Kentucky’s Moore Claims Co-angler Title

KODAK, Tenn. (June 11, 2018) – Boater Larry Neal of Piney Flats, Tennessee, brought five bass to the scale Saturday weighing 21 pounds, 12 ounces, to win the T-H Marine FLW Bass Fishing League (BFL) Volunteer Division tournament on Douglas Lake. For his efforts, Neal took home $3,505.

According to post-tournament reports, Neal targeted points in 32 to 42 feet of water with a green-pumpkin-colored worm to catch his fish.

The top 10 boaters finished the tournament in:

1^st:          Larry Neal, Piney Flats, Tenn., five bass, 21-12, $3,505

2^nd:         Michael Cantrell, Philadelphia, Tenn., five bass, 20-2, $1,753

3^rd:          Jason Bridwell, Kingsport, Tenn., five bass, 17-15, $1,589

4^th:          Rex Pendergrass, Bristol, Tenn., five bass, 16-6, $1,218

5^th:          Tim Smiley, White Pine, Tenn., five bass, 16-3, $701

6^th:          Bryant Ailor, Knoxville, Tenn., five bass, 15-8, $643

7^th:          Jonathan Bowling, Harriman, Tenn., five bass, 15-6, $584

8^th:          Willie Bryan, Sevierville, Tenn., five bass, 14-13, $496

8^th:          Matt Brown, Corbin, Ky., five bass, 14-13, $496

10^th:        Tee Watkins, East Point, Ky., five bass, 14-9, $409

Complete results can be found at FLWFishing.com.

Jeffrey Mahaffey of Bristol, Tennessee, brought a 5-pound, 12-ounce bass to the scale – the heaviest of the event in the Boater Division – and earned the day’s Boater Big Bass award of $220.

Eric Moore of Union, Kentucky, won the Co-angler Division and $1,753 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 15 pounds, 13 ounces.

The top 10 co-anglers were:

1^st:          Eric Moore, Union, Ky., five bass, 15-13, $1,753

2^nd:         Colton Bryan, Sevierville, Tenn., five bass, 15-11, $876

3^rd:          Chad Ball, Abingdon, Va., five bass, 13-9, $585

4^th:          Matthew Rasnick, Elizabethton, Tenn., three bass, 10-10, $629

5^th:          Ben Hudson, Lynchburg, Va., four bass, 10-8, $351

6^th:          Jose Salgado, Artemus, Ky., four bass, 10-6, $421

7^th:          Scott Standafer, Hamilton, Ohio, five bass, 9-14, $292

8^th:          Joshua Jernigan, Rocky Top, Tenn., five bass, 9-7, $263

9^th:          Jacob Linkous, Rogersville, Tenn., four bass, 9-0, $234

10^th:        David Shreve, Knoxville, Tenn., four bass, 8-14, $204

Rasnick caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division weighing in at 5 pounds, 13 ounces. The catch earned him the day’s Co-angler Big Bass award of $220.

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. 18-20 BFL Regional Championship on Lake Norman in Huntersville, North Carolina. 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 2018 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 2018 BFL All-American will be held May 31-June 2 at Cross Lake in Shreveport, Louisiana, and is hosted by the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission. Top performers in the BFL can move up to the Costa FLW Series or even the FLW Tour.

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