BYRDSTOWN, Tenn. (Oct. 5, 2026) – Boater Rex Reagan of Livingston, Tennessee, caught a total of 10 bass weighing 38 pounds, 5 ounces, over two days to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Dale Hollow Lake Presented by Precision Sonar . The tournament, hosted by Star Point Resort, was the fifth and final event of the season for the BFL Mountain Division. Reagan earned $3,080 for his victory.

“I didn’t get a chance to practice, so I just fished off of history and went to where I have always caught them,” the 18-year-old Reagan said. “I knew I was going to (Garmin Live)’Scope for the first three hours, and I pulled up on a place where I figured there would be fish – there had been fish there every time for the past three or four years.

“I caught a 4½-pounder, and then another 4½-pounder pretty quick,” Reagan went on to say. “Then I caught three more over 3 pounds and it put me where I needed to be in a pretty short period of time.”

Reagan’s bait of choice during his LiveScope period was a Rapala Crush City Freeloader. He also added a few fish on a spinnerbait upriver, but his main money bait was the Freeloader.

Reagan caught five bass pretty quickly on Day 2, then added a 4-pounder that culled a smaller fish to put him at 18-13 for the day. He had an idea that a win was a possibility, but didn’t get his hopes up.

“Anything is possible and there’s some big fish swimming out there,” Reagan said. “It wouldn’t have surprised me if someone had come in with 20 or 21 pounds.

“I haven’t fished many BFLs,” Reagan added. “I’m always fishing high school tournaments. But I wanted to win a BFL, and it feels great to get one. Now I just want number 2.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament:

1st:        Rex Reagan, Livingston, Tenn., 10 bass, 38-5, $3,080
2nd:      Isaac Peavyhouse, Jamestown, Tenn., 10 bass, 35-6, $1,790
3rd:       Lucas Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., 10 bass, 32-4, $920
4th:        Christian Nash, Allons, Tenn., 10 bass, 30-14, $770
5th:        Garret Moon, Albany, Ky., 10 bass, 30-7, $680
6th:        Randy Alexander, London, Ky., 10 bass, 28-1, $650
7th:        Bryan Drury, Harrodsburg, Ky., eight bass, 27-11, $930
8th:        Tanner Smith, London, Ky., 10 bass, 27-8, $600
9th:        Jerry Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., eight bass, 21-12, $580
10th:     Matthew Smith, Richmond, Ky., eight bass, 20-11, $560

Complete results can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.

Bryan Drury of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, earned the Berkley Big Bass Boater award after landing a 5-pound, 8-ounce bass worth $300.

Tanner Holguin of Knoxville, Tennessee, won the co-angler division and the top prize of $1,540 Sunday after bringing six bass to the scale that totaled 16 pounds, 14 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers finished:

1st:        Tanner Holguin, Knoxville, Tenn., six bass, 16-14, $1,540
2nd:      Wesley Bruner, Middletown, Ohio, six bass, 16-4, $820
3rd:       Michael Anderson, Knoxville, Tenn., six bass, 14-12, $460
4th:        Ricky England, Sparta, Tenn., four bass, 13-15, $385
5th:        Phil Williams Jr., Jamestown, Ky., five bass, 11-10, $340
6th:        Tommy Pritchard, Bargersville, Ind., three bass, 10-11, $525
7th:        Matthew Billings, Cookeville, Tenn., four bass, 9-11, $320
8th:        Jeanelle Smith, Byrdstown, Tenn., three bass, 7-12, $300
9th:        Travis Nelson, Wartburg, Tenn., three bass, 7-6, $290
10th:     Chris Rushing, Gamaliel, Ky., three bass, 7-5, $280

Tommy Pritchard of Bargersville, Indiana, earned the Berkley Big Bass co-angler award after landing a 4-pound, 11-ounce bass worth $150.

With all five events in the division now complete, boater Timothy Wacker of Clinton, Tennessee, won the 7 Brew Mountain Division Angler of the Year (AOY) race with 1,315 points and earned the $1,000 prize, while Kendall Parnell of Monticello, Kentucky, won the Mountain Division Co-Angler of the Year race with 1,330 points and earned the $500 payout.

The top 45 boaters and co-anglers in the division based on point standings, along with the five tournament winners of each qualifying event, will qualify for the Oct. 22-24 BFL Regional tournament on Watts Bar Lake in Spring City, Tennessee. Boaters will fish for a top award of a new Phoenix 819 Pro with a 200-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard worth $50,000, while co-anglers will compete for a top prize of a new Phoenix 518 pro with a 115-horsepower Mercury or Suzuki outboard, worth $33,500.

The 2026 Phoenix BFL Presented by T-H Marine is a 24-division circuit devoted to weekend anglers, with 128 events throughout the season, five qualifying tournaments in each division. The top 45 boaters and co-anglers from each division, along with the five qualifying tournament winners, will advance to one of six BFL Regional tournaments where they are competing to finish in the top seven, which then qualifies them for one of the longest-running championships in all of competitive bass fishing – the BFL All-American. The 2027 BFL All-American will take place June 5-7, at the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes in Kissimmee, Florida, and is hosted by Experience Kissimmee.

Proud sponsors of the 2026 MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League Presented by T-H Marine include: 7 Brew, Abu Garcia, Athletic Brewing, B&W Trailer Hitches, Berkley, Black Buffalo, BUBBA, Cigars International, Epic Baits, Grizzly Nicotine Pouches, Mercury, MillerTech, Mystik Lubricants, OFF! Deep Woods, Onyx, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Phoenix Boats, PiranhO2, Power-Pole, Precision Sonar, Suzuki Marine, Tackle Warehouse, T-H Marine, Toyota, VOSKER, YETI and Yuengling.

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