Bridges & Owens Win Media Bass Ross Barnett Event with over 20 pounds
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Nix and Rigdon Win TTZ on Texoma with over 25 pounds!
| PL | ANGLER 1 | ANGLER 2 | FISH | BIG BASS | WT | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JAMES RIGDON | SHONE NIX | 5 | 8.78 | 25.10 | $5,000 + $590 Big Bass + $250 BIOBOR Bonus |
| 2 | WARREN KEPKE | CODY MORRISON | 5 | 5.66 | 23.19 | $2,000 |
| 3 | GRANT ADAMS | MACKENZIE SWEENEY | 5 | 6.01 | 22.58 | $1,000 |
| 4 | DAVID MEDLER | TERRY BRIDGES | 5 | 20.99 | $600 | |
| 5 | JJ KILLOUGH | LJ CASTILLO | 5 | 6.48 | 19.70 | $450 |
| 6 | JOSEPH WARE | ROGER CAMP | 5 | 19.69 | 4300 | |
| 7 | KERRY SLAUGHTER | LEE YOWELL | 5 | 19.25 | $250 | |
| 8 | DAVID BARNETT | BRANDT MCGINNIS | 5 | 4.86 | 18.73 | |
| 9 | BILLY CLINE | BILLY WILSON | 5 | 18.50 | ||
| 10 | RAY SPEAR | BOBBY WALKER | 5 | 18.43 | ||
| 10 | SEAN TROTTER | ALLEN SEIGL | 5 | 18.43 | Sean Trotter-Shimano Loyalty Program Winner-Curado Reel | |
| 12 | RANDY KEATING | BRUCE ANDERSON | 5 | 18.24 | ||
| 13 | MARK PARKER | RON SAUCEMAN | 5 | 17.60 | ||
| 14 | JOHNNY THOMPSON | JEFF REYNOLDS | 5 | 17.22 | ||
| 15 | BYRON ALBRECHT | MIKE JOHNSON | 5 | 4.00 | 17.20 | |
| 16 | JODY HOLUBEK | RICK SCOTT | 5 | 17.02 | ||
| 17 | MARK REEVES | BILL TILLMAN | 5 | 6.35 | 16.86 | |
| 18 | DAVID CARLOCK | JAKE MCWHIRTER | 5 | 16.01 | ||
| 19 | WES DAVIS | KEVIN STRICKLAND | 5 | 15.86 | ||
| 20 | JEFF ARNOLD | JOHNNY MATTHEWS | 5 | 15.07 | ||
| 21 | MONTY EDGE | TERRANCE WOOTEN | 5 | 14.94 | ||
| 22 | BRANDON FERRELL | RANDY FERRELL | 5 | 14.85 | ||
| 23 | JEREME DIETZ | JERRY DIETZ | 5 | 14.79 | Pre-Registration Winner! Shimano Curado Rods | |
| 24 | DAVID RUSH | WESLEY PRICE | 5 | 14.19 | ||
| 25 | TONY FERDINANDO | SHANE LOGAN | 5 | 13.93 | ||
| 26 | JASON BRUNETT | STEVEN DANIELS | 5 | 13.83 | ||
| 27 | JAY DAVIS | BILLY WALDSCHMIDT | 5 | 12.83 | ||
| 28 | LARRY BENCH | HI HILLBURN | 5 | 12.59 | ||
| 29 | CRAIG HATCHEL | DAVID WESTBROOK | 5 | 12.45 | ||
| 30 | NEIL DEMPSEY | GARY DEMPSEY | 3 | 6.70 | 12.37 | |
| 31 | PAUL IVERSON | DAVID MAY | 5 | 12.30 | ||
| 32 | RUSSELL BACA | CODY SUMMARSELL | 5 | 12.25 | ||
| 33 | JOHNNY RAY | JASON TRUITT | 5 | 11.86 | ||
| 34 | BRETT TAYLOR | BRUCE TAYLOR | 5 | 11.49 | Brett Taylor-Shimano Loyalty Program Winner-Curado reel | |
| 35 | AARON ASHMORE | BOBBY HOLLAND | 5 | 11.44 | ||
| 36 | TREY SAMMONS | CLAY SAMMONS | 4 | 11.15 | ||
| 37 | JAMES NEFF | JAMES SCHLINGMAN | 5 | 10.97 | ||
| 38 | CODY LOWE | KEVIN HATHAWAY | 4 | 10.90 | ||
| 39 | CHRIS DIGINO | GRADEN HANSEN | 5 | 10.64 | ||
| 40 | BUSTER JOHNSON | ZEB STRICKLAND | 5 | 10.50 | ||
| 41 | JAMES SWANZY | KEVIN SEIBOLD | 3 | 7.85 | ||
| 42 | HAYDEN RODGES | BRADLEY STANDERTER | 3 | 5.70 | ||
| 43 | ANDY SALLEE | MARK CHILD | 2 | 5.39 | ||
| 44 | MICHAEL NUGENT | EDWIN PULDA | 2 | 4.64 | ||
| 45 | DAVID CROW | DEREK JACKSON | 2 | 4.58 | ||
| 46 | GARY BERGMAN | RYAN BERGMAN | ||||
| 46 | ANDREW SHORE | HUNTER MCCLENDON | ||||
| 46 | SCOTT GREENROYD | RICKY MCCORMACK | ||||
| 46 | RYAN DEMPSEY | CODY DEMPSEY(Y) | ||||
| 46 | BRET GIFFORD | BILL STEARNS | ||||
| 46 | JUSTIN CALAHAN | SPENCER SUIT | ||||
| 46 | KY MARTIN | CHRIS MOORE | ||||
| 46 | MICHAEL KILE | RON SOMERS | ||||
| 46 | GARY MARTIN | JAMES SEYMOUR | ||||
| 46 | TANNER SPURGIN | NATHAN WOLF | ||||
| 46 | DAVID MAY | MICHAEL PEINADO(Y) | ||||
| 46 | JAMES GOODNER | GRANT GOODNER | ||||
| 46 | JACOB DAVID | NICK PRESTWOOD |
Ralph Dupuy Wins Outlaw Outdoors Sweet 16 Championship on Sam Rayburn with over 23 pounds!
Ralph Dupuy
1st Place Stringer - 23.47
1st Place Big Bass - 10.54
Jason Moore & John Singletary
2nd Place Stringer - 21.74
Jack Bryant - Jim Bryant
3rd Place Stringer - 21.20
Lake Hartwell: Just ask Colton
Courtesy of Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships
If you’re looking for insight on what to expect at the Bassmaster Elite Series event on Lake Hartwell this week, you might want to stop by Ralph Hayes Toyota – South Carolina’s most long established Toyota dealership, located three minutes from Hartwell’s shoreline.
Once you get there, ask for Colton. You won’t find him in a front office, but instead let your ears lead you to the back of the building where you’ll hear the roar of the industrial power washer 18-year-old Colton Turner uses to detail vehicles in order to pay for the white 2007 Tacoma he bought.
“It’s my baby,” he’ll tell you of his Tacoma. And the former angler from the B.A.S.S. sanctioned Palmetto Boat Center High School Trail will also tell you anything you need to know about fishing on Lake Hartwell. As a high school angler, he qualified for the State Championship four straight years.
“Oh, there’s no doubt, bass fishing is very much a part of the family culture here at Ralph Hayes Toyota,” says Stan Hill, the dealership’s Director of Training. “And when anybody wants to know about how to catch a bass on Hartwell around here, they just ask Colton.”
So we did. We asked Colton what B.A.S.S. fans could expect on Hartwell this week, and here’s what he had to say.
“I think you’ll see a lot of guys fishing a jig around boat docks or targeting pre-spawners with a crankbait out there in 15-feet of water,” says Turner. “There are definitely bass spawning here, the water temp is right around 60 degrees, but guys who don’t want to spend a lot of time trying to catch fish off beds will probably try to catch quality fish of docks with a jig.”
You can also count on spinning rods linked to wacky-rigged soft stick baits to get major playing time around Hartwell’s docks this week.
“We had a big team tournament here last weekend with 52 teams that know the lake well and 16 pounds won it,” says Turner. “But the thing that surprised me most is we saw fish schooling on the surface even though the water temp is barely 60 degrees. So don’t be surprised if somebody weighs fish this week throwing a topwater or small swimbait at schooling fish if they’re fortunate enough to see that kind of activity,” warns Turner.
When he’s not fishing or working at Ralph Hayes, he attends Tri County Tech to learn a trade in heating and air, but like so many of us, fishing is simply in his blood. His mom, Renee also works at Ralph Hayes, but his dad, Kevin has been fishing tournaments on Hartwell for as long as Colton can remember.
“Dad started me with a spinning rod when I was about 5-years-old, and with three boat ramps located 10 minutes from our house, it’s pretty much all I’ve ever known or wanted to do,” he says. “The dream week on Hartwell would probably be in late April catching bass on topwaters out of brushpiles on main lake points, but it’s still too early for that,” he adds.
“From Joe Gant, our salesman, to Brad Burdette our Service Advisor, it seems like everybody here at Ralph Hayes Toyota wants to talk about fishing,” he says with a grin.
Bass fishing is indeed a way of life at South Carolina’s oldest Toyota dealer. They’ve long supported B.A.S.S. events with loaner Tundras when needed for major events on Hartwell, and they sponsor high school fishing teams with financial donations to help alleviate the youngsters’ tournament travel costs.
Oh, and the tall kid in the back of the dealership detailing vehicles …. Yep, that’s Colton Turner … he’ll tell you anything you want to know about what the bass are currently biting on Hartwell, just a few blocks down Clemson Boulevard from where he and his power washer are doing their best work.
Elite Series Coverage this week brought you by our friends at Visit Anderson in Anderson, South Carolina
EVANS’ WILLIAMSON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON CLARKS HILL LAKE
Statesboro’s Pare Claims Co-Angler Title
APPLING, Ga. (April 1, 2019) – Boater Keith Williamson of Evans, Georgia, brought five bass to the weigh-in stage Saturday totaling 19 pounds, 13 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) South Carolina Division tournament on Clarks Hill Lake. For his catch, Williamson took home $2,675.
Williamson said he primarily fished the Little River arm on the Georgia side of the lake, not far from the Highway 47 bridge. He said he used a brown and purple-colored Greenfish Tackle Original Square Rubber Jig with a green-pumpkin and green-glitter Zoom Tiny Salty Chunk trailer to catch his first keeper. His next two came on a ½-ounce Almost-colored Greenfish High Class Double Willow spinnerbait with a Pearl-colored Zoom Fat Albert Grub on a trailer hook.
“My first three came pretty quickly,” said Williamson, who earned his third career win on Clarks Hill Lake in BFL competition. “I caught one on a jig at the rocks a little deeper and then went shallower to see if they were bedding, but didn’t get any bites. The wind started blowing a bit, so I switched to a spinnerbait. I threw to the shallowest part of the ridge – 5 or 6 feet of water – and caught one right away – a 3- or 4-pounder. Within a few casts I caught another one giving me three good fish before 10 [a.m.]
“I left that spot and hit another shallow hump nearby that was probably 3 feet deep on top and caught a good 2½- to 3-pound spotted bass on the spinnerbait,” said Williamson.
After the sun got up, Williamson said he moved from the clear water to more stained water above the Highway 47 bridge to finish out his day. There, he caught the heaviest bass of the tournament– an 8-pound, 3-ouncer – on his Greenfish spinnerbait.
“I’m pretty sure I caught that fish in practice and then caught it again during the tournament,” said Williamson. “It was in front of a willow bush. I tried for it and she swatted the spinnerbait next to the boat. I left to fish some pockets and flats, but returned with an hour left before weigh-in and caught her.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Keith Williamson, Evans, Ga., five bass, 19-13, $2,675
2nd: James Meadows, Goose Creek, S.C., five bass, 14-14, $1,225
3rd: Bart Blackburn, North Augusta, S.C., five bass, 14-3, $750
4th: Brandt Tumberg, Moore, S.C., five bass, 14-1, $525
5th: Adam Beckum, Martinez, Ga., five bass, 14-0, $700
6th: John Duarte, Middle River, Md., five bass, 13-7, $413
7th: John Long, Grovetown, Ga., five bass, 12-11, $375
8th: Michael Maxfield, Hanahan, S.C., five bass, 12-6, $337
9th: Baylen Gaillard, Clark Hill, S.C., five bass, 12-4, $100
9th: Nicholas Toomey, Evans, Ga., five bass, 12-4, $100
9th: Jeffrey Borne, Gilbert, S.C., five bass, 12-4, $250
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Williamson’s 8-pound, 3-ouncer was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $225.
Mitchell Pare of Statesboro, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $1,437 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 3 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Mitchell Pare, Statesboro, Ga., five bass, 14-3, $1,437
2nd: Jack Daniel Hoy, Hollywood, S.C., five bass, 11-14, $612
3rd: Clay Wilson, Evans, Ga., five bass, 11-4, $376
4th: Bobby McDonald, Easley, S.C., five bass, 11-3, $412
5th: Shawn Kincaid, Lexington, S.C., five bass, 10-4, $225
6th: Kate Hough, Gilbert, S.C., five bass, 9-13, $306
7th: Kevin Henderson, Honea Path, S.C., five bass, 9-10, $178
7th: Travis Ruff, Connelly Springs, N.C., five bass, 9-10, $178
9th: Hunter Vincent, Santee, S.C., three bass, 9-0, $150
10th: James Akins, Cumming, Ga., five bass, 8-14
Pare also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 1 ounce. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $112.
The tournament was hosted by the Columbia County Board of Commissioners.
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.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
POWERS WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON SOUTH HOLSTON RESERVOIR
Co-Angler Title Goes to Kingsport’s Blakely
BRISTOL, Tenn. (April 1, 2019) – Boater Craig Powers of Rockwood, Tennessee, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 17 pounds, 9 ounces, to win Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division tournament on South Holston Reservoir. Powers earned $3,583 for his victory.
Powers spent his day fishing wind-blown points mid-lake, not too far from takeoff. He said the bite was tough, and that he caught just six keepers all day. He weighed in two largemouth and two spotted bass from a spinnerbait and a 3-pound smallmouth on a crankbait.
“I targeted blowdowns on the points with the spinnerbait, and when the wind quit blowing I switched to a flat-sided crankbait. It was the same deal [with the crankbait] – rocky, wind-blown points – but I stayed away from the trees,” said Powers, who earned his fifth win in FLW competition. “The crankbait has a tight wiggle and when they quit biting, I can usually catch a few on it.
Powers said his spinnerbait was a ½-ounce, custom-made lure with Willow Leaf and Colorado blades and a Glimmer Blue skirt, with a Zoom Split Tail trailer of the same color. His crankbait was a Root Beer-colored CP Custom Baits Series 3 balsa crankbait. He said he primarily worked in 6 to 10 feet of water.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Craig Powers, Rockwood, Tenn., five bass, 17-9, $3,583
2nd: Kevin Powers, Unicoi, Tenn., five bass, 13-15, $1,764
3rd: Jonathan Bowling , Harriman, Tenn., five bass, 13-8, $1,108
4th: Steve Coleman, Clayton, Ga., five bass, 13-6, $707
5th: Nathan Hipps, Canton, N.C., five bass, 11-7, $580
5th: Derrick Blake, Rockwood, Tenn., two bass, 11-7, $580
7th: Matt Linton, Kingston, Tenn., four bass, 10-6, $505
8th: Doug Burke, Castlewood, Va., four bass, 10-0, $454
9th: Tavin Napier, Rockwood, Tenn., three bass, 9-9, $404
10th: Wayne Coppage, Jonesboro, Tenn., four bass, 9-1, $353
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Powers also caught a 7-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $355.
David Blakely of Kingsport, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $1,714 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 11 pounds, 10 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: David Blakely, Kingsport, Tenn., five bass, 11-10, $1,714
2nd: Mark Dillard, Bluff City, Tenn., four bass, 11-7, $807
3rd: Clint Dyer, Jonesborough, Tenn., four bass, 10-10, $505
4th: Joey Boling, Walland, Tenn., three bass, 9-0, $353
5th: Brian Miller, Calhoun, Ga., three bass, 8-0, $303
6th: Audie Aultman, Knoxville, Tenn., three bass, 7-5, $278
7th: Bradley Watts, Afton, Tenn., four bass, 7-3, $252
8th: Jim Neece Sr., Bristol, Va., three bass, 6-15, $214
8th: Darren Kelly, Wartburg, Tenn., two bass, 6-15, $364
10th: Robert Barch Jr., Nelsonville, Ohio, two bass, 6-13, $177
Curtis Crooke of Washburn, Tennessee, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $177.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina, presented by Navionics. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
SMITHVILLE’S TRAMEL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON CENTER HILL LAKE
Co-Angler Title Goes to Goodletsville’s Adams
SPARTA, Tenn. (April 1, 2019) – Boater Josh Tramel of Smithville, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 20 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division tournament on Center Hill Lake. For his first-place finish, Tramel earned $4,384.
Tramel said he primarily worked through two mid-lake areas with gravel and rock, and caught approximately 10 keepers throughout the tournament.
“One area was a staging area – a little creek channel swing in a major creek – and one had multiple staging areas close to points where bass were spawning,” said Tramel, who earned his sixth career win in BFL competition. “I caught most of what I weighed in before lunch, until 12 [p.m.] or so. My limit was made up of all smallmouth.”
Tramel caught three that he weighed at the channel swing in 6 to 8 feet of water using a Carolina-rigged green pumpkin-colored Berkley Power Hog. The other two smallmouth were caught at the points on Crawfish-colored Rapala DT6 and a DT10 crankbaits in 6 to 10 feet of water.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Josh Tramel, Smithville, Tenn., five bass, 20-12, $4,384
2nd: Jesse Rigsby, Old Hickory, Tenn., five bass, 17-2, $1,467
3rd: Mickey Beck, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 17-1, $1,127
4th: Clabion Johns, Covington, Ga., five bass, 16-15, $784
5th: Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 16-5, $587
6th: Daniel Johnson, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 16-0, $538
7th: Michael Thomason, Winchester, Tenn., five bass, 15-13, $489
8th: Jay Melton, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 15-11, $440
9th: Dale Rowland, Shelbyville, Tenn., five bass, 14-6, $391
10th: Alex Hester, Crossville, Tenn., five bass, 13-13, $342
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Matt Langley of Lebanon, Tennessee, caught a bass weighing 5 pounds even – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $335.
Mitchell Adams of Goodletsville’s, Tennessee, won the Co-angler Division and $1,374 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 9 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Mitchell Adams, Goodletsville, Tenn., five bass, 15-9, $1,374
2nd: Tyler Barnes, Murfreesboro, Tenn., five bass, 15-5, $687
3rd: Sam Loveless, Somerset, Ky., five bass, 12-6, $459
4th: Brian Reed, Cookeville, Tenn., four bass, 11-3, $321
5th: Bryan Brinson, Hendersonville, Tenn., three bass, 8-8, $375
6th: Randall Wiggins, Birmingham, Ala., five bass, 8-1, $302
7th: Todd Knois, Lewisburg, Tenn., three bass, 8-0, $229
8th: James Davis, Springfield, Tenn., three bass, 7-13, $206
9th: Donnie Rubel, Murfreesboro, Tenn., two bass, 7-8, $183
10th: Kelly Stone, Westmoreland, Tenn., two bass, 6-13, $160
Andrew Whitaker of Scottsville, Kentucky, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $152.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina, presented by Navionics. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
OKEECHOBEE’S NIX WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE
Co-Angler Title Goes to Boca Raton’s Trudel
CLEWISTON, Fla. (April 1, 2019) – Boater Neil Nix of Okeechobee, Florida, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 21 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Gator Division tournament on Lake Okeechobee. For his victory, Nix earned $5,641.
“I fished the North Shore area of the lake around scattered reed clumps. It’s a spawning area and during the spawn they get on those isolated clumps,” said Nix, who earned his second career win in FLW competition. “I caught most of my good fish early before 8:30 [a.m.], and one good one – a 4-pounder – around 11.”
Nix said he used a Texas-rigged, black and blue-colored Gambler Fat Ace with a 3/16-ounce weight to catch his fish on Saturday.
“I ended up catching more than 20 keepers during the tournament,” said Neil. “I also caught a couple flipping in Observation Shoals with a Texas-rigged [black and blue-colored Reaction Innovations] Sweet Beaver, but didn’t end up weighing any of those fish.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Neil Nix, Okeechobee, Fla., five bass, 21-11, $3,641 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus
2nd: Santos Solis, Vero Beach, Fla., five bass, 21-3, $1,820
3rd: William Schmitt, West Palm Beach, Fla., five bass, 19-14, $1,032
3rd: Robert Crosnoe, Inverness, Fla., five bass, 19-14, $1,032
5th: Mikey Keyso Jr., North Port, Fla., five bass, 18-4, $728
6th: Jim Hurlock Jr., West Palm Beach, Fla., five bass, 17-9, $668
7th: Mike Davis, Alachua, Fla., five bass, 16-15, $1,082
8th: Jonathan Lecrone, Orlando, Fla., five bass, 16-5, $546
9th: Brett Cannon, Parkland, Fla., five bass, 15-8, $455
9th: Rick Mitchell, Naples, Fla., five bass, 15-8, $455
Complete results can be found at FLWFishi/ng.com.
Davis caught a largemouth weighing 9 pounds even – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $475.
Jay Trudel of Boca Raton, Florida, won the Co-angler Division and $1,920 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 19 pounds, 13 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Jay Trudel, Boca Raton, Fla., five bass, 19-13, $1,920
2nd: Robert Turcotte, Naples, Fla., five bass, 16-0, $1,028
3rd: Moses Wilson, Clewiston, Fla., five bass, 15-9, $607
4th: Bryce Goff, Haines City, Fla., five bass, 13-1, $425
5th: Bryan Lefebvre, Pompano Beach, Fla. five bass, 12-5, $364
6th: Jesse Forthun, Saint James City, Fla., four bass, 11-13, $334
7th: Dana Bass, Miami, Fla., five bass, 11-9, $303
8th: Michael Robel, Bradenton, Fla., four bass, 11-6, $323
9th: Kevin Thomas, Miramar, Fla., five bass, 11-3, $243
10th: Steve Smith, Jacksonville, Fla., five bass, 10-11, $212
Larry Branch of Kissimmee, Florida, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $118.
The tournament was hosted by Roland & Mary Ann Martin's Marina & 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.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
FLW TOUR HEADS TO CHEROKEE LAKE FOR FIFTH EVENT OF SEASON
Jefferson City to Host Four-Day Bass Fishing Event Featuring Outdoor Expo and $125,000 Top Prize
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (March 28, 2019) – Fishing League Worldwide (FLW), the world’s largest tournament fishing organization, is heading to Jefferson City to take on Cherokee Lake, April 11-14, for the FLW Tour at Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance. Hosted by the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County, the tournament will feature four days of bass-fishing action from 165 of the world’s best bass-fishing professionals competing for a top award of up to $125,000 and valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup – the world championship of bass fishing.
Although Cherokee Lake has hosted multiple T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) events over the years, this event will mark the first time the FLW Tour has ever visited the fishery. The total purse for the FLW Tour at Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance – the 215th event in FLW Tour history – is more than $860,000.
“Everybody knows you can go up the river to catch largemouth on Cherokee Lake. It’s got a decent population of largemouth, but I don’t think it can withstand the fishing pressure of a tournament of our size over four days,” said pro Jason Abram of Piney Flats, Tennessee, a 10-year FLW Tour veteran. “I think it’s going to take a mixed bag – largemouth and smallmouth – to win.
“The smallmouth population in Cherokee Lake is pretty strong still,” Abram continued. “It’s very possible that they could be bedding, although the TVA started dropping the water last week and that could hold them off. In my opinion, the majority of the anglers in the top 50 will likely be fishing for smallmouth.”
With both species of bass in play, it will be a crucial decision for tournament competitors. Abram said that smallmouth would likely be heavily targeted in staging areas - points and chunk rock – before moving in to spawn on pea-gravel banks. Abram expects the largemouth to also play a big role for anglers and predicted that the majority would be caught up the Holston River.
“These guys are used to running around flipping bushes and docks, but in East Tennessee, when the water is low, we don’t have that, Abram said. “We’re going to have to decipher what kind of rock and what depth of rock they are on.
“Someone is going to figure out how to catch a largemouth first thing, and then catch some smallmouth to fill out a limit. Or, they’re going to catch a limit of smallmouth and then go flipping or shallow-cranking for largemouth and catch that 4- or 5-pounder that puts them where they need to be,” Abram went on to say. “We’re just going to have to figure them out when we get there.”
The Tennessee pro estimated that a four-day cumulative weight of 58 pounds should be enough to earn the victory on Championship Sunday.
Anglers will take off at 7 a.m. EST each day from the TVA Dam Boat Launch, located at 2805 N. Highway 92, in Jefferson City. Thursday and Friday’s weigh-ins, April 11-12, will be held near the launch beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins, April 13-14, will also be held near the launch, but will begin at 4 p.m.
Prior to weigh-in each day, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the TVA Dam Boat Launch from 2 to 6 p.m. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, as well as learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.
Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the TVA Dam Boat Launch on Saturday, April 13, from Noon-2 p.m. The event is hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1st and 2nd place anglers that catch the most fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Tour stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.
Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance will premiere in 2019. The exact air-date will be announced soon. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.
The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Days Three and Four of the event, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by veteran FLW Tour pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers compete in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Bassmaster Elite Series Returning To South Carolina’s Historic Lake Hartwell
ANDERSON, S.C. — After serving three times in the past 11 years as the host venue for the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods, Lake Hartwell is already firmly entrenched in professional bass fishing history.
Now it’s time to write the next chapter.
The Bassmaster Elite at Lake Hartwell is scheduled for April 4-7 with daily takeoffs from Green Pond Landing and Event Center in Anderson at 7 a.m. ET and weigh-ins back at Green Pond Landing at 3:15 p.m. A field of 75 anglers will compete for a $100,000 first-place prize and valuable points in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race.
South Carolina pro Brandon Cobb, who lives just 50 minutes from the launch, believes the spawn could be in full swing by the time the tournament starts.
“This year we’ve had some warm weather, but we’ve had more cold nights than we’ve ever had,” said Cobb, a Clemson graduate who has been fishing Hartwell his whole life. “So the fish are a little behind from what they were the last few years.
“If the weather holds stable like the forecast says, I think it’s going to be mostly a spawn tournament. I don’t think every fish will be on bed, but there will be a lot of sight fish caught.”
Cobb said a bed-fishing tournament could be good for the entire field because all of Hartwell’s 56,000 surface acres offer perfect habitat for the bass spawn. Even anglers who haven’t fished the lake much in the past should be able to find good five-fish limits.
That’ll make for a great overall tournament, but it could eliminate the hometown advantage he was looking forward to during a rare week when he’ll get to fish an Elite Series event while sleeping nights in his own bed.
“Basically, my local advantage is gone if they’re on bed,” Cobb said. “A place like the St. Johns River in Florida has key spawning areas. But on Lake Hartwell, they spawn everywhere. In general, all of Lake Hartwell is the same water temperature — and when they come up, they come up everywhere.”
Normally, when a major tournament visits Hartwell, anglers spend much of their time chasing nomadic bass that are following the lake’s famed population of blueback herring. But that isn’t likely to be the case during this event.
“The one time of year when herring don’t play a major factor is during this spawn,” Cobb said. “That changes things a lot and really makes this tournament wide open.”
Cobb stopped short of saying the event will be a “junk fishing tournament” — which means anglers would be fishing a wide variety of tactics without any solid technique rising to the forefront. But he said it could certainly be an event where anglers find bass in a lot of different places and catch them on a lot of different baits.
“You could fish a different part of the lake every day and still catch them,” Cobb said. “Hartwell just has so much to offer. It’ll all depend on who consistently finds the biggest bags.”
Though he expects lots of 18- to 20-pound limits to be weighed, Cobb said he doesn’t expect the winning angler to reach that mark all four days.
“With the nature of the bedding fish on Hartwell, I would feel really good about averaging 17 pounds a day,” he said. “You may have one day where you catch 20 pounds and then another day when you don’t really find them.
“That 17-pound consistency will basically be the key.”
This is the third event on the 2019 Bassmaster Elite Series schedule. After the first two events on Florida’s St. Johns River and Georgia’s Lake Lanier, Canadian pro Chris Johnston leads the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year standings with 190 points, followed by Alabama angler Scott Canterbury (182) and Texas pro Lee Livesay (181).
A full field of 75 anglers will fish Thursday and Friday before the field is cut to the Top 35 for Saturday’s semifinal round. Only the Top 10 will advance to Championship Sunday for a chance at the coveted blue trophy and the six-figure paycheck.
On Saturday and Sunday at Green Pond Landing, the Elite Expo will offer interactive exhibits, merchandise sales, prizes and contests, food and beverage vendors and activities for children. Fans can also meet the Elites at Angler Alley on Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m. or participate in Elite Angler Clinics onstage at the same time. Saturday is also Military and First Responder Appreciation Day, and Sunday is B.A.S.S. Member Appreciation Day.
Visit Anderson is the host organization for the event.
Roberts & Owens Weigh over 24 pounds for the Win and $4,459 on Jordan Lake!
Courtesy of Raymond Jones - Collins Boating
As you can see from the picture above, the first event of the 2019 Collin’s Inc. – Bass For Cash Series was held yesterday at Jordan Lake, NC. The Collin’s Crew started tournament preparations onsite at Farrington Point Wildlife Landing at 3:00AM. 91 Adult Teams & 12 Youth Teams for 104 total were registered for this event that featured free food, free giveaways, AnglersChannel.com coverage from land and on the water, and improved payouts for the anglers. The first place team of Keith Roberts & Billy Owens took the victory with a five fish limit weighing 24.08 lbs. They were awarded $3,549.00 for their 1st place finish. Roberts & Owens also caught a “GIANT” 9.11 lb bass that took big bass honors for the day and paid out $910.00. All said and done, the Roberts & Owens duo rolled out of the parking lot after the pig picking with two first place trophies and $4,459.00 in winnings for the day. Congratulations Keith Roberts & Billy Owens!
Second Place was secured by Brandon Gray & Todd Massey with a limit of bass weighing 22.32 lbs. Gray & Massey secured a $1,774.50 payday Saturday for their 2nd place finish. The third place team of Chuckie Creech & Colton Davis also had a five bass limit that weighed 21.96 lbs and netted them $1,001.00 for their day of fishing.
The Top 12 Boats were issued checks Saturday in the 1st 2019 Collin’s Inc. – Bass For Cash Event on Jordan Lake, NC.
1st 24.08 lbs
Keith Roberts, Billy Owens $3,549.00
Big Fish 9.11lbs
Ketih Roberts, Billy Owens $910.00
Total Roberts & Owens Winnings: $4,459.00
2nd 22.32 lbs
Brandon Gray, Todd Massey $1,774.50
3rd 21.96 lbs
Chuckie Creech, Colton Davis $1,001.00
4th 21.59 lbs
Johnathon Holloway, Collin Ford $637.00
5th 21.31 lbs
Mike May, Dale Winstead $455.00
6th 20.18 lbs
Stephen Lasher, Chad Fare $341.25
7th 19.66 lbs
Britt Oquinn, Brian West $295.75
8th 19.61 lbs
Skeet Bennett, Buster Seabolt $273.00
9th 19.25 lbs
Mike Merchant, Brad Mclaurin $250.25
10th 18.94 lbs
Ron Clark, Ronnie Clark $227.50
11th 18.53 lbs
Rich Szczerbala, Jamie Olive $182.00
12th 18.34 lbs
Larry Hipps, Patrick Arzonico $136.50
Powroznik Rallies for Win in Bass Pro Tour Favorite Fishing Stage Three Raleigh
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MLF pro Jacob Powroznik wacky-wormed his way to the MLF Stage Three win on North Carolina's Shearon Harris Reservoir with a total catch for the day of 20 scorable bass weighing a cumulative 63 pounds, 4 ounces. (Click to enlarge)
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Lawyer Wins FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury Marine
Missouri Pro Earns First Career Tour Victory, Wins $125,000
GROVE, Okla. (March 31, 2019) – The FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury Marine promised a dramatic finish Sunday as all of the final top-10 anglers competing were within striking distance of first place and the title of Grand Lake Champion. When the scales settled, it was Bass Pro Shops pro Jeremy Lawyer of Sarcoxie, Missouri, who had caught enough weight to earn the first FLW Tour victory of his career.
Lawyer’s final-day catch of five bass weighing 13 pounds, 14 ounces gave him a four-day total of 62-12 and the win via tiebreaker – the Day Three standings – over international angler Michael Matthee of Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, who also weighed in a four-day total of 62-12, but started the day fourth place. Lawyer started the day in place and earned the win and the first place prize of $125,000.
“I can’t even express what this means,” said Lawyer, the 2016 Bass Fishing League (BFL) All-American Champion who is fishing his third season on the FLW Tour. “I dreamt for years of making the All-American, then I finally made it there and won it. That was a huge milestone for my family – my bank account, my fishing career, everything. Now, to get a win at the Tour level, it’s unbelievable. And to do it here with my friends following me on a lake that I’ve got a lot of history with and love for, gosh, it couldn’t be any better.”
Lawyer said that he caught all 20 of the fish that he weighed in this week on spinnerbaits, his key one being a ¾-ounce Freedom Lures Swing head spinnerbait thrown on a 7-foot, 6-inch Lew’s Magnum Heavy Cover rod and Lew’s Pro Magnesium reel spooled with 20-pound Sunline fluorocarbon. He credited his knowledge of the lake as being the key to his victory.
“I fished four different areas of the lake. I might have retreaded some of the same watepr, but I started somewhere completely new every day,” Lawyer said. “I fished everything from Honey Creek to the Dam. It was so random. My five fish that I caught today came on five different things. One came off of a little pipe this morning. My big one came off of a laydown. One came off of a little secondary point that didn’t have anything there. Another came off of a big old tree that was almost completely out of the water way in the back of a creek. And it’s been that way all week.”
Like most of the FLW Tour field, Lawyer said the fishing was a grind. He caught seven keepers on each of the first two days of competition, six keepers on Saturday and just five keepers on Sunday. Despite the tough conditions, Lawyer declared that Grand Lake was still in great shape.
“If we were here just two weeks later, it’d be stupid what we catch,” Lawyer said. “The lake is in great shape, but the weather is just what held us all back this week. That probably worked in my favor.
“Getting the win from the tiebreaker just goes to show how tight the competition is on the FLW Tour,” Lawyer went on to say. “Everyone out here can catch them, and it really shows the power of catching five every day. I caught a tiny little line-burner today that I was embarrassed to bring to weigh-in, but boy, am I glad that I brought him along.”
The top 10 pros on Grand Lake finished:
1st: Bass Pro Shops pro Jeremy Lawyer, Sarcoxie, Mo., 20 bass, 62-12, $127,500
2nd: Michael Matthee, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, 18 bass, 62-12, $30,200
3rd: Miles Burghoff, Hixson, Tenn., 18 bass, 61-3, $25,500
4th: Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 17 bass, 59-9, $20,100
5th: Bradford Beavers, Summerville, S.C., 19 bass, 58-4, $19,000
6th: Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., 18 bass, 58-1, $18,000
7th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 16 bass, 56-7, $17,000
8th: Brian Latimer, Belton, S.C., 12 bass, 46-12, $16,000
9th: Jamie Horton, Centerville, Ala., 14 bass, 43-5, $15,000
10th: Sheldon Collings, Grove, Okla., 15 bass, 39-9, $14,000
Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Overall there were 31 bass weighing 102 pounds, 8 ounces caught by pros Sunday. Five of the final 10 pros weighed in five-bass limits.
Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury will premiere in 2019. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.
The total purse for the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury was more than $860,000. The tournament was hosted by the City of Grove and the Cherokee Casino Grove. The next event for FLW Tour anglers will be the FLW Tour at Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance, in Jefferson City Tennessee, April 11-14. The tournament will be hosted by the Economic Development Alliance of Jefferson County.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to fish on Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Caleb McNeal and Taylor Luna Win 2019 Alabama Bass Trail Lake Jordan
March 30, 2019 – Wetumpka, Ala. – While Lake Jordan in Wetumpka, Alabama may be one of the smaller lakes on the Alabama Bass Trail schedule, it certainly seems to produce monster results.
While the bass population of the Coosa River has largely been put off by a variety of conditions; high water, low water and up and down temperatures, that lull seemed to change on Saturday as the past week of stable weather seemed to have a positive effect on Lake Jordan. The evidence showed in the results of the second event of the ABT Southern Division’s 2019 schedule.
While events have been won here with higher weights in the past, the quality of limits brought to the scales were high. None tipped the ABT scales more so than the winners of the event, Caleb McNeal and Taylor Luna, who weighed 22.06 and took home the $10,000 winner’s purse.
The pair said that they benefitted by drawing out as the first boat to take off, giving them the first pick of fishing locations. “When we got the text saying we were boat number one, we felt like this could happen,” they said. “We were able to get upriver and pick our starting spot, and everything worked out from there.”
They said the stopped just short of the am on an offshore structure spot, and filled their limit fairly early with a football jig and a pair of swimbaits. “We caught our limit at 10:00, and culled up to our final weight by 11:30,” they said. “We caught them on 3/4-ounce Football jigs and Big Bite Baits BB Kicker and Basstrix swimbaits on homemade 3/4-ounce jigheads.”
The team seemed very happy with the outcome. “It’s been a while since we’ve been able to have this kind of quality win,” they said. “To beat a field this size, with this level of anglers means a lot to us.”
No stranger to being at the top of the leaderboard, Chris Rutland and Coby Carden finished the day in second place with 20.48 pounds. The pair said that they too ran upriver, and fished both ends of the lake. “We fished dam to dam with a football jig and caught four spotted bass and one largemouth we caught off a bed,” they reported. “We would have liked for the day to end just a little bit better, but, sometimes things just don’t happen that way. We fished clean, and just got beaten; there is nothing else we could have done, that’s just how it goes sometimes.” The pair earned $5,000 for their efforts.”
The team of Eric Morris – and ABT Sponsor from Wedowee Marine – and his partner Ben Williamson finished the day in third place; their second consecutive top 5 Southern Division finish. Together they earned $4,000 for their efforts, and gave themselves a three point lead in the Southern Division Anglers of the Year Race over John Pollard and Dallas Weldon.
The Mountain Dew Big Bass of the tournament went to the 53rd place team of Michael Cox and Colt Boyette. The 6.54-pound largemouth earned them the $500 bonus for catching the heaviest fish of the tournament.
The Southern Division of the Alabama Bass Trail hits the water next at the Alabama River oat Cooter’s Pond on April 20.
The Top 10 Standings are below, for complete standings, visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/lj-results/
| Place | Anglers | Weight | Big Fish | Winnings |
| 1 | Caleb McNeal / Taylor Luna | 22.06 | 4.76 | $10,000 |
| 2 | Chris Rutland / Coby Carden | 20.48 | 4.90 | $5,000 |
| 3 | Eric Morris / Ben Williamson | 20.13 | 5.56 | $4,000 |
| 4 | Foster Bradley / Nick Harris | 19.46 | $3,000 | |
| 5 | Steven Morris / Matt Vanzant | 19.04 | $2,000 | |
| 6 | Michael Taylor / Steven Johnston | 18.91 | $1,500 | |
| 7 | John Pollard / Dallas Weldon | 18.47 | $1,100 | |
| 8 | Mark Succi / Douglas Stephens | 18.19 | $1,100 | |
| 9 | Danny Lavoie / Sammy Bailey | 17.84 | $1,100 | |
| 10 | Kevin Phillips / Robert Medas | 17.79 | $1,100 |
Whitwell High School Claims Bassmaster High School Southern Open Title On Lake Guntersville
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THRIFT TAKES OVER AT FLW TOUR AT GRAND LAKE PRESENTED BY MERCURY MARINE
Two-Time AOY Brings 3-Pound Lead Into Championship Sunday
GROVE, Okla. (March 30, 2019) – The FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury Marine is setting up for a dramatic final day on Sunday – the top 10 is stacked with a two-time FLW Tour Angler of the Year, an FLW Cup champion, a Costa FLW Series Champion, a Bass Fishing League (BFL) All-American Champion and a local angling prodigy that are all in striking distance to win the tournament, and the top prize of $125,000.
Tour stalwart Bryan Thrift of Shelby, North Carolina, who started the day in fifth place, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 19 pounds, 3 ounces to take the lead with a three-day total of 52-1.
Pro Jeremy Lawyer of Sarcoxie, Missouri, (48-14) jumped into second after bringing in a limit weighing 17-9. Billy McCaghren of Mayflower, Arkansas, (46-12), South Africa’s Michael Matthee (44-15) and reigning Costa FLW Series Champion Bradford Beavers of Summerville, South Carolina (44-6) round out the top five. Local angler, 21-year-old Sheldon Collings of Grove (39-9) moved into the top-10 cut Saturday with a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 13 ounces.
With just a 3-pound, 3-ounce cushion heading into the final day, tournament-leader Thrift is excited to see how it all shakes on Championship Sunday.
“I love it – this is where I want to be,” said Thrift, who has six career victories in FLW Tour competition – tied for No. 3 all-time. “If you’re ever leading going into the final day and it doesn’t make you excited, it’s time to quit. It’s an awesome feeling and I’m excited to get back out there tomorrow.”
Thrift said that he had seven bites on Saturday, catching, “a couple on a jig and a couple on a crankbait.” He first keeper came around 9:30 a.m., and he said he caught, “one here, one there” every 45 minutes or so.
“It’s tough because I can’t look at something and say ‘that’s where I’m going to get a bite,’ Thrift said. “I’ve got to go into places and fish everything there – docks, rocks, wood, sand, gravel – I have to fish all of it because I have no idea where I’m going to get bit from. I caught two today on a bare bank. I caught one on a dock, one out of a tree and one on a rock.
“The plan for tomorrow is to do the same as I did today,” Thrift went on to say. “I’m going to fish everywhere that I’ve gotten a bite – that’ll take me about an hour. And then I’m going to run all new water. We’ll see what happens.”
The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition Sunday on Grand Lake are:
1st: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 15 bass, 52-1
2nd: Jeremy Lawyer, Sarcoxie, Mo., 15 bass, 48-14
3rd: Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., 15 bass, 46-12
4th: Michael Matthee, Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, 13 bass, 44-15
5th: Bradford Beavers, Summerville, S.C., 14 bass, 44-6
6th: Brian Latimer, Belton, S.C., 11 bass, 43-4
7th: Miles Burghoff, Hixson, Tenn., 13 bass, 42-7
8th: Berkley pro John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 12 bass, 42-4
9th: Jamie Horton, Centerville, Ala., 13 bass, 41-10
10th: Sheldon Collings, Grove, Okla., 15 bass, 39-9
Finishing in 11th through 30th are:
11th: Bailey Boutries, Daphne, Ala., 11 bass, 39-8, $12,000
12th: Jon Canada, Helena, Ala., 12 bass, 37-15, $12,000
13th: Costa pro Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, 13 bass, 37-14, $12,000
14th: Bradley Hallman, Norman, Okla., 12 bass, 37-8, $12,000
15th: Braxton Setzer, Montgomery, Ala., 12 bass, 37-1, $12,000
16th: Matt Reed, Madisonville, Texas, 13 bass, 37-0, $11,500
17th: Ryan Chandler, Hebron, Ind., 15 bass, 36-13, $11,500
18th: Joel Willert, Prior Lake, Minn., 12 bass, 36-7, $11,500
19th: Josh Douglas, Isle, Minn., 15 bass, 35-10, $11,500
20th: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, nine bass, 35-9, $11,500
21st: Ron Farrow, Rock Hill, S.C., 11 bass, 35-9, $10,500
22nd: Yamamoto Baits pro Larry Nixon, Quitman, Ark., 12 bass, 34-5, $10,500
23rd: Shell Rotella pro Jimmy Houston, Cookson, Okla., 12 bass, 33-12, $10,500
24th: Nick LeBrun, Bossier City, La., 12 bass, 33-9 , $10,500
25th: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 12 bass, 33-8, $10,500
26th: Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., 11 bass, 32-4, $10,500
27th: Rapala pro Terry Bolton, Benton, Ky., 10 bass, 31-8, $10,500
28th: Lendell Martin Jr., Nacogdoches, Texas, nine bass, 26-10, $10,500
29th: David Wootton, Collierville, Tenn., 10 bass, 26-6, $10,500
30th: Tyler Stewart, West Monroe, La., eight bass, 26-4, $10,500
Full results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Overall there were 98 bass weighing 276 pounds, 5 ounces caught by pros Saturday, Of the final 30 pros, 10 of them were able to bring a five-bass limit to the scale.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to fish on Saturday. Now, only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
The total purse for the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the City of Grove and the Cherokee Casino Grove.
Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.
Anglers will take off for the final day of competition at 7 a.m. CST Sunday from Wolf Creek Park, located at 963 N. 16th St., in Grove. Sunday’s Championship weigh-in will be held at the park beginning at 4 p.m.
In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at Wolf Creek Park from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.
Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury will premiere in 2019. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.
The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by Oklahoma Costa FLW Series pro Matt Pangrac to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Palaniuk, Lane, Sprague Complete Flip-Flops on Falls, Advance to Knockout Round at Favorite Fishing Stage Three Raleigh presented by Evinrude
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Brandon Palaniuk's 6-1 helped him to 42-5 in Elimination Round competition on Falls Lake.
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The competition around the Elimination Line came down to a battle of less than 2 pounds among Jeff Kriet, Dave Lefebre and Marty Robinson. Kriet scraped together 12-10 to finish the day with 33-10, and then hung on to the final spot as Robinson climbed to within 1-7.
Saturday's X-factor is the group of anglers in both Groups A and B whose Shotgun Round weights offered them the luxury of spending most of their Elimination days practicing and becoming more familiar with the nooks and crannies of Falls. David Walker, for example, weighed in only four fish for 9 pounds on the day; Casey Ashley weighed just one fish ... but it was a 7-6 hawg.
Many of the anglers fishing the previous two days of Elimination Round competition expressed some anxiety about leaving behind the big-fish bonanza that occurred on Jordan Lake in the Shotgun Rounds. And who could blame them: Kelly Jordon racked up a Bass Pro Tour-record weight of 82-4 during Day 1 of Shotgun Round action on Jordan Lake, and several anglers experienced near-record days on that fishery.
ALABAMA ROOKIE BOUTRIES GRABS LEAD AT FLW TOUR AT GRAND LAKE PRESENTED BY MERCURY MARINE
Rookie Chucks Spinnerbait All Day Long to Vault from 17th Place into Lead
GROVE, Okla. (March 29, 2019) – Rookie pro Bailey Boutries of Daphne, Alabama, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Friday weighing 20 pounds, 6 ounces, to take the lead after Day Two of the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury Marine. Boutries’ two-day total of 10 bass weighing 35 pounds, 4 ounces gives him a slim 4-ounce advantage heading into Day Three of the four-day competition that features 165 of the world’s best bass-fishing anglers competing for a top cash award of up to $125,000.
The 2016 FLW Cup Champion John Cox of DeBary, Florida, sits in second place, just 4 ounces behind Boutries with 35-0. Pro Bradley Hallman of Norman leads the Okie contingent with 31-12, good for ninth place, while Grove’s Sheldon Collings sits in 21st place with 24-12. Legendary pro Jimmy Houston of Cookson also made the top-30 cut and will start Day Three in 22nd place with 24-12. The field is now cut to 30 for Saturday’s competition with only the top 10 anglers advancing to championship Sunday.
Boutries said he caught 11 keepers throughout the day Friday, doing the majority of his damage with a War Eagle spinnerbait thrown on a 7-2 medium-heavy Profishiency rod, with a 6.5:1 Ardent reel spooled with 17-pound P-Line Tactical fluorocarbon.
“I caught a good one yesterday (Thursday) on the spinnerbait, but the rest of my limit came dragging a Texas-rigged creature bait. Today, all of my fish that I caught came on the spinnerbait,” said Boutries, who is fishing in his fourth career FLW Tour event. “That storm today really helped. When it started raining and got really windy, they really bit. The wind was a huge factor for me.
“I probably hit 10 different spots,” Boutries continued. “I was doing the same thing and it seemed that they like to be in a certain combination of rock.”
Saturday’s weather forecast calls for more rain and a drop in temperatures, but Boutries is confident that his fish will withstand the changing condition.
“I’m not even worried about the money, I just love fishing and I love being out here and competing against the best,” Boutries said. “I’m competing against Scott Martin, David Dudley, Bryan Thrift. And I’m leading the tournament. It’s so exciting.
“I don’t want to say that I’m going to really catch them again tomorrow, but I’m confident that I can go back out and catch five,” Boutries went on to say.
The top 30 pros that made the cut and will fish Saturday on Grand Lake are:
1st: Bailey Boutries, Daphne, Ala., 10 bass, 35-4
2nd: John Cox, DeBary, Fla., 10 bass, 35-0
3rd: Bradford Beavers, Summerville, S.C., 10 bass, 34-15
4th: Jamie Horton, Centerville, Ala., 10 bass, 32-14
5th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 10 bass, 32-14
6th: Brian Latimer, Belton, S.C., eight bass, 32-11
7th: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, eight bass, 32-7
8th: Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., 10 bass, 32-2
9th: Bradley Hallman, Norman, Okla., 10 bass, 31-12
10th: Terry Bolton, Benton, Ky., 10 bass, 31-8
11th: Jeremy Lawyer, Sarcoxie, Mo., 10 bass, 31-5
12th: Braxton Setzer, Montgomery, Ala., nine bass, 29-13
13th: Michael Matthee, Centurion, GP, South Aftrica, eight bass, 29-0
14th: Miles Burghoff, Hixson, Tenn., eight bass, 28-14
15th: Larry Nixon, Quitman, Ark., 10 bass, 28-11
16th: Joel Willert, Prior Lake, Minn., eight bass, 27-12
17th: Costa pro Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, eight bass, 27-6
18th: Ron Farrow, Rock Hill, S.C., eight bass, 26-15
19th: Jon Canada, Helena, Ala., seven bass, 26-10
20th: Nick LeBrun, Bossier City, La., nine bass, 26-5
21st: Sheldon Collings, Grove, Okla., 10 bass, 24-12
22nd: Jimmy Houston, Cookson, Okla., eight bass, 24-12
23rd: Tyler Stewart, West Monroe, La., seven bass, 24-10
24th: Lendell Martin Jr., Nacogdoches, Texas, eight bass, 24-8
25th: David Wootton, Collierville, Tenn., nine bass, 24-6
26th: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., nine bass, 24-4
27th: Josh Douglas, Isle, Minn., 10 bass, 23-13
28th: Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., eight bass, 23-11
29th: Matt Reed, Madisonville, Texas, nine bass, 23-1
30th: Ryan Chandler, Hebron, Ind., 10 bass, 22-14
Full results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Andy Young of Isle, Minnesota, earned Friday’s $500 Big Bass award in the pro division after bringing a largemouth weighing 7-pounds, 4-ounces to the scale.
Overall there were 422 bass weighing 1,195 pounds, 11 ounces caught by 139 pros Friday. The catch included 31 five-bass limits.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight now advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
The total purse for the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the City of Grove and the Cherokee Casino Grove.
Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.
Anglers will take off at 7 a.m. CST Saturday and Sunday from Wolf Creek Park, located at 963 N. 16th St., in Grove. Weigh-ins will be held at the park beginning at 4 p.m.
In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at Wolf Creek Park from 2 to 6 p.m. each day. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.
Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the park on Saturday, March 30 from Noon-2 p.m. The event is hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1st and 2nd place anglers that catch the biggest fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Tour stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.
Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury will premiere in 2019. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.
The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Saturday and Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. Host Travis Moran will be joined by Oklahoma Costa FLW Series pro Matt Pangrac to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
A Rookie by No Means
North Carolina Pro Shane Lehew has been around the likes of Professional Fishing for several years but has recently made a move to the Bassmaster Elite Series to try and earn his chance to fish in the biggest tournament of his career, the Bassmaster Classic. Listen in as Jason and Shane talk fishing while Shane battles a few Lake Norman largemouth during the show.
20 Anglers Survive Elimination, Move on to Knockout Round on Falls Lake
Randall Tharp ended Elimination Round 1 in seventh place, advancing to the Knockout Round on Saturday.
By Joel Shangle - March 28, 2019
RALEIGH, N.C. – It has become one of the most interesting (and in some cases, gut-wrenching) focal points of the young MLF Bass Pro Tour season: the battle around the 20th spot in the standings during Elimination Rounds.
That 20th spot – which represents the final qualifier for the Knockout Round – is the definition of “make or break” and has created some of the highest moments of drama in the history of professional bass fishing.
If you’re Jacob Powroznik, you love it today: the Virginia pro weighed in 12 pounds, 13 ounces of Falls Lake largemouth to finish with a two-day total of 32-14, good for 20th in Group A at the Bass Pro Tour Favorite Fishing Stage Three Raleigh Presented by Evinrude. If you’re Michael Neal, not so much: the Tennessee pro put 17-4 on SCORETRACKER on the day, but fell 2 ounces short of Powroznik for the coveted final spot with 32-12.
“Well, what can you say: somebody has to be that guy, and today, that’s me,” Neal deadpanned as he waited for the start of the Berkely Postgame Show.
“It was very stressful,” Powroznik admitted. “At about 1 p.m., I was like ‘What am I doing wrong?’ The areas where those fish should be going, they’re just not there yet. The biggest thing is just keeping your head in it. I’m just glad I made it.”
Moving on to Knockout
For the 20 anglers who finished just ahead of Neal in Group A Shotgun and Elimination Round competition, it’s on to Saturday’s Knockout Round, where they’ll be joined by the Top 20 after tomorrow’s second Elimination Round on Falls Lake.
Notable performers on the day included:
- Andy Montgomery, who landed only four scorable fish on the day, but found a 7-4 and a 6-6 to finish the day in 18th with 34-13. Montgomery boated his 6-6 with 7 minutes left in competition.
- Jared Lintner, who weighed in 18-12 to finish 16th with a two-day total of 36-0.
- Josh Bertrand, whose 17-4 gave him 38-8, good for 14th.
Staying Put for Two Days
Unlike the previous competition schedule, there’s no lake swap: after fishing one day on Jordan Lake before switching to Falls, the Knockout Round will stay on Falls. Weights will be zeroed, which means that the heavy work done by round leader Kelly Jordon – who stacked 82-4 up on the first day and added 11-0 to his total today – will be erased.
But thanks to their stout performances on Jordan Lake, Jordon and fellow Top 10 finishers Todd Faircloth, Edwin Evers, Wesley Strader, Greg Vinson, Jacob Wheeler, Randall Tharp, Mark Daniels, Andy Morgan and Mike Iaconelli had the flexibility to more thoroughly scout around Falls in preparation for Saturday’s Knockout Round.
Changing Conditions on Falls
Group B’s Elimination Round on Friday will see mostly sunny skies and daytime highs in the mid-70s, and will be looking for largemouth on a fishery that’s currently in a positive transition from winter to spring: the water temperature rose 7 degrees during Thursday’s competition.
That fact that has shallow-water flippers like Powroznik anxious to fish again, and soon.
“Friday is going to be absolutely beautiful, Saturday is going to be beautiful, so it’s time: these fish are getting ready to spawn,” Powroznik said.
OHIO’S WEISENBURGER LEADS DAY ONE OF FLW TOUR AT GRAND LAKE PRESENTED BY MERCURY MARINE
Third-Year Pro Smacks 24+ Pound Limit on Finicky Grand Lake
GROVE, Okla. (March 28, 2019) – Pro Kyle Weisenburger of Ottawa, Ohio, caught a five-bass limit weighing 24 pounds, 12 ounces to take the lead on the opening day of the FLW Tour at the Grand Lake presented by Mercury Marine. Pros Todd Castledine of Nacogdoches, Texas (20-2), and Miles Burghoff of Hixson, Tennessee (19-12), are the closest anglers to Weisenburger in second and third place as the four-day tournament, which features 165 of the world’s best bass-fishing professionals casting for a top award of up to $125,000, heads into Day Two.
The weather in northeastern Oklahoma, although overcast, was nice Thursday, although many tournament anglers experienced a Grand Lake that was much more finicky than normal – likely due to fluctuating water levels. The bass are scattered and it’s left many competitors scratching their heads as they try to figure out the puzzle. Weisenburger found his the majority of his big limit in a single pocket, although he was also able to run around his creek arm and replicate his pattern on a couple other spots.
“I had a couple of good little stretches and caught 12 or 13 fish today, which is quadruple anything that I had done in practice,” said Weisenburger, who is fishing in his third season as a pro on the FLW Tour. “I think it was more area-oriented – when I got the stuff I was looking for, I got a couple of bites.
“I caught fish on two different baits,” Weisenburger continued. “I had three rods on my deck, but threw primarily just two baits and when I got in the right area they would really eat one of them. The conditions let me know which one I was going to throw. I checked the forecast and I believe it will be similar tomorrow, which is good because it really set up right for me today.
Weisenburger declined to divulge the specifics on his lures and pattern at this point of the tournament, but did hint that the water he was fishing was a bit dirtier than most.
“I caught one or two more keepers there that didn’t help me, so I decided I was going to ease off of them,” Weisenburger said. “I ended up leaving my primary area and I figured out a little bit of a pattern.
“It was a good day, but it’s only Day One,” Weisenburger went on to say. “I’m going to start in my primary area tomorrow and see where it takes me. Hopefully they’re still there and I will get to fish into the weekend.”
The top 10 pros after day one on Grand Lake are:
1st: Kyle Weisenburger, Ottawa, Ohio, five bass, 24-12
2nd: Costa pro Todd Castledine, Nacogdoches, Texas, five bass, 20-2
3rd: Miles Burghoff, Hixson, Tenn., five bass, 19-12
4th: Billy McCaghren, Mayflower, Ark., five bass, 19-9
5th: Bradford Beavers, Summerville, S.C., five bass, 19-0
6th: Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas, five bass, 18-9
7th: Braxton Setzer, Montgomery, Ala., five bass, 17-7
8th: Christopher Brasher, Longview, Texas, five bass, 17-0
9th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., five bass, 16-12
10th: Bradley Hallman, Norman, Okla., five bass, 16-5
For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.
Burghoff earned Thursday’s $500 Big Bass award in the pro division after bringing an 8-pound largemouth to the scale – the largest fish of the day.
Overall there were 428 bass weighing 1,207 pounds, 2 ounces caught by 143 pros Thursday. The catch included 37 five-bass limits.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 165 pro anglers compete in the two-day opening round Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advance to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continue competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
The total purse for the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the City of Grove and the Cherokee Casino Grove.
Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.
Anglers will take off at 7 a.m. CST Friday through Sunday from Wolf Creek Park, located at 963 N. 16th St., in Grove. Friday’s weigh-in will be held at the park beginning at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will also be held at the park, but will begin at 4 p.m.
In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at Wolf Creek Park from 2 to 6 p.m. each day. The Expo is a chance for fishing fans to meet their favorite anglers, enjoy interactive games, activities and giveaways provided by FLW sponsors, and learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.
Also for youth, the FLW Foundation’s Unified Fishing Derby will be held at the park on Saturday, March 30 from Noon-2 p.m. The event is hosted by FLW Foundation pro Cody Kelley along with other FLW Tour anglers, and is free and open to anyone under the age of 18 and Special Olympics athletes. Rods and reels are available for use, but youth are encouraged to bring their own if they own one. The 1st and 2nd place anglers that catch the biggest fish will be recognized Saturday on the FLW Tour stage, just prior to the pros weighing in.
Television coverage of the FLW Tour at Grand Lake presented by Mercury will premiere in 2019. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs each Saturday night at 7 p.m. EST and is broadcast to more than 63 million cable, satellite and telecommunications households in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean on the World Fishing Network (WFN), the leading entertainment destination and digital resource for anglers throughout North America. FLW television is also distributed internationally to FLW partner countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and South Africa.
The popular FLW Live on-the-water program will air on Days Three and Four of the event, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros each day. New for 2019, host Travis Moran will be joined by Oklahoma Costa FLW Series pro Matt Pangrac to break down the extended action each day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
David Walker Rides Jig, Spinnerbait to Top of Shotgun Round Two at Favorite Fishing Stage Three Raleigh
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David Walker's 8-6 caught an hour into the competition anchored his total day's weight of 47 pounds, 6 ounces for 15 bass to finish on top of Group B Shotgun Round.
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| 1st | David Walker | 47 - 06 | 15 | 3 - 03 | 8 - 06 | |
| 2nd | Ott DeFoe | 44 - 01 | 13 | 3 - 06 | 5 - 15 | |
| 3rd | Casey Ashley | 42 - 08 | 16 | 2 - 11 | 5 - 02 | |
| 4th | Brett Hite | 42 - 00 | 17 | 2 - 08 | 4 - 15 | |
| 5th | Ish Monroe | 40 - 01 | 10 | 4 - 00 | 7 - 00 | |
| 6th | Takahiro Omori | 32 - 03 | 11 | 2 - 15 | 5 - 10 | |
| 7th | Dustin Connell | 30 - 15 | 8 | 3 - 14 | 5 - 02 | |
| 8th | Stephen Browning | 30 - 00 | 10 | 3 - 00 | 5 - 04 | |
| 9th | Keith Poche | 27 - 07 | 12 | 2 - 05 | 5 - 02 | |
| 10th | Bradley Roy | 26 - 05 | 6 | 4 - 06 | 7 - 12 | |
| 11th | Mark Rose | 24 - 15 | 7 | 3 - 09 | 6 - 09 | |
| 12th | Gerald Spohrer | 24 - 11 | 8 | 3 - 01 | 6 - 15 | |
| 13th | Chris Lane | 24 - 03 | 8 | 3 - 00 | 7 - 06 | |
| 14th | Terry Scroggins | 24 - 01 | 8 | 3 - 00 | 4 - 14 | |
| 15th | Timmy Horton | 23 - 13 | 6 | 3 - 16 | 7 - 07 | |
| 16th | Dave Lefebre | 23 - 00 | 6 | 3 - 13 | 6 - 14 | |
| 17th | Shaw Grigsby | 22 - 15 | 8 | 2 - 14 | 3 - 14 | |
| 18th | Skeet Reese | 21 - 14 | 7 | 3 - 02 | 5 - 11 | |
| 19th | Marty Robinson | 21 - 08 | 6 | 3 - 09 | 5 - 00 | |
| 20th | Jeff Kriet | 21 - 00 | 8 | 2 - 10 | 5 - 06 | |
| 21st | Aaron Martens | 19 - 13 | 10 | 1 - 16 | 2 - 15 | |
| 22nd | Brent Chapman | 19 - 06 | 7 | 2 - 12 | 4 - 07 | |
| 23rd | Jordan Lee | 19 - 00 | 6 | 3 - 03 | 5 - 01 | |
| 24th | Roy Hawk | 18 - 07 | 7 | 2 - 10 | 3 - 11 | |
| 25th | Bobby Lane | 18 - 01 | 5 | 3 - 10 | 5 - 13 | |
| 26th | Greg Hackney | 18 - 00 | 5 | 3 - 10 | 6 - 01 | |
| 27th | Cliff Pace | 15 - 05 | 4 | 3 - 13 | 5 - 03 | |
| 28th | Jesse Wiggins | 14 - 04 | 4 | 3 - 09 | 4 - 11 | |
| 29th | Mike McClelland | 12 - 09 | 4 | 3 - 02 | 5 - 07 | |
| 30th | James Elam | 11 - 08 | 5 | 2 - 05 | 3 - 10 | |
| 31st | Russ Lane | 11 - 06 | 5 | 2 - 04 | 3 - 02 | |
| 32nd | Britt Myers | 10 - 12 | 2 | 5 - 06 | 8 - 02 | |
| 33rd | Justin Lucas | 10 - 01 | 3 | 3 - 06 | 6 - 02 | |
| 34th | Brandon Palaniuk | 8 - 10 | 3 | 2 - 14 | 3 - 02 | |
| 35th | Randy Howell | 8 - 10 | 2 | 4 - 05 | 6 - 01 | |
| 36th | Jeff Sprague | 7 - 15 | 4 | 1 - 16 | 2 - 11 | |
| 37th | Jonathon VanDam | 7 - 08 | 3 | 2 - 08 | 2 - 15 | |
| 38th | Dean Rojas | 6 - 05 | 3 | 2 - 02 | 2 - 05 | |
| 39th | Matt Lee | 3 - 12 | 2 | 1 - 14 | 2 - 06 | |
| 40th | Scott Suggs | 1 - 06 | 1 | 1 - 06 | 1 - 06 |
No Dinks here, We brought out the BIG Gun!
This week the boys welcome in FLW Costa Champ Brent Butler who just put up one of the top 5 heaviest stringers in Costa History with over 37.5 pounds to move from 40th to 1st in the recent Southeast Costa Chickamauga event. We find out how Brent pulled off the win on his home lake and poke and prod to get some details on how to catch those BIGS on Chick. The boys also look over recent derbies in the Progressive Bass Wrap Up and look ahead to this weeks MLF & FLW Events and more!
WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN - Team Tournament Blog
By Luke Estel
If I knew the real answer to this question, I would not be where I am at today, rather fishing every major event in the country. And winning.
There is however several things we as fishermen can do to increase our odds and put us into the winners circle.
“Drive”
My youngest daughter has got natural God given ability when it comes to athletics. Anything she does, she does well. My oldest cannot walk and chew gum at the same time.
I love them both the same. It’s just how it is.
My youngest, Hannah has played soccer all of her life. She is good. Not a D1 superstar, but good. No I am not the father that thinks his kids are all getting athletic scholarships, but she could play in college if she chooses. But, she lacks drive.
That is not a bad thing, but to compete at the next level, you have to possess it.
Drive cannot be taught. It comes from within yourself.
Athletes like KVD, Gerald Swindle, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods all have a drive like no other. No one taught this to them. They have had it their entire life.
Drive pushes an athlete to the limit. If a fisherman goes into an event just going for a check or hoping to get into the top percent, then they will never make it to the next level.
To become better, we have to push ourselves harder than everyone else. The rest will just fall into place.
“Failure brings Success”
That doesn’t sound right but that is how we learn. We need to use failure to our advantage.
How many times have you witnessed fishermen at the weigh ins with their head down knowing they were beat before the weigh in is finished?
If getting beat gets to you, and you cannot recover quickly, your entire season will end dismally. Learn from your failures and turn them into positives.
Figure out where you went wrong and adjust accordingly in the next event. Remember that most of your successful athletes or even business men have failed before they made it. They adapted and overcame.
“Old Habits are Hard to Break”
It’s a phrase that has been around forever and is very true still to this day.
On my home lake I dominated for at least seven years. I am not bragging about it, I am just stating the truth. And just like that, my reign was over.
Obviously no person can stay on top forever, but for me I couldn’t figure out why. My crankbait was my weapon. At times I felt like I was David Fritts.
I got to the point where I could feel a bass push the bait or swipe at the bait, change colors and catch him. And “poof” it was over.
For two years I tried to replicate the past with no success. Obviously I was a slow learner but eventually pulled through it.
The lake had changed. The grass started to grow deeper. The shore line restoration had made the lake clearer. And it changed the fish.
I was stuck in my old winning ways. Relying on your past winning spots can hurt you if you do not keep an open mind.
Just because you caught twenty pounds there five years ago, doesn’t mean they will always be there. Its ok to check those kind of places but don’t die on them.
Fishermen today are fast learners. If you want to win, you have to keep up with the times. Hard work, determination, and an open mind can help you succeed. It’s the “never give up’ attitude that turns regular fishermen into great fishermen.
Kelly Jordon Dominates on Jordan Lake: Texas Pro Racks up 82-4 in Shotgun Round 1 of Bass Pro Tour Stage Three Raleigh
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Todd Faircloth, also from Texas, made a solid run at leader Kelly Jordon's weight, with his 63-10 performance by the day anchored by a 9-4 giant. (Click to enlarge/download)
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KENTUCKY/BARKLEY LAKES SET TO HOST COSTA FLW SERIES PRESENTED BY LOWRANCE
GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (March 26, 2019) – The 2019 Costa Fishing League Worldwide (FLW) Series Central division is set to open next week at Kentucky and Barkley lakes, April 4-6, with the Costa FLW Series at Kentucky Lake presented by Lowrance. Hosted by the Kentucky Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau, the three-day tournament will feature more than 260 of the best regional bass-fishing pros and co-anglers casting for a top prize of up to $90,000, including a brand new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard in the pro division.
“I think we’ll see some big stringers caught on the front end and a tight race on the backside,” said FLW Tour Senior Tournament Director Bill Taylor of Benton, Kentucky, who before taking over the reins as tournament director was a very accomplished regional angler with numerous top-10 finishes and wins on Kentucky Lake. “We’re seeing a lot of big fish being caught, but the numbers are just a bit down from previous years. But overall the lake is fishing pretty decent right now. The water is fluctuating – a lot of current still moving through– and it has good color.”
Taylor said that he expects that tournament competitors will be catching them on shoreline channel breaks and gravel bars near the mouths of creeks. He also expects some fish to be caught in and around boat docks.
“It’s going to be the same old stuff for this time of year – smaller-type crankbaits,” Taylor said. “Rapala Shad Raps, No. 9, the new Strike King 1.5 Deep Squarebill crankbaits and Rat-L-Traps will all be catching fish.
“I think whoever wins is going to need to average around 18 pounds a day,” Taylor went on to say. “I think it’ll take right around 57 to 58 pounds to win.”
Anglers will take off from Moors Resort & Marina, located at 570 Moors Road in Gilbertsville, at 6:30 a.m. CDT each day. Weigh-ins will also take place at the resort, and will begin at 2:30 p.m. each day. All takeoffs and weigh-ins are free to attend and open to the public.
In Costa FLW Series regular-season competition, payouts are based on the number of participants competing in the event. At Kentucky Lake, pros will fish for a top prize of up to $90,000 including a brand new Ranger Z518L boat with a 200-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard if Ranger Cup qualified. Co-anglers will cast for a brand new Ranger Z175 boat with a 115-horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard, and $5,000 if Ranger Cup qualified.
The Costa FLW Series consists of five U.S. divisions – Central, Northern, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western – along with the International division. Each U.S. division consists of three regular-season tournaments with competitors vying for valuable points that could earn them the opportunity to compete in the season-ending Costa FLW Series Championship. The 2019 Costa FLW Series Championship is being held Oct. 31 – Nov. 2 on Lake Cumberland in Burnside, Kentucky.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the Costa FLW Series on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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Strike King / Lew's Tip of the Week - The KVD Toad Buzz
On this weeks Strike King / Lews Tip of the Week, FLW Tour Pro James Niggemeyer talks about the KVD Buzzbait and the how, when, where and why he likes to throw it and why it should be in your arsenal as well!
47.09-pounds wins Hook Line & Sinker - Two Day Tournament of Champions on the Delta!
Courtesy of Hook Line & Sinker & WesternBass.com
Logan and Colby Huntze with a huge jump on day 2 with 31.63 taking home 1st place with 47.09
Joey Skym and Nick Cloutier with one of there solid bags from the weekend, they took home second place with 45.76
Andy Doudna and Andrew Kobiashi with solid bags both days, take home 2nd/3rd big fish as well as 3rd place with 39.84
RAMPEY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE WYLIE
Co-Angler Title Goes to Bessemer City’s Guffey
LAKE WYLIE, S.C. (March 25, 2019) – Boater Jayme Rampey of Liberty, South Carolina, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 19 pounds, 13 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) North Carolina Division tournament on Lake Wylie. For his catch, Rampey earned $5,466.
“I fished the lower end of the lake, near the dam around Allison and Big Allison creeks. There was a little bit of stained water down that way,” said Rampey, who earned his ninth career win in BFL competition – tied for ninth all-time. “I caught the majority of them on a square-billed crankbait. I threw it on flat points in the pockets, which I dialed in on using my Lowrance electronics. I sat in 4- or 5-feet-of-water while most of the fish were in 1½ to 2 feet.”
Rampey said he worked through 10 or 12 pockets, and that he caught eight keepers during his day. He said his crankbait of choice was a Crystal Craw-colored Strike King KVD Rattling Square-Bill crankbait. He caught the heaviest fish of the event – an 8-pound, 6-ouncer – on an umbrella rig with Pearl-colored Zoom Swimmin’ Super Fluke Jr. swimbaits with white Buckeye G-Man Finesse Swimbait heads.
“I caught the big one around 9 [a.m.]. It was the first fish of the day and the only one I caught from a dock,” said Rampey. “I was throwing Hi-Seas [15-pound-test] 100-percent fluorocarbon line. It had wrapped me up on a dock post and it held up. That fish was the difference-maker.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Jayme Rampey, Liberty, S.C., five bass, 19-13, $5,466
2nd: Russell Winters, Rock Hill, S.C., five bass, 17-6, $1,883
3rd: Michael Stephens, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 15-15, $1,256
4th: Chad Poteat, Mount Airy, N.C., five bass, 15-0, $879
5th: Chris Baumgardner, Gastonia, N.C., five bass, 14-15, $1,103
6th: Alvin Shaw, Roaring Gap, N.C., five bass, 14-1, $990
7th: Ryan Deal, Indian Trail, N.C., five bass, 13-9, $628
8th: Junior Allen, Biscoe, N.C., five bass, 13-6, $533
8th: Parks Jones Jr., Concord, N.C., five bass, 13-6, $533
10th: Jason Wilson, Lincolnton, N.C., five bass, 13-3, $439
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Rampey’s 8-pound, 6-ounce largemouth earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $500.
Johnny Guffey of Bessemer City, North Carolina, won the Co-angler Division and $1,883 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 9 pounds, 15 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Johnny Guffey, Bessemer City, N.C., five bass, 9-15, $1,883
2nd: Dustin Dalton, Sparta, N.C., five bass, 9-6, $942
3rd: Noah Beck, Lexington, N.C., four bass, 9-3, $977
4th: Bobby Smith, Asheville, N.C., four bass, 8-15, $439
5th: John Cook, Matthews, N.C., four bass, 8-10, $377
6th: Darren Jeter, Marshall, N.C., five bass, 8-8, $395
7th: Tommy Swicegood, Salisbury, N.C., four bass, 7-14, $314
8th: Louis Kraft, Salisbury, N.C., four bass, 7-13, $282
9th: Bobby Henderson, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 7-12, $251
10th: Darren Marlow, Cherryville, N.C., three bass, 7-8, $470
Marlow caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 4 pounds, 1 ounce. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $250.
The tournament was hosted by Visit York County.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Hartwell in Seneca, South Carolina, presented by Navionics. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube
BENTON’S VANNERSON WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON KENTUCKY AND BARKLEY LAKES
Co-Angler Title Goes to Madisonville’s Son
GILBERTSVILLE, Ky. (March 25, 2019) – Boater Rob Vannerson of Benton, Kentucky, brought a five-bass limit to the scale weighing 21 pounds, 5 ounces, Saturday to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) LBL Division tournament on Kentucky and Barkley lakes. For his win, Vannerson was awarded $3,466.
Vannerson said he worked along the west side of Kentucky Lake from Kentucky Dam Marina to the Highway 68 bridge. He said he was able to put 14 or 15 keepers in the boat.
“I was throwing a [3/8-ounce, white] Z-Man ChatterBait with a [white smoke-colored 3.5-inch] boot tail swimbait on secondary flats –looking for run-off ditches that were in the spawning pockets,” said Vannerson, who logged his first career win in FLW competition. “I’d throw up into the ditches and work it back to where I was, working both banks of the ditches.
“The fish sat on the sides where the break line is –where the water runs down through the ditch,” Vannerson said. “The baitfish used the break to run up and down the edges of the ditches. There were both bucks and female bass in there.”
Vannerson said he used a 7-foot, medium-heavy Fitzgerald Stunner casting rod spooled with 15-pound-test Fitzgerald Vursa fluorocarbon line.
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Rob Vannerson, Benton, Ky., five bass, 21-5, $3,466
2nd: David Carroll, Manitou, Ky., five bass, 17-7, $1,733
3rd: Stuart Eversole, Middletown, Ohio, four bass, 17-4, $1,590
4th: Pat Hatcliff, Murfreesboro, Tenn., four bass, 15-14, $1,309
5th: Shawn Penn, Benton, Ky., three bass, 13-5, $693
6th: Stu Moyer, Indianapolis, Ind., three bass, 12-15, $735
7th: Hunter Louden, Springville, Tenn., three bass, 12-11, $578
8th: Griff Estes, Murray, Ky., three bass, 12-7, $520
9th: Daniel Sepeck, West Union, Ohio, four bass, 12-4, $462
10th: Adam Craig, Buchanan, Tenn., four bass, 12-2, $404
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Eversole caught a 6-pound, 12-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $435.
William Son of Madisonville, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $1,693 Saturday after catching four bass weighing 14 pounds, 8 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: William Son, Madisonville, Ky., four bass, 14-8, $1,693
2nd: Jordan Dunning, Madisonville, Ky., four bass, 12-0, $846
3rd: Timothy Nanzer, Bourbonnais, Ill., two bass, 9-8, $564
4th: Fred Combs, Portland, Tenn., two bass, 9-1, $395
5th: Eric Bobbett, Salem, Ill., two bass, 7-10, $339
6th: Jamie Wise, Fort Campbell, Ky., two bass, 7-4, $296
6th: Jake Steinkuhl, Evansville, Ind., two bass, 7-4, $396
8th: Randall Argo, Murray, Ky., two bass, 7-1, $254
9th: Art McCray, Groveport, Ohio, one bass, 6-11, $438
10th: Joseph Gulash, Edwardsville, Ill., two bass, 5-12, $198
McCray caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 11 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $212.
The tournament was hosted by the Kentucky Lake 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 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.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
COVINGTON’S STOKES WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE OCONEE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS
Monroe’s Bennett Grabs Co-Angler Title
BUCKHEAD, Ga. (March 25, 2019) – Boater Barry Stokes of Covington, Georgia, caught five bass Saturday weighing 21 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bulldog Division tournament on Lake Oconee presented by Navionics. Stokes pocketed $6,385 for his efforts.
“I decided to go into the tournament with an open mind and follow the first bite, said Stokes, who earned his first career win in FLW competition. “My co-angler caught a 3½-pounder deep on a seawall. From that, I started learning what I needed to do. I picked up my jig and started flipping and within 30 minutes I got my first bite – also a 3½-pounder. I figured out that I needed to work the rocks where shallow and deep water met.”
Stokes said most of his fish were caught in 3- to 4-feet-of-water, mid-lake, around the Highway 44 bridge. He said that he caught nine keepers during the tournament with a ¼- and 3/8-ounce, black and blue-colored Underground Tackle jig. He paired each with different colored trailers depending on water clarity – green-pumpkin for clearer water and black and blue for stained.
“I caught some around seawalls that had wood adjacent to them, and some around docks,” said Stokes. “I also caught one on a [Carolina-rigged, green-pumpkin-colored] Zoom Lizard, about seven feet down, around pea gravel and rock mix – that was my deepest.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Barry Stokes, Covington, Ga., five bass, 21-11, $4,385 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus
2nd: Frank Kitchens III, Oxford, Ga., five bass, 19-7, $2,393
3rd: Ben Brisbois, Gainesville, Ga., five bass, 16-2, $1,463
4th: Lee Nunnally, Social Circle, Ga., five bass, 15-2, $1,123
5th: Kip Carter, Mansfield, Ga., five bass, 14-14, $1,127
6th: Girard Jones, Macon, Ga., five bass, 14-9, $1,424
7th: Dylan Peppers, Good Hope, Ga., five bass, 14-5, $731
8th: Terry Adams, Mansfield, Ga., five bass, 13-9, $658
9th: Bill Burns, Fernandina Beach, Fla., five bass, 13-0, $585
10th: Mike Cleveland, Monticello, Ga., five bass, 12-12, $512
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Jones caught a 6-pound, 1-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $620.
Wesley Bennett of Monroe, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,193 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 11 pounds, 4 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Wesley Bennett, Monroe, Ga., five bass, 11-4, $2,193
2nd: Conery Williams, Macon, Ga., four bass, 10-5, $1,096
3rd: Hector Vasquez, Columbus, Ga., two bass, 9-14, $1,140
4th: Mike Thornton, Jonesboro, Ga., four bass, 9-12, $562
5th: Justin Kimmel, Athens, Ga., five bass, 9-1, $439
6th: Wendell Grantham, Athens, Ga., four bass, 8-15, $383
6th: Kiwanas Andrews, Atlanta, Ga., three bass, 8-15, $383
8th: Kenneth Flowers, Snellville, Ga., five bass, 8-14, $329
9th: Don Griffin, Roswell, Ga., three bass, 8-5, $274
9th: Keith Lynch, Griffin, Ga., three bass, 8-5, $274
Vasquez caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 8 pounds, 1 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $310.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
SHREVEPORT’S KEITH WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON LAKE DARDANELLE PRESENTED BY NAVIONICS
Co-Angler Title Awarded to Searcy’s Harris
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (March 25, 2019) – Boater Kelly Keith of Shreveport, Louisiana, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 21 pounds, 3 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Arkie Division tournament on Lake Dardanelle presented by Navionics. For his catch, Keith took home $3,963.
Keith said he spent his day fishing a 100-yard long stretch around the Strip Pits and Illinois Bayou areas of the lake.
“I had an area that I didn’t think would be pressured, and a secondary area that I knew I would be pressured,” said Keith, who notched his first win in FLW competition. “I drew boat No. 3, so I decided to fish the secondary area and I got a limit. I ended up staying there all day because I was catching 3 to 5 pounders.
“I fished a grassy ridge in 2 to 3 feet of water, with a drop off into 10 feet of water right next to it. The fish were in coming out of the deeper water, up over the ridge and in toward spawning flats,” continued Keith. “I would cast toward the ridge and work it toward the deeper water, and other times I’d cast to the middle of the deeper channel and work it back toward me.”
Keith said he used a green-pumpkin with blue flake-colored Z-Man FattyZ worm on a 3/16-ounce Gamakatsu Skip Gap shaky-head with a Daiwa Tatula SV TWS casting reel and a 7-foot, 1-inch Daiwa Tatula casting rod. He credited his Breakline Optics Cahaba sunglasses as being a crucial part of his day, helping him see the deeper grass and fish.
“I caught around 12 keepers and probably culled around 4 times,” said Keith. “During practice they ate everything I threw at them, but during the tournament they were picky. I had to fish super slow – that was the key to the whole deal.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Kelly Keith, Shreveport, La., five bass, 21-3, $3,963
2nd: Michael Andrus, Greenbrier, Ark., five bass, 18-14, $1,981
3rd: Chris Darby, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 18-7, $1,522
4th: Shawn Gordon, Russellville, Ark., five bass, 18-2, $1,025
5th: Christopher Jones, Bokoshe, Okla., five bass, 17-8, $793
6th: Von Kinsey, Clarksville, Ark., five bass, 17-0, $727
7th: Brad Morgan, Ashdown, Ark., five bass, 16-14, $660
8th: Josh Ray, Alexander, Ark., five bass, 15-7, $594
9th: Chip Hawkins, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 15-5, $528
10th: Kevin Brown, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 15-4, $989
10th: Charles Williams, Clarksville, Ark., five bass, 15-4, $439
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Jason Lieblong of Glasgow, Kentucky, caught a 6-pound, 10-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $535.
Stan Harris of Searcy, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,248 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 14 pounds, 15 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Stan Harris, Searcy, Ark., five bass, 14-15, $2,248
2nd: Brian Ray, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 13-3, $991
3rd: David Hardin, Bethel, Okla., five bass, 12-7, $662
4th: Elmer McBride, Dierks, Ark., four bass, 12-6, $462
5th: Andrew Wooley, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 12-3, $379
5th: James Grant, Cherry Valley, Ark., five bass, 12-3, $379
7th: Tony Smith, Bryant, Ark., five bass, 12-1, $430
8th: Jody Jones, Harvey, Ark., three bass, 10-7, $347
9th: Cornelius Branch, Arkadelphia, Ark., five bass, 10-5, $264
10th: Jeff Eckhart, Blevins, Ark., four bass, 10-4, $219
10th: Blake Smith, Benton, Ark., five bass, 10-4, $219
Harris also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 12 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $267.
The tournament was hosted by Russellville Advertising and Promotions.
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.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Knoxville Delivers Huge Crowds For Record-Setting Bassmaster Classic World Championship
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Jeff Hunter & Ken Witek win over $20,000 in Bass Champs Lake Travis Event with 20.99 lb Limit
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JEFFERY HUNTER UNIVERSAL CITY , TX |
KENNETH WITEK STOCKDALE , TX |
5 | 0 | 20.99 |
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TONY FERDINANDO SPICEWOOD , TX |
SHANE LOGAN BUDA , TX |
5 | 8.89 | 18.46 |
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JAKE KENNAMER AUSTIN , TX |
CARSON CONKLIN BUDA , TX |
5 | 0 | 16.71 |
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| 4 | RANDY HIBLER MARBLE FALLS , TX |
RANDALL CHRISTIAN TOW , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.93 |
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| 5 | RANDY MILLENDER TEAGUE , TX |
KATLIN KEATON TEAGUE , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.17 |
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| 6 | EDWARD CRUZ HIGHLAND HAVEN , TX |
RICK HAMILTON AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.48 |
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GARY WEIMER LEANDER , TX |
JEREMIAH WAFFORD CEDAR PARK , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.10 |
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BRANDON DAY BROWNWOOD , TX |
CADE WILSON EARLY , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.87 |
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| 9 | |
CHARLES PURSELL AUSTIN , TX |
MATTHEW PURYEAR AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.64 |
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| 10 | |
DWAYNE KINLEY AUSTIN , TX |
LEVAR JENKINS AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.53 |
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WESTON BROWN HOUSTON , TX |
DAVID DOONAN CALDWELL , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.04 |
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| 12 | |
BRIAN MATER AUSTIN , TX |
PHILLIP WARREN AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.91 |
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| 13 | ANDREW WHITEHEAD PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
MICKEY SANDERS SPICEWOOD , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.69 |
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AJ HALL BROWNWOOD , TX |
AUDWIN HALL BROWNWOOD , TX |
4 | 0 | 11.54 |
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RANDY GROUNDS HORSESHOE BAY , TX |
LEE BEUERSHAUSEN MARBLE FALLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.81 |
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| 16 | RICK CATHEY SAN ANTONIO , TX |
ROBERT SOLTYS DRIFTWOOD , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.76 |
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TIM RENEAU RICHLAND SPINGS , TX |
JUDY RENEAU RICHLAND SPRINGS , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.75 |
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STERLING MARTIN BEEVILLE , TX |
COURTNEY BEHREND COMFORT , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.74 |
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SHAWN MARKGRAF BURNET , TX |
TRENT BLAKE BURNET , TX |
4 | 0 | 10.46 |
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| 20 | CHRISTOPHER SABINA AUSTIN , TX |
ROBERT SABINA SAN ANTONIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.33 |
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| 21 | JUSTYN PARRISH LAGO VISTA , TX |
GARRIT AFMAN NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.28 |
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JAMES CANTWELL KINGSLAND , TX |
TOM CANTWELL LAGRANGE , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.20 |
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JOHNNY HOMANN KYLE , TX |
JAY HESS LOCKHART , TX |
4 | 0 | 10.07 |
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| 24 | TERRY ADAIR ALVIN , TX |
CHAD ADAIR ALVIN , TX |
4 | 0 | 9.88 |
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BLAKE ARAPIS BURNET , TX |
CHARLES WILSON JR BRIGGS , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.73 |
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DAMON ROSS GEORGETOWN , TX |
DYLAN ROSS LEXINGTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.66 |
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MICHAEL WALDROP AUSTIN , TX |
JARROD SANDERS AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.44 |
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| 28 | CHARLES WHITED SAN MARCOS , TX |
TREY GROCE DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.10 |
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TODD IVINS BOERNE , TX |
BILLY MCCRARY II TEMPLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.07 |
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ALLEN SHELTON FARMERS BRANCH , TX |
BRAD DRAKE IRVING , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.01 |
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| 31 | EDDY PELFREY LEANDER , TX |
MARINA PELFREY LEANDER , TX |
2 | 0 | 8.97 |
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| 32 | |
COLT DIETZ AUSTIN , TX |
CHRIS STUDINGER SAN ANTONIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.93 |
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| 33 | JUSTIN WOJCIK BULVERDE , TX |
ADAM AMICK BOERNE , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.86 |
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| 34 | |
ROBERT MIKES SHINER , TX |
MARKUS ELDER NEW WAVERLY , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.83 |
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| 35 | CHRIS WOEHL CEDAR PARK , TX |
CHRIS CLEMENTS ROUND ROCK , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.77 |
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| 36 | |
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MIKE RICHARDSON THORNDALE , TX |
ZACH BROWN GEORGETOWN , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.74 |
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| 37 | |
LANCE DILLARD LLANO , TX |
BLAKE DILLARD LLANO , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.72 |
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| 38 | SHAWN TAYLOR ABILENE , TX |
JEREMY EASTERWOOD ABILENE , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.65 |
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| 39 | |
MATT HILL JONESTOWN , TX |
BARRY MOTT LIBERTY HILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.59 |
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| 40 | |
TYLER TORWICK AUSTIN , TX |
BRYAN SCOTT LIBERTY HILL , TX |
4 | 0 | 8.47 |
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| 41 | |
CODY GREANEY MANCHACA , TX |
ROBERT ROARK THE WOODLANDS , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.42 |
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| 42 | |
BRANDON BRAY MARBLE FALLS , TX |
JOE BRAY MARBLE FALLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.14 |
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| 43 | JASON STAFFORD BURNET , TX |
DOYLE WALKER BURNET , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.13 |
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| 43 | |
RAY TOMASITS LEANDER , TX |
CARY LAUDADIO AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.13 |
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| 45 | |
DANIEL BARNES BELTON , TX |
ADRIAN BARNES BELTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.06 |
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| 46 | |
DEAN ALEXANDER JONESTOWN , TX |
THOMAS MARTENS JONESTOWN , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.79 |
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| 47 | JOSH LASSETER BUCHANAN DAM , TX |
DON KING BUCHANAN DAM , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.77 |
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| 48 | TERRY STEVENS HUTTO , TX |
JASON HARPER MONTGOMERY , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.76 |
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| 49 | |
TULLY WILLIAMS GATESVILLE , TX |
PAT WASHBURN GATESVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.73 |
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| 50 | SCOTT MEADS KILLEEN , TX |
TOM GRIDLEY WIMBERLEY , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.70 |
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| 50 | |
CHRIS GOODMAN STEPHENVILLE , TX |
JOSH MURPHREE RISING STAR , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.70 |
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| 52 | |
JUSTIN MADDING ROUND ROCK , TX |
ANIBAL GUZMAN HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.65 |
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| 53 | SCOTT SMITH HORSESHOE BAY , TX |
PRESTON DANNA MARBLE FALLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.60 |
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| 53 | |
LEONARD PHILIPP BASTROP , TX |
HUNTER ARTHUR BASTROP , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.60 |
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| 55 | |
ROGER SARAIBA LEANDER , TX |
LOUIE BRUNO PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.59 |
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| 56 | |
PATRICK ANDERSON BUDA , TX |
DOUG HAMILTON LAKEWAY , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.55 |
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| 57 | LINO GUTITEREZ COTTONWOOD WOOD SHORES , TX |
RUBEN RIBERA MARBLE FALLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.16 |
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| 58 | |
GARRETT SHEPPERD GEORGETOWN , TX |
GREGORY SHEPPERD GEORGETOWN , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.13 |
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| 58 | GARRETT KOSLAN AUSTIN , TX |
ERIC CRUMLEY LEANDER , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.13 |
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| 60 | |
RONALD GOERDEL HUNTSVILLE , TX |
JOHN GILBERT JR LEANDER , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.08 |
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| 61 | MICHAEL BRISENO ELGIN , TX |
LUCAS LARSON HUTTO , TX |
3 | 0 | 6.96 |
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| 62 | MALCOLM MIDDLEBROOK ROUND ROCK , TX |
ZACHARY MIDDLEBROOK ROUND ROCK , TX |
5 | 0 | 6.84 |
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| 63 | ANTHONY GARCIA ROUND ROCK , TX |
ERIC GARCIA STANLEY , NM |
5 | 0 | 6.73 |
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| 64 | JOE BILL HALE SPICEWOOD , TX |
DUSTY HALE SPICEWOOD , TX |
4 | 0 | 6.23 |
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| 65 | |
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CHANS MARTIN FAIR OAKS RANCH , TX |
CHASE MEIER COMFORT , TX |
5 | 0 | 6.07 |
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| 66 | JOEY KIRKLAND SAN ANTONIO , TX |
LUPE CONTRERAS JR SAN ANTONIO , TX |
2 | 0 | 5.98 |
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| 67 | |
RYAN FAIN SPRING BRANCH , TX |
GEORGE DELOACH BOERNE , TX |
4 | 0 | 5.95 |
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| 68 | |
JOE GARCIA HOBSON , TX |
LESLIE DORECK LAVERNIA , TX |
4 | 0 | 5.84 |
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| 69 | |
RUSSELL GLENEWINKEL CONROE , TX |
JEFF WHARTON TOMBALL , TX |
4 | 0 | 5.67 |
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| 70 | KENNETH CUMMINS PAIGE , TX |
JIMMY CHAPMAN HUTTO , TX |
3 | 0 | 5.44 |
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| 71 | GERARD RUMSEY AUSTIN , TX |
EDWARD RUMSEY BURNET , TX |
2 | 0 | 5.30 |
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| 72 | ROBERT PRESCOTT SEQUIN , TX |
DEVIN GIBSON GONZALES , TX |
4 | 0 | 5.29 |
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| 73 | JOHN KAPALDO BUDA , TX |
JACOB KAPALDO KYLE , TX |
2 | 0 | 5.18 |
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| 74 | BILL GUZMAN AUSTIN , TX |
TIM STEWART AUSTIN , TX |
4 | 0 | 5.01 |
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| 75 | JOHN WALSH LEANDER , TX |
JEFF JENKINS LEANDER , TX |
3 | 0 | 4.78 |
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| 76 | GARY WAFFORD CEDAR PARK , TX |
GREG WAFFORD CEDAR PARK , TX |
2 | 0 | 2.85 |
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| 77 | |
THOMAS WEIMER ROUND ROCK , TX |
BRANDON JONES ROUND ROCK , TX |
2 | 0 | 2.82 |
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| 78 | |
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WILLIAM FESLER LAMPASAS , TX |
DAVID LAINE HORSESHOE BAY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | BRIAN HARMS AUSTIN , TX |
TRAVIS GARNER ROUND ROCK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
GERALD MUELLER JR PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
GENE FUESSEL AUSTIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | ANTHONY SKOUBY CIBOLO , TX |
JASON WILLIAMS NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | RICKY PIERCE THORNDALE , TX |
RHETT PIERCE THORNDALE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
RONNY MAYNARD GEORGETOWN , TX |
JOHN HALLEY KILLEEN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
DONNIE ONEAL PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
MAELSTROM KIEWIET AUSTIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
CLAYTON HELDT VICTORIA , TX |
CHAD KALLINA LAGO VISTA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
ROY STEGER BELTON , TX |
CHET SUTTON SALADO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
JAMES SCOGIN AUSTIN , TX |
ROLAND LOERA AUSTIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | TRAVIS GERGELY SEGUIN , TX |
BLAINE MURNAHAN NEW BRAUNSFELS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
JAMES BEAUCHAMP SUNRISE BEACH , TX |
BRENNAN FERTIG BAY CITY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | DUSTIN GRICE VALLEY MILLS , TX |
JOHNNY GRICE EARLY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
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DERICK KUYRKENDALL BERGHEIM , TX |
FORREST WILSON SPRING BRANCH , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | TROY LOWERY BROWNWOOD , TX |
TOMMY MORENO NEED INFO |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
SEAN EVANS KILLEEN , TX |
RODNEY THOMPSON HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
DAVID OVERCASH WEST , TX |
ROGER FRIELDS WACO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
JASON BUCHANAN BURNET , TX |
TERRY KIRCUS BURNET , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
WILLIAM BRUNSON LIBERTY HILL , TX |
DANIEL EMBLEM KILLEEN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
DARRELL WUENSCHE THRALL , TX |
SAM MORROW AUSTIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | MIKE HARMAN BASTROP , TX |
BRIAN HUGHES TAYLOR , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | MICHAEL HETTICK CORPUS CHRISTI , TX |
KAPPY ALLEN ROBSTOWN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
ANTHONY GOODSON DRIFTWOOD , TX |
MICAH KIRKHART MARTINDALE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
PHILLIP MASSOLETTI BURNET , TX |
CHARLES MEREDITH DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
RONNY ANTHONY SALADO , TX |
JARAD GOHLKE GATESVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | MIKE STANFORD MIDLAND , TX |
BRADY STANFORD MIDLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
WILLIAM BLAINE SAN ANGELO , TX |
DUSTIN WALTON ABILENE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
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ADAM MIRANDA BROWNWOOD , TX |
ROGER SOTO BROWNWOOD , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | TRAVIS DAUGHERTY BURNET , TX |
TRAVIS COCKERHAM BARTLETT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
CHARLES HICE BURNET , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | JAMES HESTER SALADO , TX |
NEAL CHILDERS CYPRESS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
ROBB TAYLOR COLLEYVILLE , TX |
LEE HAMMERS TYLER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | JUSTIN WOMACK MIDLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | MARK RIBERA | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | DOUG RIVES AUSTIN , TX |
JERRY NUGENT AUSTIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | DON BRINSON WACO , TX |
BEAU BRINSON HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | JIMMY COVINGTON ARGYLE , TX |
JONATHAN COVINGTON ARGYLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | RAYMOND NEWTON JUNCTION , TX |
STEVEN CRAVEY JUNCTION , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
NICK BOATRIGHT LIBERTY HILL , TX |
CHAD MAXWELL LIBERTY HILL , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | MICHAEL WERSIG LEANDER , TX |
JEFF REYNOLDS CALERA , OK |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | CLAYTON FRENCH LAMPASAS , TX |
KELLY HUDSON LAMPASAS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | MIKE PICKWELL DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX |
JOE COLE AUSTIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | RUSSELL WHITE BASTROP , TX |
BRIAN CRAWFORD RED ROCK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | TOM GUIDRY NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
JR BRIANT KINGSLAND , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | STEVE MAGNELIA AUSTIN , TX |
MICHAEL TENNANT PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
CRIS TATUM BELTON , TX |
JUSTIN TATUM BELTON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
RONALD SISK RIO VISTA , TX |
KENNETH FULLER JR RIO VISTA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | JOHN DAVILA CEDAR PARK , TX |
CAMERON OATES LAGO VISTA , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
STEVEN MAPLES JR SEGUIN , TX |
RUSTY REEDY SPRING BRANCH , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | JEREMY ANZVALDA NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
JASON RANFT NEW BRAUNSFELS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 78 | |
DAVID SHUSTER GEORGETOWN , TX |
CHARLES GERHART SALADO , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | |
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WENDELL RAMSEY SR SAN ANGELO , TX |
DALE HUGHES GRANBURY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | REX WHEELER BELTON , TX |
BRUCE DAVIS KEMPNER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | JOHN PRICE LA GRANGE , TX |
DUSTY FRANK WEST POINT , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 78 | GERALD POBORIL TEMPLE , TX |
JACK POWE KEMPNER , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 78 | JEDIDAH HOLT LIVINGSTON , TX |
SCOTT DAVID GOODRICH , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 78 | |
CLIFF BROWN HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
ROBERT BROWN ROUND ROCK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 78 | |
BEN BENTURA MANCHACA , TX |
GABRIEL PEREZ MINCO , OK |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 78 | |
MARK BIONDI SR BURLESON , TX |
MARK BIONDI JR BURLESON , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 78 | ROBERT BEARDMORE CYPRESS , TX |
ROBERT BEARDMORE CYPRESS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
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| 78 | |
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HUDSON CARLTON LIBERTY HILL , TX |
FRED CATES SR ROCKDALE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Randy White & Mike Singletary Win Media Bass Possum Kingdom Lake event with over 17 pounds!
March 24 - Possum Kingdom Lake - Photos
| 1 | Randy White | Mike Singletary | 5 | 17.80 | $2,500.00 | 167.80 |
| 2 | Mike Pruitt | Brad Dubert | 5 | 17.66 | $1,200.00 | 166.66 |
| 3 | Troy Sparks | Jack Hopkins | 5 | 17.61 | $550.00 | 165.61 |
| 4 | Matt McMillian | Brady Mataska | 5 | 16.86 | $450.00 | 163.86 |
| 5 | Scott Barnett | Shannon McCaleb | 5 | 16.67 | $400.00 | 162.67 |
| 6 | Ryan Golden | Coltin Green | 5 | 16.52 | $350.00 | 161.52 |
| 7 | Jerry Green | Ryan Green | 5 | 16.07 | $300.00 | 160.07 |
| 8 | Barry Smith | Barry Wehunt | 5 | 15.78 | $250.00 | 158.78 |
| 9 | Adam Espe | Robert Crane | 5 | 15.06 | $200.00 | 157.06 |
| 10 | Curtis Duncan | David Duncan | 5 | 13.83 | $180.00 | 154.83 |
| 11 | Tony Lozipone | Carmen Lozipone | 5 | 13.81 | 153.81 | |
| 12 | Mike Schooler | Cliff Wagner | 5 | 13.80 | 152.80 | |
| 13 | Cade Rudiger | Cooper Thor | 5 | 13.72 | 151.72 | |
| 14 | Bryan Schmidt | Galen Weierhausen | 5 | 13.41 | 150.41 | |
| 15 | Derrick Sallee | Layne Bynum | 5 | 12.82 | 148.82 | |
| 16 | Matthew Biehl | Mark Pettit | 5 | 12.60 | 147.60 | |
| 17 | Chuck Baldwin | Steve Middleton | 5 | 12.43 | 146.43 | |
| 18 | Greg Bobo | Chris Wright | 5 | 12.29 | 145.29 | |
| 19 | Shawn Larance | Justin Daltin | 5 | 12.16 | 144.16 | |
| 20 | Cody Burks | Brandon Burks | 5 | 12.00 | 143.00 | |
| 21 | Gary Purdy | Philip Fabiano | 5 | 11.69 | 141.69 | |
| 22 | Cesar Alvarado | Wyatt Cawley | 5 | 11.58 | 140.58 | |
| 23 | Robert Rains | Bobby Rains | 5 | 11.52 | 139.52 | |
| 24 | Logan McDonald | Ryan McCorkle | 5 | 11.43 | 138.43 | |
| 25 | Mark Allen | Hub Allen | 5 | 11.23 | 137.23 | |
| 26 | Scott Smiley | Jared Hampton | 5 | 11.21 | 136.21 | |
| 27 | Blaine Covington | Scott nDavis | 5 | 11.20 | 135.20 | |
| 28 | James Dosser | Johnny Wood | 5 | 10.80 | 133.80 | |
| 29 | Corbin Craft | Ethan Edwards | 5 | 10.35 | 132.35 | |
| 30 | Brandon Feagen | Dwight Montgomery | 5 | 10.18 | 131.18 | |
| 31 | Spike Stoker | Brayden Stoker | 5 | 9.96 | 129.96 | |
| 32 | Mike Tandy | Maddox Tandy | 5 | 9.95 | 128.95 | |
| 33 | Anthony Campbell | Sam Hightower | 5 | 9.05 | 126.05 | |
| 34 | Travis Gill | Mark Gill | 5 | 8.81 | 125.81 | |
| 35 | Mike Petty | Cliff Halford | 5 | 8.05 | 124.05 | |
| 36 | Matt Beard | Todd Toomer | 5 | 7.96 | 122.96 | |
| 37 | Brian Frechette | James Featherson | 3 | 7.05 | 121.05 | |
| 38 | Haskell Hall | Cliff Roberts | 3 | 6.91 | 119.91 | |
| 39 | Clyde Sisco | Floyd Kaerwer | 4 | 6.18 | 118.18 | |
| 40 | Kelcey Nichols | Jeff Nichols | 1 | 5.57 | 116.57 | |
| 41 | Billy Hopkins | BrettWalden | 2 | 3.26 | 113.26 | |
| 42 | Wayne Jones | Eric Melton | 2 | 3.19 | 112.19 | |
| 43 | Cephus Minter | Joe Minter | 1 | 1.89 | 109.89 | |
| 44 | Tony Thomas | Michael Teskey | 1 | 1.57 | 108.57 | |
| 45 | Gary Harton | Todd Mayes | 0 | 0.00 | 53.00 | |
| 45 | Dewey Nichols | Carolyn Nichols | 0 | 0.00 | 53.00 | |
| 45 | Robert Baldwin | Robert Baldwin | 0 | 0.00 | 53.00 | |
| 45 | Justin Johnson | Trey Bownds | 0 | 0.00 | 53.00 | |
| 45 | Bill Billeter | Taylor Coon | 0 | 0.00 | 53.00 | |
| 45 | Jason Ratliff | Court Nelson | 0 | 0.00 | 53.00 | |
| 45 | Jordan Cooper | Jesse Olsen | 0 | 0.00 | 53.00 | |
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| Place | Big Bass | Pounds | Winnings | |||
| 1 | Barry Smith | Barry Wehunt | 8.49 | $350.00 | ||
| 2 | Mike Pruitt | Brad Dubert | 7.73 | $150.00 | ||
| Statistics | ||||||
| Entries = | 51 | |||||
| Number Limits = | 36 | |||||
| Number Zeros = | 7 | |||||
| Bass Weighed = | 197 | |||||
| , | 197 | |||||
| Total Pounds = | 493.49 | |||||
| Avg. Bass In Boat = | 3.9 | |||||
| Avg. Lbs. In Boat = | 9.68 | |||||
| Avg. Bass Size = | 2.51 | |||||
| Total Payout = | $6,880.00 |
Tyler Hobbs Wins Media Bass Texas Individual event on Cedar Creek with over 20 pound limit!
March 23 - Cedar Creek Lake
Spradley & Luke win Media Bass Lake Bogue Homa Event with over 18 pounds!
March 23 - Lake Bogue Homa - Photos
| Place: | Angler 1: | Angler 2: | # Bass: | Pounds: | Winnings: | Points: |
| 1 | Austin Spradley | Charles Luke | 5 | 18.16 | $1,540.00 | 168.16 |
| 2 | Al White | Steve Duty | 5 | 15.20 | $750.00 | 164.20 |
| 3 | Austin McCardle | Ronnie Parrish | 5 | 15.11 | $326.00 | 163.11 |
| 4 | Chuck Griffith | Slay Dickerson | 4 | 15.02 | $200.00 | 162.02 |
| 5 | Corey Gibson | Allen Shoemaker | 5 | 14.70 | 160.70 | |
| 6 | Casey West | Jeffery Lawson | 5 | 13.65 | 158.65 | |
| 7 | Leon Cooper | Adam Cooper | 4 | 13.17 | 157.17 | |
| 8 | Richard Parrish | Anthony Parrish | 4 | 12.68 | 155.68 | |
| 9 | Randall Malone | Kevin Williams | 4 | 12.58 | 154.58 | |
| 10 | Nathan Walley | Joseph Watson | 5 | 11.94 | 152.94 | |
| 11 | Jude Tisdale | Don Adkinson | 5 | 11.83 | 151.83 | |
| 12 | John Dearman | Trevor Dearman | 4 | 10.55 | 149.55 | |
| 13 | Stan Grantham | Buzz Gallo | 4 | 9.42 | 147.42 | |
| 14 | Jim Knotts | Donnie Addy | 4 | 9.41 | 146.41 | |
| 15 | Jesse Draime | Carl Duverney | 3 | 9.08 | 145.08 | |
| 16 | Damon Spradley | Sawyer Spradley | 2 | 5.15 | 140.15 | |
| 17 | Steve Maskew | Jan Maskew | 1 | 3.58 | 137.58 | |
| 18 | Jared Smith | Josh Weatherford | 1 | 2.49 | 135.49 | |
| 19 | Barry Scott | Thad Roberts | 1 | 2.37 | 134.37 | |
| 20 | Zachery Williford | Ryan Williford | 1 | 2.30 | 133.30 | |
| 21 | Alan Hults | David Hults | 0 | 0.00 | 65.00 | |
| 21 | Dempsy Brady | Jacob Brady | 0 | 0.00 | 65.00 | |
| 21 | Mike Shoemake | David Palmer | 0 | 0.00 | 65.00 |
| Big Bass: | Pounds | Winnings | |||
| Chuck Griffith | Slay Dickerson | 5.66 | $200.00 | ||
| Statistics: | |||||
| Entries - | 23 | ||||
| Number Limits - | 7 | ||||
| Number Zeros - | 3 | ||||
| Bass Weighed - | 72 | ||||
| Bass Released - | All | ||||
| Total Pounds - | 208.39 | ||||
| Avg. Bass In Boat - | 3.1 | ||||
| Avg. Lbs. In Boat - | 9.06 | ||||
| Avg. Bass Size - | 2.89 | ||||
| Total Payout - | $3,016.00 |
Rush & Johnston Win Media Bass on Lake Chicot with over 22 pounds!
| Place | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | # Bass | Pounds | Winnings | Points |
| 1 | Robert Rush | Bruce Johnston | 5 | 22.44 | $2,000.00 | 172.44 |
| 2 | Jonathan Brockwell | Steven Cash | 5 | 21.90 | $700.00 | 170.90 |
| 3 | Scott Pennington | Ken McDonald | 5 | 17.85 | $400.00 | 165.85 |
| 4 | Michael Coomes | Ryan Grey | 5 | 17.61 | $300.00 | 164.61 |
| 5 | Jeff Marks | Chris Watkins | 5 | 16.65 | $232.00 | 162.65 |
| 6 | William Hatton | Ronnie Atkins | 5 | 16.09 | 161.09 | |
| 7 | Chris Clement | Greg Duke | 5 | 15.83 | 158.83 | |
| 8 | Reid Stuart | Bradley Hayes | 5 | 15.80 | 158.80 | |
| 9 | Mike Pirtle | Ernie Heckford | 5 | 15.66 | 157.66 | |
| 10 | Greg Musgrove | Stanley Brantley | 5 | 15.53 | 156.53 | |
| 11 | JR Grubb * | Frank Fulmer * | 5 | 15.46 | 155.46 | |
| 12 | Robert Adkins | David Cameron | 5 | 15.39 | 154.39 | |
| 13 | Rusty Linares | Patrick Chapman | 5 | 15.28 | 153.28 | |
| 14 | Steve Johnson | Stephen Johnson | 5 | 14.99 | 151.99 | |
| 15 | AJ Morgan | Gary Roberts | 5 | 14.83 | 150.83 | |
| 16 | Zachary Oden | Trevor Rodgers | 5 | 13.25 | 148.25 | |
| 17 | Justin Young | Beaver Smith | 5 | 12.97 | 146.97 | |
| 18 | Billy Burchfield | Tony Harris | 5 | 12.70 | 145.70 | |
| 19 | Jeff Gregory | Matt Jones | 5 | 12.62 | 144.62 | |
| 20 | Calvin Lusby | Joe Rainwater | 4 | 12.22 | 143.22 | |
| 21 | Daryl Stapp | Jeff Patterson | 5 | 12.07 | 142.07 | |
| 22 | John Tilbury | Tanner Caldwell | 5 | 11.82 | 140.82 | |
| 23 | Bo Martin | Joe Smith | 4 | 10.53 | 138.53 | |
| 24 | Brandon Wooten | Brandon Johnston | 3 | 9.38 | 136.38 | |
| 25 | Timothy Powell | Cole Cantrell | 3 | 9.32 | 135.32 | |
| 26 | Wilbert Jackson | Amy Freeland | 4 | 9.27 | 134.27 | |
| 27 | Philip Starks | Terry King | 2 | 9.24 | 133.24 | |
| 28 | Dakotah Pennington | Ben Bryan | 0 | 0.00 | 61.50 | |
| 28 | Kevin Cromwell | Ran Caldwell | 0 | 0.00 | 61.50 | |
| 28 | Jesse Lochala | Klent wallace | 0 | 0.00 | 61.50 | |
| Place | Big Bass | Pounds | Winnings | ||||
| 1 | Philip Starks | Terry King | 7.67 | $250.00 | |||
| 2 | Jonathan Brockwell | Steven Cash | 6.33 | $0.00 | |||
| Statistics | |||||||
| Entries - | 30 | ||||||
| Number Limits - | 21 | ||||||
| Number Zeros - | 3 | ||||||
| Bass Weighed - | 125 | ||||||
| Bass Released - | 124 | ||||||
| Total Pounds - | 386.70 | ||||||
| Avg. Bass In Boat - | 4.2 | ||||||
| Avg. Lbs. In Boat - | 12.89 | ||||||
| Avg. Bass Size - | 3.09 | ||||||
| Total Payout - | $3,882.00 |
Brad & Daniel Padgett win Tennessee Team Trail Event on Watts Bar with over 23 pounds!
Courtesy of Tennessee Team Trail FB Page:
Congratulations to Brad and Daniel Padgett for bringing in the biggest bag of the day at 23.08 lbs. Billy Norris and Josh Norris brought in a 20 lbs bag for second and Dale Pelfrey and Jonathan Bowling round out the top 3. We had 216 boats go out of 4 different ramps and everyone worked great to make it a success. We paid 90 places all the way down to 6.71 lbs. We also paid 25 Ranger/Triton/Nitro Contingency places. Mike Wolfenbarger and Steve Miracle brought in the big fish of the day with a 7.49 monster large mouth. Watts Bar really can bring in some good fish! We weighed a total of 438 fish for 1313.35 lbs with 100% live release. Thank you to all the anglers for being with us and now let's get ready for Loudon!
March 23, 2019 – Watts Bar Lake
| Place | Team | Fish | Wgt | Pen | Bonus | B/F | TotWgt | Pts |
| 1 | BRAD PADGETT-DANIEL PADGETT | 5/5 | 23.08 | 23.08 | 200.00 | |||
| 2 | BILLY NORRIS-JOSH NORRIS | 5/5 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 199.00 | |||
| 3 | DALE PELFREY-JONATHON BOWLING | 5/5 | 19.81 | 19.81 | 198.00 | |||
| 4 | CARL POST-JEREMY HARRISON | 5/5 | 18.88 | 18.88 | 197.00 | |||
| 5 | CHASE HENLEY-MICHAEL VANOSDALE | 5/5 | 18.43 | 18.43 | 196.00 | |||
| 6 | JOHNNY DAKE-DUSTY FUGATE | 5/5 | 18.25 | 18.25 | 195.00 | |||
| 7 | JIM EDMONDSON-JAMES DIAL | 5/5 | 18.18 | 4.66 | 18.18 | 194.00 | ||
| 8 | MICHAEL FICKEY-JAMIE LAWSON | 5/5 | 17.25 | 5.16 | 17.25 | 193.00 | ||
| 9 | SETH JOLLEY-DON CARR | 5/5 | 17.06 | 17.06 | 192.00 | |||
| 10 | DERRICK BLAKE-GAVIN DANIELS | 5/5 | 16.51 | 16.51 | 191.00 | |||
| 11 | RODNEY CRADDOCK-CHAD WADDELL | 5/5 | 16.48 | 16.48 | 190.00 | |||
| 12 | TED RIDLEY-JAMES BENTLEY | 5/5 | 16.44 | 16.44 | 189.00 | |||
| 13 | BRIAN SCATES-STANLEY MCLEMORE | 4/4 | 16.36 | 16.36 | 188.00 | |||
| 14 | DEWAYNE WILSON-CORY OWNBY | 5/5 | 16.26 | 16.26 | 187.00 | |||
| 15 | J.P. BIONDO-DARIN BLEDSOE | 5/5 | 15.98 | 15.98 | 186.00 | |||
| 16 | *CALEB EAKENS->RYAN DALTON | 5/5 | 15.72 | 15.72 | 185.00 | |||
| 17 | GREG MOORE-TERRELL HENDREN | 5/5 | 15.69 | 15.69 | 184.00 | |||
| 18 | BRIAN YARBROUGH-WENDELL COOPER | 5/5 | 15.49 | 15.49 | 183.00 | |||
| 19 | LEE LANDS-HARLEY DAVIS | 4/4 | 15.30 | 15.30 | 182.00 | |||
| 20 | *ROGER ODELL->TROY ODELL | 5/5 | 15.19 | 15.19 | 181.00 | |||
| 21 | CODY BURKHART-TRAVIS ANDERSON | 5/5 | 15.12 | 15.12 | 180.00 | |||
| 22 | MICHAEL PATTERSON-HOUSTON KRESS | 4/4 | 15.01 | 6.20 | 15.01 | 179.00 | ||
| 23 | JOE TALLENT-PERRY HULL | 5/5 | 14.95 | 14.95 | 178.00 | |||
| 24 | STEPHEN LOVEDAY-DANIEL LOVEDAY | 5/5 | 14.92 | 5.06 | 14.92 | 177.00 | ||
| 25 | JAMES HEADRICK-BRADLEY HEADRICK | 5/5 | 14.88 | 14.88 | 176.00 | |||
| 26 | DERRICK STAFFORD-CHRIS WILLIS | 3/3 | 14.76 | 6.18 | 14.76 | 175.00 | ||
| 27 | JAMES HUTCHESON-SHAWN STRADER | 5/5 | 14.63 | 14.63 | 174.00 | |||
| 28 | TONY MORTON-JOSH CUPP | 5/5 | 14.40 | 14.40 | 173.00 | |||
| 29 | TOMMY BROWN-SPENCER BROWN | 5/5 | 14.31 | 14.31 | 172.00 | |||
| 30 | GLENN CARTER-JAMES L. WATTS | 5/5 | 14.25 | 14.25 | 171.00 | |||
| 31 | DEREK- TN TURNER-MICHAEL HEMBREE | 5/5 | 14.07 | 14.07 | 170.00 | |||
| 32 | RUFUS JOHNSON IV-CRAIG BREWER | 5/5 | 13.60 | 13.60 | 169.00 | |||
| 33 | MATT BURGESS-LARRY KELLEY | 5/5 | 13.47 | 13.47 | 168.00 | |||
| 34 | RANDY OLIVER-LARRY MINNICK | 5/5 | 13.32 | 13.32 | 167.00 | |||
| 35 | DON MCCURDY-NANCY MCCURDY | 5/5 | 13.25 | 13.25 | 166.00 | |||
| 36 | LEA MASHBURN-JACOB MASHBURN | 4/4 | 13.20 | 13.20 | 165.00 | |||
| 37 | ROBERT ROCHE-MIKE MILES | 5/5 | 12.94 | 12.94 | 164.00 | |||
| 38 | JACOB HAIRRELL-JERRETH BAIN | 5/5 | 12.85 | 12.85 | 163.00 | |||
| 39 | *CHRIS BUSWELL->MICHAEL TACKETT | 5/5 | 12.77 | 12.77 | 162.00 | |||
| 40 | KENDALE ROACH-KOLEMAN ROACH | 5/5 | 12.71 | 4.89 | 12.71 | 161.00 | ||
| 41 | *KEVIN ROACH->JEREMY HOLLINGFIELD | 3/3 | 12.55 | 12.55 | 160.00 | |||
| 42 | JAMES BULLARD-JONATHAN BULLARD | 4/4 | 12.39 | 12.39 | 159.00 | |||
| 43 | *DANNY CRASS->MARK STANDRIDGE | 4/4 | 12.18 | 12.18 | 158.00 | |||
| 44 | BRIAN BEELER-CHAD BEELER | 4/4 | 11.94 | 11.94 | 157.00 | |||
| 45 | DEREK-KY TURNER-JOHN MILES | 4/4 | 11.86 | 11.86 | 156.00 | |||
| 46 | *ANDREW BRACKETT->REECE PLEMONS | 5/5 | 11.85 | 11.85 | 155.00 | |||
| 47 | WAYNE NORMAN-TIM PETREY | 3/3 | 11.82 | 11.82 | 154.00 | |||
| 48 | DUSTIN FRANKLIN-ROB BOWERS | 4/4 | 11.77 | 11.77 | 153.00 | |||
| 49 | BRENT THARPE-JOHNNY THARPE | 5/5 | 11.35 | 11.35 | 152.00 | |||
| 50 | DOUG PLEMONS-JAMES NUCKOLS | 5/5 | 10.97 | 10.97 | 151.00 | |||
| 51 | JON WRIGHT-BEN PARKER | 3/3 | 10.83 | 10.83 | 150.00 | |||
| 52 | NICK WELCH-VIC WELCH | 3/3 | 10.79 | 10.79 | 149.00 | |||
| 53 | TIMOTHY TIPTON-RALPH THOMAS | 5/5 | 10.67 | 10.67 | 148.00 | |||
| 54 | *RANDY MCKEE->JASON POTTER | 5/5 | 10.63 | 10.63 | 147.00 | |||
| 55 | ANDY HUMPHREYS-HOYAL HUMPHREYS | 3/3 | 10.62 | 10.62 | 146.00 | |||
| 56 | TOM HELTON-JEFF KNIGHT | 4/4 | 10.49 | 10.49 | 145.00 | |||
| 57 | *M. BRAD GRAVES->RICK WHITSON | 4/4 | 10.48 | 10.48 | 144.00 | |||
| 58 | MIKE WALL-FREDERICK CASTO | 3/3 | 10.26 | 10.26 | 143.00 | |||
| 59 | JASON UNDERWOOD-DONALD DUNCAN | 3/3 | 10.23 | 10.23 | 142.00 | |||
| 60 | MICHAEL ROBERTS-GREGORY JOHNSON | 3/3 | 10.01 | 10.01 | 141.00 | |||
| 60 | MARTY WHITEHEAD-BRENT BUTLER | 3/3 | 10.01 | 10.01 | 141.00 | |||
| 62 | MIKE PILKEY-PAUL PILKEY | 2/2 | 9.99 | 9.99 | 139.00 | |||
| 63 | CHRIS CARDEN-JAMES MANLEY | 3/3 | 9.94 | 9.94 | 138.00 | |||
| 64 | TIM WACKER-NO PARTNER | 4/4 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 137.00 | |||
| 65 | JAMES GANN-THOMAS GANN | 4/4 | 9.76 | 9.76 | 136.00 | |||
| 66 | ZACH DUNCAN-BRANDON MALONE | 3/3 | 9.73 | 9.73 | 135.00 | |||
| 66 | CODY GREEN-TOM SPANGLER | 4/4 | 9.73 | 9.73 | 135.00 | |||
| 68 | BRIAN HARVEY-MARK MAULDIN | 4/4 | 9.62 | 9.62 | 133.00 | |||
| 69 | TONY WILSON-KENT SMITH | 3/3 | 9.09 | 5.04 | 9.09 | 132.00 | ||
| 70 | JORDAN BURDETTE-MICHAEL BURDETTE | 2/2 | 8.76 | 6.02 | 8.76 | 131.00 | ||
| 71 | *MICHAEL MCGEE->TODD MALLICOAT | 3/3 | 8.69 | 8.69 | 130.00 | |||
| 72 | JEFF GRAVES-DAVID BUFF | 3/3 | 8.44 | 8.44 | 129.00 | |||
| 73 | PRESTON CRAIG-JOSH SHARP | 3/3 | 8.33 | 8.33 | 128.00 | |||
| 74 | DAVID MILLER-BILLY PERKINS JR | 4/4 | 8.26 | 8.26 | 127.00 | |||
| 75 | DOUGLAS BUTZINE-JOSHUA TRENT | 3/3 | 8.23 | 8.23 | 126.00 | |||
| 76 | CHARLIE LANE-TODD HEMBREE | 3/3 | 8.01 | 8.01 | 125.00 | |||
| 77 | BRUCE BUSH-MELVIN JR PARTIN | 3/3 | 7.95 | 7.95 | 124.00 | |||
| 78 | *LARRY ROLEN->TRAVIS WILLIAMS | 2/2 | 7.92 | 7.92 | 123.00 | |||
| 79 | WILBUR CURTIS-BRYANT AILOR | 2/2 | 7.80 | 7.80 | 122.00 | |||
| 80 | JAKE LEE-DALTON PRICE | 2/2 | 7.75 | 7.75 | 121.00 | |||
| 81 | TOMMY DEVANEY-SAM BALDWIN | 3/3 | 7.64 | 7.64 | 120.00 | |||
| 82 | MIKE WOLFENBARGER-STEVE MIRACLE | 1/1 | 7.49 | * 7.49 | 7.49 | 119.00 | ||
| 83 | RODNEY BEELER-MATTHEW BEELER | 2/2 | 7.23 | 7.23 | 118.00 | |||
| 83 | LYNN GREEN-SHANE ROLLER | 3/3 | 7.23 | 7.23 | 118.00 | |||
| 85 | ANOTHONY NEWPORT-NOAH NEWPORT | 2/2 | 7.06 | 7.06 | 116.00 | |||
| 86 | MIKE THOMPSON-JIMBO HARRIS | 3/3 | 6.95 | 6.95 | 115.00 | |||
| 87 | BRAD NAPIER-DENNIS NAPIER | 2/2 | 6.93 | 6.93 | 114.00 | |||
| 87 | DAN RUNYAN-MICHAEL POWERS | 3/3 | 6.93 | 6.93 | 114.00 | |||
| 89 | >DAVID KELLEY-*EDWARD NEWELL | 3/3 | 6.76 | 6.76 | 112.00 | |||
| 90 | DAVID PRESLEY-TOBY STEELE | 2/2 | 6.71 | 4.35 | 6.71 | 111.00 | ||
| 91 | JAMES BAKER-COREY WILLIAMS | 2/2 | 6.62 | 6.62 | 110.00 | |||
| 92 | KEN MOORE-JEFF ALLEN | 3/3 | 6.59 | 6.59 | 109.00 | |||
| 93 | JEFF WALKER-LARRY GRIFFITH | 2/2 | 6.46 | 6.46 | 108.00 | |||
| 94 | DONNIE SLIGER-CHAD GREEN | 3/3 | 6.43 | 6.43 | 107.00 | |||
| 95 | JAMIE NORRIS-BO SMITH | 2/2 | 6.30 | 6.30 | 106.00 | |||
| 96 | RANDY BROWN-JAMES (2) GOODIN | 2/2 | 6.19 | 6.19 | 105.00 | |||
| 97 | TROY REDWINE-KOLBY REDWINE | 3/3 | 6.07 | 6.07 | 104.00 | |||
| 98 | CARL PRATER-JERRETT PIERCE | 3/3 | 5.84 | 5.84 | 103.00 | |||
| 99 | MIKE KINSER-RYAN KINSER | 1/1 | 5.82 | 5.82 | 5.82 | 102.00 | ||
| 100 | ROGER JONES-DAVID KING | 2/2 | 5.80 | 5.80 | 101.00 | |||
| 101 | STEVE REDMOND-JIMMY CRUM | 2/2 | 5.63 | 5.63 | 100.00 | |||
| 102 | BOYD BRUMFIELD-COREY COOK | 4/4 | 5.62 | 5.62 | 99.00 | |||
| 103 | RICHARD MOORE-ANDREW SMITH | 2/2 | 5.52 | 5.52 | 98.00 | |||
| 104 | KEVIN EDWARDS-STAN HACKWORTH | 2/2 | 5.37 | 5.37 | 97.00 | |||
| 105 | RONALD ELLIS-JOSEPH ELLIS | 2/2 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 96.00 | |||
| 106 | CHRIS VANOSDALE-KEITH IDDINS | 2/2 | 5.22 | 5.22 | 95.00 | |||
| 107 | CLIFTON BRADLEY-DEVIN HARRIS | 3/3 | 5.20 | 5.20 | 94.00 | |||
| 108 | JOSH GARDNER-RYAN JOHNSON | 2/2 | 5.08 | 5.08 | 93.00 | |||
| 109 | JOHN FRENCH-STACEY NEWBERRY | 1/1 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 92.00 | ||
| 110 | BRAD STAPLETON-KENNETH STAPLETON | 2/2 | 4.90 | 4.90 | 91.00 | |||
| 111 | JASON PALMER-WAYMON COX | 2/2 | 4.65 | 4.65 | 90.00 | |||
| 112 | TAVIN NAPIER-JON DAILEY | 2/2 | 4.63 | 4.63 | 89.00 | |||
| 112 | PATRICK TURNER-BRIAN TURNER | 1/1 | 4.63 | 4.63 | 4.63 | 89.00 | ||
| 114 | RYAN POPE-CHRISTIAN SMITH | 1/1 | 4.62 | 4.62 | 4.62 | 87.00 | ||
| 115 | RICKY ROBINSON-RICKY ROBINSON JR | 4/4 | 4.55 | 4.55 | 86.00 | |||
| 116 | CASEY MAJNI-STEVEN HUNLEY | 2/2 | 4.51 | 4.51 | 85.00 | |||
| 117 | BRAD MUSGRAVE-RON MUSGRAVE | 2/2 | 4.47 | 4.47 | 84.00 | |||
| 118 | TIM HOSKINS-NO PARTNER | 1/1 | 4.37 | 4.37 | 4.37 | 83.00 | ||
| 119 | ALAN PARKER-AARON PARKER | 1/1 | 4.03 | 4.03 | 4.03 | 82.00 | ||
| 120 | STEVEN HARRISON-WES LEMONS | 1/1 | 3.67 | 3.67 | 3.67 | 81.00 | ||
| 121 | RYAN INKELBARGER-JAKE GARDNER | 1/1 | 3.61 | 3.61 | 3.61 | 80.00 | ||
| 121 | CHRIS TAYLOR-MIKE TAYLOR | 1/1 | 3.61 | 3.61 | 3.61 | 80.00 | ||
| 123 | *KYLE BLAIR->JAMES STOLLINGS | 1/1 | 3.56 | 3.56 | 3.56 | 78.00 | ||
| 124 | GRIFFIN HEFFINGTON-THAD SIMERLY | 1/1 | 3.39 | 3.39 | 3.39 | 77.00 | ||
| 125 | RUSSELL MURPHY-MIKE LAWSON | 1/1 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 3.35 | 76.00 | ||
| 126 | RONNIE TAYLOR-TROY MELTON | 1/1 | 2.99 | 2.99 | 2.99 | 75.00 | ||
| 127 | JOE SCEALF-BRANDON HARRIS | 1/1 | 2.77 | 2.77 | 2.77 | 74.00 | ||
| 128 | JOE ZALEWSKI-TRACY HARP | 1/1 | 2.74 | 2.74 | 2.74 | 73.00 | ||
| 129 | *JACK DUNAWAY->MATTHEW STOMBAUGH | 1/1 | 2.58 | 2.58 | 2.58 | 72.00 | ||
| 130 | DEWAYNE ALLISON-THOMAS ALLMER | 1/1 | 2.54 | 2.54 | 2.54 | 71.00 | ||
| 131 | DEWEY SHEPHERD-FREDDIE SHEPHERD | 1/1 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 70.00 | ||
| 132 | JAMES HOLSENBACK-DOUGLAS CARPENTER | 1/1 | 2.48 | 2.48 | 2.48 | 69.00 | ||
| 133 | KEVIN TODD-MIKE LYKE | 1/1 | 2.47 | 2.47 | 2.47 | 68.00 | ||
| 134 | TYLER FARR-JOSH DAVIS | 1/1 | 2.39 | 2.39 | 2.39 | 67.00 | ||
| 135 | WILL VANETTEN-SCOTT WALLACE | 1/1 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 66.00 | ||
| 136 | MICHAEL COLE-TONY MAYLE | 1/1 | 2.32 | 2.32 | 2.32 | 65.00 | ||
| 137 | ZACK WOLLARD-BEN NAILL | 1/1 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 64.00 | ||
| 138 | JOHN GILLEY-J.T. GILLEY | 1/1 | 2.15 | 2.15 | 2.15 | 63.00 | ||
| 139 | *TEDDIE SCALF->JUSTIN SCALF | 1/1 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 62.00 | ||
| 140 | BILLY BOYD-FOY ELKINS | 1/1 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 2.05 | 61.00 | ||
| 141 | CODY DISON-KEITH DISON | 1/1 | 1.82 | 1.82 | 1.82 | 60.00 | ||
| 142 | JAY ADAIR-JAMIE ROOP | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | *GAVIN AINSLIE->BRIAN AINSLIE | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | DAVID ALBRIGHT-TANNER HERNDON | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | JOHN AMOS-DOUG BENTON | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | RYAN ARMES-AMANDA ARMES | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | HUNTER BAILEY-MICHAEL WOODS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | TIM BANDY-JEFF MCPHERSON | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | >ROBERT WATSON-*DUSTIN WEAVER | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | WADE BEST-DALE BEST | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | ZANE BOWEN-JUSTIN SELVIDGE | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | MATT BROWN-ANTHONY BROWN | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | BRAD BROWN-CRAIG SMITH | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | CLAY CISSON-RUSS CISSON | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | DERRICK CLARK-LYNN KING | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | BRIAN COOPER-JOSEPH BRAKEBILL | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | WES CRAGER-SCOTT PITTMAN | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | CHRIS CUSIC-JAMES ELKINS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | JOHN DAGLEY-LOGAN BUNCH | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | BRAD EARLY-BRAD VINEYARD | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | DAVID ECON-MICHAEL D JENKINS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | SHANE ENIX-STEPHEN YEARY | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | RICK ETHERTON-FREDDIE WALKER | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | JASON FORSGREN-DAVID COLLINS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | DEWAYNE FOUST-JONATHAN PHILLIPS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | BO GOODIN-BILL DUNN | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | JEREMY GRIFFITH-JOEY GRIFFITH | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | RYAN GRUBB-MARK GRUBB | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | ROBERT HELTON-ERIC EVANS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | *JR HENARD->CRAIG POWERS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | FRANK HODGE-RICK EVANS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | GARAN HORNER-CHAD HENSLEY | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | MARCUS JACKSON-JEFFREY MOORE | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | TROY JONES-DENTON JONES | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | MATT KAGLEY-PHIL SKOFIELD | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | BRIAN KING-DOUG YOUNCE | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | MICKEY LASH-LOGAN TAYLOR | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | TIMOTHY LEE-JEFF RUSSELL | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | NIK LEEVER-COLBY PARTIN | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | RYAN LETT-SCOTT HIGGINS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | GARY LIGHT-WILLIAM WYRICK | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | MATT LINTON-NO PARTNER | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | KENT LODARI-TROY BIGELOW | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | *DAN LONG->TOM WALKER | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | MARK MADISON-JOHN ELY | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | GREG MCDAVID-JEREMY SWANSON | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | WES MCLOUD-MIKE EDWARDS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | TYLER MEREDITH-MACKIE MEREDITH | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | *TODD NIDIFFER->BILLY WHEAT | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | DAVE NORMAN-CURTIS NORMAN | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | JASON ODELL-SETH ROBINSON | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | GRADY OHARA-SAYWER OHARA | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | KEN PERFECT-ANDY MCKINLEY | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | KEITH PHILLIPS-ROGER PHILLIPS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | ANTHONY REVIS-JAMES BURCHARD | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | RYAN ROGERS-BILL GARNER | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | *JEFFREY RUSSELL->JONATHAN RUSSELL | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | ALLEN SHELDON-DUSTIN MAYTON | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | *SHANE SLOAN->LEN SLOAN | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | TIM SMILEY-BOBBY CHAMBERS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | SCOTT SMITH-GREG DANNELS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | ROBBIE SNOW-CLIFF ROWLAND | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | PAUL SWEET-RUSS POPE | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | ALLEN TADLOCK-BILL BOLLINGER | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | LUKE TAYLOR-KEVIN TAYLOR | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | *JAMES TIPTON->DAVID BURKHART | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | DARRELL WAGES-JIM SPALDING | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | ADAM WALDEN-ANDY POE | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | JOEL WHEELON-TIM WHEELON | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | ALLEN WHITE-RICHARD PLOWMAN | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | GARY WHITMORE-DILLON MCKINNEY | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | RONALD WHITTED-FELIX FUGATE | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | WYATT WILSON-HEATH LEWIS | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | SCOTT WINCHESTER-KURT HOPE | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | SAM WINTER-AUSTIN WINTER | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 142 | TRAVIS WORMSLEY-JOHN CARROLL | 0/0 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Allen & David Farman win Fisher of Men NC Central Event on Kerr Lake with over 18 pounds!
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 18793 | David Farman Allen Farman |
5 | 5.34 | 18.92 | 0 | 18.92 | 200 | |
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| 2 | 22500 | Travis Watson Brian Benish |
5 | 5.67 | 17.6 | 0 | 17.6 | 199 | |
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| 3 | 18943 | Jeremy Moody Lucas Lobaugh |
5 | 4.6 | 16.81 | 0 | 16.81 | 198 | |
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| 4 | 22364 | Matthew Parker Ronnie Pope |
5 | 5.01 | 16.55 | 0 | 16.55 | 197 | |
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| 5 | 21449 | Wayne Sheppard Tony Fox |
5 | 0 | 16.55 | 0 | 16.55 | 196 | |
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| 6 | 19201 | Lonnie Whitfield Phillip Smith |
5 | 0 | 16.29 | 0 | 16.29 | 195 | |
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| 7 | 21413 | Joey Hackett D J Farman |
5 | 0 | 15.67 | 0 | 15.67 | 194 | |
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| 8 | 17418 | Scott Freeman Connor Freeman |
3 | 5.8 | 14.66 | 0 | 14.66 | 193 | |
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| 9 | 21615 | Joel Lloyd Derek Lindaman |
5 | 5.04 | 14.61 | 0 | 14.61 | 192 | |
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| 10 | 24200 | Jimmy Jones Joseph Hall |
5 | 0 | 14.54 | 0 | 14.54 | 191 | |
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| 11 | 22896 | Rich McWhirter Sam Westbrook |
5 | 4.4 | 14.41 | 0 | 14.41 | 140 | |
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| 12 | 24181 | Chuck Morton Chris Morton |
5 | 0 | 14.02 | 0 | 14.02 | 189 | |
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| 13 | 21500 | Ross Oliver Brad Cook |
5 | 4.57 | 13.78 | 0 | 13.78 | 188 | |
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| 14 | 22740 | Byron Whitfield Dustin Long |
4 | 0 | 12.72 | 0 | 12.72 | 187 | |
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| 15 | 24158 | Dan Glosson Chris Glosson |
5 | 0 | 12.43 | 0 | 12.43 | 136 | |
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| 16 | 24182 | Jackson Hudson Mark Glover |
5 | 0 | 12.13 | 0 | 12.13 | 185 | |
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| 17 | 22498 | Larry Bostic Robert Mayton |
5 | 0 | 11.86 | 0 | 11.86 | 184 | |
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| 18 | 23111 | Lonnie Fox Alan Revels |
5 | 0 | 11.8 | 0 | 11.8 | 183 | |
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| 19 | 24183 | Bobby Carter Craig Hall |
5 | 0 | 11.61 | 0 | 11.61 | 182 | |
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| 20 | 22366 | Roger Clary Justin Rhew |
5 | 0 | 11.27 | 0 | 11.27 | 181 | |
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| 21 | 19141 | Matt Priode Len Priode |
3 | 4.68 | 10.38 | 0 | 10.38 | 180 | |
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| 22 | 15260 | Timothy Covington Nick Covington |
3 | 5.04 | 9.95 | 0 | 9.95 | 129 | |
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| 23 | 22542 | Jonathan Jones Bryson Peed |
4 | 0 | 9.59 | 0 | 9.59 | 178 | |
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| 24 | 24154 | Scott Haigler Adam Bass |
4 | 0 | 9.58 | 0 | 9.58 | 127 | |
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| 25 | 21906 | Derek Bowden Matthew Little |
5 | 0 | 8.82 | 0 | 8.82 | 176 | |
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| 26 | 24198 | Anthony Yarborough Robert Cook |
2 | 5.77 | 8.58 | 0 | 8.58 | 175 | |
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| 27 | 17417 | Jesse Wise Dale Morgan |
3 | 0 | 6.74 | 0 | 6.74 | 174 | |
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| 28 | 14805 | Robbie Kennon Ross Kennon |
3 | 0 | 6.36 | 0 | 6.36 | 173 | |
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| 29 | 1196 | Jay Knott Dale Baggett |
3 | 0 | 5.39 | 0 | 5.39 | 172 | |
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| 30 | 1194 | Steve Hatley Michael Hatley |
3 | 0 | 5.23 | 0 | 5.23 | 171 | |
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| 31 | 12108 | Claiborn Cox Michael Carden |
2 | 0 | 4.42 | 0 | 4.42 | 170 | |
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| 32 | 24199 | Mark Cannon Wes House |
2 | 0 | 4.41 | 0 | 4.41 | 169 | |
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| 33 | 18904 | Randy Strickland Bryan Mister |
2 | 0 | 4.38 | 0 | 4.38 | 168 | |
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| 34 | 16068 | Tony Barham Terry Hobbs |
5 | 0 | 16.3 | 12 | 4.3 | 167 | |
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| 35 | 19567 | David Hackney Kyle Hackney |
2 | 0 | 4.22 | 0 | 4.22 | 166 | |
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| 36 | 24159 | Curtis Vaughn Mike Sipple |
1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 0 | 3.8 | 165 | |
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| 37 | 24155 | Alan Laws Drew Lumpkin |
1 | 3.57 | 3.57 | 0 | 3.57 | 164 | |
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| 38 | 24157 | Terry Smith Kirby Guinn |
2 | 0 | 3.36 | 0 | 3.36 | 163 | |
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| 39 | 24190 | Jeff Hodges Jeff Hodges |
1 | 2.56 | 2.56 | 0 | 2.56 | 162 | |
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| 40 | 17392 | Charles Campbell Chad Martin |
1 | 2.21 | 2.21 | 0 | 2.21 | 161 | |
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| 41 | 15939 | Howard Fisher Quentin Ramseur |
1 | 2.19 | 2.19 | 0 | 2.19 | 160 | |
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| 42 | 8446 | Derrick Johnson Carlton Johnson |
1 | 2.09 | 2.09 | 0 | 2.09 | 159 | |
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| 43 | 23992 | James Dunlap Robert Layne |
1 | 1.71 | 1.71 | 0 | 1.71 | 158 | |
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| 44 | 24180 | Gilbert Sanford Charles Blackburn |
1 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 0 | 1.52 | 157 | |
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| 45 | 17400 | Joey Davis Larry Stevens |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |
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| 46 | 18948 | Maury Turner Luke Turner |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |
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| 47 | 22361 | Horace Mason Val Sorensen |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |
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| 48 | 24156 | Danny Wicker Alan Haigh |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |
Phillip & Steven Isley Win Fishers of Men Tournament on Norfork with over 14 pounds!
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 23951 | Phillip Isley Stephen Isley |
5 | 3.66 | 14.56 | 0 | 14.56 | 200 | |
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| 2 | 22701 | Eddie Bean Ethan Bean |
5 | 3.37 | 10.45 | 0 | 10.45 | 199 | |
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| 3 | 22824 | T. Le Billy Littleton |
5 | 0 | 9.01 | 0 | 9.01 | 198 | |
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| 4 | 23855 | Joe Kaiser Victor Holt |
5 | 3 | 8.66 | 0 | 8.66 | 197 | |
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| 5 | 23952 | arthur fortin Caleb Cline |
5 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 8.2 | 196 | |
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| 6 | 23950 | Justin Keister Jason Mathews |
3 | 0 | 6.28 | 0 | 6.28 | 195 | |
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| 7 | 23989 | Blake Rhein Mark Courter |
3 | 0 | 4.7 | 0 | 4.7 | 194 | |
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| 8 | 22515 | Lucas Madison Jeremy Hardin |
2 | 3.44 | 4.28 | 0 | 4.28 | 193 | |
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| 9 | 23854 | Daniel Ward Carter Kaiser |
2 | 0 | 3.56 | 0 | 3.56 | 192 | |
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| 10 | 22789 | Kenny Gipson Ty Hannaford |
1 | 0 | 1.83 | 0 | 1.83 | 191 | |
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| 11 | 24133 | clarence Ethridge Tom Ethridge |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 | |
Matt and Bob Coughlin take Fishers of Men Win on Cherokee with 13.11 pounds.
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 24139 | Matt Coughlin Bob Coughlin |
5 | 3.49 | 13.11 | 0 | 13.11 | 200 | |
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| 2 | 1121 | Michael Smith Brian Jordan |
5 | 0 | 11.36 | 0 | 11.36 | 199 | |
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| 3 | 1100 | Kenny Bishop Ed Kyte |
3 | 4.26 | 8.78 | 0 | 8.78 | 198 | |
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| 4 | 23374 | Trinity Cawood Bill Humbard |
3 | 4.36 | 8.71 | 0 | 8.71 | 197 | |
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| 5 | 22961 | Ken Sexton Ray Sexton |
3 | 0 | 7.71 | 0 | 7.71 | 196 | |
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| 6 | 23852 | Bobby Cardwell Michael Cantrell |
2 | 0 | 7.67 | 0 | 7.67 | 195 | |
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| 7 | 15074 | Benjamin Boggs Bobby Boggs |
2 | 4.7 | 6.45 | 0 | 6.45 | 194 | |
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| 8 | 1117 | Paul Rogers Rod Garrett |
2 | 3.11 | 5.94 | 0 | 5.94 | 193 | |
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| 9 | 18712 | Chris Sexton Mason Sexton |
2 | 0 | 4.68 | 0 | 4.68 | 192 | |
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| 10 | 22616 | Eugene Randolph George Galyon Jr. |
1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 0 | 3.2 | 191 | |
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| 11 | 17891 | Jeremiah Pruitt Don Rose |
1 | 0 | 2.77 | 0 | 2.77 | 191 | |
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| 12 | 1118 | Jeff Beach William Maggard |
1 | 0 | 2.44 | 0 | 2.44 | 190 | |
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| 13 | 15906 | Chester Wooton Tim Vanover |
1 | 0 | 2.26 | 0 | 2.26 | 189 | |
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| 14 | 23841 | Ronny Jones Bailey Fain |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 15 | 21523 | George Headdon Rick Ellis |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 16 | 3869 | Greg Cope Donnie Wormsley |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 17 | 21525 | Nathan Crisp Jason Holder |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 18 | 22557 | William Freeman Michael Melton |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 19 | 15003 | Tim Leonard Tom Leonard |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 20 | 12123 | John Long Karen Taylor |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 21 | 21829 | Calvin Murphy Steve Terry |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 22 | 24202 | Gary Pilkenton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 23 | 23896 | Robert Satterfield Rebecca Satterfield |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 24 | 23858 | Jason White David Burgess |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 25 | 23853 | Cory Stuart Trey Utter |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 26 | 24203 | Tate Rice Robert Banks |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 188 | |
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| 27 | 8490 | Randall White Randall White II |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
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| 28 | 23893 | Dustin Bailey Jeff Rogers |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | |
Father/Son Team of Braxton & Jason Hopper Win Fishers of Men Alabama Central Legacy Tournament!
Alabama Central’s first Legacy meeting for the 2019 season was held at Wind Creek State Park. Our participants and families enjoyed a hot dog meal as they listened to a devotional on being different. There were 58 people present to enjoy the feast and hear the gospel!
As usual for Lake Martin, the weather did not cooperate. Our teams were greeted with cold and windy weather and then warm windy weather as the day progressed. However, spirits were high! Our youth anglers were eager to get out on the water. Alabama Central has a 3 fish limit for our Legacy teams. All nineteen teams brought a limit to the scales. 100% of the fish were released alive. A total of fifty-seven fish were weighed in for a total of 104.54 pounds. First place and first bonus bucks went to the father/so team of Hopper/Hopper with 87.68 lbs. Second place and second bonus bucks went to father/son team of Luster/Luster with 7.34 lbs. Third place and third Bonus Bucks went to the team father/son team of Hallman/Hallman with 7.18 lbs. Fourth place went to the team of Hilyer/Hilyer with 6.99 lbs. Fifth place including a 3.23 big fish went to the team of Strock/Markham with 6.89 lbs. Rounding out our winners at sixth place was the team of Bertarelli/Turner with 6.00 lbs.
“Do not be conformed any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” Romans 12:2
“We look forward to seeing everyone May 18th at Swift Creek. Come fish the Alabama River with us with us!
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 12856 | Braxton Hopper Jason Hopper |
3 | 3.03 | 7.68 | 0 | 7.68 | 200 | |
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| 2 | 24143 | Scott Luster Jordan Luster |
3 | 2.79 | 7.34 | 0 | 7.34 | 199 | |
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| 3 | 22724 | Ford Hallman William Hallman, Jr |
3 | 2.89 | 7.18 | 0 | 7.18 | 198 | |
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| 4 | 22742 | Anden Hilyer Noah Hilyer |
3 | 2.7 | 6.99 | 0 | 6.99 | 197 | |
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| 5 | 21402 | Tyler Strock Michael Markham |
3 | 3.23 | 6.89 | 0 | 6.89 | 196 | |
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| 6 | 24197 | Landon Bertarelli Austin Turner |
3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 195 | |
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| 7 | 24196 | Boyd Hodge Hunter Allen |
3 | 2.69 | 5.95 | 0 | 5.95 | 194 | |
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| 8 | 22723 | Hunter Griggs Joseph Griggs |
3 | 2.2 | 5.79 | 0 | 5.79 | 193 | |
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| 9 | 24195 | Barry Isbell Jackson Isbell |
3 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 5.67 | 192 | |
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| 10 | 21407 | Paul Vaccaro Hunter Vaccaro |
3 | 0 | 5.27 | 0 | 5.27 | 191 | |
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| 11 | 21947 | Buck Brackin Guage Williams |
3 | 2.4 | 4.97 | 0 | 4.97 | 190 | |
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| 12 | 24134 | Colton Bassett Ruston Bassett |
3 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 4.9 | 189 | |
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| 13 | 22726 | Kendall Jennings Harvey Starling |
3 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 4.8 | 188 | |
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| 14 | 24194 | Heath Rolling Lane Rolling |
3 | 0 | 4.64 | 0 | 4.64 | 187 | |
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| 15 | 22722 | Easton Varon Darrin Gibson |
3 | 0 | 4.45 | 0 | 4.45 | 186 | |
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| 16 | 18816 | Madison Drinnon Steve Drinnon |
3 | 0 | 4.39 | 0 | 4.39 | 185 | |
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| 17 | 21465 | Rick Jacobs John Luke Colvin |
3 | 0 | 4.23 | 0 | 4.23 | 184 | |
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| 18 | 24149 | Andy Leslie TJ Leslie |
3 | 0 | 3.91 | 0 | 3.91 | 183 | |
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| 19 | 24136 | William Cole Grayson Cole |
3 | 0 | 3.49 | 0 | 3.49 | 182 | |
Waynick and McCauley Win Fishers of Men Low Country event on Santee with over 27 pounds! Take home $4425 for the win!
Courtesy of Fishers of Men - FOMNTT.com
The second stop of the SC Lowcountry Division kicked off Saturday morning with anglers grumbling about how tough Santee was fishing. Unlike what usually happens today they were actually telling the truth as only 9 five fish limits crossed the stage. But it's still Santee and someone will always find a way to catch a good bag. Cold nights and strong north winds turned around what many anglers had dreamed about, Big Fat Females flooding the shallows as is typical on Santee in March. Still the top 4 teams all crossed the 24 lb mark.
Leading the pack was the team of Brent Waynick and Emmett McCauley who brought 27.04 lbs to the scales anchored by 2 almost 7 lbers. For their efforts they took home $4425. Coming in second was the team of Dane Odom and Don Smith who had a limit of 5 lbers totalling 25.54 lbs. They took home $1250 which included 1st in the Berkley Cast for Cash incentive. In third was the always tough team of Mke Watson and Craig McFadden who brought 25.12 lbs to the scales earning them $710. Finishing 4th was Lex Costas who had to fish alone as Xan was too sick to fish. He still brought 24.06 to the scales. Hope your feeling better Xan. Missed seeing you. Rounding out the top 5 was Joseph Blanding and Freddie Gamble who had 21.84 lbs.
Ken Ellis and Chuck Howard had the days Big Fish a 8.45 lb beauty.
After our anglers weighed in they were treated to Hot dogs and drinks by Summerton Baptist Church and heard a challenging message from Billy Carlisle. Thanks to all of those that had a hand in feeding some hungy anglers.
Come join us April 20th on Lake Murray and take your shot at the guaranteed $4000 First Prize
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 24152 | Brent Waynick Emmit McCauley |
5 | 6.91 | 27.04 | 0 | 27.04 | 200 | |
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| 2 | 24146 | Donovan Smith Dane Odom |
5 | 0 | 25.54 | 0 | 25.54 | 199 | |
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| 3 | 18001 | Mike Watson Craig McFadden |
5 | 0 | 25.12 | 0 | 25.12 | 198 | |
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| 4 | 13586 | Lex Costas Xan Costas |
5 | 0 | 24.06 | 0 | 24.06 | 381 | |
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| 5 | 24147 | Joseph Blanding Freddie Gamble |
5 | 5.28 | 21.84 | 0 | 21.84 | 196 | |
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| 6 | 18917 | Chuck Howard Ken Ellis |
5 | 8.45 | 19.21 | 0 | 19.21 | 195 | |
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| 7 | 24145 | Lonnie Jones Robert Clark |
5 | 0 | 18.24 | 0 | 18.24 | 194 | |
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| 8 | 13522 | Rusty Bair William Dixon |
5 | 7.27 | 15.92 | 0 | 15.92 | 193 | |
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| 9 | 22924 | Elliott Lynam Jason Morse |
5 | 0 | 14.93 | 0 | 14.93 | 192 | |
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| 10 | 4689 | Trey Phillips Cary Robinson |
4 | 0 | 14.15 | 0 | 14.15 | 191 | |
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| 11 | 21077 | Doug Wooldridge Edward Coto |
2 | 6.97 | 11.9 | 0 | 11.9 | 190 | |
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| 12 | 18915 | Jonathan Brindle David Grooms |
3 | 0 | 11.44 | 0 | 11.44 | 139 | |
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| 13 | 18681 | Bobby Gibbs Donald Pendarvis |
4 | 0 | 10.99 | 0 | 10.99 | 188 | |
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| 14 | 23819 | Kevin Richbourg Michael Williams |
3 | 0 | 10.95 | 0 | 10.95 | 187 | |
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| 15 | 23828 | Jason Fulmer Donnie Harper |
2 | 7.15 | 10.3 | 0 | 10.3 | 136 | |
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| 16 | 24153 | Michael Shelor | 2 | 0 | 9.74 | 0 | 9.74 | 185 | |
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| 17 | 23749 | Skip Young william Young JR |
3 | 0 | 9.51 | 0 | 9.51 | 184 | |
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| 18 | 18922 | Freddie Gibbs Clark Gibbs |
2 | 0 | 8.22 | 0 | 8.22 | 133 | |
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| 19 | 14608 | Errol Duckett Jimmy Leshock |
3 | 0 | 7.89 | 0 | 7.89 | 182 | |
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| 20 | 22433 | Thad Driggers Steven Walker |
2 | 0 | 7.36 | 0 | 7.36 | 181 | |
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| 21 | 553 | Bernie Dreher CB Dreher |
2 | 0 | 6.82 | 0 | 6.82 | 180 | |
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| 22 | 21058 | Justin Marlowe Jordan Marlowe |
1 | 6.58 | 6.58 | 0 | 6.58 | 179 | |
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| 23 | 6846 | George Berry Sean Anderson |
1 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 0 | 5.7 | 178 | |
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| 24 | 18693 | Tripp Fryar Reagan Fryar |
2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 177 | |
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| 25 | 23746 | Bryan Miller John Byrd III |
1 | 4.76 | 4.76 | 0 | 4.76 | 176 | |
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| 26 | 17183 | Larry Turner Larry Turner |
1 | 4.49 | 4.49 | 0 | 4.49 | 175 | |
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| 27 | 18633 | Barry Odom Marshall French |
2 | 0 | 3.63 | 0 | 3.63 | 174 | |
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| 28 | 18689 | Maurice Sauls Robbie Amos |
1 | 2.97 | 2.97 | 0 | 2.97 | 173 | |
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| 29 | 23745 | Tim Chadwick Sandy Oliver |
1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0 | 1.7 | 172 | |
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| 30 | 339 | Wayne Frierson Ronald Mueller |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | |
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Damien Willis and Tyler Kiker Win 2019 Alabama Bass Trail Wheeler Lake
by Dan O'Sullivan
March 23, 2019 - Jasper, Ala. - The one thing a tournament angler does not
want heading into a big event is change. Changes in conditions can take a
sure thing fishing pattern, and in the matter of an afternoon can turn it
into a crap shoot.
That is the situation that Alabama Bass Trail Northern Division anglers
faced when they arrived for takeoff Saturday morning. With the region being
pummeled by constant rain over the past several weeks, the Tennessee River
had been running strong with high volume, dirty water. Over the past week,
the current flows slowed by more than half, and the system started to clear.
In those conditions, savvy anglers make adjustments, and when the moves are
right, they can reconnect with their prey. The team of Damien Willis and
Tyler Kiker did precisely that on Saturday. Their adjustments resulted in a
winning, mixed bag stringer of smallmouth and largemouth that weighed 22.70
pounds to claim victory, and the $10,000 winning purse at the ABT Wheeler
Lake event.
The pair said they found their fish a week prior, and had to adjust to
clearing water. "We found a ditch in practice that we caught a couple
really good ones in on Sunday; we caught them on crankbaits," they reported.
"We got there today, and the water had cleared, so we switched to finesse
swimbaits to catch our fish early, then filled in a couple through the
afternoon on the crankbaits; we had a great day."
The lures they chose were a shad colored Keitech 2.8 Swing Impact swimbait
thrown on a jighead, and washed with the current, and they filled in a few
keepers on a "crawdad colored Rapala DT10 crankbait.
They were understandably please with the outcome. "It's been a couple of
years since we fish ABT, and to win one of these is a great accomplishment,"
they said. "We couldn't be happier, or prouder with how this day turned
out."
The second place team of Blake Hall and Triston Crowder led for most of the
weigh-in, before getting edged out by the winners. Their 21.98-pound limit
of smallmouth and spotted bass was good enough for the runner-up spot, and
the $5,000 purse. They reported catching their fish on upriver current
breaks with "OxyContin Scottsboro Tackle Company swimbaits on 1/2-ounce
jigheads.
Their response to the outcome was somewhat muted. "It's hard to put
together a strong day in tough conditions and get beaten by less than a
pound," they said. "We did everything we could today, and even went looking
for a kicker largemouth in the afternoon; it just didn't happen for us.
It's a good day, but a tough outcome, we'll just have to move forward."
The team of Lance Whitaker and Jeremy Briscoe finished the day in third
place; taking home $4,000 with 21.98 pounds. Their creel was anchored by a
6.44-pound smallmouth bass that earned the $500 Mountain Dew Big Bass bonus
as the largest fish of the tournament.
The Top 10 Standings are below, for complete standings, visit:
https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/wl-results/
Place
Team
Weight
Big Fish
Winnings
1
Damien Willis / Tyler Kiker
22.70
5.34
$10,000
2
Blake Hall / Triston Crowder
21.98
5.70
$5,000
3
Lance Whitaker / Jeremy Briscoe
21.18
6.44
$4,000
4
Joel Green / Jody Evans
19.83
5.71
$3,000
5
Logan Johnson / Jeremy Christian
18.21
5.65
$2,000
6
David Kyle / Scott Callahan
17.78
5.14
$1,500
7
Craig Daniel / Jackie Flack
17.35
$1,100
8
Sam Long / Jason Atkins
17.01
4.61
$1,100
9
Michael Lane / Jason Jones
16.60
$1,100
10
Michael Hood / Randy Wiggins
15.87
5.46
$1,100
Grand Valley State Duo Wins Bassmaster College Series Event On Smith Lake
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