North Vernon’s Krider Claims Co-angler Title

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (Sept. 11, 2017) – Clyde McNaron of Trenton, Ohio, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Hoosier Division tournament on the Ohio River Sunday with a two-day cumulative catch of 10 bass weighing 18 pounds even. For his efforts, McNaron took home $8,143.

“I started out Saturday flipping a (Zoom) Brush Hog and (Mizmo) Tube in Tanner’s Creek and caught three keepers,” said McNaron, who earned his second career-win on the Ohio River in BFL competition. “The water was low, so I fished laydowns off the bank and started catching them off the ends. They fish were pretty close to the channel.

“As the day went on, the water got clearer and I started fishing flats,” continued McNaron. “I casted a topwater bait to some laydowns and stumps and put a 4-pounder in the boat.”

McNaron said the water got muddier as he progressed down the creek, so he switched back to flipping and caught a 3-pound bass.

“I culled my last fish in Hogan’s Creek and that’s what I had for the day,” said McNaron.

On Sunday, McNaron said he began his day in Tanner’s Creek throwing a topwater, but couldn’t get any bites. He said he switched to flipping the Brush Hog and was able to catch three within 90 minutes.

“I flipped bushier trees and caught them off the ends again,” said McNaron. “I moved to a small creek mouth within Tanner’s Creek and picked up one on a spinnerbait, and then another one from the same area a while later around 10:15 (a.m.) After that I couldn’t get anything else to cull, so I brought in what I had.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:          Clyde McNaron, Trenton, Ohio, 10 bass, 18-0, $6,143 + $2,000 Ranger Cup Bonus

2^nd:         Doug Ruster, New Palestine, Ind., 10 bass, 15-7, $2,723

3^rd:          Bryce Kalen, Indianapolis, Ind., 10 bass, 15-1, $2,016

4^th:          Chris Wilkinson, Farmersburg, Ind., 10 bass, 14-11, $1,271

5^th:          Lucas McDaniel, Fishers, Ind., nine bass, 14-0, $1,389

6^th:          Michael Powell Jr., Greendale, Ind., 10 bass,   13-12, $1,098

7^th:          Mark Dove, North Vernon, Ind., 10 bass, 12-13, $908

8^th:          Daniel Langton, Haubstadt, Ind., eight bass, 12-10, $817

9^th:          Frank McClain, Scottsburg, Ind., eight bass, 10-9, $726

10^th:        Brandon Houston, Burlington, Ky. seven bass, 9-7, $635

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

McNaron’s 4-pound, 1-ounce bass was the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division. The catch earned him the Boater Big Bass award of $697.

Jim Krider of North Vernon, Indiana, caught a two-day total of five bass weighing 11 pounds, 2 ounces, to win the Co-angler Division and $3,005.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:          Jim Krider, North Vernon, Ind., five bass, 11-2, $3,005

2^nd:         Benjamin Barker,  Loveland, Ohio, seven bass, 7-9, $1,332

3^rd:          Nicole Foor, Greens Fork, Ind., six bass, 7-6,   $1,089

4^th:          Ryan Sykes, Hamilton, Ohio, six bass, 7-3, $672

5^th:          Travis Edgar, North Webster, Ind., six bass, 7-2, $533

6^th:          Brandon Knapmeyer, Union, Ky., five bass, 5-14, $488

7^th:          Kenny Smith, Austin, Ind., three bass, 5-11, $444

8^th:          Scottie Davis, Martinsville, Ind., five bass, 5-0, $400

9^th:          Brian Liming, Dilsboro, Ind., three bass, 4-11, $355

10^th:        Kevin Spivey, Hamilton, Ohio, five bass, 4-9, $311

Krider caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division – a fish weighing 4 pounds, 11 ounces – and earned the Co-angler Big Bass award of $341.

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. 5-7 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 2017 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. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

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