#OneBoatNetwork - Why AnglersChannel Pro Jason Duran Runs Dual Maps on Humminbird Solix
AnglersChannel Pro Staffer Jason Duran shows you why he chooses to run two maps on his Humminbird Solix unit at the console of boat. #Oneboatnetwork
"Classic" Conversations
This week Chris and Jason spend a little time talking about the latest news from the MLF Camp. The boys read some listener feedback & discuss that as well. Chris also interview several Elite Series Pro's while in Birmingham for the Classic Press Conference held by BASS for the 50th Anniversary of the Classic coming in March of 2020. Guest Picker Kenneth is back to try and dig Jason out of his hole while Intern David makes a run at Chris for first place in the U-Pick-em standings. All this and more right here!
Townsend & James win Volunteer Bass Trail Chickamauga event with over 31 pounds!! Includes 10.13 Big Bass!
Congratulations to Tony Townsand & Galen James! Coming in 1st out of 64 teams to win the 2nd 2019 Volunteer Bass Trail event held On Chickamauga.
Tony & Galen also won Big Bass with a 10lbs 13oz giant! Tony & Galen were awarded a $3,380 check for their win.
Full Results here
Smith & Carson win Carolinas Bass Challenge Lake Hickory event with over 21 pounds!
Lake Hickory 04-20-2019
| PLACE | POINTS | CAPTAIN | CO-CAPTAIN | WEIGHT | BIG FISH | EQUIPMENT | WINNINGS $ | SKEETER $ | BIG FISH $ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 310 | Eddie Smith | Michael Carson | 21.8200 lbs | 5.8800 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance  |
$9000 | $4000 | $0 |
| 2 | 309 | Charlie Sipe | Charles Sipe | 20.9600 lbs | 6.5300 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance |
$4000 | $3000 | $0 |
| 3 | 308 | Joshua Queen | Mike Queen | 20.9000 lbs | 6.9700 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $2300 | $0 | $0 |
| 4 | 307 | Barret Locklear | James Locklear | 20.8500 lbs | 6.1300 lbs | Stratos-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance | $1500 | $0 | $0 |
| 5 | 306 | MATT HAYES | Derek Lilley | 20.2600 lbs | 5.3300 lbs | Bass Cat-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $1000 | $0 | $0 |
| 6 | 305 | Israel Gibson | Grant McPeters | 20.1400 lbs | Stratos-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $825 | $0 | $0 | |
| 7 | 304 | Rob Wright | Kesley Pennell | 19.0600 lbs | Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $600 | $0 | $0 | |
| 8 | 303 | Vince Parker | Mark Parker | 18.1700 lbs | 6.3100 lbs | Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird | $550 | $0 | $0 |
| 9 | 302 | Wesley Cashwell | Shane Doughtie | 17.8600 lbs | 7.7000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MotorGuide-Lowrance |
$500 | $2000 | $1000 |
| 10 | 301 | rodney adams | CJ Johnston | 17.2000 lbs | 4.8500 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$450 | $1000 | $0 |
| 11 | 300 | James Ball | Kyle Whisnant | 16.8300 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $400 | $0 | $0 | |
| 12 | 299 | Tyler Dover | Jeremy Land | 16.7300 lbs | Triton-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance | $375 | $0 | $0 | |
| 13 | 298 | Bob Bolick | Rick Hedrick | 16.5100 lbs | 3.8600 lbs | Stratos-Johnson-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $350 | $0 | $0 |
| 14 | 297 | Craig Chambers | Derek Cummings | 16.4600 lbs | Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $325 | $0 | $0 | |
| 15 | 296 | Robert Osborne | Bobby Osborne | 16.4400 lbs | 5.8700 lbs | Champion-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $300 | $0 | $0 |
| 16 | 295 | Rodney Morrow | Kirk Morrow | 16.3900 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$275 | $0 | $0 | |
| 17 | 294 | Chris Wagner | Greg Deal | 15.9300 lbs | 5.7100 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MotorGuide-Lowrance |
$250 | $0 | $0 |
| 18 | 293 | Mitchell Cook | Todd Huffman | 15.6800 lbs | 7.0500 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Humminbird |
$225 | $0 | $0 |
| 19 | 292 | Brent Berry | David Puckett | 15.6400 lbs | 4.6100 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$200 | $0 | $0 |
| 20 | 291 | Gene Webster | Guy Eaker | 15.5800 lbs | Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 21 | 290 | Ladd Whicker | Landon Whicker | 15.5700 lbs | Triton-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 22 | 289 | Jeremy Talbert | Brian Robbins | 15.4500 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 23 | 288 | Jody Wright | james dyer | 15.2400 lbs | Stratos-Mercury-MotorGuide-Humminbird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 24 | 287 | Paul Kiser | David Cheek | 15.2300 lbs | Stratos-Evinrude-MinnKota-OtherNone | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 25 | 286 | Kay Choosakul | timothy penhollow | 15.1800 lbs | OtherNone-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 26 | 285 | Lee Williams | Chad Poteat | 15.0300 lbs | 5.9400 lbs | Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 27 | 284 | Randall Wallace | Andrew Wallace | 14.8600 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 28 | 283 | Mark Brittain | Paul Brittain | 14.8000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 29 | 282 | Nathan Royal | David Brookshire | 14.6800 lbs | Ranger-Suzuki-Minn Kota-Humminbird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 30 | 281 | Michael Smith | Roger Pope | 14.6400 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 31 | 280 | Josh Lancaster | No Partner | 14.5700 lbs | Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 32 | 279 | Eric Jeter | Darren Jeter | 14.5000 lbs | Nitro-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 33 | 278 | Steve Yoder | Dennis Hensley | 14.3200 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 34 | 277 | Adam Ridings | Daniel Sturgill | 14.1600 lbs | Phoenix-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 35 | 276 | Kevin Toler | Boo Whitaker | 13.5300 lbs | Other/None-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Humminbird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 36 | 275 | Mike Steele | Kelly Yoak | 13.5000 lbs | 6.0100 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MotorGuide-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| 37 | 275 | John Allen | Jerry Pruitt | 13.5000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 38 | 273 | Corey Ingram | billy marshall | 13.3400 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MotorGuide-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 39 | 272 | Tim Chapman | Mike Stephens | 13.2600 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 40 | 271 | Glenn Sparrow | Chris Baumgardner | 13.2300 lbs | OtherNone-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 41 | 266 | Chris Dover | Robert Fowler | 13.1800 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 42 | 270 | Nick Beaver | Allen Gamble | 13.1300 lbs | 5.2100 lbs | Triton-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 43 | 269 | Doug Punch | Rocky Franklin | 13.0600 lbs | Stratos-Evinrude-- | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 44 | 269 | Everette Bailey | Ben Bailey | 13.0600 lbs | 6.2100 lbs | OtherNone-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 45 | 267 | Marcus Leech | Zach Leech | 13.0300 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 46 | 265 | Tommy Chapman | Reggie Guffey | 12.9100 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 47 | 264 | todd sosebee | steve postell | 12.8500 lbs | Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-HummingBird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 48 | 263 | Aric Dwyer | Robert Anderson | 12.7200 lbs | Stratos-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 49 | 262 | byron brush | Byron Brush Sr. | 12.4600 lbs | Phoenix-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 50 | 261 | Stacey Richards | Brian Triplett | 12.3600 lbs | 4.0100 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 |
| 51 | 260 | Steve Addington | Scott Beattie | 12.2300 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 52 | 259 | Zachary Chambers | Michael McDonald | 12.2100 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 53 | 258 | Clint Benbow | Jeremi Beatty | 12.0900 lbs | Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 54 | 257 | Keith Speece | Wendell Ireland | 11.9900 lbs | Champion-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 55 | 256 | Rodney Sorrell | Gerald Beck | 11.9200 lbs | Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 56 | 255 | Jimmy Cummings | Steven Jacobs | 11.7800 lbs | Triton-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 57 | 254 | wayne Sharpe | Jeff Lewis | 11.7400 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 58 | 253 | Morris Elliott | Chris Tarbush | 11.6600 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-HummingBird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 59 | 252 | Mike Ray | Orlando Giles | 11.6000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 60 | 251 | Johnny Guffey | Wesley Bell | 11.5100 lbs | Triton-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | 250 | Ben Lattimore | Roger Hamrick | 11.4100 lbs | Stratos-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 62 | 249 | Tom McCombs | Darryl Brown | 11.3800 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 63 | 248 | David Clemmons | Monte Hopkins | 11.2400 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 64 | 247 | Tommy Williams | Thomas Hardwick | 10.9900 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-HummingBird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 65 | 246 | Phil Hennessee | Lee Hoilman | 10.8800 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 66 | 245 | Allen Eaker | Josh Quesinberry | 10.7900 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 67 | 244 | Mike Clark | Chris Anderson | 10.7400 lbs | 3.4200 lbs | Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Humminbird | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 68 | 243 | Keith Porter | Tony Price | 10.6600 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 69 | 242 | Doug Easton | Pete Bejte | 10.0400 lbs | Triton-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 70 | 241 | Larry LeHew | Mike Langford | 10.0200 lbs | Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-OtherNone | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 71 | 240 | Maurice Freeze | Jason Barnes | 9.7900 lbs | Ranger-Evinrude-MotorGuide-HummingBird | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 72 | 239 | Jerry Craig | Bobby Latuch | 9.7700 lbs | 2.2700 lbs | Triton-Mercury-MotorGuide-HummingBird | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 73 | 238 | Thomas Vickers | Brian Huskins | 9.1500 lbs | 2.4000 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 74 | 237 | David Ford | William Small | 9.0200 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 75 | 236 | thomas wike | Terry Herman | 8.9800 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 76 | 235 | Larry Whittington | Skyler Lee Stanley | 8.6800 lbs | Ranger-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 77 | 234 | Jesus Loaces | Tracy Mccready | 8.5800 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 78 | 233 | Ashley Brotherton | Seth Brotherton | 8.4100 lbs | Phoenix-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 79 | 232 | Ron Weyersberg | No Partner | 7.9100 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 80 | 231 | Kevin Franklin | William Patterson | 7.7500 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 81 | 230 | Tyler Hoopaugh | Chris Hoopaugh | 6.6900 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-OtherNone |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 82 | 229 | Thomas Johnson | robert johnson | 6.4400 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 83 | 228 | thomas gavin | Gene Sparks | 6.0600 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 84 | 227 | David Burgess | Stephen Huss | 5.5800 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 85 | 226 | Brett McLean | Mac McLean | 5.2800 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 86 | 225 | Gary Avery | Mike Goodman | 4.4200 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$0 | $0 | $0 | |
| 87 | 224 | Robert Kirby | caleb sutphin | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-HummingBird |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 88 | 224 | Paul Guthrie | Robert Church | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 89 | 224 | Jason Dew | Thomas Elliott | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 90 | 224 | Dwight Dellinger | No Partner | 0.0000 lbs | Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 91 | 224 | Clayton McSwain | Jamarcus Nance | 0.0000 lbs | Tracker-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 92 | 224 | Tony Stafford | Joshua Stafford | 0.0000 lbs | Ranger-Evinrude-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 93 | 224 | Darren Sigmon | Brian Huffman | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 94 | 224 | Roger Adams | Joshua Adams | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 95 | 224 | Matthew McBee | Marty Williams | 0.0000 lbs | Ranger-Suzuki-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 96 | 224 | Bill Grier | Robby Byrum | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 97 | 224 | Rick Crumley | Earnest Crenshaw | 0.0000 lbs | Champion-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 98 | 224 | Lester Elton | Chris Martin | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 99 | 224 | Carl Williams | Eddie Williams | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 100 | 224 | Adam Greer | Shae jones | 0.0000 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 101 | 224 | Norman Lowe | John Miller | 0.0000 lbs | OtherNone-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Humminbird | $ | $ | $ | |
| 102 | 224 | Jason Wilson | Kelly Logan | 0.0000 lbs | OtherNone-Mercury-MinnKota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 103 | 224 | Jason Eaker | Mike Seawright | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 104 | 224 | Danny Bullman | Charles Stroud | 0.0000 lbs | Ranger-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 105 | 224 | Tyler Patterson | Austin Patterson | 0.0000 lbs | Stratos-Evinrude-MinnKota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 106 | 224 | Eric Self | Tyler Beam | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 107 | 224 | Keith Berry | Jarrad Poarch | 0.0000 lbs | Phoenix-Mercury-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 108 | 224 | Allen Travis | hunter Harwell | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 109 | 224 | Mike Young Jr. | Michael Young III | 0.0000 lbs | Ranger-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 110 | 224 | Scott Tate | Scott Tate | 0.0000 lbs | Triton-Mercury-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 111 | 224 | Dale Duncan | Donnie Woody | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 112 | 224 | Allen Tuttle | Wesley Tuttle | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-MinnKota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 113 | 224 | Rodney Sisk | Clay Sisk | 0.0000 lbs | OtherNone-Johnson-MotorGuide-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 114 | 224 | Ronnie Brown | John parker | 0.0000 lbs | OtherNone-Mercury-MinnKota-HummingBird | $ | $ | $ | |
| 115 | 224 | Richard Robinson lll | Greg Whittington | 0.0000 lbs | Other/None-Johnson-Minn Kota-Lowrance | $ | $ | $ | |
| 116 | 224 | Billy Scoggins | Jacob Scoggins | 0.0000 lbs | Skeeter-Yamaha-Minn Kota-Lowrance |
$ | $ | $ | |
| 117 | 224 | Rob Nicholson | Noah Nicholson | 0.0000 lbs | Other/None-Mercury-MotorGuide-Other/None | $ | $ | $ |
Hunt and Williams Take Red River Win in ABA BPS 150 Series
ATHENS, AL – Under clear skies and great fishing weather the Bass Pro Shops 150 Series held the first of four events on Saturday, April 20, 2019 on the Red River in Bossier City, LA.
The Red River showed itself in full force by rising over 7 feet this past week, but persistence and patience by the top 3 teams found themselves fighting it out for the winning position. When the smoke cleared the team of Trent Hunt from Haughton, LA and Cory Williams of Doyline, LA sat at the top of the leaderboard with 14.85 lbs with only a 2 ounce lead good for 1st place and took home the Tracker Pro Team 175XTE Tournament Edition Boat with a 75hp Mercury 4/Stroke Motor. In total this tournament paid back over 100% with a total prize purse over $30,000.00!
“We had spent a lot of time on the river the past week and I found a frog bite that was working really well in the back of an oxbow not far from here. I went out there a couple times to check on the fish and they were still there even with the rising water so this morning we went in and just put our heads down. The first bite of the morning was a good fish, but I didn’t get a good hook set and she came off. I caught the second one and from then on it stayed pretty consistent. We managed to catch about 18 fish throughout the day and culled a few times to get the weight we had. There were 2 main spots we went to, and both of them held the fish so we just caught as many as we could and were lucky enough to hold it off. This tournament was a great format and a lot of fun. We are both so excited to have fished it and won, and this is the biggest thing we have ever done as a team. What a day!” Said the team of Hunt and Williams.
Coming in a very close 2nd was the team of Mike Quinlin from Mooresville, IN and Lewis Mallory from Martinsville, IN with a 5 fish limit weighing 14.75 lbs, just 1 ounce off the lead. “We caught most of our fish flipping and pitching up here in pool 5 in McDade Lake off of the main river. It holds some cleaner water even when the river gets high and muddy like this and most of the time it’s also where the majority of the boats go. We caught enough to cull 8 or 9 times and had 20 keepers staying with the same pattern. The bite slowed down a lot and the last 2 hours of the day we may have caught a couple but that was all. Conditions were near identical to the 2018 Ray Scott Championship that I fished with the water height and color. I love coming down here. It’s a different style of fishing than we have back home and it’s also a lot warmer! This was a great tournament and we had a really good time.” Said Mike and Lewis.
Finishing in 3rd place was the Father and Son team of Don and Shane Williams, both natives of the Bossier City/Shreveport area with a 5 fish limit of 14.70 lbs, less than 2 ounces from the leaders.
Rounding out the top 5 in 4th place was Carl Broussard of Converse, LA and Randall Morgan of Rusk, TX with a 5 fish limit of 14.44 lbs, and 5th place was Sam Huckabee of Shreveport, LA and John Barrera of Milam, TX with a 5 fish limit of 12.54 lbs. Big bass of the event went to Billy Graves of Montgomery, LA and Micah Murrell of Dry Prong, LA weighing in at 4.97 lbs.
The 150 Series Championship qualifiers at this event will be the top 20 teams by place of finish to be held on Table Rock Lake in September. The winning team at the Championship will be awarded two (2) Tracker Pro Team 195 XTE Tournament Edition Boats with 150hp Mercury Marine 4/stroke Motors.
The Bass Pro Shops 150 Series is designed to provide anglers who have a bass rig with a 150hp and below the opportunity to compete against equally powered boats.
The Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission, Red River Waterway Commission and the Bass Pro Shop in Bossier City, LA hosted the event by providing dinner for all anglers.
For more information and full results on this tournament please visit www.americanbassanglers.com/150
Top 20 Teams advancing to Table Rock Lake
| 1 | Trent Hunt-Cory Williams | 5 | 5 | 14.85 | 0.00 | 4.64 | 14.85 | 300 | New Tracker Pro Team 175/Mercury 75 |
| 2 | Mike Quinlin-Lewis Mallory | 5 | 5 | 14.75 | 0.00 | 4.40 | 14.75 | 299 | 1800 |
| 3 | Shane Williams-Don Williams | 5 | 5 | 14.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 14.70 | 298 | 1200 |
| 4 | Carl Broussard-Randall Morgan | 5 | 5 | 14.44 | 0.00 | 4.32 | 14.44 | 297 | 900 |
| 5 | Sam Huckabee-John Barrera | 5 | 5 | 12.54 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.54 | 296 | 850 |
| 6 | Billy Graves-Micah Murrell | 5 | 5 | 12.31 | 0.00 | 4.97 | 12.31 | 295 | 1130 |
| 7 | Kevin Lasyone-William Dowden | 5 | 5 | 12.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 12.25 | 294 | 650 |
| 8 | Matt Allen-Noel Allen Jr | 5 | 5 | 12.13 | 0.00 | 2.61 | 12.13 | 293 | 600 |
| 9 | Kent Cella-John Cella | 5 | 5 | 11.27 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.27 | 292 | 500 |
| 10 | Jerod Keith-Tory Hawthorne | 5 | 5 | 11.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.21 | 291 | 350 |
| 11 | Duston Wadsworth-Nickalas Wadsworth | 5 | 5 | 11.07 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.07 | 290 | |
| 12 | Scott Dean-Logan Sherrer | 5 | 5 | 11.00 | 0.00 | 3.99 | 11.00 | 289 | |
| 13 | Robert Page-Todd Johnson | 4 | 4 | 10.66 | 0.00 | 3.52 | 10.66 | 288 | |
| 14 | Lynn Roller-Brian Roller | 5 | 5 | 10.33 | 0.00 | 3.05 | 10.33 | 287 | |
| 15 | Justin Sharp-Jared Rascoe | 5 | 5 | 9.37 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.37 | 286 | |
| 16 | Sean Brehm- | 5 | 5 | 9.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 9.28 | 285 | |
| 17 | Tandy Harlan-Brandon Collins | 5 | 5 | 9.19 | 0.00 | 2.63 | 9.19 | 284 | |
| 18 | George Hodges Jr.-Randy Hernandez | 5 | 5 | 9.07 | 0.00 | 2.53 | 9.07 | 283 | |
| 19 | Cole Garrett-Brent Carpenter | 5 | 5 | 7.81 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.81 | 282 | |
| 20 | Trent Toups-Jeremy Gallman | 5 | 5 | 7.72 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.72 | 281 |
About American Bass Anglers - American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler while offering an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers and all their bass tournament trails visit www.americanbassanglers.com.
Swindle says you only need three colors of crankbaits
Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships
Modern day crankbaits come in a vast array of impressive color options that can cause a heap of mental perplexity and a badly overstuffed tackle tray. But bass fishing’s funniest man, Gerald Swindle, offers a comforting dose of simple advice, stating that you really only need three basic colors: red craw, shad, and firetiger.
“We all make it harder than it has to be, but choosing crankbait colors should really just be a seasonal-based deal. You’re not trying to collect every color they make. There’s no need to go broke trying to buy every shade they stock on a retail peg, but make sure you can afford these three,” says Swindle.
Red Craw
“This is your early winter through early spring color. Anytime the water temp is 42 to 56, I’m generally throwing a shade of red craw. You can be sure this color will put you in the ballpark of success anytime the water’s cold,” says the 2-time Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year.
Shad
“When the water temps hit 58 or 59, that’s when I generally see bass get off the red craw pattern and dial in on shad colors. It makes sense, because once the water warms, shad get shallower. But even in the heat of summer, if you’re fishing out deep, shad are probably the primary food for bass,” he says.
Firetiger
“Firetiger is my bullpen pitcher. I put him in the game anytime the water is heavily stained, and he stands a chance to play just about any month of the year. He’s kind of the wildcard among the three colors, but he can also be the most consistent if the water is off colored or dirty no matter the season,” concludes Swindle.
Swindle’s rod, reel, line for most cranking situations:Aside from ultra deep cranking, most of the time Swindle cranks with a Quantum 7-foot medium action rod, and a Quantum Smoke S3 6.1:1 gear ratio reel spooled with 10-pound Sunline Shooter fluorocarbon line.
Subscribe to Swindle’s simple theory on crankbait colors, and you’re sure to save a little money on tackle, spare yourself some mental angst, and catch a few more bass through a confidently refined approach to your crankbait game.
Birmingham, Lake Guntersville To Host Historic 2020 Bassmaster Classic
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LIVE - "Birmingham to Host Huge Sporting Event in Spring of 2020"
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The Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex (BJCC) along with the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will hold a press conference Monday, April 22, 2019 to announce a huge sporting event coming to Birmingham in Spring 2020.
Maynard & Crumley Win TTZ Central on Belton with over 20 pounds!
| PL | ANGLER 1 | ANGLER 2 | FISH | BIG BASS | WT | PRIZE |
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| 1 | RONNY MAYNARD | ERIC CRUMLEY | 5 | 6.35 | 20.25 | $10,000 |
| 2 | ERIC WASHBURN | ZANE WASHBURN | 5 | 6.51 | 16.40 | $5,000 |
| 3 | PHILIP THOMPSON | THOMAS HOWE | 5 | 16.33 | $3,500 | |
| 4 | CHRIS CONNER | KENNETH FAIRLY | 5 | 8.45 | 14.94 | $2,000 + $1800 Big Bass + $250 BIOBOR Bonus |
| 5 | JAMES SEYMOUR | GARY MARTIN | 5 | 12.96 | $1,250 | |
| 6 | BRYAN RICHARDS | MAT KEVIL | 5 | 12.79 | $1,000 | |
| 7 | LEE BEUERSHAUSEN | RANDY GROUNDS | 5 | 4.16 | 12.72 | $950 |
| 8 | CRIS TATUM | JUSTIN TATUM | 5 | 12.65 | $900 | |
| 9 | DEREK TAYLOR | JOHN-MICHAEL DUNAWAY | 5 | 12.63 | $800 | |
| 10 | CHARLES YOUNG | RONNIE ANDREWS | 5 | 12.59 | $700 | |
| 11 | CHARLES WHITED | BRENDAN KENNELL | 5 | 12.24 | $600 | |
| 12 | SKYLER CAROTHERS | CANYON CAROTHERS | 5 | 12.16 | $500 | |
| 13 | TERRY HALL | LYNN PIERCE | 5 | 5.62 | 11.76 | $450 |
| 14 | EASTON JOHNSON | JAY JOHNSON | 5 | 11.48 | $425 | |
| 15 | JEFFREY HUNTER | JASPER HUNTER(Y) | 5 | 11.42 | $400 | |
| 16 | RANDY BUTLER | TERRY BUTLER | 5 | 4.82 | 11.38 | $375 + Pre-Registration Winners! Shimano Curado Rod |
| 17 | JESSE FRY | BRANDON BRAY | 5 | 4.53 | 11.21 | $350 |
| 18 | CLAYTON FRENCH | KELLY HUDSON | 4 | 6.44 | 11.16 | $325 |
| 19 | RONNIE MATHIS | DON SCHUETZE | 5 | 11.10 | $300 | |
| 20 | JASON BUCHANAN | TERRY KIRCUS | 5 | 11.05 | $275 | |
| 21 | JUSTIN HUMMEL | LEONARD DEBRASKA | 5 | 11.02 | ||
| 22 | TOBY TUCKER | GARRETT WILKINS | 5 | 11.00 | ||
| 23 | BRAD CASEBIER | CLARK MANNAS | 5 | 10.91 | ||
| 24 | JOEY MARTIN | GREG MEHAFFEY | 5 | 10.89 | ||
| 25 | MAX KIPP | DENNIS WHITED | 5 | 10.86 | ||
| 26 | WALTER KILPATRICK | JUSTIN ROGERS | 3 | 5.65 | 10.81 | |
| 27 | TODD IVINS | SCOTT SMITH | 5 | 10.65 | ||
| 28 | DONNIE O'NEAL | JOE CHANDLER | 5 | 10.43 | ||
| 29 | BRYAN KING | ROBERT HAWKINS | 5 | 10.42 | ||
| 30 | STERLING MARTIN | JUSTIN MADDING | 4 | 10.37 | ||
| 31 | DARRELL WUENSCHE | 5 | 5.21 | 10.29 | ||
| 32 | DEAN ALEXANDER | TOM MARTENS | 5 | 10.11 | ||
| 33 | RUSTY REEDY | 5 | 10.09 | |||
| 34 | BRIAN TODD | JAY STIDHAM | 5 | 10.07 | ||
| 35 | ADRIAN BARNES | DANIEL BARNES | 5 | 9.97 | ||
| 36 | BRENT SMITH | TAMMY SMITH | 5 | 9.92 | ||
| 37 | GARRETT KOSLAN | MARSHALL KOSLAN | 5 | 9.77 | ||
| 38 | RUBEN RIBERA | LINO GUTIERREZ | 5 | 4.46 | 9.75 | |
| 39 | TY BUTLER | 4 | 5.31 | 9.69 | ||
| 40 | GARRETT HENNIG | BRANDON MCQUEEN | 5 | 9.60 | ||
| 41 | GLENN RUCKEL | SCOTT ROSS | 5 | 9.59 | ||
| 42 | KEITH HONEYCUTT | GRAYSON HONEYCUTT | 5 | 9.55 | ||
| 43 | JARROD SANDERS | MICHAEL WALDROP | 5 | 9.48 | ||
| 44 | BILLY EATON | JOHNNY MATTHEWS | 5 | 9.44 | ||
| 45 | BRIAN BUSTILLOZ | ADAM GLAZENER | 5 | 9.31 | ||
| 46 | TRENT STAFFORD | GARRETT WHITE | 5 | 9.21 | ||
| 47 | SAM MORROW | STEPHEN HARDING | 5 | 9.14 | ||
| 48 | CHRISTOPHER WASHINGTON | JARRID HOHENSEE | 5 | 9.09 | ||
| 49 | CHARLIE GANTENBEIN | MICHAEL CARROLL | 5 | 9.08 | ||
| 50 | RYAN WARREN | COURTNEY HOBGOOD | 5 | 9.01 | ||
| 51 | DAVID HOGGE | LEANA GONZALEZ | 5 | 8.91 | ||
| 52 | ROWDY CALVERT | BUBBA WAMPLER | 5 | 8.88 | ||
| 53 | BILLY FREEMAN | ED COLE | 5 | 8.85 | ||
| 54 | SCOTT MEADS | TOM GRIDLEY | 5 | 8.81 | ||
| 55 | STEVE VAN MEETEREN | CINDY VAN MEETEREN | 5 | 8.77 | ||
| 56 | TULLY WILLIAMS | PAT WASHBURN | 5 | 8.76 | ||
| 57 | PAUL ELLIS | MICHAEL MALCIK | 5 | 8.74 | ||
| 58 | JOSH LASSETER | ROBERT MILLER | 5 | 8.70 | ||
| 59 | KEVIN THRESS | JUSTIN MAY | 5 | 8.65 | ||
| 60 | JIMMY WILLOUGHBY | JASON LEATHERWOOD | 5 | 8.61 | ||
| 61 | RYAN WORMLEY | TONY ACEVEDO | 5 | 8.57 | ||
| 61 | DUSTIN TRIMUAR | GARY SHARP | 5 | 8.57 | ||
| 63 | SAM JONES | BLAKE WOOLBRIGHT | 5 | 8.48 | ||
| 64 | LOGAN CLARK | TRAVIS COCKERHAM | 2 | 4.81 | 8.40 | |
| 65 | JAMES HESTER | DAVID SHUSTER | 5 | 8.35 | ||
| 66 | KEN DRAKE | KAYDEN DRAKE(Y) | 5 | 8.33 | ||
| 67 | FRED CATES | HUDSON CARLTON | 4 | 8.28 | ||
| 67 | COLT DIETZ | HEATH GRANT | 5 | 8.28 | ||
| 69 | JUSTIN CALAHAN | SPENCER SUITT | 5 | 8.25 | ||
| 70 | PAT AMICK | 5 | 8.22 | |||
| 71 | TREY GROCE | JOE BILL HALE | 5 | 8.05 | ||
| 72 | STEVE SHEPHERD | BEVERLY SHEPHERD | 2 | 8.01 | ||
| 73 | STERLYN WOOD | HUNTER OWENS | 5 | 7.99 | ||
| 74 | CRAIG KRIENKE | IVAN RANGEL | 5 | 7.82 | ||
| 74 | CRAIG CORDOVA | SHAWN TAMEZ | 4 | 7.82 | ||
| 76 | RYAN KACZMAREK | JAMES DORTCH | 5 | 7.79 | ||
| 77 | MICKEY SANDERS | ROGER MEEK | 5 | 7.72 | ||
| 78 | NORM WILSON JR | NORM WILSON SR | 5 | 7.70 | ||
| 79 | RANCE ROGERS | MIKE ROGERS | 4 | 7.67 | ||
| 80 | JAMES CANTWELL | TOM CANTWELL | 5 | 7.51 | ||
| 81 | JASON STAFFORD | DOYLE WALKER | 5 | 7.47 | ||
| 82 | DALE READ | JIM SUNVISON | 5 | 7.38 | ||
| 83 | BILL GUZMAN | TIM STEWART | 5 | 7.20 | ||
| 84 | BILL STEARNS | BRET GIFFORD | 4 | 7.13 | ||
| 84 | GARY JOHNSON | MIKE SODEN | 5 | 7.13 | ||
| 86 | RANDALL FRY | JOE TACCETTA | 3 | 6.87 | ||
| 87 | DAVID BARATZ | CRAIG BULLOCK | 5 | 6.79 | ||
| 88 | DANNY LEONARD | CHRIS LEONARD | 5 | 6.67 | ||
| 89 | NATHAN DONNELL | JASON DERRICK | 4 | 6.63 | ||
| 90 | SEAN EVANS | PAUL MIGAS | 4 | 6.52 | ||
| 91 | DENNIS BECK | MICHAEL BECK | 4 | 6.37 | ||
| 92 | DUSTIN SMITH | JARED SMITH | 4 | 6.24 | ||
| 93 | JASON LARSON | JJ LARSON | 4 | 6.20 | ||
| 94 | JAMES VALCHAR | 3 | 6.18 | |||
| 95 | PRATT KRAMER | KATIE KRAMER | 4 | 5.79 | ||
| 96 | KEITH NICHOLS | MARTIN JAKUBOWSKY | 4 | 5.75 | ||
| 97 | TONY FERDINANDO | SHANE LOGAN | 4 | 5.47 | ||
| 98 | CHRIS GUAYDACAN | DEREK MCNABB | 4 | 5.21 | ||
| 99 | RANDALL KIRKES | KYLE KIRKES | 1 | 4.79 | 4.79 | |
| 99 | JOHNNY ZUNKER | WADE MEHAFFEY | 3 | 4.79 | ||
| 101 | GARY WEIMER | JEREMIAH WAFFORD | 3 | 4.37 | ||
| 102 | STEPHEN MALINA | TRAVIS PROFFITT | 1 | 1.50 | ||
| 103 | BRANDON KITCHENS | JEFFREY PIEL | ||||
| 103 | LEE EVANS | MICHAEL EVANS(Y) | ||||
| 103 | CLYDE GLENN | BRANTLEY GLENN(Y) | ||||
| 103 | PHIL WARREN | BRIAN MATER | ||||
| 103 | MIKE CEARLEY | DERON MUELLER JR | ||||
| 103 | DAVID SCHWERTNER | CALEB SCHWERTNER | ||||
| 103 | STEVE WILSON | DONNY HOHMAN | ||||
| 103 | ROY STEGER | ANTHONY PACK | ||||
| 103 | BJ CAROTHERS | TIM VEACH | ||||
| 103 | BILLY MCCRARY II | KEITH HEINRICH | ||||
| 103 | JUSTIN STRAWSER | MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | ||||
| 103 | DEAN JONES | MATT RUSSELL | ||||
| 103 | SHAE SEALE | LARRY HOLYBEE | ||||
| 103 | CORD ZAHN | COLTON ZAHN(Y) | ||||
| 103 | BILL LEE | MICHELLE LEE | ||||
| 103 | LARRY SMITH | KEN EVERETT | ||||
| 103 | CHARLES REAGAN | BYRON ALBRECHT | ||||
| 103 | BILLY FORD | WILLIAM LYNCH | ||||
| 103 | JAMES COTTINGHAM | TERRY ROBERTS | ||||
| 103 | JUSTIN WISIAN | GREG STEVENS | ||||
| 103 | KYLE GOAD | KELLY GOAD | ||||
| 103 | CLIFF BROWN | MIKE RICHARDSON | ||||
| 103 | CHRIS BALCOM | JONATHAN ORTIZ | ||||
| 103 | MIKE GROUNDS | |||||
| 103 | GARY FRIEDEL | JACOB FROESE | ||||
| 103 | DAMON ROSS | DONNIE ROSS | ||||
| 103 | DANIEL ABERNATHY | ETHAN MALDONADO | ||||
| 103 | CHRIS BERTELSON | PEYTON KURIO | ||||
| 103 | TRENT BLAKE | NICK SULLIVAN | ||||
| 103 | ANDREW SWEET | PHILLIP DOUBEK | ||||
| 103 | DANNY LANGLEY | SHANE STAFFORD | ||||
| 103 | ALLEN GASS | RICHARD GASS | ||||
| 103 | LANDON GLASS | MANDI GLASS | ||||
| 103 | DUANE GEORGE | |||||
| 103 | JAYSON KISSELBURG | DEAN GOLMON | ||||
| 103 | RICHIE LAND | RUSSELL WHITE | ||||
| 103 | ANDY WHITEHEAD | RYAN BODE | ||||
| 103 | DUSTIN BARFIELD | NATHAN MATTHEWS | ||||
| 103 | JAMIE SLAYDEN | BRANDON HOUSTON | ||||
| 103 | KEN WILKINS | STEVEN KIRKWOOD | ||||
| 103 | JAMES WHITE | WAYNE ALBERTHAL | ||||
| 103 | LARRY SANCHEZ | JAYDEN SANCHEZ(Y) | ||||
| 103 | JAMES GRAHAM | MICHAEL PROVENZANO | ||||
| 103 | DAVID KIPP | CHRIS BLACKMON | ||||
| 103 | PHILLIP MASSOLETTI | NOEL LOWE | ||||
| 103 | MARK BENNETT | |||||
| 103 | BRIAN HUGHES | MIKE HARMAN | ||||
| 103 | JOHNNY WIERZBICKI | ROBERT MIERAS | ||||
| 103 | JOHN KAPALDO | DONNIE WEBER | ||||
| 103 | TIM DIXON | |||||
| 103 | JOSHUA PRICE | ASHER PRICE(Y) | ||||
| 103 | JACKY ROBERTS | |||||
| 103 | RANDALL CHRISTIAN | |||||
| 103 | CHANS MARTIN | COURTNEY BEHREND | ||||
| 103 | JUSTIN ALLISON | KAEL WASHBURN | ||||
| 103 | CHRIS WOEHL | CHRIS CLEMENTS | ||||
| 103 | JUSTIN HALLMARK | JAMES COMBS | ||||
| 103 | CHRIS WILKINSON | JOSHUA GIBBONS | ||||
| 103 | DIRK AMAN | DANIEL WESSMAN | ||||
| 103 | LEONARD PHILIP | HUNTER ARTHUR | ||||
| 103 | FELLER SMITH | DYLAN CROWNOVER | ||||
| 103 | EDDIE PELFREY | MARINA PELFREY | ||||
| 103 | DOUG WILSON | |||||
| 103 | BRYAN COTTER | RANDY SMITH | ||||
| 103 | MATTHEW YEZAK | |||||
| 103 | DARREL ROUTON | JACK CULBREATH | ||||
| 103 | MARK RIBERA | ANTHONY RIBERA | ||||
| 103 | NATHEN LABAY | KEITH LABAY | ||||
| 103 | MATTHEW MASON | JEFFERY COTTRELL | ||||
| 103 | JASON OLIVO | BOBBY ACOSTA | ||||
| 103 | DON GORDON | JAMES ROBERTS | ||||
| 103 | CHRIS SABINA | MICHELLE ESQUEDA | ||||
| 103 | TRAVIS MCCOLLOUGH | BOBBY WILSON | ||||
| 103 | JUDY RENEAU | TIM RENEAU | ||||
| 103 | BLAYNE THOMPSON | CHUCK BROOKE | ||||
| 103 | WESTON BROWN | ALAN BROWN | ||||
| 103 | ERIC GARCIA | ANTHONY GARCIA | ||||
| 103 | CHUCK WARE | TREY EPICH |
Thasher & Thrasher win Fishers Of Men Tournament Trail Hartwell Event with 3 fish for 9.16 pounds!
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 16731 | Jason Thrasher Ethan Thrasher |
3 | 3.48 | 9.16 | 0 | 9.16 | 200 | |
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| 2 | 17874 | Jack Howell Dell Howell |
3 | 3.53 | 8.7 | 0 | 8.7 | 199 | |
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| 3 | 24403 | Blake Riddle Emerson Riddle |
3 | 0 | 8.6 | 0 | 8.6 | 198 | |
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| 4 | 24405 | Chris Rhodes Riley Floyd |
3 | 3.48 | 8.56 | 0 | 8.56 | 197 | |
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| 5 | 17732 | Greg Pace Grayson Pace |
3 | 3.81 | 8.47 | 0 | 8.47 | 196 | |
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| 6 | 16237 | William Kimbrell Asher Kimbrell |
3 | 0 | 8.37 | 0 | 8.37 | 195 | |
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| 7 | 21794 | Conrad Bolt Hunter Bolt |
3 | 2.9 | 8.19 | 0 | 8.19 | 194 | |
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| 8 | 24238 | Brad Burdette Brantley Burdette |
3 | 3.52 | 8.12 | 0 | 8.12 | 193 | |
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| 9 | 24242 | Jason Sharpe Jackson Sharpe |
3 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 8.1 | 192 | |
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| 10 | 24408 | Isaac Temple Kale Temple |
3 | 2.84 | 7.95 | 0 | 7.95 | 191 | |
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| 11 | 19639 | Brad Gambrell Sawyer Redmond |
3 | 3.43 | 7.59 | 0 | 7.59 | 190 | |
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| 12 | 16732 | Drake Boyd John Boyd |
3 | 3.76 | 7.52 | 0 | 7.52 | 189 | |
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| 13 | 16676 | Aiden Luper Reggie Luper |
3 | 3.16 | 7.47 | 0 | 7.47 | 188 | |
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| 14 | 23326 | Wayne Davenport Drake Henderson |
3 | 0 | 7.45 | 0 | 7.45 | 187 | |
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| 15 | 24239 | Brian Kelly Tye Kelly |
3 | 3.16 | 7.05 | 0 | 7.05 | 186 | |
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| 16 | 24406 | Chris Wells Wesley Wells |
3 | 0 | 6.78 | 0 | 6.78 | 185 | |
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| 17 | 19514 | Sam Benson Elijah Benson |
3 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 6.7 | 184 | |
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| 18 | 22952 | Chris Tinsley Ryan Tinsley |
3 | 2.89 | 6.67 | 0 | 6.67 | 183 | |
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| 19 | 24411 | Tyler Lusk Michael-Colee Gambrell |
3 | 0 | 6.53 | 0 | 6.53 | 182 | |
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| 20 | 21790 | Hank O Shields Rodney Elliot |
3 | 0 | 6.29 | 0 | 6.29 | 181 | |
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| 21 | 24410 | Kevin Stowers Owen Stowers |
3 | 0 | 6.09 | 0 | 6.09 | 180 | |
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| 22 | 16235 | Michael Brewer Zach Brewer |
3 | 0 | 5.85 | 0 | 5.85 | 179 | |
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| 23 | 21798 | Phillip Price Noah Price |
3 | 0 | 5.55 | 0 | 5.55 | 178 | |
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| 24 | 19637 | Rick Steckelberg Fisher Steckelberg |
3 | 0 | 5.17 | 0 | 5.17 | 177 | |
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| 25 | 24251 | Aiden Somerville Austin Somerville |
3 | 0 | 5.05 | 0 | 5.05 | 176 | |
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| 26 | 22945 | Derek Shubert Joseph Shubert |
3 | 0 | 4.89 | 0 | 4.89 | 175 | |
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| 27 | 24240 | Bryan Burton Austin Burton |
3 | 0 | 4.65 | 0 | 4.65 | 174 | |
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| 28 | 24246 | Wesley Underwood Justin Underwood |
3 | 0 | 4.19 | 0 | 4.19 | 173 | |
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| 29 | 24404 | Bryan Walker Ethan Burgess |
3 | 0 | 3.95 | 0 | 3.95 | 172 | |
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| 30 | 24245 | Wade Parnell Ty Parnell |
3 | 0 | 3.19 | 0 | 3.19 | 171 | |
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| 31 | 21800 | Shane Whitt Kyptyn Whitt |
1 | 1.83 | 1.83 | 0 | 1.83 | 170 | |
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| 32 | 23983 | Kevin Giles Parker Giles |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | |
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| 33 | 24237 | Anthony Marks Ninno Marks |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | |
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| 34 | 24406 | Chris Wells Wesley Wells |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 | |
Kenneth Moore wins Media Bass Lake Tawakoni event Solo with over 21 pounds!
April 20 - Lake Tawakoni - Photos
SEAGUAR INVIZX NOW AVAILABLEIN VERSATILE 600 YARD SPOOL
Compact, convenient, easy and economical new spool for anglers
Louisville, KY (April 22, 2019) - When it comes to choosing fishing line, hordes of anglers—including numerous pros—turn to Seaguar’s InvizX, a 100% fluorocarbon that’s great for casting, all-around use, as well as segmentation as a reliable leader material. It works extremely well as the main line on spinning reels and in higher pound test on baitcasting reels. It’s soft, supple and very castable with superior sensitivity. Part of the reason so many anglers turn to it as their primary choice in fluorocarbon is also because it’s virtually invisible yet has advanced hook-setting power, casts smooth and exhibits superior knot strength.
Previously only available in 200- and bulk 1000-yard spools, Seaguar is proud to announce the popular line is now available in a versatile 600 yard spool that you can take anywhere. This new spool is the perfect size to fit in a boat cup holder, a glove compartment in a boat, a fanny pack, smaller watercraft including kayaks, a tackle box, etc. It’s considerably smaller than a bulk 1000-yard spool and also more economical than purchasing three 200-yard spools. Ultimately, the 600 yard spool size is compact, convenient, and always at the ready.
Many anglers have already taken to the unique 600 yard format, including bass pros Aaron Britt and Keith Combs.
“Most of the time large spools of line are incredibly bulky and take up a lot of room. Not the new 600 yard InvizX spool. You could be a bank fisherman, a kayak angler, a small boat fisherman and put the spool virtually anywhere. A lot of anglers running the banks are using backpacks, fanny packs, smaller tackle boxes, etc. and the spool size is perfect for that. Not only does the spool fit into most places but you’re fishing with the best line in the world. It’s hard to argue that it’s the best bite for your buck considering you could roll up about six reels from one 600 yard spool versus separate 200 yard spools. Not only do you get more line on a 600 yard spool, you save money,” says FLW pro Aaron Britt.
Photo courtesy of FLW
He continues: “I keep one in the center console of my boat, which is very, very small. It fits a marker buoy, and some sunscreen, but also fits my 600 yard spool for quick and easy access. I love InvizX. It’s smooth, casts brilliantly, there’s not a whole lot of memory, and there’s just enough stretch. There’s not a lot of stretch but just enough that I feel comfortable setting the hook hard on any bait that I throw. It’s also a universal line. You can use it on spinning and baitcasting reels, as great leader material—it’s just overall the best line on the planet. I have the utmost confidence in it and spool all my reels with it.”
B.A.S.S. Elite pro Keith Combs agrees: “The 600 yard spool is the perfect size to fit into places that might have been wasted space in your boat. And For kayak fishing it’s great because you’re limited with space there, too. The other thing, it seems like there’s always some wasted line at the end of a 200 yard spool and a 1000 yard spool takes you forever to use; not with the new 600 yard spool—it’s the all-around perfect format.”
Combs has been a diehard user of InvizX for years and says he just appreciates its all-around performance besides the new economical and versatile 600 yard spool format.
Photo courtesy of B.A.S.S.
“It’s an awesome all-purpose line. Seaguar has a lot of really good specialty lines and I use their Flippin’ line sometimes, their Finesse line on occasion, but InvizX is just kind of like if you’re going to stock up on your basic line sizes—your 12, 15, 20—InvizX is simply the most versatile line I’ve ever used. It holds up under all conditions and it’s good for anything. With that, I really appreciate the simplicity of saying I’m going to get a 600 spool of 15 lb. InvizX and wind up a bunch of my reels.
The performance is just incredible. There’s very little memory even when it’s extremely cold and it’s a supple line. A lot of my fishing is long casting offshore fishing and it’s great for that—it’s strong, it’s sensitive, but I can make really long casts because it’s very limp and extremely castable. But I can also use the same line to go flip laydowns. It handles it all.”
Seaguar InvizX is available in line tests of 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, and 20 lbs, in the new 600 yard spool format.
Wise & Abshire win Collins Bass for Cash Series Event on Kerr Lake with over 18 pounds!
Jesse Wise & Hal Abshire for outlasting 117 other teams today and winning the 2nd Collin’s Bass For Cash Series Event of 2019 with 18.27lbs. This event was a partnership event between Collin’s Inc and the Boys & Girls Club today on Kerr Lake. They took home $6,510 for their efforts.
Cody Hoyle wins the Ed Watkins Marine Lake Wylie Event with over 17 pounds!
Cody Hoyle taking first place today at our tournament on Lake Wylie with 17.34lbs. Second place went to Aaron Digh & Austin Buchanan with 13.40lbs. Big Fish went to Lee Endicott & Travis Donaldson with 3.86lbs.
Confidence Baits
Luke Estel - Tournament Team Blogger
What’s your favorite bait to throw?
It may be a shakey head worm, a small crankbait, or even a spinnerbait, but you have one lure that you always have tied on. The reason these are confidence baits are obvious, you catch fish on them.
I have two confidence baits.
No matter what time of year or what lake I am on, I have these two baits tied on. The first is a frog and the other is a swim jig.
Years ago one of my mentors, Keith Gale and my Uncle were fishing a tournament on a river. They weren’t doing very good and had only a few bites. As the day wore on, Keith told my Uncle that if fishing was this tough, that he might as well throw something he likes to fish with. That just happened to be a black Lunker Lure buzzbait. The original. Not long after he started throwing it, he immediately starting catching fish, and they were big ones. They went from zero to hero real quick, just because Keith decided to throw his confidence bait.
Another time my partner Chopper and I were fishing our home lake. It was summer and the deep brush pile bite was “supposed” to be on. We fished half the day with nothing in our live well. I decided to pick up a swim jig and work the edge of the grass. There was no reason for the fish to be there but we had exhausted all of our deep stuff. I put a clinic on in a matter of hours ultimately cashing a check.
Sometimes we bass fishermen tend to over think what the fish are doing and what we “should” be catching them on. We focus on the lake, the time of year, and the never ending dock talk, when in reality a bass is a bass and just go fishing.
Confidence is a huge part in success.
There have been many examples throughout history of it. Some of the best examples of this are found in our sports we love to watch. For example, watching underdogs upset top teams because they stuck to how they normally play.
Use this confidence to your advantage.
If a fisherman goes into an event with a closed mind, a terrible practice, and a bad attitude, they will never succeed. But the fisherman who thinks outside the box, has a drive to win, and the confidence it takes, he or she will come out on top.
Confidence baits can play a huge part in our success as tournament anglers. Have yours always tied on, and when things get tough, pull it out and start casting. It’s just a bass and it’s just fishing.
Dusty Jordan and Alex Bowdoin Win 2019 Alabama Bass Trail Alabama River
by Dan O'Sullivan
April 20, 2019 - Prattville, Ala. - Just when springtime breaks and perfect
conditions begin to arrive, it seems the weather throws bass anglers for a
loop. While the temperatures and rainfall had been stable and light in the
period leading up to the third stop of the Alabama Bass Trail Southern
Division's third stop, it changed drastically the two days prior to the
event.
Heavy rainfall and cooler temperatures greeted anglers during practice on
Thursday and Friday, and with it came a nearly 20-degree drop in
temperatures, and a two foot rise in water level. However difficult those
conditions can be, the team of Dusty Jordan and Alex Bowdoin figured out the
conditions and brought 18.35 pounds to the scales at Cooter's Pond to claim
victory and the $10,000 winner's prize.
They credited Jordan riding with a former Elite Series pro for their win.
"I learned a lot from Ott DeFoe when the Bassmaster Elite Series fished here
last time," said Jordan. "The conditions were very similar, and he put on a
big time clinic in that high water, and we were able to use those tactics
today to win this tournament."
They reported using a pear white 5-inch Berkley Swimbait rigged on a
3/4-ounce head as well as a heavy Shaky Head and NetBait T-Mac worm to catch
their fish. "We were fishing a hump upriver, and caught a 16-pound limit
early, then culled to this weight by early afternoon," they said. "This is
a very special feeling because these are great anglers, and we've wanted a
win like this for a long time. To do it after having a tough practice
round, then making adjustments and having it turn out this way makes it even
better; we're thrilled."
Rob Lee and Steve Winslett have been in this position before - at Cooter's
Pond - having finished second at this same venue in 2018. "We can't feel
anything but good about this outcome, because after the practice we had we
are lucky to have even caught a decent limit," they said. "This is a much
better outcome then we expected, we were just hoping to salvage some points,
this is a big outcome for us." The reported catching all of their fish in
current on a 7-inch green pumpkin chartreuse tail Big Bite Bait Company
Finesse worm on homemade 1/4 and 5/16-ounce Shaky Heads; they earned $5,000
for their performance, along with the $1,000 America's Fist bonus for
financing their boat purchase with America's First Credit Union."
Joe Wickoff and Radney Atchison stayed in Cooter's Pond and caught 17.49
pounds on a 1/2-ounce chartreuse with gold blades Thunder Baits spinnerbait
made by Wickoff. The pair earned $4,000 for their efforts.
Fishing without his partner Kyle Dorsett, and anchored by the 5.34-pound
Mountain Dew Big Bass of the tournament Allen Yarborough, posted a limit
worth 17.42 pounds to finish fourth. He earned $3,000 for his top finish,
and his big bass earned the $500 bonus for being the heaviest fish of the
tournament.
The Southern Division of the Alabama Bass Trail hits the water next at the
Lay Lake on May 18.
The Top 10 Standings are below, for complete standings, visit: https://www.alabamabasstrail.org/tournament-series/ar-results/
| Place | Anglers | Weight | Big Fish | Winnings |
| 1 | Dusty Jordan / Alex Bowdoin | 18.35 | 4.77 | $10,000 |
| 2 | Rob Lee / Steve Winslett | 18.18 | $5,000 | |
| 3 | Joe Wikoff / Radney Atchison | 17.49 | 4.54 | $4,000 |
| 4 | Allen Yarborough / Kyle Dorsett | 17.42 | 5.34 | $3,000 |
| 5 | Jim White / Stan White | 16.25 | 4.76 | $1,750 |
| 5 | Rob Kyle / Brent Shiver | 16.25 | $1,750 | |
| 7 | Robbie Pritchard / Lynn Pritchard | 15.65 | 3.68 | $1,100 |
| 8 | Robbie Pelt / David Caylor | 15.49 | 4.64 | $1,100 |
| 9 | Evan Robbins / Justin Coker | 15.32 | 4.79 | $1,100 |
| 10 | Mark Mott / Justin Mott | 14.95 | $1,100 |
Texas' James Biggs Seals The Win In B.A.S.S. Nation Regional On Guntersville
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Its a Rookie Doubleheader!
This week Jason comes out swinging with an Elite Series Doubleheader featuring Derek Hudnall and Drew Cook. Derek talks about his Classic experience and the task ahead of overcoming an early season DQ at Lake Hartwell. Drew gives us some background into his fishing career and his thoughts on battling for ROY and AOY on the Elite Series. Check it out!
Rookie Recap with Elite Series Rookie Rob Digh
AC's John Byrne talks with Elite Series Rookie Rob Digh about the recent South Carolina Swing on Lake Hartwell and Winyah Bay.
Oklahoma Claims Team Title In B.A.S.S Nation Regional Bass Tournament On Lake Guntersville
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Teams Tie during the WWBT College Team Series on the Delta
Courtesy of Wild West Bass Trail - John N. Felsher
STOCKTON, Calif. -- In a tight grind on the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, better known as the California Delta, the top anglers fishing the Wild West Bass Trail College Team Series tied during the event held April 14, 2019.
Launching out of Ladd’s Marina in Stockton, the team of Tyler Wood and Zion Jerge of De La Salle High School tied with Herbie Leblanc and Tshu Xiong representing the University of California at Merced. Each team brought in five-bass tournament limits weighing 13.38 pounds.
“It was a grind, but we stuck it out and picked up the bites when we needed them,” Wood confirmed. “We burned a lot of fuel looking for fish.”
“We caught fish on varied lures, but it was mainly a soft-plastic bite,” Jerge echoed.
Leblanc and Xiong caught all of their fish on either wacky-rigged Senkos or a Zoom Baby Brush Hogs. They also had to search for their fish, picking up one bass here and another one there, but did get several good bites in one spot.
“We flipped the Senko around brush on the inner weed line and flipped the Baby Brush Hog in the tulies,” Leblanc explained. “We caught our first fish at about 10 a.m. Then we caught two big ones and one more at about 1 p.m. After that, we just grinded it out to get one more bite with 30 minutes to go to get our limit.”
In third place, Austin Crane and Tyler Firebaugh of Chico State University brought in a five-fish limit going 11.34 pounds. They also roamed the lake looking for fish in the shallows.
“We ran history today, fishing spots where we caught fish before,” Firebaugh said. “We’d catch a couple in an area and then go to another area and catch a couple more. We were looking for prespawn bass. All of the keepers came shallow.”
“We didn’t catch a limit until about 1 p.m. and caught our big one about five minutes before we had to quit,” Crane added. “That helped a lot. We caught the big one right on top of a weed line on a swim jig. We found a big one on a bed and tried to catch it for about an hour, but never did.”
The best Wild West Bass Trail College Team Series anglers will compete again in the trail championship to be held later this year at Clear Lake. The largest natural freshwater lake entirely within California and one of the oldest lakes in North America, Clear Lake covers 68 square miles or about 43,500 acres. About 19 miles long and eight miles wide, the lake drops to about 60 feet deep in places. Clear Lake traditionally ranks high among the best bass lakes in the nation.
For more information on the Wild West Bass Trail College Team, see www.wildwestbasstrail.com/college. People can also call Bryant Kendall, tournament director, at 480-571-1919, extension 106 or send an email to bryant@wildwestbasstrail.com.
Bassmaster High School All-American Team Welcomes 12 New Members
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The River Less Traveled
Vance McCullough - AnglersChannel.com
There are two reasons you’d find yourself alone in a bass tournament:
1) you are smarter than everyone else,
2) you are dumber than everyone else.
It turns out that Dylan Hays was the former during last week’s FLW Tour on Lake Cherokee when he turned his back on the smallmouth smash fest happening on the lower section of lake and ran up the Holston River to fish for largemouth. Though he finished 3rd, at first he wasn’t so sure he’d made a smart move. “I was boat number 78 when we launched the first morning. When I went under the 25E bridge - the first bridge on the lake, it’s about halfway up - I was boat number 1.
“Nobody went up there. Not a soul. I said ‘Oh, Dylan, you’re probably screwing up’.
“And I fished the first seventy-five yards where I had a lot of bites in practice and I never got a bite. I thought ‘Dylan, you’re really screwing up bad.’
“Then I got my first bite. It weighed 4-6. It settled me in. My next bite was a 3-and-a-half. In my next hour I caught two keepers and then I caught a 4-11.
“Then I knew I had something special.
“The reason I chose to do that was because I just couldn’t get the smallmouth game going to be honest with you.”
Early the first day of practice Hays caught a 3 ½ -pounder up the lake. While it was not in the area he fished during competition, it gave him a clue. He thought he might bed fish and he marked a bunch of them, but that didn’t quite pan out.
“So, day 3 of practice I decided ‘I’ve got to figure out how to catch a bass.’ I pulled out a little swimbait and caught some smallmouth, 2-and-a-half-pounders, and I thought with a couple of bed fish I might put together a limit doing that, but it wasn’t the winning stuff.
“At 5 o’clock the last day of practice I went up the river; just took off.
“I pulled into the creek I ended up fishing in the tournament and it was like a different lake. I got bit, like, every other flip. Whether it was little ones or bream or whatever, it was something, just something. I liked it and thought ‘man, I want to come up here, but I haven’t caught any keepers yet’.
“I fished for twenty more minutes and caught a 4 ½ - pounder. The very next flip I shook off a big one. And like, five flips later I shook off another big one. I said, ‘well ok, the decision’s made right there’.”
Hays’ decision to fish the upper reaches of the lake nearly won him the tournament. “I should have made it happen. I lost the winner on Day 3. But four or five guys had the bites to win. But I did, for sure, have the bites to win.”
Hays weighed-in several 4-pounders during the event which made him the envy of most guys in the smallmouth camp. Lake Cherokee has an outstanding population of 3-pound brown bass, but 4-pounders are rare.
While he had half the lake to himself, Hays caught most of his weight throughout the week from one piece of shoreline. “Out of the seven 4-pound fish I weighed, six of them came off one bank. I also caught another six that weighed 3-plus off that bank. That’s over half my fish that I weighed in the tournament, off one stretch.”
What made that section of the creek so productive? “The channel wrapped around this point right there. All the big females I caught in that creek were sitting right there. You could get off that, to some steeper banks, and catch some but they would almost all be males, 2 ½ pounds or less.”
While he used the flipping approach - generally associated with heavy cover - to put a lure in front of fish, Hays says the magic was more about the structure of the bottom, less about the cover on it. “Contours. That’s all it was – contours. There were three or four laydowns on it, only one laydown that I caught fish out of. I caught two big ones out of it the first day and never had another bite on it all week. All the rest of them, I was just flipping the rocks. There might have been a log here or there but most of those fish were just sitting on the rock.”
Hays duplicated some of his magic on three other channel swings in the same creek. “I also caught a couple of 4-pounders and another 3-pounder fishing channel swings out on the main river with laydowns. I even had that to myself. I never ever had a boat in my way the whole week.”
Hays did most of his work with a homemade half-ounce jig, green pumpkin/brown, tipped with a Zoom Z Craw Jr in green pumpkin. “I also caught a couple the last day on a Zoom Big Salty Chunk on the back of that same jig.
“I weighed two fish on a Phancy Lures spinnerbait. Half-ounce, chartreuse and white with tandem blades. The wind literally blew, like, ten minutes one day and I picked the spinnerbait up and caught a 4-pounder. Then it blew, like, ten minutes another day and I picked it up and caught a 3 ½ -pounder on it. It never blew in there the whole rest of the tournament.”
Conditions called for fluorocarbon line. Hays opted for 20-lb Hi Seas. “That stuff is really, really strong. That was key because I was flipping rocks the whole time and that’s bad on your line.”
Video on FLWFishing.com shows the big, round bow of Hays’ rod as he sets the hook. He says that action was critical to success this week. “A 7’3” Falcon Cara swimbait rod. That rod is awesome to flip with.”
A 7:1 reel helped him keep up with feisty springtime bass.
Hays used his Costas to good advantage too. Late on the first day, when he boated his best bag of the week, he needed to cull a 15-incher. “I went and started checking some beds I had marked. I had six big ones marked and they were all gone. I went over one fish that was still there. It was a 3-pound smallmouth. I caught it sight fishing. The beds were really hard to see. I knew that wasn’t the deal, but it did give me one good fish the first day.”
Hays hopes to ride his newfound momentum to a Cup appearance. “I was the first person out of the cut for the Cup last year by two points. I really want to make the Cup. I just jumped from 72ndin the points to 39th. That’s huge for me.”
The top 40 pros get an invite to fish the Forrest Wood Cup in Hays’ home state of Arkansas.
“The Cup is on Lake Hamilton which is just down the road from me.”
Along the way to qualifying for the championship, Hays would like to win a Tour event. “I’ve been close 3 years in a row. This is my 3rdTop 3 in 3 years. But you won’t hear me complain about 3rdplace.”
Hays has seen Champlain, sight of the Tour finale. “I’ve fished it the last two years the same exact week we fish it this year. Not saying I’m going to do good. I’ve cut checks both times though. But I will not be intimidated by the lake like I was the first time I showed up there. That was the first time I ever saw big water in my life. I was just a freaking scared little kid. I didn’t know how to get around and I was just really intimidated. At least now I won’t have that factor going in.”
He pre-fished Chickamauga with mixed results. “I caught 6 pounds one day and 19 the next day. I’m comfortable there but I’m still nervous – I’m always nervous about ‘em. I ain’t ever sure I’m on ‘em wherever.”
Uncertainty didn’t hurt Hays this past week. He followed his gut to a $25,000 payday and a high finish. But still, it’s a razor’s edge between success and failure. “If I didn’t find those fish in that last hour of practice, I would’ve probably caught ten or twelve pounds a day and finished in the hundreds.”
But if Hays keeps listening to that little voice in his head . . .
MLF Gets Bad Boy Mowers for Stage Seven on Grand Lake
equipment has interests common with Grand Lake and fishing in general, making the new relationship an especially good fit for all.
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Bad Boy Mowers officials say its customers, dealers and staff are sports fans and outdoorsmen, and aligning with the MLF Bass Pro Tour is the perfect connection to their passion. (Click to enlarge/download)
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Prespawn Bass Put Biggs In The Lead At Guntersville B.A.S.S. Nation Central Regional
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Lake Hartwell and Anderson County: “Where Champions Fish”
Anderson County, S.C. – Visit Anderson and Anderson County took a leap of faith when in 2016 they put financial support behind two young professional anglers and budding stars Brian Latimer of Belton and Brandon Cobb of Greenwood. In the past 45 days, that leap of faith has come full circle as Brian Latimer, and Brandon Cobb notched their first career wins on the FLW Tour and Bassmaster Elite Series respectively. Anderson County and Visit Anderson will be highlighting wins by Latimer and Cobb as well as additional successes in a press conference to take place at Green Pond Landing on Monday, April 22 at 11 a.m.
Brian Latimer, who represents Green Pond Landing and Event Center on the FLW Tour, won his first professional tournament on Lake Seminole in Georgia back in March. Latimer, a native of Belton, has Green Pond Landing logos on his jersey and his boat and travels all over the country fishing the FLW Tour and serves as an ambassador for Anderson County, Green Pond Landing, and Lake Hartwell, his home fishery.
Brandon Cobb, who represents Visit Anderson in his first year on the Bassmaster Elite Series, won his first professional recently when the Bassmaster Elite Series competed on Lake Hartwell. Cobb, a native of Greenwood, carries the Visit Anderson branding on his jersey and boat and travels all over the country fishing the Bassmaster Elite Series and serves as an ambassador for Visit Anderson and Lake Hartwell, which Cobb refers to as his home fishery. Cobb went to college at nearby Clemson University and spent a lot of time on Lake Hartwell during college as he and a small group of friends are responsible for creating the bass fishing team at Clemson in 2008.
“We couldn’t be more proud of these two young men,” said Visit Anderson Executive Director Neil Paul. “They are outstanding anglers and professionals in their own right, but I wouldn’t trade the relationships and friendships that we have developed since we began working together. Brian and Brandon are tremendous anglers but even better people. I have often said, that the County and CVB took a chance on them when we decided to sponsor them on their professional journey, but more so they took a chance on us. It is a very unique and untapped partnership opportunity across the fishing industry. I was a young and naïve director at the time; but to the credit of these two young men, they saw a very supportive fishing community in Anderson County, a world-class facility in Green Pond Landing and a championship fishery in Lake Hartwell and they have been a great representative of what we’re trying to do here ever since. Through their successes and the visibility of our brands, we are now fielding calls each year from professional anglers wanting advice on how to approach their communities for partnership opportunities.”
For the press conference scheduled for Monday, April 22 at 11 a.m., Brian Latimer and Brandon Cobb will be available with their boats, jerseys and their trophies available for photos and interviews. Also, representatives of Anderson County and Visit Anderson will talk about these partnerships and share additional information regarding recent recognitions as well as sharing future event news for Green Pond Landing, Lake Hartwell, and Anderson County.
A Week of Winners!
This week the boys welcome in first time Bassmaster Elite Series Winner Stetson Blaylock to break down Winyah bay for us. They also welcome in Strike King /Lews Pro Andrew Upshaw to talk about his wire-to-wire FLW Tour win on Cherokee lake in TN. Chris fields a letter from a listener about his recent rants and Jason brings his lucky charm, guest picker Kenneth back for another week in the U-Pick-em contest. The boys add a new hotline to the show and more, check it out!
To leave a text, opinion or question for the guys, you can call or message - 256-535-3217
When Scroggins says it’s Easter
Alan McGuckin - Dynamic Sponsorships
Terry “Big Show” Scroggins is a character. The Florida pro painted cars for 16 years in the family auto body biz, loves to pour his own soft plastic lures, build his own fishing rods, and grill meat for his buddies. Plus, he’s filled with a Tundra full of timely one-liners that will make you howl with laughter.
One of his best: “If I tell you it’s Easter, you’d better hide your eggs.”
Well, it’s Easter time. And Scroggins is dishing out non-negotiable truths about how to catch spawning bass about the same time Peter Cottontail comes hopping down the bunny trail.
Be aware and buy good eyewear
“The first step to catching bass around the spawn is taking time to know if the fish in your area are pre-spawn, spawn, or post-spawn. Around my house in Florida, bass start spawning in late January and February, but in New York it could be June. So you have to pay attention, and know if bass are actually on the beds or not,” says Scroggins.
“If you know for certain fish are spawning, then buy the best pair of polarized sunglasses you can afford, and look for beds in super shallow water in the backs of creeks, flat bays, and shallow pockets. But you need to realize not all beds look the same, based on the bottom substrate and water clarity. Some spawning beds look almost orange, while others can look tan or white, and some look nearly black,” says Scroggins.
Learn to trust spinning tackle
“If you’re fortunate to spy a big bass on a spawning bed, don’t assume you need 20-pound line and a baitcasting reel to catch her,” says Scroggins. “I catch 90% of my spawners with a spinning reel spooled with light line, and a 7-foot medium action rod from Mud Hole. Not only can you finesse the lure better on spinning tackle, but lighter line is less detectable to finicky spawners.”
These three lures are all you need
“A lot of times you have to offer a single spawning bass a variety of lures to make her bite. It’s crazy how the same fish will snub their nose at one lure, but turn and attack a different lure on the next cast,” he says. “If you have a tube, a wacky rigged 5” Senko, and a skinny 6” straight tail worm, there’s a really strong chance that fish will eat one of those three,” says the Toyota pro.
Scroggins will also tell you it’s almost Easter. So you’d better hide your eggs.
Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest Could Be Tournament Of The Century Belt
Courtesy of BASS
EMORY, Texas — Everyone recognizes the shiny blue trophies that are presented to each of the nine winners of regular-season Bassmaster Elite Series events.
Likewise, all fans of professional bass fishing instantly know the hulking trophy that is awarded every year to the Bassmaster Classic champion.
But there’s one piece of B.A.S.S. hardware that isn't seen nearly as often.
Known as the Century Belt, it’s only awarded to anglers who catch more than 100 pounds of bass during a four-day Elite Series event — and it could be making a rare appearance soon.
The third annual Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest benefiting the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is scheduled for May 2-6 on Lake Fork near Emory, Texas. That means some of the best bass anglers in the world will converge on a lake with a reputation for producing giant bass at just the right time on the calendar.
“To sit and think about the possibilities is really exciting,” said B.A.S.S. CEO Bruce Akin. “We’ve never had a major B.A.S.S. event on Lake Fork. Now, we’ll be visiting in the spring — at the perfect time for giant bass to be caught.”
To put the possibilities into perspective, consider this:
In 2014, the Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) — the predecessor to Texas Fest that included the top anglers from B.A.S.S. and the FLW Tour — was held on Lake Fork. Current Bassmaster Elite Series pro Keith Combs took first place with a gigantic winning weight of 110 pounds.
That was a three-day event that recorded the weights of only 15 fish.
Anglers will spend four days on the water at Texas Fest and record the weights of their 20 biggest fish. All fish will be weighed in the boat and immediately released.
“To get to 100 pounds in four days is a major accomplishment, and to do it in three is unheard of,” said Combs. “It’s nothing about the angler — it wasn’t about me when I did it there. It’s just a testament to the quality of fishing at Lake Fork.”
In the 10 years TTBC was held and the two years since its transition to Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest, the event has generated millions of dollars for TPWD’s youth fishing and urban outreach programs.
“We’re excited to head back to Lake Fork and be the official sponsor of the 2019 Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest,” said Brent Hillyer, Gulf States Toyota’s senior vice president of marketing and vehicle supply. “There’s no better way to continue to benefit Texas Parks and Wildlife Department than by holding this competition at one of Texas’ most admired reservoirs.”
The Elite Series was formed in 2006, and Century Belts have only been awarded at nine events (out of more than 100 total). No angler has earned one of the belts since the 2013 Elite Series event on Falcon Lake when Combs (111-5), Rick Clunn (105-6) and John Crews (103-13) all topped the 100-pound mark.
Many believe Century Belts could be claimed again at Texas Fest because Lake Fork — a 27,000-acre impoundment on the Sabine River — has been intensely managed for giant bass since it was impounded in 1980.
Through 2018, Texas Parks and Wildlife has stocked nearly 14 million Florida-strain largemouth — and the bass have flourished in habitat that includes vast areas of standing timber, hydrilla, milfoil and duckweed.
To help the fish reach exceptional sizes, TPWD implemented a slot limit that protects all bass that measure between 16 and 24 inches. Anglers can keep up to five bass per day, but only one of them can be over 24 inches.
Those management efforts have created a fishery that has produced 30 of the 50 largest bass ever caught in Texas, including the current state record of 18.18 pounds, which was in 1992 by Barry St. Clair.
The slot limit won’t be a problem for the 75-angler Elite Series field since all bass will be immediately released — and the springtime conditions at Fork could lead to great things. The catch/weigh/release format made its debut at the first Toyota Texas Bass Classic, which was held on Lake Fork in 2007.
“Our Department is very proud of the fact that we helped create and rollout the nation’s first catch/weigh/immediate release tournament,” said Dave Terre, chief of Fisheries Management and Research for TPWD. “For the past 12 years, we’ve used them to showcase some of Texas’ best bass fisheries, including Lake Fork. The unique format emphasizes fish care, supports catch and release and honors our fisheries management goals. At Lake Fork, our goals are to produce big bass. We’re now delighted to have the opportunity to showcase this great fishery for the first time in a Bassmasters Elite Series event. We think four-day catch records could be broken.”
During that 2014 TTBC when Combs won with 110 pounds, he had one five-bass limit that weighed 42 pounds. That’s a little more than 3 pounds shy of the all-time B.A.S.S. record for largest single-day, five-bass limit.
The full field of Elite Series anglers will fish Thursday and Friday, May 2-3. Anglers will then take a break from competition on Saturday, May 4, for a special Fan Appreciation Day with festivities, including Bassmaster University seminars, the Bassmaster Outdoors Expo and the annual Bassmaster High School All-American Fishing Team Tournament. A highlight of the Expo will be the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Outdoor Adventure experience, including a catfish tank, wildlife viewing tent, fly casting and tying center, Texas State Fish Art exhibit, Toyota Sharelunker Trailer and many others.
The Top 35 Elite Series pros will resume competition on Sunday, May 5, and the Top 10 will compete on Championship Monday, May 6.
The tournament will feature a total payout of $1 million, with $100,000 going to the champion. A Toyota Tundra pickup truck will be awarded to the angler who weighs in the heaviest bass of the week.
“The Lake Fork Area Chamber of Commerce and our partners the Wood County Industrial Commission, Emory Tourism and Quitman EDC are excited to be hosting such an elite tournament such as the Bassmaster Elite Series,” said Michael Rogge, president of the Lake Fork Area COC. “This the first time in Lake Fork’s history to hold such a tournament. This event will show that major tournament organizations, such as Bassmaster, can hold events on a lake with restrictive size limits. Catch-and-release tournaments are becoming more popular, and this tournament will show the world that it can be done and exciting at the same time.”
The event will be covered in real time on Bassmaster LIVE, which streams on Bassmaster.com and the ESPN app, and it will be featured in a special episode of The Bassmasters television program to be aired later on ESPN2 and ESPN Classic.
In addition to the Lake Fork Chamber, the Wood County Industrial Commission, the Sabine River Authority, Quitman Economic Development Commission and Emory, TX Tourism are hosting the Texas Fest event.
Carson Wins ABA Florida Open on Harris Chain with over 25 pounds!
ATHENS, Ala. – Keith Carson won the Bass Pro Shops Open Series Florida Central tournament, held April 13th on the Harris Chain. Running out of Hickory Point Recreational Facility in Tavares, FL the DeBary, FL angler caught five bass weighing 25.01 pounds anchored by an 8.62-pound big bass. For the Boater Division victory, Carson took home a check for $5500 for his win and an additional $890 for the big bass award.
“I caught my fish in Dora on a crankbait targeting points and brush piles.I was using a DT 10 and caught a few fish but lost a few good ones. I caught that big bass around 3:00pm near the bridge.” Carson said.
In a second-place tie for the boaters, Terry Oliver of Belleview, FL and John Kremer of Sanford, FL each landed a five-bass tournament limit going 18.95 pounds.
“I ran down to Lake Griffin on the north end near the river throwing swim-jigs and flipping. I caught most of my fish in shallow hydrilla. “Oliver said.
“I caught my fish in Lake Harris fishing deeper water. I fished clean today. “Kremer said
Finishing fourth, William Weil of Dover, FL landed a five-bass limit for 18.75 pounds. Fred Chivington of Welaka, FL rounded out the top five boaters with five bass at 18.54 pounds.
In the Co-Angler Division, Robert “Bobby” Taylor Jr of St Cloud, FL won with three bass going 15.22 pounds that included a 10.62-pound big bass. He pocketed a check for $1900 for his win and an additional $420 for the big bass.
“We were fishing this side of Lake Harris. My partner and I saw a big swirl and he tried to cast to the fish but didn’t get bit so he said I should cast over there. I threw my frog over where the fish swirled and it nailed my bait. That big bass came early in the day for me. It was the biggest bass I have ever caught. After the fish was in the livewell my hands were still shaking. “Taylor Jr said.
Taking second for the co-anglers, Uby Rosell of Davenport, FL brought in a three-bass division limit weighing 13.53 pounds.
“I caught my fish flipping worms and I caught my big fish on a jig under a dock.” Rosell said. “
Harvey “Buddy” Turner of Kissimmee, FL placed third among the co-anglers with three bass going 11.82 pounds.
“I caught my fish on Lake Dora dragging a worm. “Turner said.
In fourth place among the co-anglers, Jesus “Buck” Gutierrez of Haines City, FL brought in three bass for 11.15 pounds. Brandon Abston of Umatilla, FL finished in fifth place with three bass at 10.22 pounds.
Slated for June 8th, the next tournament will be held on the Kissimmee Chain out of Camp Mack, Guy Harvey Resort in Lake Wales, FL. At the end of the season, the best anglers from across the nation advance the 2020 Ray Scott Championship to be held at Lake Hartwell in April, 2020.
For more information on this tournament, call Billy Benedetti, tournament manager, at 256-230-5632 or ABA at 256-232-0406. On line, see www.americanbassanglers.com
About the American Bass Anglers - American Bass Anglers is committed to providing low cost, close to home tournaments for the weekend angler while offering an upward path for individual angler progression. For more information about American Bass Anglers and all their bass tournament trails visit www.americanbassanglers.com.
Morrison Wins ABA Open on Neely Henry with 0ver 20 pound limit!
ATHENS, Ala. – Toby Morrison of Lyerly, GA won the Bass Pro Shops Open Series Alabama North tournament, held April 13th on Neely Henry. Running out of Coosa Landing in Gadsden, AL Morrison caught five bass weighing 20.13-pounds. Morrison also caught a beautiful 6.52-pound bass that took Big Bass for the boaters. For the Boater Division victory, Morrison took home a check for $5000 as well as a check for $630 for his big bass.
“I caught my fish on a horny toad and flipping a jig. I caught them about 4 or 5 miles upriver. I caught them all shallow. My lower unit went out on the way out this morning and I trolled the rest of the way there about another mile out. I trolled all the way back. I stayed in my area longer than I normally would have today because my lower unit was out, but it caused me to catch better fish.” Morrison said.
In second for the boaters, Gary Howington of Gadsden, AL landed a five-bass tournament limit going 19.89-pounds. He collected $1000 for his catch.
“I caught my fish in about 15 feet of water sitting on about 30 feet of water. I used a crankbait and fished upriver.” Howington said.
William Johnson of Glencoe, AL took third for the boaters with five bass going 18.02-pounds.
“I used a crankbait and caught them shallow. I also fished upriver.” Johnson said.
Finishing fourth, Dustin Seaborn of Guin, AL landed a five-bass limit for 17.11-pounds. Bradley Jones of Aragon, GA rounded out the top five boaters with five bass at 17.06-pounds.
In the Co-Angler Division, Garrett Brown of Trion, GA won with three bass going 9.55-pounds. Brown earned $1500 for his win.
“I caught my fish in about 10 to 20 foot of water. I was fishing upriver all day. I caught them on a dropshot, a shakey-head, and a spinnerbait.” Brown said.
Taking second for the co-anglers, Michael Jones of Rome, GA brought in a three-bass division limit weighing 8.02-pounds. Jones Boater was sick and he had to weigh in at 12:30p.m. a full 3 hours before his weigh in time!
“I fished super shallow and stayed around grass and woods. I fished down river in and out of cuts. I only used a Joey Jordan custom swim jig to catch my fish today.” Jones said.
Matt Cameron of Southside, AL placed third among the co-anglers with three bass going 7.76-pounds.
“I fished right on the bank and fished shallow like that all day. I fished in the first little area near the power plant but not sure what it’s called. I fished with a shakey head worm.” Cameron said.
In fourth place among the co-anglers, Vernon Miller of Manchester, GA brought in three bass for 7.23-pounds. Duanne McQueen of Hampton, GA finished in fifth place with three bass for 7.19-pounds.
Coming in seventh for co-anglers was Mark Pirkle of Cleveland, TN who caught 2 bass and the big bass for the co-anglers. He pocketed a check for $250 for his 4.60-pound big bass.
Slated for May 4th, the next tournament will be held on Lake Guntersville out of Goosepond Bait and Tackle in Scottsboro, AL. At the end of the season, the best anglers from across the nation advance the 2020 Ray Scott Championship to be held at Lake Hartwell in April, 2020.
For more information on this tournament, call Shelby McElyea, tournament manager, at 256-230-5633 or ABA at 256-232-0406. On line, see www.americanbassanglers.com
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VanDam looks for dogwoods, mimics nest robbers
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Unless your favorite fishery is clearer than Sprite, you probably can’t see for sure if bass are actually on spawning beds. But Kevin VanDam says if you see dogwood trees blooming along the shoreline, you better start casting ultra shallow, because there’s a super high chance your local largemouth are making babies.
“I don’t care if you’re in Michigan, Missouri, or somewhere in between, I’ve always said if the dogwoods are blooming, then you can pretty much bet the bass are spawning,” says the Team Toyota angler.
Moon phase and water temp matter too
“Dogwoods are an easy indicator, but you need to pay attention to the moon phase and water temperature too, especially the moon phase,” says VanDam. “Water temps can fool you a little, because I’ve seen bass build beds in a pretty wide range of water temps. But if you have either a new moon or a full moon, like we’ve got coming later this week, and the dogwoods are blooming, you can count on bass spawning.”
The ideal “nursery” for largemouth
“You need to do a little map study and focus first on the shallowest and flattest creeks, pockets, coves, and bays on the northern shorelines. Most people know bass build their nests shallow, but the importance of pockets and creeks on the north side of the lake gets overlooked. And those are really key because they get blitzed by warm sun, and they’re protected from cold north winds,” he explains.
Three lures that will get a spawner’s attention
“Just about every lure I use when I know bass are on beds mimics bluegill, because bluegill and other small species of sunfish love to eat the eggs of largemouth. I call them ‘nest robbers’ – and obviously bass are trying to protect their eggs and fry, so they try to eat the small sunfish,” he says.
“If I was going to choose three lures to cast when the dogwoods are blooming it’d be a Strike King Caffeine Shad, a 4” Texas rigged Strike King Game Hawg, and a swim jig – and every one of them would be the colors of a small sunfish,” says VanDam.
He says he also likes to add a bit of chartreuse dye to the tips of the lures to help them resemble the lighter-colored fins of a sunfish. But mostly, at this time of year, VanDam’s eyes are always searching for pink or white dogwood trees.
Wilson & Lamb Win Chattanooga Bass Association April Event with 22 pound limit!
Courtesy of CBA Facebook Page:
CHATTANOOGA (CBA INC.) – The veteran C.B.A. team of Eddie Wilson and Don Lamb caught a 5 bass limit weighing 22.23 pounds topping out the field of 120 anglers to win first place and $2,000.00 in the BoatLogix Chattanooga Bass Association event. This bass event was held April 13th, 2019 out of Chester Frost Boat Ramp.
Don said “Lake Chickamauga was being pounded by Major League Fishing and with several weekend tournaments scheduled we decided to lock thru to Nick-A-Jack Lake. When we got down river to our first location, there was one crappie boat in the whole area, it was a dream come true. The bass bit good all day and we caught them till we had to head back to Chickamauga, This will be a win we remember for a long time”.
The big bass of this event was caught by youth division angler Trey Randolph, a nice 7.05 pound large mouth bass. Tray was also the youth division winner.
All fish caught in this event were released back into Lake Chickamauga to be caught again and special thanks to the fishermen for taking such extra good care of their catches.
Parker wins Big Bass Tour on Lake Norman with 7.34 Monster!
Congrats to Mark Parker on his win at Lake Norman this weekend! Mark's 7.34lb big bass topped the field and earned him the keys to the $45,000 Nitro Boats Z19 powered by Mercury Marine
BRET GIFFORD & BILL STEARNS GET IT DONE ON CEDAR CREEK TAKE HOME OVER $4600
| PL | ANGLER 1 | ANGLER 2 | FISH | BIG BASS | WEIGHT | PRIZE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRET GIFFORD | BILL STEARNS | 5 | 9.70 | 24.16 | $4,000 + $420 Big Bass + $250 BIOBOR Bonus |
| 2 | DAVID CARLOCK | JAKE MCWHIRTER | 5 | 5.33 | 21.13 | $1,250 |
| 3 | BYRON ALBRECHT | MIKE JOHNSON | 5 | 19.11 | $750 | |
| 4 | MICHAEL EDGETT | DUANE BYRD | 5 | 17.25 | $500 | |
| 5 | ANDY SALLEE | MARK CHILD | 5 | 5.17 | 16.77 | $400 |
| 6 | JASON TRUITT | JOHNNY RAY | 5 | 16.74 | $300 | |
| 7 | DANIEL RAMSEY | JEREMY ZMOLIK | 5 | 16.15 | ||
| 8 | WESLEY PRICE | DAVID RUSH | 5 | 16.30 | ||
| 9 | JAMES SWANZY | KEVIN SEIBOLD | 5 | 15.29 | ||
| 10 | CODY MORRISON | WARREN KEPKE | 5 | 4.74 | 15.23 | |
| 11 | JOEY MARTIN | GREG MEHAFFEY | 5 | 15.00 | Joey Martin - Shimano Loyalty Program Winner- Curado reel | |
| 12 | RICK SCOTT | JODY HOLUBEK | 5 | 14.99 | ||
| 13 | JOSEPH WARE | ROGER CAMP | 5 | 14.30 | Joseph Ware-Shimano Loyalty Program Winner-Curado reel | |
| 14 | CRAIG DOWIS | MARK HARMON | 5 | 13.74 | ||
| 15 | JJ KILLOUGH | LJ CASTILLO | 5 | 4.59 | 13.11 | |
| 16 | RANDY KEATING | BRUCE ANDERSON | 4 | 12.42 | ||
| 17 | DAVID CROW | DEREK JACKSON | 5 | 12.38 | ||
| 18 | LARRY BENCH | HI HILLBURN | 5 | 11.43 | ||
| 19 | BRADLEY BRACEY | ERIC GARZA | 5 | 11.24 | ||
| 20 | MARK PARKER | RON SAUCEMAN | 5 | 11.10 | ||
| 21 | KERRY SLAUGHTER | LEE YOWELL | 5 | 10.60 | ||
| 22 | JOHNNY MATTHEWS | JEFF ARNOLD | 4 | 10.20 | ||
| 23 | MICHAEL NUGENT | EDWIN PULDA | 3 | 6.40 | 8.95 | |
| 24 | BILL WALDSCHMIDT | JAY DAVIS | 4 | 7.72 | ||
| 25 | STEVEN DANIELS | JASON BRUNETT | 3 | 7.58 | ||
| 26 | BRADLEY STANDERTER | HAYDEN RODGES | 2 | 4.84 | ||
| 27 | MONTY EDGE | TERRANCE WOOTEN | 1 | 4.79 | ||
| 28 | JONATHAN GREIG | JOE PEREZ | 3 | 4.72 | ||
| 29 | SEAN TROTTER | ALLEN SEIGL | 1 | 4.38 | ||
| 30 | MICHAEL PEINADO(Y) | DAVID MAY | ||||
| 30 | BUSTER JOHNSON | ZEB STRICKLAND | ||||
| 30 | SHAWN TAMEZ | CRAIG CORDOVA | ||||
| 30 | KYLE GOAD | KELLY GOAD | ||||
| 30 | RAY SPEAR | BOBBY WALKER | ||||
| 30 | KY MARTIN | CHRIS MOORE | ||||
| 30 | KEVIN HATHAWAY | CODY LOWE | ||||
| 30 | JAMES SEYMOUR | GARY MARTIN | ||||
| 30 | BRANDON FERRELL | RANDY FERRELL | ||||
| 30 | ROBERT MEGALLON | STEVE WHITE | ||||
| 30 | TREY EPICH | CHUCK WARE | ||||
| 30 | DOUG WILSON | |||||
| 30 | BRETT TAYLOR | BRUCE TAYLOR |
APEX’S JOYCE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE OPENER ON KERR LAKE
Drakes Branch’s Toombs Wins Co-angler Division
HENDERSON, N.C. (April 15, 2019) – Boater Keith Joyce of Apex, North Carolina, caught five bass Saturday weighing 19 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the 2019 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Piedmont division tournament on Kerr Lake. Joyce earned $7,254 for his victory.
“I was just looking for isolated buck bushes in the back of spawning pockets as far as I could go,” said Joyce, who earned his first career win in BFL competition. “I think I caught 10 keepers total, fishing a shakey-head (rig) all day long. I did have one big fish that I weighed in that came on a buzzbait, but the rest of my keepers were on the shakey-head.”
Joyce said that he fished in the Nutbush area with a Hot Shot Lures Shakey-Head rig with a green-pumpkin KVD Fat Baby Finesse Worm and a white Hot Shot Lures buzzbait.
“It didn’t start off well – I had about 40 fish marked coming into the event, but we had bad thunderstorms and a lot of the creeks had mudslides running into them. So I just went back to the area that I had found the most fish in during practice, put the trolling motor down and just started fishing.”
.The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Keith Joyce, Apex, N.C., five bass, 19-5, $5,254 + $2,000 Ranger Cup
2nd: Danny Haire, Yadkinville, N.C., five bass, 17-12, $2,052
3rd: Jack Dice, Lynchburg, Va., five bass, 17-11, $1,267
4th: Chris Baldwin, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 17-9, $988
5th: Keith Roberts, Hurt, Va., five bass, 17-5, $761
6th: Todd Walters, Kernersville, N.C., five bass, 17-4, $1,202
7th: Bryan Elrod, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 16-15, $934
8th: Chris Dillow, Waynesboro, Va., five bass, 16-9, $571
9th: Derik Hudson, Concord, Va., five bass, 16-1, $507
10th: Shane Burns, Durham, N.C., five bass, 15-15, $444
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Walters caught a 5-pound, 13-ounce bass – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $505.
Tony Toombs of Drakes Branch, Virginia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,057 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 12 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Tony Toombs, Drakes Branch, Va., five bass, 15-12, $2,057
2nd: Thomas Sesco, Greensboro, N.C., five bass, 15-10, $910
3rd: Bruce Pettiford, Roxboro, N.C., five bass, 14-14, $607
4th: Vincent Payne, Mechanicsville, Va., five bass, 14-7, $625
5th: Dexter Andrews, King George, Va., five bass, 13-3, $414
6th: Brian LaClair, Denton, Md., five bass, 13-1, $334
7th: Gray Hackney, Burlington, N.C., five bass, 13-0, $303
8th: Cornell Badra, Clarksburg, Md., five bass, 12-13, $273
9th: Robert Jarrett, Lexington, N.C., five bass, 12-7, $243
10th: Rich Knisely, Disputanta, Va., four bass, 12-6, $212
Toombs also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 6 pounds, 2 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $237.
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.
DALLAS’ SMITH WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON TOLEDO BEND
Deport’s Nichols Wins Co-angler Division
MANY, La. (April 15, 2019) – Boater Ken Smith of Dallas, Texas, caught five bass Saturday weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the 2019 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy division tournament on Toledo Bend. Smith earned $8,303 for his victory.
Due to a shortage of co-angler participants, Smith had to fish in a boater-on-boater format and was paired with River Lee of Nacogdoches, Texas. It was a successful day on the water for the duo, as Smith won the event while Lee finished the event in 12th place and won $431.
“I had fish down by the dam, but he had fish closer so we decided to start on his fish and work our way south,” said Smith, who earned his second career victory in BFL competition. “We were fishing in my boat, but we never made it to my fish. Our first spot – which River suggested – we caught five keepers, back and forth, and we never left the area. In fairness, the place we fished is a community hole, but I certainly want to give River credit for putting us on the winning fish.”
Smith said that he caught around a dozen keepers throughout the day flipping a Baby Bass-colored Yamamoto Senko on a Lew’s Custom Lite rod and reel combo with 20-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon.
“The fish were up in the grass as opposed to being on the edge,” Smith said. “Around 11 (a.m.) I caught the big one (7-14) and then a 6-pounder. In 15 minutes I went from 12 pounds to 21 pounds.
“The key was fishing up in the viney bank grass,” Smith went on to say. “There were a lot of guys in the area fishing frogs and topwaters and we were coming in right behind them and catching them way up in the grass.”
.The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Ken Smith, Dallas, Texas, five bass, 21-12, $6,303 + $2,000 Ranger Cup
2nd: Cole Stewart, Hemphill, Texas, five bass, 20-13, $2,232
3rd: Zack Fogle, White Oak, Texas, five bass, 20-1, $1,489
4th: Philip Crelia, Center, Texas, five bass, 19-3, $1,141
5th: Paul Wilson, Converse, La., five bass, 17-15, $893
6th: Glen Freeman, Zwolle, La., five bass, 17-7, $818
7th: Josh Champagne, Breaux Bridge, La., five bass, 17-5, $744
8th: Nick Abshire, Sulphur, La., five bass, 17-4, $632
8th: Cody Pitt, Many, La., five bass, 17-4, $632
10th: Matthew Armand, Hessmer, La., five bass, 15-14, $521
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Smith’s 7-pound, 14-ounce bass was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $640.
Lat Nichols of Deport, Texas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,357 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 14 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Lat Nichols, Deport, Texas, five bass, 15-14, $2,357
2nd: Julio Garza, Houston, Texas, five bass, 13-6, $1,129
3rd: Joey Tuminello, Lafayette, La., five bass, 13-2, $717
4th: James Callaghan, De Berry, Texas, five bass, 11-10, $503
5th: Brent Cooper, The Woodlands, Texas, five bass, 11-4, $431
6th: Richard Hooter, Natchitoches, La., four bass, 11-3, $396
7th: Rodney Harris, Texarkana, Ark., five bass, 10-3, $360
8th: Jeff Grubbs Jr., Kemah, Texas, three bass, 10-2, $779
9th: Cannon Rush, Grand Prairie, Texas, five bass, 10-0, $288
10th: Dillon Roberts, Claremore, Okla., five bass, 9-9, $252
Grubbs Jr. caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $305.
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.
LITTLE ROCK’S CLARK WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON LAKE HAMILTON PRESENTED BY GEARED
Hot Springs’ Sutton Wins Co-angler Division
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (April 15, 2019) – Boater Randall Clark of Little Rock, Arkansas, caught a five-bass limit Saturday weighing 15 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Arkie division event on Lake Hamilton presented by Geared. Clark earned $3,901 for his efforts.
Clark said that he fished for spawning fish mid-lake, targeting 15 specific bass that he had found during his practice period on Friday and saved for the tournament. He was able to put three of those marks in the boat, including the big bass of the tournament at 6 pounds, 3 ounces. He added a couple of more keepers from the same areas to fill out his limit.
“I tried a bunch of stuff – I had 10 rods on my deck – but I couldn’t get bit on anything other than a Texas-rigged black Yamamoto Senko,” Clark said. “The pollen had really darkened the water up. It had color – almost muddy – but it wasn’t muddy, it was the pollen.
“Really, the key for me winning was catching the big fish,” Clark continued. “You couldn’t see them, but I was blind casting to the areas that I knew that they were in. During my practice on Friday I had shook that fish off, and I knew right where it was. It was my second stop during the tournament and I put her in the boat within five minutes of getting there.”
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Randall Clark, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 15-11, $3,901
2nd: Lance Pyle, Sherwood, Ark., five bass, 14-3, $1,733
3rd: Garry Sutton, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 13-11, $1,155
4th: Chase Mitchell, Umpire, Ark., five bass, 13-8, $809
5th: Spencer Shuffield, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 13-2, $835
5th: Shannon Pierce, Rison, Ark., five bass, 13-2, $1,135
5th: Josh Ray, Alexander, Ark., five bass, 13-2, $835
8th: Ben Blaschke, Roland, Okla., five bass, 12-10, $620
9th: Cody Kemp, Donaldson, Ark., five bass, 12-9, $462
10th: Chris Darby, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 12-8, $404
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Clark’s big fish of the day was a 6-pound, 3-ounce largemouth bass, which also was the tournament’s biggest bass of the day and also earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $435.
Ethan Sutton of Hot Springs, Arkansas, won the Co-angler Division and $1,950 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 13 pounds, 8 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Ethan Sutton, Hot Springs, Ark., five bass, 13-8, $1,950
2nd: Robert Bogard Jr., Conway, Ark., five bass, 11-8, $866
3rd: Andrew Wooley, Little Rock, Ark., five bass, 11-2, $577
4th: Cody McEntire, Walnut Ridge, Ark., five bass, 9-12, $504
4th: Randy Bridges, Quitman, Ark., five bass, 9-8, $347
6th: Jody Jones, Harvey, Ark., five bass, 9-4, $353
7th: John McCullar, Benton, Ark., five bass, 9-4, $303
8th: Matt Russell, Prairie Grove, Ark., four bass, 9-3, $260
9th: Tony Reynolds, Austin, Ark., five bass, 9-1, $231
10th: Stan Cullipher, Malvern, Ark., five bass, 8-12, $202
Sutton also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 7 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $217.
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.
MACON’S LANIER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE EVENT ON LAKE SINCLAIR
Mineral Bluff’s Liner Wins Co-angler Division
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. (April 15, 2019) – Boater Justin Lanier of Macon, Georgia, caught five bass Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 1 ounce, to win the 2019 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bulldog division tournament on Lake Sinclair. Lanier earned $4,399 for his victory.
“I have been fishing Lake Sinclair for several years, but a lot of the guys in this tournament have much more experience than I do,” said Lanier, who earned his first career victory in BFL competition. “The key for me was making the right decisions as far as where I was fishing and my timing.”
Although Lanier wanted to remain tight-lipped about the specifics of his win, he did say that he was fishing mid-lake, targeting docks and seawalls with a spinnerbait.
“I was keying in on the baitfish – shad,” Lanier said. “The bite was a little better in the morning, but I ended up with nine or 10 keepers throughout the day.”
Lanier said he threw his spinnerbait on a custom spinnerbait rod with an Abu Garcia REVO reel and 17-pound-test monofilament line.
.The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:
1st: Justin Lanier, Macon, Ga., five bass, 18-1, $4,399
2nd: Kip Carter, Mansfield, Ga., five bass, 17-13, $2,750
3rd: Jason Smith, Dawson, Ga., five bass, 15-12, $1,398
4th: John Duvall, Madison, Ga., five bass, 15-9, $980
5th: Clabion Johns, Covington, Ga., five bass, 15-3, $840
6th: Matt Baty, Bainbridge, Ga., five bass, 14-8, $770
7th: Max Gresham, Valdosta, Ga., five bass, 13-3, $665
7th: Mike Cleveland, Monticello, Ga., five bass, 13-3, $957
9th: Justin Durham, Bishop, Ga., five bass, 13-1, $560
10th: Lee Nunnally, Social Circle, Ga., five bass, 12-14, $490
Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.
Cleveland and Michael Meason of Senoia, Georgia both caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces, so both split the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $585.
Dax Liner of Mineral Bluff, Georgia, won the Co-angler Division and $2,119 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 11 pounds, 7 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers were:
1st: Dax Liner, Mineral Bluff, Ga., five bass, 11-7, $2,119
2nd: Early Whitaker, Iron City, Ga., five bass, 9-13, $1,009
3rd: Spencer Sato, Warner Robins, Ga., five bass, 9-11, $675
4th: March Glenn, Decatur, Ga., four bass, 9-0, $793
5th: Marty Everson, Leesburg, Ga., four bass, 8-12, $404
6th: Blake Yarbrough, Fitzgerald, Ga., five bass, 8-6, $370
7th: Wesley Bennett, Monroe, Ga., five bass, 7-14, $336
8th: Mark Denney, Bonaire, Ga., five bass, 7-12, $303
9th: Jody Ward, Dothan, Ala., three bass, 7-9, $252
9th: Kenneth Cash, Jefferson, Ga., five bass, 7-9, $252
Glenn caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 5 pounds, 14 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $272.
The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 10-12 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Seminole in Bainbridge, Georgia. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518L with a 200-horsepower outboard.
The 2019 BFL is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 tournaments throughout the season, five qualifying events in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five winners of the qualifying events, will advance to one of six regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top six, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2019 BFL All-American will be held May 30-June 1 at the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland, and is hosted by the Charles County Department of Recreation, Parks and Tourism and the Commissioners of Charles County. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
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MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY WINS YETI FLW COLLEGE FISHING CENTRAL CONFERENCE OPENER ON LAKE CUMBERLAND PRESENTED BY COSTA
BURNSIDE, Ky. (April 13, 2019) – The Murray State University duo of Hunter McKinley of Murray, Kentucky, and Brendan Bingham of Louisville, Kentucky, won the YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Cumberland presented by Costa Friday with a five-bass limit weighing 19 pounds, 8 ounces. The victory earned the Racer’s bass club $2,400 and a slot in the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship.
The duo said that they caught a combined mix of largemouth and smallmouth – 20 to 30 throughout the day – bringing a five-bass limit to the scale consisting of two smallmouth and three largemouth. They credited shad-colored Keitech swimbaits as the key bait for their smallmouth and flipping a green-pumpkin with blue flake and orange-colored Bruiser Baits Crazy Craw for their largemouth.
“It’s nice to be ending my College Fishing career with a win,” said McKinley, a senior graduating in May with a degree in advertising. “We were planning on targeting largemouth, but we started out on smallmouth in the morning hoping for a bonus big bite and we got one. We were fishing on the river near Jamestown until 9:30 or 10 (a.m.) then we switched to flipping for largemouth. We caught 10 to 15 keepers flipping the Crazy Craw – including another nice smallmouth.”
“It was an awesome day – there was at least two or three times that we were both hooked up, back-to-back,” said Bingham, a sophomore majoring in Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “We were mainly targeting laydowns on transition banks. We stayed in one spot – Pumpkin Creek, up by the Jamestown Marina – for most of the day. Our river smallmouth spot was near there as well.
“I think our key for the day was picking up the flipping sticks when the sun came out,” McKinley went on to say. “We made the right decision and it was great to get the win on a really fun day of fishing.”
The top 10 teams that advanced to the 2020 College Fishing National Championship are:
1st: Murray State University – Hunter McKinley, Murray, Ky., and Brendan Bingham, Louisville, Ky., five bass, 19-8, $2,400
2nd: Campbellsville University – Nick Ratliff, Vine Grove, Ky., and Bradley Dunagan, Monticello, Ky., five bass, 19-7, $1,250
3rd: Eastern Kentucky University – Blake Riley, Henderson, Ky., and Corey Elliott, London, Ky., five bass, 17-13, $500
4th: McKendree University – Nathan Doty, Decatur, Ill., and Jacob Louis, Pinckneyville, Ill., five bass, 17-3, $500
5th: Eastern Kentucky University – Kyler Petrey, Richmond, Ky., and Jeffrey Ruber, Dry Ridge, Ky., five bass, 17-1, $500
6th: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse – Gage Griffin, Lake Forest, Ill., and Colby Wolff, Shiwano, Wis., five bass, 16-1
7th: Southern Illinois University – Mason Bishop, Tunnel Hill, Ill., and Kyle Kreger, Du Bois, Ill., five bass, 15-9
8th: Campbellsville University – Adam Carman, Berea, Ky., and Hunter Grant Adams, Campbellsville, Ky., five bass, 14-13
9th: Bellarmine University – Andrew Kuebler, Louisville, Ky., and Zack Ruhland, Fort Mitchell, Ky., five bass, 14-5
10th: Georgetown College – Hunter Osborne, Irvine, Ky., and Samuel Clark, Danville, Ky., five bass, 14-1
Complete results for the entire field can be found at FLWFishing.com.
The YETI FLW College Fishing event on Lake Cumberland presented by Costa was hosted by the Burnside Tourism Commission. It was the first of three regular-season qualifying tournaments for Central Conference anglers. The next event for FLW College Fishing anglers will be the Northern Conference opener, April 26 at Smith Mountain Lake in Huddleston, Virginia.
YETI FLW College Fishing teams compete in three regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. All participants must be registered, full-time students at a college, university or community college and members of a college fishing club that is recognized by their school. The top 10 teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual FLW College Fishing Open will advance to the 2020 FLW College Fishing National Championship. Additional teams will qualify for the National Championship if the field size in regular-season events exceeds 100 boats. The Potomac River and Marbury, Maryland, will play host to the 2019 FLW College Fishing National Championship, June 4-6, 2019.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow YETI FLW College Fishing on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
BJ Carothers & Thomas Wells win over $20,000 on a tough Lake Belton with 20.09 lbs
| Place | Boat | Truck | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | Fish | Big Bass | Wt. | Prize Amt. | |
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BJ CAROTHERS GATESVILLE , TX |
THOMAS WELLS JR TEMPLE , TX |
5 | 6.64 | 20.09 |
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ADAM GLAZENER SALADO , TX |
TY BUTLER KILLEEN , TX |
5 | 0 | 18.58 |
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| 3 | |
GARY WEIMER LEANDER , TX |
JEREMIAH WAFFORD CEDAR PARK , TX |
5 | 0 | 18.55 |
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| 4 | |
MATT HILL JONESTOWN , TX |
BARRY MOTT LIBERTY HILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.63 |
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| 5 | |
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TODD IVINS BOERNE , TX |
BILLY MCCRARY II TEMPLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 17.16 |
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| 6 | JASON METZGAR CHINA SPRING , TX |
BRANDON GEESLIN WACO , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.97 |
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| 7 | |
TRAVIS MEYER BELTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.67 |
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| 8 | JOHN KAPALDO BUDA , TX |
JACOB KAPALDO KYLE , TX |
5 | 6.90 | 15.61 |
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| 9 | |
BLAKE ARAPIS BURNET , TX |
CHARLES WILSON JR BRIGGS , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.40 |
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| 10 | |
DAVID SHUSTER GEORGETOWN , TX |
CHARLES GERHART SALADO , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.34 |
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| 11 | |
DAVID SCHWERTNER HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
DAVID RIDLEY III WACO , TX |
5 | 0 | 15.29 |
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| 12 | |
GARRETT SHEPPERD GEORGETOWN , TX |
GREGORY SHEPPERD GEORGETOWN , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.68 |
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| 13 | |
CLAYTON HELDT VICTORIA , TX |
CHAD KALLINA LAGO VISTA , TX |
5 | 6.81 | 14.38 |
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| 14 | KEITH HONEYCUTT TEMPLE , TX |
SAM JONES ROGERS , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.30 |
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| 15 | SHAWN TAYLOR ABILENE , TX |
JEREMY EASTERWOOD ABILENE , TX |
5 | 5.65 | 14.19 |
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| 16 | GARRETT KOSLAN AUSTIN , TX |
ERIC CRUMLEY LEANDER , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.07 |
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| 17 | BILL GUZMAN AUSTIN , TX |
TIM STEWART AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 14.01 |
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| 18 | SKYLER CAROTHERS GATESVILLE , TX |
CANYON CAROTHERS GATESVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.69 |
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| 19 | |
JAMES BEAUCHAMP SUNRISE BEACH , TX |
BRENNAN FERTIG BAY CITY , TX |
5 | 6.96 | 13.61 |
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| 20 | ROBERT PRESCOTT SEQUIN , TX |
DEVIN GIBSON GONZALES , TX |
5 | 6.36 | 13.10 |
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| 21 | STEVE MAGNELIA AUSTIN , TX |
MICHAEL TENNANT PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.08 |
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| 22 | |
DUSTIN BARFIELD BELTON , TX |
NATHAN MATTHEWS TROY , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.05 |
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| 22 | TOM GUIDRY NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
JR BRIANT KINGSLAND , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.05 |
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| 24 | |
ROY STEGER BELTON , TX |
CHET SUTTON SALADO , TX |
5 | 0 | 13.00 |
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| 25 | RICKY PIERCE THORNDALE , TX |
RHETT PIERCE THORNDALE , TX |
5 | 5.60 | 12.79 |
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| 26 | |
WILLIAM VICKERS SALADO , TX |
BILLY HIRSCHMANN BELTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.78 |
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| 27 | |
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BRANDON DAY BROWNWOOD , TX |
CADE WILSON EARLY , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.51 |
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| 28 | |
PHILLIP MASSOLETTI BURNET , TX |
CHARLES MEREDITH DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.45 |
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| 29 | |
CHARLIE GANTENBEIN SALADO , TX |
WENDY RANDOLPH SALADO , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.33 |
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| 30 | |
KELLEY MAULDIN COPPELL , TX |
MIKE GROUNDS MARBLE FALLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.32 |
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| 31 | |
DEAN ALEXANDER JONESTOWN , TX |
THOMAS MARTENS JONESTOWN , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.27 |
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| 32 | |
CHRIS GOODMAN STEPHENVILLE , TX |
JOSH MURPHREE RISING STAR , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.22 |
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| 33 | |
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RANDY GROUNDS HORSESHOE BAY , TX |
LEE BEUERSHAUSEN MARBLE FALLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.21 |
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| 34 | |
RONALD SISK RIO VISTA , TX |
KENNETH FULLER JR RIO VISTA , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.12 |
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| 35 | |
DALE READ LEANDER , TX |
JIM SUNVISON GEORGETOWN , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.11 |
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| 36 | |
JOHNNY HOMANN KYLE , TX |
JAY HESS LOCKHART , TX |
5 | 0 | 12.10 |
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| 37 | |
DAMON ROSS GEORGETOWN , TX |
DYLAN ROSS LEXINGTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.91 |
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| 38 | |
DANIEL BARNES BELTON , TX |
ADRIAN BARNES BELTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.86 |
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| 38 | |
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DERICK KUYRKENDALL BERGHEIM , TX |
FORREST WILSON SPRING BRANCH , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.86 |
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| 40 | |
GARRETT HENNIG BELTON , TX |
BRANDON MCQUEEN TEMPLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.79 |
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| 41 | |
MARK BIONDI SR BURLESON , TX |
MARK BIONDI JR BURLESON , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.59 |
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| 42 | |
KEVIN MASON COLDSPRING , TX |
BUD PRUITT HOUSTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.24 |
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| 43 | |
CRIS TATUM BELTON , TX |
JUSTIN TATUM BELTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.21 |
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| 44 | |
LEONARD PHILIPP BASTROP , TX |
HUNTER ARTHUR BASTROP , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.19 |
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| 45 | TYLER LAWHORN TEMPLE , TX |
GRAYSON HONEYCUTT TEMPLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.17 |
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| 46 | CHARLES WHITED SAN MARCOS , TX |
TREY GROCE DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX |
5 | 0 | 11.10 |
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| 47 | |
TYLER TORWICK AUSTIN , TX |
BRYAN SCOTT LIBERTY HILL , TX |
5 | 4.56 | 11.00 |
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| 48 |  |
LANCE DILLARD LLANO , TX |
BLAKE DILLARD LLANO , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.99 |
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| 49 | |
TULLY WILLIAMS GATESVILLE , TX |
PAT WASHBURN GATESVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.96 |
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| 50 | |
COLT DIETZ AUSTIN , TX |
CHRIS STUDINGER SAN ANTONIO , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.84 |
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| 51 | |
BRIAN MATER AUSTIN , TX |
PHILLIP WARREN AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.81 |
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| 52 | ANDREW WHITEHEAD PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
MICKEY SANDERS SPICEWOOD , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.70 |
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| 53 | |
TIM MABRAY BELTON , TX |
ED COLE BELTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.69 |
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| 54 | KENNETH CUMMINS PAIGE , TX |
JIMMY CHAPMAN HUTTO , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.56 |
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| 54 | |
WILLIAM BLAINE SAN ANGELO , TX |
DUSTIN WALTON ABILENE , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.56 |
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| 56 | |
MICHAEL WALDROP AUSTIN , TX |
JARROD SANDERS AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.49 |
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| 57 | REX WHEELER BELTON , TX |
BRUCE DAVIS KEMPNER , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.40 |
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| 58 | |
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MIKE RICHARDSON THORNDALE , TX |
ZACH BROWN GEORGETOWN , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.32 |
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| 59 | ANTHONY GARCIA ROUND ROCK , TX |
ERIC GARCIA STANLEY , NM |
5 | 0 | 10.30 |
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| 60 | |
JEFFERY HUNTER UNIVERSAL CITY , TX |
KENNETH WITEK STOCKDALE , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.22 |
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| 61 | |
DAVID CHILES WACO , TX |
PAT NUNLEY WACO , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.13 |
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| 62 | RYAN WARREN GATESVILLE , TX |
JASON DERRICK VALLEY MILLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 10.05 |
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| 63 | |
RAY TOMASITS LEANDER , TX |
CARY LAUDADIO AUSTIN , TX |
4 | 6.01 | 10.03 |
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| 64 | |
THOMAS WEIMER ROUND ROCK , TX |
BRANDON JONES ROUND ROCK , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.98 |
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| 65 | |
MATT CANNON TROY , TX |
JARED SIEGELER BELTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.90 |
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| 66 | |
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JASON GALLAS BLANCO , TX |
KEN PARKER BOERNE , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.78 |
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| 67 | |
KEVIN UNGER SMITHVILLE , TX |
TIM GOETZ SMITHVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.75 |
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| 68 | MIKE HARMAN BASTROP , TX |
BRIAN HUGHES TAYLOR , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.70 |
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| 69 | ANTHONY SKOUBY CIBOLO , TX |
JASON WILLIAMS NEW BRAUNFELS , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.69 |
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| 70 | |
TYLER SMART GATESVILLE , TX |
WADE KEY GATESVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.67 |
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| 71 | CLAYTON FRENCH LAMPASAS , TX |
KELLY HUDSON LAMPASAS , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.66 |
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| 72 | SCOTT MEADS KILLEEN , TX |
TOM GRIDLEY WIMBERLEY , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.62 |
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| 73 | |
BRANDON BRAY MARBLE FALLS , TX |
JOE BRAY MARBLE FALLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.50 |
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| 74 | |
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AJ HALL BROWNWOOD , TX |
AUDWIN HALL BROWNWOOD , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.48 |
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| 75 | KELVIN HOGG ARLINGTON , TX |
BRIAN ROUSSEL ARLINGTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.46 |
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| 76 | JOHN RILEY KILLEEN , TX |
ANDY FOULKROD HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.44 |
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| 77 | CLINT BROWN AUSTIN , TX |
BLAINE BUTLER CEDAR PARK , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.40 |
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| 78 | |
JAMES SCOGIN AUSTIN , TX |
ROLAND LOERA AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.39 |
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| 79 | BILL LEE HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
MICHELLE LEE HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.26 |
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| 80 | |
ALLEN SHELTON FARMERS BRANCH , TX |
BRAD DRAKE IRVING , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.22 |
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| 81 | |
SHAWN USCHAN KILLEEN , TX |
MATTHEW KEEN COPPERAS COVE , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.19 |
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| 82 | |
JAY STIDHAM WACO , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.14 |
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| 83 | COLE TEMPLE KELLER , TX |
JOSH BENSEMA WILLIS , TX |
4 | 0 | 9.11 |
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| 83 | |
WILLIAM BRUNSON LIBERTY HILL , TX |
DANIEL EMBLEM KILLEEN , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.11 |
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| 85 | |
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STERLING MARTIN BEEVILLE , TX |
COURTNEY BEHREND COMFORT , TX |
5 | 0 | 9.00 |
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| 86 | MICHAEL VASQUEZ TEMPLE , TX |
KENNY ROBERTSON BRUCEVILLE , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.95 |
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| 87 | |
SEAN EVANS KILLEEN , TX |
RODNEY THOMPSON HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
4 | 0 | 8.94 |
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| 88 | JOSH LASSETER BUCHANAN DAM , TX |
DON KING BUCHANAN DAM , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.88 |
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| 89 | |
RONALD GOERDEL HUNTSVILLE , TX |
JOHN GILBERT JR LEANDER , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.84 |
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| 90 | |
JAMES CANTWELL KINGSLAND , TX |
TOM CANTWELL LAGRANGE , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.83 |
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| 91 | TERRY ADAIR ALVIN , TX |
CHAD ADAIR ALVIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.78 |
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| 92 | |
CLIFF BROWN HARKER HEIGHTS , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.74 |
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| 93 | |
JASON BUCHANAN BURNET , TX |
TERRY KIRCUS BURNET , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.55 |
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| 94 | MIKE PICKWELL DRIPPING SPRINGS , TX |
JOE COLE AUSTIN , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.51 |
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| 95 | DUSTIN GRICE VALLEY MILLS , TX |
JOHNNY GRICE EARLY , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.47 |
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| 96 | MICHAEL BRISENO ELGIN , TX |
LUCAS LARSON HUTTO , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.44 |
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| 97 | |
DARRELL WUENSCHE THRALL , TX |
SAM MORROW AUSTIN , TX |
3 | 0 | 8.35 |
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| 98 | |
ROBERT MIKES SHINER , TX |
MARKUS ELDER NEW WAVERLY , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.32 |
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| 99 | |
CODY GREANEY MANCHACA , TX |
ROBERT ROARK THE WOODLANDS , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.27 |
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| 100 | BRET STAFFORD BELTON , TX |
DANNY LANGLEY BELTON , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.08 |
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| 101 | GLEN DERKS II LIBERTY HILL , TX |
BRYAN SIMPSON LIBERTY HILL , TX |
5 | 0 | 8.04 |
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| 102 | RANDY HIBLER MARBLE FALLS , TX |
RANDALL CHRISTIAN TOW , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.97 |
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| 103 | |
AYDEN REEDY SPRING BRANCH , TX |
RUSTY REEDY SPRING BRANCH , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.61 |
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| 104 | LINO GUTTIRREZ COTTONWOOD WOOD SHORES , TX |
RUBEN RIBERA MARBLE FALLS , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.54 |
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| 104 | |
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WESTON BROWN HOUSTON , TX |
DAVID DOONAN CALDWELL , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.54 |
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| 106 | RUSSELL WHITE BASTROP , TX |
BRIAN CRAWFORD RED ROCK , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.44 |
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| 107 | JOHN WALSH LEANDER , TX |
JEFF JENKINS LEANDER , TX |
5 | 0 | 7.42 |
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| 108 | TOMMY MARTINEZ DEVINE , TX |
ARMANDO MARTINEZ DEVINE , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.40 |
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| 109 | |
JACK MEREDITH BELTON , TX |
STEVEN BREAZEALE AUSTIN , TX |
4 | 0 | 7.21 |
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| 110 | |
PATRICK ANDERSON BUDA , TX |
DOUG HAMILTON LAKEWAY , TX |
4 | 0 | 6.95 |
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| 111 | GERARD RUMSEY AUSTIN , TX |
EDWARD RUMSEY BURNET , TX |
4 | 0 | 5.85 |
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| 112 | |
TONY FERDINANDO SPICEWOOD , TX |
SHANE LOGAN BUDA , TX |
4 | 0 | 5.68 |
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| 113 | |
RYAN FAIN SPRING BRANCH , TX |
GEORGE DELOACH BOERNE , TX |
2 | 0 | 5.58 |
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| 114 | |
DAVID OVERCASH WEST , TX |
ROGER FRIELDS WACO , TX |
3 | 0 | 5.41 |
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| 115 | |
WILLIAM DANKERT SALADO , TX |
TYLER DANKERT SALADO , TX |
2 | 0 | 5.36 |
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| 116 | |
GARRETT GOETTEE TOMBALL , TX |
HUGH KELLER HOUSTON , TX |
3 | 0 | 5.14 |
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| 117 | |
DAVID RUTHERFORD ARTESIA , NM |
CURTIS PENNINGTON ARTESIA , NM |
3 | 0 | 4.98 |
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| 118 | |
CHARLES PURSELL AUSTIN , TX |
MATTHEW PURYEAR AUSTIN , TX |
3 | 0 | 4.35 |
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| 119 | |
ROBERT MIERAS COPPERAS COVE , TX |
JOHNNY WIERZBICKI MOODY , TX |
2 | 0 | 4.10 |
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| 120 | |
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CHANS MARTIN FAIR OAKS RANCH , TX |
CHASE MEIER COMFORT , TX |
2 | 0 | 3.26 |
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| 121 | TROY LOWERY BROWNWOOD , TX |
TOMMY MORENO NEED INFO |
1 | 0 | 2.12 |
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| 122 | TRAVIS GERGELY SEGUIN , TX |
BLAINE MURNAHAN NEW BRAUNSFELS , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 122 | |
RONNY MAYNARD GEORGETOWN , TX |
JOHN HALLEY KILLEEN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 122 | |
GERALD MUELLER JR PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
GENE FUESSEL AUSTIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 122 | |
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WILLIAM FESLER LAMPASAS , TX |
DAVID LAINE HORSESHOE BAY , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 122 | |
DONNIE ONEAL PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
MAELSTROM KIEWIET AUSTIN , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 122 | |
SHAWN MARKGRAF BURNET , TX |
TRENT BLAKE BURNET , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 122 | CHRIS WOEHL CEDAR PARK , TX |
CHRIS CLEMENTS ROUND ROCK , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| 122 | |
ROGER SARAIBA LEANDER , TX |
LOUIE BRUNO PFLUGERVILLE , TX |
0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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FLOYD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WINS 2019 BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING LAKE CUMBERLAND OPEN
BURNSIDE, Ky. (April 14, 2019) – The Floyd Central High School duo of Zach Rose of Prestonsburg, Kentucky, and Cameron Crider of Dwale, Kentucky, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 16 pounds, 10 ounces to win the 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Cumberland Open.
A field of 161 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from General Burnside Island State Park in Burnside. The tournament was hosted by the Burnside Tourism Commission. In FLW and The Bass Federation (TBF) High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.
The top 16 teams on Lake Cumberland that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:
1st: Floyd Central High School, Langley, Ky. – Zach Rose, Prestonsburg, Ky., and Cameron Crider, Dwale, Ky., five bass, 16-10
2nd: McCracken County High School, McCracken County, Ky. – James Harper Burkeen and Austin Braboy, both of Paducah, Ky., five bass, 16-0
3rd: Russell County High School, Russell Springs, Ky. – Jesse York, Russell Springs, Ky., and Kyle Roy, Jamestown, Ky., five bass, 13-13
4th: Larue County High School, Hodgenville, Ky. – Wyatt Pearman, Hodgenville, Ky., and Evan Morris, Buffalo, Ky., five bass, 13-9
5th: Lake Cumberland Bass Club, Somerset, Ky. – Blake Stringer and Ragan Burton, both of Somerset, Ky., five bass, 13-9
6th: Russell County High School, Russell Springs, Ky. – Dylan Stringer, Jamestown, Ky., and Branson Campbell, Russell Springs, Ky., four bass, 12-13
7th: Garrard County High School, Garrard County, Ky. – Will Oberman and Clay Oberman, both of Lancaster, Ky., four bass, 12-8
8th: Spencer County High School, Taylorsville, Ky. – Dillon Stallings and Clayton Rountree, both of Taylorsville, Ky., five bass, 12-6
9th: Bethlehem High School, Bardstown, Ky. – Will Johnson, Cox’s Creek, Ky., and Elijah Peake, Bardstown, Ky., five bass, 12-6
10th: McCracken County High School, McCracken County, Ky. – Hunter Valerius and Sarah Moorehead, both of Paducah, Ky., three bass, 11-15
11th: Bath County High School, Owingsville, Ky. – Jacob Conyers and Spencer Pergrem, both of Owingsville, Ky., five bass, 11-13
12th: Somerset High School, Somerset, Ky. – Matthew Gosser and Mason Ellnor, both of Somerset, Ky., five bass, 11-12
13th: Cornerstone Christian Academy, Shelbyville, Ky. – Doug Jesse, Shelbyville, Ky., and Jake Thornbury, Finchville, Ky., four bass, 11-12
14th: East Jessamine High School, Nicholasville, Ky. – Ridge Rutledge and Jacob Wielgus, both of Nicholasville, Ky., five bass, 11-9
15th: Madison Southern High School, Berea, Ky. – Kurtis Blair and Cody Blair, both of Berea, Ky., five bass, 11-5
16th: Madison High School, Marshall, N.C. – Bailey Merrill and Trevor Thorpe, both of Marshall, N.C., four bass, 11-5
Complete results from the event can be found at FLWFishing.com.
The 2019 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Lake Cumberland Open was a two-person (team) event for students in grades 7-12, open to any Student Angler Federation (SAF) affiliated high school club in the United States. The top 10 percent of each Challenge, Open, and state championship field will advance to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship on a body of water that has yet to be revealed. The High School Fishing national champions will each receive a $5,000 college scholarship to the school of their choice.
In addition to the High School Fishing National Championship, all High School Fishing anglers nationwide automatically qualify for the world’s largest open high school bass tournament, the 2019 High School Fishing World Finals, held in conjunction with the National Championship. At the 2018 World Finals more than $150,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded.
Full schedules and the latest announcements are available at HighSchoolFishing.org and FLWFishing.com.
About FLW
FLW is the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, providing anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money in 2019 across five tournament circuits. Headquartered in Benton, Kentucky, with offices in Minneapolis, FLW and their partners conduct more than 290 bass-fishing tournaments annually around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Portugal, South Africa and Spain. FLW tournament fishing can be seen on the Emmy-nominated “FLW" television show while FLW Bass Fishing magazine delivers cutting-edge tips from top pros. For more information visit FLWFishing.com and follow FLW at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
OKLAHOMA’S UPSHAW LEADS WIRE-TO-WIRE, WINS FLW TOUR ON CHEROKEE LAKE
Oklahoma pro tops the 164-angler field at the FLW Tour on Cherokee Lake, earns $100,000
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (April 14, 2019) – Pro Andrew Upshaw of Tulsa, Oklahoma, won the FLW Tour at the Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance after catching five bass Sunday weighing 15 pounds, 6 ounces. Upshaw’s four-day cumulative total of 20 bass weighing 67 pounds, 10 ounces, was enough to edge second-place pro Grae Buck of Harleysville, Pennsylvania, by 1 pound, 2 ounces, at the event that featured 164 of the world’s top bass anglers. For his win – the first of his FLW Tour career – Upshaw earned $100,000.
“This week was phenomenal – there’s no other way to describe it,” a visibly emotional Upshaw said on the FLW Tour weigh-in stage Sunday afternoon. “Through practice, I knew I was on something special, but I didn’t know just how special.”
Upshaw’s week on the water primarily involved targeting spawning bass. Early on, he said he lured bites with a drop-shot rig, using a green-pumpkin-colored Strike King KVD Drop-Shot Half Shell with a 1/8-ounce weight, but ended up switching after breaking it off 30 minutes into day one of competition. He proceeded to pick up a 4-inch, wacky-rigged Strike King KVD Perfect Plastic Ocho of the same color and went to work putting together consistent limits around mid-lake islands. He said he preferred 10-pound-test Seaguar Smackdown braid line with a 6-pound InvisX fluorocarbon leader.
“These fish stay around these islands all year long – they don’t leave,” said Upshaw. “I caught some on banks, but all my big ones came on islands. I wanted to be around the deepest water and the steepest banks. It had to have boulders out in front, and more importantly, the bank had to have somewhat of a turn in it. It didn’t have to have a cove, but just a turn – those smallmouth were spawning in them. There was just enough [curve] to get them out of the current where they could spawn.
“I took the Ocho and pitched it behind those boulders because that’s where they were spawning,” continued Upshaw. “Everybody was casting out in front and in the cracks, but they were actually behind the boulders the entire time. Anybody throwing a weighted bait, whether it was a Ned rig or a shaky-head, wasn’t able to effectively fish it because it was dropping so fast. By pitching that very, very light-weight Ocho around, I was able to get the fish that no one else was fishing for.”
On Championship Sunday, Upshaw slipped and surrendered the lead for a significant period of time, but after a last-minute stop at a secondary area he’d been saving – two points a quarter-mile from takeoff – the Oklahoma pro made two culls that would end up putting him over the top.
“Off to the side of one of the points there was a rock pile – it had isolated boulders and only big ones were moving up on it,” said Upshaw. “I caught a 3½-pounder and one that weighed about 2½ pounds to cull out two small fish.”
Upshaw caught his final two fish using a 3.25-inch, Ghost Shad-colored Strike King Rage Swimmer on a ¼-ounce jighead.
The top 10 pros on Cherokee Lake finished:
1st: Andrew Upshaw, Tulsa, Okla., 20 bass, 67-10, $100,000
2nd: Grae Buck, Harleysville, Pa., 20 bass, 66-8, $30,200
3rd: Dylan Hays, El Dorado, Ark., 20 bass, 65-12, $25,100
4th: Jason Reyes, Huffman, Texas, 20 bass, 65-11, $20,000
5th: Andy Young, Isle, Minn., 20 bass, 64-0, $19,000
6th: Yamamoto Baits pro Tom Monsoor, La Crosse, Wis., 20 bass, 63-1, $18,000
7th: Tim Cales, Sandstone, W. Va., 20 bass, 62-8, $17,000
8th: Derrick Snavely, Piney Flats, Tenn., 20 bass, 61-9, $16,000
9th: Matt Becker, Finleyville, Pa., 20 bass, 61-4, $15,000
10th: Tim Frederick, Leesburg, Fla., 20 bass, 60-12, $14,000
For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.
Overall, there were 50 bass weighing 146 pounds, 14 ounces, caught by pros Sunday. All of the final 10 pros were able to bring five-bass limits to the scale.
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 total purse for the FLW Tour at Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the Economic Development Alliance, Jefferson County. The next event for FLW Tour anglers will be the FLW Tour at Lake Chickamauga presented by Evinrude, in Dayton, Tennessee, May 2-5. The tournament will be hosted by Fish Dayton and the Rhea Economic & Tourism Council.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 164 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to Saturday. Only the top 10 pros continued competition Sunday, with the winner determined by the heaviest accumulated weight from the four days of competition.
Throughout the season, anglers are also vying for valuable points in hopes of qualifying for the 2019 FLW Cup, the world championship of professional bass fishing. The 2019 FLW Cup will be on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Aug. 9-11 and is hosted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and Visit Hot Springs.
For complete details and updated information visit FLWFishing.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow the sport’s top anglers on the FLW Tour on FLW’s social media outlets at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Andy Morgan Claims Hometown Win on Lake Chickamauga at Bass Pro Tour Econo Lodge Stage Four presented by Winn Grips
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MLF pro Andy Morgan spent Championship Sunday in familiar waters - two sloughs that he knew well from years of fishing on home-lake Chickamauga - and it earned him the Bass Pro Tour Stage Four trophy. (Photo by Garrick Dixon. Click to enlarge/download.)
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Blaylock Holds On To Win Bassmaster Elite Series Event At Winyah Bay
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Jacob Powroznik Aiming for Back-To-Back Wins After Knockout Round Victory
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MLF pro Jared Lintner finished the Knockout Round in 8th, with this 8-10 being the kicker in his today's total of 52-1.
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The Day's Results
UPSHAW LEADS FIELD INTO FINAL DAY OF FLW TOUR ON CHEROKEE LAK
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (April 13, 2019) – Pro Andrew Upshaw of Tulsa, Oklahoma, maintained his lead Saturday at the FLW Tour at the Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance after catching five bass weighing 16 pounds even. Upshaw’s three-day total of 15 bass weighing 52-4 will lead the final 10 pros into the fourth and final day of the event, where he and his peers will cast for a top prize of up to $125,000.
After starting the day in eight place, Yamamoto Baits pro Tom Monsoor of La Crosse, Wisconsin, made a leap up the leaderboard with a limit weighing 17-6 to sit within striking distance of Upshaw in second place with a three-day cumulative total of 50-10, while Dylan Hays of El Dorado, Arkansas, sits in third with 50 pounds, 1 ounce. The stage is set for an exciting final day of competition with only 4 pounds, 15 ounces, separating 10th place from first.
Upshaw said he spent the day targeting main-lake spawning fish, a pattern he’s followed all week. He said his day started out slower than his first two mornings, which he admitted threw him off mentally.
“I pulled up to where I wanted to start and I caught a non-keeper immediately, and that’s only my second non-keeper of the week,” said Upshaw, who is seeking his first career victory in FLW Tour competition. “Then, a few minutes later, I caught another non-keeper, then another, and it really started spinning me out a little bit. Not necessarily the missed fish. But when you’re just catching little, little ones, it threw me off a little bit.
“Once I caught my first couple of decent ones, I kind of got this calming feeling,” Upshaw continued. “I really focused and got a little talkative – I got to where I was having fun. I caught a 4-pounder and I was really having fun – I know how big 4-pounders are going to be here.”
Upshaw said his plan for Championship Sunday is to try and eliminate the slow morning by going for a limit at a secondary area he’s been saving.
“What I’m trying to do is get that stress off of my back. I can pull up to this spot, and maybe not catch a bunch of fish, but I feel like I can catch two, three, maybe a limit fairly quick,” said Upshaw. “It’s actually a bigger area. It’s reloading and it’s got a ton of fish in it.”
The Oklahoma pro went on to say that he’s definitely feeling the pressure to finish strong after leading the event for three days, but with his secondary area set to potentially ease the stress of getting an initial limit, he has confidence that he can find his groove once again.
“As far as nerves go, I’ve dealt with high-stress situations before. Not just in tournament fishing, but in other sports like football and basketball and everything like that. Tomorrow I get to go have fun and I’ve got my family here to calm me down, so everything should be fine.”
The top 10 pros advancing to the final day of competition Sunday on Cherokee Lake are:
1st: Andrew Upshaw, Tulsa, Okla., 15 bass, 52-4
2nd: Yamamoto Baits pro Tom Monsoor, La Crosse, Wis., 15 bass, 50-10
3rd: Dylan Hays, El Dorado, Ark., 15 bass, 50-1
4th: Grae Buck, Harleysville, Pa., 15 bass, 49-4
5th: Andy Young, Isle, Minn., 15 bass, 49-0
6th: Matt Becker, Finleyville, Pa., 15 bass, 48-13
7th: Tim Frederick, Leesburg, Fla., 15 bass, 48-3
8th: Jason Reyes, Huffman, Texas, 15 bass, 48-3
9th: Derrick Snavely, Piney Flats, Tenn., 15 bass, 48-2
10th: Tim Cales, Sandstone, W. Va., 15 bass, 47-5
Finishing 11th through 30th are:
11th: Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 15 bass, 47-4, $12,000
12th: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 15 bass, 47-2, $12,000
13th: J. Todd Tucker, Moultrie, Ga., 15 bass, 46-14, $12,000
14th: Scott Martin, Clewiston, Fla., 15 bass, 46-11, $12,000
15th: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 15 bass, 46-11, $12,000
16th: Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., 15 bass, 46-9, $11,500
17th: Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., 15 bass, 46-8, $11,500
18th: Dakota Ebare, Denham Springs, La., 15 bass, 46-4, $11,500
19th: Berkley pro Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., 15 bass, 45-14, $11,500
20th: Johnny McCombs, Morris, Ala., 15 bass, 45-14, $11,500
21st: Kerry Milner, Bono, Ark., 15 bass, 45-12, $10,500
22nd: Josh Douglas, Isle, Minn., 15 bass, 45-7, $10,500
23rd: A.J. Slegona, Pine Bush, N.Y., 15 bass, 45-6, $10,500
24th: Jon Englund, Farwell, Minn., 15 bass, 44-13, $10,500
25th: Yamamoto Baits pro Larry Nixon, Quitman, Ark., 15 bass, 43-5, $10,500
26th: Brandon McMillan, Clewiston, Fla., 15 bass, 42-14, $10,500
27th: Jason Meninger, Saint Augustine, Fla., 15 bass, 42-14, $10,500
28th: Evan Barnes, Hot Springs, Ark., 15 bass, 42-10, $10,500
29th: Matthew Stefan, Junction City, Wis., 15 bass, 42-10, $10,500
30th: Kurt Mitchell, Milford, Del., 15 bass, 42-1, $10,500
For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.
Overall, there were 150 bass weighing 436 pounds, 13 ounces, caught by pros Saturday. All 30 pros were able to bring five-bass limits to the scale.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 164 pro anglers competed in the two-day opening round on Thursday and Friday. The top 30 pros based on their two-day accumulated weight advanced to 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 Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the Economic Development Alliance, Jefferson County.
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. EST Sunday from the TVA Dam Boat Launch, located at 2805 N. Highway 92, in Jefferson City. Sunday’s Championship weigh-in will be held near the launch beginning at 4 p.m.
In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the TVA Dam Boat Launch 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, as well as learn more about the sport of fishing and other outdoor activities.
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 Sunday, featuring live action from the boats of the tournament’s top pros. Host Travis Moran will be joined by veteran FLW Tour pro Todd Hollowell to break down the extended action from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. On-the-water broadcasts will be live streamed on FLWFishing.com, the FLW YouTube channel and the FLW Facebook page.
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.
Stetson Blaylock's Big Day Delivers Lead In Bassmaster Elite At Winyah Bay
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Birge Breaks 100 Pounds, Heavy Hitters Advance to Knockout Round on Chickamauga
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MLF Pro Fred Roumbanis finished the Group B Elimination Round in the No. 2 spot with 94-12; his 58-11 weight
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The Day's Results
UPSHAW HOLDS LEAD AT FLW TOUR ON CHEROKEE LAKE
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. (April 12, 2019) – Pro Andrew Upshaw of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is still on top at the FLW Tour at the Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance after catching five bass weighing 17 pounds, 14 ounces. Upshaw’s two-day total of 36-4 will lead the final 30 pros into the third day of the event, with pro Dylan Hays of El Dorado, Arkansas, in second with 34-8 and Lowrance pro Austin Felix of Eden Prairie, Minnesota, right on his heels in third with 34-5. With weights this close together, there is sure to be some movement on the leaderboard heading into Championship Sunday, when the final 10 pros will take the water with their sights set on the top award of up to $125,000.
“I actually started right where I caught my last big one yesterday. I went through the exact same spot and I caught a 4½- and a 2¾-pounder,” said Upshaw, who is fishing in his eighth season on the FLW Tour. “There was enough boats around me that I figured I better stay in there and catch my limit, so I went ahead and caught a limit of 2½-pounders and the one big one.
“After that I just started running new water – places where I’d had bites in practice,” continued Upshaw. “The first place I pulled up to I caught a 3, and then the next spot I caught a 3½, a 3 and a 3¼ – it was a day. I hit two new places today and I still have about 15 other spots I haven’t even touched.”
Upshaw said he caught more keepers Friday than he did Thursday, and again brought all smallmouth to the weigh-in stage.
“I wasn’t sure I could catch what I caught today. I was pretty certain I could catch 16 [pounds] and I got lucky with that big one this morning,” said Upshaw. “A 4½-pounder is a big deal here. These guys are catching 3-pounders and a lot of them, but catching a 4-pounder is really hard, and today I was just fortunate enough to do it.”
Heading into the weekend, Upshaw said he has a couple of options for catching fish.
“I did figure out something late in the day today. I just started practicing – trying to figure out a way I could catch them completely different than what I have been doing and I was able to catch about 14 pounds doing that,” said Upshaw. “I could run around and catch them – and not spawners – which was nice. But, I’m not really worried about that for tomorrow. That’s more of a day four kind of thing. Overall, I can’t complain about today – it was a great day.”
The top 30 pros that made the cut and will fish Saturday on Cherokee Lake are:
1st: Andrew Upshaw, Tulsa, Okla., 10 bass, 36-4
2nd: Dylan Hays, El Dorado, Ark., 10 bass, 34-8
3rd: Lowrance pro Austin Felix, Eden Prairie, Minn., 10 bass, 34-5
4th: Grae Buck, Harleysville, Pa., 10 bass, 34-0
5th: Tim Frederick, Leesburg, Fla., 10 bass, 33-9
6th: Ron Nelson, Berrien Springs, Mich., 10 bass, 33-9
7th: Lowrance pro Kurt Mitchell, Milford, Del., 10 bass, 33-7
8th: Yamamoto baits pro Tom Monsoor, La Crosse, Wis., 10 bass, 33-4
9th: Derrick Snavely, Piney Flats, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-14
10th: Berkley pro Joey Cifuentes, Clinton, Ark., 10 bass, 32-7
11th: Andy Young, Isle, Minn., 10 bass, 32-3
12th: Scott Martin, Clewiston, Fla., 10 bass, 32-3
13th: Kerry Milner, Bono, Ark., 10 bass, 32-2
14th: J. Todd Tucker, Moultrie, Ga., 10 bass, 31-12
15th: Polaris pro David Dudley, Lynchburg, Va., 10 bass, 31-11
16th: Jason Reyes, Huffman, Texas, 10 bass, 31-10
17th: Johnny McCombs, Morris, Ala., 10 bass, 31-5
18th: Jon Englund, Farwell, Minn., 10 bass, 31-3
19th: Matt Becker, Finleyville, Pa., 10 bass, 31-2
20th: Tim Cales, Sandstone, W. Va., 10 bass, 31-2
21st: Bryan Thrift, Shelby, N.C., 10 bass, 30-14
22nd: Dakota Ebare, Denham Springs, La., 10 bass, 30-12
23rd: Brandon McMillan, Clewiston, Fla., 10 bass, 30-12
24th: Josh Douglas, Isle, Minn., 10 bass, 30-11
25th: Evan Barnes, Hot Springs, Ark., 10 bass, 30-11
26th: A.J. Slegona, Pine Bush, N.Y., 10 bass, 30-4
27th: Matthew Stefan, Junction City, Wis., 10 bass, 30-3
28th: Alex Davis, Albertville, Ala., 10 bass, 30-2
29th: Jason Meninger, Saint Augustine, Fla., 10 bass, 29-14
30th: Yamamoto Baits pro Larry Nixon, Quitman, Ark., 10 bass, 29-12
For a full list of results visit FLWFishing.com.
Hensley Powell of Whitwell, Tennessee, earned the $500 Big Bass award Friday after bringing a bass to the scale weighing 5 pounds even – the heaviest fish of the day.
Overall there were 786 bass weighing 2,120 pounds, 13 ounces, caught by 162 pros Friday. The catch included 147 five-bass limits.
In FLW Tour competition, the full field of 164 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 Cherokee Lake presented by Lowrance is more than $860,000. The tournament is hosted by the Economic Development Alliance, Jefferson County.
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. EST Saturday and Sunday from the TVA Dam Boat Launch, located at 2805 N. Highway 92, in Jefferson City. Saturday and Sunday’s weigh-ins will be held near the launch beginning at 4 p.m.
In conjunction with the weigh-ins, FLW will host a free Family Fishing Expo at the TVA Dam Boat Launch from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. 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, 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 Saturday and Sunday, 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.
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.