LOUISIANA’S GANEY WINS T-H MARINE FLW BASS FISHING LEAGUE TOURNAMENT ON SAM RAYBURN RESERVOIR

Boerne’s Glynn Takes Co-Angler Title

BROOKELAND, Texas (June 10, 2019) – Boater Rylon Ganey of Pineville, Louisiana, won Saturday’s T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Cowboy Division tournament on Sam Rayburn Reservoir with five bass weighing 20 pounds, 11 ounces. For his win, Ganey took home $6,362.

Ganey said he primarily flipped hay grass and bushes in two areas to catch his fish. His first area – in Mill Creek – only gave up one keeper. It was his second stop, though, that really jumpstarted his day.

“I ran up to my second area across the lake from Mill Creek around 9 [a.m.], flipped in a bush, and within five flips I caught an 8-pounder,” said Ganey, who notched his first victory in FLW competition. “That set the tone. I knew I had a good chance to place in the top five with a kicker like that.

“Within another hour I filled my limit,” continued Ganey. “I culled three times – all in that second area. I got a lot of big bites there in practice and kept getting fish that I needed there Saturday.”

Ganey said he used Watermelon Red Flake-colored Strike King Rage Tail Denny Brauer Structure Bugs, rigged with either ¾- or 1-ounce weights depending on how thick the cover was. He threw them on a trio of Duckett White Ice Casting rods with 13 Fishing Concept “A” casting reels, spooled with 65-pound-test PowerPro Spectra braided line.

“The rods were strong and really helped me pull those fish out of the bushes – they have a great backbone on them.”

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1st:          Rylon Ganey, Pineville, La., five bass, 20-11, $6,362

2nd:         Eric Leger, Mamou, La., five bass, 19-6, $2,353

3rd:          Jarred Williams, Bunkie, La., five bass, 19-4, $1,502

4th:          Jame Dubroc, Bunkie, La., five bass, 18-14, $1,052

5th:          Tommy Mackey, Bryan, Texas, five bass, 17-12, $1,151

6th:          Matthew McArdle, Humble, Texas, five bass, 17-0, $826

7th:          Dicky Newberry, Houston, Texas, five bass, 16-10, $751

8th:          Ryan Pinkston, Center, Texas, five bass, 16-3, $676

9th:          Jerry King, Flint, Texas, five bass, 16-2, $601

10th:        Jim Dillard, West Monroe, La., five bass, 16-0, $526

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Ganey’s big kicker bass ended up weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $655.

Michael Glynn of Boerne, Texas, won the Co-angler Division and $2,353 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 18 pounds, 9 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1st:          Michael Glynn, Boerne, Texas, five bass, 18-9, $2,353

2nd:         Hannah Gryder, Milam, Texas, five bass, 17-9, $1,127

3rd:          Pete Lammons, Houston, Texas, five bass, 15-12, $801

4th:          Zane Leblanc, Reserve, La., five bass, 15-2, $853

5th:          Ryan Bourque, Slidell, La., five bass, 14-10, $451

6th:          Logan Slaughter, Dallas, Texas, five bass, 13-15, $413

7th:          Brian Tolley, Katy, Texas, five bass, 13-5, $526

8th:          Clark Moore, Nacogdoches, Texas, five bass, 13-2, $338

9th:          Sammy Strong, Orange, Texas, five bass, 13-0, $281

9th:          David Beason, Evans, La., five bass, 13-0, $281

Leblanc caught the heaviest bass in the Co-angler Division, a fish weighing in at 7 pounds, 8 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $327.

The tournament was hosted by the Jasper County Development District.

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 2020 BFL All-American will be held April 30-May 2 at Lake Hartwell in Anderson, South Carolina, and is hosted by Visit Anderson. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

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