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LEBANON’S ECKLER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MUSIC CITY DIVISION FINALE ON OLD HICKORY LAKE

Cookeville’s Sims Grabs Co-angler Title

GALLATIN, Tenn. (Oct. 1, 2018) – Boater Tony Eckler of Lebanon, Tennessee, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division tournament on Old Hickory Lake Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 28 pounds even. For his win, Eckler took home $4,749.

Eckler primarily flipped green-pumpkin-colored creature baits in 1- to 3-feet of water to catch his fish Saturday. He said he flipped wood and trash piles, fishing both the main-lake and in the creeks in the mid-section of Old Hickory Lake.

“On Sunday I caught a couple of keepers on a (Blue Chrome-colored) Heddon Super Spook at a spot with schooling fish, which was a main-river ledge near the mouth of a creek,” said Eckler. “I also lost a 2-pounder on a Keitech swimbait and a 3-pounder on the Spook – all in the first 15 minutes. I was pretty frustrated.

“After a few slow hours, I caught a 4-pounder on a Texas-rigged (Plum-colored) Zoom Ol’ Monster Worm off of a drop at the same spot they’d been schooling,” said Eckler. “My instincts told me to try dragging something and it worked.”

Eckler said he entered the final hour of the tournament with four fish totaling about 10 pounds. He said he went flipping and switched from green-pumpkin-colored baits to watermelon colors because of the clearer water.

“I caught my fifth fish and culled three times in the last hour and that’s what won me the tournament,” said Eckler. “Even though I’d lost the 2- and 3- pounders early, I didn’t give up.”

Eckler noted that his recently-purchased Nitro Z21 boat and Mercury outboard helped him stay focused on fishing.

“The Nitro and Mercury are a dependable combo. It eases my mind to know that I have good equipment after fishing out of a used boat for several years. I had some issues, but now I don’t have to worry as much and I have a good sense of security.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:           Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., 10 bass, 28-0, $4,749

2^nd:         Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., nine bass, 23-4, $2,465

3^rd:          Jason Dies, Lebanon, Tenn., nine bass, 21-10, $1,350

4^th:          Joel Trevino, Mt. Juliet, Tenn., nine bass, 19-10, $875

5^th:          Rocco Simeri, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 10 bass, 18-12, $1,050

6^th:          Lance Oligschlaeger, Gallatin, Tenn., eight bass, 17-12, $687

7^th:          Hunter Bouldin, McMinnville, Tenn., seven bass, 16-7, $625

8^th:          Josh Tramel, Smithville, Tenn., seven bass, 13-0, $562

9^th:          Alex Hester, Crossville, Tenn., six bass, 12-8, $500

10^th:        Chris Holland, Winchester, Tenn., seven bass, 11-11, $437

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wagner caught a bass weighing 3 pounds, 15 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $390.

J.P. Sims of Cookeville, Tennessee, caught a two-day total of seven bass weighing 11 pounds, 6 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $1,875.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:           J.P. Sims, Cookeville, Tenn., seven bass, 11-6, $1,875

2^nd:         Robert Russell, Smyrna, Tenn., five bass, 9-13, $1,037

3^rd:          Chris O'Bryan, Harned, Ky., four bass, 7-10, $625

4^th:          Brian Reed, Cookeville, Tenn., four bass, 7-2, $437

5^th:          Brandon Davis, Canton, Ga., four bass, 6-14, $375

6^th:          James Davis, Springfield, Tenn., four bass, 5-15, $344

7^th:          Darren Kelly, Wartburg, Tenn., two bass, 5-12, $557

8^th:          Austin Mitchell, Antioch, Tenn., three bass, 4-14, $281

9^th:          Charles Olson, Byrdstown, Tenn., three bass, 4-4, $250

10^th:        Chad Hill, Marion, Ill., two bass, 3-12, $219

Kelly caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 4 pounds, 8 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $195.

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. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Norman in Huntersville, North Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

by AnglersChannel

EVANSVILLE’S SISK WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE HOOSIER DIVISION FINALE ON ROUGH RIVER LAKE

Co-angler Title Goes To Tennyson’s Schmitt

FALLS OF ROUGH, Ky. (Oct. 1, 2018) – Boater Aaron Sisk of Evansville, Indiana, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division tournament on Rough River Lake Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of eight bass weighing 22 pounds, 7 ounces. Sisk took home $4,457 for his catch.

Sisk said he mainly fished in the North Fork area of Rough River Lake, focusing on docks.

“I mainly fished docks on the inside of pockets – close to the main lake – and mixed it up between a ChatterBait and a buzzbait,” said Sisk, who notched his first win BFL competition. “The only areas I focused on were ones that had shade. If I pulled up and it was sunny, I wouldn’t even fish it. I had to plan my day around the sun.

“I probably fished 60 docks a day. I didn’t really sit in one area – I was running and gunning,” Sisk continued. “The biggest key was timing out my day to work with the sun. When the sun was out, I’m sure the fish were suspended out deeper, and once the bank got shady, the fish would move up to feed.”

Sisk said he caught six keepers total Saturday, following it up with another three on Sunday. He used a Green Shad-colored Z-Man/Evergreen Jack Hammer ChatterBait with a White Ice- or Smoking Shad-colored Zoom Super Fluke Jr. For the buzzbait, he preferred a black ½-ounce R&S Baits/Bass Alarm Chatterbuzz with a trailer hook.

“First I’d throw the buzzbait for fish that were likely right near the docks, and then then I’d turn and come back with the ChatterBait for the fish that were suspended 3 or 4 feet down.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:           Aaron Sisk, Evansville, Ind., eight bass, 22-7, $4,457

2^nd:         Sean Gillenwater, Bloomington, Ind., nine bass, 18-14, $2,228

3^rd:          Luke Foli, Fishers, Ind., eight bass, 15-9, $1,420

4^th:          Chris Martinkovic, Hamilton, Ohio, 10 bass, 14-5, $993

5^th:          Michael Bays, Bellevue, Ky., seven bass, 13-7, $851

6^th:          Joshua Brown, Corydon, Ind., six bass, 12-10, $780

7^th:          Thomas Foster, Terre Haute, Ind., five bass, 12-9, $709

8^th:          Jimmy Shepherd, Indianapolis, Ind., six bass, 12-7, $639

9^th:          Jay Ellis, Celina, Ohio, seven bass, 10-9, $568

10^th:        Trevor Windgassen, Alexandria, Ky., five bass, 10-0, $969

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Windgassen caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $472.

Robert Schmitt of Tennyson, Indiana, caught a two-day total of eight bass weighing 13 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,329.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:           Robert Schmitt, Tennyson, Ind., eight bass, 13-5, $2,329

2^nd:         Jeff Hale, New Castle, Ind., nine bass, 11-7, $1,064

3^rd:          Dustin Burk, Brookville, Ind., six bass, 9-13, $709

4^th:          Chad Ellis, Brownsburg, Ind., four bass, 8-2, $783

5^th:          Derek Buchanan, Madison, Ind., six bass, 7-14, $426

6^th:          Jeff Turner, Plainfield, Ill., five bass, 7-12, $390

7^th:          Tim Knight, Bargersville, Ind., four bass, 5-14, $355

8^th:          Nicole Foor, Greens Fork, Ind., four bass, 5-12, $319

9^th:          James Rockhill, Anderson, Ind., three bass, 5-1, $284

10^th:        Chad Sims, Brownsburg, Ind., four bass, 4-15, $248

Ellis caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 3 pounds, 12 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $236.

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. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Kentucky Lake in Gilbertsville, Kentucky. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

by AnglersChannel

TEXAN BEEBEE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE COWBOY DIVISION FINALE ON TOLEDO BEND LAKE

Pineville’s Lewis Grabs Co-angler Title

MANY, La. (Oct. 1, 2018) – Boater Joe Beebee of The Woodlands, Texas, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division tournament on Toledo Bend Lake Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 27 pounds, 14 ounces. For his win, Beebee netted $5,632.

Beebee spent the event fishing in Housen Bayou, focusing on a mile-long stretch of hydrilla, pepper grass and lily pads where they all mixed together.

“I fished in 2 feet of water or less, but there was deep water nearby – that was key,” said Beebee, who earned his first win in BFL competition. “I primarily caught them on two lures – frogs and Texas rigs.”

Beebee used a Black Shadow-colored Strike King KVD Popping Perch to catch the majority of his fish Saturday. He also caught one keeper on a Texas-rigged, green-pumpkin Xcite Baits Hawgalicious.

“On Sunday there were some shad flickering, so I used the same Strike King frog in white and caught a 3½-pounder right off of the bat,” said Beebee. “Soon after that I picked up a (Green Tree-colored Spro Dean Rojas Bronzeye 65) frog and caught a 6-pounder – my biggest of the tournament.”

Beebee said the frog bite subsided following the big catch, so he slowed down and started fishing hydrilla off of the bank. He used the same Texas-rigged Xcite Baits Hawgalicious and finished out his limit, culling once in the process.

“I used a 7-foot, 4-inch extra-heavy Impulse Original Series rod and a Shimano Curado (200XG) reel and they were key for me, especially getting that 6-pounder out of the lily pads.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:           Joe Beebee, The Woodlands, Texas, 10 bass, 27-14, $5,632

2^nd:         Travis Kelehan, Lafayette, La., 10 bass, 27-1, $2,816

3^rd:          Glen Freeman, Zwolle, La., 10 bass, 27-0, $2,077

4^th:          Darold Gleason, Many, La., 10 bass, 26-15, $1,414

5^th:          Thomas McMillan, Choudrant, La., 10 bass, 25-15, $1,126

6^th:          Stephen Reitzell, Colfax, La., 10 bass, 25-5, $1,033

7^th:          Kevin Lasyone, Dry Prong, La., seven bass, 24-1, $939

8^th:          Derrick Fontenot, Krotz Springs, La., 10 bass, 23-15, $845

9^th:          Jame Dubroc, Bunkie, La., nine bass, 23-2, $751

10^th:        Nick LeBrun, Bossier City, La., 10 bass, 22-11, $657

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Dwight Abshire of Santa Fe, Texas, caught a bass weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $735.

Russell Lewis of Pineville, Louisiana, caught a two-day total of seven bass weighing 20 pounds, 3 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $3,183.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:           Russell Lewis, Pineville, La., seven bass, 20-3, $3,183

2^nd:         Craig Strickland, Lumberton, Texas, eight bass, 18-10, $1,408

3^rd:          Randy Pewthers, Pearland, Texas, seven bass, 18-1, $1,141

4^th:          Fred Martin, North Little Rock, Ark., eight bass, 17-12, $707

5^th:          Bobbie Moore, Temple, Texas, five bass, 16-8, $563

6^th:          Lindy Hadley, Sam Rayburn, Texas, six bass  , 16-3, $516

7^th:          Douglas Littleton, New Caney, Texas, seven bass, 16-0, $469

8^th:          Ben Faucheaux, Natchitoches, La., eight bass, 15-15, $422

9^th:          Elbia Ebert, Porter, Texas, five bass  , 14-8, $375

10^th:        James Callaghan, De Berry, Texas, seven bass, 13-7, $329

Lewis also caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $367.

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. 25-27 BFL Regional Championship on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

by AnglersChannel

BROOKS HIGH SCHOOL WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING WHEELER LAKE OPEN PRESENTED BY YETI

DECATUR, Ala. (Oct. 1, 2018) – The Brooks High School duo of Karsten Rotten and Mason Hunt, both of Killen, Alabama, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 13 pounds, 12 ounces to win the 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Wheeler Lake Open presented by YETI.

According to post-tournament reports, the duo caught their limit targeting rocky bottoms with a green-pumpkin-colored jig near the dam.

A field of 43 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Ingalls Harbor. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top four teams on Wheeler Lake that advanced to the 2019 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st:     Brooks High School, Killen, Ala. – Karsten Rotten and Mason Hunt, both of Killen, Ala., five bass, 13-12

2nd:    Cedar Bluff High School, Cedar Bluff, Ala. – Colin McCullough, Cedar Bluff, Ala., and Justin Hamlin, Fort Payne, Ala., five bass, 12-10

3rd:     Union County High School, Blairsville, Ga. – William Harkins and Logan Anderson, both of Blairsville, Ga., five bass, 12-1

4th:     Sylvania High School, Sylvania, Ala. – Riley Johnson, Henegar, Ala., and Drake Casey, Sylvania Ala., five bass, 8-15

Rounding out the top 10 teams were:

5th:     Fairview High School, Fairview, Ala. – Levi Harris and Bryar Chambers, both of Cullman, Ala., five bass, 8-10

6th:     Tuscaloosa County High School, Northport, Ala. – Kole Key and Logan Hicks, both of North Port, Ala., five bass, 8-2

7th:     Tuscaloosa County High School, Northport, Ala. – Austin Sullivan, Northport, Ala., and Christian Boyd, Berry, Ala., five bass, 7-12

8th:     Fairhope High School, Fairhope, Ala. – Mason Guinn and Emilie Ann Eastman, both of Fairhope, Ala., five bass, 7-7

9th:     Sylvania High School, Sylvania, Ala. – Dawson Campbell, Henegar, Ala., and Andrew Smart, Pisgah, Ala., four bass, 7-3

10th:   Helena High School, Helena, Ala. – J.C. Sivley and Skyler Stevens, both of Helena, Ala., five bass, 6-13

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

The 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Wheeler Lake Open presented by YETI 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.

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by AnglersChannel

HOYLE WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE WYLIE

Piedmont’s Smith Takes Co-angler Title

ROCK HILL, S.C. (Sept. 24, 2018) – Boater Cody Hoyle of Rutherfordton, North Carolina, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) South Carolina Division tournament on Lake Wylie Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of nine bass weighing 25 pounds, 8 ounces. For his win, Hoyle netted $6,253.

Hoyle said he fished up the Catawba River each day, from just above the mouth of the south fork to the Interstate 85 bridge.

“I fished clay banks, riprap and docks in 1 to 15 feet of water,” said Hoyle, who notched his first win in FLW competition. “I fished docks with a jig and then between the docks I used a square-billed crankbait. I was just trying to cover as much water as possible.”

Hoyle said he caught seven keepers Saturday, some on a TO Craw-colored Lucky Craft 1.5 Silent Squarebill crankbait, and some on a green-pumpkin jig with a green-pumpkin and red Zoom Big Salty Chunk trailer.

“My dad made the jig and I caught my biggest fish on it each day,” said Hoyle. “I just put a set of Power-Poles on and they helped me get those fish as well. I set them down and was really able to pick apart those docks.”

Hoyle said his fish reloaded in the same spots Sunday and that he caught four keepers and two small fish to finish out the event.

“I caught my last fish at 2:55 (p.m.) with the jig from a dock right across the lake from the weigh-in. If I didn’t get that one I would’ve finished in second place.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:           Cody Hoyle, Rutherfordton, N.C., nine bass, 25-8, $6,253

2^nd:         Jeff Jennings, Rock Hill, S.C., 10 bass, 24-0, $3,126

3^rd:          Jason Wilson, Lincolnton, N.C., nine bass, 23-5, $2,018

4^th:          Britt Myers, Lake Wylie, S.C., 10 bass, 23-2, $1,412

5^th:          Austin Johnson, Chesnee, S.C., nine bass, 23-1, $1,211

6^th:          Willie McMullen, Oxford, Ga., 10 bass, 19-13, $1,110

7^th:          Shane Lineberger, Lincolnton, N.C., eight bass, 19-6, $1,009

8^th:          Rob Digh, Denver, N.C., nine bass, 19-0, $908

9^th:          Robby Rush, Gastonia, N.C., eight bass, 18-8, $807

10^th:        Jake Frye, Charlotte, N.C., nine bass, 18-3, $1,006

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Fred Kauffman of Denver, North Carolina, caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 2 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $817.

Michael Smith of Piedmont, South Carolina, caught a two-day total of six bass weighing 12 pounds, 13 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $3,143.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:           Michael Smith, Piedmont, S.C., six bass, 12-13, $3,143

2^nd:         Bobby Henderson, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 10-8, $1,522

3^rd:          Donald Poteat, Morganton, N.C., five bass, 9-0, $980

4^th:          Cole Drummond, Effingham, S.C., four bass, 8-1, $687

5^th:          Beau Wilder, Charlotte, N.C., five bass, 8-0, $589

6^th:          Harold Addison II, Columbia, S.C., four bass, 7-12, $540

7^th:          Khris Williams, Mount Holly, N.C., four bass, 7-11, $491

8^th:          Kate Hough, Gilbert, S.C., three bass, 7-7, $441

9^th:          Jarrod Egolf, Frederick, Md., three bass, 6-14, $392

10^th:        Jason Byrd, Lugoff, S.C., three bass, 6-12, $343

Tom Brown of Newton, North Carolina, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 3 pounds, 12 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $397.

The 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) South Carolina Division finale on Lake Wylie was hosted by the Rock Hill/York County Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Norman in Huntersville, North Carolina. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

by AnglersChannel

VANDIVER’S STRACNER WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE BAMA DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE JORDAN

Sylacauga’s Scott Grabs Co-angler Title

WETUMPKA, Ala. (Sept. 24, 2018) – Boater Josh Stracner of Vandiver, Alabama, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Bama Division tournament on Lake Jordan Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 30 pounds, 8 ounces. For his win, Stracner netted $4,110.

Stracner said he fished on the south end of the lake throughout the event. On Saturday, he primarily used a 6½-inch green-pumpkin-colored Netbait T-Mac Straight Tail worm on a Davis Bait Company shaky-head jig. He also used a homemade jig with a green-pumpkin Zoom Super Chunk Jr. trailer.

“I caught pretty much everything I weighed on the Netbait worm in brush piles and one from docks on the jig,” said Stracner. “I would pull up and throw that shaky-head and if I didn’t get anything in three or four casts, I moved on.

“I skipped the jig under the deepest docks I could find,” continued Stracner. “The one I weighed was from a dock near the launch ramp and it ended up being my biggest of the day.”

Stracner said he fished 30 to 40 brush piles each day, in anywhere from 12 to 20 feet of water.

“I started with the shaky-head rig in brush piles Sunday but couldn’t get a bite,” said Stracner. “I picked up a (bone-colored) Zara Spook and was able to catch a limit really quick – including my biggest fish of the event.

“As the sun got up, I switched to a (Sexy Blue Back Herring-colored) Strike King 6XD crankbait and caught them well late in the day,” continued Stracner. “In the last couple of hours, I could get them at a brush pile on the first cast.”

Stracner said he ended up putting nearly 10 keepers in the boat on Saturday and 30 on Sunday.

“I got some new rods that really helped me out, especially the 7-foot, 6-inch Shimano (Expride A) heavy casting rod. It’s versatile and you can fish a lot of different techniques with it.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:           Josh Stracner, Vandiver, Ala., 10 bass, 30-8, $4,110

2^nd:         Michael Smith, Andalusia, Ala., 10 bass, 28-7, $2,255

3^rd:          Anthony Goggins, Clanton, Ala., 10 bass, 27-7, $1,469

4^th:          Dusty Robinson, Eclectic, Ala., 10 bass, 27-3, $959

5^th:          Shaye Baker, Tallassee, Ala., 10 bass, 27-2, $822

6^th:          Erick Sommers, Deatsville, Ala., 10 bass, 25-12, $754

7^th:          Chad Schroeder, Lowndesboro, Ala., 10 bass, 25-10, $685

8^th:          Joe Wikoff, Phenix City, Ala., 10 bass, 25-1, $617

9^th:          Jeremy Green, Gadsden, Ala., 10 bass, 24-3, $990

10^th:        Terry Tucker, Gadsden, Ala., seven bass, 21-9, $480

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Bueltmann caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 9 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $442.

Caleb Scott of Sylacauga, Alabama, caught a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 23 pounds, 11 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,055.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:           Caleb Scott, Sylacauga, Ala., 10 bass, 23-11, $2,055

2^nd:         Jeff Morgan, Kennesaw, Ga., 10 bass, 21-15, $1,228

3^rd:          Radney Atchison, Prattville, Ala., 10 bass, 21-2, $684

4^th:          David McMurphy, Wilsonville, Ala., 10 bass, 20-11, $480

5^th:          Mike Grose, Salem, Ala., nine bass, 20-6, $461

6^th:          Jennings Earnest, Guin, Ala., 10 bass, 20-4, $377

7^th:          Lew Moore, Roanoke, Ala., eight bass, 18-9, $343

8^th:          Ryan Sweeney, Springville, Ala., nine bass, 17-12, $308

9^th:          Tyler Conn, Wetumpka, Ala., seven bass, 14-1, $274

10^th:        Larry Purdie, Columbus, Ga., seven bass, 13-12, $240

Jacob Robinson of Temple, Georgia, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 3 pounds, 3 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $221.

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. 11-13 BFL Regional Championship on St. Johns River in Palatka, Florida. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

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BENTON’S WRIGHT WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE ARKIE DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE HAMILTON PRESENTED BY GEARED

Delaney Takes Co-angler Title

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (Sept. 24, 2018) – Boater Adam Wright of Benton, Arkansas, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Arkie Division tournament on Lake Hamilton Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 31 pounds, 10 ounces. For his win, Wright pocketed $6,387.

Wright said he fished all over the main lake Saturday and Sunday, hitting 15 diffeent areas Saturday and 20 on Sunday. He said he was able to put 17 keepers in the boat, mostly with a white Stanley Ribbit frog and a Black’s Custom Lures buzzbait with a white Zoom Horny Toad.

“I used a medium retrieve and made thousands of casts. They were just getting to the bank in shallow grass,” said Wright, who logged his fourth career win as a boater in BFL competition – third on Lake Hamilton. “On Saturday, I had them by 10 a.m. – it was the perfect storm. It rained the night before and it played into my strategy. I had some brush piles ready, but when it rains they go shallow.”

Wright said that when it rained during the tournament he used the buzzbait, and when it subsided, he switched to the frog.

“On Sunday I caught my largest – a 4-pound, 13-ouncer – on two ‘donkey-rigged’ white Zoom Super Flukes. It came from a 5-foot-deep creek channel at around 12:30 (p.m.). They were breaking there Saturday, but I couldn’t catch them. It was my fifth fish and ended up being my kicker as well.”

Wright said he used blue and green-colored 60-pound-test Sunline FX2 braided line on a a 7-foot, 1-inch G. Loomis NRX heavy casting rod and Lew’s Tournament Pro reel .

“The NRX is the perfect rod for swimming a frog,” said Wright. “And the Lew’s high speed reel gave me the right cadence – more repetitions and faster casts.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:           Adam Wright, Benton, Ark., 10 bass, 31-10, $6,387

2^nd:         Cody Kemp, Donaldson, Ark., 10 bass, 28-5, $2,694

3^rd:          Wayne Dixon, Morrilton, Ark., 10 bass, 26-5, $1,795

4^th:          Matt Wood, Jessieville, Ark., 10 bass, 25-13, $2,147

5^th:          Chip Hawkins, Little Rock, Ark., 10 bass, 23-10, $1,177

6^th:          Teddy Bogard, Rison, Ark., 10 bass, 20-14, $988

7^th:          Quincy Houchin, Mabelvale, Ark., 10 bass, 20-8, $898

8^th:          Steve Howard, Conway, Ark., 10 bass, 19-13, $808

9^th:          Leland Nixon, Bee Branch, Ark., 10 bass, 19-12, $718

10^th:        Keith Green, Arkadelphia, Ark., 10 bass, 19-5, $628

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Wood caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 13 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $690.

Trevor Delaney of Benton, Arkansas, caught a two-day total of eight bass weighing 18 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,694.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:           Trevor Delaney, Benton, Ark., eight bass, 18-12, $2,694

2^nd:         Dusty Rhoades, Gravelly, Ark., 10 bass, 17-7, $1,547

3^rd:          Ethan Sutton, Hot Springs, Ark., 10 bass, 17-3, $899

4^th:          Daniel Elam, Lamar, Ark., 10 bass, 15-1, $628

5^th:          Robert Bogard Jr., Conway, Ark., 10 bass, 14-11, $539

6^th:          Kevin Clark, Malvern, Ark., 10 bass, 14-6, $544

7^th:          Jody Jones, Harvey, Ark., nine bass, 14-3, $449

8^th:          John McCullar, Benton, Ark., nine bass, 12-0, $404

9^th:          Cody Nickles, Vanndale, Ark., five bass, 11-12, $359

10^th:        Brian Choate, Conway, Ark., seven bass, 11-2, $314

McCullar caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 4 pounds, 10 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $345.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. 25-27 BFL Regional Championship on Lake of the Ozarks in Osage Beach, Missouri. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

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MATTOON’S MCDOWELL WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE ILLINI DIVISION FINALE ON LAKE SHELBYVILLE

Co-angler Title Goes to Walnut Hill’s Arning

SHELBYVILLE, Ill. (Sept. 24, 2018) – Boater Garrett McDowell of Mattoon, Illinois, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Illini Division tournament on Lake Shelbyville Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 26 pounds, 3 ounces. McDowell earned $6,540 for his win.

“I went from one end of the lake to the other running the backs of coves in a foot or less of water,” said McDowell, who earned his first win in FLW competition. “The water was pretty clear but  my polarized Solar Bat sunglasses were key for me. If you didn’t have sunglasses where you could see the wood on the bottom, I wouldn’t have caught what I did. A lot of the stumps were a foot or more under the water where you just can’t see them without the polarized lenses.”

McDowell said he primarily used a custom white swimjig with a White Pearl-colored Zoom Super Chunk. He also rotated in a ChatterBait with a white Keitech swimbait when he needed to cover more water, and noted that it caught one of his largest fish of the day Saturday.

“I probably hit 12 to 15 coves each day, with stumps and laydowns being the deal,” said McDowell. “I saved my southern coves for Sunday. I thought they held better-quality fish.”

McDowell said he ended up catching about eight keepers each day.

“Making multiple casts to the same target was important. Sometimes I had to cast 10 times to a stump before they’d eat the bait.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:           Garrett McDowell, Mattoon, Ill., 10 bass, 26-3, $4,540 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd:         Jeremy Mull, Chatham, Ill., 10 bass, 23-5, $2,470

3^rd:          Brennon McCord, West Frankfort, Ill., 10 bass, 22-7, $1,515

4^th:          Brian Tschudy, Mascoutah, Ill., nine bass, 20-15, $1,159

5^th:          Darren Frazier, Anna, Ill., seven bass, 20-13, $908

6^th:          Michael Black, Toledo, Ill., eight bass, 20-12, $832

7^th:          Mike McGill, Findlay, Ill., nine bass, 20-4, $757

8^th:          Dan Morehead, Paducah, Ky., nine bass, 20-1, $981

9^th:          Andrew Harper, Shelbyville, Ill., eight bass, 19-2, $605

10^th:        Bobby McMullin, Pevely, Mo., nine bass, 17-15, $530

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Nick Koehne of Manteno, Illinois, caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 12 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $532.

Aaron Arning of Walnut Hill, Illinois, caught a two-day total of eight bass weighing 18 pounds, 15 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,470.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:           Aaron Arning, Walnut Hill, Ill., eight bass, 18-15, $2,470

2^nd:         David Duzan, Oakland, Ill., seven bass, 15-11, $1,135

3^rd:          Mark Carlock, Hillsboro, Ill., five bass, 12-10, $757

4^th:          Ryan Murphy, Paris, Ill., six bass, 11-12, $530

5^th:          Dale Renth, Mascoutah, Ill., seven bass, 11-10, $504

6^th:          Adrian Lungu, Palos Hills, Ill., five bass, 11-5, $682

7^th:          Aaron Wehmeyer, Odell, Ill., five bass, 11-0, $378

8^th:          Austin Sloan, Shelbyville, Ill., four bass, 9-14, $341

9^th:          Mario Rossi Jr., Granite City, Ill., five bass, 9-10, $303

10^th:        Shane Campbell, Highland, Ill., four bass, 9-7, $265

Lungu caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 4 pounds, 3 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $266.

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. 25-27 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga in Dayton, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

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BYRDSTOWN’S REAGAN WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE MOUNTAIN DIVISION FINALE ON BARREN RIVER

Scottsville’s Bennington Takes Co-angler Title

GLASGOW, Ky. (Sept. 24, 2018) – Boater Robert Reagan of Byrdstown, Tennessee, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division tournament on the Barren River Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of nine bass weighing 30 pounds, 7 ounces. For his win, Reagan took home $7,329.

Reagan said he caught most of the fish he weighed on a homemade football-head jig with a Watermelon Meat-colored Strike King Rage Tail Craw trailer in 18 to 20 feet of water.

“I got on a shallow bite early in practice, so I went to the river Saturday but only caught one small fish by 1:30 p.m.,” said Reagan, who earned his fourth career win in BFL competition. “I ran back down to the main lake to the mid-lake area and ran some ledges. I marked fish and got four bites by the end of the day and they were the right ones.”

Reagan flipped shallow wood with a green-pumpkin Zoom Speed Craw with a 3/8-ounce weight to catch his keeper from the river.

“I returned to the same mid-lake area Sunday and caught two fish from a place I’d caught them Saturday, and the other two from ledges I hadn’t fished yet,” said Reagan. “I marked them and fished them with the same jig – I never laid it down. I lost my “fifth” a couple of times Sunday – it just didn’t get into the net.”

Reagan noted that his Lowrance electronics were essential to his win.

“I couldn’t have won without my Lowrance unit – they showed me the fish. I idled the ledges and when I‘d see them I’d stop the engine and cast in there. It seemed like I could catch them on a first or second cast.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:           Robert Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., nine bass   , 30-7, $5,329 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd:         Densmore Goodson, Letcher, Ky., 10 bass, 24-8, $2,664

3^rd:          James Copeland, Bowling Green, Ky., 10 bass, 24-8, $2,118

4^th:          Steve Whitaker, Scottsville, Ky., 10 bass, 23-13, $1,543

5^th:          Tim Akers, Richmond, Ky., 10 bass, 23-10, $1,407

6^th:          Mike Casada, Stearns, Ky., 10 bass, 22-7, $977

7^th:          Keith Monson, Burgin, Ky., 10 bass, 21-6, $888

8^th:          Ryan White, Lancaster, Ky., nine bass, 21-0, $799

9^th:          Kenneth Patterson, Knifley, Ky., eight bass, 20-9, $910

10^th:        Bennie Mutter, Glasgow, Ky., nine bass, 20-4, $722

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Copeland caught a bass weighing 5 pounds, 8 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $341.

Ed Bennington of Scottsville, Kentucky, caught a two-day total of eight bass weighing 23 pounds, 5 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $2,664.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:           Ed Bennington, Scottsville, Ky., eight bass, 23-5, $2,664

2^nd:         Tommy Glass, Verona, Ky., eight bass, 16-4, $1,532

3^rd:          Jason Ratcliff, Eubank, Ky., seven bass, 15-12, $939

4^th:          Doug Adkins, Gray Hawk, Ky., eight bass, 15-8, $622

5^th:          Andy Spencer, Glasgow, Ky., nine bass, 13-3, $533

6^th:          Matt Chiodi, West Chester, Ohio, seven bass   , 13-1, $488

7^th:          Les Reeves, Rockholds, Ky., five bass, 12-5, $444

8^th:          Jonathan Sydnor, Canmer, Ky., four bass, 10-4, $400

9^th:          Bobby Arms, Jamestown, Tenn., five bass, 10-3, $355

10^th:        Bob Wiles, Huntington, W. Va., six bass, 10-3, $311

Nick Haunert of Maineville, Ohio, caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 3 pounds, 7 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $341.

The 2018 T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Mountain Division finale on the Barren River was hosted by the Glasgow-Barren County Tourist & Convention Commission.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the region based on point standings, along with the five winners in each qualifying event, will be entered in the Oct. 25-27 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Chickamauga in Dayton, Tennessee. Boaters will compete for a top award of a Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard and $20,000, while co-anglers will fish for a new Ranger Z518C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.

The 2018 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 take place May 30-June 1 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

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, YouTube and Snapchat.

by AnglersChannel

SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY BASS CLUB WINS BASS PRO SHOPS FLW HIGH SCHOOL FISHING RAYSTOWN LAKE OPEN PRESENTED BY COSTA

HESSTON, Pa. (Sept. 24, 2018) – The Susquehanna Valley Bass Club duo of Cadin Sheesley and Gavin Enders, both of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 15 pounds, 5 ounces to win the 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Raystown Lake Open presented by Costa.

According to post-tournament reports, the duo caught their limit by working a green-pumpkin-colored worm very slowly on the lower end of Raystown, near the dam.

A field of 20 teams competed in the no-entry fee tournament, which launched from Seven Points Marina. In FLW/TBF High School Fishing competition, the top 10-percent of teams competing advance to the High School Fishing National Championship.

The top two teams on Raystown Lake that advanced to the 2018 High School Fishing National Championship were:

1st:     Susquehanna Valley Bass Club, Lewisburg, Pa. – Cadin Sheesley and Gavin Enders, both of Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania., five bass, 15-5

2nd:    Central High School, Martinsburg, Pa. – Kasey Imler and Ken Imler, both of East Freedom, Pa., five bass, 15-2

Rounding out the top 10 teams were:

3rd:     Susquehanna Valley Bass Club, Lewisburg, Pa. – Dylan Edwards, Milton, Pa., and Zachary Stroud, South Williamsport, Pa., five bass, 14-15

4th:     Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, Md. – Reed Barra and Travis Nale, both of Pasadena, Md., five bass, 12-9

5th:     Central High School, Martinsburg, Pa. – Hunter Klutz and Gerald Brumbaugh, both of Martinsburg, Pa., five bass, 12-3

6th:     Lancaster Junior Hog Hunters – Ben Wright, Lititz, Pa., and Andrew Fields, Myerstown, Pa., five bass, 11-6

7th:     Berkeley Springs High School, Bath, W.Va. – Landon Harrington and Sam Ambrose, both of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., five bass, 10-11

8th:     Camp Hill High School, Camp Hill, Pa. – Andrew Zulli and Casey Zulli, both of Camp Hill, Pa., five bass, 8-9

9th:     Susquehanna Valley Bass Club, Lewisburg, Pa. – Tyler Mowery and Dominic Cecco, both of Winfield, Pa., five bass, 8-8

10th:   Chambersburg High School, Chambersburg, Pa. – Dylan Barefoot and Carson Forrester, both of Chambersburg, Pa., five bass, 7-12

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

The 2018 Bass Pro Shops FLW High School Fishing Raystown Lake Open presented by Costa 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.

by AnglersChannel