penn., 15 bass, 50-4, $5,548

10^th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 15 bass, 50-0, $3,638

A complete list of results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Vaughan weighed in a 6-pound, 5-ounce bass Friday – the heaviest of the tournament in the Pro Division – and also earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $256.

Noah Winslow of Naugatuck, Connecticut, won the Co-angler Division with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 50 pounds, 11 ounces. For his win, Winslow took home the top prize package of a new Ranger Z175 boat with a 115-horsepower outboard motor, worth $27,100.

The top 10 co-anglers on the St. Lawrence River finished:

1^st: Noah Winslow, Naugatuck, Conn., 15 bass, 50-11, $27,100

2^nd: Dexter Andrews, King George, Va., 15 bass, 50-3, $4,874

3^rd: Grant Loney, Beamsville, Ontario, Canada, 14 bass, 49-2, $3,723

4^th: Jeff Zeisner, Arva, Ontario, Canada, 15 bass, 49-1, $3,258

5^th: Gary Haraguchi, Antioch, Calif., 14 bass, 48-6, $3,042

6^th: Michael Sciacca, Augusta, N.J., 14 bass, 43-2, $2,327

7^th: Will Litchfield, London, Ontario, Canada, 14 bass, 40-13, $1,862

8^th: Joshua Hertzog, Ephrata, Penn., 14 bass, 39-0, $1,729

9^th: Jeff Melsop, East Liberty, Ohio, 12 bass, 38-12, $1,396

10^th: D. Brett Walker, Kansas City, Mo., 11 bass, 33-1, $1,163

Henry McKee of Haddon Heights, New Jersey, caught the biggest bass of the tournament in the Co-angler Division Friday, a fish weighing 6 pounds, 4 ounces. He earned the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $170.

The Costa FLW Series on the St. Lawrence River presented by Realtree Fishing was hosted by the Town of Massena. It was the third and final tournament in the 2019 regular season for Northern Division presented by Gajo Baits anglers. The next tournament for FLW Series anglers will also be in the Western Division, the Costa FLW Series at the California Delta presented by Power-Pole, held Sept. 26-28 in Bethel Island, California. For a complete schedule, visit FLWFishing.com.

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.

by AnglersChannel

Zaldain Takes The Lead At Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Lake Tenkiller

Chris Zaldain of Fort Worth, Texas is leading after Day 2 of the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller with a total of 25 pounds.

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

September 20, 2019

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Channeling his Southern California finesse-fishing roots, Chris Zaldainestablished a replicable pattern Friday and moved into the lead of the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller with a two-day total of 25 pounds.

After placing 13th on Day 1 with 11-1, Zaldain, who now lives in Fort Worth, Texas, added 13-15 during Friday’s second round. His bag included four smallmouth bass — including a 3 1/2-pounder — and one spotted bass.

“I figured something out this morning; it was bang, bang, bang,” Zaldain said. “I stayed in one area until about 10 o’clock, and I learned a lot about what the fish were doing. I’d keep going back and forth on a stretch, and I learned a lot about how they move up and move down.

“After 10 o’clock, I started expanding. I got out of that area and I started looking for new stuff, and I caught two big smallmouth.”

With water levels down approximately a foot and a half since practice, many anglers have reported struggling with displaced fish. However, Zaldain said his fortune hung more on the day’s meteorological makeup. With Tropical Storm Imelda pushing clouds, rain and windy conditions across Tenkiller, he found a favorable contrast to Thursday’s hot, sunny complexion.

“It’s definitely a pattern and I don’t think the weather is affecting me much, but it is weather dependent,” Zaldain said. “If we get clouds and wind tomorrow, I can catch a big bag of brown fish (smallmouth).”

Noting his high comfort level with finessing fish into biting, Zaldain described his bait selection as a medium-finesse size. The essential element, he said, was using a bait with broad appeal.

“Growing up in California, we had all the different (species) options of fish,” Zaldain said. “Honestly, you don’t know what you’re going to catch here; you may catch a smallmouth in a brushpile or a largemouth on a sheer bluff rock wall, so bait selection is key.

“You can’t discriminate against one or the other. You have to throw something just big enough to interest a largemouth and just small enough for a smallmouth or spot. That way you have three different chances. And if you get a bite, you have to get it to the boat because bites aren’t very plentiful.”

Zaldain kept his details guarded, but he explained that figuring out precisely how fish are relating to a specific habitat feature defined his success. Having discovered more areas where fish are following the same pattern, he said he’ll follow the game plan tomorrow.

In second place, Tennessee angler Brandon Cardcaught 12-12 on Day 1 and followed with 11-15 Fridayfor a two-day mark of 24-11. He reported losing two big fish and boating five keepers. His bag included three largemouth — one that went 4-10 — and two spotted bass.

“I’m fishing one section of the mid-lake area, but kind of jumping around and fishing specific little areas,” Card said. “I had a couple of areas where I caught multiple fish, and then I’d have lulls and then catch a few more fish — bam, bam, bam — and then one at the end of the day.”

Card said he’s targeting bass that were pulled from the shoreline cover when the water fell. The fish are holding on particular fall-back spots and he’s catching them on a mix of reaction baits and slower baits.

In third place, Florida’s Drew Cook added 13-7 to the 9-14 he weighed on Day 1 for a 23-5 total. Cook mostly focused on a 60-yard area in the back of creek where fish are holding on a bluff wall with about nine feet of water.

“I caught five keepers today. I was lucky enough to catch four ‘over’ largemouth (exceeding the 16-inch minimum) within the first two hours,” he said. “Then I went looking for something different — in case I made it to Sunday — and caught a keeper spotted bass.

“If you throw anything shad imitating, you’ll catch a pile of little ones. I’ve been catching them all on a 3/8-ounce Nichols jig with a 3-inch Big Bite Baits Fighting Frog because I’m looking for the crawfish eaters, not the shad eaters.”

Coming into the day, Alabama’s Scott Canterburyled the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race with 750 points, followed by Stetson Blaylock of Arkansas with 748 and Canada’s Cory Johnston with 744. After today’s weigh-ins, Cook leads with 758, Zaldain is second with 753 and Canterbury slipped to third with 751. Blaylock sits in fourth with 745 and Johnston is fifth with 744.

Cook also leads the DICK’S Sporting Goods Rookie of the Year race.

The field will be trimmed to the Top 35 for Saturday’s semifinal round, and only the Top 10 will advance to Championship Sunday with a chance at the $100,000 first-place prize.

Daily takeoffs Saturday and Sunday will occur at 7 a.m. CT from Chicken Creek Ramp. Weigh-ins on Days 3 and 4 will move to the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah in Tahlequah, Okla., at 4 p.m.

2019 Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller Title Sponsor: Cherokee Casino Tahlequah

2019 Bassmaster Elite Series Platinum Sponsor: Toyota

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

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

2019 Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite At Lake Tenkiller Host: Cherokee Nation Entertainment, LLC

About Cherokee Nation Entertainment
Cherokee Nation Entertainment is the wholly owned gaming, hospitality, retail and tourism entity of the Cherokee Nation, the largest tribal government in the United States. The company currently operates Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa; nine Cherokee Casinos, including a horse racing track; three hotels; three golf courses; and other retail operations. For more information, visit www.cherokeecasino.com.

2019 Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller 9/19-9/22
Lake Tenkiller, Tahlequah  OK.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 2

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

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

Hatch Leads Day 1 of Final Northern Costa

September 19, 2019 by By Sean Ostruszka

There were no 25-pound mega-bags coming across the stage at weigh-in of the final leg of the Costa FLW Series Northern Division. The event on the St. Lawrence River, presented by Gajo Baits, hasn’t been the slugfest many expected after one day of fishing. There were still plenty of 20-pound bags, though, and the St. Lawrence on a bad day is still a tremendous fishery.

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With the river’s smallmouth clearly in transition mode, anglers really had to adapt their game plans to stay with the moving fish. With a pair of bags topping the 23-pound mark, 20 pounds only got you in 18th after day one. Shane Hatch’s 23-7 bag beat out Dakota Ebare by 1 ounce to give the Maine pro the lead for the time being.

“I certainly wasn’t expecting to have that good of a bag,” Hatch says. “I actually thought I had a little less. So I’m happy.”

The big question going into the day was how far anglers would make the run down river, potentially going into Lake Ontario. Sure enough, plenty did, though what they found was a mixed bag. A number of pros said they went down there only to find unfishable conditions on the lake thanks to 4-foot waves, or the schools in the river seemingly having disappeared.

JT Kenney actually ran 93 miles to not catch a fish – he caught all his weight working his way back. Matt Becker only found disappointment and rough water out on the lake, and Joe Wood said he had a pair of schools where he could catch 25 pounds “easy in practice” ghost him today.

As for the leader, Hatch says he only ran maybe 40 miles, and, once there, he bounced around a lot.

“I probably hit 30 spots with them being anywhere from 5 to 35 feet,” Hatch says. “Some are big areas and some are specific spots, but a lot of them are one-fish deals.”

Being that this is his first time in the top 10 of a Costa FLW Series tournament, he was tight-lipped as to specifics, but he did say he caught more than 15 keepers. And as for presentations?

“Nothing different than anyone else,” Hatch says. “We’re all fishing for smallmouth. It’s pretty obvious what everyone is doing.”

With conditions forecast to be similar tomorrow (just a little warmer but with the same southwest wind) – something many locals noted as a reason for the tougher fishing, as the wind was out of the east most of practice – Hatch says he sees no reason to change up what he’s doing.

“I just hope I can do it again,” he says.

Dakota Ebare

TOP 10 PROS

1. Shane Hatch – Owlshead, Maine – 23-7 (5)

2. Dakota Ebare – Denham Springs, La. – 23-6 (5)

3. Robert Behrle – Hoover, Ala. – 22-9 (5)

4. Ken Golub – Pittsford, N.Y. – 22-8 (5)

5. Brian Hughes – Barrie, On. – 22-4 (5)

6. Casey Smith – Macedon, N.Y. – 21-15 (5)

7. JT Kenney – Palm Bay, Fla. – 21-12 (5)

8. Adrian Avena – Vineland, N.J. – 21-11 (5)

9. Ron Nelson – Berrien Springs, Mich. – 21-9 (5)

10. William Dennison III – Willoughby Hills, Ohio – 21-6 (5)

Joshua Hertzog

Hertzog takes co-angler lead

Being a co-angler offers a unique opportunity to learn, and what Josh Hertzog learned today has him in the lead on the co-angler side of things.

“I learned a lot today,” says Hertzog, who was to only co-angler to crack the 20-pound mark (20-1). “I don’t want to say what, but hopefully I’ll be able to use it based on what my pro does tomorrow.”

Whatever it was, he learned it from his pro, Erik Luzak, and he learned it well.

While Luzak was clearly out-fishing him to start, Hertzog picked up on what he needed to do and caught a 5-13 and another 5-pounder in quick order. The end result was a bag that was only 7 ounces less than his pro’s.

“I had a lot of fun, and I definitely hope to be able to do that same thing tomorrow,” Hertzog says.

TOP 10 CO-ANGLERS

1. Joshua Hertzog – Ephrata, Pa. – 20-1 (5)

2. Dexter Andrews – King George, Va. – 19-3 (5)

3. Noah Winslow – Naugatuck, Conn. – 19-0 (5)

4. Grant Loney – Beamsville, On. – 17-10 (5)

5. Jeff Zeisner – Arva, On. – 17-7 (5)

6. John Husnay – Utica, N.Y. – 17-6 (5)

7. Gary Haraguchi – Antioch, Calif. – 17-5 (5)

8. Josh Lockard – Somerset, Ky. – 17-2 (4)

9. Jeff Melsop – East Liberty, Ohio – 17-1 (5)

10. Christopher Newton – Whitesboro, N.Y. – 16-13 (5)

by AnglersChannel

Blaylock Grinds His Way To Lead At Bassmaster Elite Series Event On Tenkiller

Stetson Blaylock of Benton, Ark., is leading after Day 1 of the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller with 15 pounds, 9 ounces.

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

September 19, 2019

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Stetson Blaylock loves a tough tournament, and pushing through Thursday’s tough conditions delivered a 15-pound, 9-ounce limit that leads Day 1 of the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller.

Daytime highs reached into the 90s, while a declining lake level, which has lost about a foot and a half since practice, left fish displaced and finicky. Fishing the mid- to lower lake, Blaylock caught a mixed bag of largemouth, spotted bass and smallmouth bass. His catch, which included a 4-pound smallmouth, was a welcome performance, considering his expectations.

“Everybody said practice was bad, but I literally caught six keepers the entire practice,” the Benton, Ark., angler said. “I just like this style of lake. When they pulled that water down, it didn’t help the bite, but I was able to slow down and not think about whether I need to flip bushes because I knew the water was falling out of there. So, I just went out with no care and threw.

“I knew if I just caught a bass, that I would be in (the Bassmaster Classic) easy. My very first cast, I caught a 12-inch spotted bass and I was like ‘Well, my day’s made.’ So I just slowed down.”

Blaylock demonstrated his toughness earlier this season with a hard-fought win at the Winyah Bay Bassmaster Elite Series event in April. Acknowledging the similarities, he notes two major differences: First, he stayed in a much smaller area on the South Carolina tidal fishery; moreover, his 2020 Classic berth was far from secure at Winyah.

“Coming into this tournament, I knew I was in sixth, so I feel like that freed me up a lot,” he said.

Blaylock used a mix of reaction and slow baits. Noting that he’s fishing a little deeper than most around him, Blaylock said that keeping an open mind served him well.

“Bites are tough right now, so you want to capitalize on every one of them,” he said. “I’m not afraid to do things that I did not catch bass on in practice. Every bass I caught today came on baits I did not throw in practice.”

Tomorrow’s forecast calls for clouds, more wind, cooler temperatures and the likelihood of showers. Blaylock said he’ll probably need to change his game plan for Day 2, but believes he’s positioned himself well for whatever unfolds.

“I don’t think what I did today will work tomorrow because we’ve had sun and high heat for the past several days,” he said. “I think they’ll bite a little bit better, so it feels really good to have a 1-pound cushion.”

Louisiana pro Caleb Sumrall delivered some late-day heroics to land in second place with a catch of 14-9. With four keepers in his livewell 15 minutes before he had to leave for check-in, Sumrall made a key decision to leave the shallow pattern he’d been running and fish offshore. The payoff was a 5-7 largemouth that completed his limit and now leads the race for Phoenix Boats Big Bass of the week.

“That kind of fish is a day-maker,” Sumrall said. “Everything I had going wasn’t working out, so I just took off from the ramp and fished what looked good. I fished from the top of the river to the dam.

“I had 12 rods on my deck and five where my marshal would have been sitting. It was junk fishing 101. I caught my five fish on four different baits. That’s what’s scary about a lake like this. But with the changing conditions, you have to keep an open mind to everything.”

In third place, Kyle Monti committed to what he feels is an overlooked habitat feature that produced a limit of 14-4. The Florida pro was lean on details, but said he was pleased to discover that the spot he’d found in practice was even more productive than he had initially thought.

He caught a couple of bass on a topwater bait and then slowed down to pick apart the spot with dragging presentations.

“I feel like I found something that’s pretty special,” Monti said. “Today, I pulled in and they came up schooling, and that made me slow down and stay in the area. I think there’s enough there where I can catch another 10 to 12 pounds for sure.”

The tournament will resume Friday with takeoff at 7 a.m. CTfrom Chicken Creek Ramp in Cookson, Okla. Weigh-in on Day 2 will be held at the launch site a 3 p.m. Weigh-ins on Days 3 and 4 will move to the Cherokee Casino Tahlequah in Tahlequah, Okla., at 4 p.m.

2019 Cherokee Casino Tahlequah Bassmaster Elite at Lake Tenkiller 9/19-9/22
Lake Tenkiller, Tahlequah  OK.
(PROFESSIONAL) Standings Day 1

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

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

by AnglersChannel

Matt Arey’s trick for finicky topwater schooling bass

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Few scenes in all of freshwater fishing spur a greater rush of adrenalin than the sight of bass schooling in a surface feeding frenzy. Except sometimes their appetites seem tougher to please than verbally abusive Master Chef Gordon Ramsay in an episode of the television cooking show “Hell’s Kitchen.”

Fact is, the weather during practice at Eastern Oklahoma’s Lake Tenkiller, sight of 2019’s final regular season Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, served up temperatures that felt like hell’s kitchen – which also seemed to send tons of bass to the surface to bust up shad.

“It seems like there are schooling fish everywhere you look all day long here. But they’re super tough to catch because they’re feeding on tiny little threadfin shad, versus larger gizzard shad,” says Matt Arey, winner of more than $1 Million in career prize money.

Temperamental bass bring out Arey’s little bag of tricks. Actually it’s not a bag, but instead a single tackle tray stocked full of tiny grubs and jig heads meant for catching crappie.

“It’s all about matching the hatch. And if they’re gonna eat little threadfin shad like peanut M & M’s, then I’ll give ‘em what they want in the form of 2 ½ to 3 ½ crappie grubs,” says the North Carolina State grad, and proud daddy of two sweet girls.

Arey throws a variety of both curly tail grubs and paddle tails too. The 1/8 and 3/16 ounce lead heads he pairs them with comefrom a mold he inherited from Arnold Ledford, a treasured fishing buddy who passed away in 2018 in their hometown of Shelby, NC. He uses 6-pound P Line Fluoroclear line on a long 7’ 4” spinning rod to maximize casting distance.

Obviously the greatest benefit to Arey’s use of small crappie lures is getting topwater schooling bass to bite when they seem to refuse more standard lures designed for largemouth and smallmouth. However, at Tenkiller, largemouth and smallmouth have to measure at least 16” to weigh-in – and that will be an even bigger challenge than simply getting surface schoolers to bite.

If Arey succeeds, you can grin knowing he is catching them on the equivalent of tiny candy-coated peanut sized lures …actually made for crappie.

by AnglersChannel

Zaldain says Tenkiller will be Top 3 toughest tournaments of his career

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With a check cashing percentage of nearly 70% and (32) Top 20 finishes to his credit, Chris Zaldain has become one of the most polished and high-achieving pros in all of professional bass fishing recently. But the highly likeable California native says this week’s Bassmaster Elite Series event on Lake Tenkiller, OK will be one of the absolute toughest of his eight seasons as a pro.

Q: What’s going to be the toughest factor in this tournament?

Zaldain: It’s hard to pick just one factor. We’re facing warm falling water during a traditionally tough bass fishing month, with bass chasing shad in open water, and not really relating to cover.

Q: What’s the single toughest professional tournament of your career?

Zaldain: That’s easy, the 2014 Bassmaster Elite Series on the Delaware River in Philadelphia that “Ike” won. I caught like five total bass in that tournament. But Tenkiller this week will for sure rank in the Top 3 toughest of my career.

Q: Name 3 lures fans can expect to see Bassmaster Elite Series pros throw a bunch of this week?

Zaldain: Topwater popper, football jig, and a mid depth crankbait.

Q: On the eve of this tough event, how much weight do you think you need to catch on Day 1 to feel good about your performance?

Zaldain: 10 pounds, because catching a 16” legal keeper here is as tough as catching a 24” keeper in the Toyota Texas Bass Classics on Fork and Conroe.

Q: In your opinion, what’s the biggest headline in college or pro football right now?

Zaldain: I honestly don’t watch football. I watch some NASCAR, and a lot of San Jose Sharks NHL hockey. I’m close friends with former Sharks right winger Owen Nolan. He loves to fish.

by AnglersChannel

"The Horseshoe Factor" - Featuring Opens Champ Bob Downey

This week the whole fam damily showed up for the whole episode as the Circus joins the boys on episode 101. They talk a little football, a little fishing, Jason goes off on MLF or FLW or both and Open Champ Bob Downey joins the show to talk about Grand Lake and Opens season this year which includes and Elite invitation and Classic Qualification as well! Check it out!

by AnglersChannel

Chickamauga Officially Added To 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series Slate

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Sept. 18, 2019

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Last week, the bulk of the 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule was revealed.

This week, the schedule just keeps getting more attractive for fans who like big bass.

B.A.S.S. officials announced late Tuesday evening that the second tournament on the 2020 Elite Series slate will be held Feb. 14-17 at Chickamauga Lake in Dayton, Tenn. That means a schedule that was already jam-packed with big-bass fisheries will now also include a lake that ranked sixth overall on Bassmaster Magazine’s 2019 list of 100 Best Bass Lakes.

“We’re thrilled to have a lake like Chickamauga on the schedule,” said B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin. “Everyone knows Chickamauga’s reputation for producing giant bass — and when you consider the timing of when we’ll be there, the event has some amazing potential.

“It’ll be a great trip for our anglers, for the fans in that area and for fans all over the world who like to watch our pros catch big fish.”

Chickamauga hosted an Elite Series event in 2014 and Bassmaster Opens in 2017 and 2019, and all three events were won with an average of more than 20 pounds per day.

Those events were all held in late April or beyond. The earlier timing of the 2020 Elite Series event could certainly mean colder temperatures, but the bass will likely still be fat and healthy before the bulk of the spawn begins.

The famous 36,240-acre fishery known as “The Chick” has only hosted five major B.A.S.S. events, and two of those were prior to 1992.

But the lake has hosted other Bassmaster tournaments — and in 2017, it produced one of the largest fish ever caught in a Bassmaster High School Series event when Georgia anglers Adam Sansom and Chase Carter weighed in a massive 10-11 largemouth. Logan Henderson and Steven Swann of Alabama won that event with five bass that weighed 24-1.

A Tennessee Team Trail event held on Chickamauga in February took 31.46 pounds to win, and a 12.91-pounder took big-bass honors.

The Chickamauga tournament was not part of B.A.S.S.’s official schedule announcement last week because some contractual details had not been finalized. But an official deal was reached with the host city of Dayton on Tuesday.

“We know the kind of bass that are swimming in Chickamauga — and when you think about all of the possibilities that come with having the best anglers in the world on this lake early in the year, it’s really exciting,” Akin said. “It’s a great addition to the schedule.”

The Chickamauga announcement means only one remaining venue on the 2020 regular-season schedule — the one for the annual Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department — has yet to be revealed.

The site for that event, which has historically been held on some of the best big-bass fisheries in Texas, will be announced soon.

2020 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule

Feb. 6-9, St. Johns River, Palatka, Fla.

Feb. 14-17, Chickamauga Lake, Dayton, Tenn.

March 6-8, Bassmaster Classic, Lake Guntersville, Birmingham, Ala.

April 2-5, Lake Eufaula, Eufaula, Ala.

April 16-19, Santee Cooper Lakes, Manning, S.C.

May 29-June 1, Sabine River, Orange, Texas

June 5-9, Texas Fest, TBA

July 23-26, St. Lawrence River, Waddington, N.Y.

July 30-Aug. 2, Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, N.Y.

Aug. 13-16, Elite makeup date

Aug. 20-23, Lake St. Clair, Macomb County, Mich.

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by AnglersChannel

How Scott Canterbury finds bass on lakes he’s never fished

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If GPS technology had not become part of cell phones and dashboards, current Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points leader, Scott Canterbury should have sought a sponsorship from mapmaker Rand McNally to help him find his way – because the Tundra driving Yamaha pro had never been to five of the ten Bassmaster Elite Series venues on this year’s schedule.

So how did Canterbury find fish at a supreme level on waters he’d never seen before?

On the eve of the last regular season Elite Series event of the year at Lake Tenkiller, one of the reservoirs he’d never seen before, the Alabama pro graciously shared three tips for successfully finding bass on new waters.

Do your homework

Like most modern day anglers, Canterbury makes a study of Google Earth as well as online tournament results and reports, but he offers a wisdom rich warning.

“Tournament results can tell you what to expect to catch within reason, and reading about winning areas of the lake or river helps too. But don’t get caught up in knowing the exact place where a past winner caught his fish, because almost never do two tournaments get won from the exact same spot,” he warns.

Love a trusted friend, but hate dock talk

If you want to elevate Canterbury’s blood pressure a notch or three, ask him about “dock talk.”

“I’m telling you, 100% do not listen to “dock talk” – learn to ignore it completely!” he says emphatically. “I’m fortunate to have a guy like Matt Arey I can totally trust to share areas of the lake we think are productive, but a guy like Matt is hard to find, so if you don’t have a buddy you can totally trust, rely on yourself, don’t talk to anybody,” he says.

Work hard to find the best area

“I try to fish one area of the lake per day in practice. I don’t run all over the place every day,” says the Yamaha pro.

“If I don’t love the area I fished at the end of the first day of practice, then I look forward to dissecting a new area of the lake during the second day of practice. Heck, at Winyah Bay this year, I never found the best spot until the final three hours on the third day of practice,” he says.

Canterbury is also known for fishing super thorough in shallow water, working hard to catch bass from shorelines in skinny water that most would consider unattractive.

“The good looking stuff is so obvious, but I try to slow way down and figure out ways to catch shallow fish from areas that don’t look good at all to most people.”

And as for Lake Tenkiller

Canterbury has never been to the Eastern Oklahoma impoundment that Jimmy Houston and Jason Christie cut their legendary angling teeth on, and he says things won’t be easy this week.

“The biggest challenge this week is catching five bass everyday bigger than the 16” minimum length limit, and leaving here still leading the Toyota Angler of the Year race,” he concludes.

Don’t bet against him. Canterbury has a history of being right at home on waters he’s never seen before.

by AnglersChannel

Taking the Bass by Storm

Vance McCullough

Every cloud has its silver lining. Especially those clouds associated with low pressure systems.

The mother of all lows, the hurricane, and her relatives, the tropical storm and even a strong tropical wave can bring mixed blessings to anglers.

Hurricanes cause anxiety among millions of people for days on end as they slowly churn over warm ocean waters, their cones of uncertainty ever shifting.

But tropical cyclones also induce light air and high times for fisherfolk far from their zone of maximum winds and damage.

A dropping barometer corelates with a spike in fish activity. Even across the Great Plains and into the upper Midwest where a hurricane is as seldom seen as plate of shrimp and grits, the first snowstorm of the year usually rides on the counterclockwise winds of a massive low. And smart anglers break out their buzzbaits.

From coastal Texas around the horn of Florida and up the Eastern Seaboard strong storms in late summer and fall cast a shadow of doubt and fear but they bring angling opportunities for anybody fishing within the storm’s radius of rotation.

As Dorian’s eye passed just offshore a couple of weeks ago, I fished the wind-streaked waters of a lake well inland and watched a bass attack a magnolia leaf floating in the shallows. Topwater time.

Safety is always a concern on the water. It moves to top of mind when fishing in extreme weather. Make a plan that will enable your safe return even in the event of mechanical failure on your boat. This means you should play the wind, venturing into it upon launching and riding it back to safety at the end of the trip.

To complicate matters, winds will shift as a system passes so plan accordingly. If the eye is to your east, expect winds to come first from the east, then the north and then weaken as they come from the west indicating the passage of the storm.

If the eye passes to your west, you’re likely on the Gulf Coast and can expect a strong southerly blow before the west winds kick in and the system moves on.

While this knowledge is helpful to power boaters, it is critical to those in paddle craft such as kayaks. I’ve fished through more than a couple hurricanes and tropical storms in a kayak, always launching into the wind and carefully watching its changing direction so I don’t miss my ride home. During Hurricane Matthew, I just fished from a dock until the winds made it hard to stand, let alone cast. Fish bit well up to that point.

Just because Dorothy and Toto are getting blown somewhere over the rainbow, there’s no guarantee the fish will bite or that you will be on them when they do, though the odds do lean more heavily in your favor. I recall a couple of hurricane days when I worked hard for a single fish.

Last year my son, Hunter and I fished the Kayak Bass Fishing Trail tourney on Fellsmere Reservoir and Stick Marsh in South Florida. Practice went great. We smashed ‘em.

Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall as we launched on game day. There was speculation the event would be cancelled. It wasn’t. We dug and fought through crashing waves and howling winds to make a speed drift on the broad, flat Fellsmere Lake, each of us catching one fish before conditions deteriorated. That was enough to place us in the top half of the field. Not nearly enough to cash a check.

We relaunched on the famous Stick Marsh, just over the berm, to finish our day among towering palm trees and head-high cane that offered a slight buffer from the blow. We watched a competitor pedal his Hobie to a nearly stationary position, facing piling waves as they came through a break in the wall of palms. He steadily caught 4-pounders on a trap. The Mirage Drive pedal propulsion system would have been worthless in the topped out hydrilla on Fellsmere but over the clean bottom on the north end of the Marsh, it was the best hands-free way to position a kayak and make repeated casts to a funnel that was loaded with hungry fish.

That guy didn’t win.

This was the day Brandon Haney set a new single day record for a KBF Trail event with 114.5 inches on his best 5 bass.

Three anglers photographed and released a 5-fish limit in excess of 100 inches.

Meanwhile, Hunter and I looked for a cut that didn’t have a boat in it. I reached for my tackle bag and didn’t feel it. I looked back saw it floating like baby Moses in his basket some 70 yards away. Wind and water had washed it from its spot behind my seat. Hunter had already lost a rod and reel that morning and had no idea where it happened. He got to one of his first spots after paddling through high waves and the thing just wasn’t with him anymore.

It was windy that day.

Some guys found fish. Others got worn out trying and ate a sandwich, watching from shore with windburned faces and wet butts. Most gathered for the postgame meetup. Bass tournaments are the best laboratories we have for understanding fish behavior. Winner Haney said, “I was doing a lot of flipping where there’s a lot of hydrilla and you can’t really use your Mirage Drive, so I was paddling around a little bit, trying to get up into the weeds. But the main thing I was catching them on was the Chatterbait, drifting around and throwing it where I thought they would be. It worked really well today.”

Shallow grass is often trashed under such conditions and bass set up just outside of it, often in the subsurface wind tunnel where the water hits land and turns back toward the lake. This is a great place to parallel the bank with an Alabama Rig or spinnerbait.

Then again, if you can find a protected cove, the flipping bite can be strong so long as the cover isn’t trashed by previous commotion – remember those shifting winds we talked about earlier, they have to figure into your ever-changing game plan. If punching mats, expect a high mat bite, just up under the surface of the slop. Don’t simply snatch your lure off the bottom if you don’t get bit on the way down. Fish feel the lightened barometric pressure even under the mats and a little agitation across the surface will shake tiny crawfish and grass shrimp loose so the bass may well be feeding up, even under the canopy. They will almost certainly gravitate to the outer edge of the mats unless weather gets downright nasty.

Tropical weather comes in bands. White caps give way to gentle rolls and even eerie calm at times. Topwater lures are great as long as fish can see them. When winds pick up, throw a bigger, noisier bait – I’m looking you, Strike King Mega Dawg. Big walking plugs strike a nice balance for those who don’t want to change lures every 10 minutes or carry a bunch of rods.

Lightning kills the fun. Not only for anglers, but for fish as well. Even during a normal afternoon thunder shower, fishing will be outstanding as winds pick up and the air gets light and cool, even while rain is falling, but as soon as thunder starts booming and lightning starts flashing, fish seek shelter. So should we.

And of course, you’re wearing your PFD right? Rain gear is optional during late summer storms that bring cool breezes and chilly rain. Life vests are not. Even in a big boat, if winds make it hard to stand on the deck, imagine trying to swim. There are plenty of comfortable options that allow anglers to cast and retrieve all day without the bulk and excessive heat of traditional life vests. Mustang Survival makes inflatable vests that won’t slow you down when the bite is fast and furious.

Please note also – while land-locked lakes can be fun to fish during strange weather, tidal waters are a no go. When effects of a storm are coupled with an outgoing tide during the time of year when our tides are the strongest anyway, you can be washed out to sea or overcome by unusually strong currents miles inshore. Backcountry islands that would have offered rest may themselves be drowned in a flood surge of several feet. Be smart. Those fish aren’t going anywhere. You’ll get ‘em next time, as long as there is a next time.

by AnglersChannel

Toyota Extends Sponsorship Of Bassmaster Events Through 2023

September 17, 2019

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S., the world’s largest fishing organization, and Toyota have renewed their longstanding, 16-year partnership for four more years. An exclusive sponsor of the B.A.S.S.-owned Bassmaster Tournament Trail since 2004, Toyota will continue through 2023 as a Platinum-level, exclusive Automobile/Truck and Mobility partner.

“Toyota is thrilled to continue our exclusive partnership with B.A.S.S. into 2023,” said Matt Ozawa, engagement marketing manager, Toyota Motor North America. “What began as a partnership to help launch the Tundra 16 years ago has evolved to Toyota now serving as the Official Vehicle of B.A.S.S. It’s truly a great fit for Toyota and continues to excite fans across the country.”

“B.A.S.S. is looking forward to four more years with Toyota,” said Bruce Akin, CEO of B.A.S.S. “This partnership will give Toyota elevated exposure to our growing audience of the world’s best bass anglers and fans, who learn about Toyota onsite at our events and through our award-winning media properties. Plus, our angler competitors are excited about the opportunity to continue participating in the Toyota Bonus Bucks program.”

The popular Toyota Bonus Bucks program offers cash prizes to eligible anglers who tow their boats with a qualifying Toyota vehicle.

The agreement includes Toyota sponsorship of the 50th Bassmaster Classic, as well as the Bassmaster Elite Series, Basspro.com Bassmaster Opens Series, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Mossy Oak Fishing High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors and the grass-roots T.N.T Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation regional and championship tournaments.

For bass fishing fans attending Elite Series events, Toyota will continue with its family-friendly activities and Toyota vehicle displays.

Besides its strong presence at Bassmaster events, Toyota will continue garnering prime visibility in B.A.S.S. multimedia platforms. They include Bassmaster Magazine and B.A.S.S. Times, the popular Bassmaster.com website, Bassmaster social media and the award-winning TV show, The Bassmasters, which airs on ESPN2 and The Pursuit Channel.

The Bassmaster Tournament Trail includes the most prestigious events at each level of competition, including the Bassmaster Elite Series, Basspro.com Bassmaster Open Series, TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Series, Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors, Bassmaster Team Championship and the ultimate celebration of competitive fishing, the GEICO Bassmaster Classic.

by AnglersChannel

RAMPEY WINS ANOTHER – LIBERTY ANGLER WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON LAKE HARTWELL

Easley’s Wilson Wins Co-angler Division

ANDERSON, S.C. (Sept. 16, 2019) – Boater Jayme Rampey of Liberty, South Carolina, added another BFL victory to his impressive resume Sunday, bringing a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 31 pounds, 6 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Savannah River Division super-tournament on Lake Hartwell. Rampey earned $5,665 for his efforts.

The 33-year-old Rampey earned his 10^th career BFL victory and moved into a tie for No. 6 all-time for most BFL Boater wins. He was excited, but didn’t want to divulge too many of his winning details with a BFL Regional tournament on Lake Hartwell coming up in just 2½ weeks.

“I hate to be vague, but I’ve got a BFL Regional tournament coming up here and I don’t want to give away all of my secrets just yet,” Rampey said. “Maybe we can do this interview again in a couple of weeks and I can really share the juice.”

Although vague, Rampey did say that he caught around 20 fish a day, most of them on an unnamed topwater bait.

“I ran around a lot of fished pretty much the whole lake,” Rampey said. “From takeoff to the dam, up all the rivers. I just hit places where I know they live.

“This time of the year, the fish are doing a certain thing and I know where the bigger ones set up for that topwater deal,” Rampey continued. “Everyone does it, but I know that the bigger ones get into certain places. They biggest factor for me in this one was my Lowrance graphs. I was able to pick out those very specific places that I wanted to fish.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Jayme Rampey, Liberty, S.C., 10 bass, 31-6, $5,665

2^nd: Derek Freeman, Anderson, S.C., 10 bass, 28-1, $2,233

3^rd: Jason Burroughs, Hodges, S.C., 10 bass, 26-8, $1,838

4^th: Eddie Whiten Jr., Easley, S.C., 10 bass, 26-7, $1,042

5^th: Deron Johnson, Anderson, S.C., 10 bass, 24-3, $893

6^th: Matt Redd, Belton, S.C., 10 bass, 23-6, $819

7^th: Darren Ashley, Calhoun Falls, S.C., 10 bass, 23-4, $894

8^th: Bryan New, Belmont, N.C., 10 bass, 21-14, $970

9^th: Sean Skey, Sumter, S.C., 10 bass, 21-9, $1,105

10^th: Heath Pack, Ellijay, Ga., 10 bass, 21-6, $521

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Skey caught a 4-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $510.

Easley, South Carolina’s Chris Wilson won the Co-angler Division and $2,367 Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 19 pounds, 15 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Chris Wilson, Easley, S.C., 10 bass, 19-15, $2,367

2^nd: Michael Smith, Piedmont, S.C., 10 bass, 16-9, $1,133

3^rd: Trevor Sharrett, Chesnee, S.C., nine bass, 15-13, $724

4^th: Brandon Lawson, Union, S.C., seven bass, 13-13, $506

5^th: Nathan McClure, Hiawassee, Ga., eight bass, 13-7, $433

6^th: Johnny Hancox, West Union, S.C., nine bass, 13-2, $397

7^th: Kevin Landreth, Seneca, S.C., 10 bass, 13-1, $511

8^th: Jeff Rikard, Leesville, S.C., seven bass, 11-11, $325

9^th: Darren Jeter, Marshall, N.C., eight bass, 11-8, $289

10^th: Roger Coggins, Greenville, S.C., six bass, 11-3, $353

Marcus Brown of Elberton, Georgia, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 3 pounds, 11 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $247.

by AnglersChannel

SCHROEDER WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON KENTUCKY LAKE

Co-angler Title Goes to Paducah’s Konas

GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (Sept. 16, 2019) – Boater Billy Schroeder of Paducah, Kentucky, brought a two-day total of seven bass to the scale Sunday weighing 22 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division super-tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. Schroeder earned $6,122 for his efforts.

Fishing in his 200^thtournament with FLW, Schroeder said he primarily fished brush piles with a 9/16-ounce green-pumpkin jig with a Zoom Salty Pro Chunk.

“It was sheer knowledge of the lake that allowed me to win,” said Schroeder, who earned his sixth career victory. “I started out on Saturday trying to get something established, so it took me a couple of hours to figure it out. I tried topwater around some stumps and rock. For some reason these fish aren’t on stumps right now, I guess the water hasn’t cooled down enough. They’ll get on stumps in the next two or three weeks, but I never had a single bite on stumps. Once I started fishing those brush piles I started getting bites. I probably fished 20 on Saturday and 30 or 40 on Sunday, and I still had more I could have fished.”

Plagued by lost fish on Saturday, Schroeder turned it around in a big way on Sunday. Starting off with a fish on a bone-colored Evergreen Shower Blow topwater bait, he turned to the brush piles the rest of the day.

“It’s old-school fishing. It’s the way I like to fish, and it’s the way I’ve been fishing all my life,” said Schroeder. “Once I got in the meat of the brush pile I kept my jig in them as long as I could, and if I didn’t get bit I went on to the next one.

“At 10:20 on Sunday I had two fish and I made a decision to go south of Paris,” Schroeder said. “As I was running I came by some buoys and saw the current was pulling pretty hard. So, as I ran toward Paris I actually changed my location and started fishing some brush piles out in the lake, and I was glad I did, because I caught two on the first one I stopped on and two on the next one.”

Schroeder said he never fished south of Kenlake on Saturday, and primarily fished brush piles in the bays on the first day. Though he fished deeper piles on both days, Schroeder said that brush in about 12 feet was the best.

“It’s been a while since I won one,” said Schroeder of his win. “I think it’s time on the water that’s killing me, because my fishing on Saturday was really, really rusty. If I’d have been fishing four days a week like when I was winning a lot I might have done even better.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Billy Schroeder, Paducah, Ky., seven bass, 22-12, $6,122

2^nd: Daniel Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn., eight bass, 21-0, $2,511

3^rd: Tommy Williams, Shepherdsville, Ky. nine bass, 19-11, $1,374

4^th: Larry Bailey, Paducah, Ky., seven bass, 19-7, $1,112

5^th: Harry Barber, Earlington, Ky., six bass, 18-1, $824

6^th: Daniel Langton, Haubstadt, Ind., six bass, 17-1, $756

7^th: Eric Sanders, Lexington, Ky., six bass, 16-13, $787

8^th: Stu Moyer, Indianapolis, Ind., six bass, 14-11, $918

9^th: Keith Amerson, Bethel Springs, Tenn., six bass, 14-2, $550

10^th: Daniel Sepeck, West Union, Ohio, six bass, 13-0, $481

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Scott McGlinchey of Dexter, Kentucky, caught a 7-pound, 2-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $457.

Paducah, Kentucky’s Jim Konas won the Co-angler Division and $2,061 Sunday after catching a two-day total of five bass weighing 14 pounds, 1 ounce.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jim Konas, Paducah, Ky., five bass, 14-1, $2,061

2^nd: Aaron Grainger, Bloomfield, Mo., four bass, 13-0, $1,031

3^rd: Alan Scott, Shelbyville, Ind., five bass, 12-9, $686

4^th: Barry Gunter, Trafalger, Ind., four bass, 12-8, $681

5^th: Bill Wasden, Paris, Tenn., four bass, 10-7, $462

6^th: Gary Huber II, Saint Charles, Mo., three bass, 9-4, $378

7^th: Paul McBride, Vienna, Ill., two bass, 8-4, $573

8^th: Charles Richardson III, Dyersburg, Tenn., three bass, 7-15, $309

9^th: Chad Sellars, Henderson, Ky., two bass, 5-14, $275

10^th: Ed Daniell, West Frankfort, Ill., two bass, 5-6 $240

McBride caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 15 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $229.

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 presented by Mercury Marine in Guntersville, Alabama. 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

JOHN MURRAY WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON WATTS BAR LAKE

Washburn’s Crooke Wins Co-angler Division

ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (Sept. 16, 2019) – Boater John Murray of Spring City, Tennessee, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 28 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division super-tournament on Watts Bar Lake Sunday. Murray earned $7,334 for his efforts.

“I fished in the lower end of the lake, main-lake near the dam,” said Murray, a West Coast fishing legend who has accumulated more than $1.2 million dollars in career earnings as a professional angler. “I felt pretty good about this tournament, because I had a good shallow-water pattern and also a couple of deep areas for when the weather cleared up and got sunny.

“Saturday was awesome – I think I caught around 15 to 20 keepers,” Murray continued. “Both my co-angler and I had great days – he ended up winning as well. Sunday was tough, though. I only boated five keepers, and my co-angler only boated two. Luckily, it was enough for us to both get the wins.”

Murray said that of the 10 fish that he weighed in, seven – including his big ones – came from his shallow-water pattern while three came from out deep. Murray threw a Z-Man Evergreen ChatterBait Jack Hammer with a clear-sparkle-colored shad-shaped fluke-type bait while fishing shallow and drop-shotted a red bug-colored Gene Larew TattleTail Worm out deep.

“The key was having my deep spots for when the sun got up,” Murray said. “A couple of the deep areas were loaded up, and I was able to find them using my Garmin electronics to key in on the right spots.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: John Murray, Spring City, Tenn., 10 bass, 28-11, $5,334 + $2,000 Ranger Cup

2^nd: Wesley Strader, Spring City, Tenn., 10 bass, 27-1, $2,667

3^rd: Lance Doughty, Sweetwater, Tenn., nine bass, 24-12, $1,444

4^th: Tyler Meredith, Oliver Springs, Tenn., 10 bass, 24-0, $1,111

5^th: Jonathan Bowling, Harriman, Tenn., nine bass, 23-0, $1,117

6^th: Derek Lehtonen, Woodruff, S.C., nine bass, 21-12, $795

7^th: Joseph Tallent, Madisonville, Tenn., eight bass, 21-0, $1,217

8^th: Alex Hester, Crossville, Tenn., 10 bass, 19-8, $650

9^th: Tee Watkins, East Point, Ky., seven bass, 16-15, $728

10^th: Archie Wilson Jr., Corryton, Tenn., nine bass, 16-9, $506

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Tallent caught a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $495.

Curtis Crooke of Washburn, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $2,312 Sunday after catching a two-day total of seven bass weighing 16 pounds, 7 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Curtis Crooke, Washburn, Tenn., seven bass, 16-7, $2,312

2^nd: Marty Barnes, Crossville, Tenn., six bass, 14-11, $1,181

3^rd: William Kissinger, Knoxville, Tenn., four bass, 11-15, $963

4^th: Eric Moore, Union, Ky., four bass, 10-1, $505

5^th: Brandon Harris, Spring City, Tenn., six bass, 9-15, $482

6^th: Brandon Garrison, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 9-5, $396

7^th: Bill King, Greenback, Tenn., seven bass, 9-3, $360

8^th: Chris Frazier, Gate City, Va., five bass, 8-15, $324

9^th: Larry Brumett Jr., Bristol, Tenn., four bass, 8-8, $388

10^th: Tom Godsey, Chickamauga, Ga., four bass, 6-6, $252

Kissinger caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 6 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $240.

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LEARY WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON LAKE GUNTERSVILLE PRESENTED BY CORTLAND LINE

Anniston’s Corbett Wins Co-angler Division

GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (Sept. 16, 2019) – Local angler Jim Leary of Guntersville, Alabama, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 37 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Choo Choo Division super-tournament on Lake Guntersville presented by Cortland Line Sunday. Leary earned $5,869 for his efforts.

Leary spent most of his time on Day One fishing grass mats in the mid-section of the lake, between South Sauty Creek and Goose Pond.

“I knew I couldn’t win the tournament on Day One, but I could lose it,” said Leary who earned his first career victory. “The first day was tough, but I was able to frog and flip up 16 pounds, 9 ounces to keep myself in the game.”

“On Day Two I started out flipping deeper, submerged grass. That is where I caught my biggest fish of the tournament – a 7- or 8-pounder,” Leary continued. “Right after catching the big one, I caught another 5-pounder in the same grass patch.”

Leary said the grass mats he targeted were not as dependent on current as some of the other popular areas further up the lake.

“The TVA was only pulling 12,000 (cubic feet per second) on Day Two so I went to my spots where I knew the fish didn’t need the current to turn on,” he said.

Leary’s frog of choice over the weekend was a Castaic Boyd Duckett BD Frog. When the Guntersville guide needed to get deep in the grass, he opted for a NetBait Paca Craw with a 1¼-ounce tungsten weight.

“The Paca Craw was a little bit tougher to punch the mat with, but once I got it through, I could yo-yo the bait seven or eight times and the fish would eat,” Leary said.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Jim Leary, Guntersville, Ala., 10 bass, 37-12, $5,869

2^nd: Charles Hemm, Huntsville, Ala., 10 bass, 33-5, $2,634

3^rd: Casey Martin, Brownsboro, Ala., 10 bass, 33-1, $1,623

4^th: Marshall Deakins, Dunlap, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-9, $1,236

5^th: Ryan Salzman, Huntsville, Ala., 10 bass, 31-2, $974

6^th: Josh Butler, Hayden, Ala., 10 bass, 27-12, $893

7^th: Randall Allen, Owens Cross Roads, Ala., 10 bass, 27-7, $811

8^th: Justin Wallace, Scottsboro, Ala., eight bass, 27-2, $730

9^th: Daniel Whitaker, Phil Campbell, Ala., 10 bass, 26-11, $649

10^th: Kenny Everette, Villa Rica, Ga., 10 bass, 23-13, $568

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Fletcher Shryrock of Dennison, Ohio, caught a 6-pound, 5-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $585.

Anniston, Alabama's Marcus Corbett won the Co-angler Division and $2,684 Sunday after catching a two-day total of nine bass weighing 22 pounds, 10 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Marcus Corbett, Anniston, Ala., nine bass, 22-10, $2,684

2^nd: Ethan Wheeler, Mayfield, Ky., nine bass, 21-11, $1,367

3^rd: Cameron Gatlin, Chattanooga, Tenn., nine bass, 21-6, $1,105

4^th: Richard Lucia, Buford, Ga., nine bass, 21-5, $568

5^th: Mark Lyons, Marion, Ind., 10 bass, 21-0, $487

6^th: Chase Owens, Athens, Ala., eight bass, 20-12, $446

7^th: Matt Hardy, Guntown, Miss., nine bass, 18-15, $406

8^th: Steven Jacques, Addison, Ala., seven bass, 16-15, $365

9^th: Bruce Stanley, Jasper, Ala., five bass, 15-11, $325

10^th: Jacob Gardner, Arab, Ala., eight bass, 14-8, $284

Cameron Gatlin caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 4 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $292.

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SEAL WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT AT 1000 ISLANDS

Baltimore’s Duarte Wins Co-angler Division

CLAYTON, N.Y. (Sept. 16, 2019) – Boater Zackery Seal of Findley Lake, New York, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 44 pounds, 4 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Northeast Division super-tournament at the 1000 Islands Sunday. Seal earned $6,066 for his efforts. The Northeast Division is presented by Gajo Baits.

“It was the same deal both days,” said Seal, who earned the first BFL win of his career. “The first day the wind was blowing right out of the southwest, and there were 6- to 8-footers where I was fishing, so it made it real hard to stay on them. The second day the wind laid down and it was absolutely perfect.”

Seal said he fished in the St. Lawrence River both days, and on Day Two he and co-angler Michael Duarte both caught more than 22 pounds and moved up from second place for the win.

“It was just standard stuff – I was fishing from 20 to 40 feet around rocks, and I found an area that had some big ones,” said Seal. “I only lost one fish both days, so that was good. Those smallmouths get your heart pumping when they show themselves and then turn and go right back down.”

Seal said he caught all his fish on a drop-shot rig with a green pumpkin-colored Yamamoto Shad Shape Worm, straight 8-pound-test fluorocarbon line and ½- and 3/8-ounce weights.

“This is my first win, it was awesome,” said Seal. “I hadn’t fished tournaments in quite a while, and I’m starting to get back into it a bit. I just love going up there, and I caught ‘em both days. The second day we just crushed them. As we went on through the day and started catching those big ones you start thinking about it, and then being on stage and watching the scales settle – it was awesome.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Zackery Seal, Findley Lake, N.Y., 10 bass, 44-4, $6,066

2^nd: Bryan Schmitt, Deale, Md., 10 bass, 44-3, $3,233

3^rd: Ronald Penders Jr., Rochester, N.Y., 10 bass, 39-15, $2,424

4^th: Joseph Fonzi, Gasport, N.Y., 10 bass, 39-14, $1,415

5^th: Dean Meckes, Clayton, N.Y., 10 bass, 39-2, $1,213

6^th: Brian Bylotas, Scott Township, Penn., 10 bass, 39-1, $1,362

7^th: Kyle Hall, Rio Vista, Texas, 10 bass, 38-5, $1,011

8^th: Brett Holmes, Hudson, N.Y., 10 bass, 38-2, $910

9^th: Evan Luta, Bradford, N.Y., 10 bass, 38-1, $1,641

10^th: Brad Elwood, Clear Spring, Md., 10 bass, 37-15, $708

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Luta caught a 6-pound, 2-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $832.

Baltimore, Maryland’s Michael Duarte won the Co-angler Division and $3,133 Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 45 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Michael Duarte, Baltimore, Md., 10 bass, 45-5, $3,133

2^nd: Jim Buehler, Montoursville, Penn., 10 bass, 39-1, $1,567

3^rd: David Williams, Fredericksburg, Va., 10 bass, 38-15, $1,160

4^th: Ted Kephart, Philipsburg, Penn., 10 bass, 38-2, $708

5^th: Kyle Schmidt, Monticello, N.Y., 10 bass, 34-5, $607

6^th: Kyle Richardt, Raleigh, N.C., 10 bass, 30-8, $556

7^th: Phillip Manning, Bellefonte, Penn., 10 bass, 29-7, $506

8^th: Calvin Schwenk, Schwenksville, Penn., 10 bass, 28-12, $455

9^th: Scott Weaver Jr., Reading, Penn., 10 bass, 27-4, $404

10^th: Michael Seamon, Tully, N.Y., 10 bass, 26-8, $454

Joseph Murphy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds even. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $416.

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 the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. 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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ELROD WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON JAMES RIVER

Chester’s Deciucis Wins Co-angler Division

HENRICO, Va. (Sept. 16, 2019) – Boater Bryan Elrod of Mechanicsville, Virginia, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 29 pounds, 7 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Shenandoah Division super-tournament on the James River Sunday. Elrod earned $3,542 for his efforts.

“I started each morning making the 45-minute run down to Chickahominy Creek, then I’d work my way back up with the low tide,” said Elrod, who earned his fifth career BFL victory – third this season. “I was flipping a green-pumpkin Zoom Brush Hog and throwing a 4- to 6-foot diving crankbait around wood. I probably caught around 7 or 8 keepers each day.”

Elrod said that of the 10 fish that he brought to the scale, five came on the Brush Hog and five came on the unnamed crankbait.

“I was just rotating the baits, throwing them in the same areas,” Elrod said. “I think there were two keys to my victory. One was my Evinrude outboard. I made a long run on both days and it ran efficiently and flawlessly – a huge weight off of your shoulders when we’re on the water. I also think that my local knowledge of the river was key. With the tides, you have to be in the right area at the right time and I knew what I was looking for.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Bryan Elrod, Mechanicsville, Va., 10 bass, 29-7, $3,542

2^nd: Wesley Farmer, New Kent, Va., 10 bass, 26-13, $1,821

3^rd: Keith Estes, Spring Grove, Va., 10 bass, 26-8, $1,578

4^th: Rob Uzzle, Hampton, Va., 10 bass, 25-14, $902

5^th: Richard Owen, Chester, Va., 10 bass, 25-2, $648

6^th: Brandon Stapleton, Temperanceville, Va., 10 bass, 24-2, $594

7^th: Todd Langford, Great Falls, Va., 10 bass, 22-12, $540

8^th: Ryan Powroznik, Hopewell, Va., five bass, 11-15

9^th: Joe Pautler, Catonsville, Md., five bass, 11-7

10^th: Stephen Miller, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 11-7

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Uzzle caught a 4-pound, 7-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $146.

Chester, Virginia’s Davis Deciucis won the Co-angler Division and $1,621 Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 22 pounds, 15 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: David Deciucis, Chester, Va., 10 bass, 22-15, $1,621

2^nd: Jamie Newton, Falls Church, Va., 10 bass, 20-4, $957

3^rd: Brandt Thompson, Richmond, Va., nine bass, 17-4, $791

4^th: Patrick Lambert, Woodbridge, Va., five bass, 13-13, $478

5^th: Danny Crickenberger, Charlottesville, Va., seven bass, 12-7, $324

6^th: Gregory Chuhta, Germantown, Md., six bass, 9-13, $297

7^th: Anthony Shanz, Selbyville, Del., five bass, 9-6, $320

8^th: David Barlow, Disputanta, Va., three bass, 6-11

9^th: Dillon Reid, Ashland, Va., two bass, 6-4

10^th: Rob Hilliard, Vinton, Va., four bass, 6-3

Newton caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 8 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $146.

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. 3-5 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina. 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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FITZPATRICK WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS

Ballwin’s Saffle Wins Co-angler Division

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Sept. 16, 2019) – Boater Roger Fitzpatrick of Eldon, Missouri, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 36 pounds, 3 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Ozark Division presented by Bassing Bob super-tournament on Lake of the Ozarks Sunday. For his victory, Fitzpatrick earned $6,891 for his efforts.

“My home is in the Gravois arm, so I like to fish on the north shore,” said Fitzpatrick, who earned his seventh career BFL victory. “I had two different patterns going – I’d fish docks in the morning with a black and blue jig, then later in the day I’d move out to the ledges.

“The deeper ledge fish were the key,” Fitzpatrick said. “They were bigger, but they didn’t bite in the morning – it had to be later in the day. It also takes heavy boat traffic for me to catch them, so I had to be patient and not go to the ledge fish too soon. Those morning docks ended up giving me some very key fish.”

Fitzpatrick said his key bait was a black-and-blue-colored Omega Pro Mega Structure jig tipped with a BioSpawn VileBug, as he weighed in nine of his 10 keepers on the jig. He also weighed in one keeper on a white Berkley Choppo that came on a seawall.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Roger Fitzpatrick, Eldon, Mo., 10 bass, 36-3, $6,891

2^nd: Lawson Hibdon, Versailles, Mo., 10 bass, 31-9, $3,345

3^rd: Donovan Hensley, Nixa, Mo., 10 bass, 30-11, $2,329

4^th: Marcus Sykora, Osage Beach, Mo., 10 bass, 29-10, $1,561

5^th: Dennis Berhorst, Holts Summit, Mo., 10 bass, 29-2, $1,338

6^th: Kirk Smith, Edmond, Okla., 10 bass, 28-4, $1,227

7^th: Rob Bueltmann, Osage Beach, Mo., 10 bass, 27-4, $1,115

8^th: Andre Dickneite, Freeburg, Mo., nine bass, 26-4, $1,004

9^th: Tom Silber, Labadie, Mo., 10 bass, 26-3, $892

10^th: Shonn Goodwin, Moore, Okla., 10 bass, 25-15, $1,031

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Chuck Austin of Saint Peters, Missouri, caught a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $960.

Dillon Saffle of Ballwin, Missouri won the Co-angler Division and $3,545 Sunday after catching a two-day total of six bass weighing 15 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Dillon Saffle, Ballwin, Mo., six bass, 15-13, $3,545

2^nd: Bill Amis, Shawnee, Kan., five bass, 14-8, $1,673

3^rd: Paul Davis, Battlefield, Mo., five bass, 14-7, $1,166

4^th: Paul Jung, Cuba, Mo., six bass, 14-4, $781

5^th: Joe Tucker, Osceola, Mo., seven bass, 14-4, $819

6^th: Ray Larson, Springfield, Ill., four bass, 13-6, $613

7^th: Ryan Hopping, Lake Saint Louis, Mo., four bass, 13-6, $558

8^th: Scott Parsons, Rogers, Ark., seven bass, 13-3, $502

9^th: Vi Nguyen, Pevely, Mo., five bass, 12-12, $446

10^th: Brandon Hecker, Camdenton, Mo., four bass, 12-8, $870

Hecker caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 12 ounces. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $480.

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Local experts preview Lake Tenkiller Elite Series

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Former Bassmaster Elite Series competitor Chip Porché began fishing Lake Tenkiller with his dad at age 8. He now works for Tulsa-based Dynamic Sponsorships, and continues to fish Tenkiller regularly. Recent high school national bass fishing champ Jeremy Tolle is now a Carhartt College Series angler from nearby Northeastern State. Tolle’s family has had cabins on Tenkiller since the 1970s, and Jeremy estimates he fishes there 100 days a year.

And then there’s local boy Cooper Hall. He has lived his entire life in the Ozark terrain that surrounds the gorgeous reservoir. Hall was once neighbors with Tenkiller resident and top pro Jason Christie, and fishes Tenkiller 120 days a year.

These three relatively young bucks share an exceptional in-depth knowledge of Tenkiller, and they were excited to offer their take on what fans and Bassmaster Elite Series pros can expect this week on the Eastern Oklahoma reservoir that was impounded 66 years ago.

Q: Lake Tenkiller is one of the greatest smallmouth fisheries in Oklahoma. What percentage of all the bass weighed-in during the Elite Series this week do you think will be smallmouth?

Porché:35%

Tolle:20%

Hall:40%

Q: This tournament features a rare and challenging 16” minimum length limit for largemouth and smallmouth. How challenging will it be to catch a 5-bass limit each day with a rather lofty minimum length rule?

Porché:It’s for sure tough to catch five that big in September on Tenkiller. Let’s just say they’ll be a ton of 15” fish caught and thrown back that never see the weigh in.

Tolle:There will be lots of 14 and 15” caught, but 16-inch fish are definitely tougher to catch here at this time of year.

Hall:To be honest, I’m so used the 16” minimum here; it’s no big deal. But I’ll say this; it forces you to utilize patterns that target bigger fish.

Q: Tenkiller was 20 to 30 feet above normal pool throughout much of the summer, but it’s finally dropped rapidly to near normal. How will the drastic change in water levels affect this tournament?

Porché:It will make this week better, because the water was so high that fishing pressure was very limited most of this summer. Plus, it’s added a healthy stain to a normally pretty clear reservoir.

Tolle:The falling water will keep the deep water summer patterns more in play, rather than spreading the fish out in flooded shoreline bushes.

Hall:The falling water creates current and that makes smallmouth chew! Plus, the high water took a ton of fishing pressure off this lake most of the summer.

Q: Tenkiller is 35 miles long, but it’s upper portion is very river like, compared to the mostly Ozark Mountain looking reservoir that comprises most of it’s 13,000 surface acres. How much will the upper river-like portion play a factor this week?

Porché:There will be fish caught in the river for sure, but I think the guy who wins will have productive areas from the river all the way down to the dam.

Tolle:I’ll guess that two of the Top 10 anglers will catch most of their weight in the river this week.

Hall:There’s fewer fish up in the river, but the quality size sure lives up there. So if you get the right five bites in the river, it could be magical.

Q: Name two lures you wouldn’t leave the official launch ramp at Chicken Creek without this week?

Porche:Whopper Plopper, and a ¾ ounce football jig.

Tolle:Zoom redbug trick worm, and a 10” blue fleck worm.

Hall:Pop R, and a ½ ounce green pumpkin football jig.

Q: How much weight will an Elite Series pro need to average each day this week to make Sunday’s Top 10 championship round?

Porché:11 or 12 pounds per day.

Tolle:I’d say 15 or 16 pounds a day to make the Top 10.

Hall:I’ll say 14 pounds a day for a Top 10.

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Wisconsin Angler Bob Downey Secures Bassmaster Classic Berth With Open Win At Grand

Wisconsin angler Bob Downey wins the 2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open at Grand Lake with a three-day total of 48 pounds, 9 ounces.

Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.

September 14, 2019GROVE, Okla. — Bob Downey, in his first season fishing the B.A.S.S. Opens, rode a consistent but demanding pattern to his first career victory in the Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open on Grand Lake.

With a final-day catch of 16 pounds, 3 ounces and a three-day total of 48-9, the Wisconsin angler earned $29,200 and a berth in the 2020 Bassmaster Classic scheduled for March 6-8 on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville.

By finishing fifth in the season points standings for the Central Open, Downey also earned an invitation to fish the 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series.

“Holy smokes, I got it done,” said Downey, who was fishing Grand for the first time. “I can’t believe it.”

Downey climbed steadily through the standings the first two days and was in second place going in Saturday’s finale.

With this catch of 16-3 Saturday, he finished just 8 ounces in front of another Wisconsin angler, Caleb Kuphall of Mukwonago, with 48-1. Kuphall’s finish also put him in the Top 5 of the season points race and earned him an invitation to the Elite Series.

Kyle Dorsett of Odenville, Ala., grabbed third place at Grand with 45-12.

Another chance for a first career win slipped away from the leader of the first two days, Kenta Kimura of Osaka, Japan.

A year ago the seven-season veteran led the pack on the Red River, fell off on the last day and placed fourth. History repeated for him Saturday as he boated three bass in the morning and could not find another keeper. With 43-4, he finished fourth.

Persistence, faith in his pattern, and some last-minute fortune got it done for Downey.

“When I got on that pattern early this week (in practice) and got that 6-pounder, I knew it was potentially a special deal,” he said. “But I didn’t know if it would hold up.”

Downey worked shallow-brush lines the mid-lake area, specifically targeting isolated willows or knots of buckbrush a foot or so deeper than the shoreline cover. He used a Texas-rigged Reactions Innovations Sweet Beaver and 3/8-ounce All-Terrain A.T. jig.

Most days he had eight to 10 bites, he said.

“I love to get up shallow and flip and pitch,” he said. “With those two rods on my deck, I felt pretty good but it was always just those five to eight bites a day.”

Less competition on the water was key on the final day and allowed the angler to slow down and pick apart cover, he said. It gave him the confidence to rely on the pattern and eventually put five bass in the boat.

Key bites in the final moments of Day 2 and Day 3 made all the difference.

On Day 2, he culled up with one that went about 3-8 and another that was a solid 4 that was tangled in the brush. It was the kind of tangle “where they always come off,” he said.

Saturday, he bagged his limit early but didn’t cull up again until minutes before the end of fishing time.

“That one gave me a half pound. How much did I win by? Was it less than 8 ounces,” he asked.

Another first-season Wisconsin angler, who also had some last-minute catches, Jay Przekurat of Stevens Point, held on to post a total of nine fish for 24-2 and the win in the co-angler division.

Przekurat, 20, studies marketing at Mid-State Technical College and said his $14,400 in winnings might go toward his schooling.

“I want to go into the fishing industry,” he said. “I can’t believe I won this.”

The final tournament of the Central Open series also sealed the point standings with invitations to fish the Elite Series going to the Top 5 anglers. That group includes Wes Logan of Springville, Ala., John Cox of Debary, Fla., Taku Ito of Chiba, Japan, and Kuphall and Downey.

Dave Redington of Winnsboro, Texas, won $750 for the Phoenix Boats Big Bass — a 6-10 lunker. Robert Paxton Jr. of Flower Mound, Texas, took the $250 prize on the co-angler side with a 5-11.

Grove Convention & Tourism Bureau is the local host for this event.

2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open Grand Lake 9/12-9/14
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, Grove OK.
(BOATER) Standings Day 3

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

1. Bob Downey Hudson, WI 15 48-09 200 $29,200.00
Day 1: 5 17-09 Day 2: 5 14-13 Day 3: 5 16-03
2. Caleb Kuphall Mukwonago, WI 15 48-01 199 $14,600.00
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 5 15-10 Day 3: 5 16-15
3. Kyle Dorsett Odenville, AL 15 45-12 198 $9,733.00
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 16-05 Day 3: 5 15-15
4. Kenta Kimura Osaka JAPAN 13 43-04 197 $8,760.00
Day 1: 5 20-06 Day 2: 5 14-04 Day 3: 3 08-10
5. Wes Logan Springville, AL 15 42-00 196 $7,787.00
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 17-00 Day 3: 5 12-00
6. Toby Hartsell Afton, OK 15 40-11 195 $6,813.00
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 5 13-12 Day 3: 5 13-13
7. Thomas Canady Collinsville, OK 14 35-13 194 $7,827.00
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 13-13 Day 3: 4 08-01
8. Masayuki Matsushita Tokoname-Shi JAPAN 13 33-14 193 $5,840.00
Day 1: 5 15-14 Day 2: 5 11-07 Day 3: 3 06-09
9. Cade Laufenberg Goodview, WI 11 31-08 192 $4,867.00
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 11-07 Day 3: 1 02-01
10. Taku Ito Chiba JAPAN 10 31-05 191 $3,893.00
Day 1: 5 16-15 Day 2: 5 14-06 Day 3: 0 00-00
11. Philip Atkins Columbus, MS 9 31-04 190 $3,407.00
Day 1: 3 10-02 Day 2: 4 16-12 Day 3: 2 04-06
12. Joseph Webster Winfield, AL 11 29-00 189 $2,920.00
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 14-11 Day 3: 1 01-11
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Dave Redington Winnsboro, TX 06-10 $750.00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 50 463 1143-11
2 43 433 1107-11
3 5 39 106-04
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98 935 2357-10

2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open Grand Lake 9/12-9/14
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, Grove OK.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 3

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

1. Jay Przekurat Stevens Point, WI 9 24-02 200 $14,400.00
Day 1: 3 11-08 Day 2: 3 06-08 Day 3: 3 06-02
2. Caleb Black Mcalester, OK 8 23-08 199 $3,360.00
Day 1: 3 07-10 Day 2: 2 06-05 Day 3: 3 09-09
3. Terry Duffel Bentonville, AR 7 21-03 198 $2,880.00
Day 1: 1 03-05 Day 2: 3 10-03 Day 3: 3 07-11
4. Robert Paxton Jr Flower Mound, TX 6 20-00 197 $2,420.00
Day 1: 1 02-14 Day 2: 3 13-12 Day 3: 2 03-06
5. Kazuya Watanabe Kitakyushu JAPAN 9 19-11 196 $1,824.00
Day 1: 3 08-11 Day 2: 3 05-13 Day 3: 3 05-03
6. Keith Honeycutt Temple, TX 9 19-02 195 $1,728.00
Day 1: 3 08-01 Day 2: 3 05-06 Day 3: 3 05-11
7. Brandon Winter Bruce, MS 7 18-15 194 $1,782.00
Day 1: 3 08-12 Day 2: 3 07-04 Day 3: 1 02-15
8. Takayuki Koike Otsu-City JAPAN 7 18-12 193 $1,536.00
Day 1: 1 04-06 Day 2: 3 09-05 Day 3: 3 05-01
9. Don White Columbus, MS 7 18-03 192 $1,440.00
Day 1: 2 07-14 Day 2: 3 06-06 Day 3: 2 03-15
10. Troy Anderson Galesville, WI 7 17-11 191 $1,344.00
Day 1: 3 09-00 Day 2: 3 06-04 Day 3: 1 02-07
11. Adam Boyd Humble, TX 5 15-08 190 $1,248.00
Day 1: 2 04-03 Day 2: 3 11-05 Day 3: 0 00-00
12. Rick Parker Kaufman, TX 6 13-07 189 $1,152.00
Day 1: 3 06-01 Day 2: 3 07-06 Day 3: 0 00-00
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PHOENIX BOATS BIG BASS
Robert Paxton Jr Flower Mound, TX 05-11 $250.00
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by AnglersChannel

Kimura Maintains Lead On Day 2 At Bassmaster Central Open On Grand Lake

Angler Kenta Kimura of Osaka, Japan is leading on Day 2 of the 2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open at Grand Lake with 34 pounds, 10 ounces.

Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.

September 13, 2019

GROVE, Okla. — Kenta Kimura fears only one thing as he leads the Top 12 into the final day of the Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees with a chance at his first-ever B.A.S.S. win — heartbreak.

“I was leading the first two days on the Red River last year. I fell off the final day and I don’t want to do that again,” he said with a shake of his head.

The final day at Bossier City in June 2018 left the angler from Osaka, Japan, in fourth place.

“I don’t need any heartbreak anymore,” he said. “I’m going for another 20 pounds tomorrow.”

Kimura shot into first place with 20 pounds, 6 ounces on Day 1, but was disappointed with his Day 2 bag, another five-fish limit that weighed 14-4. Kimura said he thought is was only “about 11.”

His two-day total of 34-10 gives him a 2-pound, 4-ounce advantage over Bob Downey, who found a couple keepers in the last minutes of the day to land in second place. The field narrows to the Top 12 pros and co-anglers for Saturday’s final round with the weigh-in set for 4 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops in Broken Arrow, Okla.

“I didn’t think I would still be in the lead,” Kimura said.

Oklahoma has been good to Kimura on a final day before. The second week of September 2014, he was in sixth place on the final Open of the season on the Arkansas River at Muskogee. His performance that day scored him his only second-place finish to date, and he was sandwiched between two of Oklahoma’s top tour veterans in Mark Tyler of Vian, and Tommy Biffle of Wagoner.

Kimura said he will stick with what’s been working for the final round and just change baits and techniques as the fish dictate. Clouds held fast over Grand Lake Friday, and mid-morning saw some steady rains.

Bag weights across the field dropped from Day 1, but the final holds more promise with fewer competitors on the water and a forecast that calls for a return to a sunny, windy day.

“I had to change it up where I fished,” Kimura said. “They just weren’t where they were yesterday, but my co-angler got them.”

Indeed, his co-angler, Adam Boyd of Humble, Texas, landed three fish for 11-5 and shot up to fourth place with the second-largest co-angler bag of the day.

“That guy is full of energy,” Boyd said. “Run and gun, 20 minutes here, 20 minutes there, non-stop.”

Downey’s confidence seemed shaken no matter what the leaderboard said.

“I caught two big ones in the last 10 minutes today. One of them was way down in a bush, and I was in up to my armpits to pull him out. Before that, I wasn’t even going to make the cut,” he said with a shake of his head.

Downey said he’s either going to have to come up with a different plan or count on the reduced number of competitors on the water.

“Maybe with fewer boats out there I’ll be able to hit more of the stuff I was patterning,” he said.

This final Central Open of the season not only offers a cash prize and a possible berth in the 2020 Bassmaster Classic, but marks the final chance to gain Angler of the Year points and make the Top 5 to qualify for an invitation to the Bassmaster Elite Series.

Springville, Ala., angler Wes Logan secured the Central Division Angler of the Year title Friday with a two-day weight of 30 pounds that has him in fifth place.

Others in the Angler of the Year running also are fishing Saturday. Taku Ito of Chiba, Japan, in third place with 31-5, and Caleb Kuphall in fourth with 31-2 have secured their Top 5 finishes and invitations to fish the Elite Series in 2020, but the lack to points to catch Logan.

“I changed up everything,” Logan said. “It was the same area just a different bait with the rain and the wind, and I caught four in about an hour then it slowed down.”

Ito had a near repeat of his Day 1 with an early flurry of fish mostly caught in the first two hours of the day.

His confidence, too, was a little bit lower heading into the final day. “I feel... maybe OK,” he said.

Co-angler Jay Przekurat held onto the lead as well but also left the weigh-in stage with a humble demeanor as he, like Downey, caught his last two fish — his biggest two fish — in the final 10 minutes.

Takeoff Saturday is 6:45 a.m. CT at Wolf Creek Park and Boat Ramp in Grove, and weigh-in begins at 4 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops in Broken Arrow.

Grove Convention & Tourism Bureau is the local host for this event.

2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open Grand Lake 9/12-9/14
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, Grove OK.
(BOATER) Standings Day 2

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

1. Kenta Kimura Osaka JAPAN 10 34-10 200
Day 1: 5 20-06 Day 2: 5 14-04
2. Bob Downey Hudson, WI 10 32-06 199
Day 1: 5 17-09 Day 2: 5 14-13
3. Taku Ito Chiba JAPAN 10 31-05 198
Day 1: 5 16-15 Day 2: 5 14-06
4. Caleb Kuphall Mukwonago, WI 10 31-02 197
Day 1: 5 15-08 Day 2: 5 15-10
5. Wes Logan Springville, AL 10 30-00 196
Day 1: 5 13-00 Day 2: 5 17-00
6. Kyle Dorsett Odenville, AL 10 29-13 195
Day 1: 5 13-08 Day 2: 5 16-05
7. Cade Laufenberg Goodview, WI 10 29-07 194
Day 1: 5 18-00 Day 2: 5 11-07
8. Thomas Canady Collinsville, OK 10 27-12 193
Day 1: 5 13-15 Day 2: 5 13-13
9. Masayuki Matsushita Tokoname-Shi JAPAN 10 27-05 192
Day 1: 5 15-14 Day 2: 5 11-07
10. Joseph Webster Winfield, AL 10 27-05 191
Day 1: 5 12-10 Day 2: 5 14-11
11. Philip Atkins Columbus, MS 7 26-14 190
Day 1: 3 10-02 Day 2: 4 16-12
12. Toby Hartsell Afton, OK 10 26-14 189
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 5 13-12
13. Timmy Reneau Richland Springs, TX 10 26-11 188 $2,433.00
Day 1: 5 14-08 Day 2: 5 12-03
14. Ken Iyobe Tokoname JAPAN 10 26-11 187 $2,433.00
Day 1: 5 13-05 Day 2: 5 13-06
15. Casey Scanlon Lake Ozark, MO 8 26-09 186 $2,433.00
Day 1: 5 17-11 Day 2: 3 08-14
16. Logan Latuso Gonzales, LA 10 26-06 185 $2,433.00
Day 1: 5 16-06 Day 2: 5 10-00
17. Austin Brimeyer Dubuque, IA 9 25-13 184 $2,433.00
Day 1: 5 14-09 Day 2: 4 11-04
18. Adam Neu Forestville, WI 10 25-02 183 $2,433.00
Day 1: 5 10-15 Day 2: 5 14-03
19. John Pilcher Kansas, OK 7 24-10 182 $2,433.00
Day 1: 3 09-07 Day 2: 4 15-03
20. Nicholas Kincaid Coweta, OK 9 24-09 181 $2,433.00
Day 1: 4 09-05 Day 2: 5 15-04
21. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 9 24-04 180 $2,190.00
Day 1: 4 08-10 Day 2: 5 15-10
22. Eddie Norris Mannford, OK 9 23-15 179 $2,190.00
Day 1: 5 13-09 Day 2: 4 10-06
23. Beau Browning Hot Springs, AR 10 23-14 178 $2,190.00
Day 1: 5 12-03 Day 2: 5 11-11
24. Billy Billeaud Lafayette, LA 7 23-02 177 $2,190.00
Day 1: 4 17-03 Day 2: 3 05-15
25. Trait Zaldain Fort Worth, TX 8 22-12 176 $2,190.00
Day 1: 3 07-11 Day 2: 5 15-01
26. John Cox Debary, FL 9 22-08 175 $1,947.00
Day 1: 5 13-14 Day 2: 4 08-10
27. Chris Groh Spring Grove, IL 10 22-06 174 $1,947.00
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 5 09-04
28. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 10 22-06 173 $1,947.00
Day 1: 5 12-03 Day 2: 5 10-03
29. Jimmy Mason Rogersville, AL 9 22-05 172 $1,947.00
Day 1: 4 08-14 Day 2: 5 13-07
30. David Gillham Heath, TX 10 22-04 171 $1,947.00
Day 1: 5 09-13 Day 2: 5 12-07
31. Teb Jones Hattiesburg, MS 10 22-03 170 $1,947.00
Day 1: 5 09-15 Day 2: 5 12-04
32. Colby Miller Elmer, LA 7 22-01 169 $1,947.00
Day 1: 3 08-05 Day 2: 4 13-12
33. Jim Dillard West Monroe, LA 7 21-15 168 $1,947.00
Day 1: 2 03-13 Day 2: 5 18-02
34. Randy Sullivan Breckenridge, TX 9 21-15 167 $1,947.00
Day 1: 4 08-12 Day 2: 5 13-03
35. Stacey King Reeds Spring, MO 9 21-11 166 $1,947.00
Day 1: 5 11-00 Day 2: 4 10-11
36. Bradley Hallman Norman, OK 8 21-04 165 $1,947.00
Day 1: 5 14-15 Day 2: 3 06-05
37. Darold Gleason Many, LA 9 21-01 164 $1,947.00
Day 1: 4 08-06 Day 2: 5 12-11
38. Brian Potter Claremore, OK 9 21-00 163 $1,947.00
Day 1: 5 11-08 Day 2: 4 09-08
39. Nick Ratliff Vine Grove, KY 7 21-00 162 $1,947.00
Day 1: 3 10-13 Day 2: 4 10-03
40. James Watson Lampe, MO 9 20-06 161 $1,947.00
Day 1: 4 09-05 Day 2: 5 11-01
41. Grant Galloway Houlka, MS 7 20-05 160
Day 1: 2 03-06 Day 2: 5 16-15
42. Mark Long Lake Winnebago, MO 6 20-05 159
Day 1: 1 03-13 Day 2: 5 16-08
43. Daisuke Kita Ootsu-Shi JAPAN 9 20-04 158
Day 1: 5 10-10 Day 2: 4 09-10
44. Lance Rose Pipe Creek, TX 7 20-02 157
Day 1: 2 06-09 Day 2: 5 13-09
45. Marc Frazier Newnan, GA 9 19-15 156
Day 1: 5 10-02 Day 2: 4 09-13
46. Gary Riffle Paris, TX 6 19-12 155
Day 1: 4 12-04 Day 2: 2 07-08
47. Tommy Martin Hemphill, TX 8 19-10 154
Day 1: 5 11-15 Day 2: 3 07-11
48. Cody Bird Granbury, TX 10 19-07 153
Day 1: 5 09-05 Day 2: 5 10-02
49. Randy Pierson Oakdale, CA 5 18-12 152
Day 1: 5 18-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
50. Joseph Hardy Hewitt, TX 7 18-11 151
Day 1: 3 08-08 Day 2: 4 10-03
51. Charlie Hartley Grove City, OH 9 18-09 150
Day 1: 5 10-01 Day 2: 4 08-08
52. Dylan Connell Marion, IL 10 18-09 149
Day 1: 5 09-04 Day 2: 5 09-05
53. Curt Warren Rose, OK 5 18-06 148
Day 1: 5 18-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
54. Spike Stoker Stephenville, TX 6 18-06 147
Day 1: 2 05-11 Day 2: 4 12-11
55. Seiji Kato Outsu Shiga JAPAN 7 18-04 146
Day 1: 5 12-14 Day 2: 2 05-06
56. Andy Ortega Odessa, TX 9 18-03 145
Day 1: 5 10-13 Day 2: 4 07-06
57. Joey Cifuentes III Clinton, AR 9 18-00 144
Day 1: 5 07-00 Day 2: 4 11-00
58. Brent Breznik Borger, TX 9 18-00 143
Day 1: 5 09-11 Day 2: 4 08-05
59. Paul Browning Pecos, TX 7 17-14 142
Day 1: 5 11-11 Day 2: 2 06-03
60. Colby Cotterill Houston, TX 9 17-14 141
Day 1: 5 10-01 Day 2: 4 07-13
61. Jimmy Charbonnet St.Amant, LA 8 17-03 140
Day 1: 3 05-14 Day 2: 5 11-05
62. Gary Adkins Green Bay, WI 7 16-11 139
Day 1: 5 11-04 Day 2: 2 05-07
63. Trea Luedke Montgomery, TX 6 16-10 138
Day 1: 1 01-11 Day 2: 5 14-15
64. James Davis Jr Ferriday, LA 6 16-10 137
Day 1: 5 12-14 Day 2: 1 03-12
65. Drew Sloan Scurry, TX 6 16-04 136
Day 1: 4 12-07 Day 2: 2 03-13
66. Daisuke Aoki Minamitsurugun Yamanash 6 16-03 135
Day 1: 4 11-01 Day 2: 2 05-02
67. Bryan Finch Belton, TX 7 16-02 134
Day 1: 4 10-09 Day 2: 3 05-09
68. Cody Bertrand Dyer, IN 6 16-02 133
Day 1: 4 10-00 Day 2: 2 06-02
69. Denny Fiedler Minnetonka, MN 6 15-15 132
Day 1: 5 13-12 Day 2: 1 02-03
70. Tom Redington Royse City, TX 7 15-15 131
Day 1: 2 03-14 Day 2: 5 12-01
71. Danny Weems Como, TX 6 15-14 130
Day 1: 2 03-10 Day 2: 4 12-04
72. John Connell Marion, IL 6 15-12 129
Day 1: 3 08-04 Day 2: 3 07-08
73. Dave Redington Winnsboro, TX 6 15-03 128
Day 1: 4 06-10 Day 2: 2 08-09
74. Gary Vining Morgan City, LA 7 15-01 127
Day 1: 5 08-07 Day 2: 2 06-10
75. Shane Melton Kokomo, IN 6 14-15 126
Day 1: 1 01-09 Day 2: 5 13-06
76. Todd Risinger West Monroe, LA 6 14-09 125
Day 1: 1 01-07 Day 2: 5 13-02
77. Jody White Gilbertsville, KY 6 14-09 124
Day 1: 2 03-08 Day 2: 4 11-01
78. Joey Nania Cropwell, AL 6 14-08 123
Day 1: 5 13-02 Day 2: 1 01-06
79. Dewayne French Mammoth Spring, AR 7 14-08 122
Day 1: 3 05-07 Day 2: 4 09-01
80. JP Kimbrough Bossier City, LA 6 14-05 121
Day 1: 2 07-03 Day 2: 4 07-02
81. Chancy Walters West Des Moines, IA 5 14-01 120
Day 1: 5 14-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
82. Allan Nail Sand Springs, OK 7 14-01 119
Day 1: 2 03-12 Day 2: 5 10-05
83. Scott Pellegrin Chippewa Falls, WI 5 14-01 118
Day 1: 3 09-03 Day 2: 2 04-14
84. Theron Caldwell Colleyville, TX 6 14-00 117
Day 1: 3 04-14 Day 2: 3 09-02
85. Brandon Ackerson Afton, OK 6 13-14 116
Day 1: 3 06-02 Day 2: 3 07-12
86. Kyle Glasgow Guin, AL 5 13-13 115
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 5 13-13
87. Billy Smith Sr Montgomery, TX 6 13-12 114
Day 1: 3 06-00 Day 2: 3 07-12
88. Caleb Gibson Locust Grove, OK 5 13-10 113
Day 1: 2 05-04 Day 2: 3 08-06
89. Chandler Stewart Spring Branch, TX 6 13-10 112
Day 1: 3 06-12 Day 2: 3 06-14
90. Greg Vance Dubuque, IA 7 13-07 111
Day 1: 3 05-12 Day 2: 4 07-11
91. Sheldon Collings Grove, OK 5 13-05 110
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 5 13-05
92. Daniel Hamdorf Lowden, IA 5 13-05 109
Day 1: 1 02-14 Day 2: 4 10-07
93. Dan Parker Guttenberg, IA 4 13-05 108
Day 1: 1 03-06 Day 2: 3 09-15
94. Cameron Mattison Bossier City, LA 6 13-05 107
Day 1: 3 06-10 Day 2: 3 06-11
95. Kazuki Kitajima Corinth, TX 7 13-04 106
Day 1: 4 07-06 Day 2: 3 05-14
96. Jay Stidham China Spring, TX 7 13-04 105
Day 1: 4 06-04 Day 2: 3 07-00
97. Nick Uebelhor Loogootee, IN 7 13-00 104
Day 1: 2 03-09 Day 2: 5 09-07
98. Thor Swanson Blaine, MN 6 13-00 103
Day 1: 4 08-09 Day 2: 2 04-07
99. Bryant Adam Madison, MS 6 12-11 102
Day 1: 3 07-07 Day 2: 3 05-04
100. Alex Heintze Denham Springs, LA 7 12-05 101
Day 1: 3 04-05 Day 2: 4 08-00
101. RJ Chandler Jr. Vinton, LA 5 12-04 100
Day 1: 4 10-03 Day 2: 1 02-01
102. Brad Whatley Bivins, TX 5 12-00 99
Day 1: 3 06-03 Day 2: 2 05-13
103. Trey Swindle Cleveland, AL 3 11-11 98
Day 1: 1 05-02 Day 2: 2 06-09
104. Kevin Short Mayflower, AR 5 11-07 97
Day 1: 3 06-03 Day 2: 2 05-04
105. Garrett Rose Pipecreek, TX 5 11-05 96
Day 1: 1 03-02 Day 2: 4 08-03
106. Casey Bennett Waco, TX 6 11-04 95
Day 1: 1 01-08 Day 2: 5 09-12
107. Dustin Wheeler Hulbert, OK 4 11-04 94
Day 1: 3 09-00 Day 2: 1 02-04
108. Soshi Kataoka Ohtsu Shiga JAPAN 7 11-04 93
Day 1: 5 07-06 Day 2: 2 03-14
109. Chris Babin Raceland, LA 5 10-11 92
Day 1: 5 10-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
110. Homer Humphreys Jr. Minden, LA 5 10-02 91
Day 1: 3 06-05 Day 2: 2 03-13
111. B.J. Usie Bourg, LA 5 09-10 90
Day 1: 2 04-03 Day 2: 3 05-07
112. Austin Howard Granby, CO 5 09-05 89
Day 1: 3 04-13 Day 2: 2 04-08
113. Hunter Denmark Saraland, AL 5 09-04 88
Day 1: 5 09-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
114. Jerod Hawkes Eagle Pass, TX 3 09-02 87
Day 1: 2 07-03 Day 2: 1 01-15
115. Lance Vick Mineola, TX 3 08-13 86
Day 1: 3 08-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
116. Dustin Reneau Mckinney, TX 5 08-10 85
Day 1: 2 03-03 Day 2: 3 05-07
117. Matthew Graves Little Rock, AR 5 08-03 84
Day 1: 3 04-11 Day 2: 2 03-08
118. Terry Peacock Royse City, TX 3 07-10 83
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 07-10
119. Matthew Loetscher Many, LA 4 07-10 82
Day 1: 3 05-07 Day 2: 1 02-03
120. Troy O'Rourke Bentonville, AR 4 07-09 81
Day 1: 1 01-12 Day 2: 3 05-13
121. Mike Pharr Shreveport, LA 3 07-01 80
Day 1: 2 04-13 Day 2: 1 02-04
122. Steven Caldwell Whitesboro, TX 3 07-00 79
Day 1: 3 07-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
123. Brent Shores Boise, ID 3 06-13 78
Day 1: 1 02-03 Day 2: 2 04-10
124. Keith Surber Longview, TX 2 06-05 77
Day 1: 2 06-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
125. Chris Wooten West Point, MS 3 05-15 76
Day 1: 3 05-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
126. Tyler Hammers Scranton, AR 3 05-13 75
Day 1: 3 05-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
127. Bill McNutt Henry, IL 3 05-10 74
Day 1: 1 01-12 Day 2: 2 03-14
128. Terry Luedtke Burton, TX 3 05-09 73
Day 1: 3 05-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
129. Dustin Laber Greeley, CO 2 04-06 72
Day 1: 1 01-13 Day 2: 1 02-09
130. Jacopo Gallelli Firenze ITALY 2 04-05 71
Day 1: 1 02-08 Day 2: 1 01-13
131. Steve Sennikoff Garland, TX 2 04-00 70
Day 1: 1 01-12 Day 2: 1 02-04
132. Brent Crow Hartselle, AL 2 03-11 69
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 03-11
133. Andy Hribar Lakeville, MN 2 03-09 68
Day 1: 1 01-11 Day 2: 1 01-14
134. Darrell Newman Bruceville, TX 1 03-08 67
Day 1: 1 03-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
135. Brian Mathis Cedar Park, TX 1 03-06 66
Day 1: 1 03-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
136. Mark Hicks Glouster, OH 2 03-03 65
Day 1: 2 03-03 Day 2: 0 00-00
137. Randy Plyler Arkadelphia, AR 1 02-08 64
Day 1: 1 02-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
138. Larry Puckett Decatur, TX 1 01-09 63
Day 1: 1 01-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
139. Justin Womack Midland, TX 1 01-07 62
Day 1: 1 01-07 Day 2: 0 00-00
140. Josh Bauer Random Lake, WI 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
140. Wayne Hall Cottonwood, AZ 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
140. Gary Isgrigg Mt Washington, KY 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
140. Bo Keith III Haughton, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
140. Justin Margraves Diana, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
140. Tommy Robinson Westland, MI 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
140. Brady Vernon Birmingham, AL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 50 463 1143-11
2 43 433 1107-11
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93 896 2251-06

2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open Grand Lake 9/12-9/14

Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, Grove OK.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 2

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

1. Jay Przekurat Stevens Point, WI 6 18-00 200
Day 1: 3 11-08 Day 2: 3 06-08
2. Robert Paxton Jr Flower Mound, TX 4 16-10 199
Day 1: 1 02-14 Day 2: 3 13-12
3. Brandon Winter Bruce, MS 6 16-00 198
Day 1: 3 08-12 Day 2: 3 07-04
4. Adam Boyd Humble, TX 5 15-08 197
Day 1: 2 04-03 Day 2: 3 11-05
5. Troy Anderson Galesville, WI 6 15-04 196
Day 1: 3 09-00 Day 2: 3 06-04
6. Kazuya Watanabe Kitakyushu JAPAN 6 14-08 195
Day 1: 3 08-11 Day 2: 3 05-13
7. Don White Columbus, MS 5 14-04 194
Day 1: 2 07-14 Day 2: 3 06-06
8. Caleb Black Mcalester, OK 5 13-15 193
Day 1: 3 07-10 Day 2: 2 06-05
9. Takayuki Koike Otsu-City JAPAN 4 13-11 192
Day 1: 1 04-06 Day 2: 3 09-05
10. Terry Duffel Bentonville, AR 4 13-08 191
Day 1: 1 03-05 Day 2: 3 10-03
11. Keith Honeycutt Temple, TX 6 13-07 190
Day 1: 3 08-01 Day 2: 3 05-06
12. Rick Parker Kaufman, TX 6 13-07 189
Day 1: 3 06-01 Day 2: 3 07-06
13. David Harrell Downsville, LA 5 13-00 188 $960.00
Day 1: 3 09-11 Day 2: 2 03-05
14. Randy Baskins Owasso, OK 5 12-09 187 $864.00
Day 1: 3 08-00 Day 2: 2 04-09
15. Mitch Van Ert Watertown, WI 5 12-02 186 $768.00
Day 1: 3 06-09 Day 2: 2 05-09
16. Kayden Tanner Millsap, TX 4 12-01 185 $672.00
Day 1: 2 06-10 Day 2: 2 05-07
17. Andrew Thomasson Dublin, VA 4 12-00 184 $672.00
Day 1: 2 06-15 Day 2: 2 05-01
18. Luke Glasgow Guin, AL 5 11-15 183 $672.00
Day 1: 3 07-12 Day 2: 2 04-03
19. Caz Anderson Hayesville, NC 5 11-14 182 $672.00
Day 1: 3 05-11 Day 2: 2 06-03
20. Justin Leet Bartlett, TN 6 11-11 181 $672.00
Day 1: 3 06-07 Day 2: 3 05-04
21. Benjie Seaborn Guin, AL 6 11-10 180 $576.00
Day 1: 3 05-10 Day 2: 3 06-00
22. Domonick Poullard Houston, TX 4 11-08 179 $576.00
Day 1: 1 02-09 Day 2: 3 08-15
23. Lonnie Miller Broken Arrow, OK 4 11-07 178 $576.00
Day 1: 3 09-00 Day 2: 1 02-07
24. Lancia Kitabatake Ota-Ku JAPAN 5 11-06 177 $576.00
Day 1: 2 04-13 Day 2: 3 06-09
25. Leslie Brandenburg Springfield, MO 4 11-04 176 $576.00
Day 1: 1 02-00 Day 2: 3 09-04
26. Joshua Kehret Burnsville, MN 4 11-00 175 $480.00
Day 1: 1 02-03 Day 2: 3 08-13
27. Marty Tanner Millsap, TX 3 11-00 174 $480.00
Day 1: 1 02-07 Day 2: 2 08-09
28. David Keith Haughton, LA 5 10-15 173 $480.00
Day 1: 3 07-12 Day 2: 2 03-03
29. Shea Breznik Borger, TX 3 10-15 172 $480.00
Day 1: 2 05-09 Day 2: 1 05-06
30. Billy Black Mcalester, OK 5 10-03 171 $480.00
Day 1: 2 03-01 Day 2: 3 07-02
31. Cameron Naquin Gray, LA 4 10-02 170 $480.00
Day 1: 2 05-04 Day 2: 2 04-14
32. Alan Hevener Siloam Springs, AR 4 10-01 169 $480.00
Day 1: 2 05-06 Day 2: 2 04-11
33. Hagen Cooley DeRidder, LA 3 09-15 168 $480.00
Day 1: 2 05-12 Day 2: 1 04-03
34. Walter Tucker Osceola, MO 4 09-08 167 $480.00
Day 1: 1 01-10 Day 2: 3 07-14
35. Hunter Odom Chunchula, AL 4 09-01 166 $480.00
Day 1: 3 06-01 Day 2: 1 03-00
36. Steven Hatch Long Beach, MS 4 08-15 165 $480.00
Day 1: 1 01-10 Day 2: 3 07-05
37. Eric Douthit Springdale, AR 3 08-14 164 $480.00
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 08-14
38. Joe Montalbano Broken Arrow, OK 3 08-11 163 $480.00
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 08-11
39. Ronald Robbs Ironton, MO 3 08-10 162 $480.00
Day 1: 3 08-10 Day 2: 0 00-00
40. Sakae Ushio Tonawanda, NY 4 08-08 161 $480.00
Day 1: 3 06-12 Day 2: 1 01-12
41. Shigekazu Tateno Dallas, TX 3 08-01 160
Day 1: 3 08-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
42. Matt Dobson Edmond, OK 4 08-00 159
Day 1: 1 02-02 Day 2: 3 05-14
43. Josh Crededio Chicago, IL 4 07-15 158
Day 1: 2 04-01 Day 2: 2 03-14
44. Kyle Mcclelland Rogers, AR 3 07-12 157
Day 1: 2 04-04 Day 2: 1 03-08
45. Albert Hudson Austin, TX 3 07-11 156
Day 1: 3 07-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
46. Colten Anders Burton, TX 3 07-11 155
Day 1: 1 03-03 Day 2: 2 04-08
47. Randall Jackson Broken Arrow, OK 3 07-09 0
Day 1: 3 07-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
48. Troy Enmeier Enid, OK 2 07-09 153
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 07-09
49. Bates Enmeier Enid, OK 3 07-07 152
Day 1: 2 05-10 Day 2: 1 01-13
50. Steven Baskins Owasso, OK 3 07-07 151
Day 1: 1 02-10 Day 2: 2 04-13
51. Travis Culbreth Columbia, AL 3 07-06 150
Day 1: 3 07-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
52. Lane Haymond Cave Springs, AR 3 07-01 149
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 07-01
53. Daniel Bornholtz Woodbury, MN 2 07-01 148
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 07-01
54. Calvin Bogan Livingston, TX 3 07-00 147
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 07-00
55. Clay Torson Cedar Rapids, IA 6 06-15 146
Day 1: 3 05-09 Day 2: 3 01-06
56. Larry Beauboeuf Bossier City, LA 4 06-15 145
Day 1: 3 04-15 Day 2: 1 02-00
57. Jason Fontenot Lake Charles, LA 3 06-15 144
Day 1: 2 02-12 Day 2: 1 04-03
58. Alan Quick Springfield, MO 3 06-14 143
Day 1: 3 06-14 Day 2: 0 00-00
59. Chris White Russiaville, IN 2 06-14 142
Day 1: 1 04-15 Day 2: 1 01-15
60. Anthony Ferdinando Spicewood, TX 3 06-13 141
Day 1: 3 06-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
61. Jeremy Arnold Austin, IN 4 06-10 140
Day 1: 2 03-04 Day 2: 2 03-06
62. Shane Soriano Merced, CA 3 06-09 139
Day 1: 2 03-11 Day 2: 1 02-14
63. Justin Weatherly Ponca City, OK 4 06-08 138
Day 1: 2 03-00 Day 2: 2 03-08
64. Dwain Vogelpohl Cambridge, MN 3 06-04 137
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 06-04
65. John Goebel Lumberton, TX 3 05-12 136
Day 1: 3 05-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
66. Jordan Lane Conroe, TX 2 05-11 135
Day 1: 2 05-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
67. Jon Jezierski Troy, MI 2 05-08 134
Day 1: 1 02-11 Day 2: 1 02-13
68. Brandon Sanchez Livingston, LA 3 05-07 133
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 3 05-07
69. Erik Lane Live Oak, TX 3 05-04 132
Day 1: 2 03-08 Day 2: 1 01-12
70. Dason Gwartney Bixby, OK 1 05-01 131
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 05-01
71. Kevin Maxwell Laneville, TX 2 05-00 130
Day 1: 1 02-15 Day 2: 1 02-01
72. Jim Wiewel Kingfisher, OK 2 04-15 129
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 04-15
73. Stephen Parnell Brandon, MS 1 04-14 128
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 04-14
74. Jonathan Beason Sr Broken Arrow, OK 3 04-14 127
Day 1: 2 03-01 Day 2: 1 01-13
75. Kevin Turner Sand Springs, OK 3 04-11 126
Day 1: 3 04-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
76. Brian Murphy Sulphur, LA 2 04-06 125
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 04-06
77. Jerry Gonzalez Rivero Laredo TX Coahuila MEXI 1 04-03 124
Day 1: 1 04-03 Day 2: 0 00-00
78. Carl Farmer Carrollton, TX 1 04-03 123
Day 1: 1 04-03 Day 2: 0 00-00
79. Carson Denmark Malcolm, AL 2 04-02 122
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 04-02
80. John Goul Philadelphia, MS 2 04-02 121
Day 1: 1 01-15 Day 2: 1 02-03
81. Chris Bailey Eddy, TX 2 04-00 120
Day 1: 2 04-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
81. Jeffrey Bauer Merrillan, WI 2 04-00 120
Day 1: 2 04-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
83. Matt Gnoth Sharon, KS 2 04-00 118
Day 1: 1 01-10 Day 2: 1 02-06
84. Tom Guilford San Marcos, TX 2 03-14 117
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 03-14
85. Daniel Corkern Florence, MS 2 03-14 116
Day 1: 1 01-12 Day 2: 1 02-02
86. Cody Shry Pinehrst, TX 2 03-10 115
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 03-10
87. Bob Clark Broken Arrow, OK 1 03-09 114
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 03-09
88. Doug Sims Athens, IL 1 03-08 113
Day 1: 1 03-08 Day 2: 0 00-00
89. Doug Logan Springville, AL 1 03-06 112
Day 1: 1 03-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
89. Al Norman Jr Lake Mary, FL 1 03-06 112
Day 1: 1 03-06 Day 2: 0 00-00
91. Jack Copeland Sallisaw, OK 1 03-04 110
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 03-04
91. Robert Parkison Marshall, TX 1 03-04 110
Day 1: 1 03-04 Day 2: 0 00-00
93. Dylan Winders Montgomery, TX 2 03-04 108
Day 1: 1 01-12 Day 2: 1 01-08
94. Luke Frankowicz Monroe, LA 1 03-02 107
Day 1: 1 03-02 Day 2: 0 00-00
95. Edward Bean Johnsburg, IL 2 03-02 106
Day 1: 1 01-12 Day 2: 1 01-06
96. Corey Stewart Lees Summit, MO 2 03-01 105
Day 1: 2 03-01 Day 2: 0 00-00
96. Jeff Wallace West Monroe, LA 2 03-01 105
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 2 03-01
98. Jeff Marks Hamburg, AR 2 03-01 103
Day 1: 1 01-06 Day 2: 1 01-11
99. Jess Johnston West Des Moines, IA 1 03-00 102
Day 1: 1 03-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
100. Erick Fernengel Lake Waukomis, MO 1 02-15 101
Day 1: 1 02-15 Day 2: 0 00-00
101. Bryan Deal Shawnee, KS 1 02-13 100
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 02-13
101. Kensaku Kashiwagi Koka JAPAN 1 02-13 100
Day 1: 1 02-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
103. Jacob Gress Nitro, WV 1 02-12 98
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 02-12
103. Scott Hill Saint Louis, MO 1 02-12 98
Day 1: 1 02-12 Day 2: 0 00-00
105. Klaus Kuester Forest Park, IL 1 02-11 96
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 02-11
106. Jimmy Bark Jenks, OK 1 02-09 95
Day 1: 1 02-09 Day 2: 0 00-00
107. Frank Williams Saint Charles, MO 1 02-08 94
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 02-08
108. Rafael Borjas Caracas VENEZUELA 1 02-07 93
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 02-07
109. Travis Burch Gardner, KS 1 02-05 92
Day 1: 1 02-05 Day 2: 0 00-00
110. David Arms Cache, OK 1 02-03 91
Day 1: 1 02-03 Day 2: 0 00-00
111. Mike Silagi Tulsa, OK 1 02-02 90
Day 1: 1 02-02 Day 2: 0 00-00
112. Brian Dickirson Choctaw, OK 1 02-01 89
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 02-01
113. Brad Hollowell Azle, TX 1 01-14 88
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 01-14
113. Bill Yazel Warr Acres, OK 1 01-14 88
Day 1: 1 01-14 Day 2: 0 00-00
115. Josh Chandler Grove, OK 1 01-13 86
Day 1: 1 01-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
115. Jake Dalzell Derby, KS 1 01-13 86
Day 1: 1 01-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
115. Timothy Flueter Brighton, CO 1 01-13 86
Day 1: 1 01-13 Day 2: 0 00-00
118. Seth Lee Oklahoma City, OK 1 01-12 83
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 01-12
119. John Horton Collinsville, OK 1 01-11 82
Day 1: 1 01-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
119. Scotty Vines Helena, AL 1 01-11 82
Day 1: 1 01-11 Day 2: 0 00-00
121. Robb Taylor Colleyville, TX 1 01-10 80
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 1 01-10
122. Gary Bates Athens, AL 1 01-07 79
Day 1: 0 -01-00 Day 2: 1 02-07
123. Sieg Kilby Kilgore, TX 1 01-07 78
Day 1: 1 01-07 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Noel Allen Jr Brandon, MS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. David Booth Erin, TN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Bob Burgess Millington, TN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Marty Cook Paducah, KY 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Jack Evans Bucklin, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Steven Gilliam Blanchard, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Bob Howard Colorado Springs, CO 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Brian Humphries Oklahoma City, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Chris Jeffery Sedan, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Ross Kellermeier Edina, MN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Chad Larsen Waynesville, MO 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Will Major Port Allen, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Darrin Mallow Kansas, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Jeffrey Nolte Shawnee, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Charles Reed Batesville, MS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Wade Richardson Texico, NM 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Jacob Roark Plattsmouth, NE 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. John Roberson Shreveport, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Kerry Trent Dodge City, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Ryan Varner Alhambra, IL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00
124. Scott Wilkinson Valley Spring, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00 Day 2: 0 00-00

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AC Rookie Podcast with Elite Series Rookie Patrick Walters!

This week Jason catches back up with Bassmaster Elite Series Rookie of the Year Contender Patrick Walters as he prepares for the final regular season Elite Series event in Oklahoma.

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Kimura Tops 20-Pound Mark, Takes Lead In Bassmaster Central Open At Grand Lake

Angler Kenta Kimura of Osaka, Japan is leading on Day 1 of the 2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open at Grand Lake with 20 pounds, 6 ounces.

Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.

September 12, 2019

GROVE, Okla. — Anglers called it a grind on Day 1 of the Basspro.comBassmaster Central Open on Grand Lake. But the leaderboard told a different story, with a Top 5 within flipping distance of 20 pounds and one across that mark.

Angler Kenta Kimura of Osaka, Japan, grabbed the early lead with five healthy bass, including a set of bookends at about 4 pounds, 6 ounces each, for a total of 20-6.

“I think today was just the right kind of day to do what I was doing, cranking and flipping a worm,” he said. “The wind helped me.”

Kimura said he had enough bites to get the job done and that he covered a lot of different areas. But his bites consistently brought in bigger fish.

With possible thunderstorms overnight and less wind in the forecast for Friday, he expected a tough job ahead.

His story was similar to that of many others. They had just enough bites to get the job done, some just found better size and kept fish on the hook all the way into the boat.

“I don’t know about tomorrow,” Kimura said. “I’m going to have to work hard.”

At stake for anglers at this final Central Open of the season is not only a cash prize and a possible berth in the 2020 Bassmaster Classic but a final chance to finish in the Top 5 of the Angler of The Year Points race to qualify for an invitation to the Bassmaster Elite Series.

Currently fourth in AOY points, Taku Ito of Chiba, Japan, weighed early Thursday out of concern for one of his fish and posted the mark for everyone to beat with 16-15. He ended the day in eighth place.

“I feel very good,” Ito said with his heavy Japanese accent. “I had plenty of fish. Culled plenty of fish.”

Second-place angler Randy Pierson of Oakdale, Calif., the 2018 B.A.S.S. Nation Championship winner, who is also fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series this season, hit a solid 18-12 and landed in second place.

“My timing was just kind of perfect today and everything went perfect. I caught seven keepers, but the five I weighed came on four different baits,” he said.

Pierson said he only used about half the areas he found in practice to find his seven keepers, but he used every inch of those areas.

“Tomorrow I’m going to pretty much have five rods on the deck and fish them from shallow to down deep,” he said. “The deepest I caught fish today was 20 to 25 feet and the shallowest was, well, zero.

“I really think it’s just a timing deal. You just have to pull up to the right spot when they’re feeding.”

Pierson’s timing theory may hold, given the experience of Oklahoma’s Curt Warren, solidly in third place with 18-6.

“It sounds a lot better than it actually was,” he said. “By 9:30, I was all done. I spent the rest of the day trying to get a bite.”

From the tiny town of Leach, just about 50 miles down the road, he is familiar with Grand Lake in late summer and early fall. Warren said the fish often fire up early, but then another flurry can be expected.

“They usually hit good until about 9 o’clock and then it will stop, but they’ll fire up again about noon,” he said. “Today I just couldn’t get them to fire up again. They’re there, we could see them, they just weren’t biting.”

At the top of the co-angler standings is Jay Przekurat of Stevens Point, Wisc., with 11-8.

“I got four bites, three of them were big and I culled one,” he said. “It was one fish about every two and half hours. I caught one with like five minutes left, that was the 2-pounder I had. I just couldn’t do anything wrong.”

Friday he’s hoping for more of the same luck, even modestly so.

“It’s so tough,” he said. “I’ll be happy if I can just get a limit.”

Takeoff Friday is 6:45 a.m. CT at Wolf Creek Park and Boat Ramp, and weigh-in begins at 2:45 p.m. at the ramp. Weigh-in on Day 3 is at Bass Pro Shops in Broken Arrow, Okla., at 4 p.m.

Grove Convention & Tourism Bureau is the local host for this event.

2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open Grand Lake 9/12-9/14
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, Grove OK.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

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

1. Kenta Kimura Osaka JAPAN 5 20-06 200
Day 1: 5 20-06
2. Randy Pierson Oakdale, CA 5 18-12 199
Day 1: 5 18-12
3. Curt Warren Rose, OK 5 18-06 198
Day 1: 5 18-06
4. Cade Laufenberg Goodview, WI 5 18-00 197
Day 1: 5 18-00
5. Casey Scanlon Lake Ozark, MO 5 17-11 196
Day 1: 5 17-11
6. Bob Downey Hudson, WI 5 17-09 195
Day 1: 5 17-09
7. Billy Billeaud Lafayette, LA 4 17-03 194
Day 1: 4 17-03
8. Taku Ito Chiba JAPAN 5 16-15 193
Day 1: 5 16-15
9. Logan Latuso Gonzales, LA 5 16-06 192
Day 1: 5 16-06
10. Masayuki Matsushita Tokoname-Shi JAPAN 5 15-14 191
Day 1: 5 15-14
11. Caleb Kuphall Mukwonago, WI 5 15-08 190
Day 1: 5 15-08
12. Bradley Hallman Norman, OK 5 14-15 189
Day 1: 5 14-15
13. Austin Brimeyer Dubuque, IA 5 14-09 188
Day 1: 5 14-09
14. Timmy Reneau Richland Springs, TX 5 14-08 187
Day 1: 5 14-08
15. Chancy Walters West Des Moines, IA 5 14-01 186
Day 1: 5 14-01
16. Thomas Canady Collinsville, OK 5 13-15 185
Day 1: 5 13-15
17. John Cox Debary, FL 5 13-14 184
Day 1: 5 13-14
18. Denny Fiedler Minnetonka, MN 5 13-12 183
Day 1: 5 13-12
19. Eddie Norris Mannford, OK 5 13-09 182
Day 1: 5 13-09
20. Kyle Dorsett Odenville, AL 5 13-08 181
Day 1: 5 13-08
21. Ken Iyobe Tokoname JAPAN 5 13-05 180
Day 1: 5 13-05
22. Chris Groh Spring Grove, IL 5 13-02 179
Day 1: 5 13-02
22. Toby Hartsell Afton, OK 5 13-02 179
Day 1: 5 13-02
22. Joey Nania Cropwell, AL 5 13-02 179
Day 1: 5 13-02
25. Wes Logan Springville, AL 5 13-00 176
Day 1: 5 13-00
26. James Davis Jr Ferriday, LA 5 12-14 175
Day 1: 5 12-14
26. Seiji Kato Outsu Shiga JAPAN 5 12-14 175
Day 1: 5 12-14
28. Joseph Webster Winfield, AL 5 12-10 173
Day 1: 5 12-10
29. Drew Sloan Scurry, TX 4 12-07 172
Day 1: 4 12-07
30. Gary Riffle Paris, TX 4 12-04 171
Day 1: 4 12-04
31. Beau Browning Hot Springs, AR 5 12-03 170
Day 1: 5 12-03
31. Stephen Browning Hot Springs, AR 5 12-03 170
Day 1: 5 12-03
33. Tommy Martin Hemphill, TX 5 11-15 168
Day 1: 5 11-15
34. Paul Browning Pecos, TX 5 11-11 167
Day 1: 5 11-11
35. Brian Potter Claremore, OK 5 11-08 166
Day 1: 5 11-08
36. Gary Adkins Green Bay, WI 5 11-04 165
Day 1: 5 11-04
37. Daisuke Aoki Minamitsurugun Yamanash 4 11-01 164
Day 1: 4 11-01
38. Stacey King Reeds Spring, MO 5 11-00 163
Day 1: 5 11-00
39. Adam Neu Forestville, WI 5 10-15 162
Day 1: 5 10-15
40. Andy Ortega Odessa, TX 5 10-13 161
Day 1: 5 10-13
41. Nick Ratliff Vine Grove, KY 3 10-13 160
Day 1: 3 10-13
42. Chris Babin Raceland, LA 5 10-11 159
Day 1: 5 10-11
43. Daisuke Kita Ootsu-Shi JAPAN 5 10-10 158
Day 1: 5 10-10
44. Bryan Finch Belton, TX 4 10-09 157
Day 1: 4 10-09
45. RJ Chandler Jr. Vinton, LA 4 10-03 156
Day 1: 4 10-03
46. Marc Frazier Newnan, GA 5 10-02 155
Day 1: 5 10-02
47. Philip Atkins Columbus, MS 3 10-02 154
Day 1: 3 10-02
48. Colby Cotterill Houston, TX 5 10-01 153
Day 1: 5 10-01
48. Charlie Hartley Grove City, OH 5 10-01 153
Day 1: 5 10-01
50. Cody Bertrand Dyer, IN 4 10-00 151
Day 1: 4 10-00
51. Teb Jones Hattiesburg, MS 5 09-15 150
Day 1: 5 09-15
52. David Gillham Heath, TX 5 09-13 149
Day 1: 5 09-13
53. Brent Breznik Borger, TX 5 09-11 148
Day 1: 5 09-11
54. John Pilcher Kansas, OK 3 09-07 147
Day 1: 3 09-07
55. Cody Bird Granbury, TX 5 09-05 146
Day 1: 5 09-05
56. Nicholas Kincaid Coweta, OK 4 09-05 145
Day 1: 4 09-05
56. James Watson Lampe, MO 4 09-05 145
Day 1: 4 09-05
58. Dylan Connell Marion, IL 5 09-04 143
Day 1: 5 09-04
59. Hunter Denmark Saraland, AL 5 09-04 142
Day 1: 5 09-04
60. Scott Pellegrin Chippewa Falls, WI 3 09-03 141
Day 1: 3 09-03
61. Dustin Wheeler Hulbert, OK 3 09-00 140
Day 1: 3 09-00
62. Jimmy Mason Rogersville, AL 4 08-14 139
Day 1: 4 08-14
63. Lance Vick Mineola, TX 3 08-13 138
Day 1: 3 08-13
64. Randy Sullivan Breckenridge, TX 4 08-12 137
Day 1: 4 08-12
65. Gerald Swindle Guntersville, AL 4 08-10 136
Day 1: 4 08-10
66. Thor Swanson Blaine, MN 4 08-09 135
Day 1: 4 08-09
67. Joseph Hardy Hewitt, TX 3 08-08 134
Day 1: 3 08-08
68. Gary Vining Morgan City, LA 5 08-07 133
Day 1: 5 08-07
69. Darold Gleason Many, LA 4 08-06 132
Day 1: 4 08-06
70. Colby Miller Elmer, LA 3 08-05 131
Day 1: 3 08-05
71. John Connell Marion, IL 3 08-04 130
Day 1: 3 08-04
72. Trait Zaldain Fort Worth, TX 3 07-11 129
Day 1: 3 07-11
73. Bryant Adam Madison, MS 3 07-07 128
Day 1: 3 07-07
74. Soshi Kataoka Ohtsu Shiga JAPAN 5 07-06 127
Day 1: 5 07-06
75. Kazuki Kitajima Corinth, TX 4 07-06 126
Day 1: 4 07-06
76. Jerod Hawkes Eagle Pass, TX 2 07-03 125
Day 1: 2 07-03
76. JP Kimbrough Bossier City, LA 2 07-03 125
Day 1: 2 07-03
78. Joey Cifuentes III Clinton, AR 5 07-00 123
Day 1: 5 07-00
79. Steven Caldwell Whitesboro, TX 3 07-00 122
Day 1: 3 07-00
80. Chandler Stewart Spring Branch, TX 3 06-12 121
Day 1: 3 06-12
81. Dave Redington Winnsboro, TX 4 06-10 120
Day 1: 4 06-10
82. Cameron Mattison Bossier City, LA 3 06-10 119
Day 1: 3 06-10
83. Lance Rose Pipe Creek, TX 2 06-09 118
Day 1: 2 06-09
84. Homer Humphreys Jr. Minden, LA 3 06-05 117
Day 1: 3 06-05
85. Keith Surber Longview, TX 2 06-05 116
Day 1: 2 06-05
86. Jay Stidham China Spring, TX 4 06-04 115
Day 1: 4 06-04
87. Kevin Short Mayflower, AR 3 06-03 114
Day 1: 3 06-03
87. Brad Whatley Bivins, TX 3 06-03 114
Day 1: 3 06-03
89. Brandon Ackerson Afton, OK 3 06-02 112
Day 1: 3 06-02
90. Billy Smith Sr Montgomery, TX 3 06-00 111
Day 1: 3 06-00
91. Chris Wooten West Point, MS 3 05-15 110
Day 1: 3 05-15
92. Jimmy Charbonnet St.Amant, LA 3 05-14 109
Day 1: 3 05-14
93. Tyler Hammers Scranton, AR 3 05-13 108
Day 1: 3 05-13
94. Greg Vance Dubuque, IA 3 05-12 107
Day 1: 3 05-12
95. Spike Stoker Stephenville, TX 2 05-11 106
Day 1: 2 05-11
96. Terry Luedtke Burton, TX 3 05-09 105
Day 1: 3 05-09
97. Dewayne French Mammoth Spring, AR 3 05-07 104
Day 1: 3 05-07
97. Matthew Loetscher Many, LA 3 05-07 104
Day 1: 3 05-07
99. Caleb Gibson Locust Grove, OK 2 05-04 102
Day 1: 2 05-04
100. Trey Swindle Cleveland, AL 1 05-02 101
Day 1: 1 05-02
101. Theron Caldwell Colleyville, TX 3 04-14 100
Day 1: 3 04-14
102. Austin Howard Granby, CO 3 04-13 99
Day 1: 3 04-13
103. Mike Pharr Shreveport, LA 2 04-13 98
Day 1: 2 04-13
104. Matthew Graves Little Rock, AR 3 04-11 97
Day 1: 3 04-11
105. Alex Heintze Denham Springs, LA 3 04-05 96
Day 1: 3 04-05
106. B.J. Usie Bourg, LA 2 04-03 95
Day 1: 2 04-03
107. Tom Redington Royse City, TX 2 03-14 94
Day 1: 2 03-14
108. Jim Dillard West Monroe, LA 2 03-13 93
Day 1: 2 03-13
109. Mark Long Lake Winnebago, MO 1 03-13 92
Day 1: 1 03-13
110. Allan Nail Sand Springs, OK 2 03-12 91
Day 1: 2 03-12
111. Danny Weems Como, TX 2 03-10 90
Day 1: 2 03-10
112. Nick Uebelhor Loogootee, IN 2 03-09 89
Day 1: 2 03-09
113. Jody White Gilbertsville, KY 2 03-08 88
Day 1: 2 03-08
114. Darrell Newman Bruceville, TX 1 03-08 87
Day 1: 1 03-08
115. Grant Galloway Houlka, MS 2 03-06 86
Day 1: 2 03-06
116. Brian Mathis Cedar Park, TX 1 03-06 85
Day 1: 1 03-06
116. Dan Parker Guttenberg, IA 1 03-06 85
Day 1: 1 03-06
118. Mark Hicks Glouster, OH 2 03-03 83
Day 1: 2 03-03
118. Dustin Reneau Mckinney, TX 2 03-03 83
Day 1: 2 03-03
120. Garrett Rose Pipecreek, TX 1 03-02 81
Day 1: 1 03-02
121. Daniel Hamdorf Lowden, IA 1 02-14 80
Day 1: 1 02-14
122. Jacopo Gallelli Firenze ITALY 1 02-08 79
Day 1: 1 02-08
122. Randy Plyler Arkadelphia, AR 1 02-08 79
Day 1: 1 02-08
124. Brent Shores Boise, ID 1 02-03 77
Day 1: 1 02-03
125. Dustin Laber Greeley, CO 1 01-13 76
Day 1: 1 01-13
126. Bill McNutt Henry, IL 1 01-12 75
Day 1: 1 01-12
126. Troy O'Rourke Bentonville, AR 1 01-12 75
Day 1: 1 01-12
126. Steve Sennikoff Garland, TX 1 01-12 75
Day 1: 1 01-12
129. Andy Hribar Lakeville, MN 1 01-11 72
Day 1: 1 01-11
129. Trea Luedke Montgomery, TX 1 01-11 72
Day 1: 1 01-11
131. Shane Melton Kokomo, IN 1 01-09 70
Day 1: 1 01-09
131. Larry Puckett Decatur, TX 1 01-09 70
Day 1: 1 01-09
133. Casey Bennett Waco, TX 1 01-08 68
Day 1: 1 01-08
134. Todd Risinger West Monroe, LA 1 01-07 67
Day 1: 1 01-07
134. Justin Womack Midland, TX 1 01-07 67
Day 1: 1 01-07
136. Josh Bauer Random Lake, WI 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Sheldon Collings Grove, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Brent Crow Hartselle, AL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Kyle Glasgow Guin, AL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Wayne Hall Cottonwood, AZ 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Gary Isgrigg Mt Washington, KY 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Bo Keith III Haughton, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Justin Margraves Diana, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Terry Peacock Royse City, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Tommy Robinson Westland, MI 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
136. Brady Vernon Birmingham, AL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 50 463 1143-11
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50 463 1143-11

2019 Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open Grand Lake 9/12-9/14
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, Grove OK.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 1

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

1. Jay Przekurat Stevens Point, WI 3 11-08 200
Day 1: 3 11-08
2. David Harrell Downsville, LA 3 09-11 199
Day 1: 3 09-11
3. Troy Anderson Galesville, WI 3 09-00 198
Day 1: 3 09-00
3. Lonnie Miller Broken Arrow, OK 3 09-00 198
Day 1: 3 09-00
5. Brandon Winter Bruce, MS 3 08-12 196
Day 1: 3 08-12
6. Kazuya Watanabe Kitakyushu JAPAN 3 08-11 195
Day 1: 3 08-11
7. Ronald Robbs Ironton, MO 3 08-10 194
Day 1: 3 08-10
8. Keith Honeycutt Temple, TX 3 08-01 193
Day 1: 3 08-01
8. Shigekazu Tateno Dallas, TX 3 08-01 193
Day 1: 3 08-01
10. Randy Baskins Owasso, OK 3 08-00 191
Day 1: 3 08-00
11. Don White Columbus, MS 2 07-14 190
Day 1: 2 07-14
12. Luke Glasgow Guin, AL 3 07-12 189
Day 1: 3 07-12
12. David Keith Haughton, LA 3 07-12 189
Day 1: 3 07-12
14. Albert Hudson Austin, TX 3 07-11 187
Day 1: 3 07-11
15. Caleb Black Mcalester, OK 3 07-10 186
Day 1: 3 07-10
16. Randall Jackson Broken Arrow, OK 3 07-09 0
Day 1: 3 07-09
17. Travis Culbreth Columbia, AL 3 07-06 184
Day 1: 3 07-06
18. Andrew Thomasson Dublin, VA 2 06-15 183
Day 1: 2 06-15
19. Alan Quick Springfield, MO 3 06-14 182
Day 1: 3 06-14
20. Anthony Ferdinando Spicewood, TX 3 06-13 181
Day 1: 3 06-13
21. Sakae Ushio Tonawanda, NY 3 06-12 180
Day 1: 3 06-12
22. Kayden Tanner Millsap, TX 2 06-10 179
Day 1: 2 06-10
23. Mitch Van Ert Watertown, WI 3 06-09 178
Day 1: 3 06-09
24. Justin Leet Bartlett, TN 3 06-07 177
Day 1: 3 06-07
25. Hunter Odom Chunchula, AL 3 06-01 176
Day 1: 3 06-01
25. Rick Parker Kaufman, TX 3 06-01 176
Day 1: 3 06-01
27. John Goebel Lumberton, TX 3 05-12 174
Day 1: 3 05-12
28. Hagen Cooley DeRidder, LA 2 05-12 173
Day 1: 2 05-12
29. Caz Anderson Hayesville, NC 3 05-11 172
Day 1: 3 05-11
30. Jordan Lane Conroe, TX 2 05-11 171
Day 1: 2 05-11
31. Benjie Seaborn Guin, AL 3 05-10 170
Day 1: 3 05-10
32. Bates Enmeier Enid, OK 2 05-10 169
Day 1: 2 05-10
33. Clay Torson Cedar Rapids, IA 3 05-09 168
Day 1: 3 05-09
34. Shea Breznik Borger, TX 2 05-09 167
Day 1: 2 05-09
35. Alan Hevener Siloam Springs, AR 2 05-06 166
Day 1: 2 05-06
36. Cameron Naquin Gray, LA 2 05-04 165
Day 1: 2 05-04
37. Larry Beauboeuf Bossier City, LA 3 04-15 164
Day 1: 3 04-15
38. Chris White Russiaville, IN 1 04-15 163
Day 1: 1 04-15
39. Lancia Kitabatake Ota-Ku JAPAN 2 04-13 162
Day 1: 2 04-13
40. Kevin Turner Sand Springs, OK 3 04-11 161
Day 1: 3 04-11
41. Takayuki Koike Otsu-City JAPAN 1 04-06 160
Day 1: 1 04-06
42. Kyle Mcclelland Rogers, AR 2 04-04 159
Day 1: 2 04-04
43. Adam Boyd Humble, TX 2 04-03 158
Day 1: 2 04-03
44. Jerry Gonzalez Rivero Laredo TX Coahuila MEXI 1 04-03 157
Day 1: 1 04-03
45. Carl Farmer Carrollton, TX 1 04-03 156
Day 1: 1 04-03
46. Josh Crededio Chicago, IL 2 04-01 155
Day 1: 2 04-01
47. Chris Bailey Eddy, TX 2 04-00 154
Day 1: 2 04-00
47. Jeffrey Bauer Merrillan, WI 2 04-00 154
Day 1: 2 04-00
49. Shane Soriano Merced, CA 2 03-11 152
Day 1: 2 03-11
50. Erik Lane Live Oak, TX 2 03-08 151
Day 1: 2 03-08
51. Doug Sims Athens, IL 1 03-08 150
Day 1: 1 03-08
52. Doug Logan Springville, AL 1 03-06 149
Day 1: 1 03-06
52. Al Norman Jr Lake Mary, FL 1 03-06 149
Day 1: 1 03-06
54. Terry Duffel Bentonville, AR 1 03-05 147
Day 1: 1 03-05
55. Jeremy Arnold Austin, IN 2 03-04 146
Day 1: 2 03-04
56. Robert Parkison Marshall, TX 1 03-04 145
Day 1: 1 03-04
57. Colten Anders Burton, TX 1 03-03 144
Day 1: 1 03-03
58. Luke Frankowicz Monroe, LA 1 03-02 143
Day 1: 1 03-02
59. Jonathan Beason Sr Broken Arrow, OK 2 03-01 142
Day 1: 2 03-01
59. Billy Black Mcalester, OK 2 03-01 142
Day 1: 2 03-01
59. Corey Stewart Lees Summit, MO 2 03-01 142
Day 1: 2 03-01
62. Justin Weatherly Ponca City, OK 2 03-00 139
Day 1: 2 03-00
63. Jess Johnston West Des Moines, IA 1 03-00 138
Day 1: 1 03-00
64. Erick Fernengel Lake Waukomis, MO 1 02-15 137
Day 1: 1 02-15
64. Kevin Maxwell Laneville, TX 1 02-15 137
Day 1: 1 02-15
66. Robert Paxton Jr Flower Mound, TX 1 02-14 135
Day 1: 1 02-14
67. Kensaku Kashiwagi Koka JAPAN 1 02-13 134
Day 1: 1 02-13
68. Jason Fontenot Lake Charles, LA 2 02-12 133
Day 1: 2 02-12
69. Scott Hill Saint Louis, MO 1 02-12 132
Day 1: 1 02-12
70. Jon Jezierski Troy, MI 1 02-11 131
Day 1: 1 02-11
71. Steven Baskins Owasso, OK 1 02-10 130
Day 1: 1 02-10
72. Jimmy Bark Jenks, OK 1 02-09 129
Day 1: 1 02-09
72. Domonick Poullard Houston, TX 1 02-09 129
Day 1: 1 02-09
74. Marty Tanner Millsap, TX 1 02-07 127
Day 1: 1 02-07
75. Travis Burch Gardner, KS 1 02-05 126
Day 1: 1 02-05
76. David Arms Cache, OK 1 02-03 125
Day 1: 1 02-03
76. Joshua Kehret Burnsville, MN 1 02-03 125
Day 1: 1 02-03
78. Matt Dobson Edmond, OK 1 02-02 123
Day 1: 1 02-02
78. Mike Silagi Tulsa, OK 1 02-02 123
Day 1: 1 02-02
80. Leslie Brandenburg Springfield, MO 1 02-00 121
Day 1: 1 02-00
81. John Goul Philadelphia, MS 1 01-15 120
Day 1: 1 01-15
82. Bill Yazel Warr Acres, OK 1 01-14 119
Day 1: 1 01-14
83. Josh Chandler Grove, OK 1 01-13 118
Day 1: 1 01-13
83. Jake Dalzell Derby, KS 1 01-13 118
Day 1: 1 01-13
83. Timothy Flueter Brighton, CO 1 01-13 118
Day 1: 1 01-13
86. Edward Bean Johnsburg, IL 1 01-12 115
Day 1: 1 01-12
86. Daniel Corkern Florence, MS 1 01-12 115
Day 1: 1 01-12
86. Dylan Winders Montgomery, TX 1 01-12 115
Day 1: 1 01-12
89. John Horton Collinsville, OK 1 01-11 112
Day 1: 1 01-11
89. Scotty Vines Helena, AL 1 01-11 112
Day 1: 1 01-11
91. Matt Gnoth Sharon, KS 1 01-10 110
Day 1: 1 01-10
91. Steven Hatch Long Beach, MS 1 01-10 110
Day 1: 1 01-10
91. Walter Tucker Osceola, MO 1 01-10 110
Day 1: 1 01-10
94. Sieg Kilby Kilgore, TX 1 01-07 107
Day 1: 1 01-07
95. Jeff Marks Hamburg, AR 1 01-06 106
Day 1: 1 01-06
96. Noel Allen Jr Brandon, MS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Calvin Bogan Livingston, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. David Booth Erin, TN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Rafael Borjas Caracas VENEZUELA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Daniel Bornholtz Woodbury, MN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Bob Burgess Millington, TN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Bob Clark Broken Arrow, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Marty Cook Paducah, KY 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Jack Copeland Sallisaw, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Bryan Deal Shawnee, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Carson Denmark Malcolm, AL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Brian Dickirson Choctaw, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Eric Douthit Springdale, AR 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Troy Enmeier Enid, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Jack Evans Bucklin, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Steven Gilliam Blanchard, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Jacob Gress Nitro, WV 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Tom Guilford San Marcos, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Dason Gwartney Bixby, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Lane Haymond Cave Springs, AR 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Brad Hollowell Azle, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Bob Howard Colorado Springs, CO 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Brian Humphries Oklahoma City, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Chris Jeffery Sedan, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Ross Kellermeier Edina, MN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Klaus Kuester Forest Park, IL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Chad Larsen Waynesville, MO 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Seth Lee Oklahoma City, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Will Major Port Allen, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Darrin Mallow Kansas, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Joe Montalbano Broken Arrow, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Brian Murphy Sulphur, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Jeffrey Nolte Shawnee, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Stephen Parnell Brandon, MS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Charles Reed Batesville, MS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Wade Richardson Texico, NM 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Jacob Roark Plattsmouth, NE 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. John Roberson Shreveport, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Brandon Sanchez Livingston, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Cody Shry Pinehrst, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Robb Taylor Colleyville, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Kerry Trent Dodge City, KS 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Ryan Varner Alhambra, IL 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Dwain Vogelpohl Cambridge, MN 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Jeff Wallace West Monroe, LA 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Jim Wiewel Kingfisher, OK 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Scott Wilkinson Valley Spring, TX 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
96. Frank Williams Saint Charles, MO 0 00-00 0
Day 1: 0 00-00
144. Gary Bates Athens, AL 0 -1-00 0
Day 1: 0 -01-00

by AnglersChannel

Bassmaster Elite Series 2020 Schedule Puts Emphasis On Big Bass Fisheries

The 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule will take the world's top professional anglers to some of the best big-bass lakes in the country.

Photo by James Overstreet/B.A.S.S.

September 12, 2019

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — B.A.S.S. officials have announced the schedule for the 2020 Bassmaster Elite Series, a nine-tournament slate that will take the world’s best bass anglers to six states and some of the most storied fisheries in the sport’s history.

For fans who love watching professional anglers catch giant bass, the schedule is likely to be love at first sight.

“This year, we unveiled the mantra ‘Big Bass. Big Stage. Big Dreams.,’” said B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin. “We’ve certainly delivered on that in 2019 — and with the schedule we’ve put together for 2020, we’re ready to take another giant step on that path.

“Fans will have an opportunity to see our anglers compete on some of the best big-bass lakes in America.”

The season will start once again in Palatka, Fla., with an event at the St. Johns River on Feb. 6-9. Last year’s tournament on the St. Johns was one of the most exciting in B.A.S.S. history, with legendary angler Rick Clunn weighing 34 pounds, 14 ounces — a bag that included two bass over 9 pounds — on Championship Sunday to come from behind and win with 98-14.

That amazing tournament, along with an in-depth study of weekend tournament results on the fishery, earned the St. Johns River a fourth-place ranking in the Southeastern Division of Bassmaster Magazine’s annual list of Top 100 Best Bass Lakes.

It will be B.A.S.S.’s third trip to the Putnam County, Fla., fishery in five years — and the organization’s 21st visit to the St. Johns, dating back to 1973.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome back the B.A.S.S. Elite tournament to Putnam County,” said Dana C. Jones, president of the Putnam County Chamber of Commerce. “It’s a great way to start 2020, and we are grateful that they continue to choose us as a partner.

“Tourist Development Council members carefully evaluate the return on investment of all the events they fund, and it was an easy decision to host the B.A.S.S. Elite. The economic impact into our local economy by an Elite event easily equates to over $2 million dollars, and the media value of well over $500,000 is a huge value-add.”

After visiting one big largemouth factory in Florida, the Elite Series anticipates shifting to another fishery that was recently ranked as one of the best in the country on Bassmaster Magazine’s annual Top 100 Best Bass Lakes list. That event is scheduled for Feb. 14-17, but the site won’t be announced until a later date.

The Elite Series schedule will pause during March for the Super Bowl of Bass Fishing, the 2020 Bassmaster Classic. Competition will be March 6-8 on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville (second place overall, 100 Best Bass Lakes), with daily weigh-ins and the annual Bassmaster Classic Outdoors Expo in Birmingham.

When Elite competition resumes, B.A.S.S. will take a trip down memory lane with a return visit to Alabama’s historic Lake Eufaula (12th place, Southeastern Division, 100 Best Bass Lakes) in Eufaula, Ala., on April 2-5.

B.A.S.S. hasn’t visited the 45,000-acre Chattahoochee River fishery since a Southern Open was held there in 2006. But the lake on the Alabama/Georgia border has been the site of 18 major B.A.S.S. events, dating back to 1968 — just the second year of the Bassmaster Tournament Trail.

With the emergence of abundant aquatic vegetation, Eufaula has evolved through the years from a place where nearly all big-money tournaments were won on the ledges into a fishery with a little bit of everything. Options should be especially diverse during the early April visit, when temperatures in the Chattahoochee Valley should be as pleasant as they’ll be all year.

“Anyone who follows professional bass fishing is familiar with Lake Eufaula’s reputation for producing big bass,” said B.A.S.S. Tournament Director Trip Weldon. “As an organization, B.A.S.S. has had some great events there through the years, and it’ll be a lot of fun going back.”

The fourth Elite Series event will be in Manning, S.C., on the Santee Cooper Lakes (ninth place overall, 100 Best Bass Lakes). The fishery has hosted 13 major B.A.S.S. events, but none since the 2009 Southern Open.

Massive lakes Marion and Moultrie, which measure 110,000 and 60,000 surface acres, respectively, have been on fire recently. A BFL event held on the Santee Cooper Lakes in March was won with five bass that weighed just over 30 pounds.

The next fishery on the schedule is known for producing some of the biggest crowds in B.A.S.S. history — the Sabine River in Orange, Texas. The fifth Elite Series event on the 2020 slate will be held at Orange on May 29-June 1 and could challenge the Elite Series fan attendance record of 36,200.

It’ll be the fourth time the Elite Series has visited the Sabine River system — and in three previous visits, the crowds totaled more than 96,000.

For earlier events at the Sabine River, catch rates were somewhat low. But the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department has worked tirelessly to create a zone that is good for both the Orange, Texas, area and anglers. Thanks to those efforts by TPWD, tournament waters for the 2020 event will be expanded to include that new five-county zone.

“The Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce is excited to partner with B.A.S.S. to bring the Bassmaster Elite Series to Orange County once again,” said Ida Schossow, president of the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce. “This tournament has brought Orange County waterways to the forefront in the fishing world. The tournament is an economic boost to our community and creates a sense of pride for our citizens.”

The site for the annual Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department will be announced at a later time. But the dates have been tentatively set for June 5-9 — just before the Elite Series makes its New York swing.

That swing will begin with another trip to smallmouth bass fishing’s holy country, the St. Lawrence River in Waddington, N.Y., on July 23-26. The fishery was named the top bass fishing destination in America on Bassmaster Magazine’s list of Top 100 Best Bass Lakes, and this year’s Elite Series event on the river was won by Georgia pro Micah Frazier with an average of more than 20 pounds of smallmouth each day.

The pros will leave Waddington and head to Plattsburg, N.Y., for an event at Lake Champlain (sixth place, Northeastern Division, 100 Best Bass Lakes) on July 30-Aug. 2. When B.A.S.S. last visited Champlain — for an Eastern Open on Aug. 2-4, 2018 — Vermont angler Bryan Labelle won with an average of almost 20 pounds of largemouth per day.

With the Bassmaster Angler of the Year title and numerous Bassmaster Classic berths hanging in the balance, the Elites will finish their season in Macomb County, Mich., at Lake St. Clair (eighth place overall, 100 Best Bass Lakes) on Aug. 20-23.

It will mark the eighth time B.A.S.S. has brought a major event to St. Clair since 1994, and the last three — in 2014, 2015 and 2017 — were all won with better than 20-pound daily averages.

“We set out to put together a schedule that would be pleasing to our anglers, our sponsors and the fans who’ve supported us for more than 50 years as an organization,” Akin said. “This is a schedule that takes us to some incredible fisheries, and every single weigh-in will be held lakeside.

“That means history will be made in some of the best settings imaginable.”

2020 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule

Feb. 6-9, St. Johns River, Palatka, Fla.
Feb. 14-17, TBA
March 6-8, Bassmaster Classic, Lake Guntersville, Birmingham, Ala.
April 2-5, Lake Eufaula, Eufaula, Ala.
April 16-19, Santee Cooper Lakes, Manning, S.C.
May 29-June 1, Sabine River, Orange, Texas
June 5-9, Texas Fest, TBA
July 23-26, St. Lawrence River, Waddington, N.Y.
July 30-Aug. 2, Lake Champlain, Plattsburg, N.Y.
Aug. 13-16, Elite makeup date
Aug. 20-23, Lake St. Clair, Macomb County, Mich.

by AnglersChannel

Early Action Puts Hogan In Lead At B.A.S.S. Nation Event On Sebago Lake

Mark Hogan of Milford, Del., is leading on Day 1 of the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional on Sebago Lake with 11 pounds, 13 ounces.

Photo by Brenden Kanies/B.A.S.S.

September 11, 2019CASCO, Maine — Mark Hogan of Milford, Del., came up one fish short of his five-bass limit, but the quality he found was evident in a quartet that weighed 11 pounds, 13 ounces and gave him the lead on Day 1 of the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional on Sebago Lake.

Sebago holds smallmouth and largemouth, but Hogan said he felt most comfortable with the latter. He said he was not going to be picky, given Sebago’s tough summer conditions, but ending up with four green ones suited him just fine.

“I target anything that’s biting in this place, but I’m a tidal water largemouth fisherman, so I stayed in the shallow water,” Hogan said. “I tried messing with the smallmouth, but I just couldn’t make it happen.”

Hogan kept his specific bait selection under wraps, but he said he caught his fish by slowly dragging soft plastics.

“It was the same type of fishing I do back home in Delaware, that’s why I was so comfortable fishing here,” he said.

Hogan said he’s hopeful he can get back on the largemouth bite for Day 2. But with a front bringing cooler weather, he’s unsure what to expect. Also, the lake got a good workout today, so the second round will likely see a natural contrition.

“Tomorrow’s another day; at this place, you can go from four fish to no fish very easily,” Hogan said. “That’s how my practice went, so I was very fortunate to have what I had today, for sure.”

Hogan said his day got off to a quick start. He dialed in an attractive area with a mix of rock and wood, but the flurry was short-lived.

“I got on that one little area and caught them quickly,” he said. “They bit a little better after the sun came out, but then I fished the rest of the day and didn’t get another bite.”

Lawrence Hogue of Kennebunk, Maine, is in second place with 11-12. Living just 30 minutes away, he said he knows the lake well, so his strategy was one of patience and perseverance.

“I got on a spot where I know there’s always fish and stayed there all day, made a lot of casts to pieces of structure and got some bites,” he said. “It was shallow rocks where I caught largemouth on a reaction bait and a couple of smaller smallmouth on dropshots to fill out my limit.

“The thing about those largemouth is that they don’t really replenish. You’re a hero one day and you struggle the next. I may have to go chase smallmouth tomorrow.”

Hogue said despite his local knowledge, he still faced a challenging day.

“I’ve been fishing this lake for 25 years and Sebago is fishing tougher than normal; this is the toughest I’ve seen it fish. Usually, our tournaments are 70 to 80 boats, so you double the field and there are no secrets."

Brandon Morris of Harrisonburg, Va., is in third place with 11-8.

Edwin Bartlett of Casco, Maine, leads the Big Bass competition with his 8-7.

Aaron Russell of Hoschton, Ga., leads the nonboater division with 11-14. Stating that he fished a mix of reaction baits and slow baits, Russell said he caught most of his fish during the morning’s dim, rainy conditions.

“I was just fishing the conditions, but the morning was the best time of the day for me,” he said. “We fished deep and shallow. The key was being open to fishing spontaneous changes. The bait I caught all of my fish on, I didn’t even have tied on this morning.”

Russell leads the Big Bass competition among nonboaters with a 5-4.

Thursday’s takeoff is scheduled for 6 a.m. Eastern at Point Sebago. The weigh-in will be held at Point Sebago at 2:15 p.m.

2019 TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional 9/11-9/13
Sebago Lake, Point Sebago ME.
(BOATER) Standings Day 1

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

1. Mark Hogan Milford, DE (DE) 4 11-13 0
2. Laurence Hogue Kennebunk, ME (ME) 5 11-12 0
3. Brandon Morris Harrisonburg, VA (VA) 5 11-08 0
4. Edwin Bartlett Casco, ME (ME) 2 10-00 0
5. Mickey Soler Newington, CT (CT) 3 09-15 0
6. John Hansen III Street, MD (PA) 5 09-10 0
7. Edward Owens Hemingway, SC (SC) 4 09-06 0
8. Matt Becker Finleyville, PA (PA) 4 09-04 0
9. Mike Wolfenden Warwick, RI (RI) 5 09-03 0
10. Mark Lodge North Waterboro, ME (ME 5 08-15 0
11. Kevin Rose Jr Anniston, CT (CT) 2 08-14 0
12. Mark Cavanaugh Port Perry ONTARIO CANA 5 08-11 0
13. Greg Alexander Hebron, MD (DE) 3 08-07 0
14. Skip Sjobeck Randolph, VT (VT) 4 08-06 0
15. Al Gambardella North Haven, CT (CT) 3 07-12 0
16. Jay Phillips Bancroft, WV (WV) 4 07-11 0
17. Jonathan Carter Portland, ME (ME) 5 07-02 0
18. Rick Eller Taylorsville, NC (NC) 3 06-05 0
19. Brent Long Iron Station, NC (SC) 2 06-02 0
20. Woody McKechnie Lynn, MA (MA) 3 05-15 0
21. Josh Cotier Clinton, MA (MA) 4 05-14 0
22. Greg Walker Manning, SC (SC) 3 05-14 0
23. Jim D'ambra Hanover, (MA) 3 05-12 0
24. Jeremy Douglas Rochester, NY (NY) 3 05-07 0
25. Dean Donovan Town Of Plympton-Wyomin 5 05-04 0
26. Keith Aucoin Steep Falls, ME (ME) 2 05-04 0
27. Douglas Savino Tyrone, PA (PA) 3 05-01 0
28. Chris Killoren Marcellus, NY (NY) 2 05-01 0
28. Edward Miner Derry, NH (NH) 2 05-01 0
30. Dave Turner Crystal River, FL (FL) 4 05-00 0
31. John DiGennaro Amesbury, MA (NH) 2 04-15 0
32. Jeremy Sadowski Valuntower, CT (RI) 4 04-14 0
33. Chris Blair Newnan, GA (GA) 2 04-14 0
34. Donald Tully Acworth, GA (GA) 2 04-13 0
35. Mark Burgess Norton, MA (MA) 2 04-12 0
36. cam Sterritt Newfields, NH (NH) 3 04-11 0
37. John Duarte Jr Conway, SC (SC) 1 04-06 0
38. Michael Capaldi Cranston, RI (RI) 3 04-05 0
39. Dylan Welch Castleton, VT (VT) 2 04-05 0
40. Bryan Gunter Ninety Six, SC (SC) 2 04-03 0
41. Billy Kanwisher Ramsey, NJ (NJ) 2 03-15 0
42. Philip Hebert Windham, ME (ME) 2 03-14 0
43. William Lortz II Sackets Harbor, NY (NY) 3 03-13 0
44. Brian Trieschman Ellicott City, MD (MD) 4 03-12 0
45. Patrick Martin Mascouche Quebec CANADA 3 03-10 0
45. Kevin Wilkes Troy, NY (NY) 3 03-10 0
47. Robert Jeffrey Prospect, CT (CT) 2 03-10 0
48. James Gildea Weston, MA (MA) 3 03-08 0
49. Jeff Austin Douglasville, GA (GA) 2 03-08 0
50. Jay Hotzak Auroro Ontario CANADA ( 2 03-07 0
51. Brian O'Connell Lexington, SC (SC) 3 03-06 0
52. George Cooper Buxton, ME (ME) 1 03-05 0
52. Andrew Sams Easton, MD (MD) 1 03-05 0
54. Greg Beattie Mahaw, NJ (NJ) 3 03-04 0
55. Sebastien Capel Newcastle CANADA (ONT) 1 03-03 0
56. John Fitzgerald Salisbury, VT (VT) 1 03-00 0
57. Jason Muir Milford, DE (DE) 1 02-15 0
58. Garrett Kruger Monroe, CT (CT) 1 02-14 0
59. Tim Carini Marietta, GA (GA) 1 02-12 0
60. Jason Brennan Roswell, GA (GA) 2 02-11 0
61. Travis Surette Petawawa Ontario CANADA 1 02-11 0
62. David Barnes South China, ME (ME) 1 02-09 0
63. Charles Anderson Grimesland, NC (NC) 1 02-08 0
64. Craig Morris Ocean City, DE (DE) 2 02-07 0
65. Jon Blaine New Market, MD (MD) 2 02-06 0
66. David Kucish Fairmont, WV (WV) 2 02-05 0
67. Jason Bacon Nutting Lake, MA (MA) 1 02-05 0
68. Robert Ramasci Wakefield, MA (NH) 2 02-04 0
69. Collin Young St. Albans, WV (WV) 1 02-03 0
70. Keith Cowan Mt Ephraim, NJ (NJ) 1 02-02 0
71. Steve Marks Walton, WV (WV) 2 02-01 0
72. Chris Moody Brooks, GA (GA) 1 02-01 0
73. William Pioch Beckley, WV (WV) 1 02-00 0
74. Gregory Ledwell White Marsh, MD (MD) 2 01-15 0
74. Kane Stein Trafford, PA (PA) 2 01-15 0
76. John Wright Concord, NH (NH) 1 01-15 0
77. Stanley Sypeck Jr. Jr Sugarloaf, PA (NY) 1 01-14 0
78. Brian Croteau Blackstone, MA (RI) 1 01-13 0
78. Michael Duarte Middle River, MD (MD) 1 01-13 0
78. Mike Morris Dover, DE (DE) 1 01-13 0
78. Edward Singleton Anderson, SC (SC) 1 01-13 0
82. John Mayo Maiden, NC (NC) 1 01-12 0
82. Mike Moran Ruffs Dale, PA (PA) 1 01-12 0
82. Brian Morin Manchester, NH (NH) 1 01-12 0
85. Ray Trudeau Saint Cloud, FL (FL) 2 01-11 0
86. Andrej Chowaniec Beeton Ontario CANADA ( 1 01-11 0
86. Jacob Santos Tiverton, RI (MA) 1 01-11 0
88. Christopher Warren Southington, CT (CT) 1 01-10 0
89. Amos Dixon Camden, DE (DE) 1 01-09 0
89. Warren Mcrae Havelock CANADA (ONT) 1 01-09 0
89. Cavin Young Sr Prince George, VA (VA) 1 01-09 0
92. Michael Sentore Gloucester City, NJ (NJ 1 01-08 0
93. Michael Comeau Alburgh, VT (VT) 1 01-07 0
94. Ivan Morris Virginia Beach, VA (VA) 1 01-06 0
94. Robert Pepe Plainville, CT (CT) 1 01-06 0
96. Stan Gunter Saluda, SC (SC) 1 01-05 0
96. Robert Stumpe Palatka, FL (FL) 1 01-05 0
98. Chad Mcmurrian Hawkinsville, GA (GA) 1 01-04 0
99. Jim Embrey Belle, WV (WV) 1 01-03 0
99. Benjamin Hale Rowley, MA (MA) 1 01-03 0
99. Chris Sperling Cato, NY (NY) 1 01-03 0
99. George Yund Albany, NY (NY) 1 01-03 0
103. John Conway, Jr. Jr Henrico, VA (VA) 1 01-02 0
103. Brian La Clair Denton, MD (DE) 1 01-02 0
103. Nicholas Mandes North Stonington, CT (R 1 01-02 0
103. Ed Riley Woodbine, MD (MD) 1 01-02 0
103. Colby Robertson Summerfield, FL (FL) 1 01-02 0
108. Joseph Tinsley Charlotte Hall, MD (MD) 1 01-01 0
109. Ken Bracy Mexico, NY (NY) 1 01-00 0
109. Tony Keller Charleston, WV (WV) 1 01-00 0
109. Norman Palumbo North Smithfield, RI (R 1 01-00 0
109. Dave Solties Finleyville, PA (PA) 1 01-00 0
113. Gary Graser Claremont, NH (NH) 1 00-15 0
113. Brian Hill Red House, WV (WV) 1 00-15 0
115. Brent Tullis Sharpsburg, GA (GA) 1 00-14 0
116. Andrew White Ocala, FL (FL) 1 00-13 0
117. Randy Baran Perrineville, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
117. Ben Bilott Larimer, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
117. Shaun Brown Slippery Rock, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
117. Sheron Brown Leminster, MA (NH) 0 00-00 0
117. Ken Bugden Westbrook, CT (VT) 0 00-00 0
117. Wayne Burchett Pulaski, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
117. Joseph Campbell Crystal River, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
117. Steven Conde Chepachet, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
117. Robert Conway Winterville, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
117. Rodney Deforest Cache Bay CANADA (ONT) 0 00-00 0
117. Mark Desjardin Vassalboro, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
117. Joe Doucette Petawawa Ontario CANADA 0 00-00 0
117. Scott Downie Danbury , CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
117. Dylan Fitzgerald Charleston, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
117. Rick Fulmer Saint Albans, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
117. Michael Garner Skippers, VA (NC) 0 00-00 0
117. Paul Gietka Abingdon, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
117. Ronald Guthrie Concord, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
117. Hayes Hudson Conway, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
117. James Inabnett Deleon Springs, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
117. Daniel Jackson Townville, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
117. John Jeddry III White Hall, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
117. Matt Karper Shippensburg, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
117. Jeff Kenney Franklin, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
117. Mike Kim Roswell, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
117. Patrick King Lincolnton, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
117. Daniel Konitsky Northern Cambria, PA (P 0 00-00 0
117. Kenneth Lane Apopka, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
117. James Lanier Branford, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
117. Carl Logan Jr Winder, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
117. Jesse Magee Williamstown, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
117. Michael Maloney Burlington, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
117. Bryan Mayo Warwick, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
117. Kevin Miller Bedford, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
117. Vincent Mucci North Haven, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
117. Carson Orellana Mooresville, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
117. Bob Osman Maspeth, NY (NJ) 0 00-00 0
117. Craig Owens Chesapeake, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
117. Ryan Pereiras Seymour, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
117. Russell Phillips Guilford, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
117. Mark Porco Toronto Ontario CANADA 0 00-00 0
117. Will Rogers Grand Island, NY (NY) 0 00-00 0
117. John Rottman Dudley, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
117. Charlie Russler Falling Waters, WV (MD) 0 00-00 0
117. Garredd Sanborn Waterboro, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
117. Jim Short Ocean Pines, MD (DE) 0 00-00 0
117. Luke Shrader Barrington, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
117. Bobby Smith Laurel, DE (DE) 0 00-00 0
117. David Smith Jacksonville, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
117. Brian Sorrell High Point, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
117. Mark Swink Shelby, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
117. Matthew Szczoczarz Cumberland, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
117. Joey Talbott Lynchburg, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
117. Timothy Thompson Jr New Milford, CT (NY) 0 00-00 0
117. Mike Toney Blacksburg, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
117. Darrin Toth Greensboro, MD (DE) 0 00-00 0
117. Mario Villegas North Kingstown, RI (RI 0 00-00 0
117. Phillip Wade New Haven, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
117. Troy Walton Minotola, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
117. Keith Webb Virginia Beach, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
117. Bill Wright Whiting, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
117. Steve Yoder Conover, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
117. Michael Zachodny Nashua, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 8 235 433-13
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8 235 433-13

TEAM STANDINGS Day 1
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State Lbs-Oz
1 MAINE 55-14
2 NEW YORK 48-12
3 CONNECTICUT 47-03
4 GEORGIA 43-09
5 PENNSYLVANIA 42-08
6 SOUTH CAROLINA 40-13
7 ONTARIO 35-01
8 DELAWARE 34-07
9 MASSACHUSETTS 34-05
10 VIRGINIA 34-00
11 RHODE ISLAND 33-15
12 WEST VIRGINIA 28-08
13 NEW HAMPSHIRE 27-14
14 VERMONT 25-04
15 NEW JERSEY 23-12
16 MARYLAND 22-15
17 NORTH CAROLINA 18-08
18 FLORIDA 13-01

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Day 1
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CONNECTICUT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mickey Soler Newington, CT 3 09-15 0
2 Kevin Rose Jr Anniston, CT 2 08-14 0
3 Al Gambardella North Haven, CT 3 07-12 0
4 Robert Jeffrey Prospect, CT 2 03-10 0
5 Garrett Kruger Monroe, CT 1 02-14 0
6 Christopher Warren Southington, CT 1 01-10 0
7 Robert Pepe Plainville, CT 1 01-06 0
8 Scott Downie Danbury , CT 0 00-00 0
8 Vincent Mucci North Haven, CT 0 00-00 0
8 Ryan Pereiras Seymour, CT 0 00-00 0

DELAWARE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mark Hogan Milford, DE 4 11-13 0
2 Greg Alexander Hebron, MD 3 08-07 0
3 Jason Muir Milford, DE 1 02-15 0
4 Craig Morris Ocean City, DE 2 02-07 0
5 Mike Morris Dover, DE 1 01-13 0
6 Amos Dixon Camden, DE 1 01-09 0
7 Brian La Clair Denton, MD 1 01-02 0
8 Jim Short Ocean Pines, MD 0 00-00 0
8 Bobby Smith Laurel, DE 0 00-00 0
8 Darrin Toth Greensboro, MD 0 00-00 0

MASSACHUSETTS
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Woody McKechnie Lynn, MA 3 05-15 0
2 Josh Cotier Clinton, MA 4 05-14 0
3 Jim D'ambra Hanover, 3 05-12 0
4 Mark Burgess Norton, MA 2 04-12 0
5 James Gildea Weston, MA 3 03-08 0
6 Jason Bacon Nutting Lake, MA 1 02-05 0
7 Jacob Santos Tiverton, RI 1 01-11 0
8 Benjamin Hale Rowley, MA 1 01-03 0
9 Jeff Kenney Franklin, MA 0 00-00 0
9 John Rottman Dudley, MA 0 00-00 0

MARYLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Brian Trieschman Ellicott City, MD 4 03-12 0
2 Andrew Sams Easton, MD 1 03-05 0
3 Jon Blaine New Market, MD 2 02-06 0
4 Gregory Ledwell White Marsh, MD 2 01-15 0
5 Michael Duarte Middle River, MD 1 01-13 0
6 Ed Riley Woodbine, MD 1 01-02 0
7 Joseph Tinsley Charlotte Hall, MD 1 01-01 0
8 Paul Gietka Abingdon, MD 0 00-00 0
8 John Jeddry III White Hall, MD 0 00-00 0
8 Charlie Russler Falling Waters, WV 0 00-00 0

MAINE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Laurence Hogue Kennebunk, ME 5 11-12 0
2 Edwin Bartlett Casco, ME 2 10-00 0
3 Mark Lodge North Waterboro, ME 5 08-15 0
4 Jonathan Carter Portland, ME 5 07-02 0
5 Keith Aucoin Steep Falls, ME 2 05-04 0
6 Philip Hebert Windham, ME 2 03-14 0
7 George Cooper Buxton, ME 1 03-05 0
8 David Barnes South China, ME 1 02-09 0
9 Mark Desjardin Vassalboro, ME 0 00-00 0
9 Garredd Sanborn Waterboro, ME 0 00-00 0

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Edward Miner Derry, NH 2 05-01 0
2 John DiGennaro Amesbury, MA 2 04-15 0
3 cam Sterritt Newfields, NH 3 04-11 0
4 Robert Ramasci Wakefield, MA 2 02-04 0
5 John Wright Concord, NH 1 01-15 0
6 Brian Morin Manchester, NH 1 01-12 0
7 Gary Graser Claremont, NH 1 00-15 0
8 Sheron Brown Leminster, MA 0 00-00 0
8 Kevin Miller Bedford, NH 0 00-00 0
8 Michael Zachodny Nashua, NH 0 00-00 0

NEW JERSEY
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Billy Kanwisher Ramsey, NJ 2 03-15 0
2 Greg Beattie Mahaw, NJ 3 03-04 0
3 Keith Cowan Mt Ephraim, NJ 1 02-02 0
4 Michael Sentore Gloucester City, NJ 1 01-08 0
5 Randy Baran Perrineville, NJ 0 00-00 0
5 Jesse Magee Williamstown, NJ 0 00-00 0
5 Michael Maloney Burlington, NJ 0 00-00 0
5 Bob Osman Maspeth, NY 0 00-00 0
5 Luke Shrader Barrington, NJ 0 00-00 0
5 Troy Walton Minotola, NJ 0 00-00 0

NEW YORK
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jeremy Douglas Rochester, NY 3 05-07 0
2 Chris Killoren Marcellus, NY 2 05-01 0
3 William Lortz II Sackets Harbor, NY 3 03-13 0
4 Kevin Wilkes Troy, NY 3 03-10 0
5 Stanley Sypeck Jr. Jr Sugarloaf, PA 1 01-14 0
6 Chris Sperling Cato, NY 1 01-03 0
6 George Yund Albany, NY 1 01-03 0
8 Ken Bracy Mexico, NY 1 01-00 0
9 Will Rogers Grand Island, NY 0 00-00 0
9 Timothy Thompson Jr New Milford, CT 0 00-00 0

PENNSYLVANIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 John Hansen III Street, MD 5 09-10 0
2 Matt Becker Finleyville, PA 4 09-04 0
3 Douglas Savino Tyrone, PA 3 05-01 0
4 Kane Stein Trafford, PA 2 01-15 0
5 Mike Moran Ruffs Dale, PA 1 01-12 0
6 Dave Solties Finleyville, PA 1 01-00 0
7 Ben Bilott Larimer, PA 0 00-00 0
7 Shaun Brown Slippery Rock, PA 0 00-00 0
7 Matt Karper Shippensburg, PA 0 00-00 0
7 Daniel Konitsky Northern Cambria, PA 0 00-00 0

RHODE ISLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mike Wolfenden Warwick, RI 5 09-03 0
2 Jeremy Sadowski Valuntower, CT 4 04-14 0
3 Michael Capaldi Cranston, RI 3 04-05 0
4 Brian Croteau Blackstone, MA 1 01-13 0
5 Nicholas Mandes North Stonington, CT 1 01-02 0
6 Norman Palumbo North Smithfield, RI 1 01-00 0
7 Steven Conde Chepachet, RI 0 00-00 0
7 Bryan Mayo Warwick, RI 0 00-00 0
7 Matthew Szczoczarz Cumberland, RI 0 00-00 0
7 Mario Villegas North Kingstown, RI 0 00-00 0

VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Brandon Morris Harrisonburg, VA 5 11-08 0
2 Cavin Young Sr Prince George, VA 1 01-09 0
3 Ivan Morris Virginia Beach, VA 1 01-06 0
4 John Conway, Jr. Jr Henrico, VA 1 01-02 0
5 Wayne Burchett Pulaski, VA 0 00-00 0
5 Ronald Guthrie Concord, VA 0 00-00 0
5 Craig Owens Chesapeake, VA 0 00-00 0
5 Joey Talbott Lynchburg, VA 0 00-00 0
5 Mike Toney Blacksburg, VA 0 00-00 0
5 Keith Webb Virginia Beach, VA 0 00-00 0

VERMONT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Skip Sjobeck Randolph, VT 4 08-06 0
2 Dylan Welch Castleton, VT 2 04-05 0
3 Patrick Martin Mascouche Quebec CANADA 3 03-10 0
4 John Fitzgerald Salisbury, VT 1 03-00 0
5 Michael Comeau Alburgh, VT 1 01-07 0
6 Ken Bugden Westbrook, CT 0 00-00 0
6 Russell Phillips Guilford, VT 0 00-00 0
6 Phillip Wade New Haven, VT 0 00-00 0
6 Bill Wright Whiting, VT 0 00-00 0

WEST VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jay Phillips Bancroft, WV 4 07-11 0
2 David Kucish Fairmont, WV 2 02-05 0
3 Collin Young St. Albans, WV 1 02-03 0
4 Steve Marks Walton, WV 2 02-01 0
5 William Pioch Beckley, WV 1 02-00 0
6 Jim Embrey Belle, WV 1 01-03 0
7 Tony Keller Charleston, WV 1 01-00 0
8 Brian Hill Red House, WV 1 00-15 0
9 Dylan Fitzgerald Charleston, WV 0 00-00 0
9 Rick Fulmer Saint Albans, WV 0 00-00 0

GEORGIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Chris Blair Newnan, GA 2 04-14 0
2 Donald Tully Acworth, GA 2 04-13 0
3 Jeff Austin Douglasville, GA 2 03-08 0
4 Tim Carini Marietta, GA 1 02-12 0
5 Jason Brennan Roswell, GA 2 02-11 0
6 Chris Moody Brooks, GA 1 02-01 0
7 Chad Mcmurrian Hawkinsville, GA 1 01-04 0
8 Brent Tullis Sharpsburg, GA 1 00-14 0
9 Mike Kim Roswell, GA 0 00-00 0
9 Carl Logan Jr Winder, GA 0 00-00 0

SOUTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Edward Owens Hemingway, SC 4 09-06 0
2 Brent Long Iron Station, NC 2 06-02 0
3 Greg Walker Manning, SC 3 05-14 0
4 John Duarte Jr Conway, SC 1 04-06 0
5 Bryan Gunter Ninety Six, SC 2 04-03 0
6 Brian O'Connell Lexington, SC 3 03-06 0
7 Edward Singleton Anderson, SC 1 01-13 0
8 Stan Gunter Saluda, SC 1 01-05 0
9 Hayes Hudson Conway, SC 0 00-00 0
9 Daniel Jackson Townville, SC 0 00-00 0

FLORIDA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Dave Turner Crystal River, FL 4 05-00 0
2 Ray Trudeau Saint Cloud, FL 2 01-11 0
3 Robert Stumpe Palatka, FL 1 01-05 0
4 Colby Robertson Summerfield, FL 1 01-02 0
5 Andrew White Ocala, FL 1 00-13 0
6 Joseph Campbell Crystal River, FL 0 00-00 0
6 James Inabnett Deleon Springs, FL 0 00-00 0
6 Kenneth Lane Apopka, FL 0 00-00 0
6 James Lanier Branford, FL 0 00-00 0
6 David Smith Jacksonville, FL 0 00-00 0

NORTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Rick Eller Taylorsville, NC 3 06-05 0
2 Charles Anderson Grimesland, NC 1 02-08 0
3 John Mayo Maiden, NC 1 01-12 0
4 Robert Conway Winterville, NC 0 00-00 0
4 Michael Garner Skippers, VA 0 00-00 0
4 Patrick King Lincolnton, NC 0 00-00 0
4 Carson Orellana Mooresville, NC 0 00-00 0
4 Brian Sorrell High Point, NC 0 00-00 0
4 Mark Swink Shelby, NC 0 00-00 0
4 Steve Yoder Conover, NC 0 00-00 0

ONTARIO
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mark Cavanaugh Port Perry ONTARIO CANA 5 08-11 0
2 Dean Donovan Town Of Plympton-Wyomin 5 05-04 0
3 Jay Hotzak Auroro Ontario CANADA 2 03-07 0
4 Sebastien Capel Newcastle CANADA 1 03-03 0
5 Travis Surette Petawawa Ontario CANADA 1 02-11 0
6 Andrej Chowaniec Beeton Ontario CANADA 1 01-11 0
7 Warren Mcrae Havelock CANADA 1 01-09 0
8 Rodney Deforest Cache Bay CANADA 0 00-00 0
8 Joe Doucette Petawawa Ontario CANADA 0 00-00 0
8 Mark Porco Toronto Ontario CANADA 0 00-00 0

2019 TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Eastern Regional 9/11-9/13
Sebago Lake, Point Sebago ME.
(NON_BOATER) Standings Day 1

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

1. Aaron Russell Hoschton, GA (GA) 3 11-14 0
2. Casey Marshall Frederick, MD (MD) 3 06-09 0
3. Michael Duell II Syracuse, NY (NY) 3 06-02 0
4. Jared Whewell Stonington, CT (RI) 2 05-07 0
5. Greg Chestnut Bedford, VA (VA) 3 05-05 0
6. Jacob Zaremski West Henrietta, NY (NY) 3 05-04 0
7. Alexander Shvartsman Bethel, CT (CT) 2 05-02 0
8. Mark Flament Manongahela, PA (PA) 3 04-14 0
9. Christopher McCarthy Woonsocket, RI (RI) 2 04-12 0
10. Joseph Raguzin Carmel, NY (NY) 2 04-07 0
11. Jeffrey Poplin Franklin, VA (VA) 2 04-04 0
12. Ted Woody Concoord, VA (VA) 2 04-01 0
13. Stephen Davis Blacksburg, VA (VA) 1 03-13 0
14. Chris Morrison St. Mary's, WV (WV) 3 03-12 0
15. Ryan Aldieri Bristol, CT (CT) 2 03-12 0
16. Mark Melega Rice Landing, PA (PA) 2 03-11 0
17. Stephen Gillis Milford, NH (NH) 2 03-10 0
18. Lukas Matt Syracuse, NY (NY) 3 03-06 0
19. Ron Rutledge Lilburn, GA (SC) 1 03-05 0
20. Ed Vienneau Shelburne, OR (ONT) 1 03-04 0
21. Joshua Bovaird Bainbridge, NY (NY) 2 03-02 0
22. Zach Bellush Elizabeth, PA (PA) 1 03-00 0
23. Sean Mckee IV Haddon Heights, NJ (NJ) 2 02-13 0
24. Dwight Fletcher Paterson, NJ (NJ) 1 02-12 0
25. Tony Beck Social Circle, GA (GA) 1 02-11 0
25. John Foster Byfield, MA (NH) 1 02-11 0
25. Angela Mayo Maiden, NC (NC) 1 02-11 0
28. JR Clark Milton, DE (DE) 1 02-09 0
29. Samuel Nowalk Milton, WV (WV) 2 02-05 0
30. Behzad Mohammadkhani Keswick CANADA (ONT) 1 02-05 0
31. David Dias Brattleboro, VT (VT) 1 02-04 0
31. Ray Rios Budd Lake, NJ (NJ) 1 02-04 0
33. Dwayne Turnage Hollis, ME (ME) 2 02-03 0
34. Joshua Milam Elkview, WV (WV) 2 02-01 0
34. William Pontius Sugar HIll , GA (GA) 2 02-01 0
36. Jake Scoggins Mooresboro, NC (NC) 1 02-01 0
37. Douglas Linn Oswego, NY (NY) 1 02-00 0
37. Earl Mcquaig Tifton, GA (GA) 1 02-00 0
39. Davis Zink Waterloo CANADA (ONT) 1 01-14 0
40. Jake Haas Sewell, NJ (NJ) 2 01-13 0
41. Fred Serge Stockton, NJ (NJ) 1 01-13 0
42. Michael Catt Jacksonville, FL (FL) 1 01-12 0
43. Rob Griswold Lincolnton, NC (NC) 1 01-11 0
43. Rj Ricci Cranston, RI (MA) 1 01-11 0
45. Anthony Tempesta Plymouth, MA (MA) 1 01-10 0
46. Lenny Smathers Granite Falls, NC (NC) 1 01-08 0
46. Andrew Wright Paterson, NJ (NJ) 1 01-08 0
48. Ronald Larivee Chepachet, RI (RI) 1 01-07 0
49. Dan Fay Orlando, FL (FL) 1 01-06 0
50. Gregory Decell Bridgewater, VT (VT) 1 01-04 0
50. Caleb Konrad Cortland, NY (NY) 1 01-04 0
50. Douglas Raff Melbourne, FL (GA) 1 01-04 0
50. Bob Stella Middletown, CT (CT) 1 01-04 0
54. Mark Westrick Hastings, PA (PA) 1 01-03 0
55. Shawn Dompierre Gatineau Quebec CANADA 1 01-02 0
55. Joshua Winebrinner Steelton, PA (PA) 1 01-02 0
57. Ken Lawhon Hartsville, SC (SC) 1 01-01 0
58. Joseph Carroll Wilkinson, WV (WV) 1 01-00 0
58. Tyler Hawthorne Frederick, MD (MD) 1 01-00 0
58. Wil Kennington Eden , MD (DE) 1 01-00 0
58. James Knox Rutland, VT (VT) 1 01-00 0
58. Bryan McCleary Watertown, CT (CT) 1 01-00 0
58. Christopher Napier Virginia Beach, VA (VA) 1 01-00 0
64. Dylan Jarvis Acworth, GA (GA) 1 00-14 0
64. Dave Metivier Gray, ME (ME) 1 00-14 0
66. JT Fitzgerald Lincoln, DE (DE) 1 00-12 0
67. Jeremy Arnold Concord, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
67. Ryan Atkins Appomattox, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
67. Ronald Bestwick Grisword, CT (RI) 0 00-00 0
67. Jason Betourney Bridgeport, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
67. Billy Bick Brentwood, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
67. William Bowles Barrie CANADA (ONT) 0 00-00 0
67. Justin Bronson Glenn Dale, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
67. Collin Bunting Smithburg, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
67. Frank Campisi Londonderry, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
67. Stephen Carden Franklin, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
67. Steve Castagnino Wrentham, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
67. Philip Casto Woonsocket, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
67. Cody Champion Lisbon, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
67. Jeff Chastain Tavares, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
67. David Cohen St Augustine, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
67. Kevin Comes Addison, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
67. Leno Corazzi Fredericktown, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
67. Toby Cross Bowdoinham, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
67. Levi Crossway Jacksonville, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
67. Randy Crowley Hartsville, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
67. David Cruickshank Roxbury, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
67. Chris Dalton Watkinsville, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
67. Terin Damron Portland, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
67. Greg Darling Dover, DE (DE) 0 00-00 0
67. Robert Davis Richmond, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
67. JJ Dickens Beaver, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
67. James Dingess Barboursville, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
67. Luke Dixon Ridgley, MD (DE) 0 00-00 0
67. TJ Dobs Verona, NY (NY) 0 00-00 0
67. Jules Dorsey Canton, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
67. Romano Duncan Andover, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
67. Andrew Eaton Hingham, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
67. Landy Filyaw Sr. Lake City, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
67. Chris Forti Norwell, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
67. Samantha Gay Walstonburg, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
67. Lynn Gervais Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 0 00-00 0
67. Andy Gillenwater Sumerco, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
67. David Gogas Jr Van, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
67. Peter Graffam Naples, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
67. Tanner Griffith Powhatan, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
67. Reggie Guffey Bessemer , NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
67. Chris Guncheon Warwick, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
67. Dave Haas Sewell, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
67. Zachary Hajecate Wallkill, NY (NY) 0 00-00 0
67. Jp Harrell Chevy Chase, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
67. Mark Haverly N Kingstown, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
67. Chris Heltemes Franklin, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
67. Blake Herrmann Bremo Bluff, VA (VA) 0 00-00 0
67. James Hitt Dundalk, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
67. Richard Hough Coldwater Ontario CANAD 0 00-00 0
67. Randy Huffman Charleston, WV (WV) 0 00-00 0
67. Jarrett Hughes Conway, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
67. Cliff Humphreys Philadelphia, PA (NJ) 0 00-00 0
67. Davide Iannaci Toronto Ontario CANADA 0 00-00 0
67. Vahab Jalali Richmond Hill Ontario C 0 00-00 0
67. Brian Jarvis Coventry, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
67. Dean Jones Eustis, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
67. Corey Kennington Eden, MD (DE) 0 00-00 0
67. Robert Kittredge Torrington, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
67. Peter Knight Fulton, NY (NY) 0 00-00 0
67. Jeffrey Kyle Hawthorne, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
67. David Kyle Sykesville, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
67. Brandon Labove Mystic, CT (RI) 0 00-00 0
67. Jean-Marie Landry Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 0 00-00 0
67. William Lane Patton, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
67. Joey Largin Douglasville, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
67. Nicholas Lawrence Derby, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
67. Dale Libby Buxton, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
67. Jeff Mackey Stanley, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
67. Brian Marino Vineland, NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
67. Bode Meader Gorham, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
67. Michael Mello Manville, RI (MA) 0 00-00 0
67. Travis Metz Street, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
67. Michael Miller Greenville, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
67. Bryan Mitko Brooksville, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
67. Chris Moss Durham, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
67. Devon Norwood Kitson Montclair , NJ (NJ) 0 00-00 0
67. Rick Osterholt Tavares, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
67. Brian Penney Haverhill, MA (NH) 0 00-00 0
67. Scott Perrine Bonneau, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
67. Scott Piatt Andrew, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
67. Brian Pipkin Bonneau, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
67. Mark Pryal Silver Springs, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
67. Joe Puller Middle River, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
67. Jerry Ramasci Wakefield, MA (NH) 0 00-00 0
67. Josh Rhoades Newark, DE (DE) 0 00-00 0
67. Tracy Rich North Bay CANADA (ONT) 0 00-00 0
67. Matthew Rodriguez Omer, MI (NC) 0 00-00 0
67. Todd Rose Stafford Springs, CT (C 0 00-00 0
67. Robert Rull Coventry, RI (RI) 0 00-00 0
67. Rick Ryver Philipsburg, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
67. Michael Shay Cheshire, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
67. Scott Shrewsbury Rocky Mount, NC (NC) 0 00-00 0
67. Corey Singleton Conway, SC (SC) 0 00-00 0
67. Kyle Slomba Baltimore, MD (MD) 0 00-00 0
67. Joe Sodora Garfield, NJ (CT) 0 00-00 0
67. Tanner Steffan Niceville, FL (FL) 0 00-00 0
67. Randy Stewart Lancaster, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
67. Karl Sundquist Prospect, CT (CT) 0 00-00 0
67. Brenda Swett Auburn, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
67. Joe Teagarden Fredericktown, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
67. Jason Toth Preston, MD (DE) 0 00-00 0
67. Vic Walker Nashua, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
67. Ernest Weathersby Somerville, MA (MA) 0 00-00 0
67. Rob Wells Kill Devil Hills, NC (V 0 00-00 0
67. Bob Wetzler Rutland, VT (VT) 0 00-00 0
67. Neal Wharton Seaford, DE (DE) 0 00-00 0
67. Larry Wigmore Smyrna, DE (DE) 0 00-00 0
67. Nicholas Williamson Acworth, GA (GA) 0 00-00 0
67. Terry Wilson Tillsonburg Ontario CAN 0 00-00 0
67. Justin Wooddell Charlestown, NH (NH) 0 00-00 0
67. John Worrey Windham, ME (ME) 0 00-00 0
67. Ed Zurich Larimer, PA (PA) 0 00-00 0
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Totals
Day #Limits #Fish Weight
1 8 98 176-08
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CONNECTICUT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Alexander Shvartsman Bethel, CT 2 05-02 0
2 Ryan Aldieri Bristol, CT 2 03-12 0
3 Bob Stella Middletown, CT 1 01-04 0
4 Bryan McCleary Watertown, CT 1 01-00 0
5 Robert Kittredge Torrington, CT 0 00-00 0
5 Nicholas Lawrence Derby, CT 0 00-00 0
5 Todd Rose Stafford Springs, CT 0 00-00 0
5 Michael Shay Cheshire, CT 0 00-00 0
5 Joe Sodora Garfield, NJ 0 00-00 0
5 Karl Sundquist Prospect, CT 0 00-00 0

DELAWARE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 JR Clark Milton, DE 1 02-09 0
2 Wil Kennington Eden , MD 1 01-00 0
3 JT Fitzgerald Lincoln, DE 1 00-12 0
4 Greg Darling Dover, DE 0 00-00 0
4 Luke Dixon Ridgley, MD 0 00-00 0
4 Corey Kennington Eden, MD 0 00-00 0
4 Josh Rhoades Newark, DE 0 00-00 0
4 Jason Toth Preston, MD 0 00-00 0
4 Neal Wharton Seaford, DE 0 00-00 0
4 Larry Wigmore Smyrna, DE 0 00-00 0

MASSACHUSETTS
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Rj Ricci Cranston, RI 1 01-11 0
2 Anthony Tempesta Plymouth, MA 1 01-10 0
3 Stephen Carden Franklin, MA 0 00-00 0
3 Steve Castagnino Wrentham, MA 0 00-00 0
3 Romano Duncan Andover, MA 0 00-00 0
3 Andrew Eaton Hingham, MA 0 00-00 0
3 Chris Forti Norwell, MA 0 00-00 0
3 Chris Heltemes Franklin, MA 0 00-00 0
3 Michael Mello Manville, RI 0 00-00 0
3 Ernest Weathersby Somerville, MA 0 00-00 0

MARYLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Casey Marshall Frederick, MD 3 06-09 0
2 Tyler Hawthorne Frederick, MD 1 01-00 0
3 Justin Bronson Glenn Dale, MD 0 00-00 0
3 Jp Harrell Chevy Chase, MD 0 00-00 0
3 James Hitt Dundalk, MD 0 00-00 0
3 David Kyle Sykesville, MD 0 00-00 0
3 Travis Metz Street, MD 0 00-00 0
3 Mark Pryal Silver Springs, MD 0 00-00 0
3 Joe Puller Middle River, MD 0 00-00 0
3 Kyle Slomba Baltimore, MD 0 00-00 0

MAINE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Dwayne Turnage Hollis, ME 2 02-03 0
2 Dave Metivier Gray, ME 1 00-14 0
3 Cody Champion Lisbon, ME 0 00-00 0
3 Toby Cross Bowdoinham, ME 0 00-00 0
3 Terin Damron Portland, ME 0 00-00 0
3 Peter Graffam Naples, ME 0 00-00 0
3 Dale Libby Buxton, ME 0 00-00 0
3 Bode Meader Gorham, ME 0 00-00 0
3 Brenda Swett Auburn, ME 0 00-00 0
3 John Worrey Windham, ME 0 00-00 0

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Stephen Gillis Milford, NH 2 03-10 0
2 John Foster Byfield, MA 1 02-11 0
3 Jeremy Arnold Concord, NH 0 00-00 0
3 Billy Bick Brentwood, NH 0 00-00 0
3 Frank Campisi Londonderry, NH 0 00-00 0
3 Brian Penney Haverhill, MA 0 00-00 0
3 Jerry Ramasci Wakefield, MA 0 00-00 0
3 Randy Stewart Lancaster, NH 0 00-00 0
3 Vic Walker Nashua, NH 0 00-00 0
3 Justin Wooddell Charlestown, NH 0 00-00 0

NEW JERSEY
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Sean Mckee IV Haddon Heights, NJ 2 02-13 0
2 Dwight Fletcher Paterson, NJ 1 02-12 0
3 Ray Rios Budd Lake, NJ 1 02-04 0
4 Jake Haas Sewell, NJ 2 01-13 0
5 Fred Serge Stockton, NJ 1 01-13 0
6 Andrew Wright Paterson, NJ 1 01-08 0
7 Dave Haas Sewell, NJ 0 00-00 0
7 Cliff Humphreys Philadelphia, PA 0 00-00 0
7 Brian Marino Vineland, NJ 0 00-00 0
7 Devon Norwood Kitson Montclair , NJ 0 00-00 0

NEW YORK
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Michael Duell II Syracuse, NY 3 06-02 0
2 Jacob Zaremski West Henrietta, NY 3 05-04 0
3 Joseph Raguzin Carmel, NY 2 04-07 0
4 Lukas Matt Syracuse, NY 3 03-06 0
5 Joshua Bovaird Bainbridge, NY 2 03-02 0
6 Douglas Linn Oswego, NY 1 02-00 0
7 Caleb Konrad Cortland, NY 1 01-04 0
8 TJ Dobs Verona, NY 0 00-00 0
8 Zachary Hajecate Wallkill, NY 0 00-00 0
8 Peter Knight Fulton, NY 0 00-00 0

PENNSYLVANIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Mark Flament Manongahela, PA 3 04-14 0
2 Mark Melega Rice Landing, PA 2 03-11 0
3 Zach Bellush Elizabeth, PA 1 03-00 0
4 Mark Westrick Hastings, PA 1 01-03 0
5 Joshua Winebrinner Steelton, PA 1 01-02 0
6 Leno Corazzi Fredericktown, PA 0 00-00 0
6 William Lane Patton, PA 0 00-00 0
6 Rick Ryver Philipsburg, PA 0 00-00 0
6 Joe Teagarden Fredericktown, PA 0 00-00 0
6 Ed Zurich Larimer, PA 0 00-00 0

RHODE ISLAND
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Jared Whewell Stonington, CT 2 05-07 0
2 Christopher McCarthy Woonsocket, RI 2 04-12 0
3 Ronald Larivee Chepachet, RI 1 01-07 0
4 Ronald Bestwick Grisword, CT 0 00-00 0
4 Philip Casto Woonsocket, RI 0 00-00 0
4 Chris Guncheon Warwick, RI 0 00-00 0
4 Mark Haverly N Kingstown, RI 0 00-00 0
4 Brian Jarvis Coventry, RI 0 00-00 0
4 Brandon Labove Mystic, CT 0 00-00 0
4 Robert Rull Coventry, RI 0 00-00 0

VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Greg Chestnut Bedford, VA 3 05-05 0
2 Jeffrey Poplin Franklin, VA 2 04-04 0
3 Ted Woody Concoord, VA 2 04-01 0
4 Stephen Davis Blacksburg, VA 1 03-13 0
5 Christopher Napier Virginia Beach, VA 1 01-00 0
6 Ryan Atkins Appomattox, VA 0 00-00 0
6 Robert Davis Richmond, VA 0 00-00 0
6 Tanner Griffith Powhatan, VA 0 00-00 0
6 Blake Herrmann Bremo Bluff, VA 0 00-00 0
6 Rob Wells Kill Devil Hills, NC 0 00-00 0

VERMONT
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 David Dias Brattleboro, VT 1 02-04 0
2 Gregory Decell Bridgewater, VT 1 01-04 0
3 James Knox Rutland, VT 1 01-00 0
4 Jason Betourney Bridgeport, VT 0 00-00 0
4 Kevin Comes Addison, VT 0 00-00 0
4 David Cruickshank Roxbury, VT 0 00-00 0
4 Lynn Gervais Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 0 00-00 0
4 Jean-Marie Landry Pierrefonds Quebec CANA 0 00-00 0
4 Bob Wetzler Rutland, VT 0 00-00 0

WEST VIRGINIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Chris Morrison St. Mary's, WV 3 03-12 0
2 Samuel Nowalk Milton, WV 2 02-05 0
3 Joshua Milam Elkview, WV 2 02-01 0
4 Joseph Carroll Wilkinson, WV 1 01-00 0
5 Collin Bunting Smithburg, WV 0 00-00 0
5 JJ Dickens Beaver, WV 0 00-00 0
5 James Dingess Barboursville, WV 0 00-00 0
5 Andy Gillenwater Sumerco, WV 0 00-00 0
5 David Gogas Jr Van, WV 0 00-00 0
5 Randy Huffman Charleston, WV 0 00-00 0

GEORGIA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Aaron Russell Hoschton, GA 3 11-14 0
2 Tony Beck Social Circle, GA 1 02-11 0
3 William Pontius Sugar HIll , GA 2 02-01 0
4 Earl Mcquaig Tifton, GA 1 02-00 0
5 Douglas Raff Melbourne, FL 1 01-04 0
6 Dylan Jarvis Acworth, GA 1 00-14 0
7 Chris Dalton Watkinsville, GA 0 00-00 0
7 Jules Dorsey Canton, GA 0 00-00 0
7 Joey Largin Douglasville, GA 0 00-00 0
7 Nicholas Williamson Acworth, GA 0 00-00 0

SOUTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Ron Rutledge Lilburn, GA 1 03-05 0
2 Ken Lawhon Hartsville, SC 1 01-01 0
3 Randy Crowley Hartsville, SC 0 00-00 0
3 Landy Filyaw Sr. Lake City, SC 0 00-00 0
3 Jarrett Hughes Conway, SC 0 00-00 0
3 Michael Miller Greenville, SC 0 00-00 0
3 Scott Perrine Bonneau, SC 0 00-00 0
3 Scott Piatt Andrew, SC 0 00-00 0
3 Brian Pipkin Bonneau, SC 0 00-00 0
3 Corey Singleton Conway, SC 0 00-00 0

FLORIDA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Michael Catt Jacksonville, FL 1 01-12 0
2 Dan Fay Orlando, FL 1 01-06 0
3 Jeff Chastain Tavares, FL 0 00-00 0
3 David Cohen St Augustine, FL 0 00-00 0
3 Levi Crossway Jacksonville, FL 0 00-00 0
3 Dean Jones Eustis, FL 0 00-00 0
3 Jeffrey Kyle Hawthorne, FL 0 00-00 0
3 Bryan Mitko Brooksville, FL 0 00-00 0
3 Rick Osterholt Tavares, FL 0 00-00 0
3 Tanner Steffan Niceville, FL 0 00-00 0

NORTH CAROLINA
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Angela Mayo Maiden, NC 1 02-11 0
2 Jake Scoggins Mooresboro, NC 1 02-01 0
3 Rob Griswold Lincolnton, NC 1 01-11 0
4 Lenny Smathers Granite Falls, NC 1 01-08 0
5 Samantha Gay Walstonburg, NC 0 00-00 0
5 Reggie Guffey Bessemer , NC 0 00-00 0
5 Jeff Mackey Stanley, NC 0 00-00 0
5 Chris Moss Durham, NC 0 00-00 0
5 Matthew Rodriguez Omer, MI 0 00-00 0
5 Scott Shrewsbury Rocky Mount, NC 0 00-00 0

ONTARIO
Angler Hometown No./lbs-oz Total $$$
1 Ed Vienneau Shelburne, OR 1 03-04 0
2 Behzad Mohammadkhani Keswick CANADA 1 02-05 0
3 Davis Zink Waterloo CANADA 1 01-14 0
4 Shawn Dompierre Gatineau Quebec CANADA 1 01-02 0
5 William Bowles Barrie CANADA 0 00-00 0
5 Richard Hough Coldwater Ontario CANAD 0 00-00 0
5 Davide Iannaci Toronto Ontario CANADA 0 00-00 0
5 Vahab Jalali Richmond Hill Ontario C 0 00-00 0
5 Tracy Rich North Bay CANADA 0 00-00 0
5 Terry Wilson Tillsonburg Ontario CAN 0 00-00 0

by AnglersChannel

100th Episode Celebration Featuring 2020 Classic Qualifier Grae Buck!

Its a special week here on the AC Insider as the boys and the Circus celebrate their 100th Episode by welcoming in your 2020 Classic Qualifier and Bass Opens Champ Grae Buck! Things get interesting as the U-pick em points race tightens up and more! Check it out!

by AnglersChannel

Grand Lake Set For Next Basspro.com Central Open Stop

GROVE, Okla. — Darold Gleason’s predicting a wide-open playing field with plenty of options, but challenging conditions, for the Basspro.com Bassmaster Central Open, Sept. 12-14 on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake.

Gleason, the Louisiana pro who won the division opener on Toledo Bend in late February, has been practicing on Grand for about 10 days. He reports a consistent swelter with calm, stable weather that appears to be the precursor for the tournament week.

“It’s going to be a grinder,” Gleason said. “It’s been really, really hot in Oklahoma with daytime temperatures in the mid-90’s and the heat index around 100. There hasn’t been much wind or clouds and it kinda looks like that will continue. The long-range forecasts I’ve seen don’t show any kind of front.

“They’ve had a ton of rain this year, like everywhere else has and I think we’re finally getting to the point where that’s going to lay off and the lake’s going to stabilize.”

On that note, let’s look at the tournament waters.

Lake Profile

• Proper name: Grand Lake of the Cherokees

• The 1940 completion of the Pensacola Dam on the lower Neosho River (aka Grand River) completed this 46,500-acre reservoir located in the Ozark foothills.

• With 460 miles of shoreline and an average depth of about 36 feet, Grand Lake is operated by the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA).

• Lake complexion comprises rocky shorelines, marinas/docks, bridges, points, riprap and scattered laydowns. Prominent arms include the Elk River, Neosho River, Wolf Creek, Honey Creek, Horse Creek and Drowning Creek.

• At one week before the tournament, Grand lake stands about 2.23 feet above the seasonal conservation pool level of 743.

“Clarity’s fair; it’s not superclear but it’s fine,” Gleason said. “You can see 1 1/2 to 2 feet in most places. I would like to see some wind to stir things up. A lot of the bait’s suspended and the fish are roaming, so if we get some sustained wind, which I haven’t seen any of, I think that will corral some shad on the bank and put the fish in more of a feeding mode.”

How They’ll Fish

“The fish are in a fall transition and I think the biggest thing will be adjusting each day to what the fish are doing,” Gleason said. “You may be catching them a certain way in practice, but if we get a little wind blowing in a different direction, or if we get a little cloud cover, it’s going to be all about dropping what you’re doing and making those changes. I think the key to success will be staying on your toes.”

Predicting what he termed a “junker’s delight,” Gleason explains that mid-September will see a mix of fish clinging to summer patterns, while others embrace the inevitable seasonal shift.

“It doesn’t seem that any one technique really stands out, so you can kind of do what you want to do,” Gleason said. “You’ll have some guys fishing docks, but even that is versatile. The lake has docks in 5 feet and it has docks in 40 feet. The way the fish are scattered, there are a few on all of them.”

Come tournament time, the bait selection is likely to include just about anything from shallow topwaters, to shaky heads, to deep cranking and dragging big worms. That being said, Gleason points out that his highest confidence is with those Grand Lake docks.

“Unless someone finds a honey hole out deep and just grinds on it, I think if a guy figures out a little dock pattern in a couple different creeks, that’s going to be the stand-out deal,” Gleason said.

Sticking It Out

Whatever competitors pursue, Gleason said performance will require patience and perseverance.

“I think you have to put your head down, keep the trolling motor on, cover a lot of areas and when you get a little something going, just run with it,” he said. “It seems like there are little bite windows each day where you’ll get three or four in an hour and then you’ll go four or five hours without a bite.

“I feel like you’re going to have to capitalize whenever that bite’s happening. You’re going to have to make hay while it’s happening.”

Gleason said he’s looking for about 13 to 14 pounds a day to make the final round cut. For a winning total, he can see it taking 47 to 48.

“This is such a great lake and it has a lot of fish in it,” Gleason said. “Someone’s always going to catch ‘em.”

Grove Convention & Tourism Bureau is the local host for this event.

by AnglersChannel

YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING NORTHERN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE ERIE

SANDUSKY, Ohio (Sept. 9, 2019) – The Youngstown State University duo of Jeffrey Jardine of Niles, Ohio, and Mike Soots of McDonald, Ohio, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Erie with a five-bass limit weighing 22 pounds even. The victory earned the Penguins’ bass club $2,000 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.

“It was a pretty slow morning – we only had two smallmouth bass in the livewell by noon,” said Soots, a senior majoring in criminal justice. “Around 12:15, with two hours left in the day, we made a move back to a shoal that we had fished that morning – near Kelly Island – and it was on. I reeled in a 5-pound smallmouth and as I was unhooking it, Jeff got into a 4½-pounder. We caught three good ones within 20 minutes.”

“We had talked about scrapping the shoals and moving back into Sandusky Bay, but we made the decision to have patience and just grind it out on the shoals – we knew we were going to hero or zero – and I am so glad we stuck with it,” added Jardine, a senior majoring in business administration.

The duo fished two main baits to catch the majority of their fish – Soots a Ned Rig and Jardine a drop-shot rig. Soots’ Ned rig setup was a New Money-colored Z-Man TRD, while Jardine used a green-pumpkin-sky-colored Verbinator Baits Little Donkey stickbait on his drop-shot rig.

“We ended up catching seven or eight keepers throughout the day, and if it had been a sheepshead tournament we would have won that, too,” joked Soots. “I must have caught around 20 sheepshead throughout the day.”

“Mike and I work really well together as a team, and I think that is crucial to do well in these events,” Jardine went on to say. “We had so many problems that we had to overcome – our front graph stopped working, our trolling motor wasn’t working great, and I was hobbling around with a broken foot. It’s nice to have a teammate that works with me and I am comfortable with.”

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

1^st: Youngstown State University – Jeffrey Jardine, Niles, Ohio, and Mike Soots, McDonald, Ohio, five bass, 22-0, $2,000

2^nd: Ohio State University – Colton Lindsey, Raymond, Ohio, and Allex Conner, Delaware, Ohio, five bass, 20-3, $1,000

3^rd: Adrian College – Ryan Sharnas, Davison, Mich., and Chase Serafin, White Lake, Mich., five bass, 20-1, $1,150

4^th: Adrian College – Collin Torrey, Coldwater, Mich., and Jacob Emery, Brownstown, Mich., five bass, 18-3, $500

5^th: Bowling Green State University – Jamesen Simion, Saline, Mich., and Cameron Wilt, Alvada, Ohio, five bass, 16-14, $500

6^th: Youngstown State University – Cody Allen, Cortland, Ohio, and Brandon Freer, Youngstown, Ohio, five bass, 16-10, $450

7^th: Radford University – Joshua Greenburg, Montpelier, Va., and Christopher Butler, Radford, Va., five bass, 16-4

8^th: California University of Pennsylvania – Colton Higgins, Waynesburg, Pa., and Eric Freeman, Schuylkill Haven, Pa., five bass, 16-0

9^th: University of Akron – Jonathan Harter, Norton, Ohio, and Josh Kelly, Cortland, Ohio, five bass, 15-14

10^th: Adrian College – Carter Ball, Noblesville, Ind., and Micah Hutchinson Jr., Pittsford, Mich., five bass, 15-8

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

The YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Erie was hosted by the City of Sandusky. It was the third and final regular-season qualifying tournament for Northern Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be a Southern conference event – the YETI FLW College Fishing tournament on the Arkansas River presented by Bass Pro Shops, Sept. 20 in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

by AnglersChannel

SHADOWENS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON GRAND LAKE

Co-Angler Title Goes to Oklahoma City’s Bradford

GROVE, Okla. (Sept. 9, 2019) – Boater Mark Shadowens of Kiefer, Oklahoma, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Okie Division tournament on Grand Lake Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 29 pounds, 3 ounces. For his finish, Shadowens pocketed $5,704.

Shadowens said he caught nine of the 10 fish he weighed on a green pumpkin-colored Zoom Magnum Trick Worm on a 5/16-ounce homemade wobblehead.

“I was fishing boat docks in 5 to 10 feet of water in the Horse Creek arm of the lake,” said Shadowens, who notched his first career win in FLW competition. “I had two areas that were about 50 yards apiece, and I just rotated back and forth between them for two days.

“I caught fish on the backs of the docks and I caught them on the front of them,” continued Shadowens. “I caught six keepers each day – about a bite every hour. It was just kind of random where they were sitting. It didn’t matter the time of day.”

Shadowens said he weighed all largemouth, including one he caught on a ½-ounce custom brown jig with a 3½-inch green pumpkin Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw trailer.

My [7-foot, 2-inch medium-heavy] Falcon BuCoo [SR Casting] rod was a big part of my catch. The bite was pretty subtle and it helped me feel them and get them in the boat.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Mark Shadowens, Kiefer, Okla., 10 bass, 29-3, $5,704

2^nd: Joel Baker, Talala, Okla., 10 bass, 28-0, $2,852

3^rd: Shonn Goodwin, Moore, Okla., 10 bass, 27-10, $2,085

4^th: Ed Barton, Vian, Okla., 10 bass, 27-4, $1,284

5^th: Steven McLarty, Broken Arrow, Okla., eight bass, 26-12, $1,806

6^th: Thomas Canady, Collinsville, Okla., 10 bass, 25-13, $1,159

7^th: John Shore, Owasso, Okla., 10 bass, 24-5, $917

8^th: Trevis Unger, Towanda, Kan., 10 bass, 22-11, $826

9^th: Mick Fenn, Grove, Okla., nine bass, 22-6, $734

10^th: James Marsh, Thomas, Okla., 10 bass, 22-4, $642

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

McLarty caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $705.

Bryant Bradford of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, won the Co-angler Division and $3,102 Sunday after catching a two-day total of eight bass weighing 21 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Bryant Bradford, Oklahoma City, Okla., eight bass, 21-5, $3,102

2^nd: Steve Bradfield, Claremore, Okla., seven bass, 20-1, $1,376

3^rd: Bryan Schuster, Oklahoma City, Okla., eight bass, 18-0, $1,068

4^th: Blayke Haggard, Gans, Okla., eight bass, 17-13, $642

5^th: Harold Frazier, Okmulgee, Okla., seven bass , 16-3, $550

6^th: Steven Whitaker, Sallisaw, Okla., six bass, 16-0, $505

7^th: Matthew Palesano, Chickasha, Okla., six bass, 15-14, $459

8^th: Cord Colwell, Pryor, Okla., six bass, 15-10, $413

9^th: Nathan Colwell, Pryor, Okla., six bass, 14-9, $367

10^th: Jonathan Jones, Grain Valley, Mo., four bass, 13-4, $321

Scott Suver of South Greenfield, Missouri, 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 $352.

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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HAWKINS WINS TWO-DAY T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE

Maryland’s Gardner Wins Co-angler Division

HUDDLESTON, Va. (Sept. 9, 2019) – Boater Rick Hawkins of Roanoke, Virginia, brought a two-day total of 10 bass to the scale weighing 31 pounds, 10 ounces, to win the two-day T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Piedmont Division super-tournament on Smith Mountain Lake. Hawkins earned $4,682 for his efforts.

“I chose to fish the Roanoke arm the first day and the Blackwater arm the second day,” said Hawkins, who earned his first career victory in FLW competition. “However, it was the same pattern – finding baitfish that were relating to structure in that 20-foot-range and throwing crankbaits.”

Hawkins said that he used a variety of crankbaits to catch his fish throughout the weekend – Rapala DT14 and DT20s, a Strike King 6XD and a 6th Sense Cloud 9. He said he stuck mainly with shad-colored baits – lots of grays, silvers and whites.

“I landed six keeper bites each day,” Hawkins continued. “However, I did have a couple come off that would have helped me. The key was relating the baitfish to the cover at the right depth. If there were baitfish but no cover, there was no fish. If there was cover but no baitfish, there was no fish. I also made around 1000 casts each day. I just kept plugging – so many casts and only six bites a day.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Rick Hawkins, Roanoke, Va., 10 bass, 31-10, $4,682

2^nd: Chris Dillow, Waynesboro, Va., 10 bass, 31-10, $2,341

3^rd: Bryan Humphreys, Lewisburg, W. Va., nine bass, 28-14, $1,562

4^th: Rick Tilley, Moneta, Va., 10 bass, 28-5, $1,092

5^th: Chris Brummett, Lynch Station, Va., 10 bass, 28-5, $936

6^th: Trevis Towe, Daleville, Va., 10 bass, 25-13, $858

7^th: Jack Dice, Lynchburg, Va., 10 bass, 24-6, $1,030

8^th: Bryan Elrod, Mechanicsville, Va., 10 bass, 23-15, $1,002

9^th: Derik Hudson, Concord, Va., 10 bass, 23-12, $974

10^th: Keith Roberts, Hurt, Va., 10 bass, 22-1, $646

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Tommy Little of Chester, Virginia, caught a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the event’s Boater Big Bass award of $562.

Jessup, Maryland’s Cort Gardner won the Co-angler Division and $2,622 Sunday after catching a two-day total of six bass weighing 20 pounds, 7 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Cort Gardner, Jessup, Md., six bass, 20-7, $2,622

2^nd: Brian LaClair, Denton, Md., eight bass, 19-1, $1,170

3^rd: Sergio Render, Christianburg, Va., seven bass, 17-5, $783

4^th: Mark Blankenship, Christianburg, Va., seven bass, 17-5, $546

5^th: Timothy Kinder, Manassas, Va., six bass, 12-3, $668

6^th: Andre Wynn, Windsor Mill, Md., four bass, 11-15, $429

7^th: William Lane, Midlothian, Va., five bass, 11-12, $390

8^th: Chris Moore, Mechanicsville, Va., six bass, 11-9, $401

9^th: Josh Nixon, Evington, Va., four bass, 9-13, $312

10^th: Joshua Long, Hardy, Va., two bass, 8-10, $273

Gardner also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds even. The catch earned him the event’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $281.

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 the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland. 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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HUMBARD WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON CHEROKEE LAKE

Kentucky’s Sydnor Claims Co-Angler Win

MORRISTOWN, Tenn. (Sept. 9, 2019) – Boater Bill Humbard of New Market, Tennessee, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division tournament on Cherokee Lake Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 26 pounds, 9 ounces. For his efforts on the water, Humbard took home $6,337.

Humbard said he spent the tournament on the lower end of the lake, fishing around the Cherokee Dam, the islands and some secondary points.

“I concentrated on scattered brush before moving out to the islands and the deep points to fish big boulders and drops,” said Humbard, who earned his fourth win on Cherokee Lake in BFL competition. “I was sitting in 44 feet of water and throwing into 25 feet – most of them came from 25 to 34 feet this weekend.

“I started off the morning Saturday using a topwater bait and a crankbait, and then as the day went on I switched to a shaky-head rig,” said Humbard, “I finished off my limit with a keeper smallmouth on a brown ¼-ounce homemade jig with a [green pumpkin-colored] Zoom Super Chunk Jr. I ended up catching 14 keepers Saturday.”

Humbard said he used a Bone-colored Heddon Zara Spook Jr. and a ¾-ounce blue and chartreuse-colored Spro John Crews Little John DD Crankbait. On his shaky-head rig, he said he preferred a Watermelon Candy Red Zoom Mag Finesse Worm. On Sunday, Humbard said conditions changed drastically after the water level dropped 2 inches from Saturday. He still managed to weigh four largemouth and one spotted bass.

“I went down to my area and my topwater and crankbait fish weren’t there. I threw the shaky-head for about 45 minutes with no luck. Everything had changed – the shad, the fish position, everything – so I switched things up,” said Humbard. “I scanned around on my [Garmin] Panoptix and noticed the fish from Saturday were in the brush piles, but suspended up about a foot off of the bottom. I got my Carolina rig out, tied on a 4-foot leader, and put on a chartreuse and pumpkin [Zoom] Baby Brush Hog and finished out a limit. Those five keepers were all I caught Sunday.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Bill Humbard, New Market, Tenn., 10 bass, 26-9, $6,337

2^nd: Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., nine bass, 25-12, $2,669

3^rd: Hunter Sales, Blaine, Tenn., 10 bass, 25-0, $1,712

4^th: Eric Moore, Union, Ky., 10 bass, 21-11, $1,199

5^th: Freddy Adkins, East Bernstadt, Ky., 10 bass, 21-0, $1,277

6^th: Dwight Fox, Gainesboro, Tenn., 10 bass, 20-2, $1,092

7^th: Chris Gerrein, Villa Hills, Ky., nine bass, 19-14, $856

8^th: Pat Eichmann, Nancy, Ky., nine bass, 19-13, $771

9^th: Brent Anderson, Kingston Springs, Tenn., 19-5, $685

10^th: Kevin Edwards, Knoxville, Tenn., eight bass, 19-1, $599

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bennie Mutter of Glasgow, Kentucky, caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 15 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $322.

Jonathan Sydnor of Canmer, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $2,641 Sunday after catching a two-day total of four bass weighing 12 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jonathan Sydnor, Canmer, Ky., four bass, 12-14, $2,641

2^nd: Tracy Helton, London, Ky., five bass, 10-12, $1,220

3^rd: Brandon Lawson, Union, S.C., five bass, 10-6, $864

4^th: Kevin King, Byrdstown, Tenn., six bass, 9-12, $570

5^th: Allen Neal, Whitley City, Ky., three bass, 7-15, $488

6^th: Audie Aultman, Knoxville, Tenn., three bass, 7-8, $597

7^th: David Carey, Harrodsburg, Ky., three bass, 7-7, $407

8^th: Jimmy Rhodus, Versailles, Ky., four bass, 7-3, $366

9^th: Nathan Adams, Murray, Ky., three bass, 7-0, $325

10^th: William Woods, Bowling Green, Ky., two bass, 6-5, $585

Woods caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 7 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $300.

The tournament was hosted by the Morristown Area Chamber of Commerce.

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.

by AnglersChannel

SMITH WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE SHELBYVILLE

Paris’ Murphy Grabs Co-Angler Win

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (Sept. 9, 2019) – Boater Bradley Smith of Saint Jacob, Illinois, took home the win at the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Illini Division tournament on Lake Shelbyville Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 23 pounds, 7 ounces. For his win, Smith pocketed $7,310.

“I took off each morning with one rod on the deck,” said Smith, who notched his first win as a boater in BFL competition. “I was pitching to shallow wood, mid-lake. I fished a 3-mile section, anywhere from 2 to 10 feet of water. The first day was sunny, with no wind. The second day we had clouds and rain. I was pretty worried the wood pattern wouldn’t hold up but it ended up working out.”

Smith said he flipped a Texas-rigged, green pumpkin-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver with a 3/8-ounce Strike King Tour Grade tungsten weight.

“The fish were in transition from summer to fall patterns – the bites were hard to come by,” said Smith. “It was sporadic each day. I was able to get a lot in practice that I ended up shaking off. Fortunately, a lot of those fish bit during the tournament.”

Smith said he caught five keepers Saturday and seven on Sunday.

“The best anglers in Illinois compete in this division, so to get a win – especially at a two-day event – was pretty special for me.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Bradley Smith, Saint Jacob, Ill., 10 bass, 23-7, $5,310 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd: Daniel Nussmeyer, Cisne, Ill., eight bass, 22-15, $2,155

3^rd: Andrew Harper, Shelbyville, Ill., 10 bass, 20-5, $1,669

4^th: Jeremy Mull, Pawnee, Ill., nine bass, 19-2, $1,209

5^th: John Wright, Windsor, Ill., eight bass, 18-12, $822

6^th: Garrett McDowell, Mattoon, Ill., nine bass, 17-4, $754

7^th: Bobby McMullin, Pevely, Mo., eight bass, 16-15, $685

8^th: Travis Wilson, La Harpe, Ill., four bass, 14-2, $1,059

9^th: James Williams, Neoga, Ill., seven bass, 12-8, $548

10^th: Chad Diedrich, Nashville, Ill., seven bass, 12-2, $480

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wilson caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 10 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $442.

Ryan Murphy of Paris, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $2,055 Sunday after catching a two-day total of seven bass weighing 21 pounds, 15 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Ryan Murphy, Paris, Ill., seven bass , 21-15, $2,055

2^nd: Dave Dobill, Royalton, Ill., eight bass, 14-10, $1,028

3^rd: Aaron Arning, Walnut Hill, Ill., six bass, 11-13, $884

4^th: Drew Coleman, Jackson, Mo., four bass, 9-14, $480

5^th: Ryan Fancher, Olney, Ill., five bass, 8-15, $461

6^th: Mike Swetland, Tamaroa, Ill., three bass, 7-9, $527

7^th: Eugene Kim, Lindenhurst, Ill., three bass, 6-4, $343

8^th: Dillon Saffle, Ballwin, Mo., two bass, 6-3, $308

9^th: Jeff Kirby, Philo, Ill., two bass, 4-15, $274

10^th: Ross Davis, St. Elmo, Ill., one bass, 4-13, $461

Davis caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $221.

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WILLIAMS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE DARDANELLE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS

Co-angler Win Goes to Little Rock’s Pinter

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (Sept. 9, 2019) – Boater Charles Williams of Clarksville, Arkansas, won this weekend’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Arkie Division tournament on Lake Dardanelle presented by Navionics after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 35 pounds, 9 ounces. For his efforts, Williams took home $4,868.

Williams said he spent each day of the tournament up the Arkansas River, in the Spadra area of the lake.

“I worked along main-lake points that had some good current on them. It seemed like the channel swings were the best,” said Williams, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “I was flipping rock and laydown wood – wood that was in the current. It held the bigger fish. If you could find a point that had laydown logs on it, there seemed to always be big fish on them.”

Williams said he flipped a black and blue flake-colored Big Bite Baits Dean Rojas Fighting Frog with a ¼-ounce weight on 25-pound-test Seaguar Flippin’ Fluorocarbon line. He said he also weighed some off of a ½-ounce white and chartreuse Z-Man Evergreen ChatterBait Jack Hammer with a 3½-inch chartreuse and pearl Lake Fork Tackle Live Magic Shad trailer, and a Crack-colored Lucky Craft LC DRS square-billed crankbait. His rod and reel setup was a 7-foot, 8-inch Denali N3 Extra Heavy Flippin’ Rod with a Daiwa Tatula reel set to a 7:3:1 gear ratio.

“I ran to the back of some pockets Saturday in the same area and mainly fished blowholes. If it had a creek channel coming out, that was good,” said Williams.

On Sunday, Williams stuck with his main-lake pattern and was able to catch a limit by 8:30 a.m. Sitting on around 12 pounds of fish, he said he was able to cull up to 17 pounds with the help of a 4-pounder that he caught with an hour left in competition.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Charles Williams, Clarksville, Ark., 10 bass, 35-9, $4,868

2^nd: Mike Rhinehart, Delaware, Ark., 10 bass, 31-6, $2,334

3^rd: Erick Hurst, Clarksville, Ark., 10 bass, 30-10, $1,557

4^th: Chip Hawkins, Little Rock, Ark., 10 bass, 29-5, $1,189

5^th: Josh Hilton, Clarksville, Ark., 10 bass, 25-14, $934

6^th: Wayne Dixon, Morrilton, Ark., 10 bass, 25-14, $856

7^th: Samuel Hutson, Benton, Ark., eight bass, 23-11, $1,325

8^th: Cade Alsbury, Gentry, Ark., 10 bass, 23-10, $700

9^th: Ben Blaschke, Roland, Okla., 10 bass, 23-7, $872

10^th: Brandon Lee, Ratcliff, Ark., 10 bass, 23-2, $545

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Hutson caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 13 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $547.

Eric Pinter of Little Rock, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,608 Sunday after catching a two-day total of nine bass weighing 20 pounds, 5 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Eric Pinter, Little Rock, Ark., nine bass, 20-5, $2,608

2^nd: Matt Russell, Prairie Grove, Ark., eight bass, 18-2, $1,167

3^rd; Derrick Damon, Clarksville, Ark., seven bass, 12-6, $779

4^th: Andrew Wooley, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 11-14, $645

5^th: Jody Jones, Harvey, Ark., seven bass, 11-7, $517

6^th: Tony Smith, Bryant, Ark., six bass, 11-0, $578

7^th: Matthew Inman, White Hall, Ark., six bass, 10-15, $389

8^th: Trent Jones, Springdale, Ark., four bass, 10-4, $350

9^th: Keith Gardner, Waldo, Ark., five bass, 10-3, $311

10^th: Ethan Sutton, Hot Springs, Ark., three bass, 9-6, $272

Pinter also caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 10 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $274.

The tournament was hosted by Russellville Advertising and Promotions.

by AnglersChannel

LOBATO WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT LA CROSSE

Illinois’ Agpalza Takes Co-Angler Division

LA CROSSE, Wis. (Sept. 9, 2019) – Boater Fernando Lobato of Sparta, Wisconsin, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Great Lakes Division tournament on the Mississippi River at La Crosse Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 31 pounds, 2 ounces. Lobato earned $5,316 for his win.

Lobato said he caught his fish over the weekend on the upper end of Pool No. 8. He got an early limit Saturday working a Bone-colored Heddon Zara Spook around scattered eelgrass. Looking to upgrade, he switched to a 3/8-ounce black and blue-colored Kureiji flipping jig with a Sapphire Blue Zoom Super Chunk trailer, which he threw around wood in 10 to 12 feet of water, specifically in deep holes next to grass flats.

On Sunday, Lobato couldn’t get the topwater bite going, so he opted for a Banana Shad Kureiji Mississippi swimming jig, which he worked in the same grass as Saturday.

“I got a limit, but it was small,” said Lobato, who logged his first win in FLW competition. “I upgraded a couple of times dragging the [Kureiji] flipping jig in the holes. At about 10 [a.m.], I switched to a shad-colored [Strike King] 5XD crankbait and caught two big fish away from the wood, a little deeper. I think they were preparing for the weather to cool down.”

Lobato said he managed to catch 30-plus keepers each day, weighing in all largemouth.

“Catching fish on the swimjig Sunday was key for me because I knew everything had changed. I think the weather was cooling off and they’re not used to it yet.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st: Fernando Lobato, Sparta, Wis., 10 bass, 31-2, $5,316

2^nd: Cade Laufenberg, Goodview, Minn., 10 bass, 29-5, $2,858

3^rd: Kyler Chelminiak, Sullivan, Wis., 10 bass, 29-0, $2,074

4^th: Travis Brueggen, Cashton, Wis., 10 bass, 28-3, $1,240

5^th: Mike Brueggen, La Crosse, Wis., 10 bass, 28-2, $1,746

6^th: Brandon Gann, Sparta, Wis., 10 bass, 27-4, $975

7^th: Glenn Walker, Savage, Minn., 10 bass, 26-5, $886

8^th: Douglas Chapin, Green Bay, Wis., 10 bass, 26-4, $797

9^th: Anthony Getchell, Menominee, Mich., 10 bass, 26-1, $709

10^th: Kevin Johnson, Sparta, Wis., 10 bass, 25-14, $620

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Travis Seitzinger of Avon, South Dakota, caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 7 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $333.

Jason Agpalza of Rock Island, Illinois, won the Co-angler Division and $2,758 Sunday after catching a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 25 pounds, 8 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st: Jason Agpalza, Rock Island, Ill., 10 bass, 25-8, $2,758

2^nd: Kristian Dus, Chicago, Ill., 10 bass, 20-13, $1,479

3^rd: Alan Bernicky, Joliet, Ill., nine bass, 20-11, $1,036

4^th: Jessie Pollard, Whitehall, Wis., 10 bass, 18-13, $620

5^th: Brent Schroeder, Caledonia, Minn., eight bass, 17-9, $532

6^th: Jeff Pfeffer, Isanti, Minn., eight bass , 17-6, $487

7^th: Rick Ragner, La Crosse, Wis., eight bass, 17-6, $443

8^th: Paul Ambrose, La Crosse, Wis., eight bass, 16-12, $399

9^th: Jeremy Parker, Batavia, Ill., eight bass, 15-12, $354

10^th: Troy Karafa, Hebron, Ill., seven bass, 15-8, $310

Mark Persson of Otsego, Minnesota, caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 3 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $334.

The tournament was hosted by the La Crosse County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

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.

by AnglersChannel

HARRIS CHAIN OF LAKES ANNOUNCED AS LOCATION OF 2020 YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Nation’s Top Collegiate Bass Anglers to Visit Lake County for Three-Day Tournament at Venetian Gardens

LEESBURG, Fla. (Sept. 9, 2019) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, announced today that Florida’s Harris Chain of Lakes will host the 2020 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship. The tournament, set for Feb. 26-28, will showcase the top collegiate anglers from across the nation.

While the Harris Chain of Lakes has hosted multiple FLW events over the years, the YETI FLW College Fishing circuit has never visited the fishery.

“I can’t think of a better place to be bass fishing than Florida in February,” said Kevin Hunt, Director of Tournament Operations for YETI FLW College Fishing. “The Harris Chain of Lakes always kicks out impressive weights when we’re in town and we couldn’t be more excited to have the sport’s next generation of stars compete on one of the top fisheries in the country.”

The championship event, hosted by Lake County, Florida, will launch from the Venetian Gardens’ Ski Beach, located at 201 E. Lake Harris Drive in Leesburg.

“We are excited to welcome the FLW College Fishing National Championship to Lake County and Leesburg,” said Lake County Commissioner Tim Sullivan. “The abundant Harris Chain of Lakes, in particular, has increasingly become a destination for major fishing tournaments such as this one, which will bring the country’s top collegiate bass anglers to our great county. We wish them a successful event and encourage them to take some time to enjoy all that Lake County has to offer, and discover why we are ‘Real Florida, Real Close.’”

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 events, along with the top 20 teams from the annual FLW College Fishing Open advance to the 2020 YETI FLW College Fishing National Championship.

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

by AnglersChannel

Danny Cross & Derrick Shoffit win the 2019 Anglers Quest Team Championship

Courtesy of Barbara Long - Anglers Quest Tournament Director

First I would like to Congratulate Tommy Hill & Bubba Frazier for winning Anglers of the Year !!! they will receive Free entries to all 8 of the 2020 AQ Rayburn Team Tournaments.

The Team of Danny Cross & derrick Shoffit won the 2019 Anglers Quest Team Championship against just 13 other teams. They had a two day total of 36.27 lbs. Danny and Derrick reported fishing out of a Phoenix Boat powered by Mercury. They said that they fished on the north end of the lake in 4-5 feet of water on soft plastics and crank baits. Danny and Derrick took home $4,160.00 for their weekend on the water. Danny & Derrick would like to thank their lovely wives Vallie & Jeanie for all their support.

Robert Davis and Alan Moore came in second place with their two day total weight of 33.61 lbs. Robert & Alan Reported fishing out of a BassCat powered by Mercury. These guys fished mid lake and caught almost all their fish on Big worms in grass and a few deep on crank baits, but mostly all came from the grass. Robert & Alan took home $1,650.00 for their 2 days on the water.

I would like to thank all of you guys that choose to fish with Anglers Quest. We are not the biggest tournament series out there, but I can promise you that myself and Ms. Kathy appreciate each and every one of you.

I’d like to thank all of the Anglers Quest Sponsors; Crawford Technical Services Inc.; Superior Paint Works; Our newest Sponsor Dales Water Wells ; Custom Built Awards; Lake Houston Marina; Cunninghams Kickapoo Bait & Tackle, LakeView RV Grocery & Motel ; Stowaway Marina ; Denali Rods and Larry the Lizard Baits. Without these businesses and their products and services, Anglers Quest would not be….Any time you have a chance to use these Sponsors, please do….. So A BIG shout out to all these Sponsors. Also for Ms. Kathy DeSpain for all her help and the sweets she bakes that we all enjoy. Let her know she is appreciated also…..

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