Randy Haynes of Counce, TN brought 27 pounds, 10 ounces to the scale during Saturday’s final round to win the Rayovac FLW Series Central Division tournament on Kentucky Lake with a 3-day total weight of 75-5.

Haynes said he burned more than 40 gallons of gas each day as he captured his 5^th Rayovac Series win of his career. On Saturday he burned even more.  “I put a lot of practice in and yesterday it felt like my fish down south were going away. I was coming out of Jonathan Creek this morning and three-quarters of the way out I wasn’t sure if I was going to go right or left. I went down south and fished two spots for about thirty minutes to clear my mind, then I went back up north toward the dam and I knew I had made the right decision.”

Haynes elaborated on the difference in the two areas. “Down south my spots were mostly 12 feet deep on top and fell off into 18 to 25 feet of water. Up north, they were 18 to 23 feet deep and dropped off into a flat or down into the river channel.

=“I caught several fish down south, but I only kept one that was about three and a half pounds because I didn’t want to have to start culling. A lot of times my windows to catch fish would only be two or three minutes long and I needed to keep up with them and not waste time culling. I didn’t even have to catch a bass to make them move. If they bit they were moving.”

 Haynes is humbled by his recent success in FLW tournaments, including this win. “I can’t believe this is happening. The competition is getting so tough, and guys really understand ledge fishing. It is so hard to stay on top. Depth finders are getting better, and there are more guys out on the ledges than ever before. Especially Kentucky Lake – it has some of the best ledge fishermen in the country.”

Haynes caught the bulk of his weight on a Profound Outdoors Z-Boss 20, a Strike King 10XD, a variety of swimbaits and a 1-ounce Profound Outdoors jig.

Tim Webb of Olpe, Kan., won the co-angler division and a Ranger Z117C with an Evinrude or Mercury outboard. His 3-day total weight was 61 pounds, 4 ounces.

Your Top 10 pros:

            1st:    Randy Haynes, Counce, Tenn., 15 bass, 75-5, $40,000 + Ranger Z518 with a 200-horsepower outboard

            2nd:   Jason Lambert, Pickwick Dam, Tenn., 15 bass, 73-7, $15,500

            3rd:   Walmart pro Mark Rose, West Memphis, Ark., 15 bass, 71-3, $12,000

            4th:    Barry Wilson, Birmingham, Ala., 15 bass, 70-2, $10,000

            5th:    Brandon Hunter, Benton, Ky., 15 bass, 69-13, $9,000

            6th:    Straight Talk Wireless pro Scott Canterbury, Springville, Ala., 15 bass, 68-1, $8,000

            7th:    Michael Wooley, Collierville, Tenn., 15 bass, 67-2, $7,000

            8th:    Todd Hollowell, Fishers, Ind., 15 bass, 66-1, $6,000

            9th:    Mark Pierce, Radcliff, Ky., 15 bass, 63-8, $5,000

          10th:  Ray Barga, Benton, Ky., 15 bass, 63-1, $4,000

Your Top 10 co-anglers:

             1st:    Tim Webb, Olpe, Kan., 15 bass, 61-4, Ranger Z117C with a 90-horsepower outboard

            2nd:   Tim Beale, Hernando, Miss., 15 bass, 57-2, $5,000

            3rd:   Damon Brown, Mayfield, Ky., 15 bass, 54-15, $4,000

            4th:    Vince Denina, Willis, Texas, 15 bass, 52-6, $3,500

            5th:    Frank Divis Sr., Farmington, Ark., 15 bass, 51-12, $3,000

            6th:    Roger Olson Jr., Eagle River, Wis., 15 bass, 51-3, $2,500

            7th:    Joey Schmidt, Hickory, Ky., 15 bass, 50-9, $2,000

            8th:    Chuck Rounds, Benton, Ky., 15 bass, 49-3, $1,750

            9th:    Shawn Overton, Coal Valley, Ill., 14 bass, 47-0, $1,500

          10th: Wes Hardman, De Soto, Wis., 13 bass, 44-13, $1,250