Alabama’s Davenport Grabs Co-angler Title

WINCHESTER, Tenn. (May 1, 2017) – Greg Rollins of Monteagle, Tennessee, won the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Music City Division tournament on Tims Ford Reservoir after weighing five bass Saturday totaling 15 pounds, 15 ounces. Rollins pocketed $3,426 for his win.

According to post-tournament reports, Rollins targeted postspawn smallmouth bass on both ends of the lake, keying on pea gravel with a Carolina rig.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:          Greg Rollins, Monteagle, Tenn., five bass, 15-15, $3,426

2^nd:         Tony Eckler, Lebanon, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $1,427

2^nd:         Hunter Bouldin, McMinnville, Tenn., five bass, 15-14, $1,427

4^th:          Brent Sain, Manchester, Tenn., five bass, 15-1, $999

5^th:          Bill Darby, Fayetteville, Tenn., five bass, 14-13, $685

6^th:          William Merrick, Mount Juliet, Tenn., five bass, 13-13, $628

7^th:          Adam Wagner, Cookeville, Tenn., five bass, 13-12, $671

8^th:          Jerry Reagan, Byrdstown, Tenn., five bass, 13-2, $514

9^th:          Matt Stanley, Alexandria, Tenn., five bass, 12-15, $457

10^th:        Kenneth Smith, Tullahoma, Tenn., five bass, 12-8, $400

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Timothy Minton of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, caught a bass weighing 4 pounds, 4 ounces – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – which earned him the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $215.

John Davenport of Huntsville, Alabama, won the Co-angler Division and $1,873 Saturday after bringing a five-bass limit totaling 12 pounds even to the scale.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:          John Davenport, Huntsville, Ala., five bass, 12-0, $1,873

2^nd:         Bill Bruce, Hendersonville, Tenn., five bass, 11-3, $834

3^rd:          Larry Goss, Hartsville, Tenn., four bass, 8-11, $558

4^th:          Brice McMaster, Antioch, Tenn., three bass, 7-9, $389

5^th:          Craig Allen, Kingston Springs, Tenn., three bass, 7-4, $334

6^th:          Robert Harris, McEwen, Tenn., three bass, 7-0, $306

7^th:          Corey Poss, Smithville, Tenn., three bass, 6-13, $278

8^th:          John Wilkerson, Nashville, Tenn., three bass, 6-8, $450

9^th:          Gaylon Calahan, Winchester, Tenn., three bass, 6-2, $222

10^th:        Josh Bates, Pulaski, Tenn., three bass, 6-0, $245

Davenport also caught the biggest bass among Co-angler Division anglers, a fish weighing 4 pounds, 9 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $205.

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. 12-14 BFL Regional Championship on Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Alabama. 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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